After the turmoil in Star City of Aslan, the blatant guilt was shifted to Du Ke's staff to appease people's hearts.The newly-appointed Inspector carried out drastic internal purges, the remnants of Du Ke's party were punished accordingly, and Major Zheng Yue, who was wronged, was reinstated.

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

Only Jiang Jianming knew in his heart that Du Ke's subordinates he had picked out were just cannon fodder, and he couldn't ask for any information.

As for Duke's escape route that day, the result of the search was that a secret basement and a small starship parking lot were found... Obviously, Du Ke was planning to find a way to hide here and escape on a starship.Unexpectedly, he died halfway through the journey.

But these details don't help the big picture.

In order to find out the missing true crystal mines, Jin Rilun has carried out a blanket search in the entire Aslan Star City, but so far nothing has been found.

Even the eldest and youngest of the Brandon family quickly handed in their resignation to Jin Rilun and fled back home.

so now……

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

How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair , he still came.

It has been snowing these two days, but after the light blue sensor screen rises above the head, the snow does not fall on the body.

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

Unexpectedly, there were not only nobles but also many commoners among the pedestrians around.The family members are holding hands, the friends are shoulder to shoulder, with a simple and real smile on their faces, and they seem to be looking forward to something. The atmosphere is completely different from the banquet of the Lance family.

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

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

The civilian boy Jiang Kaiwen met at the Keos Military Academy was crowded in the crowd at the moment, nervously stroking the non-existent folds of his clothes while walking.

He turned his head in surprise, and immediately showed surprise: "Jiang? You're here too."

Jiang Jianming said indifferently: "How many times have I said that I am called senior."

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

I saw that the mansion in front of me was covered with bright colored lights, and the guards maintaining order wore red gold-woven uniforms to check the identities of those who came and went.

In the wide front yard, there is a white dining table, and waiters in black uniforms are smilingly distributing delicious food and gifts to each visitor for free, which is very lively.

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

"thanks, thanks."

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

"Thank you, thank you Your Excellency..."

Some people thanked the food and then turned to go home, but more people stood aside, talking and laughing while eating the food.

Farther away is the dining table of the nobles, and men and women in formal attire can be vaguely seen passing through to toast, brewing a festive atmosphere before the New Year's Eve.

"Ginger, this way!"

Kevin took Jiang Jianming's arm and walked in with ease, raised his eyebrows proudly and smiled: "The big banquet held by Your Excellency Lauren, even ordinary people can get New Year's gifts, isn't it great?"

"Hmm...is it like this every year?" Jiang Jianming looked around, thinking about the matter of Prime Minister Lauren, while following Kevin absent-mindedly.

After not seeing each other for a few days, he found that this awkward kid actually missed him a lot, and the words in his mouth were endless... although most of them were praising the prime minister.

"Of course! You are studying at the Keos Military Academy, haven't you been here before?"

"Your Excellency Lauren is different from those stinky nobles who hate 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 atmosphere makes me want to throw up... It's impossible for the nobles to come near us, that's what it's like to see each other and hate each other."

The boy snorted softly as he spoke, with a deep look on his face that didn't match his age.Kevin raised his head slightly: "Look, it's like an invisible wall..."

"—Ginger? You are here."

A call interrupted the boy's exclamation, and Jiang Jianming turned his head when he heard the sound.

There was a slight inhalation sound from all around, and the handsome silver-haired young man walked slowly, surrounded by a noble aura that was destined to attract the attention of everyone, and even attracted many civilians to turn away in embarrassment.

Audrey—of course, her identity is Audley now—came to Jiang Jianming gracefully.

She stretched out her white silk gloved hand to trim his neckline, and said with a smile, "This dress suits you very well. How about it? I'll just say you should keep it."

"Of course you have a good eye."

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

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

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

Audley showed a smile, and reached out to the boy: "Don't be restrained, Jiang is my friend, if you make friends with him, then we are also friends."

Kevin: "..."

The teenager, who had been slapped and rubbed by his seniors for countless times, blushed in embarrassment and fell into autism.

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

While stuffing small biscuits into their mouths, they blushed and gossiped:

"It's him, the temporary supervisor of Jin Rilun."

"Lord Lance's best friend."

"Hey, didn't you say that he is a disabled human being?"

A girl retorted: "How is that possible! That day I saw the inspector open a mecha and open fire with villains."

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

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

"But it was not rumored that the young master of the Tang family ran behind his roommate every day in the military academy... Isn't it this His Excellency Jiang?"

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

"Sister, are we really talking about the same person?"

Interlude music sounded.His Excellency Lauren began to raise his wine glass and waved around with a smile on his face.

The guards followed him and handed some expensive candies to the children from time to time. The cheers of the children made the atmosphere even more heated.

Kevin squeezed excitedly to look at the Prime Minister, while Jiang Jianming was winked by Audley, and followed her to a quiet corner with few people.

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, a sad news."

Jiang Jianming was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter? Tell me."

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

"The 'removal of disabilities proposal' proposed by the Society for the Protection of the Amorphous Human Race, and the proposal to increase the number of 'mech pilots' units and accept disabled humans into the army... were all rejected."

Jiang Jianming looked at her sideways in astonishment.In the distance, a burst of laughter suddenly rose, intertwined with the noise of dead branches rubbing and swinging in the wind, and they all filled my ears.

It took a few seconds for him to make a sound: "Negative? So... suddenly."

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

Jiang Jianming: "Why?"

Audley: "I don't know. It was vetoed by the top military officials. I heard that the bill was not even delivered to the emperor."

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

Pain flashed across his brows, and he turned around to cover his lips and coughed.

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

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

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

"Ginger...!" Audley's expression suddenly changed. She looked around and whispered eagerly after confirming that no one was there, "But you have already met His Highness Lai An, haven't you! His Highness is still alive, even if youYou lost your old memories as you said, but he cares about you just as much as he did back then..."

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

He pinched the ring finger of his right hand and said to himself, "Actually, if it was now, I might not even... agree."

Audley stood there blankly.

"Ginger? 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 even more because she understood.

Jiang Jianming shook his head, frowned and said in a low voice: "I'm not afraid of those difficulties and obstacles, Audley. It's nothing, those are nothing, but... disabled human beings... are too easy to die short-lived."

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

I can watch him go.

Jiang Jianming's throat choked, and the words that slipped out of his mouth inadvertently gave him a lingering pain in his heart belatedly.Jiang Jianming closed his eyes, lowered his head and thought to himself: Yes, I can.

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

But Lai An, or Garcia...his little Highness is so proud, unruly, and pure as a lonely child, always wild and unruly, and always loving with sincerity.

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

Like myself, I was defeated miserably in front of the invisible giant hand of fate, and was pressed to the ground in embarrassment, watching my lover's life being deprived of everything.

Jiang Jianming didn't dare to 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 eye sockets, and she said word by word, "You said you would never regret it."

"We promised not to block each other, but Jiang," Audley held his arm tightly, his eyes widening as if pleading, "Jing, if you want to turn around, there is still time."

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

"..."

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

No more words were spoken between the two of them.

After a long while, Jiang Jianming went to ask for a glass of juice drink, and looked at Lauren who was surrounded by everyone out of the corner of his eye.

While he estimated Lauren's purpose for inviting him to the banquet, he wondered whether he should reveal to Audley a little about his doubts about the Prime Minister.

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

It seems that an aristocratic lady got off a high-end private aircraft at the door and walked slowly into the mansion.

"That's..." Jiang Jianming squinted his eyes, feeling vaguely familiar with that graceful lady's figure.

He felt that he should have met, but since he couldn't remember... it probably wasn't someone important.

Audley said appropriately from the side: "It seems to be Mrs. Sect. 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, her black hair was permed into gorgeous vertical curls, and her face was covered with delicate makeup.

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

Mrs. Donna von Seckert, and Emilia von Seckert...

This is Yinbeidou's youngest and most promising general, the supreme commander of the First Fortress——the wife and daughter of Major General Xie Yuduo.

Four Sect family guards stood beside the lady and the young lady until the lady waved her to signal them to step back.

Lauren was already holding up her red wine, and greeted her with a gentle smile: "Mrs. Donna's visit is really flourishing. Madam, please forgive me for not welcoming me well. Please come inside."

Donna gave Lauren a subtle smile, raised her skirt and saluted.The girl she was leading had happily hugged Lauren's thigh, apparently quite close.

Lauren first kissed Donna's finger, then put the wine glass aside, smiled happily and hugged the girl.

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

Anyway, Audley beside him was not an outsider, so he couldn't help but whispered, "Is it my illusion? Why do you think..."

Unexpectedly, Audley said seriously: "Yes, it's not an illusion, it's 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 in harmony?"

Jiang Jianming was dazed for a long time, thousands of words came to his mouth at once, he didn't know where to start, he could only hold back a sentence with a wry smile: "... But I only know that the relationship is not harmonious."

But he didn't know that the couple had reached a point of "disharmony"...

Mrs. Xie was able to disclose the extent of knitting a green hat for the major general at the banquet?