This sentence is no less than a muffled thunder that exploded above the head of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

"What? This...... It won't be ...... Really, right? I...... Are you going to be a father too? He asked, surprised and delighted.

After getting an affirmative reply from the girl. He didn't know how to express his joy anymore, he just hugged her tightly.

With his current cultivation up to the fifteenth order, it is not easy to have a child, but fortunately, the other party has not cultivated the ability, and his luck is good enough, how can he not be overjoyed to conceive so quickly?

"So...... It's time for you to decide, right? Zhu Mingyue stared at his face and asked softly:

Li Xingyan, who was immersed in joy, suddenly came to her senses, and her face reappeared with a look of struggle and hesitation.

He knew what the girl wanted, and he knew that her request was not excessive, but because of her identity, he really couldn't do anything now!

Originally, with his status and the huge power in his hands, it was simply a matter of raising his hands to get her a legal identity, but it was another matter to marry her and be accepted and recognized by the people around her.

In any case, Zhu Mingyue's true identity and origin must not be known to outsiders, otherwise once it reaches the ears of His Majesty the Emperor, the consequences will inevitably be disastrous! Even his two sisters, who were imperial concubines, couldn't protect him.

It stands to reason that outsiders have no right to ask who he wants to marry. But as the marshal of the empire and the hereditary duke, he has controlled such a key department as the Ministry of the Interior since the founding of the country, a member of the core decision-making level of the empire, and one of the most favored ministers around His Majesty the Emperor, his marriage problem can never be a trivial matter, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it openly and secretly!

Although Yun Haoyu himself does not like the kind of transactional marriage based on the union of interests, so he has never restricted the lifelong events of these close ministers, but the wife of the dignified Duke of the Empire is still not something that can be filled by just finding a woman!

If he is determined to marry, he must report all the information of his spouse and his immediate family to the House of Lords, and after the most detailed screening by the examination committee, and the people of the Imperial Household Office will review it, and after confirming that there are no problems, it will be submitted to His Majesty the Emperor for approval, so that his wife can be accepted and recognized by the imperial aristocracy, and the heirs born in the future will have the legal right of inheritance.

Li Xingyan understands that with Yun Haoyu's temperament, even if he casually finds a pariah woman who doesn't even have a legal identity from the people to be his wife, he will never embarrass his courtiers, as long as he likes it. The problem is that Zhu Mingyue's identity is too sensitive!

As a clone, especially her body is the ruthless queen of the previous dynasty, the vicious woman who poisoned the emperors of the two dynasties, and what is even worse is that she still has foreign blood on her body, which is tantamount to violating the taboo, and no matter how tolerant the monarch is, he may not be able to sit idly by.

That's why he felt so embarrassed about Zhu Mingyue's expectations, not because he didn't want to agree, but because this matter had already involved his entire family. For the sake of this girl, he asked himself if he could give up his current position of power, but he could not implicate his relatives.

Seeing his embarrassed look, Zhu Mingyue didn't say anything, silently broke free from his arms, took his clothes and put them on.

Li Xingyan sighed softly, got up and hugged her again, and said, "Forget it, after Your Majesty returns to the court this time, I will resign from this errand to him!" Anyway, I'm a supreme minister now, and I've enjoyed everything I should have enjoyed, so there's nothing unacceptable about going into hiding. ”

The empire is so big, when the time comes, they can just find a beautiful planet to live the secluded life of the fairy couple, which is not a bad choice.

Zhu Mingyue smiled again on her face, and said to him gently: "Actually, people don't want to force you to give up your current power, it's just ...... These days, those ghostly guys come to the door every day, and people are really scared! ”

"You can rest assured that I said that I would never fall in love with another woman in my life except for you!" Li Xingyan solemnly assured.

"That's it, then there is nothing to worry about!" Zhu Mingyue said with satisfaction.

What she said was that during this period of time, the big nobles in the imperial capital had been sending people to the door to say goodbye to Li Xingyan, and even many women had come to visit in person, and all kinds of banquet invitations could receive a lot of them every day!

It is no wonder that many important ministers around His Majesty the Emperor are basically married now, and only he, the Minister of the Interior, remains single, which naturally attracts the attention of those who have a heart.

As a result, many wealthy families began to plan to find ways to marry their daughters to this hot imperial minister, so as to use this as a link to close the relationship with His Majesty the Emperor and enhance their status and influence.

Such considerations are perfectly normal in high society! In addition to His Majesty the Emperor, the best object of political marriage is the important ministers around His Majesty, if you can marry such a hereditary duke of the empire, the big man at the core decision-making level, and thus climb into a relationship with the royal family, it is a sure choice in the eyes of any family owner!

That's why they are so enthusiastic about the young Minister of the Interior, especially the big nobles from outside, and those heads of families with a strong sense of distress spare no effort in this regard.

Although Li Xingyan didn't like their behavior like this, they were always kind, and they were all figures with heads and faces in the empire, so they couldn't make too much trouble, so they could only politely refuse. However, those people didn't want to give up like this, which gave Zhu Mingyue a sense of crisis and forced him to express his position.

No matter what, her identity is not visible, it's a big deal to ask His Majesty the Emperor once, if it really can't work, she can only give up everything and take her to leave the imperial capital to live in seclusion, anyway, she has followed His Majesty to create a new era of the human world, and there is no place for herself in the future history books, there is nothing to regret.

At the door of the bedroom, soft music sounded, he stopped what he was doing, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

The voice of the biochemical butler came from outside: "Master, there is news from the palace, tell you to hurry up and attend an emergency meeting!" What do you think about it? ”

"Okay, I got it!" Li Xingyan explained a few words to Zhu Mingyue, cleaned up and hurried out, the duke's special ship and escort fleet were already ready.

In the imperial study, the ministers had already arrived, and the atmosphere was a little solemn.

Zhong Chenying above said quietly: "Okay, now that everyone has arrived, let's start the discussion!" Su Qing, about the situation in the Northwest Xinghai, can you explain it to everyone! ”

After Su Shangqing stood up and saluted, he took out a stack of documents and began to inform the congregational ministers about the recent epidemic problems.

The approach of the Bojiang people still had a good effect, although the top of the empire began to pay attention to this matter and took a lot of measures, but the epidemic was not effectively controlled, less than a week after Yun Haoyu ordered to pay attention to this matter, in addition to the original three provinces, several surrounding provinces have also found sporadic cases of infection!

"According to the expert sampling and analysis of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, the new virus is a mutant species that has never been seen before," he said with a grim expression, "its virulence is not very violent, and it is not even as virulent as the original variety, but it is about six times more infectious than the former, and it is extremely difficult to crack!" ”

"How much time do we need before we can come up with an effective vaccine?" Gurlons asked. ”

Tian Song, who was invited to attend the meeting, stood up and replied: "According to our investigation results, the source of this virus should be some rare plant in the territory of the Bojiang Empire, since we have no finished products in our hands to study, with the existing means, it will take at least a year or so to develop an effective vaccine!" ”

The ministers' faces are a little unsightly, a year's work is too long, enough for a lot of things to happen! Even if there are no new variants on the side of the Bojiang people, just a few viruses are enough for the human world!

"Tian Qing, can't this time be advanced? If under the premise that the empire will increase research resources at any cost? Zhong Xuanying asked.

"Your Highness, if all the resources are in place, then this time can be shortened by about one-third, but any less is not enough!" Tian Song replied.

Yun Tianyun frowned and asked, "Why did the virus spread so fast?" Isn't the lockdown and quarantine measures that the empire has implemented inadequate? What went wrong? ”

Su Shangqing said: "The current blockade is mainly aimed at the civilian sector, but for all kinds of spacecraft with government department signs, as long as there is a release order issued by the local government, the fleet that blocks the wormhole will be released, so ...... And that's what it is. ”

"Of course, the Ministry of Security's personnel over there have already found a lot of clues, all about the recent meeting between those unpopular local officials and some unknown forces, and after a while, we can determine their identities and origins......

"It's all at this time, what are you going to do with so much trouble?" Zhong Xuanying said coldly, "This palace can authorize you, no matter whether there is enough evidence or not, take down all the suspects first, and then talk about other things, and other things can be investigated slowly!" The high-level officials of the Bojiang Empire said that this matter had nothing to do with them, and they could only lie to the ghosts! ”

"Maybe it's time for us to dispatch the fleet of the Frontier Military District and strike a large-scale blow at the neighboring Bojiang Empire's star domains! Hmph, if you don't give them some color, I really think that my Starlight Empire is weak and can be bullied! What do you think? ”

Gurlons said calmly: "The old minister agrees with His Highness's opinion, this group of aliens who don't know life and death should teach them a lesson." ”

Crassus pondered for a moment, and also echoed: "The minister has no objection! ”

The ministers expressed their stance one by one, and almost all of them were in favor of sending troops, so Zhong Xuanying ordered that the results of the meeting be sent to the emperor's camp in the Skria Star Domain, as long as Yun Haoyu did not object, this matter could be put into practice.

At this time, a palace guard general with a nervous look and a high status turned out from behind the screen and glanced at Zhong Xuanying.

The imperial concubine glanced at her, and found that it was the old person beside her, so she quietly announced: "For some remaining things, Zhuqing will discuss a charter first!" Leave the shrine for a while! ”

A moment later, in the side hall, a surprised voice sounded: "What did you say? Yun Qixuan, did she go to the cold palace without permission? ”