Chapter 54: The Empire's First Beta Crown Princess 23: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...
054 The Empire's First Beta Crown Princess 23
Shen Yu is listening to his subordinates' reports.
It was very quiet in the car and he was wearing headphones.
He was wearing a neat white military-style jacket, the buttons of which reflected a low-key yet luxurious luster in the sun, and his legs wrapped in trousers were elegantly crossed in the spacious back seat of the car.
Lu Jiu didn't know where to focus. After observing the imperial palace in front of him for a while - it was as big as a small city - he was secretly amazed. Chen Yu lived in a place like this? It was a hundred times more exaggerated than the Bai Family Manor in the previous world... Then he thought, he would have to live in this place in the future? ...
He still focused his attention on the man next to him.
When you are at a loss as to what to do, take a look at this guy, at least you can enjoy the feast for your eyes comfortably.
Shen Yu noticed his gaze, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he reached out to hold his hand.
The hands remained clasped until the car landed in the palace and the two got out, without letting go.
Outside the flying carriage, the waiters stood in two rows and bowed their heads respectfully to them.
Shen Yu's conference call hasn't ended yet, he's a bit busy today.
While talking to the person opposite, he put his arm around Lu Jiu's waist and led him towards the palace in front.
Soon, the Queen arrived in a hurry with the wedding dress designer. She greeted Lu Jiu warmly, pushed him into the small room, and asked the designer to measure his size.
Halfway through the measurement, Shen Yu wanted to end the conference call and pushed the door open.
Lu Jiu was holding his arms out, and turned around after hearing what the designer said.
Meeting Shen Yu's eyes, he subconsciously complained, "You're finally here."
Shen Yu walked forward, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and asked with a smile: "Are you nervous?"
Lu Jiu stood on the platform, and at this moment he was a bit taller than Chen Yu. Chen Yu raised his head, and he lowered his head.
"It's not that I'm nervous. Your house is so big and there are so many servants," Lu Jiu muttered, "It feels like entering Disneyland."
Of course, there is no Disneyland in this world.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised his eyebrows and looked at him questioningly.
Lu Jiu said: "I can't explain it, just try to understand it."
"Do you think too highly of my imagination for me to understand it this way?" Chen Yu stretched out his hand, and with his slender fingers, he pinched the left collar of Lu Jiu, which had rolled up at some point, and smoothed it down.
"Although the palace is large, there are only two or three palaces that you will need on a daily basis. The same goes for people. Although there are many servants, there will only be two who will stay with you for a long time in the future. You will get used to it."
"When the afternoon's affairs are over, I'll walk with you."
Lu Jiu asked curiously, "What else is going on this afternoon? You said before that someone wanted to see me, who are they?"
"Some weapon designers have seen your new weapon and want to communicate with you," Shen Yu asked for his opinion, "Would you like to meet them?"
Lu Jiu suddenly realized.
So he's a professional?
This is fine.
He said excitedly, "Okay, see you!"
It took a while to take their measurements, and the wedding dress designer also confirmed the style of the dress with them.
After that, they headed to another palace, Shen Yu’s bedroom.
This is where Chen Yu grew up, and it will be where they will live in the future.
The style of this palace is very similar to Chen Yu, simple yet elegant. The first floor is a large colonnade structure with sunlight shining through. The palace is surrounded by beautifully designed and trimmed green plants, making the palace look like a dreamland in a fairy tale.
Shen Yu asked him to see if there was anything he wanted to change, and he could do it according to his preferences.
"I think this is good enough." Lu Jiu never had any requirements for where to live.
They walked to the second floor, and Lu Jiu stopped in the middle of the corridor, looking at the garden in front of him.
"Maybe we can add some tables and chairs in there?" Lu Jiu touched his chin, "I feel like we can sit there and have a cup of afternoon tea when the weather is nice."
Shen Yu followed his gaze and saw the green scenery full of vitality under the sunlight.
"Didn't you have this need before?" Lu Jiu glanced at him.
"No," His Royal Highness gave a dull and old-fashioned answer, "I always discuss anything with the ministers in the conference room. I don't need to talk about love with them."
Lu Jiu almost choked to death.
Shen Yu chuckled, reached out and pinched his chin, and thought it was not enough, so he turned his face to kiss him.
"Add it," he curled his lips, "I want to try afternoon tea too."
…
The whole morning passed by in trivial matters.
After having lunch with the queen, Chen Yu and Lu Jiu returned to the bedroom to rest.
——After entering the third month of pregnancy, Lu Jiu started to feel a little sleepy again.
But it’s better than morning sickness. If you feel sleepy, just take a nap.
"Are you going to sleep too?" Lu Jiu yawned desperately as he lay down, "You don't have to sleep with me if you don't want to."
Shen Yu pulled the quilt for him: "I'll read the briefing for a while."
"Well," Lu Jiu turned over to face him, resting her forehead on the side of his thigh, "I'll sleep for an hour, remember to wake me up when the time is up..."
"Okay," the man stroked his hair gently, "go to sleep."
Lu Jiu quickly fell asleep.
In his dream, he could vaguely feel Chen Yu gently stroking his belly.
Her gaze seemed to linger on his face for a long time.
Then, at some point, the man left a kiss on his forehead.
Lu Jiu fell into a deeper sleep.
…
When I woke up, it was 2:15 in the afternoon.
Lu Jiu blinked and it took him a long time to wake up from the chaos.
Shen Yu fell asleep beside him.
Facing him, with one hand on the quilt, holding him.
The two men faced each other, and Lu Jiu stared at the man motionlessly.
The sunlight passed through the gap in the curtains, leaving a trail of light on the quilt they were covering together.
The dust in the air floats and sinks in the golden light.
Very amazing.
Lu Jiu suddenly discovered that when he was with this man, he seemed to always be able to easily feel the taste of a peaceful and tranquil life.
It seems that even if they just snuggle together like this and grow old in silence, they won’t feel bored.
He reached out his hand, gently picked up a strand of Shen Yu's black hair, and entangled it with his fingertips.
The man had his eyes closed, his eyelashes were very long, and his breathing was even.
"I'll never get tired of looking at you in my lifetime." Lu Jiu murmured.
*
After a nap, Lu Jiu welcomed ten weapon design masters alone in the meeting room on the first floor of the palace that Chen Yu usually used, with great anticipation.
According to Chen Yu, among these ten designers, six are from the military, and the other four are from outside - of course, they are all well-known masters in the industry, but Chen Yu does not know all of them.
He knew that Lu Jiu would like to communicate with professionals, so he did not interfere too much in this matter and only asked his subordinates to screen the qualifications.
——Anyway, these people have to go through a lot of checks before entering the palace, so they won’t pose any threat at all.
Once Lu Jiu started chatting with these people, he couldn't stop talking.
It’s great to talk professionally with professionals!
"This is the design drawing," he generously opened the holographic screen and shared his drawing with these people, "It's a bit messy, the red line is the route I finally decided on, you just need to look at this line."
The designers gathered around and talked a lot.
"Yes, it's pretty much what I imagined! When I saw the shape of the weapon and the effect after it was fired, I felt that this is how the energy route should go!"
"I have drawn it before, but the key route section of your Highness is still very different."
"It is these few key lines that make the entire route possible! Otherwise, this would be a dead cannon!"
The designers are of varying ages.
There are old men in their seventies and eighties, as well as young people in their twenties and thirties.
At this moment, everyone was shocked and exclaimed, unable to take their eyes off the drawing.
There was a young omega among them. He looked down for a long time, then raised his head and looked directly at Lu Jiu and asked, "Your Highness, did you refer to Master Lin's design when you designed it?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked up.
Master Lin was a late heavyweight weapons designer who devoted his entire life to weapons innovation and left behind hundreds of design drawings. Although they were all scrapped, they left countless inspirations for future generations.
At the moment, there was a 40-year-old weapons designer who was Master Lin’s apprentice. When he heard the words of the omega, his eyes moved slightly.
He also noticed that Lu Jiu's design drawing did have some of his master's style.
"Yes," Lu Jiu nodded. "At first, I only had a rough framework in my mind. There is still a long way to go from the framework to the pen. I looked at a lot of drawings that designers have made public online, and Master Lin's framework inspired me a lot."
An old man nodded and said, "Master Lin's design draft actually covers many design directions."
Someone else echoed: "Yes, even if his drafts are scraps, they are still textbook quality."
The omega smiled and said, "Indeed, many of Master Lin's drafts are close to perfection. If he had more time, these drafts would have been perfected long ago. We could have seen these new weapons more than ten years earlier, and his name would have been recorded in the long river of history."
There was a sudden silence in the conference room.
There is something wrong with this.
It was as if he was saying that Lu Jiu had taken away Master Lin’s credit.
Lu Jiu still smiled, calmly saying, "Yes, if he had been given more time, he would have made a breakthrough."
"He opened up nearly a hundred roads for us, so that we, the later generations, can stand on the shoulders of our predecessors and look far into the distance. They are giants, and all we can do is to strive to follow the path of our predecessors, to make those roads accessible and successful, so that their lifelong efforts will not be in vain."
Lu Jiu was very calm and the omega pursed his lips.
An old man stood up from the table and said slowly: "Xiao Ye, what you said is a bit absurd. Which of the frameworks we are studying now has not been studied by our predecessors? Which of the frameworks studied by our predecessors has not been proposed and exists in this world? From a historical perspective, each of us is a descendant, and each of us is also a person standing on the shoulders of our predecessors!"
"These roads can only be walked on for a long time if they are carried on from generation to generation. The predecessors would not hope that the descendants would abandon these roads for some strange taboos. Every step taken by the descendants also has their own hard work and merits, and they do not take away anyone else's."
"In other words," the old man glanced at the omega named Ye, "not everyone can take over the baton and continue on this path."
They are all people in the industry who have devoted most of their lives to developing weapons. No one understands better than them how difficult it is to make a breakthrough.
New directions may be thought of and new frameworks may be inspired.
However, the most crucial step to put everything into practice is precisely what 99.9% of people cannot do.
Otherwise, why would Lu Jiu's weapon cause such a big stir once it appeared in the world?
Who are you slapping in the face by saying some sour words at this time?
If it could be done so easily, Master Lin wouldn't have spent his entire life stuck at this last step.
If it was so easy to do, why didn't the omega do it himself?
After all, Master Lin himself was not such a short-sighted person when he was alive. What kind of endorsement is this omega doing for the master?
The omega shuddered, his cheeks tinged with shame, and he lowered his head.
An elder beside him said to Lu Jiu with a guilty look on his face: "Your Highness, Xiao Ye is my apprentice. He has good talent, but he is a little arrogant. I thought that since it is a rare opportunity to meet you, I would bring him here to broaden his horizons... I apologize to you on his behalf!"
"It's okay, don't be too nervous." Lu Jiu glanced at the omega.
Master Lin's apprentice spoke up at this time: "Xiao Ye, you are wrong about one thing. Your Highness's design framework only has the Master's style at a glance, but it is completely different if you look closely. Your Highness made great changes to the details, and those details are precisely the reason why this weapon works. And I have never seen this style of line design before."
He sighed, "Your Highness, if the Master were still alive, he would definitely want to meet you."
…
The exchange lasted more than two hours.
Afterwards, the omega didn't speak again, but Lu Jiu could feel the other's hidden gaze on him from time to time.
Lu Jiu was a little puzzled.
Did this omega know him before? Otherwise why is his attitude so strange?
At half past four, there was a knock on the meeting room door.
"Come in!" Lu Jiu shouted.
The door was pushed open, and Shen Yu and two guards stood outside.
The weapon designers immediately stood up and saluted Chen Yu: "Your Highness."
Shen Yu nodded to them.
"I have asked someone to prepare dinner. Please enjoy it before leaving." After saying that, he extended his hand to Lu Jiu.
"Then let's stop here today," Lu Jiu put away the holographic screen, "Teachers, if you need to find me in the future, you can contact me... uh."
It seems like they haven't exchanged each other's contact information yet!
Shen Yu finished his words for him: “Just contact the palace reception.”
Everyone responded immediately.
Lu Jiu waved at them and walked over to hold Shen Yu's hand.
At this moment, he paused and turned back as if he had sensed something.
By coincidence, he caught the omega's gaze towards Chen Yu.
There was a hint of melancholy and admiration in those eyes.
Lu Jiu raised his eyebrows.
Oh...so that's how it is?
*
At half past four, the palace bathed in autumn colors welcomed the sunset.
Shen wanted to take him to the Queen and His Majesty's palace for dinner.
The meal was cordial and informal, and the Queen finally found an opportunity to ask all the questions she had not had time to ask during the day.
Have you slept well recently? Have you eaten well? Are you tired from studying? Has Shen Yu bullied you?
The last question made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince look up with a half-smile on his face.
After the meal, night had fallen.
Without staying here for too long, Chen Yu took Lu Jiu and went back to the palace.
In the imperial palace gardens, small night lights are lit up.
These night lights are all in the shape of flowers, emitting bright white light, which is very romantic.
The autumn night was a little chilly, so Chen Yu put his coat on Lu Jiu's shoulders, and they walked slowly hand in hand.
"How was your conversation with those weapon designers today?" Shen Yu asked.
"Very cool," Lu Jiu said with interest, "They have been in the industry for so many years, they know much more than me, I learned a lot chatting with them. Why don't you ask someone to give them my contact information, it would be too troublesome if we have to go through the palace every time we meet."
"Everyone gives?" Shen Yu asked.
Lu Jiu paused for a second: "Uh."
"Who did you have an unpleasant conversation with?" It was obvious that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was asking questions in a rhetorical way.
Lu Jiu glared at him.
Shen Yu raised his lips and said, “You have been a little absent-minded since you left there in the afternoon.”
It turns out that you had already seen it, but didn't say anything and just secretly observed him?
Lu Jiu snorted.
Curious, huh?
He glanced at Chen Yu and said in a strange voice: "It's not that I'm 'unpleasant', I just suddenly found that you are a bit of a magnet for attention."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked puzzled.
Is it related to him?
"There's an omega among the people who came today, his last name is Ye," Lu Jiu said in a muffled voice, "Do you know him?"
Shen Yu recalled carefully and shook his head: "I only know the six people in the military, as well as Master Zhao and Master Lin's apprentice."
Mr. Zhao is the seventy-year-old man.
From this point of view, it happens to be the omega named Ye and his master. Doesn’t Shen Yu know them?
Lu Jiu looked skeptical: "Never seen it once?"
Why does little O look so absent-minded?
"Even if I have seen him, I don't remember it." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince answered honestly.
He tasted Lu's wine and looked at his nose, which was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, with a hint of interest in his eyes.
"Jiujiu, are you...jealous?"
Lu Jiu stopped immediately and put his hands on his hips.
"The way she looks at you is so direct, if I don't react at all, why would I marry you?!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince opened his mouth slightly, looking somewhat pleased by these words.
Lu Jiu was so angry that he almost laughed.
"You still think it's interesting?"
"You're so cute now." Shen Yu reached out and held his face.
The flesh on Lu Jiu's cheeks was squeezed out by this guy.
He glared at the guy and pulled his hand: "Don't pinch me!"
His Royal Highness did not let go, and stroked his cheek with his thumb, laughing softly, "Jiujiu, I have been interviewed so many times and appeared in public countless times. How can I know who knows me and how they look at me?"
He narrowed his eyes slightly: "Just like you, when you shine on various stages, how many pairs of eyes are watching you from the audience? How do you know what kind of look those eyes have?"
Lu Jiu suddenly stopped struggling.
…………What is this! This is called putting the blame on someone else!
"Are we talking about me now?" he tried to get back to the topic.
"I'm talking about you being jealous."
Shen Yu lowered his head, his nose so close that it was almost touching his.
The corners of His Royal Highness's lips curved into a teasing arc, and his voice became low and light, with a subtle temptation.
"Or rather, it's about the two of us being jealous of each other."
Lu Jiu stopped talking.
He stared at the man, his lips pursed.
...What a cunning way of speaking! How could it be related to these two people!
In the night, in front of a cluster of blooming flowers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned his face to the side, their noses touched, and their breath gradually entangled with his.
When those lips opened and closed while speaking, they could almost touch Lu Jiu's lips.
"His surname is Ye, and he's an omega. He will never be allowed into the palace again." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince murmured.
"...There's no need to be so drastic." Lu Jiu's eyes became misty and his voice became a little hoarse.
Professionals are rare and precious, and even if the omega named Ye doesn't come to see him in the future, he may need to go in and out of the palace.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a meal.
"Jiujiu, your intentions are really hard to guess."
“…………”
"Then," His Royal Highness chuckled, "I will stay away from him from now on."
Lu Jiu laughed.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks really cute when he plays the role of a good wife and husband.
Not far away, a figure suddenly appeared in the night.
An omega who looked like he got lost after dinner came into view. Lu Jiu was startled and was about to speak.
The man kissed him.
When the omega saw this scene, his face turned pale instantly.
“…” Lu Jiu held Chen Yu’s shoulder hesitantly.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't care.
I'm too lazy to care.
He took a step forward and kissed her deeper, pressing Lu Jiu into her flowers.
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