"Yes." Qin Zhongying nodded, "Division Commander Zhou has a high reputation within the army and the Imperial people, and is highly likely to be promoted to Military Commander. Once he gains his support the people will support him even more."
"No wonder." Qin Zhaoci thought of the faces of Yue Lituan and Yue Guangli just now and bristled breathlessly.
After a few moments of silence, Qin Zhaoci asked, "Mom, you said that you invited us to this banquet in order to solicit corporate support, so why did that Yue Guangli treat us in such a manner just now?"
Qin Zhongying shook her head and smiled, "Pulling in corporate support is naturally to get corporations to provide funds to expand one's personal publicity. Yue Guangli's birth mother is An Shujue's sister, with An's support, he won't be short of money."
"No wonder he's being so arrogant." Qin Zhaoci recalled Yue Guangli's action just now, pursed her lips speechlessly, and complained silently in her heart, 'As expected of being as a relative, giving people the same uncomfortable feeling.'
"Mom, do you have someone to support?" Qin Zhaoci was a little curious. "Are there any princes and princesses who are trying to seek support from you?"
Qin Zhongying also felt that it was time for Qin Zhaoci to get in touch with these things, she nodded her head, and said, "Naturally there are. You just saw Yue Lituan, right? She also once sent someone over to meet me, but I refused. Honestly, no matter if it's Princess Yue Lituan, or Prince Yue Guangli, It's best to remain neutral."
"But those companies..." Qin Zhaoci turned to look at Yue Lituan, who was already surrounded by many companies.
Qin Zhongying angled her head, "Look again at Yue Guangli, where is he looking at right now?"
Qin Zhaoci turned her head, her brows tightened as she noticed that not far away, Yue Guangli was looking at those entrepreneurs surrounding Yue Lituan with eyes full of hostility and indifference, as if these people were already dead in his eyes.
Qin Zhongying lowered her eyes, "See, Prince Yue Guangli's own heart is not broad-minded, once the person who succeeds in being elected as the heir is Yue Guangli, these entrepreneurs' days may not be easy. Similarly, Princess Yue Lituan is no better than Prince Yue Guangli, the character of the two of them is not enough for me to support either of them."
"So that's how it is." Qin Zhaoci nodded, "Under such an uncertain situation, the best solution is to be wise and protect one's self."
"Yes," Qin Zhongying nodded, "That's how it is, it's good that you could understand."
Qin Zhaoci nodded, "Then let's just wait silently for the dinner to end."
"Mm," Qin Zhongying brought Qin Zhaoci to the corner of the banquet and casually found a seat.
"Did the Qin family not take the initiative to chat with Prince Yue Guangli and Princess Yue Lituan?" A female voice faintly rang out from some shadowy corner of the banquet hall.
A male voice then replied, "No, Qin Zhongying is an old fox, probably after weighing the pros and cons, she felt that neither Prince Yue Guangli nor Princess Yue Lituan were good choices, so she wanted to remain neutral, and she even rejected all the other Princes and Princesses, choosing not to get involved directly."
"Hmm, I also saw just now that Zhou Qifeng seemed to be quite protective of Qin family."
"Yes, Zhou Qifeng used to be a teacher at the Military Division Academy, Qin Zhaoci and Wan Baiyun used to be his students, he seems to like Qin Zhaoci quite a bit, that's why he defended him, he's a very protective person, just like what the rumors say."
"Hmm, since that's the case, we should silently pay attention to the Qin family's movements, and see if they can end up being useful to me."
"Understood." The man bowed his head slightly and bent down to hide in the darkness, disappearing a moment later.
Five minutes later, a person came up on the central stage of the banquet hall.
The hall fell silent instantly, and the crowd gathered around.
Qin Zhongying also noticed, hurriedly pulling Qin Zhaoci over and following the crowd to salute.
"Greetings, Your Majesty, the King."
Qin Zhaoci pursed her lips, and after listening to everyone's address, she straightened up and looked up seriously at the man with a beard and a golden crown on his head, a man with a very vicissitudes of face.
After Qin Zhaoci finished sizing up, she frowned with some doubt: 'This is the king? How come he looks too old, didn't they say that Imperial people have quite a long life span?'
King Yue Jiyou nodded at the crowd, "Thank you all for coming to the dinner party organized by the Royal family, the rapid development of the Empire's economy over the years could not be separated from you entrepreneurs, and I hope that in the future, the Empire will develop more, and the people's lives will even more better."
"Let's raise our glasses and hope for a better tomorrow."
The king picked up the wine glass on the side and raised it high.
The others quickly lifted it up in cooperation and drank it all in one gulp.
After saying a word of blessing, the king stepped down from the stage and was helped off the stage by the people on his side.
Qin Zhaoci frowned at the way this king seemed to be in poor health.
In a low voice, she asked Qin Zhongying, ''Mom, isn't it said that all Imperial people have a long lifespan, and that the prime reproductive years are between the ages of 20 and 40? According to the Eldest Prince's age, the king shouldn't be more than 60 years old, but why does the king look so old? He looks older than grandma."
Qin Zhongying explained in a low voice, "The king is indeed not very old, he's only 55 this year, but due to the fact that he represented the Empire in the wars when he was young and suffered from the intense radiation of the weapons, his body has been getting worse every year over the years."
"The doctors of the Empire didn't have any solutions, it must be incurable, otherwise he wouldn't have considered the matter of the next heir so early, according to the abdication age of the previous kings, he should have considered the matter after he was 100 years old."
"Really, although the war brought great prestige to the king, it also caused him to lose his health."
Qin Zhongying shook her head regretfully, "That's why I used to be extremely opposed to you entering the army, your mother and I only have you as a child, and even though it's a peaceful time now, interstellar pirates robbing spaceships have happened frequently over these years, and I really don't feel comfortable with you going into such a dangerous thing."
"I see." Qin Zhaoci didn't know if the original owner wanted to be a soldier very much in the past, anyway, she didn't want that, it was not for her easy to cross over from that painful in last world, and she didn't want to do anything dangerous although she was sadly destined to do nothing but farming.
After the king's greeting, the dinner was nearing its end, the last part was the dance part, soon the banquet hall band played dance music.
Qin Zhaoci frowned, looked at Qin Zhongying and said, "Mom, I don't want to dance."
Qin Zhongying nodded, "Well, I didn't come with your mother, and I don't want to dance either. so let's just find a random place to sit."
"Okay." Qin Zhaoci turned her head and began to look for a place.
After the ball started, An Rixi, who had been staring at Qin Zhaoci, watched her look around the banquet hall.
She silently hooked up her lips, and thought triumphantly in her heart: 'Qin Zhaoci, I knew it, you must only be pretending to have an amnesia, trying to attract my attention, and seeing that I didn't pay much attention to you, you couldn't help but want to come over to ask me to dance.'
An Rixi expected Qin Zhaoci, who had started walking in their direction with Qin Zhongying, deliberately straightened her back and angled her neck.
She had already rehearsed the words on how to reject Qin Zhaoci several times in her mind.
But who would have thought that Qin Zhaoci just took Qin Zhongying around a corner five meters away from her, came to a spot where the light wasn't bright, and sat down.
Qin Zhaoci didn't give her a look the whole time, when she turned her head, it was as if she was just a stranger she did not recognize.
This reaction of Qin Zhaoci made An Rixi's face sink, turning her head to look at Qin Zhaoci, her complexion obscure, murmuring in a low tone, "She wouldn't really have lost her memory, would she?"
"It must be, right now the Empire is rumored that Qin Zhaoci's personality has changed drastically, so it shouldn't be false." An Shujue, who was on the side, heard her words and picked up.
"Really?" An Rixi put her eyes on Qin Zhaoci's back, was silent for a while, then raised her lips again: "It doesn't matter, she was able to like me for so long before, and she can do it again, I won't let a free labor slipped away from my hands."
An Shujue didn't answer, glanced at Qin Zhongying and Qin Zhaoci, silently retracting his line of sight.
An Rixi, on the other hand, stood up straight and turned around, walking step by step towards where Qin Zhaoci was.
Qin Zhaoci noticed An Rixi who was slowly approaching her and couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows.
Around the time she had reached in front of Qin Zhaoci, An Rixi restrained her nature and took the initiative to invite: "Xiaoci, we haven't seen each other all these years, how about we dance for a bit?"
Qin Zhaoci casually glanced at her and shook her head to decline, "No, I don't want to dance, and I have a wife now, it's not appropriate to dance with a strange Omega."
"What?" An Rixi did not expect to be rejected so directly, her expression was very stunned, after being astonished she immediately stabilized her expression, "It's just a dance, your Omega would not be so petty, right?"
Qin Zhaoci shook her head solemnly: "Of course she's not, it's me who is more being petty, I always feel that I can only be hers alone, and after getting married if I get touched by some other unsavory Omega, I feel like I'll become dirty, I won't be able to bear it and I'm also afraid that I would not be good enough for her."
An Rixi frowned when she heard the insinuating words in Qin Zhaoci's words, and her face turned cold instantly: "In that case, I won't bother you anymore."
Putting down these words An Rixi angrily turned around and left.
Looking at Qin Zhaoci's appearance of not giving An Rixi the slightest bit of face, Qin Zhongying couldn't help but laugh, "Xiaoci, you used to rush up to invite An Rixi, but now that you're like this, I still couldn't get used to it."
Qin Zhaoci incidentally informed Qin Zhongying: "Mom, you will be able to get used to it soon. Such an Omega, it is right to stay away from her, especially for us as a married Alpha, the most important thing is to keep Alpha's morality."
"Keeping Alpha's morality? What new vocabulary is this?" Qin Zhongying couldn't help but laugh a little.
Qin Zhaoci cleared her throat and explained solemnly: "It means that we must listen to what our wife says, do the housework well, spend money willingly, remember our wife's birthday, endures our wife's anger, and most importantly, An Omega who isn't our wife should be avoided at all cost, and on how to avoid them is by guarding oneself like a jade."
"Hahahahahaha, have you done everything you have just summed up?" Qin Zhongying couldn't help laughing, "How did Yinyin teach you, she's teaching you to become a new era Alpha."
"She didn't teach me." Qin Zhao raised her head proudly, "It's mainly by self-awareness."
"Okay, okay, then you should abide by your Alpha's morality, the new era You will be the Alpha of all times." Qin Zhongying patted Qin Zhaoci on the shoulder, "You've complied so well, it's time to take Yinyin as early as possible, your mother and I are both ready to hold our granddaughter."
"Mom what are you talking nonsense about!" Qin Zhaoci's face flushed red, ""Ye, Ye Lianyin and I haven't reached that point yet, and we're still young, so we still don't want to have children, stop talking nonsense."
Qin Zhongying didn't quite agree, "You're already 25, a few more years later, you'll miss the optimal age for childbearing, the Empire's fertility rate isn't high to begin with, and the further you age, the lower your chances of getting pregnant, so you both need to hurry up."
Qin Zhaoci didn't expect that in this era, she would still face the problem of her parents urging her to get married and have a baby, frowning, "But Ye Lianyin is only 20. According to the Empire's regulations, she has just reached adulthood, what's the rush."
"But again, what about Xiaowan's wife, isn't her wife carrying a child in her belly?" Qin Zhongying pointed to Wan Baiyun who was not far away.
Qin Zhaoci waved her hand dismissively: "That's a special case for her, mom, she doesn't deserve to be compared to us, so don't rush us, we know what's in our hearts."
"Okay, okay, fine." Qin Zhongying was also unwilling to say so much. It was Rao Antong who asked her to remind her, although she herself really wanted to hold her granddaughter.
"Yes." Qin Zhongying nodded, "Division Commander Zhou has a high reputation within the army and the Imperial people, and is highly likely to be promoted to Military Commander. Once he gains his support the people will support him even more."
"No wonder." Qin Zhaoci thought of the faces of Yue Lituan and Yue Guangli just now and bristled breathlessly.
After a few moments of silence, Qin Zhaoci asked, "Mom, you said that you invited us to this banquet in order to solicit corporate support, so why did that Yue Guangli treat us in such a manner just now?"
Qin Zhongying shook her head and smiled, "Pulling in corporate support is naturally to get corporations to provide funds to expand one's personal publicity. Yue Guangli's birth mother is An Shujue's sister, with An's support, he won't be short of money."
"No wonder he's being so arrogant." Qin Zhaoci recalled Yue Guangli's action just now, pursed her lips speechlessly, and complained silently in her heart, 'As expected of being as a relative, giving people the same uncomfortable feeling.'
"Mom, do you have someone to support?" Qin Zhaoci was a little curious. "Are there any princes and princesses who are trying to seek support from you?"
Qin Zhongying also felt that it was time for Qin Zhaoci to get in touch with these things, she nodded her head, and said, "Naturally there are. You just saw Yue Lituan, right? She also once sent someone over to meet me, but I refused. Honestly, no matter if it's Princess Yue Lituan, or Prince Yue Guangli, It's best to remain neutral."
"But those companies..." Qin Zhaoci turned to look at Yue Lituan, who was already surrounded by many companies.
Qin Zhongying angled her head, "Look again at Yue Guangli, where is he looking at right now?"
Qin Zhaoci turned her head, her brows tightened as she noticed that not far away, Yue Guangli was looking at those entrepreneurs surrounding Yue Lituan with eyes full of hostility and indifference, as if these people were already dead in his eyes.
Qin Zhongying lowered her eyes, "See, Prince Yue Guangli's own heart is not broad-minded, once the person who succeeds in being elected as the heir is Yue Guangli, these entrepreneurs' days may not be easy. Similarly, Princess Yue Lituan is no better than Prince Yue Guangli, the character of the two of them is not enough for me to support either of them."
"So that's how it is." Qin Zhaoci nodded, "Under such an uncertain situation, the best solution is to be wise and protect one's self."
"Yes," Qin Zhongying nodded, "That's how it is, it's good that you could understand."
Qin Zhaoci nodded, "Then let's just wait silently for the dinner to end."
"Mm," Qin Zhongying brought Qin Zhaoci to the corner of the banquet and casually found a seat.
"Did the Qin family not take the initiative to chat with Prince Yue Guangli and Princess Yue Lituan?" A female voice faintly rang out from some shadowy corner of the banquet hall.
A male voice then replied, "No, Qin Zhongying is an old fox, probably after weighing the pros and cons, she felt that neither Prince Yue Guangli nor Princess Yue Lituan were good choices, so she wanted to remain neutral, and she even rejected all the other Princes and Princesses, choosing not to get involved directly."
"Hmm, I also saw just now that Zhou Qifeng seemed to be quite protective of Qin family."
"Yes, Zhou Qifeng used to be a teacher at the Military Division Academy, Qin Zhaoci and Wan Baiyun used to be his students, he seems to like Qin Zhaoci quite a bit, that's why he defended him, he's a very protective person, just like what the rumors say."
"Hmm, since that's the case, we should silently pay attention to the Qin family's movements, and see if they can end up being useful to me."
"Understood." The man bowed his head slightly and bent down to hide in the darkness, disappearing a moment later.
Five minutes later, a person came up on the central stage of the banquet hall.
The hall fell silent instantly, and the crowd gathered around.
Qin Zhongying also noticed, hurriedly pulling Qin Zhaoci over and following the crowd to salute.
"Greetings, Your Majesty, the King."
Qin Zhaoci pursed her lips, and after listening to everyone's address, she straightened up and looked up seriously at the man with a beard and a golden crown on his head, a man with a very vicissitudes of face.
After Qin Zhaoci finished sizing up, she frowned with some doubt: 'This is the king? How come he looks too old, didn't they say that Imperial people have quite a long life span?'
King Yue Jiyou nodded at the crowd, "Thank you all for coming to the dinner party organized by the Royal family, the rapid development of the Empire's economy over the years could not be separated from you entrepreneurs, and I hope that in the future, the Empire will develop more, and the people's lives will even more better."
"Let's raise our glasses and hope for a better tomorrow."
The king picked up the wine glass on the side and raised it high.
The others quickly lifted it up in cooperation and drank it all in one gulp.
After saying a word of blessing, the king stepped down from the stage and was helped off the stage by the people on his side.
Qin Zhaoci frowned at the way this king seemed to be in poor health.
In a low voice, she asked Qin Zhongying, ''Mom, isn't it said that all Imperial people have a long lifespan, and that the prime reproductive years are between the ages of 20 and 40? According to the Eldest Prince's age, the king shouldn't be more than 60 years old, but why does the king look so old? He looks older than grandma."
Qin Zhongying explained in a low voice, "The king is indeed not very old, he's only 55 this year, but due to the fact that he represented the Empire in the wars when he was young and suffered from the intense radiation of the weapons, his body has been getting worse every year over the years."
"The doctors of the Empire didn't have any solutions, it must be incurable, otherwise he wouldn't have considered the matter of the next heir so early, according to the abdication age of the previous kings, he should have considered the matter after he was 100 years old."
"Really, although the war brought great prestige to the king, it also caused him to lose his health."
Qin Zhongying shook her head regretfully, "That's why I used to be extremely opposed to you entering the army, your mother and I only have you as a child, and even though it's a peaceful time now, interstellar pirates robbing spaceships have happened frequently over these years, and I really don't feel comfortable with you going into such a dangerous thing."
"I see." Qin Zhaoci didn't know if the original owner wanted to be a soldier very much in the past, anyway, she didn't want that, it was not for her easy to cross over from that painful in last world, and she didn't want to do anything dangerous although she was sadly destined to do nothing but farming.
After the king's greeting, the dinner was nearing its end, the last part was the dance part, soon the banquet hall band played dance music.
Qin Zhaoci frowned, looked at Qin Zhongying and said, "Mom, I don't want to dance."
Qin Zhongying nodded, "Well, I didn't come with your mother, and I don't want to dance either. so let's just find a random place to sit."
"Okay." Qin Zhaoci turned her head and began to look for a place.
After the ball started, An Rixi, who had been staring at Qin Zhaoci, watched her look around the banquet hall.
She silently hooked up her lips, and thought triumphantly in her heart: 'Qin Zhaoci, I knew it, you must only be pretending to have an amnesia, trying to attract my attention, and seeing that I didn't pay much attention to you, you couldn't help but want to come over to ask me to dance.'
An Rixi expected Qin Zhaoci, who had started walking in their direction with Qin Zhongying, deliberately straightened her back and angled her neck.
She had already rehearsed the words on how to reject Qin Zhaoci several times in her mind.
But who would have thought that Qin Zhaoci just took Qin Zhongying around a corner five meters away from her, came to a spot where the light wasn't bright, and sat down.
Qin Zhaoci didn't give her a look the whole time, when she turned her head, it was as if she was just a stranger she did not recognize.
This reaction of Qin Zhaoci made An Rixi's face sink, turning her head to look at Qin Zhaoci, her complexion obscure, murmuring in a low tone, "She wouldn't really have lost her memory, would she?"
"It must be, right now the Empire is rumored that Qin Zhaoci's personality has changed drastically, so it shouldn't be false." An Shujue, who was on the side, heard her words and picked up.
"Really?" An Rixi put her eyes on Qin Zhaoci's back, was silent for a while, then raised her lips again: "It doesn't matter, she was able to like me for so long before, and she can do it again, I won't let a free labor slipped away from my hands."
An Shujue didn't answer, glanced at Qin Zhongying and Qin Zhaoci, silently retracting his line of sight.
An Rixi, on the other hand, stood up straight and turned around, walking step by step towards where Qin Zhaoci was.
Qin Zhaoci noticed An Rixi who was slowly approaching her and couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows.
Around the time she had reached in front of Qin Zhaoci, An Rixi restrained her nature and took the initiative to invite: "Xiaoci, we haven't seen each other all these years, how about we dance for a bit?"
Qin Zhaoci casually glanced at her and shook her head to decline, "No, I don't want to dance, and I have a wife now, it's not appropriate to dance with a strange Omega."
"What?" An Rixi did not expect to be rejected so directly, her expression was very stunned, after being astonished she immediately stabilized her expression, "It's just a dance, your Omega would not be so petty, right?"
Qin Zhaoci shook her head solemnly: "Of course she's not, it's me who is more being petty, I always feel that I can only be hers alone, and after getting married if I get touched by some other unsavory Omega, I feel like I'll become dirty, I won't be able to bear it and I'm also afraid that I would not be good enough for her."
An Rixi frowned when she heard the insinuating words in Qin Zhaoci's words, and her face turned cold instantly: "In that case, I won't bother you anymore."
Putting down these words An Rixi angrily turned around and left.
Looking at Qin Zhaoci's appearance of not giving An Rixi the slightest bit of face, Qin Zhongying couldn't help but laugh, "Xiaoci, you used to rush up to invite An Rixi, but now that you're like this, I still couldn't get used to it."
Qin Zhaoci incidentally informed Qin Zhongying: "Mom, you will be able to get used to it soon. Such an Omega, it is right to stay away from her, especially for us as a married Alpha, the most important thing is to keep Alpha's morality."
"Keeping Alpha's morality? What new vocabulary is this?" Qin Zhongying couldn't help but laugh a little.
Qin Zhaoci cleared her throat and explained solemnly: "It means that we must listen to what our wife says, do the housework well, spend money willingly, remember our wife's birthday, endures our wife's anger, and most importantly, An Omega who isn't our wife should be avoided at all cost, and on how to avoid them is by guarding oneself like a jade."
"Hahahahahaha, have you done everything you have just summed up?" Qin Zhongying couldn't help laughing, "How did Yinyin teach you, she's teaching you to become a new era Alpha."
"She didn't teach me." Qin Zhao raised her head proudly, "It's mainly by self-awareness."
"Okay, okay, then you should abide by your Alpha's morality, the new era You will be the Alpha of all times." Qin Zhongying patted Qin Zhaoci on the shoulder, "You've complied so well, it's time to take Yinyin as early as possible, your mother and I are both ready to hold our granddaughter."
"Mom what are you talking nonsense about!" Qin Zhaoci's face flushed red, ""Ye, Ye Lianyin and I haven't reached that point yet, and we're still young, so we still don't want to have children, stop talking nonsense."
Qin Zhongying didn't quite agree, "You're already 25, a few more years later, you'll miss the optimal age for childbearing, the Empire's fertility rate isn't high to begin with, and the further you age, the lower your chances of getting pregnant, so you both need to hurry up."
Qin Zhaoci didn't expect that in this era, she would still face the problem of her parents urging her to get married and have a baby, frowning, "But Ye Lianyin is only 20. According to the Empire's regulations, she has just reached adulthood, what's the rush."
"But again, what about Xiaowan's wife, isn't her wife carrying a child in her belly?" Qin Zhongying pointed to Wan Baiyun who was not far away.
Qin Zhaoci waved her hand dismissively: "That's a special case for her, mom, she doesn't deserve to be compared to us, so don't rush us, we know what's in our hearts."
"Okay, okay, fine." Qin Zhongying was also unwilling to say so much. It was Rao Antong who asked her to remind her, although she herself really wanted to hold her granddaughter.
