Walk alone in the abyss

The alloy door opened silently, and Yang Ming stood vigilantly outside the door frame.

The soft light shone out, and there was a spacious living room inside, with a beautiful figure sitting in the corner of the round sofa.

This is, the princess?

Many messy thoughts were circulating in Yang Ming's heart, but no masculine instinct emerged.

The amount of information he just received was simply too much.

There are ordinary people inside, which means that there is no toxic gas here.

Yang Ming walked into the room and closed the alloy door casually.

The girl looked up, a pair of ice blue eyes were particularly eye-catching, and her soft golden hair was unadorned, scattered on her chest and behind her.

When an observer looks at her, the first thing they should be attracted by is her eyes;

As the observer's sight expands, it is easy to be captured by her beautiful face;

But when the observer's eyes slip over her slender eyebrows, pretty nose, and shallow lips, they will unconsciously return to her eyes, wanting to see how many stars are hidden in her eyes.

Her posture is very beautiful, just an ordinary sitting posture, but it reveals a natural elegance, her porcelain doll-like skin is white and pink, her slightly elongated neck and her bud-like clavicle coincidentally depict the most perfect skeleton of a woman structure.

She stood up slowly.

Yang Ming could see a bit of tension under her pretending calm expression.

The girl's lips were slightly parted, and her voice perfectly matched her beauty, but the volume was a bit low.

"Sit down, Lord Hunton."

"Well," Yang Ming walked across to her, sinking into the sofa, rubbing his forehead with his hands, "what do you call it?"

"Daphne, Daphne Sherman."

The girl spoke softly, then stroked the hem of her skirt, and slowly sat back in her seat.

It was only then that Yang Ming noticed that she obviously put a lot of effort into her outfits.

To be honest, her own charm is enough to make it easy for people to overlook her evening dress.

"Do you know everything?"

Daphne asked softly.

Yang Ming nodded, and looked into her eyes: "Your Majesty gave me two ways, to train me, or to destroy me."

"I respect you very much. You are the hero who prevented the empire from falling into the crisis of the Great Recession."

Daphne said softly:

"I also can't disobey my father's order. Maybe we can consider using a political marriage model to get married in name and not affect each other's lives."

"Marriage in name? I don't like green hair on my head."

Yang Ming pointed to the top of his head, and then thought that the term green hat was not popular in the empire.

He explained: "If I am sure that I want to get married, I hope that it will be a substantive marriage. Of course, I am still thinking about how to reject Your Majesty's kindness."

"Yeah?"

Daphne seemed to be in a dilemma, she lowered her head in thought, her fingers wrapped around the two strands of hair.

"Sorry," Yang Ming immediately realized that his words might be a little rude, "I'm not targeting you, you know, I have a girlfriend, we have a very good relationship, you are an outstanding woman, at least in terms of appearance .”

Daphne nodded slightly: "Actually, you are not my type, and this is indeed a problem... What about Captain Catherine?"

"Do you have a boyfriend too?" Yang Ming asked.

Daphne shook her head: "I just became an adult two days ago, and I got my father's order that day."

Yang Ming asked: "Do you think, your majesty has arranged this matter between us on a whim, or has it been arranged for a long time?"

Daphne thought for a few seconds: "I can't figure out what father is thinking, but in my opinion, if we establish a marriage relationship, it will be beneficial to you, Lord Earl."

"Favourable?" Yang Ming smiled, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"Well, this is just my personal opinion."

Daphne analyzed calmly:

"You are already standing on the opposite side of the aristocratic class, and the families of the aristocrats are married to each other, which has become a huge and complicated relationship system.

"Now that you have the power given by my father, you will have no disadvantages against the nobles, but when you enter a permanent job, your father has found a new tool... It may make you mind if you say so, but it is the truth.

"At that time, you will face the wrath of half of the aristocratic class, and those princes and dukes will attack you from all sides.

"Including but not limited to, creating black spots on you through online public opinion, making you lose the public base, entertaining your achievements in killing insects, and making you lose the image of a superhero in the hearts of the people.

"Don't doubt it, history shows that this is a common tactic used by the privileged.

"Entertain serious topics, desensitize sensitive issues, complete cultural degradation quietly, and then call it: entertainment for all."

Yang Ming's impression of this princess changed immediately.

She seems to be more than just a vase.

"Your Majesty really gave me a problem, the Sherman family..."

"A superficial marriage is your best choice, Lord Earl," Daphne said softly, "or, if you have a way to make me fall in love with you in the future, then I will try my best to maintain the happiness of our future marriage. "

Yang Ming frowned and said, "I don't want to abandon my lover."

"Your lover should understand your situation."

"What about you? Since we don't call, your situation in the future may be very embarrassing."

Daphne fell into silence, her expression filled with gloom.

Afterwards, Daphne looked at Yang Ming again, and said softly:

"I've lost everything.

"When my father told me that I needed to marry you to secure your position in the imperial aristocracy, I had already lost the right to inherit the throne.

"If my father allows me to marry a direct descendant of a hereditary duke, I will gain the support of this family, which will give me precious and rare external resources of Emperor Star.

"Love is just an optional thing in life for me.

"My upbringing environment also told me that love is just a ridiculous cloak decorated by human desires, and when you have power, you can have everything.

"Of course, I have lost these things now. The only thing I think about now is how to live a life that is doomed to be empty as much as possible."

"Life will never be empty," Yang Ming said, "However, I can also understand your feelings after your ideals are shattered... Maybe we can have a good discussion on this issue. I really don't accept this form of nominal marriage."

"Why?" Daphne was puzzled.

Yang Ming shrugged: "If my nominal wife has intimate relationships with other men, it will also touch my ridiculous and sensitive self-esteem."

Daphne raised her hand to her forehead, and couldn't help complaining: "I don't quite understand your thoughts? Why do you confuse such an important thing as your personal future with your own machismo? I don't care how many mistresses you have, This is the norm in the aristocratic circle, correspondingly, you don't have to interfere with my private life, I will maintain the dignity between us."

"Maybe I'm still a commoner at heart," Yang Ming said with a smile, "So I think our marriage is unlikely to be successful."

Daphne frowned and said, "To put it simply, you put forward your conditions. You asked me to abide by the obligations of husband and wife, while you went out to wander outside? With all due respect, this is a bit unfair."

"First of all, we have not yet established a marriage relationship. Then, I am now thinking about how to find a way to get the best of both worlds, instead of sacrificing and parting."

Yang Ming stood up, he wanted to see if he could make Daphne refuse, so he stared at Daphne and said deliberately:

"I really can't accept marriages in the form of nobles. If you want to be my wife, we must first establish a romantic relationship. Please give me some time to think about it.

"If we get married, you're bound to sacrifice something, including your dignity as a wife.

"I don't want to treat you like this, so I will think of other ways to gain His Majesty's trust in me."

Daphne nodded slightly: "I have already obtained your contact information. Before you leave Emperor Star, we must go to the palace. No matter what, please don't disobey my father. When he eliminates hidden dangers, he will never Any hesitation."

"Thanks."

Yang Ming blinked, and slightly bowed to Daphne:

"Happy birthday, beautiful Your Majesty... Besides, the perfume is nice."

After saying that, he turned his head and walked towards the door, and when he opened the door, he saw Director Ino's figure.

The alloy door of the room was slowly closed, and Daphne finally relaxed, leaning on the sofa cushions, quietly lost in thought.

She really didn't expect it.

I am the princess of the most powerful empire in the Milky Way, a girl who has just grown up and has a fair appearance, and actively persuades an honorary earl to marry me, but the other party says that he cannot part with those lovers after marriage...

Daphne sat there thinking quietly.

She was wondering if her perception of the strength of the current regime in the Milky Way had been slightly misplaced.

Tell father the truth about today's conversation?

What would the father say to himself?

Daphne could fully imagine what kind of tone and modifiers her father would use to describe her incompetence and cowardice.

'Daphne, when facing the white ghost, don't treat him as an ordinary imperial nobleman, try to lower your status, he is an incredible life form.

"Now the Sherman family wants to absorb him. In the next hundred years, the galaxy will undergo several major reshuffles and violent turmoil. He can protect the empire to a certain extent. I chose you because you are smart enough to be his shackles.

‘Human emotions are wonderful, and you have to make the most of it. '

Daphne's collagen-filled face twitched slightly.

It's just a few mistresses, so it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with them.

"Please don't underestimate any member of the Sherman family. In addition, this is the smell of body soap, a guy with no common sense."

...

In the middle of the night, Yang Ming returned to the hotel on the surface where he stayed with a little alcohol smell.

"well--"

Yang Ming sighed, lying on the big soft bed like big characters, Daphne's beautiful figure kept flashing before his eyes.

They had dinner with Director Ino again. Daphne was also very indifferent in front of Director Ino, but before Yang Ming left, she offered to send Yang Ming off, and even symbolically supported him. Yang Ming's arm.

Director Ino's old face with a sudden smile was full of wrinkles.

However, Yang Ming faintly felt that the girl beside him seemed to have made up her mind.

Daphne was indeed very beautiful. Among the girls Yang Ming had met, only the mature Valkyrie and Mimily could rival her in terms of beauty.

——Of course, using appearance to classify ranks is not a civilized behavior in itself.

But Yang Ming could feel that Daphne was that kind of ambitious royal daughter.

An imperial princess is not the same as an imperial princess.

Emilia's growth environment determines that she is a simple princess. What she thinks in her heart is how to benefit the people. She has her own brother covering her. She is the most carefree girl in Luofeng Empire.

Daphne grew up in a competitive environment. What she wanted was power, fame, and status. In the final analysis, what she cared about was her own decency and dignity.

Pretty is beautiful, Yang Ming only wants to keep a respectful distance from this kind of girl.

The only thing Yang Ming could comfort himself was that Daphne had just grown up and hadn't fallen, and Yang Ming didn't smell anything wrong with her.

Reject this marriage?

Is that too childish?

By marrying the princess, he will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Sherman Empire, becoming the emperor's son-in-law and the halo of an imperial hero, and he will gain great power in a short period of time.

Moreover, Yang Ming had a premonition that the old emperor had tidied up the Elder's House, restored his trial rights and the right to intervene in daily political affairs at any time, and the next step might be to go to the military headquarters to find a sense of presence.

Otherwise, why did the old emperor choose Atero to take over the Military Intelligence Bureau?

The problem in the military department should also be very big, perhaps involving system-wide corruption, but the purpose of the old emperor should not be to destabilize the military department, but to allow his cronies to gain real military power.

100% military power belongs to the imperial power?

'He was stimulated by the Empire's total defense system. '

Director Yinuo's words caused the question marks on Yang Ming's head to pop up like mushrooms after the rain.

What's the matter?

Hum, buzz!

Yang Ming's communicator vibrated a few times.

He grabbed the communicator and took a look, feeling a little guilty for some reason.

The video invitation sent by Catherine, this is a dedicated communication device for the two of them, the cost is extremely expensive, and the advantage is that it can communicate instantly in all corners of the galaxy.

Yang Ming cleared his throat, sat up immediately, and put his fingers into a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The call was established, and Catherine appeared in front of Yang Ming wearing her golden mask.

She was sitting in front of a porthole. She should have just returned from a mission. At this moment, she slowly took off her mask, and turned her head to look at the left and right sides. After confirming that there was no one, she breathed a sigh of relief.

——Before Yang Ming returned to Emperor Star, she had already been transferred away by the Overhauler organization.

"Henten, how is it in Emperor Star?"

"well enough."

Yang Ming thought about it for a few seconds, and decided to tell Catherine about His Majesty's marriage offer, but the words changed again:

"Today I went to the ascending dimension laboratory and witnessed the ascending dimension experiment."

"Uh, it's cruel, isn't it?" Catherine sighed, "That's the fate of super-reformers."

"It's really cruel," Yang Ming said in a deep voice, "I also encountered a rather difficult matter. The emperor wanted me to completely surrender, so he set some conditions for me."

Catherine thought about it carefully, and didn't say much, but said: "You told me, sometimes we have to choose to endure, even if it is something against our will, if it is for our own longer-term goals, we can do it .”

"Catherine, what's the matter with you today?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt a little emotional," Catherine said with a smile, "Politics is the art of compromise."

Yang Ming wondered: "Why do you feel weird, are you stimulated again?"

Catherine smiled softly: "I'm on a mission. I couldn't chat with you at first, but I just want to see you suddenly... Rest early, there is calling me."

"Okay, you also pay attention to safety."

"By the way, Hanton," Catherine said suddenly, "If necessary, I would like to talk about our affairs after you leave Emperor Star."

"Aren't we... have a good relationship now?"

"I mean, I have my own mission, and so do you. If possible, maybe we should let go of our feelings and focus on our ideals... Let's do this first, they are urging me."

Catherine reached out to hang up the communication.

Yang Ming frowned and looked at the image left by Catherine, and saw the corners of her mouth drooping slightly.

what happened?

Yang Ming sent a greeting message to Catherine, and after waiting for more than half an hour, feeling drowsy, he waited for a text message from Li.

[A news hot search appeared in the entire empire, saying that the white ghost is about to marry an emperor's daughter politically. 】

The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

Is the royal family so eager to start the hype?

His Majesty the Emperor really gave him a big problem.

Holding the communicator, he looked at Catherine's head, stroked it with his fingers, and thought about what he should say to her, but unless he directly betrayed the royal family, he could not soothe her hurt heart.

The power of the empire, their own feelings.

Yang Ming sighed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

The quasi-ancient god's life body also needs to rest, so as to maintain a good mental state, and he has received too much information today, which also makes Yang Ming's head dizzy.

Yang Ming fell asleep unknowingly, and at night he also had a dream, dreaming of a civilization that mimics human beings.

The most impressive picture in the dream is that in a mercury-like lake, a mimic human slowly walked out, the metal liquid on his body slowly dissipated, revealing Catherine's beautiful face and exquisite figure, just as he wanted to get close to her At that moment, she pulled out the Zhanjian Saber from behind her back...

Ding dong, ding dong~

The room doorbell rang suddenly.

Yang Ming opened his eyes vigilantly, and jumped directly to the side of the bed, the dream image in his mind was directly diluted.

"who?"

His voice was directional captured and passed outside the door.

Han Xiang's timid voice sounded immediately: "It's me, us, your personal maid, Han Yin and Han Xiang."

Yang Ming heaved a sigh of relief, took a shirt and trousers, put them on, and went to open the door.

"Are you all right...why are there so many people?"

Hanyin and Hanxiang, who were dressed in maid outfits, bowed their heads to salute Yang Ming, then staggered their bodies to the left and right, and two teams of court maids in high slit dresses bowed at the same time, and then they carried several trays and pushed rows of clothes, Gently walked into the house.

Han Yin and Han Xiang stood at the door and watched.

Yang Ming was already surrounded by the maids, and began to measure his measurements.

"My lord, this is the breakfast His Highness cooked for you, please enjoy it."

"My lord, what color do you prefer personally? Of course, it doesn't matter. Our Highness likes plain clothes. You can choose one of these as a dress for going out today."

"Lord Earl, if you are fully prepared, please initiate a call request to His Highness, using this device."

"Bo..."

Snapped!

Yang Ming snapped his fingers, his eyes were filled with red light, and the group of maids leaned on their foreheads and fell crookedly to the ground.

Hanxiang and Hanyin's eyes widened.

Han Xiang hurriedly said: "These are all the closest maids of His Royal Highness Daphne, why do you..."

"I'm so used to her!" Yang Ming frowned and scolded, "I haven't found her for the hot search yet, so let me play this game now! Why are you still standing there? Come here and help carry it."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A few dry coughs came from the corridor, and a beautiful girl in a princess dress appeared outside the door frame. The cloth fan in her hand opened to cover her pink lips.

"Is this a mental shock?"

Daphne asked with a little surprise.