Chapter 625: Heavenly Dragon City
As the capital of the Central Empire of the Free Federation, Celestial Dragon City is the premier megacity within the Terran Race, and its prosperity is much higher than any city that Ruan Chi has ever stayed in.
When they first stepped into this land, Jialan and An Peiqi's faces obviously had a hint of complexity, and when Ruan Chi saw this, he said to them, "Are you coming back, is there a place to go back and see for yourself...... Person? β
"No, we don't have a place in this city for a long time, even more ...... No loved ones. Angel shook her head slightly.
"What about you?" Ruan Chi looked at Jialan again.
This girl, who was always expressionless, was looking in a certain direction of Tianlong City at this time, and when she heard Ruan Chi's voice, she suddenly whispered, "Sister An Peiqi, where do I want to go back and see." β
Hearing Jialan say this, An Peiqi's delicate body trembled slightly, and said in a half-loud voice, "Is it necessary?" Sister Jialan? β
"Hmm."
Jialan just nodded her head with an affirmative gaze, and An Peiqi finally sighed lightly and agreed to go back with Jialan to see the "where" they said.
Ruan Chi wanted to ask if they needed to travel together, but Jialan quickly refused, and said, "We can go by ourselves, of course, if you are worried that we will run away, you can come along." β
"Hehe, how do you say that I seem to be pestering you all the time?" Ruan Chi spread his hands, and continued, "It's better for you to go by yourself, tonight, uh, no, tomorrow morning, let's come back here and gather." β
In fact, after such a long period of getting along, Ruan Chi had no intention of continuing to forcibly leave the two women in front of him. They really had to leave that day. Ruan Chi probably wouldn't go out of his way to arrest them back.
Relative. Jialan and An Peiqi actually didn't have the consciousness of being captives a long time ago, and they probably felt this themselves, otherwise they could have escaped so many times before, but they had no intention of leaving at all.
Obviously, they have long accepted Ruan Chi as a "companion" from their hearts.
After agreeing to come back to meet at a time, Jialan and An Peiqi both left, and Ruan Chi called a carriage and walked in the direction of the Tianlong City Palace.
Half an hour later. Ruan Chi gave the money for the car, then walked down from the carriage, looking at the huge imperial palace in front of him, which was full of the architectural style of the ancient city, Ruan Chi couldn't help but show a thoughtful gaze.
According to the information revealed by Mrs. Isabella, as early as half a month ago, Diana married Tianlongzi and is now living in the depths of this palace.
"How do I get in?" Standing at the main gate of the palace, Ruan Chi touched his chin and groaned.
As the king of the Celestial Dragon Empire and the current Prime Minister of the Federation, this palace guards the Cheng dΓΉ of Senran, which is comparable to the Court of Freedom back then. It was really not easy for Ruan Chi to go in and find someone.
Just when Ruan Chi was worried. A luxurious carriage suddenly drove in the distance, Ruan Chi didn't care much at first, when the carriage curtain was opened, revealing the face of a man who seemed to be prominent, those palace guards greeted nervously, and then the scene of letting go fell into Ruan Chi's eyes, Ruan Chi suddenly had an idea.
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"Get out of here!"
A furious voice sounded in a splendid palace, and then a short-haired lady-in-waiting, pervert, bèi, ran out of a room.
"What's the matter, the queen is petty again?" Another maid with a ponytail stepped forward and grabbed her, and asked the short-haired maid.
"I spilled all the food, and I couldn't do anything about her." The short-haired maid said with a sad face.
"Why don't we report this matter to His Majesty?" The ponytail maid thought for a moment and said.
"Don't, if the queen knew, she wouldn't let me go, she said, can't tell your majesty." When the short-haired maid heard this, her hands kept waving.
"You can't tell me anything."
Suddenly, a soft voice as jade came from behind the two maids, and the short-haired maid who spoke immediately turned her face bloodless with fright, and turned her head stiffly.
Standing in front of them was a white-faced young man dressed in bright yellow clothes and wearing a crown, followed by a group of gold-armored guards.
Seeing this young man, the two maids hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty Tianlongzi!" β
"Get up!" Tianlongzi raised his hand, and then asked the short-haired maid, "Just now you said that the queen has something you can't tell me?" Can you tell me about that now? β
Faced with a smile on her face and a seemingly innocuous inquiry, the short-haired maid was silent and whispered, "Return...... Back to Her Majesty, the queen hasn't eaten much in the past few days, she ...... She was on a hunger strike. β
Tianlongzi's originally gentle smile disappeared in an instant after hearing this, and the short-haired maid lay on the ground and didn't dare to move at all, and when she came back to her senses, Tianlongzi had already passed by her side.
"Bang!"
The door of the palace behind him was rudely opened by Tianlongzi, and the short-haired maid and the ponytailed maid kept kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up at all, they knew that they were afraid that they were going to get into trouble.
After pushing the door in, Tianlongzi walked quickly to the room, only to see that in the luxuriously decorated room, a girl in luxurious clothes was leaning in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside with a blank expression.
Seeing the girl's slightly pale side face, Tianlongzi felt a pain in his heart, and shouted to the guards behind him, "Pull down the two maids at the door and cut them down for me." β
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The two gold-armored guards shouted yes, turned around and walked out of the door, and after a while, the mournful voices of the two maids begging for mercy sounded outside the door.
Tianlongzi's cold expression disappeared, as if he had changed back into the gentle white-faced boy, he slowly walked to the girl's side, and said in a low voice, "My queen, why do you want to do this? β
The girl sitting by the window heard Tianlongzi's words, but her expression did not change at all, her eyes were still looking at the world outside, her eyes were empty, and she continued, "I want to go back, go back to the Vidocq Kingdom." β
Tianlongzi's expression changed, and then he clenched his fists and ordered the golden-armored guards behind him, "You all go out, don't come in without my order." β
Among the Golden Armor Guards. A man with a national character face who seems to be the leader is embarrassed. "ιxiΓ . Lord Tianlun, let us not leave an inch to protect Your Majesty xiΓ you ......"
"Isn't it just that you are waiting outside?" Tianlongzi rudely interrupted the head of the guard and said sharply.
"This ......"
Seeing the other party's anxious expression, Tianlongzi sighed and said, "Go out, I'll explain to him on the Tianlun side, you don't have to worry about it." β
"We understand, our subordinates are waiting outside the door." The chief guard hesitated. Eventually, he walked out the door with the rest of the gold-armored guards.
In the luxurious room, there are only Tenryuko and the girl left.
"Diana." Waiting for one person to leave, Tianlongzi called out the girl's name and said with a wry smile, "I know you don't want to stay in this kind of place, but you should understand that whether it's you or me, you can't help yourself." β
The girl sitting in front of the window was Diana, who married to the Tianlong Empire half a month ago, and should be called the queen of Tianlongzi at this time. She is also the wife of the Prime Minister of the Free Federation.
Hearing Tianlongzi's words, Diana's delicate body was obviously shocked. She looked back at the white-faced young man in front of her, and said quietly, "Xiaolong, I know you're in a difficult situation, but I really don't want to stay here. β
Surprisingly, Diana obviously did not reject the "husband" in front of her, and even used this affectionate title to talk to Tianlongzi in front of her.
It turned out that Diana also learned later that her husband, the current Federal Prime Minister Tianlongzi, was just a puppet, and he could be said to have no status in the Tianlong Empire.
On the day of the wedding, Tianlongzi also made it clear to Diana that this marriage was only held by the Tianlong Empire in order to obtain the support of the Grand Duke of Strathra, the elder of the Federation, and Tianlongzi was willing to be a nominal husband and wife with Diana.
After getting along for a period of time, Diana also had a feeling of sympathy for Tianlongzi, a teenager who was about the same age as herself, and over time, the two became friends.
"Diana, you'd better have something to eat, if you really want to get out of here, I'm ...... I'll find a way to get you out. Tianlongzi said suddenly.
"Really?" Diana's eyes were still filled with tears, and when she heard Tianlongzi's words, she hurriedly walked down from the windowsill, grabbed Tianlongzi's arm and asked, "Xiaolong, do you have a way for me to get out of here?" β
"Method...... I didn't think of it yet, but ...... I'm sure there will always be a day when I think of it. Tianlongzi didn't dare to look Diana directly into the eyes, and said with a flicker.
A glimmer of hope had just risen, and Diana's originally glowing eyes dimmed again, and she smiled bitterly, "When will it be, didn't you say?" As long as you and I lose our use value that day, we will all have to die that day. β
Tianlongzi's face was also pale for a while, especially when he thought of the recent implementation of the empire's overturning measures, Tianlongzi felt even more that his days as this puppet emperor were coming to an end.
"Xiaolong, otherwise, you can come with me." Diana's voice suddenly rang out, and she said a very bold idea.
"Diana, are you serious? Would you like to come with me? Tianlongzi was quite excited at first, but he quickly said with a worried face, "But, we are surrounded by Tianlun's eyeliner, how can we go out?" β
Saying that, Tianlongzi also looked outside the door, intentionally or unintentionally, where, there was a group of golden-armored guards arranged by Tianlun himself, these people basically "protected" him inch by inch, he wanted to leave this palace, like a fool's dream.
"How do you know if you don't try?" Diana tried to persuade.
"Not really, Diana, don't force me." Tianlongzi was sweating profusely, he was very scared, and kept retreating and shaking his head at the girl in front of him.
"Coward, are you going to stay here for the rest of your life and let those bastards continue to control you? Wait for the day when it loses its usefulness, and then it is killed, and there will be no corpse left? As she spoke, Diana was obviously a little angry, stood in front of Tianlongzi, and said in a tone full of contempt.
"I ...... I ......" Tianlongzi was said by Diana couldn't refute, he lowered his head, didn't dare to look at the girl in front of him, for a long time, he still chose to escape, walked to the door of the back room, and said as he walked, "Diana, I'll go and ask someone to bring you some food, you eat well." β
After that, Tianlongzi had already walked out, leaving Diana alone and throwing the things in the room out of the door one by one to vent.
"Coward, coward!"
Although he had escaped from the room, Diana's voice still echoed in Tianlongzi's ears, and his cheeks were hot and he felt ashamed.
"Your Majesty, are you out? Queen her? β
The leader of the guards, who was waiting outside, came up to inquire and looked into the room with a puzzled look, apparently startled by Diana's roaring voice.
"It's okay, the queen's appetite hasn't been very good lately, and the guide is in a bad mood, you can ask the cook to prepare some appetizing food and send it." Tianlongzi put on his mask again and said to the leader of the guards with a calm expression.
The head of the guard did not doubt him, so he answered, and gave an order according to Tianlongzi's instructions, and then, he walked to Tianlongzi's side again, and said in a respectful tone, "Your Majesty, Lord Tianlun just summoned him, let His Majesty XiΓ go back to the council hall, there is something to discuss with you." β
Consult?
A sneer appeared in Tianlongzi's heart, but he still nodded on the surface and said, "I understand, I'll go to the council hall to find Tianlun now." β
Then, Tianlongzi left under the "escort" of the group of golden-armored guards.
Soon after, two people suddenly came outside Diana's room, led by a dignified lady in her forties, followed by an ordinary-looking black-haired boy.
The black-haired young man was naturally Ruan Chi, how did he come in, but it was by the noble woman in front of him.
The noble lady's name was Dalena, and she was a very famous teacher of manners, which was specially invited by the Grand Duke of Stratha in order to learn some court etiquette for the new queen of the Celestial Dragon Empire, that is, his daughter Diana.
Grand Duke Stralla knew that his daughter had been rude and willful since she was a child, although she successfully married her to the Celestial Dragon Empire this time, but he was worried about her lack of etiquette, so he specially invited Dalena over and gave Diana lessons regularly every day, so that Diana could be a competent queen in the future.
Ruan Chi waited outside the palace for a long time, and happened to meet Dalena's carriage coming, so he let the dark blue possess her, and as Dalena's attendant, she came in in Dalena's carriage together.
Ruan Chi also searched for Dalena's memories in Deep Blue later, and only then did he know Dalena's identity, so it was logical to find Diana's room.
"Tuk Tuk!"
Ruan Chi knocked on the door, but suddenly there was a coquettish voice inside.
"Take the things for me, so I don't want to eat the things here."
Obviously, Diana thought that Tianlongzi had ordered someone to bring the food, so she was very unhappy and refused.
Ruan Chi listened to it outside, recognized it as Diana's voice, and couldn't help snickering secretly, this little girl is quite energetic, but why did her temper become so big? (To be continued......)