The palace and the disillusioned are nothing.
Late at night. Capital Star. Royal Palace.
A maidservant beside the emperor knocked urgently on the door of his bedchamber: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Come in." Lin Shuangqiao hadn't fallen asleep yet, but she was still slightly annoyed at being disturbed.
The maid pushed open the door, pretending not to see the other person in the room, and bowed to Lin Shuangqiao before saying with a joyful smile, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has just returned."
"Changli is back?" Lin Shuangqiao was taken aback, quickly put on her clothes and stood up. "Why so suddenly? What happened on Black Tower Star?"
"I inquired with Executive Officer Ment, and everything on Black Tower Star is normal, with no special circumstances. Only the young prince of the Tide Sea Clan has come to visit." The maid straightened her dress, combed her long hair, and thoughtfully put on a warm nightgown.
"What about the guide we sent over? Wasn't she supposed to get along quite well with Changli? Changli even let her stay in the West Building," Lin Shuangqiao asked. "Have you asked her about it?"
“I asked,” the maid said, spraying perfume on Lin Shuangqiao and fanning it to spread the fragrance. “Sang Ye also said nothing happened. She didn’t even know His Highness had returned.”
Lin Shuangqiao suppressed her doubts and was about to leave when she remembered that there was still someone in the room. She turned to look at the man who seemed to have never existed before and said, "You go back first."
"Yes," the man replied obediently, his head bowed.
*
Lin Changli was not surprised that his mother arrived about ten minutes after he landed.
The moment Lin Shuangqiao saw him, she showed a rare, genuine smile, without any haughty airs or her usual sternness.
“Chang Li.” Lin Shuangqiao’s gaze swept over the listless spirit body, which was completely devoid of its usual swagger.
The spiritual body is a projection of the master's consciousness.
"What's wrong?" Lin Shuangqiao picked up the little phoenix and sat down next to Lin Changli. She wanted to reach out and touch him, but then she remembered Lin Changli's previous disgust and withdrew her hand.
Lin Shuangqiao extended her mental energy, which was far less gentle than that of Sangye or any other guide. Lin Shuangqiao was aggressive; her mental manipulation style was always one of suppression, even resorting to beating up the sentinel's mental body until it was unconscious before manipulating it.
The little phoenix shuddered, recalling the beating she had received, and cried out, "Mommy, I'm okay! I'm okay!"
Lin Shuangqiao ignored it; she needed to see it with her own eyes to feel at ease.
Lin Changli did not resist, and resistance would have been futile.
Lin Shuangqiao searched around and was very pleased to find that his mental state was much better than before.
But the problem is not yet solved.
She gently pinched the little phoenix's neck: "You tell me, what's wrong with you two?"
As if she had found someone to confide in, the little phoenix buried her head in her chest and whined like a child, her voice trembling with tears: "Mommy! Sangye likes someone else! That fish keeps seducing her and even provoking me!"
"Aren't you ashamed?" Lin Changli couldn't stand it anymore and tried to pull him out of Lin Shuangqiao's arms, but the little phoenix refused to budge. "I'm fine, I'll go back in a few days."
But Lin Shuangqiao had already heard it.
"Oh dear." Lin Shuangqiao was relieved; she could easily piece together the whole story.
But it's also a little funny.
"Is that fish referring to the little prince of the Tide Sea Clan?" Lin Shuangqiao knew the situation on Black Tower Star like the back of her hand.
"Did you say these words to Sangye?" Lin Shuang stroked the little phoenix's magnificent feathers, seemingly asking the phoenix a question. "If you don't say it out loud, others have a reason not to respond."
Lin Changli remained silent.
The little phoenix jumped up and down, chattering incessantly: "He won't talk! He won't let me speak! He's threatening to lock me up in his mental image forever!"
"You've really gone through a lot." Lin Shuangqiao held the little phoenix in her hands, letting him step on it to play. "Then you can secretly tell me, right? You and Changli are originally one."
"Stop teaching him these things." Lin Changli was a little annoyed, and his irritable temper flared up again. This time, he ignored the little phoenix's resistance, grabbed it, and stuffed it under his arm.
He bowed to Lin Shuangqiao and said, "Mom, I'm going to bed now. You should get some rest too."
Lin Shuangqiao smiled and nodded, watching him enter the inner chamber of the palace before leaving.
*
Lin Changli didn't actually sleep. He climbed onto the roof of the palace and looked down at the capital star.
He didn't sneak back; he barged into the base's helipad in a grand manner, took away his private warship, and even brought back all the cakes, desserts, and rice balls that Kuwano had left in the refrigerator.
Lin Changli angrily tore open a rice ball, and knew as soon as he tasted it that it was specially made for him by Sangye.
It uses purple glutinous rice, salad dressing, and even a little ketchup on the pork chop.
It's very sweet; only he likes to eat something this sweet.
It was so sweet that he wanted to forgive Sangye.
His eyes reddened from the wind, but he also found the person annoying. Did everything have to be spelled out for people to understand?
Why say such hurtful things?
The rice ball was so dry. The rooftop was so cold. The internet was so noisy. The people taking pictures from the rooftop across the street were so annoying.
Nothing is going right.
*
Sangye was unaware that Lin Changli had returned to the palace in a fit of anger; she had assumed he had gone to his room to sleep. Such a seasoned veteran must have a very strong mental fortitude.
Aso Mente has more important things to do, and she doesn't want to pry into royal affairs, nor does she want to gossip.
So it wasn't until a royal attendant sent a message in the middle of the night to inquire that Sangye discovered Lin Changli had disappeared.
They also brought food stored in the refrigerator.
They can eat a lot too.
Before he could think further, another message came through Sangye's terminal, from Jiang Siwei: I just got out of the hospital, I'll be there in a bit.
During these months of cooperation, Jiang Siwei personally delivered the goods most of the time because she wanted to visit her brother at the same time.
But today she was turned away; Jiang Sili didn't even show up, only telling her that it was inconvenient for him to come today.
Jiang Siwei left the hospital completely bewildered and headed straight for the West Building.
Sangye has already vacuum-packed various flavors of rice balls, steamed buns, and bread; dried fruit and tea have also been dried and packaged in small bags according to proportions, so you only need to take out a little to brew when you want to drink it.
Jiang Siwei was naturally the first to get a taste.
"Are you going to Chaohai next? I heard that the waters where the Chaohai people live are very clean, without any metal pollution, and there are natural plants at the bottom of the water. Such a natural environment is rare nowadays."
Jiang Siwei kept eating while her mouth was constantly moving.
“Let me tell you, I opened a store in my family's online mall specifically to sell your products. They're always in high demand, and doing business in the capital planet means you can't afford to offend anyone. Every time we get stock, we have to prioritize the army and nobles.” Jiang Siwei also complained, “Where would we get that much?”
Upon hearing this, Sangye's heart stirred, and she looked at Jiang Siwei: "Does your family own a factory?"
Jiang Siwei nodded.
Sangye suggested, "How about this, we can change the way we cooperate. I'll provide you with the raw materials and recipes, and you can process them yourself. As for the profit sharing, we'll stick to the original method."
Originally, Kuwano prepared the goods and then shipped them out, simply because the demand was small and Kuwano's production capacity was prioritized.
Now that her cave has expanded further and the raw material production capacity can keep up, she can consume the inventory in her storage ring while accumulating more.
As for handing over production to Jiang Siwei, the cooperation with Aso Mente will not be interrupted, as Sangye has plenty of new gourmet recipes.
More importantly, she doesn't have to go through the process of standardizing mechanized production over and over again, which saves her a lot of trouble.
Actually, everything is easy to deal with, except for salt, which is indeed difficult to obtain. Even Sangye is depleting her own reserves. She simply cannot bear to use the rose salt produced by the coral beast in the cave.
This problem can only be alleviated after the emergence of the ocean, from which large amounts of salt can be extracted.
No wonder salt has always been a resource controlled by state authorities. People really can't live without salt.
Jiang Siwei's eyes lit up, and she began to quickly calculate the potential profits in her mind.
This was almost a sure-fire way to make money, so Jiang Siwei agreed without much thought.
So this time, what she brought back was not only the semi-finished products prepared by Sangye, but also thirty or forty tons of cabbage, cauliflower, frozen meat, flour, and thousands of kilograms of seasonings.
Jiang Siwei didn't come empty-handed either; she brought Sangye some well-preserved ancient plant seeds, which she had specially searched for.
As for its preservation, it naturally cannot compare to the time box that Jiang Sili gave her.
However, this is already a rare find. In a few centuries, they may completely lose their vitality and become extinct.
Kuwano couldn't tell what kind of seeds these were for the time being; he could only wait until they were planted to see.
Both sides were very satisfied with the meeting.
It wasn't until Jiang Siwei suddenly asked, "Why did Your Highness suddenly return to the capital planet last night?"
Did the news spread that fast?
"Did General Jiang Sili tell you?" Sangye thought for a moment and realized that only the base's high-ranking officials could know about this.
"No, I haven't seen him all day. I don't know what he's been up to." Jiang Siwei opened the terminal and projected the screen. "This news spread throughout the entire galaxy early this morning."
"The marshal wept on the rooftop late at night! How could a hero of yesteryear have fallen to such a state!"
The accompanying image shows Lin Changli sitting on the roof of the palace with slightly red eyes, holding a white, unidentified object in his hand. The most clear feature in the blurry image is his three-dimensional facial features.
Kuwano was so shocked by the news headline that he was speechless.
"Oh dear, that's how these tabloids are." Jiang Siwei was used to it. She was more curious about why Lin Changli would run home in the middle of the night. After all, he hadn't appeared in the capital star for many years. Rumors said that he didn't even contact His Majesty the Emperor.
Sangye scratched his head, feeling that this matter was difficult to explain yet there was nothing to explain.
"Colonel, we can prepare to depart." Sireno appeared outside the door, her white veil trailing on the ground, her silver hair cascading down to her waist.
Jiang Siwei exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, are these mermaids? Are you all so beautiful?"
Sireno smiled shyly.
"Alright, let's talk about it when I get back." Sangye ran out the door as if fleeing. "I won't see you off. Come visit again next time."
"Oh." Jiang Siwei watched the two figures walk away side by side, then looked at the lone figure on the terminal.
"Oh dear." Jiang Siwei suddenly laughed, as if she had noticed something.
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The author says: Don't think that tens of tons is an exaggeration~ You can search it up, 100 jin of cabbage is actually just a few heads, especially the kind of large cabbage that weighs about ten jin each. A semi-trailer can carry forty or fifty tons of cabbage.
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