No matter how unwilling he was to face it, what was to come would always come. Not long after Duan Hengye saw the news, he received his next itinerary – during the three-day anniversary holiday, the marshal and his spouse would go to a planet called "Provider" in the Empire for a vacation.
Although it was called a "vacation", in fact, this wedding anniversary trip was not a private event in the general sense. As figures at the top of the Empire's power pyramid, Meng Jinhuai and Duan Hengye also had political attributes that could not be ignored.
Provider was a lost land that the Empire had only recovered in recent years, and this vacation was also the first time the Empire's top officials visited it after it was recovered. Whether it was the residents of Provider or the citizens of other planets in the Empire, everyone was looking forward to this event, and the entire event would be followed by the media.
In other words, not only did Duan Hengye have friendly interactions with the residents of Provider, but he also had to show off his love with Meng Jinhuai in front of the entire interstellar …
He was really not good at this!
In his previous life, although the Duan family was one of the three ancient martial arts families in Hua, they did not fight with each other like the other two families. Such harmony was attributed to the other heirs, represented by Duan Hengye, who "did not do proper work", and self-doubt about whether he could be a competent ruler. But now, Duan Hengye, who was a homebody in his previous life, had to bite the bullet and go out for business.
Nan zhuxing, where the House of the Marshal and the military headquarters were located, was huge and had tens of billions of residents. As the marshal's planet, a festive atmosphere had been spreading here since a few days ago.
The black waistline suit outlined Duan Hangye's narrow waist very clearly, and the slightly shorter style of the top completely revealed the lines of his long and straight legs. Because it was their wedding anniversary, Duan Hengye wore a snake-shaped brooch carved from a dark red gem on his chest, and the same ring that he did not wear after the wedding once again appeared on his ring finger.
The Yetian Empire as a whole advocated beauty, but Meng Jinhuai did not like the style that was popular today. This could be seen from the overall style of the House of the Marshal. Although Duan Hangye did not appear in luxurious clothes like most of the spouses of the upper echelons of the Empire, this simple style accentuated his aura, which had been praised by countless people as the "Flower of High Mountains".
With the dark red snake tattoo on his ring finger, Professor Duan had two completely different temperaments today.
At ten o 'clock in the morning, an open hover car flew out of the House of the Marshal. In an instant, the people who had been waiting outside the House of the Marshal for the whole day burst into deafening cheers. According to the tradition of the Yetian Empire, before visiting another planet, the Star Veil had to first tour around their own planet.
There were many planets in the Yetian Empire, and unlike the other planets, the Star Veil had to travel around every two or three days. This was the first time that the busy Meng Jinhuai had such an event.
… This was really crazy! Because the open hover car was not soundproof, Duan Hengye was shocked by the cheers as soon as he stepped out of the car. It was not an exaggeration to say that as an Earth otaku who did not like to join in the fun, he had never seen so many people in his previous life.
A person's subconscious physiological reaction could not be hidden. The moment Duan Hengye heard the cheers, he could not help but take a small step back, then he quickly stood up straight as if nothing had happened. Perhaps his actions could be hidden from the excited people below, but they could not hide from the live broadcast camera and Meng Jinhuai who was standing next to him.
As a result, the people who were watching the live broadcast realized that the cold and omnipotent Professor Meng was actually frightened by the cheers. Immediately after his action, Meng Jinhuai, who was standing next to him, suddenly reached out and firmly held Duan Hengye's hand.
Even though the Marshal was not a celebrity, he still had fans all over the galaxy who believed in the couple. Duan Hengye, who was working hard to open his business, did not know that the moment he held Meng Jinhuai's hand, the Ye Tian Morning News lagged for a few seconds. After all, this was the interstellar era's network.
Although it was called a 'patrol', the Southern Star was so vast that maintaining a low speed to truly 'patrol' the entire planet was an impractical task. According to the previous arrangement, Meng Jinhuai and Duan Hengye would only interact with everyone at the entrance of the House of the Marshal. Then, they would transfer to a starship and symbolically enter the space channel.
Duan Hengye realized that … in this short ten minutes of interaction, Meng Jinhuai's originally extremely gentle eyes had evolved into "full of love". The Marshal's supporters who were watching the live broadcast saw this and began to frantically take screenshots. However, Duan Hengye, who had a guilty conscience, was a little nervous.
Duan Hengye glanced at the side profile of the person beside him and complained in his heart. With Meng Jinhuai's acting skills, even if he was not the Marshal, he would not starve to death in this lifetime …
Probably because Duan Hengye's observation was not subtle enough, Meng Jinhuai also leaned over and whispered in his extremely magnetic voice, "What's wrong?" At this time, the two of them were very close to each other. Duan Hengye even had the illusion that the person beside him was about to kiss him.
As the national Prince Charming that was repeatedly described in books, no one could resist Meng Jinhuai's question, and Duan Hengye was no exception. After Meng Jinhuai's voice fell, the side of Duan Hengye's face that was close to him turned light red … Naturally, this scene was also broadcast live.
The planet where Amro University was located was also the Marshal's planet. Out of worship for the Marshal, many people woke up early to watch the live broadcast on the first day of the holiday. The dormitories here were single rooms. Every four people shared a small living room. At this time, in one of the living rooms, a few students were eating breakfast while watching the live broadcast.
"The Marshal and Professor Duan's relationship is really good." A boy in a gray shirt took a bite of bread and exclaimed excitedly, "Professor Duan was my Prince Charming when he was single!"
"Don't say anymore, I'm already a couple fan. The look in the Marshal's eyes is definitely true love!" Another person was even more emotional than the previous one. After exclaiming, he used his elbow to nudge his roommate who had been eating quietly and not watching the live broadcast. "Jingchi, why aren't you watching? Haven't you always admired Professor Duan? "After the last incident, Lan Jingchi moved away and lived with the other majors. Although their majors were different, after some time together, everyone's relationship developed quite well and they would often get together to chat.
The boy who was asked first responded with a "Yes." After a while, he suddenly stood up from the sofa, cleaned up the food on the table, and walked towards the door. "I'm going to do an experiment," he said perfunctorily.
"Uh … okay." Seeing Lan Jingchi's back disappear at the door, the remaining three people awkwardly sat down. After a long silence, someone finally asked, "Hey, do you guys think … Jingchi is acting weird today?"
"Do I need you to tell me that?" After the voice fell, the atmosphere in the living room finally became lively again, but the doubts in the minds of the three people didn't dissipate for a long time. Did Lan Jingchi know some gossip about the House of the Marshal? They thought of this possibility at the same time, but no one said it out loud.
After the tour, Duan Hengye finally boarded the military's starship. Although it had political overtones, today's tour was still classified as Duan Hengye's private itinerary. Thus, it was very rare that the two generals who had been following Duan Hengye closely didn't come with him. Probably from the time this starship was put into use until now, it rarely had a moment of leisure.
As soon as Duan Hengye boarded the starship, his personal assistant quickly walked over.
"Mr. Duan, this is a gift from the imperial family." After speaking, the assistant took out a palm-sized wooden box in front of Duan Hengye. According to tradition, the imperial family would often send gifts to other nobles or important members of the empire during important festivals and anniversaries. The original owner of this body had received a few gifts before.
Although his intuition told him that there was something special about this small wooden box, Duan Hengye's face didn't reveal any strange emotions when he saw the box in his assistant's hand.
"Thank you." Duan Hengye took the box from his assistant's hand. Seeing this, Meng Jinhuai, who hadn't said anything all this time, smiled and said to the assistant, "Remember to send a letter of thanks to the imperial family on behalf of A Heng later."
"Yes, Grand Marshal." The assistant nodded and took note of his instructions.
"Okay." Meng Jinhuai didn't seem to be interested in the contents of the box. He turned around and said to Duan Hengye, "A Heng, go rest for a while. There are still some things in the military that haven't been dealt with yet. I'll be back in a bit. " Hearing Meng Jinhuai say that he was going to leave, Duan Hengye couldn't help but sigh in relief. He nodded to Meng Jinhuai and then walked to the lounge with the wooden box.
The bathroom in the lounge was one of the few blind spots on the starship. At this time, the cold light shone in from the side, making Duan Hengye's fingers appear even paler. Looking at the door of the lounge again, Duan Hengye hesitated for a moment before gently opening the dark wooden box.
Because he didn't know what was inside the box, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Even so, his hands didn't slow down at all.
The dark wooden box popped open, revealing a necklace made of sapphire lying quietly at the bottom of the wooden box.
Duan Hengye frowned slightly, then took the necklace out of the wooden box. Almost the moment he took the necklace out of the box, he immediately realized where the problem was — — the weight of the necklace wasn't right!
Although he didn't know what material the necklace was made of, the previous host had the habit of wearing a brooch when he attended important events. Even the buttons on his formal wear were made of sapphire. Compared to the previous accessories, the necklace in his hand was a little too light.
Duan Hengye carefully placed the sapphire in his palm. After examining it for a while, he finally found a small crack in the gem. Without any hesitation, Duan Hengye immediately reached out and opened the gem from both sides. As expected, there was a secret inside the gem necklace!
After the necklace was opened, he saw a small black capsule lying quietly in the small hole formed by the gem. The memory of the previous host told Duan Hengye that he was holding the royal control drug in his hand.
Before he could do anything else, a palm sized light screen suddenly appeared on the sapphire.
"Professor Duan, this is your anniversary gift."
Seeing the unfamiliar signature that couldn't be ignored, Duan Hengye's hand holding the necklace couldn't help but tremble slightly. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time the emperor of the Yetian Empire had left him a message.
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