Opposite the communication projection, Audley was still dressed in men's clothes, with his hands on the edge of the balcony railing with gloves on, as if blowing cold wind.

Her face was extremely ugly, and she opened her mouth and said, "Jiang! Something happened..."

After saying this sentence, Audley realized that Garcia was also beside him.Jiang Jianming had already told her about the cause and effect before, so she was not surprised and just bowed her head in respect: "Your Highness."

Garcia nodded, his eyes were frosty: "Tell him about you, make a long story short."

"...Yes." Audrey took a breath tremblingly, and the two of them clearly saw a drop of cold sweat slipping from the temples of the Lance Patriarch who had been in power since childhood.

She pursed her lips and glanced around, her voice was tight: "Jiang, you have to calm down and listen to me, I don't know who leaked the fact that the two proposals were rejected, and now most of the disabled people in Star City of Aslan...They're all making trouble."

Jiang Jianming changed color: "What?"

"What's more troublesome is that I still don't know where the news came from, saying that His Majesty the Emperor wants...to appoint me as the heir, and stop entrusting new nobles from now on."

Audley gritted his teeth, "Those remarks said that our empire will gradually become like the old empire, completely respected by nobles and new crystal human beings. You can open Zhiwang to see."

The night sky outside the window seemed to thicken imperceptibly. Jiang Jianming glanced at Garcia solemnly. The latter understood, turned on the virtual screen on the desk, and pulled the light blue panel over.

Jiang Jianming opened his mouth to ask Audley where he should look, but he knew there was no need to ask.

The blockbuster entries on Zhiwang are all the rage, and whatever page or platform you click on, there are fierce verbal confrontations to the point of madness.

[I just came back from Your Excellency the Prime Minister, and the sky collapsed in a blink of an eye...how could this happen?]

[Those without crystal bones deserve to be regarded as inferior and defective products, let’s recognize the reality, tsk]

[Isn’t the treatment of disabled people much better now than decades ago?I don’t understand why you guys are arguing all of a sudden]

[Kneeling for a long time won't stand?Then let me climb]

Click to refresh, and countless new comments pop up in the blink of an eye.

[Compatriots without crystals were killed today, and the next one to be oppressed is us powerless civilians!The next one is the new nobleman!!Until it is the same as that dark age!!]

[If the emperor is still there, seeing this situation... Sigh]

[??What kind of brainless stuff, are you still worshiping the emperor?Wake up, Emperor Kaios himself was a tyrant. Back then, he was obsessed with power and forced the founding commander to death. How many soldiers were killed in the holy battle?]

[This country is also beginning to rot, but it is inevitable, now all mankind is under the rule of an empire... I dare not say more]

"Nonsense."

Jiang Jianming glanced twice before laughing angrily, and turned off the screen, "If the empire really wants to oppress them, can this kind of text appear on Zhiwang?"

When people lose their minds, they are too easily incited by speech. The excited crowd is like a gasoline factory that has been in disrepair. A slight spark can explode into a huge flame.

Undoubtedly, the heat of this violent flame has now reached a place very close to them.

There was a vague commotion outside the window, and Garcia looked up and looked down: "There are people on the street."

Jiang Jianming shook his head, and said in a low voice disappointedly: "If you want to fight for your rights, you shouldn't be such a troublemaker. Obviously, everything is getting better these years."

Having said that, he was taken aback for a moment.

Jiang Jianming frowned slowly, and said to himself uncertainly: "Yes, obviously..."

A strange sense of separation was suddenly realized by him, yes, obviously... the current empire is indeed taking care of the lives of the disabled, why did it happen?

Since the lives of disabled humans are getting better every year, and since the high-level officials approve and even support the establishment of the Protection Association, there is no reason to be so resolute and even ruthless in preventing disabled humans from entering the army.

Thinking about it the other way around, if someone at the top really wants to suppress the disabled, and that person has as much power as a veto to intercept the motion...

So now, there should be no chance to form such an atmosphere in Aslan Star City that is friendly to disabled humans and is getting better every year.

No, it makes no sense and lacks logic.

It's like missing a piece of the most important piece of the puzzle, so the cause and effect before and after cannot be continuous.

Jiang Jianming pressed his forehead, his expression was solemn: no, no, now is not the time to investigate the reason.

Regardless of the reasons behind it, the military's decision has been taken advantage of by the enemy. If this conflict is not resolved as soon as possible, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Jiang! This posture is not right. I think someone is stirring up the water and taking the opportunity to incite the people," Audley said calmly, "You told me during the day that there might be enemy forces lurking in the empire, would you..."

"Perhaps it has already started."

Jiang Jianming lowered his eyes slowly, he looked at his hands, "The conspiracy...has already started."

At his alma mater Keos that night, he asked why the current imperial atmosphere was undercurrent.

Teacher Luo Hai's guess is that the suspense and uncertainty of the position of the crown prince became the fuse, leading to the emergence of conflicts within the empire.

But what if, if there is a third party taking advantage of this period of popular turmoil and taking the opportunity to fan the flames...?

What saw after returning to China flashed back before eyes: the arrogant and domineering Brandon family were pawns, the passionate military school children were pawns, the crying crystal church members, and the people cheering for His Excellency the Prime Minister...

New Humans, Disabled Humans, Nobles, Commoners.

In this thriving empire, all the people who have longing for their own future have become pawns played by the behind the scenes.

What will be the final formation?

What is going to happen?

Audley lowered her head and stroked her wrist. She said softly, "Jiang, do you think... if you let them know that Lance's Patriarch is a disabled human being, maybe...can stabilize people's hearts?"

The glass door to the balcony opposite was pushed open, and Diana stood there timidly.Her long hair was disheveled by the wind, she whispered: "Brother..."

Jiang Jianming shook his head: "Don't be impulsive. Since there are people behind the scenes, this is not something you can solve by yourself. I will ask the military what it means."

He also thought of Lauren's kind face in front of the public, and the life-threatening jewelry that Xie Yinxing wore on his wrist, and he couldn't help adding: "You must be careful tonight, just stay at home, and don't trust anyone."

Audley fell silent, and after a while she nodded bitterly, reaching out to hug her restless sister into her arms: "I know, I won't mess around... After all, I still have Diana."

"Gerhard Lauren's banquet is held until the next day's sunrise every year. At a time like tonight, he is likely to incite the people to do something."

Audley pursed his lips and looked into the distance, "I've already asked my people to investigate the situation, and now I can only play it by ear. Jiang, please protect yourself...I'm hanging up, please feel free to contact me."

After hanging up the communication, the projection window disappeared in silence.

Jiang Jianming stood there for a few seconds, took a deep breath and took a deep breath, went to get a glass of cold water and poured it down for himself.

When he turned around, Garcia was still leaning against the window with his arms folded and looking at him, as if mocking his hard life with his eyes.

Jiang Jianming had no choice but to smile bitterly.

Garcia said in a low voice: "Is this empire important to you?"

Jiang Jianming was about to reach out to make another call, but he stopped when he heard the sound.

He turned his head and looked deeply at Garcia, his calm eyebrows softened a little under the light.

"...I don't know, Your Highness."

The color in his eyes also became vivid, like the warm April wind blowing across the earth, and the snow on the ebony turned into water droplets, which rolled roundly in the wind.

"But... perhaps, people must have a destination when they live. There must be a place that can be called hometown, which carries some memories and some thoughts. People are willing to live or die for it."

"Hometown." Garcia repeated the word, letting the two words grind between his teeth.

The noise outside the window gradually increased, and the voices of people shouting could be heard inside the house. It seemed that more and more residents started to run to the street, and they didn't know where they were going.

Crackling——!

The sound of glass shattering was so clear that an overly emotional person started beating and swearing.

"For example, after many, many years, maybe you will still remember."

Jiang Jianming walked over to Garcia and stretched his arms: "In the star city of Aslan in the first galaxy, on such a chaotic night..."

In the distance, the street lamp seemed to be smashed by that crazy guy, and the string of flames was reflected on the window glass. Yu Jiang Jianming's eyebrows passed by, and the crimson light illuminated the depths of the pupils of the young disabled human beings..

He has a pale face but smiles slightly. In such a situation where the building is about to collapse, he can still give people the illusion of ease.

"I hugged you like this."

Jiang Jianming hooked Garcia's neck and brought the man into his arms.

He gently lowered his eyelashes: "It's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of, I'll solve it all. Then we celebrate the New Year together, you said you want to take me to a place, right?"

Garcia didn't show any expression, but rubbed the disabled human's thin shoulder, and said softly, "...um."

The snow on the window has not yet melted, and the night and firelight made the two hugging bodies into a silhouette, and when their chests touched each other, they could feel each other's beating heartbeat.

Garcia raised his hand, and the fingertips that had just been bandaged fell on Jiang Jianming's waist like a dragonfly, and then stroked his back all the way up.

The movement was rough, and the clothes were wrinkled, and the palm seemed to be declaring its possession of the territory by ravaging it.

"I have no hometown and no destination."

Garcia made a sudden sound, his voice became hoarse, and when he raised his cold emerald pupils, the depths of his eyes were out of focus.

The empire is not his country, the royal family is not his kin.Even the perennial snow-covered steel fortress is nothing more than a shelter.

So he still can't quite understand, the heroic soul who has been desperate for a piece of land since ancient times has such a burning love for his hometown.

but……

"But I met...you."

But if there is anything in this ruthless universe that carries some of his memories and thoughts, he is willing to live or die for it.

Garcia let go of the arm around Jiang Jianming, he thought to himself: Maybe that is the person in front of him.

Even if it is not this person in the end, it will never be anything else.

"Although I still don't know what Leian Keos looks like in your memory. But... at this moment, you need a weapon for fighting."

Garcia touched Jiang Jianming's face with nostalgia, and then said calmly: "Then use me."

Outside the window, the fire suddenly bloomed for a moment, and then withered and fell down.Darkness is back.

The author has something to say: You are my shackles, and I will be your minions.