In the room, Ming Jiang stood by the balcony, with his arms naturally resting on the balcony railing, looking at the wood hydrangea in bloom in the distance.

The line of sight is turned to the left, which is the main hall of the lotus palace complex, and it is also the place where Kloss lives daily.

The lights in the main hall were always on, but Ming Jiang still noticed something different.

For example, in a room on the third floor, the lighting there seems to be different from other places.

Ming Jiang didn't know that there was the study room of the main hall where the affairs of the entire empire gathered, but he was surprised that there seemed to be a figure standing behind the curtain.

Ming Jiang even had the illusion that the figure standing behind the window was looking in his direction.

Could it be Kloss or Tantai Mirror?

Ming Jiang had some guesses in his mind, but he was not familiar with the Lotus Palace, and he just guessed a random name between the two of them.

Not long after, the room on the third floor went dark, and at the same time, a terminal message popped up.

It was a strange message, obviously a stranger who didn't add friends, but he could directly deliver the message to his Star Network account.

——It's late, you should go to bed.

The tone was terrifyingly familiar, Ming Jiang had only seen this kind of awkward concern from Cross.

The case has been solved. The person standing by the window on the third floor of the main hall just now should be Kloss, who is also the owner of the huge Lotus Palace.

After Ming Jiang was reminded by this message, he really felt a little sleepy.

He yawned, turned off the light in the room when he turned around, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

A night of many dreams, from the life on the garbage planet to the complex experiences of the past few days were played in Ming Jiang's dream one by one. When he woke up, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning.

Ming Jiang had never woken up so late before, probably because she slept late and had long dreams, Ming Jiang also felt tired after waking up.

He sat up on the bed and looked out the window.

The autumn rain came quickly and quickly, the dark clouds hung low, and the gray sky was very oppressive.

Ming Jiang opened the curtains, looked at the rain splashing on the glass window outside, and subconsciously looked towards the room he saw last night.

The lights there were already on, but it was a little more low-key than last night.

Ming Jiang was wearing the pajamas provided by the waiters last night. After a night of sleep, the loose neckline had slipped to the edge of her shoulders.

Ming Jiang pulled his clothes back to his original position, stretched again, and walked into the bathroom hesitantly.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

...

In the hall on the first floor of the side hall, Alois was sitting by the window facing the garden, with one leg bent and stepped on the window sill, and the other hanging casually dangling by the window.

In front of him, Tantai Chaoye was looking at the water marks on the ground outside the window, with a cup of bitter coffee in his hand.

Outside the window, rainwater trickled down the slope of the steps, converging into streams of water, washing the steps white.

Alois: "Why haven't you gotten up yet? Forget it, I'll go upstairs and have a look."

Saying that, Alois jumped off the windowsill.But he only took two steps, and a person walked down the stairs not far away.

Ming Jiang walked slowly, holding on to the handrail of the stairs, as if he was not fully awake yet.

Alois didn't stop when he came down, but walked to Ming Jiang's side, and raised his hand to touch Ming Jiang's forehead.

Ming Jiang hid back, frowned and said, "I'm not sick."

"You've never been up this late before," Alois said.

"It might be due to the weather." Ming Jiang didn't like rain. Although the rain would moisten the garden, it would also shatter the flowers blooming on the branches.

Ming Jiang no longer cared about Alois who was standing beside him, and walked quickly to the dining table, lazily pulling away the chair facing the opposite table.

Tan Taichao took a sip of the coffee in hand, the coffee without sugar was extremely bitter, but he didn't even move his brows.

"Bad mood?"

A robot put the breakfast that had been prepared in the kitchen before Ming Jiang's eyes, although it was almost time for lunch.

"Maybe." Ming Jiang propped his face with one hand, opened the sugar packet next to him and poured it in, and stirred the coffee in front of him with the other hand.

The sugar particles slowly melted in the coffee liquid, Ming Jiang raised his hand and took a sip, the taste of sugar diluted the bitterness of the coffee a lot.

There was a normal breakfast and a nutrient solution on the table. Ming Jiang's eyes stayed on the breakfast for a short time, and finally he resolutely chose the nutrient solution.

"We're going to father's place later." Tan Taichao said, "Yesterday's incident was unexpectedly postponed a lot."

Not surprisingly, if he hadn't suggested Ming Jiang to go to the garden for a walk, Ming Jiang would not have been immersed in those rare and beautiful ancient blue star plants.

"Um."

After breakfast, Alois was left in the side hall by Ming Jiang, while he followed Tantai to the main hall.

There are many guards outside the main hall, all of whom are the most elite soldiers in the army.

When Ming Jiang passed by them, he couldn't make them look away.

Outside the study, Tan Taichao pushed open the heavy and finely carved wooden door for Ming Jiang, and Ming Jiang stepped inside, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The first to react was Julf who was reporting to Cross.

"Your Highness is well." Julf gave Ming Jiang a standard royal etiquette, "I wish you a good rest."

"Thank you." After Ming Jiang thanked him shallowly, he turned his head to look at Tan Taijing and Kloss.

Tan Taijing was sitting on the sofa chair by the window, and when he saw Ming Jiang coming in, his expression on his face was like melting a snow mountain, and he slowly showed a smile.

"Here we come." Tan Taijing signaled Ming Jiang to sit on the same sofa opposite him, and ignored Tan Taichao who came in later.

"En." Ming Jiang sat down obediently, leaning on the comfortable sofa chair, Ming Jiang was a little drowsy again.

Seeing him like this, Tan Taijing leaned forward, but his voice was inherently cold.

"Why, didn't you sleep well?"

"Maybe things have happened a lot recently, and I had some dreams." Ming Jiang yawned again in the middle of speaking, and a drop of physiological tears from sleepiness appeared in the corner of his eyes.

He didn't sleep too short this time, and he had been sleeping for nearly ten hours, but he didn't know why he kept yawning.

Cross, who was sitting behind the desk, suddenly said, "It's the growing season."

Ming Jiang didn't think of this for a while. After Kloss reminded him, he calculated the time and found that it was almost the growth period.

The growth period is generally only experienced by people with a high level of mental power. It usually appears in one to three months after adulthood, and the duration is only about a week.

Because of the rapid growth of mental power after adulthood, too high a level of mental power will make the growth rate too fast, causing the body to fail to keep up and enter dormancy.

However, dormancy here does not refer to hibernation, but it will make people in the growth period sleepy for a long time.If it is in school, after the school judges the growth period of the student, the student is allowed to take the inspection report to the school to ask for a week off to spend the growth period.

Tan Taijing was stunned, he had never experienced the growth period, Di Xiushu had a gentle personality, even his mental power grew steadily at a gentle speed, and never caused any physical discomfort.

This happened to Ming Jiang, more because of Qiongqi's urgent desire for more power.

Cross spoke again: "Julph, inform the school that he will be allowed to stay in the palace during this period of growth."

Before Julf could respond, Ming Jiang stopped Cross's thoughts first.

"You should ask for my opinion in advance." Ming Jiang did not timidly avoid Cross's gaze, and said word by word, "I don't like staying here."

Cross was silent for a moment.

"But you liked the wooden hydrangea over there last night."

"But I don't like living here."

Julfer is walking or not, standing by the table with his shoulders hunched, wishing he could have the function of invisibility.

Tan Taijing raised his hand and pressed the back of Ming Jiang's hand.

Ming Jiang found that Tan Taijing's skin temperature was as cold as his personality and voice, and the place where the two met felt slightly cold to the touch.

"If you don't like it, then live outside the palace with Alois." Tan Taijing always has a lot of patience with Ming Jiang, "During the growth period, Qiongqi will move more frequently, and Cross will indeed affectyour turn."

Tan Taichao twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and did not speak.

He and Alois' mental bodies are also poor, and the behavior of staying away from Cross but not leaving Alois has no effect.

And Ming Jiang's non-cooperation was not only because of Qiongqi.

In all fairness, Tantai Chao would not like to live in Lotus Palace, if he had other choices.It is different from the palace that Vigson built next to the natural forest.

The palace of Lotus is located in the most prosperous center of Lotus. If you want to get quiet in the middle of the noise, you can only build the palace very large, and use the outermost building to block the sight and sound from the outside.

This also makes the whole palace look extremely depressing, and living here for a long time is very tormented.

Ming Jiang waited for Cross's reply.

He thought that Cross would be angry, or a little dissatisfied, but the other party agreed easily.

"Yes, but there must be an escort to protect your safety." During the growth period, it is also the most vulnerable time. When sleeping soundly, anyone can easily kill a famous general.

Ming Jiang gently exhaled the turbid air in his heart.

"Okay." He agreed.

Seeing that the matter had been decided, Julfer quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Then I'll pick the guards, Your Majesty."

Cross said, "Just let the first team go."

As soon as these words came out, Julf and Tantai Chao were shocked.

Julver: "Your Majesty, but the first team is to protect you—"

Cross: "Go and deal with it."

Knowing that Cross didn't intend to change his mind, Julver could only sigh secretly: "Yes, I'll go right away."

Ming Jiang listened to all their conversations, and he leaned back on the sofa chair in a daze, wondering if Cross sent the team to protect him.

But why, shouldn't high-ranking people like them value their own safety more?

There was nothing unexpected about Tan Taijing, but he just called out his spiritual body.

The branches and leaves of the Dixiu tree gently brushed Ming Jiang's skin, and the controlled thin vines hooked Ming Jiang's hair scattered on the side of the face, and fiddled with them behind the ears.

Ming Jiang fell asleep unknowingly, her blue pupils covered by tightly closed eyes and curled eyelashes.

Under the comfort of Tan Taijing, Ming Jiang slept peacefully, and his brows that had been slightly frowned slowly relaxed.