"A great noble has come to the palace and seems to have something to ask Your Majesty."
Although Lan Sinian had offices in many places, many people came directly to the palace to see him. Qin Changqing didn't care and said to Lan Sinian, "Then let's go away for a while?"
"No need." Lan Sinian waved his hand, pulled him to sit beside him, and asked Qi Feng to take him to the garden.
Generally, those who came directly to the palace to see Lan Sinian either had an urgent matter requiring immediate attention, or it was a minor matter that didn't require the Queen's avoidance. Furthermore, since the other party came as a prominent noble, it was perfectly natural for Lan Sinian to entertain him in the gardens with the Queen.
Qi Feng quickly brought the person over. Lan Sinian was somewhat surprised to see the person.
"Hai Lang, what can I do for you?" The visitor was a prominent Lan noble, but he held little influence in either the military or political circles. However, his ancestors often intermarried with members of the royal family, and many of their descendants were sired by members of this family. Therefore, he held a high position within the Lan family; Lan Sinian's grandmother, for example, was from this noble family. But precisely for this reason, Lan Sinian's expression darkened upon seeing him.
Sure enough, the man glanced at Qin Changqing, who was sitting at the table helping Qin Xu with his homework, and said in a slightly higher voice, "Your Majesty, you are not young anymore. It's time to cultivate outstanding descendants."
Qin Changqing hadn't originally intended to pay attention to what was happening here, but he was sitting right here, so how could he not hear what he was saying?
The nobleman known as Hai Lang clearly didn't take Qin Changqing seriously. After all, in the eyes of many in the empire, even if the emperor doted on him, what did it matter? He was just an ordinary person from an underdeveloped planet, incapable of producing superior offspring for the powerful royal family! It was for this reason that, in all the time Qin Changqing had been in the empire, almost no noble had ever deliberately targeted him. Instead, they followed Lan Sinian's wishes and supported him, simply because his presence did not threaten their power.
Lansinian was in his prime, but already around thirty-four or thirty-five, so now was the perfect time to start carefully nurturing the next generation. While orcs had long lifespans, the royal family's descendants were few and far between. Wouldn't it be better to nurture more descendants? Hai Lang was confident, believing Lansinian must have felt the same way.
Sure enough, Lan Sinian's face lit up with joy, and he said to him in great surprise, "So that's what it is. It's just right. I was planning to tell you about this sometime, my queen." He took the hand of the person next to him with a sweet look on his face and continued, "She's pregnant. My little cub is already a month old. In another eight months, the cub will be born. I'll definitely treat you all to a wedding banquet then."
Hai Lang was completely stunned as he had never expected Lan Sinian to say that. He looked at Lan Sinian, then at Qin Changqing who was looking back at him with a smile, his face full of disbelief.
"Your Majesty, forgive me..."
"Hai Lang, the Queen needs to rest well these days and shouldn't have too much emotional ups and downs. If you don't have anything else to say, I'll take her to rest first." Lan Sinian turned his head and looked at him with a smile, but there was no smile in those sapphire blue eyes, but a warning instead.
Hai Lang subconsciously met those eyes, feeling as if a vast expanse of water had instantly pressed down upon him, making him even feel as if he were dead. Yet, he knew clearly that this was the powerful pressure from His Majesty the Emperor!
It seemed like a long time had passed, yet it also seemed like only a moment had passed. Hai Lang felt like he had experienced a cycle of life and death. When he finally came to his senses, his body was still standing, but his limbs were trembling slightly as if he was exhausted. His expensive and gorgeous clothes were soaked with cold sweat. Lan Sinian's voice, still smiling, came to his buzzing ears.
"Qifeng, have the guards take His Excellency Hailang back. Remember to prepare some gifts."
Hai Lang didn't dare to say anything more at this point, and didn't even have time to say goodbye. He turned around and followed Qi Feng out of the gorgeous garden as if running for his life.
After watching them leave, Lan Sinian turned back with a smile in his eyes, looked at Qin Changqing with tender eyes and said, "Are you hungry? Let's go have dinner."
"Why don't you tell me what happened just now?" Qin Changqing didn't move, but looked at him steadily.
Although he didn't say anything much, Lan Sinian knew that he was angry. Not the kind of anger that you would get from playing around with him, but the extremely dangerous, universe-destroying kind of anger!
His Majesty the Emperor would not dare to offend an empress who was so angry, but at the same time he was very happy in his heart. If his dear was angry, it was because she loved him so much and he was afraid that he would be snatched away by someone else!
Although this was true, His Majesty the Emperor still felt he had to be reserved. He said, "Well, well, since you want to know so much, as a qualified husband, I will tell you everything."
Qin Changqing looked at him, without saying a word or moving, but her meaning was very clear: tell the truth to this queen!
"The Hailang family has excellent genes, especially the royal descendants bred by them. Almost every one of them is extremely outstanding, such as my father. Therefore, every few generations, the royal family will marry them to cultivate even more outstanding offspring to inherit the throne. However, I don't know when this family began to stop striving for progress and rely completely on the royal family for survival... To put it bluntly, they rely on giving birth to children for the royal family. Of course, there are also people who truly love the royal family, such as my grandmother."
"It's just that my grandmother passed away decades ago. Now, my uncle and I are the only two left in the Lan family. If they don't try to keep me, they'll have to wait at least twenty years before they can marry into the royal family and target our son. So, don't worry about it. The idea of excellent genes is just an excuse for a bunch of 'parasites' who always want to get something for nothing."
The two precious children at home, the newly pregnant daughter and the older son, who was in a critical period, couldn't handle too much stress. So, to appease them, Lan Sinian's words were extremely harsh and harsh. Of course, Lan Sinian didn't think he was wrong. People do need to respect each other. However, putting aside whether Hai Lang was respectful to Changqing by bringing this up in front of him, just think of a family like theirs that relies solely on nepotism and doesn't want to work hard. Don't blame others for looking at them this way. Not to mention that this person completely disrespects his partner, and yet expects him to have a higher opinion of them? Is that even possible?
His words did indeed soothe the two of them. At least Qin Xu completely believed him, believing that one had to earn respect through hard work. Qin Changqing was already in a particularly unstable period, and when he heard the man's words, he was already ignited with a raging rage! Fortunately, Lan Sinian was extremely tactful in this regard. He didn't even give the man a chance to say something that would poke him in the heart, and simply drove him away. This made Qin Changqing's anger, which had originally soared to the sky, disappear completely. Then, a wave of feeling arose in his heart. This bastard, he really wanted to drag him back and give him a good beating!
"Honey, are you very touched?" Lan Sinian looked at him with eyes that "see through everything".
Qin Changqing raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at him with a smile, "Yes."
"Then why don't you give a kiss to the handsome emperor?" The emperor, who was boasting like a spoiled braggart, looked expectant.
"I refuse!" Qin Changqing said arrogantly, "You, sleep on the sofa tonight."
"Why?!" Lan Sinian couldn't believe it.
"Because I'm happy."
Lan Sinian: “…” So the Queen torments him when she’s unhappy, and also torments him when she’s happy? ? ?
Qin Xu, who was standing nearby, covered his mouth and stared wide-eyed. So, Papa Lan often slept on the sofa not because it was comfortable, but because it was a punishment from his father?!
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Hai Lang was sent back by the palace guards. He never expected that Lan Sinian would be so disrespectful to him! At the same time, he also hated the queen from the backward planet.
Originally, he hadn't intended to target the Empress. After all, in his opinion, the Emperor wouldn't even consider someone with such inferior genes. Who could have imagined she was so ignorant and ignorant! She actually wanted to personally bear a royal offspring?!
Hai Lang returned home and became increasingly angry. Although he was still extremely afraid of Lan Sinian, he still had a feeling that if the natives of this backward planet really gave birth to the emperor's offspring...
Something terrible would happen!
Hai Lang felt compelled to do something, as if it were a premonition. However, not wanting to feel Lan Sinian's overwhelming pressure again, he decided not to personally intervene. Instead, he would circulate among the Lan nobles, persuading them to urge His Majesty to carefully choose who would bear children, and not delay the next generation...
His lobbying actually convinced quite a few people. The Lan clan currently held the top position among the eight clans, largely due to their strong genes. Their offspring grew stronger and more outstanding with each successive generation, possessing sufficient military power to suppress the other clans. Therefore, if Lan Sinian's next generation were merely ordinary people, or those with mediocre abilities, the Lan clan would not only be ridiculed by the other clans, but would also likely lose its current status. Such a situation was something the Lan clan nobles would absolutely not allow.
Of course, some of them didn't want to offend Lan Sinian, or their thinking wasn't as rigid as some old-fashioned people. They even thought that perhaps a foreigner could produce better offspring. Isn't that possible?
However, most of the nobles were very dissatisfied with Lan Sinian's decision. Among them were some hardliners among the old nobles. They were rigid and conservative in their thinking, and had many remnants of feudal ideas. Moreover, these people were used to being the head of the family and had stubborn and self-righteous personalities. They believed that Lan Sinian must give birth to the next generation with outstanding members of the Lan family in order to consolidate the Lan family's position in the empire.
Fortunately, these people didn't go directly to Qin Changqing, but instead sought a face-to-face meeting with Lan Sinian. This didn't cross Lan Sinian's line, so he didn't argue with them on the surface. He listened to everything they said, but in reality, it went in one ear and out the other. The nobles were furious, but there was nothing they could do. After all, when it came to being thick-skinned, no one could compare to His Majesty the Emperor.
Because Lan Sinian had already explained it, no one dared to tell Qin Changqing about these things. This gave him a few days of leisure and time to continue thinking about the peculiarity of Xingzhou.
Qin Changqing found Long Zhang again and asked him about what Xingzhou had experienced.
"Is his situation very dangerous?" Taki Zhang frowned, because the matter of Xingzhou had not been resolved yet, and he still had not returned to the Blood Wolf Clan. This was actually very irrational for the newly appointed Blood Wolf King.
Qin Changqing thought about it and told him truthfully, "His situation is a bit complicated. I suspect he is a higher level than 'inferior', but he is still easily angered and can easily lose his rationality due to anger. So, to say that he is a 'perfect body' would be very disappointing."
This was actually a bit harsh, especially when said in front of Taki Zhang, who cared the most about Xingzhou. If it were someone else, Taki Zhang would definitely not be happy, but since he was the queen, he could only control himself and not pay attention to it.
He was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "Xingzhou disappeared for a while when he was in his teens. It was after... his parents died. A lot of things happened back then, and the situation was very chaotic. When I found him again, all he had left for me was hatred."
"What's going on with his parents?" Qin Changqing felt that this might be the key, so he asked directly.
This time, Taki Zhang remained silent for even longer, so long that just when Qin Changqing thought he didn't want to recall this painful past, Taki Zhang finally spoke in a low voice, "They were infected with mania and wanted to kill Xingzhou and me... I accidentally killed them in front of Xingzhou."
The atmosphere became heavy because of the answer. Qin Changqing guessed that there might be a misunderstanding, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
"My condolences." He was not very good at comforting others, and in the end, these were the only two words he could say.
Taki Zhang's face didn't show much emotion, but Qin Changqing could always see a sense of loneliness in him. Qin Changqing had experienced this loneliness himself, so his impression of him was much better.
Although it is heavy, the topic about Sin Chew parents needs to continue.
Qin Changqing then asked them in detail how they contracted mania and what the symptoms were. Unfortunately, Taki Zhang was still young at the time, and with so many things happening, including losing Xingzhou, he had been completely focused on finding Xingzhou, so he didn't know much about these things.
"I only know that they went to the Bat Tribe and went crazy after returning."
"Bat tribe?"
"Yes, they were traveling to the Bat Tribe. I had always thought they had encountered other infected people during their journey..." Taki Zhang paused as if he had thought of something and said, "I'll have someone re-investigate this matter."
"Okay, this matter may be related to Xingzhou's situation. It would be best to find out what happened to his parents. Also, this matter must be kept confidential."
"good."
After talking with Taki Zhang, Qin Changqing went to the laboratory again. The AI assistant had previously extracted genes from the two killers, and the test results were out.
What shocked him most was that the difference between these people and ordinary infected people was that the manic virus had merged with their genes! In other words, although they knew only killing, they were a new race! Before being eliminated by the cruel law of nature's survival of the fittest, they could even pass on this modified gene normally to the next generation, just like the Imperials who had once merged with the genes of wild beasts.
Qin Changqing felt that this matter was too shocking, so he told Lan Sinian without thinking.
Lan Sinian was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then he said, "I understand. Don't worry, dear. There will always be a solution."
He said this to comfort Qin Changqing, but it was undeniable that with Lan Sinian's presence, Qin Changqing's anxious mood, which had been unsettled for some unknown reason, calmed down.
However, this stability did not last long, because something happened on the Imperial Star that made him even more angry.
A professor at the Royal College published a paper on the concept of mania, and some of the content was completely plagiarized from the bold concept in his draft! - the same thing that a teacher pointed at his nose and cursed at him and called it rubbish!
However, what made him even more furious was that the professor who published the paper was the same teacher who cursed that what he wrote was rubbish!
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