After the two of them left, Duan Hangye originally wanted to follow the original plan and follow the two of them out of the floating device. But before he could take a step forward, Meng Jinhuai, who was standing next to him, gently pulled Duan Hengye's hand and motioned him to look at the side of the hover device.
The side of the hover device was made of a one-sided transparent material. After Duan Hengye turned around, he saw another hover device next to him. "This is …" Before he could finish his sentence, he realized that the people in the other hover device were the Emperor and Empress of the Yetian Empire.
Meng Jinhuai nodded at Duan Hengye and said softly, "Don't worry."
While the two were talking, the door of the other hover device opened. Under the gaze of the media, a woman in a bright red dress walked out of the hover device.
This was Empress of the Yetian Empire. Before this, Duan Hengye had only seen her once, and that was when he transmigrated. At the royal banquet, after he poured wine over the female lead's head, this woman stood in the middle of the hall and clapped excitedly. Every time Duan Hengye thought about it, he would get goosebumps all over his body.
If Zhuo Yan was a gloomy viper, then Empress was a poisonous scorpion with needles.
The style of this red dress was very exaggerated. After she walked a few meters out of the hover device, the tail was still in the hover device. In addition, this dress was decorated with gems, which were glaring under the sunlight.
After Empress's dress was completely out, Zhuo Yan slowly walked out of the hover device. Even though his clothes were equally complicated, it didn't seem too exaggerated when compared to the people around him.
Duan Hengye wanted to ask Meng Jinhuai if they should go out now. But before Duan Hengye could speak, he saw the woman standing outside the hover device stop and glance at Duan Hengye.
At this time, Meng Jinhuai finally held Duan Hengye's hand and walked out of the hover device. After seeing the woman still standing there without moving, Duan Hengye understood why she came early.
Duan Hengye's memory told him that as the president of the Yeti Empire Mecha Research Institute, the original host only had to bow in front of the emperor. But according to the traditional etiquette of the royal family, the original host was adopted by the Empress' family and grew up with their help. Every time she saw the Empress, she had to give her a big bow according to the tradition of the Ye Tian Empire.
Although a lot of Star Web media were invited to this banquet, it was still open for filming according to the time slot. After the guests entered the banquet hall, the scene was inevitably a bit chaotic, so the filming inside had to wait for more than ten minutes before opening again. In this way, the media was bound to miss the scene of Duan Hengye bowing to Empress …
So she was waiting for me here.
Although the royal family still didn't know that Duan Hengye had talked to Meng Jinhuai, in their eyes, he was still an unqualified undercover agent who had clearly shown signs of "rebellion". Before coming, Duan Hengye knew that this trip would not be easy, but he didn't expect Empress to be so naive as to set up a barrier for him here.
The cultural setting of "Galactic Toppling" was generally more Chinese, but in some details, the author still referred to the settings of many other countries. For example, Empress was now wearing a black ribbon on her chest, and every time the original host saw her, the etiquette was a very grand half-kneeling and kissing.
… To be honest, Duan Hengye had never half-kneeled to anyone in his life.
Although the Duan family was an ancient martial arts family, the family didn't pay as much attention to "empty etiquette" as before. Even when he was a child and asked for red packets, Duan Hengye would at most bow. Duan Hangye was not used to kissing hands in the first place. Now that he was asked to kneel in front of so many people in the galaxy, it was obviously a very difficult thing to do.
Perhaps Empress chose to appear early just to remind Duan Hengye that he was still a spy for the royal family. But after seeing the other party's intention, Duan Hengye's heart was extremely conflicted.
When Duan Hengye walked out of the suspension device, he pursed his lips tightly. Because of his bad mood, his aura almost surpassed that of Meng Jinhuai in his military uniform. He had no idea how stunning he looked right now. He was completely in line with the image of Professor Duan, the flower of high mountains that people imagined him to be.
After seeing Duan Hengye, Empress raised her chin and smiled at him. She then slowly reached out her hand. Duan Hengye really wanted to walk directly into the banquet hall, but his rationality told him that this kind of behavior was too naive. After hesitating for a bit, Duan Hengye finally slowly turned around and walked toward Zhuo Yan and Empress.
The filming equipment of the interstellar era was miniature and silent, but after seeing the excitement in the reporter's swollen eyes from the corner of his eye, Duan Hangye even had the illusion of a shutter clicking continuously in his ears.
He walked next to Empress and was about to salute her like he remembered. But suddenly, Meng Jinhuai, who was still holding Duan Hengye's hand, suddenly tightened her grip.
Meng Jinhuai's action was a bit sudden, and Duan Hengye's hand was a bit painful. He couldn't help but look at Meng Jinhuai.
Unexpectedly, the general didn't respond to Duan Hengye's gaze. On the contrary, Meng Jinhuai walked over and stood next to Duan Hengye.
Meng Jinhuai nodded at Empress and smiled at the woman in red. "Your Highness Empress, A Heng is now a citizen of Nan Zhuxing, not a citizen of Gui Yu."
Gui Yu was where Empress's family was located. After Meng Jinhuai said this, the surrounding reporters were all stunned.
In the interstellar era with a large population, in order to facilitate data collection and convenient interstellar life, everyone's identity information had their own home planet.
When the original owner was young, his home planet was his parent's home planet. After an experiment accident happened and he was adopted by the royal family, Duan Hengye's identity information was moved to Empress's family, which was the "Gui Yu" Meng Jinhuai just mentioned.
Because the research institute's planetary level wasn't high enough and it wasn't considered a habitable planet, Duan Hengye's identity information was still on Gui Yu after he became an adult. Until after he got married … it was moved to Nan Zhuxing.
This was a bit like the "household registration" of the Earth era, but the overall process was faster and more convenient. If Meng Jinhuai didn't say this, Duan Hengye really would have forgotten that he was also "Nan Zhuxing".
Meng Jinhuai's words were to remind Empress that in a way, Duan Hengye was now no longer part of Empress's family.
In fact, he wasn't wrong. After getting married and transferring his identity information to Nan Zhuxing, Duan Hengye no longer had any relationship with the royal family and there was no need to follow their etiquette.
After Meng Jinhuai said this, Empress's smile also froze on her face. After a while, she slowly took her hand back and said with a stiff smile, "Oh, I almost forgot. So Hengye is already one of the marshal's people … "
What is she talking about … Duan Hengye was disgusted by her strange tone. But because of Meng Jinhuai's words just now, Duan Hangye finally openly saluted the two of them in accordance with his current identity as the dean of the research institute.
The "good show" ended like this.
After Meng Jinhuai took Duan Hengye's hand and walked into the hall, the media finally realized what kind of competition they had just filmed.
At the same time, Meng Jinhuai's words "A Heng is now part of Nan Zhuxing, not part of Guiyu" kept repeating in their minds …
The door of the banquet hall was open, and the guests who had already entered the hall also noticed what happened outside. Originally, for these galactic celebrities, coming to the capital planet of the Yetian Empire to attend a banquet should be an honorable thing. But after seeing what happened at the door, the people who originally didn't have anything to do with the two factions of the Empire couldn't help but feel nervous. They were afraid that they would be involved if they weren't careful.
So after Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai entered the hall, the people around them weren't as enthusiastic as before. After everyone saw Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai, they just politely greeted the two of them and didn't have any intention of talking to them. Vaguely, with Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai as the center, a vacuum circle formed in the hall.
Meng Jinhuai wasn't a person who cared about this. After the two of them entered the hall, Yu Xinlan, who came in before them, walked over with a glass of wine. She glanced at the hall and said, "This hall was built more than 200 years ago, when the Empire's royal family was at its most prosperous. I saw everyone's attire and etiquette today, and I realized that there are still so many people who miss that era."
Yu Xinlan's words were very vague, but other than Duan Hengye, who failed history, everyone in the hall could hear the sarcasm in her words.
200 years ago, the Ye Tian royal family wasn't just "prosperous", it was also extremely extravagant and corrupt. It could be said that the seeds of the Empire's downfall were planted at that time.
Now that the hall was quiet, Yu Xinlan didn't deliberately lower her voice. While she was speaking, the Emperor and Empress of the Empire walked in.
Seeing this, everyone around them broke out in a cold sweat.
After hearing her words, the Queen stopped in her tracks as expected. Zhuo Yan looked at the woman with some dissatisfaction, but he didn't stop her.
"General Yu, you're really interesting. According to you, should the members of the Yetian Empire like the era of war?" Empress asked.
Before Yu Xinlan had time to refute, she suddenly heard Zhuo Yan, who had been standing there without speaking, coldly call out to the person next to him, "Empress, you talk too much today."
After hearing his words, the woman in red finally glanced at Yu Xinlan coldly, then turned around and walked to the center of the huge banquet hall.
Generally speaking, the process of the royal banquet was very boring. After a few routine segments were over, the banquet officially began. Because of the previous episode, many people who originally wanted to get close to Meng Jinhuai all gave up on the idea. Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai were also happy to be free.
After the banquet began, the two sat on a sofa in the corner of the banquet hall, facing both overt and covert glances. It was at this moment that Meng Jinhuai suddenly held a glass of wine and spoke to Duan Hengye about Empress's family.
The Yetian Empire had a long history, and Empress's family was also ancient. Some of the things Meng Jinhuai talked about were mentioned in Ye Tian history books, but there were also things that ordinary people didn't know about.
Speaking of which, Duan Hengye didn't know much about Empress. After all, even the character Empress only appeared a few times in "Toppling Stars", let alone her family. After listening to Meng Jinhuai's introduction, Duan Hengye finally knew that Empress's family was so powerful that it was even comparable to the royal family. He and Zhuo Yan could be regarded as a complete "political marriage". In recent years, the gap between the two had become wider and wider.
Hearing this, Duan Hengye couldn't help but complain in his heart: It seems that Meng Jinhuai and I aren't the only ones who received the "outwardly harmonious" script in "Toppling Stars" …
Seeing that Duan Hengye was distracted, Meng Jinhuai suddenly reached out and touched his forehead. "What are you thinking about?" Duan Hengye's hair was a little long. When he lowered his head, his hair would fall down and cover his eyes. Meng Jinhuai gently pushed the strand of hair behind Duan Hengye's ear.
As a person who wasn't used to physical contact, Duan Hengye had unknowingly adapted to the gradually shrinking distance between him and Meng Jinhuai. When Meng Jinhuai asked him to tidy up the hair on his forehead, Duan Hengye even subconsciously turned his head. "Nothing, I was just thinking about the history of Interstellar."
Meng Jinhuai had already accepted that Duan Hengye was super biased, so when he heard Duan Hengye say this, he smiled and said, "It's okay, that's not important."
Not long after Meng Jinhuai's voice fell, a middle-aged man in a gray suit walked over. He held a glass of wine with a serious expression. Duan Hengye had never seen this man before, but he could tell from his clothes and demeanor that this man was also a soldier.
After seeing him, Meng Jinhuai stood up from the sofa, then nodded and said, "General Kong."
"Good morning, General." The man held his glass of wine and bowed to Meng Jinhuai, then nodded to Duan Hengye and said, "Professor Duan."
General Kong?
Duan Hengye remembered that there was such a person in "Toppling the Stars". He was the third general of the Empire and had his own army that didn't belong to the military. Compared to the Southern Star, Kong Shang, who had always been focused on defense, was much more low-key. Most of the time, people would even overlook his existence.
While Duan Hengye was reminiscing, General Kong greeted Duan Hengye and walked out of the banquet hall with Meng Jinhuai. He probably wanted to find a quiet place to catch up. After Meng Jinhuai left, Duan Hengye felt that it was a bit boring to sit here alone.
However, in "Toppling the Stars", the banquet hall was a place with a high incidence of accidents, so it was never boring.
The original owner of the body was a spy for the royal family, and he had been to the capital planet more than once. Just as Duan Hengye was about to use his memory to find a place with fewer people to rest, he suddenly felt someone walking in his direction.
From the moment Duan Hengye entered the banquet hall, no one dared to get close to him. Therefore, after feeling the aura that was constantly approaching him, Duan Hangye's mind immediately flashed with the words "Someone with ill intentions".
Subconsciously, Duan Hengye turned around and looked in the direction of the person. But what surprised him was that the person walking towards him wasn't a member of the royal family, nor was it a celebrity from the Yetian Empire … Instead, it was the female lead of "Toppling the Stars", Shang Mengzhen?
What was she doing here?
Shang Mengzhen was wearing a dark green dress today. Although she had made some adjustments according to the dress code of the royal family, her overall style was much more low-key compared to the people around her.
After all, the female lead was the female lead. She knew what kind of clothes suited her best. Now, she also knew how to maintain a low profile at this kind of banquet.
"Hello, Professor Duan." Seeing Duan Hengye turn around, Shang Mengzhen paused for a moment before carefully greeting him. Although it hadn't been long, Duan Hengye felt that the female lead had matured a lot. Duan Hengye wasn't someone who didn't give face to others, not to mention the female lead of the novel in front of him.
Even though … Duan Hengye felt that many of the important plots in this world had gone astray, and his life didn't seem to have anything to do with the female lead, he still nodded and said, "Hello."
"Uh …" Duan Hengye didn't speak much. After greeting her, the atmosphere between the two of them was a bit strange. Shang Mengzhen knew that from the moment she walked towards Duan Hengye, many people around them were observing this corner. In order to not appear too awkward, she asked, "Professor Duan, do you still remember me … I met you here last time."
How could Duan Hengye forget the female lead?
After hearing her words, Duan Hengye nodded and walked to her side and said, "I remember, you're Shang Mengzhen."
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Shang Mengzhen looked up at him in surprise. Although Shang Mengzhen felt that Duan Hengye would definitely remember her, she wasn't sure if Duan Hengye would remember her name.
If the atmosphere between the two of them was a bit awkward before, when she heard Duan Hengye accurately call out her name, Shang Mengzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, she began to gradually return to her normal state.
Although the setting of "StarCraft" was a bit shocking, at least in Duan Hengye's opinion, as the female lead, Shang Mengzhen, was a smart person. After a few months of experience in the entertainment industry, the female lead's already high social skills continued to improve. She smiled at Duan Hengye and said, "I came to disturb Professor Duan this time mainly to thank you."
Thank me? Duan Hengye was a bit confused.
But before he could ask, Shang Mengzhen told him what happened recently … He didn't know if it had anything to do with what happened on the day Duan Hengye transmigrated. After a period of development, Shang Mengzhen had already won her first award in advance.
The interstellar entertainment industry was very developed, and the social status of celebrities was higher than on Earth. Today, Shang Mengzhen didn't come as the female companion of a celebrity, but as the "new movie queen".
With the rise of her status in the entertainment industry, Shang Mengzhen heard more rumors and gossip from the upper class. She finally realized … what kind of crisis she faced at the royal banquet.
If Duan Hengye didn't stand up for Empress, she would definitely continue to hate herself. And if Duan Hengye didn't bring her to change clothes, she would have missed the opportunity to be exposed after the banquet, and she would have missed an important promotion point in her career.
Although the beginning of the story wasn't very good, Shang Mengzhen was a rational person. After understanding the series of events that happened later, her feelings towards Duan Hengye had completely turned into gratitude and … worship?
That's right, the female lead, who had no interest in interstellar politics in the original "StarCraft", actually began to pay attention to the news. Then, Shang Mengzhen was attracted by Professor Duan's recent drama-like experience and became his fan.
Duan Hengye was stunned. He never thought that things would turn out this way.
In fact, Duan Hengye was too busy recently. If he paid a little attention to the interstellar entertainment news, he would have known. The new movie queen, Shang Mengzhen, was not only a famous fan of his, but she also often liked and reposted all kinds of mecha research news that he didn't understand on social media …
Although Shang Mengzhen restrained herself on the surface, the worship in her eyes and the pile of mecha related things that followed couldn't be deceived.
Logic told Shang Mengzhen that the situation at today's banquet was unclear. But due to her idolatry and the life philosophy of "wealth comes from danger". After hesitating for a while, Madam Shang Mengzhen finally walked to Duan Hengye's side — as a person with courage and protagonist aura, she really wasn't afraid of being involved in the dispute between Nan Zhuxing and Capital Planet.
Duan Hengye felt that this world was really magical.
Just as Shang Mengzhen was about to continue speaking, Duan Hengye once again felt someone coming over. This person's aura was very familiar. Duan Hengye couldn't help but look over Shang Mengzhen's shoulder. Then, Duan Hengye saw Meng Jinhuai, who had just finished catching up with General Kong.
Although the female lead couldn't sense who was coming, she guessed that someone was coming from Duan Hengye's gaze. She couldn't help but turn around to look.
"Sir … Sir Marshal." Shang Mengzhen was stunned for a moment.
Meng Jinhuai's imposing temperament, which had been tempered by the flames of war, couldn't be deceived. Even though he could chat with Duan Hengye naturally just now, Shang Mengzhen was still shocked when he turned around and saw Meng Jinhuai.
"Yes." Meng Jinhuai politely greeted Shang Mengzhen, then walked to Duan Hengye's side and asked, "A Heng, is this your friend?"
Seeing this, Duan Hengye finally remembered an important plot that had nothing to do with the situation in the galaxy and was almost forgotten — at today's banquet, the female lead shone brightly and met celebrities from all over the galaxy … Among them was the Yetian Empire's Marshal Meng Jinhuai.
In "Toppling Stars", this was the first time the female lead met the male Marshal, who only existed in the narration.
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