The family banquet of the Lin Mansion has always been held only in the three halls of Shuyu, Stargazing and Sunrise. Each name of the three halls is named after the battles that the Lin family has participated in in the past. Among them, the Dawn Hall is the largest, and is only open every year during the important festivals of the dynasty, where hundreds of people can feast together, and important people of the main family will be present.

And tonight's family banquet is set up in the jade hall.

The Yuyu Hall is also a retro design, built in the mountains, surrounded by lush forests, from which a waterfall flows, and the front is above the water, taking in the lake and mountains. Here, there is not a trace of modern high-tech, and all the equipment is cleverly integrated into the surrounding environment.

There can only be one table in the Yuyu Hall, which is the real private banquet. Setting up a private banquet here means that tonight's guests are truly regarded as their own by the Lin family.

Before the dinner time came, Lin Xi walked along the corridor to a quiet room on the side and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in. ”

Lin Xi pushed the door in.

In the quiet room sat an elegant man, who may not have looked even thirty years old, but who was in fact nearly sixty years old. With the current technology of human beings, even after the age of 100, they can maintain the peak physical appearance of the age of 20. It's just that the more high-ranking people are, the more they have to show a little bit of age in the back, so that they can show their majesty.

The man picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said with satisfaction: "This is a frosted tea from the deep sea bottom of the planet in distant waters, which is very rare. Those who split up can be regarded as having a heart. You've suffered this time, so let's take a sip of tea first. ”

Lin Xi picked up the teacup, and the cold and biting bones in his hand, he knew it in his heart and drank it all. The entrance of the frosted tea was like an ice line entering the abdomen, which aroused Lin Xi's whole body reaction in the blink of an eye, the heat rolled out, and the body temperature instantly climbed to an alarming level.

As if it was cold and hot, Lin Xi felt a lot more relaxed all over his body, as if every cell had been baptized and glowed with different vitality.

"Good tea!"

"It's really good, such a small cup is enough to do another genetic optimization. ”

Lin Xi put down the teacup, straightened his body, and said solemnly: "Father, I have one thing I want to ask clearly. ”

"Just ask. ”

"Xuancheng came over this time, why did he set up a banquet in the Jade Hall?"

"Xuan Cheng is not an outsider anymore, I heard that you had an accident, he rushed over from the main star day and night, and has been living here for almost a month. In these extraordinary times, he can leave everything behind and rush here to wait for you, and he doesn't need to say much about your heart. You are also a big disaster this time, your grandfather and several elders in the family have summed it up, and I think it is better to settle the matter between you as soon as possible. ”

Lin Xi's face was a little unnatural, his eyes flickered, and he said, "There is no need to be in such a hurry about this matter, right?

"You're only a year away from graduating. It's not unusually early to get married. ”

Lin Xi snorted and said, "I still have a lot of youth, I don't want to get married so early! You didn't say it at the beginning, can you let me play for a few years first?"

The man sighed and said, "Then was then, and now is now." How could I have imagined that my opponent would become so crazy and dare to attack in the winter hunt? Therefore, this time is different from the past, and our Lin family also needs to show its attitude. ”

The more Lin Xi listened, the more wrong he became, and asked, "The Lin family's attitude is revealed, does it have anything to do with me?"

The man laughed brightly and said, "It seems that this winter hunt has also made you mature a lot." You're right, the Lin family's attitude does have a lot to do with you, to be precise, with you and Xuancheng. You also know that Xuan Cheng, as the fourth prince, is very high in the succession sequence of the dynasty. Moreover, Xuancheng's mother's family and our Lin family have been allies for hundreds of years, and they have always watched and helped each other. In fact, what kind of relationship is stronger than in-laws and blood ties? When the matter between you and Xuan Cheng is settled, it is equivalent to announcing the position of our Lin family. ”

The smile on Lin Xi's face was so faint that he was almost invisible, and said, "Aren't we Sheng Tang Dynasty a hypocrisy? Even if Xuancheng inherits the throne, he doesn't have much power, right? Why do you attach so much importance to this inheritance?"

The man said slowly: "This throne is both virtual and real. The dynasty has dozens of star fields and countless leading stars, separated by hundreds of light years. How can we maintain unity on such a vast scale? It is not based on belief in our Chinese tradition, but on the basis of faith. This is the throne. ”

"Hasn't our Lin family always refused to interfere in the inheritance of the throne? And this is also expressly forbidden by the Constitution. ”

The man said: "If it is in peacetime, we will naturally not interfere, even if it is pointless." The executive power of the state is always in the hands of the cabinet. But now the situation has forced us to intervene. ”

"Father, there seems to be some inconsistency in what you say. ”

The man groaned for a moment and said, "Well, it's better to tell you some insider information earlier, so that you can mature faster." Now that the emperor is seriously ill, I am afraid that he will soon die, and the throne will soon be handed down. Now, in addition to Xuan Cheng, the second prince, the fifth prince and the eldest emperor's grandson all have a high voice. In fact, no matter who succeeds to the throne of the four of them, there is no problem, and our Lin family will not have the slightest opinion. ”

Lin Xi heard that it was wrong, "Is there a candidate other than the four?"

The man smiled bitterly, nodded slowly, and said, "There are more than one, but more than one." His Majesty's younger brother, who got the resources from nowhere, suddenly announced that he supported his accession to the throne, and recently some people turned up history to argue that His Majesty's means of obtaining the throne back then were not justified. ”

Lin Xiqi said: "There is still this matter?"

"It doesn't matter if there is or not. Just make people suspicious, and they'll succeed. ”

"There's no chance they'll succeed, right?"

"Well, if that's all there is to it, that's it. Now there are two secrets, both of which are of great importance. First, there are rumors that there are other people who are really qualified to inherit the throne, and they will come out to compete for the throne when the time is right. Second, some people dug up the old things of the Andromeda Project back then, and wanted to condemn Xuancheng. ”

"Wasn't the Andromeda Project already a foregone conclusion?"

"One of the directors of the Andromeda Project suddenly jumped out and pleaded guilty, admitting that there was black money in the purchase of equipment and the use of inferior equipment, which caused data errors beyond the safe range, which eventually led to the disaster of the Andromeda immigration spacecraft. ”

"What does this have to do with Xuancheng?"

During that time, Xuan Cheng was trained in his department. ”

Lin Xi's face was solemn, and he realized the seriousness of the problem.

The Andromeda Project is one of the dynasty's most significant projects in nearly a hundred years, preparing to launch the first human exploration across a river system. As a precursor to the plan, the first step was to build a forward base at the edge of the galaxy. To this end, Shengtang plans to build more than 100 super-large immigrant starships of the latest models, each of which can accommodate 100,000 immigrants.

However, no one expected that the first starship caught fire and exploded during sea trials, and nearly half of the thousands of crew members on the starship were killed.