Chapter 256: Enjoying Life with the People
"Luofeng's noble party is really boring. There is no unusual sound coming from the bathroom."
Yang Ming sat on the sofa in the corner, with a wine glass with some empty cup next to him. Several elite soldiers of the royal guard in formal attire stood around him, trying to stop the young women who wanted to get close.
Yang Ming, who had changed into a formal suit, was now sitting with his legs crossed, watching the men and women dancing on the dance floor.
He hadn't originally wanted to hang out at this kind of place.
After all, these Luofeng nobles present had no say in the affairs of the Luofeng Empire. None of them held important government positions, let alone the military system. Yang Ming felt that coming to such an occasion was a waste of his precious vacation time.
But today is the birthday of General Felimon's grandson, and Yang Ming, the secret leader of Luo Feng, naturally has to come to support this old general with whom he has a good relationship.
Adwang did not show up. The one who came to congratulate on Adwang's behalf was Emilia, the princess of the Luofeng royal family who was "becoming famous" on the star Yilanduo.
After not seeing her for a while, Emilia has become more beautiful.
With a height of nearly 1.7 meters, a slightly slender figure, and an exquisite and youthful face, Emilia has become a national idol of the Luofeng Empire in recent years.
Against the backdrop of the fluffy princess dress, her waist has begun to look slender, her curves are exquisite, and the curve above her waist is also quite curvy.
By the time she reaches the age of twenty and becomes an adult, she will most likely grow into a beautiful woman with an impeccable face and figure.
Tonight, young nobles and sons of wealthy merchants lined up to ask her to dance with them;
But Emilia always refused with a smile and sat in the main seat next to General Felimon, occasionally glancing at the corner.
Yang Ming picked up the wine glass and took a big sip, then continued to stare at the crowd in a daze.
Hera's matter really gave him a headache.
In fact, he could just harden his heart, not care about Hera's life or death, and forgive himself with a thick face.
but……
They have feelings after all.
Even if Yang Ming admitted that he was a little bit unfaithful, they had been together for so long and were extremely familiar with each other's bodies. How could he just watch her fall into the abyss step by step?
What made Yang Ming feel uncomfortable was Hera's own transformation.
She continued to study the insects and seemed to be assimilated by them.
Stop her experiments? Lock her up?
That might backfire.
Hera is now able to contact the queen at the edge of the galaxy. Although Yang Ming does not think that Hera will betray her, there is a possibility that Hera will let the Zerg come again and take her away.
This is the situation Yang Ming is most worried about.
Yang Ming certainly understood that if he didn't make a decision, he would suffer the consequences.
But he couldn't think of a way to help Hera for a moment.
Her father's death must have been a big blow to her.
"Sir, His Highness seems to want you to pass," the soldier next to him whispered.
Yang Ming replied worriedly: "Tell her to contact me after the banquet."
The soldier stood there in a daze, raised his head and looked in the direction of Princess Emilia, then shook his head at the noble and beautiful Princess.
More than ten seconds later.
Emilia, holding up her fluffy skirt, rushed over in a hurry, followed by two maids.
"Sir, His Highness is here."
"Come over here, come over here, why are you stuttering, is she a bug?"
Yang Ming raised his hand to signal, and four soldiers took two steps outside.
Walking closer, Emilia casually untied the back of her puffy skirt and asked the maid to put it away. The long skirt turned into a short skirt. Her long legs, which had begun to show their slenderness, were white and translucent, very eye-catching.
She sat elegantly in the empty seat next to Yang Ming, maintaining a dignified smile, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth:
"That's a bit too much, bounty hunter. In front of so many people, Her Highness the Princess summoned you and didn't even respond directly."
"I'm not in the mood," Yang Ming sighed faintly, "I'm thinking about a difficult problem."
"Your woman's problem?"
"You actually know so much now?" Yang Ming looked Emilia up and down and said with a smile, "You have indeed grown up a lot ."
Emilia remained calm, put her legs together and swayed sideways, took the pillow handed to her by the maid and placed it on her thighs.
She let down her carefully styled bun, and strands of slightly curly hair fell down, then casually tied it into a ponytail, and shook her head gently.
"Which one looks better this way or just now?" Emilia asked with sparkling eyes.
Yang Ming: “Just now.”
“Shouldn’t the standard answer be that they all look good?”
"Your stylist spent so much effort to style your hair, it must look better than ordinary hair," Yang Ming said with a sigh, "You are really old enough to be vain."
"You are the one who is conceited. I am naturally beautiful," Emilia raised her head slightly, "I am well-educated and talented, both civil and military. I can already help my brother deal with some simple government affairs, and now I am also the image ambassador of the royal family of our Luofeng Empire."
Yang Ming: "You and your brother are the only two members of the royal family who can move around now. You are indeed better looking than your brother."
"Yeah... uh, are you complimenting me?"
"Eighty percent."
"Go dance, um," Emilia glanced at Yang Ming's profile, then immediately turned away, "I thought you were really injured."
Yang Ming smiled and did not bring up the topic.
He snapped his fingers, and four soldiers each took out a badge and hung it on their chest. Four transparent light curtains formed a soundproof secret room.
"Are you really worried about your woman's problem?" Emilia asked, "Maybe I can give you some advice."
Yang Ming said: "Don't call me your woman, your woman, it's a bit harsh... She's my ex-girlfriend."
Emilia's eyes lit up.
Yang Ming added: "And a working lover."
"Tsk," Emilia curled her lips, "What's the difference between you and those ridiculous nobles?"
"Can it be the same?"
Yang Ming swung his feet and said leisurely:
"Every time I've been in a relationship, it was a normal relationship. I only had one girlfriend at each stage. Now there's just a little problem."
"What's going on? Is she cheating on me?"
"Screw you! I can satisfy the abnormal needs of any woman in the galaxy!"
Emilia turned her head to look aside, and couldn't help but raise her hands to cover her face, totally not knowing how to respond.
The two palace maids behind couldn't help but glance at Yang Ming's key parts.
Yang Ming was also a little embarrassed. It was indeed a bit wrong for him to say this to an innocent girl.
"I just said it casually, don't take it seriously," Yang Ming sighed, "It's a long story. She left me because of her career, and now she has to go on a dangerous journey for similar reasons. I don't want her to go, but she has completely devoted herself to her career."
Emilia quickly returned to normal, thought seriously for a moment, and whispered, "Is her decision not in your favor?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said, "More importantly, it is not conducive to her own safety."
"No, you just need to consider whether it is good or bad for you," Emilia said seriously, "Your ex-girlfriend must be an adult... She is an adult, right?"
"Of course! What are you imagining!"
"I know a lot about the disgusting things that happened to the nobles and religious people."
"Go to less weird websites! There are still many good people in society!"
"Hehe, seriously, I think you only need to consider yourself and don't make excessive decisions for others," Emilia continued seriously, "Everyone is only responsible for their own life. This is what you taught me. Bounty Hunter, you are only responsible for your own life. Other responsibilities imposed on you are unwarranted."
Yang Ming asked: "Then how do you understand the relationship between the individual and the collective?"
"Individuals rely on the collective in order to survive better. The collective is a collection of individuals, so the collective will overrides the individual will. This is the price that must be paid for dependence," Emilia smiled proudly. "This relationship can be called rights and obligations in another way. Its dialectical existence is the small country with big people and the big country with small people."
Yang Ming gave a thumbs up perfunctorily, slumped down on the sofa, and looked up at the brilliant nebula projected on the ceiling.
"She is not only my ex-girlfriend, but also a scientist I invested in."
“Are there direct interests involved?”
"Well, her scientific research output has helped me a lot. In terms of benefits, I owe her, but she has some secret files of mine."
"Erase her memory? Or install a brain chip to prevent her from leaking secrets?"
"She might become an enemy," Yang Ming closed his eyes and murmured, "our enemy."
us?
Emilia was full of confusion and sat there thinking quietly.
Soon, she seemed to have figured something out, as if she understood what Yang Ming said, and then she fell into even greater entanglement.
"This situation is really difficult to handle."
Emilia gradually became sad.
The nobles who were looking towards the corner from time to time were now extremely curious and wanted to know what was going on here.
"Alas," Yang Ming slapped his thigh, opened his network terminal, and turned on the private browsing mode. "It's hard to deal with, but we have to deal with it. This matter can't be delayed for too long."
"What are you going to do?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Little brat, don't meddle in adult affairs. You just need to supplement your nutrition now. Look how thin you are."
Emilia snorted: "I have a healthy body by controlling my body fat percentage!"
"Vincent."
"None of your business!"
"Tsk," Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled, his fingers rapidly tapping on the virtual keyboard.
He decided to put forward several conditions to Hera, and when all the conditions were met, he would return Hera to freedom.
First, once a chip is implanted in the brain, it cannot be forcibly removed.
Second, Hera and Lu jointly designed a program and loaded it into the brain chip. The program has only one function, which is to determine whether Hera is considering humans or the Zerg. When Hera chooses to betray humans, the brain chip will explode immediately.
Third, Hera must not have direct contact with the Zerg Queen, as direct contact will also detonate the brain chip.
…
After finishing the 'contract', Yang Ming sighed softly.
He also didn't know why the relationship between him and Hera had developed to this point, and he had to use a brain chip to ensure that Hera would not betray him.
"Would you like to go dancing?" Emilia asked casually. "You seem to be in a very low mood. I will try my best to help you to relieve your mood."
"Thank you, Your Highness. If you can ask me to do something for you and use your pocket money to get me some bounties, I will be very happy." Yang Ming put his legs on the coffee table in front of him. "This kind of ballroom dance with support on the waist and shoulders can be practiced when you are an adult."
"Well, I actually only practiced with the maid for a long time, and I didn't skip."
Emilia turned her head to look at Yang Ming, and found that Yang Ming had closed his eyes and was ready to sleep, so she couldn't help but puff up the corners of her mouth.
Why would she explain this?
…
Yang Ming slept through most of the boring aristocratic cocktail party.
He decided to have a snack in the early morning, so he set up a barbecue grill in the spacious emperor's office in Adwan.
Emilia, wearing long pants and a belly-baring shirt, sat in front of the barbecue grill with a gloomy face, shaking the armrests with skillful movements, letting the smell of barbecue waft in the air.
Yang Ming and Edwang were drinking wine with their arms around each other's shoulders. They were both a little tipsy, but their minds were becoming more active.
"Here, take a look at this. I just received it before you came here."
Edwang slid casually and threw a document to Yang Ming.
Yang Ming glanced at them and raised his eyebrows: "A mobilization order from the Sherman Empire?"
"Yes," Edwang sighed, "As expected, the war is about to start. The elite military forces of the vassal states are on the second-tier support list. The first item of this transfer order is to keep it strictly confidential. If there is any information leakage, the leaker will be strictly held accountable."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Just let Guton Maha's fleet go, I will make arrangements later, it's not a big deal."
"You look happy?"
"When Sherman and the New Federation go to war, the transnational capital of the two countries will inevitably shift. Isn't this our opportunity?"
Yang Ming smiled and said:
"We have been working hard on economic infrastructure construction in recent years, and this wave just happened to reap the dividends."
"People will die in war, so don't joke about it," Edwan shrugged, "although I also think this is a very good opportunity."
"Just don't be too aggressive and attract targets."
Yang Ming analyzed:
“What will follow is definitely a total war, but the goal of the war is still uncertain.
"I guess the Empire should try to maximize its momentum , concentrate its superior forces, defeat the New Federation's major fleets, and then force them to sign a contract with them, demanding compensation and resources.
"The Empire can't afford a real war of annihilation right now. The New Federation is too big, and the Empire doesn't have that much reserves."
Adwant asked: "If the Empire acts too strong, won't other weaker countries unite?"
"When the lips are gone, the teeth are cold. This is indeed the truth," Yang Ming smiled with narrowed eyes. "The situation will evolve in two directions: a galaxy war or a local galaxy war. This depends on whether the Empire prioritizes destroying the New Federation's fleet or occupying the New Federation's administrative planet."
"What's the wisest solution?" asked Edwan.
Yang Ming answered without hesitation: "Destroy the New Federation fleet, occupy the New Federation's resource planets, kidnap the New Federation's scientific researchers, and destroy the New Federation's industrial advantage industries, attack those heavy industrial planets, and then force the New Federation's political parties to sign a surrender letter."
Adwant leaned back.
"Oh, Ming, you are so scary."
"Isn't this a basic war exercise?"
Yang Ming spread his hands and was about to continue talking big when he heard Lu's call.
"Boss, Hera agreed to all the conditions."
Yang Ming: …
His mood inexplicably dropped and he sighed slowly.
"Adwant, are you free tonight?"
"Of course, my time tonight is yours to use as you wish."
"Let's go to the nightclub!"
"I feel like the emperor of this country..."
"That's perfect. This is called having fun with the people." Yang Ming hooked his arm around Edwang's neck. "If you wear a mask, no one will recognize you. I haven't been to a nightclub in Yilan Duoxing for a few years. The girls must have changed."
“You two!”
Emilia stood up angrily: "Do you still look serious? You are the soul of this country!"
Yang Ming: "Take you with me."
"I'm going to go change my clothes! Wait for me! It'll only take a few minutes!"
