Chapter 239 Flowers bloom and wither (6)

For the emperor's expedition plan, everyone expressed their disapproval in horror.

——The empire was initially determined, and a bunch of problems in the nine star cities have not been solved yet, and the thieves are still eyeing them. With internal and external troubles, how can there be any spare energy to engage in expeditions?

Jiang Jianming heard the news that evening.

Unlike more people, the commander did not show any surprise or panic, as if he had already guessed it.

He just looked at the golden rose outside the window and was silent for a long time without speaking.

The next day, after a long absence, he put on his full-length marshal's uniform, put on snow-white gloves, and went to the Council Chamber of the White Jade Palace.

When stepped into the hall, the atmosphere inside was so heavy that was sweating.

Lean stood gloomily at the highest point, with one hand pressed on the throne, with a hint of anger on his face. Several generals headed by Chen Hanke were standing below, and the two sides were arguing.

But Jiang Jianming walked in with such an indifferent expression, and when the guards saw the attire of the commander-in-chief, no one dared to stop him.

He was able to walk in front of the distinguished officials with an almost arrogant attitude, and said, "See Your Majesty."

Everyone had not seen Commander Aslan up close for a long time, and they were all shocked by his clearing of illness.

Chen Hank was stunned for a while, then saluted quickly, "Your Excellency Commander."

"—What are you doing here?"

And Lean suddenly changed his face, and stepped down from the height of the throne in three steps, "Who allowed you to come. It's none of your business here, go back."

Jiang Jianming did not change his face, and said in a deep voice, "I ask Your Majesty to take back the order."

Everyone's scalp was numb. Lin Ge took two steps, winked at him anxiously, and whispered, "Dawn, don't..."

Ryan sighed heavily when he heard him calling himself "chen" and had a headache.

... Jiang Jianming's illness needs to rest. In fact, the commander-in-chief had long since stopped participating in public discussions, and only talked to the emperor in private about some important decision-making guidelines.

So today, when Ryan saw that this man came to the council hall without saying a word in advance, he was already screaming badly in his heart, knowing that most of them could not be good.

He simply lifted his robe and sat back on the throne, propping his temple with one hand, and stared at the commander angrily without saying a word. It's completely like "I'll see what you're going to do with me".

Surprisingly, what the commander said next.

"Your Majesty, the views of this minister may be somewhat different from yours."

Jiang Jianming looked straight up, "I know that Your Majesty is by no means a monarch who uses military force. The interstellar expedition plan includes His Majesty's good intentions."

He said earnestly: "Now there is a shortage of real crystal mines in the empire. In the long run, not only is the supply of medicines and energy insufficient, but the social conflicts caused by this will inevitably become more acute. It is very difficult to achieve internal coordination, and the development of far-flung stars is the solution to the problem. the most efficient way."

"In the famine years, people cannibalize people, and this minister has also... seen it with his own eyes."

"Civilized morality has always been sung in prosperous times, not in the down-and-out years when even survival is difficult. If the expedition is successful and resources become richer, many of the problems we are facing now can be solved."

There was a little discussion behind him, but Jiang Jianming did not look back.

He saw that Ryan's expression changed, his eyes widened slightly in surprise, like a child who was stubbornly waiting to be beaten, and was suddenly touched and praised.

Ryan sat up straight, the corners of his lips moved, and his eyes lit up a little when he looked towards him: "Then you..."

"Do not."

Jiang Jianming said: "I still oppose this expedition."

"Interstellar expeditions are imperative, but not now."

Jiang Jianming said solemnly, "Your Majesty, you are too anxious."

He stepped forward and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, there are too many loopholes inside and outside the empire. The problem is not the expedition itself, but other hidden dangers that may erupt during the expedition."

"Please be patient for at least another three years."

Ryan's face darkened a little.

"...Three years." He sneered, "In the past three years, what are the crystal disorder patients who died due to lack of tranquilizers in the commander's mind?"

Jiang Jianming bowed his head deeply: "Fortune is not good, there is nothing I can do."

boom! Ryan punched the armrest of the throne.

He squeezed out three words between his teeth: "Get out, get out, get out."

Jiang Jianming did not roll. From that day on, he began to run to the council hall of the White Jade Palace every day, debating and pulling with the emperor countless times.

But Ryan did not give in, and the emperor quickly started preparations with drastic means, determined to launch an expedition to the distant stars.

Later historians once evaluated the first sacred battle as "going against the sky".

In Jiang Jianming's eyes, this is indeed the case.

Ryan was like a ferocious beast, and heavy reality dropped barbed chains for him. And he went against that power, roaring and pulling the chains, trying to drag the entire empire forward.

But the harder it is, the more the chain is embedded.

The flesh was torn apart, and hot blood poured out.

No one dared to approach him, and the evil beast showed his sharp teeth to all who persuaded him with red eyes.

Only Jiang Jianming tried his best to stop him, tried his best to pull him back, and told him that Your Majesty, please slow down, slow down, there is a dangerous road ahead.

They are all in a hurry, but they will quarrel every day again. After arguing in the Council Hall during the day, and returning to the palace's residence at night to continue arguing, Lin Ge and Sylph couldn't persuade them no matter what.

How could Jiang Jianming's body endure such a torment, and within a few days it became half-dead. Sylph warned him that it would be a few months before he went on like this, and he wiped the blood he coughed up and said sorry in a low voice.

Thunderstorms at night.

Jiang Jianming woke up in the treatment cabin, and saw a figure standing beside him in his blurred vision.

Ryan stood in the darkness, his expression was stern, but his face was haggard, and he didn't get a good night's sleep for a few days.

"You can faint in each other's arms after arguing, you still want to stop me like this?"

He bent forward and pressed his right hand on the glass cover of the treatment cabin, "Why do you have to do this..."

Ryan's eyes flashed with paranoia, "It's not that there is no chance of winning. You also know that as long as the expedition can yield results, we don't have to give up anything."

Jiang Jianming panted and shook his head.

"You're in such a hurry because of me... I can't let you go in this state, cough... Go to the distant stars."

One of them was lying down, the other was standing and bending over, looking at each other through the glass.

White electricity flashed outside the window, brightening the house. Ryan's shadow fell on Jiang Jianming's face, and his eyes were filled with chills, "This time it's not up to you."

"You can either not love me or let me love you. But you can't leave me."

Jiang Jianming quietly put his left hand on Ryan's right hand. Pale thin fingers, slender wrists.

He sighed, "Can't you do it without me?"

"Yes, no," Ryan said immediately.

"If you leave, I won't be what I am now. I'll be the same as when I didn't meet you, and I'll be back to that monster."

On the night of the thunderstorm, the young emperor was condescending, and he stroked the glass cover of the treatment cabin:

"You are the only person in this world who can control monsters, and you are not allowed to die."

The disabled human inside the glass showed a sad look and shook his head. After a long time, maybe he was tired, he turned his face and closed his eyes.

...

The dispute between the two dragged the emperor's expedition plan from spring to summer, and the political disagreement between His Majesty and the commander-in-chief was successfully made known to everyone.

"You're not normal." Lin Ge said to Jiang Jianming privately.

"It wasn't like this when you quarreled with Kaios before."

She analyzed seriously: "When you disagree, most of the time he will listen to you; but if he doesn't listen to you, you will always listen to him."

Jiang Jianming: "It's often when some strategic policies are being decided."

Lin Ge: "That's right, so today you're going to have a quarrel with him to such an extent that it's not at all, or it's not just an expedition or not. What exactly do you want to do?"

Jiang Jianming stopped talking. Just when Lin Ge thought he was about to use silence to express his refusal to speak again, he suddenly slapped the table—

Jiang Jianming said sternly, "It's him who is abnormal!"

Lin Ge was shocked. She had never seen Jiang Jianming in such a fierce mood, and was stunned in place for a while.

But then, the patient groaned in pain, and pressed his trembling hand to his heart, as if the pain was excruciating.

"Dawn!" Lin Ge hurriedly hugged him. Jiang Jianming grabbed her arm with his backhand, his eyes straightened, and panting said, "I can't stay by his side forever, even if I live this year, next year and the year after, ten or twenty years!?"

"you……"

"He can love me." Jiang Jianming trembled, "I can love him too."

Lin Ge was stunned for a moment, then turned pale in shock: "What, wait, what did you say—"

"But he can't love me so deeply, and he can't leave me alone." Jiang Jianming said, "He won't know who he is if he can't lose me. I will never allow him to do this."

"If I can't teach him this time, maybe never will."

When he finished saying this, Jiang Jianming's face had lost a trace of blood. But he gritted his teeth and stood firm, walked forward, and passed by Lin Ge.

Midsummer is the time when they are at their most quarrelsome.

In the Council Chamber in June, in front of several important imperial ministers, the enraged Emperor Kaios threw the crown sacrificial instrument used for his coronation on the ground.

"Are you the emperor or I am the emperor!?"

The atmosphere was so heavy that it felt substantial, and other people in the council hall didn't dare to wipe the cold sweat hanging from the tip of their noses, wishing they could cut a hole and escape.

The commander bent over and picked up the sacrificial vessel.

He said: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."

Emperor Kaios stood in front of the throne, his eyes looking like he was going to kill.

Commander Aslan clenched the emperor's crown tightly, he was too hard, the metal edge pierced into the palm of his hand, and the blood snaked along the crown.

Tick ​​tock, falling between the red blankets on the floor of the Council Chamber. Tick, tick.

He took a step forward, holding Wang Mian high in his hand.

The commander said, "Your Majesty, please bow your head and wear the crown."

Bow down to the invincible reality, bow down to the world that doesn't go as you wish.

The muscles of the emperor's cheeks throbbed. Suddenly a faint light flashed, and the red gold crystal bone on his wrist moved, lit and extinguished.

"Commander!" Someone in the council hall was so frightened that he fell to his knees, "How can you be so disrespectful to His Majesty!"

"shut up!!"

Unexpectedly, the emperor was furious and caught his vent, "This is a matter between me and the commander-in-chief, and you deserve to talk about him!?"

Jiang Jianming still did not step back. Blood gurgled from the wound, contaminating the otherwise clean crown.

The stalemate lasted for a minute. Suddenly, at a certain moment, there seemed to be some magic spell that took away the emperor's strength.

Kaios staggered backwards in a slump, and supported the throne with his head down.

The commander stepped forward with a blank face, put on a luxurious crown for the emperor, and then stepped back to caress his chest.

All the ministers have their liver and gallbladder torn apart.

The commander-in-chief actually wears a crown for His Majesty... You must know that since the old empire up to now, only the previous emperor has the power to crown the emperor, or the ceremonial official who acts on the behalf of the previous emperor.

As a marshal, wearing a crown for the emperor, what position do you want to put yourself in?

Aslan is really dying, everyone thought. Although this is not the first time people have thought this way.

His Majesty lowered his eyes and did not respond to such absurd acts.

Just waved his hands wearily: "Except for Aslan, retreat."

Those in the council hall were relieved and fled.

The snow-colored Xiaoguang shot in from the door of the council hall, passed over the shoulder of the commander-in-chief, and illuminated the highest throne.

The commander-in-chief stood against the back light, his face was obscured by shadows, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

The young emperor sat there tiredly, with his eyes closed and his forehead on one hand, as if he was about to fall asleep.

He wears a blood-stained crown on his head. Two or three drops of blood even fell on the emperor's blond hair, a scene like a magnificent classical oil painting.

After an unknown amount of time, the emperor's hoarse voice sounded in the council hall.

"Look, you still crowned me after all."

"What I want, no one can say."

The end sound is smiling, but it looks sad.

"What you originally wanted was for me to crown you under the banner of the empire above the ceremony."

Jiang Jianming's voice became soft, "Everyone has something they can't get, it's just a difference. You have to accept this, otherwise, the minister will die."

He couldn't rest his eyes, he actually used such sharp words. Ryan laughed miserably and said softly, "Do you know why I bowed my head?"

Suddenly, the emperor opened his eyes, got up and shouted angrily: "Do you know why!!"

"I know."

Jiang Jianming looked at his right hand and narrowed his eyes.

He was actually a little dizzy. just finished an emergency operation the day before yesterday, and the incision hurts and feel weak all over.

Now that the dazzling sun shines, the eyes are blackened, and the chest and stomach are twitching in disgust at the same time, and it is almost impossible to stand.

Jiang Jianming pressed the opening in his right hand with his sleeve, and the dark red blood immediately contaminated the white military uniform and spread rapidly.

He said laboriously, "Your Majesty bowed his head...not because of the crown, but because I am bleeding."

"But when I'm gone, what will you do?"

The author has something to say:

The source of the tragedy of the emperor's collapse——

Lay: I love you/I can't do it without you/I'm a monster...

Jiang: (face pale) Did I give this child to pua?