Daphne initially did not understand her mother's position in the palace.

Later she learned what the nobles' loyal gifts to the royal family were, and why after her mother died of organ failure due to an overdose of drugs, her grandfather's family spent a huge amount of property and used various methods to maintain her position in the palace and let her

She must grow up in the palace.

The imperial power is like a black hole, the nobility is like a star system attracted by the gravity of the black hole, and the common people and slaves are just the accretion disk around the black hole, waiting for the fate of being swallowed by the black hole.

When she is in the palace, her mother's family can maintain influence and earn more power and benefits through this influence.

'You can never be like them.'

Yang Ming's voice seemed to have some kind of sleep-inducing magic power. Daphne yawned sleepily, leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes to take a nap.

She seemed to have had a dream.

In the dream, she returned to the night when she was nine years old. She stood in front of her mother's ashes, stared at her mother's virtual projection, listened to the people around her talking about her mother's death, and then got a new mother.

She was lucky to have met a pretty good princess, who taught her with all her heart;

She was also unfortunate, because all the hypocrisy was done to win her father's favor, and she became the new mother's political capital in the court.

she……

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

Daphne opened her eyes as if she was electrocuted.

The maid on the side whispered: "Prince Gehari has arrived outside the lord's mansion."

Daphne immediately stood up, subconsciously covering her chest and looking down at the elegant dress she had prepared earlier.

Her expression returned from a moment of confusion to her usual calmness, and then quickly changed to tiredness and sadness. With her hands in front of her belly, she led the maid towards the sun-soaked door.

Yang Ming was standing at the door with his hands behind his back. There were more than ten photography floating balls inside and outside the door.

Many nobles were waiting in the courtyard. Daphne also walked past Yang Ming, went to a relatively conspicuous corner, and stared at the door.

Two teams of guards in gorgeous uniforms entered the already crowded courtyard, forming two human walls and standing face to face.

Music sounded outside the door, and the two luxury hover cars brought by the prince slowly stopped.

Lieutenant General Thomas got out of the car first and walked straight towards Yang Ming, walking in a hurry and obviously full of words.

The prince was not in a hurry to get out of the car, but was quietly waiting for the climax of the music to come. The guard who was responsible for opening the door was also counting the seconds for the 'perfect timing' that His Highness said.

"Hanton!"

Just as Lieutenant General Thomas was about to speak, Yang Ming gave a standard military salute, which forced Lieutenant General Thomas to return the salute first.

"Lieutenant General," Yang Ming said warmly, "I am conducting a live broadcast, and the live broadcast has now spread all over the empire."

"Well, I know," Lieutenant General Thomas whispered, "His Majesty the Great Emperor, ordered His Highness Prince Gehari to come to Saka Star to carry out pacification work. Unfortunately, your territory has suffered such a vicious gas attack.

incident, the Imperial Military Department expresses its deep condolences for the victims."

Yang Ming sighed and whispered:

"I have already retaliated against the CIA of the New Federation, and they still don't admit that the terrorist attack was their order.

"But it doesn't matter, I will find out, provide irrefutable evidence, and then repay them ten times or a hundred times.

"My territory does not allow any evil forces to invade. It has been plagued by insects and has experienced a century-long decline. The population has only been reduced to tens of millions. This is the most inconspicuous corner of the empire. They should enjoy peace and shelter.

"

"Yes," Lieutenant General Thomas said seriously, "We will definitely provide all-round protection here."

"But Lieutenant General Thomas!"

Yang Ming's eyes became sharp:

"I am not afraid of external forces. The empire's powerful army is the best support for the people, but I am unable to guard against the filth and sneakiness within the territory!

"During the concert, the comprehensive supply ship on which Her Highness Daphne was riding opened fire with full force and carried out precise strikes on thousands of people in the empire, including Her Highness Daphne! If I hadn't been on guard, I would have parked my warship

There, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"The damage caused by poison gas bombs is far less than this shelling! If there are more riots and stampedes at the scene, it will brew an even greater disaster!"

Lieutenant General Thomas muttered a few times: "Hanton, we will definitely pursue this matter to the end!"

"I'm close to the truth of the matter," Yang Ming whispered. "I didn't harm those officers. I just used the general simulated surgery and simulated case handling methods to collect and organize their memory data."

Thomas finally said immediately: "A viscount and two honorary earls have committed suicide out of fear of crime, and the clues to this matter have been cut off."

Yang Ming asked back: "Why did they kill Her Highness Daphne? What was their motive? What was their purpose of disrupting the concert? Just to cause trouble for me, they made such a huge sacrifice and even committed suicide. They

Is your character in some aspects beyond the understanding of ordinary human nature?"

Lieutenant General Thomas frowned and looked at Yang Ming.

Yang Ming's eyes were clear, and he and Thomas finally looked at each other.

"Now the whole empire is paying attention to this matter," Thomas said. "We have noticed that there are many foreign forces instigating behind the scenes to try to intensify class conflicts within the empire. This behavior is extremely shameful. We should now let

We are acting with the goal of restoring calm to public opinion in the empire, and the investigation of the matter will never stop.”

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant General," Yang Ming said, "I have great respect for your personal achievements and abilities, but in this matter, I must stick to my principles."

Thomas asked: "What are your rules?"

"To be a hero of the empire," Yang Ming raised his head slightly, "A hero should stand before the weak, before justice, be fearless, and pursue the real truth!"

Thomas said firmly: "The truth will only be late for up to half a day!"

Yang Ming said: "But if this attention is lost, and the people's silent support and solidarity in various ways are lost at this moment, will the person behind it really get the punishment they deserve? The people's right to know, this

This kind of thing may not be appropriate to mention in the empire, but the civil code of the empire clearly stipulates that the civilian class is the citizen of the empire and has the full right to know about historical events and major disasters!"

"Hanton!"

"Lieutenant General, please don't try to convince me," Yang Ming raised his head slightly, "Even if I risk everything today and lose my title of nobility and this territory, I must give justice to those innocent people! If Lieutenant General, you want

If you want to stop me, please let the Imperial Noble Court arrest me on the spot for sedition!"

Thomas sighed: "Hanton, you are a hero of the empire, and the military is proud of you. How could you..."

"Incitement?"

Suddenly a chuckle came from behind.

It was the chuckle that came from the loudspeaker of the luxury hover car.

The car door opened, the orchestra's music reached its climax, and the guards on both sides simultaneously activated and raised their decorative golden lightsabers, adding a layer of soft golden light to the entire courtyard.

The tall and handsome prince entered with a smile, and his voice continued to float throughout the courtyard through the directional capture device in the car.

"I didn't expect that Earl Hanton would have such a clear understanding of his mistakes."

Many old people in the venue frowned subconsciously.

Gris, who was standing at the best viewing spot on the balcony on the second floor, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and reveal a playful smile.

Prince Gehari moved forward calmly, but his buttons and watch were obviously trigger-type light shield generators. After taking a few steps, he stopped at a distance and looked up at Yang Ming.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the basic etiquette of nobles?"

Yang Ming frowned slightly and glanced at Lieutenant General Thomas.

Lieutenant General Thomas' facial muscles were trembling slightly, but he still said gently: "This is the prince who was appointed by your Majesty to appease the people."

He made the four words of appeasing the people very clear.

But the prince at the door, who had promised him to lower his profile before, turned a deaf ear.

Now, 6% of the empire's population is actively or passively watching this live broadcast through various methods.

And if this live broadcast causes bigger news, its video materials will be spread wildly throughout the entire empire network and delivered to the eyes of most of the empire's people.

Yang Ming: Could this guy be trying to cause trouble?

Gehali: Now is the best time to promote the majesty of imperial power and reverse the bad impression you have on your father!

"Earl of Hanton!" Gehari's eyes sharpened, "Shouldn't you salute me?"

Most of the nobles in the courtyard had already saluted once before, but now, a few old people reacted quickly and saluted again, and everyone followed suit, wanting to give Yang Ming a step down.

Yang Ming put his hands behind his back again and stared at Gehari calmly.

"Did you give the order to fire?"

Gehari looked speechless: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Really," Yang Ming said calmly, "There is a senior judge of the noble court here. I would like to ask what the crime is for deliberately murdering thousands of people and the imperial princess."

The courtyard is extremely quiet.

The sun shines on the vines and is gently touched by the breeze.

"ha."

Prince Gehari suddenly laughed: "Please ask the senior judge to answer our count's question, and tell him by the way, what is the crime of being rude to the prince."

A middle-aged man walked out with his head bowed and whispered: "Your Highness, you are rude to the prince and disrespectful to your superiors. You need to be warned and fined. In serious cases, you can be detained for self-reflection."
To be continued...