Chapter 89 Little Star (1)

After the commotion in Aslan Star City, the guilt on the bright side was pushed to Duke's staff to appease people's hearts. The newly appointed inspector carried out a drastic internal purge, the remnants of Duke's party were punished accordingly, and the wrongly accused Major Zheng Yue was reinstated.

This incident quietly spread through the streets and became the most common topic among the people after dinner.

Only Jiang Jianming knew in his heart that Duke's subordinates who were caught out by him were just cannon fodder, and he couldn't ask any information.

As for Duke's escape route that day, the result of sending people to search was to find a hidden basement and a small starship parking lot... Obviously, Duke was going to find a way to hide here and then escape on the starship. Unexpectedly, he died in the middle of the journey.

But these details don't help the big picture.

In order to find out the missing true crystal mines, the Golden Sun Wheel has carried out a carpet search in the entire Aslan Star City, but has found nothing so far.

Even the eldest son of the Brandon family quickly handed in his resignation to Kim Il-lun and went home in a hurry.

so now……

Jiang Jianming held the banquet invitation in his hand and stood in front of Prime Minister Lauren's house and breathed a sigh of relief.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't get a tiger's son, and he still came.

It has always snowed these two days, but after the light blue sensor screen rises above the head, the snow cannot fall on the body.

In the evening, Jiang Jianming, dressed in a pure black dress, put away the long umbrella with the other hand, and followed the crowd of people to the spacious mansion in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the pedestrians around are not only nobles, but also many civilians. Families held hands, and friends crossed their shoulders, with a simple and genuine smile on their faces, as if they were looking forward to something, and the atmosphere was completely different from the banquet at the Lance family.

Soon, Jiang Jianming found a familiar figure in the crowd.

He walked over and held the shoulder of the boy in front of him: "Kevin?"

Jiang Kevin, the civilian boy he met at the Kaios Military Academy, was crowded in the crowd at the moment, and he was nervously stroking the non-existent folds on his clothes as he walked.

He turned his head in surprise, and immediately showed a look of surprise: "Jiang? You are here too."

Jiang Jianming said indifferently: "How many times have I said it, called senior."

He hung up his umbrella and walked in side by side with Kevin.

Only the mansion in front of him was covered with bright lanterns, and the guards who maintained order wore red woven gold uniforms to check the identity of those who came and went.

In the spacious front yard, a white dining table was set up, and the waiters in black uniforms were all smiles distributing delicious food and gifts to each visitor for free. It was very lively.

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

"thanks, thanks."

"Respect the glory of the empire through the ages."

"Thank you, thank you sir..."

Some people hugged the food and then turned to go home, but more people stood by, chatting, laughing and chatting while eating food.

In the distance is the dining table of the nobles, and you can vaguely see men and women wearing dresses walking through toasting, brewing a festive atmosphere before the New Year.

"Ginger, this way!"

Kevin took Jiang Jianming's arm and walked in, proudly raising his eyebrows and smiling: "The grand banquet hosted by Your Excellency Lauren, even commoners can get New Year's gifts, isn't it great?"

"Well... is this the case every year?" Jiang Jianming looked around, thinking about Prime Minister Lauren's affairs, while absently following Kevin.

He hadn't seen each other for several days, and he found that this awkward child actually missed himself, and the words in his mouth were endless... Although most of them were praising the Prime Minister.

"Of course! You went to school at Kaios Military Academy, haven't you been here before?"

"Lord Lauren is different from those stinky nobles who dislike the poor and love the rich. Your Excellency treats everyone equally."

"We can even go to the dining table. But I'm too lazy to go there. The hypocritical air makes me want to vomit... It is impossible for nobles to come close to us. It's just like looking at each other."

The young man said with a light snort, with a deep expression that did not match his age. Kevin raised his head slightly: "Look, it's like an invisible high wall..."

"—Jiang? You are here."

A call interrupted the boy's sigh, and Jiang Jianming turned around.

There was a slight inhalation sound from all sides, and the handsome silver-haired young man walked slowly, surrounded by a noble temperament destined to be widely watched, and even attracted many civilians to turn sideways in shame.

Audrey - of course, now the identity of the bright face is Audrey - walking gracefully in front of Jiang Jianming.

She stretched out her palm with white silk gloves to trim his neckline, and smiled: "This dress suits you very well, how about it, I'll say you should keep it."

"Of course you have a good eye."

Jiang Jianming greeted gently and gently, and patted the froze boy beside him: "This is Kevin, Jiang Kevin, my junior..."

"By the way, Kevin, what did you just say about high walls?"

Kevin's eyes were dull and he stammered: "Lan...Lan..."

Audley smiled and reached out to the boy: "Don't be cautious, Jiang is my friend. If you get along well with him, then we are friends too."

Kevin: "..."

The boy who had been slapped and rubbed in the face by the senior for an unknown number of times blushed in embarrassment and fell into autism.

Not far away, a group of girls who dressed themselves up to attend the banquet were quietly looking at Jiang Jianming.

While they stuffed small biscuits into their mouths, they blushed and gossip:

"It's him, the temporary inspector of Jin Ilun."

"A dear friend of Your Excellency Lance."

"Hey, didn't you say he was a disabled human?"

A girl retorted: "How is it possible! I personally saw the inspector open fire with the villain in a mecha that day."

The other was drinking a drink and blinking his eyelashes just rolled up: "But how did I hear that he is Miss Baimaner's comrade in Yin Beidou...?"

"Pfft, what, it's Yin Beidou and a crippled human being, don't you feel inconsistent when you say this?"

"But it wasn't rumored back then that the young master of the Tang family ran behind his roommate every day in the military academy... Isn't that the Lord Jiang?"

Finally, the little girls looked at each other in dismay—

"Sister, are we really talking about one person?"

Interludes of speech sounded. Lord Lauren began to raise his glass, waving around with a smile on his face.

The guards followed him, and from time to time they handed some precious candies to the children, and the cheers of the children made the atmosphere even hotter.

Kevin squeezed over excitedly to look at His Excellency the Prime Minister, while Jiang Jianming was given a wink by Audley and followed her to a secluded corner.

The dim light in the distance fell on the young man's silver hair, her expression suddenly became sad, and the corners of her lips tightened: "...Jiang, unfortunate news."

Jiang Jianming was startled: "What's wrong? You said."

Audley considered it for a long time before speaking, she hesitated twice, and finally said it with a sigh.

"The 'removal of the disabled' proposed by the Amorphous Race Protection Association, as well as the proposal to increase the 'mecha pilot' arm and accept disabled humans into the army... were all rejected."

Jiang Jianming looked sideways at her in amazement. In the distance, a burst of laughter suddenly rose, intertwined with the noise of dead branches rubbing and swinging in the wind, and poured into the ears together.

It took a few seconds for him to make a sound: "No? So... suddenly."

Audley bit his lip, turned his face and buried his expression in the shadows, his voice a little hoarse: "The news hasn't reached the public yet, but it should be a foregone conclusion."

Jiang Jianming: "Why?"

Audley: "I don't know, it was vetoed by the military's top management. I heard that the bill was not even passed to the emperor."

Jiang Jianming was silent for a long time, then he turned his head and sighed. With five fingers inserted into his black hair, he held his forehead and gritted his teeth and smiled bitterly: "I thought that even if I wanted to reject it, I would use a softer method..."

A flash of pain flashed between his brows, and he turned to cover his lips and coughed.

Audley was taken aback, and hurriedly stroked his back: "God, don't be so angry."

"It won't get worse." Jiang Jianming pushed her hand away and took a deep breath to restrain his emotions, "It's nothing, I knew it wasn't easy. But...it's just...it's really a bit sudden."

He sighed, and looked at the twilight clouds in the distance with some bewilderment, "I don't know how long I can accompany you on this road."

"Jiang...!" Audley's expression suddenly changed, she looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, she whispered eagerly, "But you have already seen His Royal Highness Ryan, haven't you! His Highness is still alive, even if he looks like You lost the memory of the old days like you said, but he cares about you as much as he did..."

Jiang Jianming smiled helplessly, and said abruptly, "We were all too young back then, Audley."

He pinched the ring finger of his right hand, and said to himself, "Actually, if it were now, I wouldn't necessarily... promise."

Audley froze there.

"Jiang? What are you talking about..."

She almost doubted her ears. Of course she understood what Jiang Jianming was referring to, but she couldn't believe it because she understood.

Jiang Jianming shook his head, raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice, "I'm not afraid of those difficulties, Audley. It's nothing, those are nothing, it's just... after all, human beings are... too short-lived."

"I can watch him go, but he can't, he won't be able to take it."

I can watch him go.

Jiang Jianming's throat choked for a moment, and the words that slipped out of his mouth inadvertently caused a long pain in his heart after realizing it. Jiang Jianming closed his eyes, lowered his head and thought to himself: Yes, I can.

Because of his calm and reserved nature, and a tolerant attitude, no matter how monstrous the sadness in Ren's heart is, he can be resolved by himself in one lonely quiet night after another.

But Ryan, or Garcia... His little Highness is so arrogant, arrogant, and pure as a lonely child, always wild and untamed, and always loving with sincerity.

Let such a person, let such a person who seems to be born as invincible as the Son of God.

Like himself, he was defeated in front of the invisible giant hand of fate, was pressed to the ground in embarrassment, and watched helplessly as his lover's life was taken away.

Jiang Jianming couldn't imagine such a scene at all.

"You regret it."

Suddenly, Jiang Jianming's arm was held. When he opened his eyes, he met Audley's reddish eyes. She said word by word, "You said that you would not regret it."

"We promised we wouldn't stop each other, but Jiang," Audley squeezed his arm tightly and pleadingly widened his eyes, "Jiang, it's too late to turn back."

"...Don't talk nonsense." Jiang Jianming's eyes were deep, he patted the back of Audley's hand and whispered, "I don't regret it."

"..."

A few seconds of silence passed, and Audley slowly let go.

There was no further conversation between the two.

After a long while, Jiang Jianming went to ask for a fruit juice drink, and looked at Lauren who was surrounded by the crowd from the corner of his eyes.

While estimating Lauren's purpose for inviting him to the banquet, he wondered whether he should tell Audley about his suspicions about the Prime Minister.

But when he turned back to Audley with the glass, the people in the distance were commotion again.

It seems that a noble woman got off a high-end private aircraft at the door and walked into the mansion.

"That's..." Jiang Jianming narrowed his eyes, vaguely feeling that the graceful lady's figure was a little familiar.

He felt that he should have met, but since he can't remember... it's probably not an important person.

Audley appropriately said beside him: "It seems to be Mrs. Seekert. Oh, little Emilia is here too."

Jiang Jianming showed a sudden look.

The graceful figure got closer, and everyone could see it clearly: it was a tall and glamorous lady with black hair permed into gorgeous vertical curls, and delicate makeup on her face.

She wore lace gloves and a ring on her index finger, holding a little girl carved in pink and jade in one hand.

Mrs. Donna von Seeckert, and Emilia von Seeckert...

This is the youngest and most promising general of Yin Beidou, the highest commander of the first fortress - Xie Yuduo, the wife and daughter of Major General Xie.

The four Sekter family guards flanked the lady and the young lady until the lady waved her back.

Lauren had already held up the red wine, and greeted her with an elegant smile: "Mrs. Donna's visit is really beautiful. Please forgive me for my poor reception, please."

Donna gave Lauren a subtle smile and raised her skirt in a salute. The girl she was holding had hugged Lauren's thigh with joy, apparently quite close.

Lauren first kissed Donna's finger, then put the wine glass aside, and hugged the girl with a smile.

"..." In the corner next to him, Jiang Jianming frowned subtly, always feeling that this kind of relationship was a bit too ambiguous.

Anyway, Audley next to him is not an outsider, he couldn't help but whisper: "Is it my illusion? How do you think..."

Unexpectedly, Audley said seriously: "Yes, it's not an illusion, it's just what you see."

Jiang Jianming was even more at a loss, and Audley asked strangely, "Don't you know that Major General Xie and his wife are not on good terms?"

Jiang Jianming was stunned for a long time. Thousands of words came to his mouth and he didn't know where to start. He could only say with a wry smile: "...But I only know that the relationship is not harmonious."

But he didn't know that the couple was "disharmonious"...

How could Mrs. Xie publicly knit a green hat for the Major General at the banquet?