The alloy door opened silently, and Yang stood vigilantly outside the door frame.

The soft light shines through, and inside is a spacious living room, with a shadow sitting in the corner of the paper-shaped sofa.

Is that the princess?

There were many chaotic thoughts circulating in Yang Luo's heart, but there was no male instinct.

The amount of information he had just received was too much.

There are ordinary people in it, which means that there are no toxic gases here.

Yang Luo walked into the room and casually closed the alloy door.

The girl looked up, and a pair of ice-blue eyes stood out, and her long, soft blonde hair was unadorned, draped over her chest and behind her.

When an observer looks at her, the first thing they should be attracted to is her eyes;

As the observer's gaze expands, it is easy to catch her beautiful face;

But when the observer's gaze glides over her thin eyebrows, pretty nose, and shallow lips, they will unconsciously return to her eyes, trying to see how many stars are hidden in her eyes.

Her demeanor is very beautiful, just an ordinary sitting posture, but it exudes a natural elegance, porcelain doll-like skin is white and pink, and her slightly long neck and her bud-like collarbone happen to depict the most perfect bone structure of women.

She slowly stood up.

Yang Luo could see a little nervousness in her pretended calm expression.

The girl's lips were slightly open, and her voice was completely matching her beauty, but the volume was a little low.

"You may be seated, Earl Hanton."

"Well," Yang Luo walked across from her, leaning into the sofa, raising his hand and rubbing his forehead, "What do you call it?" ”

"Daphne, Daphne Sherman."

The girl whispered, then stroked the hem of her skirt and slowly sat back in her place.

Only then did Yang Luo notice that she was obviously attentive to her outfit.

Truth be told, her own charm is attractive enough that it's easy to overlook her evening dress.

"Do you know all about it?"

Daphne asked softly.

Yang Luo nodded and made eye contact with her: "Your Majesty has given me two paths, cultivate me, or destroy me." ”

"I have a lot of respect for you, you are the hero who averted the Empire from falling into the crisis of the Great Recession."

Devine whispered:

"I also can't disobey my father's orders, maybe we can consider using the model of political marriage, nominally marrying, and not affecting each other's lives."

"Nominally married? I don't like the green stuff on my head. ”

Yang Luo pointed to the top of his head, and then thought that the stalk of green hat was not popular in the empire.

"If I'm sure I'm going to get married, I'd rather it's a substantive marriage," he explains. Of course, I'm still wondering how to reject His Majesty's kindness. ”

"Really?"

Devany seemed to be in a quandary, looking down in thought, her fingers wrapping around the two strands of hair.

"I'm sorry," Yang Luo immediately realized that his words might be a bit rude, "I'm not targeting you, you know, I have a girlfriend, we have a good relationship, you are a wonderful woman, at least in terms of appearance." ”

Devany nodded slightly, "Actually, you're not my type, and it's really a problem...... What to do with Captain Catherine? ”

"Do you have a boyfriend too?" Yang Luo asked.

Devany shook her head, "I just came of age two days ago, and I got my father's order that day. ”

Yang Luo asked: "Do you think that Your Majesty has arranged this matter on a whim or for a long time?" ”

Devany pondered for a few seconds, "I can't fathom my father's mind, but it seems to me that it would be in your favor if we were to be married, Lord Earl. ”

"Proneficial?" Yang Luo smiled, "Can you tell me more specifically?" ”

"Well, that's just a little bit of a shallow opinion of my dry people."

Daphne calmly analyzed:

"You are already on the opposite side of the aristocracy, and the marriage of the noble families has become a vast and complex system of relations."

"You now have the power given by my father, and you are invincible to the nobility, but when you enter a permanent job, your father has found a new tool...... It might make you mind saying that, but that's just the way it is. ”

"At that time, you will face the wrath of half of the great aristocracy, and those princes and dukes will snipe at you from all sides."

"Including but not limited to, creating your black spots through online public opinion, making you lose your public base, entertaining your exploits in killing insects, and making you lose your image as a superhero in the hearts of the people."

"Do not doubt that history shows that this is a common tactic used by the privileged."

"Entertain serious topics, desensitize sensitive issues, quietly complete cultural degradation, and then call it a beautiful name: entertainment for all."

Yang Luo's impression of this princess immediately changed.

She seems to be not just a vase.

"Your Majesty has a problem for me, House Sherman."

"A superficial marriage is your best bet, Lord Count," said Daphne, "or, if you have a way to make me fall in love with you in the future, then I will do my best to keep our future marriage happy." ”

Yang Luo frowned and said, "I don't want to abandon my lover. ”

"Your lover should be able to understand your situation."

"What about you? Since we don't call, the situation after the price may be very embarrassing. ”

Devany fell silent, her expression gloomy.

Then, Daphne looked at Yang Luo again and said softly:

"I've lost everything."

"When my father told me that I needed to marry you to secure your position in the nobility of the Empire, I had already lost the right to inherit the throne."

"If my father asks me to marry a descendant of a hereditary duke, I will have the support of this family, which will give me precious and rare external resources of the Emperor Star."

"Love is just a non-essential thing in life for me."

"My upbringing also taught me that love is just a ridiculous cloak of human desire, and when you have power, you can have everything."

"Of course, I've lost that now, and the only thing I'm thinking about now is how to live my life to the fullest of the time that is destined to be empty."

"Life is never empty," Yang Luo said, "but I can also understand your feelings after your ideals are shattered...... We may be able to talk about this issue well, but I really can't accept the form of nominal marriage. ”

"Why?" Devany was puzzled.

Yang Luo shrugged: "If my nominal wife has an intimate relationship with another man, it will also touch my ridiculous and sensitive self-esteem. ”

Devany raised her hand to her forehead and complained, "I can't quite understand your thoughts?" Why confuse such an important matter as one's personal future with one's own machismo? I don't care how many mistresses you have, this is the norm in aristocratic circles, and correspondingly, you don't have to interfere in my private life, I will maintain decency between us. ”

"Maybe I'm still a commoner at heart," Yang Luo said with a smile, "so I don't think our marriage is likely to succeed." ”

Devany frowned and said, "To put it simply, you put forward your conditions, are you asking me to abide by the obligations of husband and wife, while you go outside by yourself?" IMHO, that's a bit unfair. ”

"First of all, we haven't established a marriage yet, and then, I'm thinking about how to find the best of both worlds instead of sacrificing and parting."

Yang Luo stood up, he wanted to see if he could make Devine take the initiative to refuse, so he stared at Devonie and said deliberately.

"I really can't accept aristocratic forms of marriage, if you want to be my wife, we must establish a relationship first, please give me some time to think about it."

"If we get married, you are destined to sacrifice something, including your dignity as a wife."

"I don't want to treat you like this, so I'll think of other ways to gain His Majesty's trust in me."

Devany nodded slightly: "I have obtained your contact information, and before you leave the Imperial Star, we must make a trip to the palace." In any case, please do not disobey my father, he never hesitates to eradicate hidden dangers. ”

"Thank you."

Yang Luo blinked and bowed slightly to Daphne:

"Happy birthday, beautiful highness, besides, the perfume is good."

With that, he turned around and walked to the door, and when he opened the door, he saw the figure of Director Ino.

The alloy door of the room slowly closed, and Daphne finally relaxed, leaning back on the sofa cushions, quietly distracted.

She really didn't expect it.

As a princess of the most powerful empire in the galaxy, a girl who has just come of age and has a decent appearance, she took the initiative to persuade an honorary earl to marry her, but the other party said that he couldn't let go of those lovers after marriage......·

Daphne sat there in thought.

She wondered if her perception of the strength of the existing regime in the galaxy had been misaligned.

Tell your father the truth about today's conversation?

What would a father say to himself?

Devany could have imagined what kind of tone and modifiers her father would use to describe her incompetence and cowardice.

'Daphne, when facing the White Ghost, don't treat him as an ordinary Imperial nobleman, try to lower your position, he is an incredible lifeform.

Now that the Sherman family wants to absorb him, the galaxy will see several major reshuffles and violent upheavals in the next hundred years, and he will be able to protect the empire to some extent. I chose you because you are smart enough to be his shackles.

'Human feelings are wonderful, and you have to make the most of that. ’

Daphne's collagen-laden face twitched slightly.

It's just a few mistresses, and it shouldn't be too difficult to get them.

"Please don't underestimate any member of the Sherman family. Plus, it's the smell of shower gel, guys who don't have common sense. ”

In the middle of the night, Yang Luo returned to the surface hotel where he settled with a little alcohol.

"Ugh."

Yang Luo sighed, lying in the soft bed like a big character, and the beautiful figure of Devonie kept crossing in front of him.

They had dinner together with Director Eno again, and Daphne was also very cold in front of Director Eno, but before Yang Luo left, she took the initiative to send Yang Luo off, and symbolically held Yang Luo's arm. ，

Director Ino suddenly smiled and his old face was full of folds.

Yang Luo faintly felt that the girl beside him seemed to have made up her mind.

Devany is indeed very beautiful, and among the girls Yang Luo has seen, there are also mature Valkyries and Mimiri, who can compete with her in beauty.

Of course, using physical appearance to divide the hierarchy is not a civilized behavior in itself.

But Yang Luo could feel that Daphne was the kind of ambitious royal girl.

Imperial princesses are not the same as imperial princesses.

Emilia's growth environment determines that she is a simple princess, and what she thinks about in her heart is how to work for the welfare of the people, with her own brother covering herself, she is the most carefree girl in the Falling Wind Empire.

Daphne grew up in a competitive environment, she wanted power, fame, status, and ultimately she cared about her own decency and dignity.

Pretty is beautiful, Yang Luo just wants to stay away from this kind of girl.

The only thing Yang Luo can comfort herself is that Devonie has just come of age and has not fallen, and Yang does not smell any miscellaneous smell in her.

Refuse this family business?

Isn't that too naïve?

By marrying the princess, he will be able to gain a foothold in the Sherman Empire, become the emperor's son-in-law and the aura of an imperial hero, and he will gain great power in a short period of time.

And Yang Luo had a hunch that the old emperor cleaned up the House of Elders, restored his right to judge and the power to intervene in daily political affairs at any time, and the next thing may be to go to the military department to find a sense of existence.

Otherwise, what did the old emperor choose Atro to take over the MIA?

The problem of the military department should also be very big, perhaps involving system-wide corruption, but the old emperor's purpose should not be to make the military department unstable, but to let his cronies gain substantial military power.

100% military power to the imperial power?

He was stimulated by the Empire's defense-wide system. ’

Director Ino's words made the question mark above Yang Luo's head pop up like a mushroom after the rain.

What the hell is going on?

Buzz, buzz!

Yang Luo's communicator vibrated a few times.

He grabbed the communicator and looked at it, and was inexplicably a little weak.

Catherine's video invitation, which is a dedicated communication device for the two of them, is extremely expensive to build, and has the advantage of being able to communicate instantly from all corners of the galaxy.

Yang Luo cleared his throat and immediately sat up, his fingers sticking a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The call was established, and Catherine, wearing her golden mask, appeared in front of Yang Luo.

She was sitting in front of a porthole, probably just returning from a mission, and at this moment she slowly took off her mask, and turned her head to look at the left and right sides, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no one.

Before Yang Luo returned to Emperor Star, she had been transferred away by the Superalterer Organization.

"Hanton, how is it at Emperor Star?"

"It's okay."

Yang Luo thought about it for a few seconds in his heart, and decided to tell Catherine about the marriage given by His Majesty the Emperor, but when the words came to his lips, the taste changed again:

"Today I went to the Ascension Laboratory and witnessed the Ascension experiment."

"Uh, it's brutal, isn't it?" Catherine sighed, "That's the fate of the superalters. ”

"It's really cruel," Yang Luo said in a deep voice, "I also encountered a tricky matter, the emperor wanted to make me completely obedient, and gave me some conditions. ”

Catherine thought carefully and didn't say anything, but said: "This is what you told me, sometimes we have to choose forbearance, even if it is something against our will, if it is for our own long-term goals, we can do it." ”

"Catherine, what's wrong with you today?"

"It's nothing, I'm just suddenly feeling a little emotional," Catherine laughs, "Politics is the art of compromise." ”

Yang Luo wondered: "Why do you feel weird, are you stimulated again?" ”

Catherine smiled softly: "I was on a mission, and I couldn't have talked to you, but I suddenly wanted to see you...... Rest early, it's calling to me. ”

"Okay, you also pay attention to safety."

"By the way, Hanton," Catherine said suddenly, "if necessary, I would like to wait until you leave the Emperor to talk about the matter between us." ”

"Isn't there a good relationship between us now?"

"I mean, I have my own mission, and so do you, and if we can, maybe we should let go of our feelings and focus on our ideals...... First, they're urging me. ”

Catherine reached out and hung up the communication.

Yang Luo frowned and looked at the image left by Catherine, and saw the corners of her slightly lowered mouth.

What's going on?

Yang Luo sent a message of greeting to Catherine, and after waiting for more than half an hour, the whole person was drowsy, but he waited for a text message from Li.

[There is a news hot search throughout the empire, saying that the white ghost is about to marry the daughter of an emperor].

The corners of Yang Luo's mouth twitched slightly.

Is the royal family so eager to start hype?

His Majesty the Emperor really had a big problem for him.

He held the communicator and looked at Catherine's head, his fingers caressing lightly, thinking about what he should say to her, but unless he directly turned against the royal family, he could not soothe her wounded heart.

The power of the empire, their own feelings.

Yang Luo sighed and stared at the ceiling slightly.

The quasi-ancient god lifeform also needs to rest, so that he can maintain a good mental state, and he has received too much information today, which also makes Yang Luo's head a little dizzy.

Yang Luo fell asleep unconsciously, and at night he also had a dream, dreaming of a kind of civilization that mimics human beings.

The most impressive picture in the dream is a mercury-like lake, a mimic human slowly walked out, the metal liquid on his body slowly dissipated, revealing Catherine's beautiful face and delicate body, just as he wanted to approach her, she pulled out a ship knife from her back.

Ding-dong, ding-dong.

The doorbell of the guest room rang suddenly.

Yang Luo opened his eyes vigilantly and jumped directly to the side of the bed, and the dream picture in his mind was directly diluted.

"Who?"

His voice was targeted and transmitted outside the door.

Hanxiang's timid voice immediately sounded: "It's me, us, your personal maids, Hanyin and Hanxiang." ”

Yang Luo breathed a sigh of relief, took a shirt and trousers and put them on, and walked to open the door.

"Are you all right, why are there so many people?"

Hanyin and Hanxiang, who were dressed as maids, bowed their heads to Yang Luo, and then staggered their bodies to the left and right, and the two teams of court maids wearing high-slit long skirts bowed at the same time, and then carried a few trays and pushed a few rows of clothes, and gently walked into the house.

Hanyin and Hanxiang looked at the door.

Yang Luo was already surrounded by the maids and began to measure his measurements.

"Lord Earl, this is a breakfast cooked for you by His Royal Highness, please enjoy."

"What is your personal preference for color, Lord Earl? Of course, it doesn't matter, our Highness likes plain clothes, and you can pick one of these as a dress for today's outing. ”

"Lord Earl, if you are fully prepared, please initiate a call request to Your Highness, and you can use this device."

"Uncle."

Syllable!

Yang Luo snapped his fingers, his eyes were filled with red light, and the group of maids each held their foreheads and fell to the ground crookedly.

Hanxiang and Hanyin's eyes widened suddenly.

Hanxiang hurriedly said: "These are the closest maids of Her Royal Highness Devonie, how are you." ”

"She's used to her!" Yang Luo frowned and scolded, "I haven't looked for her yet, so I'll play this game for me now!" Why are you still stunned? Come over and help lift it. ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

There were a few dry coughs in the hallway, and a beautiful girl in a princess dress appeared outside the door frame, the cloth fan in her hand open, covering her pink lips.

"This is mental shock?"

Daphne asked, slightly surprised.