CHAPTER 90: CHAPTER 32: FLOURISHING ERA OF THE EMPIRE (PART 3)

Let’s not even talk about whether the Insect Clan will really attack again, it’s still uncertain whether Ke Lian will be sent to the battlefield. He just finished two battles recently, with huge expenditures, and after only ten days of rest, it’s more likely the Military Department will send someone else.

After a long while, Du Xixi finally held Ke Lian’s hand and mumbled, "Brother, we’ll talk about it when the time comes."

Du Xixi’s vagueness wasn’t because she didn’t want to come to the Imperial Palace, but because she didn’t want to think about Ke Lian possibly going to the battlefield.

She knew Ke Lian was a good man who had to go to the battlefield and fight against the Insect Clan, but ultimately the comfort of this period made Du Xixi somewhat unwilling to wake up. She wasn’t ready yet to face Ke Lian leaving again, going to the battlefield once more.

Ke Lian was also reluctant to part with Du Xixi, but he knew in his heart that a soldier’s duty is to obey orders. If an order really came down, even if Ke Lian were bedridden, he would crawl to the battlefield.

But he would never say this to worry Du Xixi, so he just gave Chen Yin a look, and then changed the subject, "It’s all speculative; let’s talk about today’s national celebration instead."

Chen Yin nodded in agreement, "Yes, I heard that this year the Military Department has prepared well. Xixi, take a look and see what’s different from Blue Star."

"With different technology levels, how can they be compared!" Du Xixi rolled her eyes at the two of them, understanding that they didn’t want her to think too much, so she also followed their lead and didn’t talk about the topic anymore.

The atmosphere shifted from slightly tense back to lively again. The Rob also received orders and slowly retreated to the corner to protect the two masters. Several ministers also came over at the right time to talk with the three.

Being people of more or less the same status, although there are some differences, they ultimately belong to the same level. There was no flattery or humility; they just talked about domestic matters, making Du Xixi feel that these ministers were indeed easy to approach.

The sun rose higher, and the national celebration, which would not have guests from other empires, was about to begin. Seeing that everyone had already gathered, Chen Yin shook out his robe and stood up with authority.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is our Blue Star Empire’s national celebration. Let us all proceed to the viewing platform!" Chen Yin seemed to have participated in many national celebrations and was very familiar with the process. He naturally walked to the front and led everyone in one direction.

Du Xixi and Ke Lian stood behind Chen Yin, holding hands. They were intimate yet composed, elegantly following Chen Yin to the viewing platform, then sat down, raised their eyes, completing the process seamlessly.

These were all etiquette lessons learned, not to mention Ke Lian, Du Xixi also found the content of etiquette classes in the original owner’s memory, so there was no mistake.

The couple was even more composed than they had imagined. It seemed as if the place they were sitting was not the viewing platform of the national celebration but a deck chair in their own garden.

Leadership speeches, whether on Blue Star or the Blue Star Empire, seem to be a lengthy and exhausting process. As a bunch of motivational words flowed from Chen Yin’s mouth, Du Xixi and Ke Lian, along with several ministers who were already accustomed to it, began to let their minds wander.

Du Xixi: So my brother is so eloquent, capable of delivering so much profound theory in one breath?

Chen Yin: Keep it low-key, it’s basic operation~

The livestream audience was also in a similar state. Most might have just logged in, with only a portion of the audience diligently posting bullet comments.

[——How to say this? Our Majesty seems to have become much stronger.

——According to the Star Calendar records, this is the fifty-third national celebration that His Majesty Chen Yin has participated in and hosted, and also the fifty-third year His Majesty Chen Yin used the same speech to hypnotize us!

——... He’s so strong, I can’t take it anymore.

——+1...

...]

Chen Yin himself seemed to realize the hypnotic power of his speech, but since he was already halfway through, stopping mid-way would be undignified for His Majesty. He paused and continued reading, though his speech sped up a bit.

Do you guys know the legend of chanting sutras? That’s the state Chen Yin is in now!

The speech was already sleep-inducing chicken soup. Originally, Chen Yin’s magnetic voice could attract a small portion of the audience to hang on. Now that he spoke faster, let alone listening to it, not falling asleep on the spot was their final bit of respect for Chen Yin!

In the livestream, bullet comments eventually faded away altogether, leaving it unknown whether that small group of viewers was attentively listening to Chen Yin’s speech or had already been lulled into a trance by Chen Yin’s "sutra chanting".

Nobody knew.

Audience: It’s not that we’re not interested in the national celebration; it’s entirely because His Majesty’s voice is too hypnotic!

Du Xixi already began to feel drowsy, but she thought that this was in front of a large public audience and needed to maintain her image somehow, so she struggled not to close her eyes, only to suddenly hear a loud snore from behind.

Loud enough to be captured by the recording device, resonating in the livestream.

Du Xixi: ...

Everyone: ...

Livestream: ~%?...;#*’☆&℃$︿★? garbled characters