"You went on a business trip and came back like this! Is the situation on the other side of the Star Sea in the northeast already so bad? ”

In the imperial concubine's bedroom, Luo Qiyue looked at the brother opposite and asked in disbelief.

The aura emanating from Luo Hanxing's body was obscure and bleak, undulating, and it was obvious that the injuries he had suffered were not light! He put down the coffee cup in his hand, spread his hands, and showed a helpless smile:

"It's not that the situation is unstable, it's the volleyball ghosts! I thought something was wrong, but now it seems that it's not just the former Union that is at fault! Southern Xinjiang, the Prison Soul Star Sea, and that large piece of territory in the southwest! I'm afraid that there are some restless forces stirring up trouble in secret! ”

"That's for sure! These places have not been included in the empire for a few years, and there must be a lot of old and young remnants of the former regime! As long as they are insane, how can they be willing to accept the day when they lose power? Whenever there is the slightest possibility, it must be done in the whole way! She frowned and said, "You just went to see Your Majesty, what did he plan?" ”

Luo Hanxing said: "After Your Majesty learned of this, he has decided to send more people to cooperate with Admiral Guo Qiuxian to conduct a comprehensive cleansing of the Northeast Xinghai!" Of course, the inventory of the rest of the empire will also start immediately, and any person or force in question cannot be spared! ”

"And so it should be!" She snorted coldly, "Now that the big war is imminent, if at a critical moment, these damn guys jump out and make trouble, affecting the unification plan of the empire, it will really be impossible to redeem it!" Now is the time to clean it up! ”

A few months ago, Yun Haoyu learned that the situation in the Northeast Xinghai, the original Xuanluo Federation was not very stable, and some underground organizations were secretly fanning the flames, and some incidents came out, and there were faint signs of instigation and support from foreign races behind it! So he decided to send Luo Hanxing to the local area to investigate the situation.

After this bigwig of the intelligence system passed, he made a secret visit and found a lot of suspicious points in a few days! Under careful investigation, a major corruption and smuggling case with a scale of hundreds of billions of yuan crystals was unearthed! And it involves two provincial governors, an imperial lieutenant general, and a large number of middle and high-ranking officials!

These guys sold a large amount of rare metals, high-purity energy crystals and other strategic resources produced locally to the Zhanying clan cheaply, and then they resold them to the Gnaslock Empire! Moreover, the fifth- and sixth-level genetic optimization reagents distributed to the military by the central government of the empire were also secretly embezzled and deducted by them, and then quietly resold to the Gneslok Empire at a high price!

Thanks to the advanced production technology of the Starlight Empire, the cost of the fifth-level and sixth-level optimization elixirs has been greatly reduced, and the refining cost of each is only a hundred source crystals! But in the Gnaslock Empire, their technology is still at the same level as before, and the refining cost of a potion is as high as tens of thousands of source crystals, and the external price is millions of source crystals!

In this way, many profit-hungry guys saw the amazing profit margins contained in it, so they started to think crookedly! In less than half a year, at least thousands of potions were resold by them to the Gnasrock Empire at a unit price of hundreds of thousands of source crystals!

There are also all kinds of new equipment in the Empire, such as space fighters, individual mechs, pocket-sized hyperspace communication devices, high-level ability equipment, etc., all within their reselling range! These bold guys even dare to make up their minds with the Qianyuan-class and Kun-Gong-class main battleships! In the form of falsely reporting battle losses, the various equipment sold in the past few months is enough to form half of the main army! The huge profits obtained are naturally divided up layer by layer, and all of them go into private pockets!

After learning the truth, Luo Hanxing was shocked, and immediately organized capable people to strictly investigate! In this way, the officials in question will not be able to sit still! After the coercion and temptation were ineffective, a few of the leaders knew that they could not be spared, so they decided to take a risk, colluded with the strong men of the Zhanying clan, and tried to make this important minister of the empire with the rank of marshal disappear from the world by assassination!

In the process of leaving the station to go out to investigate, the guys did it! After a fierce battle, the accompanying guards suffered heavy casualties, and even he himself was seriously injured! Fortunately, Guo Qiuxian, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Xinghai Garrison, received the information and led reinforcements to arrive in time, besieging and capturing almost all the Zhanying clan powerhouses present!

Through the interrogation of the captured people, this shocking corruption and smuggling network has finally been completely exposed! None of the officials involved in it managed to escape! Most of these middle- and lower-level officials have unexplained ties to various local forces.

Yun Haoyu was extremely angry when he learned of this, and severely reprimanded Guo Qiuxian's dereliction of duty in the edict! There is such a big case under his nose, whether he knows it in advance or not, a charge of dereliction of duty cannot escape!

Moreover, this matter also aroused his vigilance, since there was such an amazing corruption case in the Northeast Xinghai, it is difficult to say that the officials in other places must be clean! Therefore, a comprehensive inventory of all areas has become a very necessary option!

After all these years of development, the power of the Empire's intelligence system has been extremely developed, but for those newly acquired places that are far from the center of power, it is still impossible to achieve the level of being as dense and inconspicuous as the Empire itself. As a result, the forces of the Clone Organizations still have to be relied upon to ensure effective monitoring of these important areas.

After all, the history of the empire is not long, and it is simply an impossible task to bring all these vast territories that originally belonged to different countries and political forces under the effective control of the imperial government in just a few years! Even if they have completely destroyed their ability to resist militarily, in the shadows, the influence of these "landlords" is still not small.

For these people, in order not to cause too much turmoil, the previous imperial government had always adopted a policy of pacification and division and infiltration, intending to gradually incorporate these regions into the effective ruling system of the empire by this moderate means. And these local forces, which have been reduced to zero, were intimidated by the military might of the empire, and they all chose to cooperate at first!

But only a few years later, these guys, who thought they had recovered some vitality, saw that the war of unification was approaching, and the attention of the upper echelons of the empire was all focused on preparing for war, and they felt that the opportunity had come, and began to move.

In their eyes, this is already the last chance to turn the tables. If the Empire continues to defeat the enemy as quickly as it used to and win the victory, there will no longer be any force in the entire Star Sea World to confront the Empire, and they and their descendants will all have to give up their former glory and power and honestly become the subjects of the Starlight Empire! And this is an outcome that is absolutely difficult for them to accept.

Therefore, Yun Haoyu decided to mobilize a large number of elites from the intelligence system and rush to various places to conduct secret investigations, no matter who or what forces are involved, they must be investigated to the end! In the event of violent resistance, they can be executed on the spot without reporting to the imperial capital! They even had the power to mobilize local garrisons to assist in the repression if necessary.

"The final battle is coming, and the most important thing for the Empire at the moment is to prepare for this crucial battle! Unification is the most important task of the empire at present, and it is also the embodiment of the unswerving will of the entire empire! All people or things that go against this will must be resolutely and decisively crushed! No matter who he is, what kind of power and background he has, he is no exception! The emperor said in the court.

Thus, before the war of unification began, the imperial government, like the Gnaslok Empire, showed its butcher's knife in order to maintain domestic stability. However, unlike the tyrannical Ulyanov IV, the Empire's target was restless officials and the native forces behind them, not the common people.

"Looks like you're going to be busy again this time!" Luo Qiyue frowned and said, "But the injuries on your body have not yet recovered, can you hold on?" Do you want me to talk to Your Majesty and let you recuperate for a few days before you go out? ”

"That's not necessary," Luo Hanxing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has given me a lot of healing elixirs, and promised to let me choose two Exotic Legions from the Praetorian Guard to take away, as well as fifty royal family offerings, there is enough guarantee of safety, you don't have to worry about me." ”

As he spoke, he looked at his sister's gradually bulging abdomen, and said with concern:

"Don't be too tired lately, there are some things, if you can be lazy, be lazy! It was not easy to get pregnant, and the safety of the child is the first priority! In addition to the queen, you are currently pregnant in this palace, and there are some things...... Well! I don't need to remind you! ”

"Don't worry, people aren't stupid people who don't know anything! Your Majesty and the two queens' eyes are also bright, and those who dare to make trouble under their noses have not yet been born! Luo Qiyue gently stroked her lower abdomen and smiled peacefully.

Luo Hanxing hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say, "Do you think that after this child is born, will it have some impact on the existing situation in the court?" ”

“…… What do you want to say? Luo Qiyue frowned, looked at him suspiciously, and said.

"I mean, if this child can be favored by His Majesty, he will ...... in the future Will it be possible to overshadow the one under Empress Xiao's knees, if she can become the first heir, the benefits to you will be ......" Luo Hanxing looked at the people around him, and finally said tentatively.

It is a tradition in the court that the mother is more precious than the child, and the status of the little princess is high, as the mother concubine, she may not be able to go further. As an older brother, he felt that he had an obligation to do something to prepare for his unborn niece, so that she could have certain advantages and be able to take advantage of the future competition for the big position!

At present, there are only these two princesses in the palace, but Your Majesty is still young, even if the probability is low, there will always be new heirs born in the future, and if you can manage it as soon as possible, you will always be able to take advantage of it.

He is in charge of the empire's huge intelligence force, and it is easy to arrange some unique resources for the princess in advance. When she grows up, these things can become an important hole card and provide a great boost for her future development.

Luo Qiyue's expression changed slightly, and she said solemnly: "Don't you think it's too early to say this now?" The future status of the little princess will most depend on her own achievements. Your Majesty's temperament, you don't know it, so don't think about some ideas that you shouldn't have! ”

"Hey! Am I not doing this all for you? Luo Hanxing said helplessly, "You also understand that an existence like ours is not recognized by the mainstream society!" Although His Majesty has promulgated relevant decrees, stipulating that clones enjoy the same rights as normal people, there are still many people in the court who do not agree with His Majesty's decision. ”

"Now His Majesty favors us because he still needs the power of clones to stabilize the situation! Once the world is calm in the future, the use value of our heroes will be exhausted. At that time, would he continue to pamper you like he does now? It's hard to say how much power your brother and I have. ”

So I did it with no other meaning than to protect myself. Only when the status of the princess is consolidated, will we not be snubbed by His Majesty, right? ”

Luo Qiyue was silent, looking at her lower abdomen for a long time without making a sound. The elder brother's words are not unreasonable, since ancient times, the kings of the capital have been unkind, and when they are useful, they have all kinds of grace and courtesy, and once the use value is no longer there, they will turn their faces ruthlessly, or kill or abolish without the slightest hesitation.

Of course, this is the prerogative of the strong, and no one is qualified to accuse them of anything. It's just that this is not good news for himself and the little princess.

Once there is some change in the temperament of this His Majesty, it is unknown what will happen to them. In the Xinghai World for thousands of years, there have been many such examples. There is almost no king who can stick to his heart as always!

So, it seems to be a good choice to make some plans for the future of yourself and the little princess while the holy family is in full swing now? In her mind, of course, she would not think that it was a wise idea to place her own safety and honor on someone completely.

"That being said, but...... Don't think about it yet! The imperial concubine thought about it again and again, and finally shook her head and rejected her brother's proposal:

"From what I know of him, he's not the kind of mean, cold-hearted person, at least not yet. Therefore, there are some things that we should not be in too much of a hurry, so as not to be self-defeating and cause unnecessary trouble! ”

Luo Hanxing sighed and no longer insisted: "Okay then!" It's not early, I'm going back, this errand, I don't know how many months it will take to come back! ”

"At that time, your niece should be born!" She smiled, "You uncle, remember to prepare gifts!" ”

The brother and sister didn't know that the situation in the future empire would change so rapidly and violently that this was the last time they would meet, and this would be a recipe for eternity! ——

"Your Majesty, this is the details of the 'Flame of Civilization' plan newly drawn up by the ministers, please take a look, if there is anything that needs to be adjusted, the ministers will arrange it immediately."

In the imperial study, Crassus presented the file in his hand to Yun Haoyu.