Chapter 278: The Royal Family and Imperial Relatives (Two in One)

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The indicator lit up green, and the thick metal door seemed to be dragged by two invisible hands, moving along the slide rails to both ends.

"Hall Master."

Listening to the familiar call, Jing Hongchen responded without raising his head.

"Here you come? Just in time, I'm currently making an eighth-level soul guide core. Come over and take a look."

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows. When he got closer, he discovered that the respected leader of Mingde Hall was holding a carving knife in one hand and an alloy metal ball that looked valuable in the other hand, carving something in detail. .

Although observing an eighth-level soul guide was of little help to him, Huo Yuhao did not show any negative emotions because of it. He casually dug out a small bench from a pile of parts and quickly walked to Jing Hongchen. Beside him, he sat down.

"Master, I have something to ask you for help."

"Oh? You brat, you actually still have a day to ask me for help?"

Jing Hongchen kept moving his hands, but his tone was a little more teasing: "Tell me and listen."

Making an eighth-level soul guidance device core was almost not difficult for Jing Hongchen, who was already a top ninth-level soul engineer. Naturally, he would not care whether Huo Yuhao's words would disturb him.

However, the next second, the slightly hesitant voice made him pause subconsciously.

"Ahem, I just want to ask, is the birthday party of the little princess of the royal family coming soon?"

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After a brief silence, Jing Hongchen continued carving calmly, without any change in his tone: "Where did you hear the news?"

"While eating in the cafeteria."

Huo Yuhao gave the reason he had already prepared: "At that time, two students from the royal family were sitting next to me, and I happened to overhear their conversation."

"Then you came here to ask me, do you want me to take you there?"

"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded.

"Although I don't know what the royal students exchanged as you mentioned, I think you should also know the main purpose of this birthday party, right?"

".yes."

Jing Hongchen stopped moving, raised his head, and looked at him calmly, his tone serious and solemn.

"Looking at you, you probably don't want to be a prince-in-law, right?"

Feeling the suddenly depressing atmosphere, Huo Yuhao blinked and asked pretending to be confused.

"What the hall master said, isn't that what everyone is here for? Even if the hall master thinks that I am not lucky, it would be good to make more friends with other geniuses at the banquet and gain experience, isn't it?"

"Oh? Why didn't I know that you also have a hobby of making friends with geniuses?"

The flesh of Jing Hongchen's round face was squeezed together because of his smile, directly exposing Huo Yuhao's lie: "In the past few years at Sun Moon College, have you ever made friends with other geniuses? Where are those so-called geniuses? Can one of you catch your eye?"

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Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Not paying attention to his silence, Jing Hongchen curled her lips and said her own opinion: "Although my ability is limited, I still have a good eye for seeing people."

"As early as the first day I saw you, I was somewhat aware that you are actually an arrogant person to the core."

"I don't know what other people's purposes are for attending birthday parties, but you"

Staring at Huo Yuhao's face that showed no signs of panic, Jing Hongchen said in a determined voice.

"Although you are usually humble and polite, the arrogance in your eyes tells me that you think your future achievements will far exceed those of the so-called Prince Consort. Even if you don't study in Mingde Hall, you don't need the guidance of our ninth-level soul masters. You His soul guidance device technology can also become the undisputed top one in the world."

"So it's absolutely impossible for you to go to the birthday party just to become the consort, just like you didn't just join me in Mingde Hall to learn soul tools, there must be other purposes."

silence.

After a long time, Huo Yuhao raised his head in confusion and met Jing Hongchen's eyes expressionlessly: "Since the hall master already knew that I had an ulterior motive for joining Mingde Hall, why did he do it to this extent?"

"Is there any conflict between your ulterior motives and my choice to help you?"

Jing Hongchen laughed: "If you must know a reason, it is because of your arrogance."

arrogant?

Hearing the answer given by Jing Hongchen, Huo Yuhao became even more confused.

"I do not understand."

Jing Hongchen smiled proudly, but did not answer his question in a hurry.

“Do you know what kind of people you invest in will get the highest rate of return?”

".A kind person?" Although he didn't know how this question was related to what he asked, Huo Yuhao still thought about it briefly and expressed his opinion.

"No, it's an arrogant person like you." Jing Hongchen shook his head, answering his doubts.

"There are many types of arrogance. Some people will be like bandits, relying on their own strength to rob. Some people will be arrogant and look down on the things around them. There are also some people, like you, who will take advantage of everything they encounter. Whenever there is a problem, I want to solve it alone.

You will never take the initiative to ask me about the problems I encountered with the soul guide. Only when I ask you what you don't understand, you will randomly come up with a few questions to fool me. "

"If I help a kind-hearted person, in return, he may give me everything he has, but if I help a person like you, you may leave no stone unturned, thousands of Repay me twice as much."

Having said this, he raised the corners of his lips as if praising his foresight and gave his own evaluation.

"Maybe you don't think so, but in my opinion, this is a sign of extreme arrogance."

“It’s natural to accept help from others, and it’s natural to give what you think you should give in return.”

"Based on this point alone, what if you have an ulterior motive for joining Mingdetang? After all, you have accepted my help and accepted the ninth-level soul tool I sent. Is it possible that you will still harm me? ?”

Sure enough, calling this guy old fox is not wrong.

Looking at Jing Hongchen's proud face, Huo Yuhao shook his head and laughed. But soon, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he slowly revealed his true purpose.

"Xu Tianran."

"Prince?"

Hearing this name, Jing Hongchen frowned subconsciously: "What does he have to do with your attendance at the birthday party?"

Before he could finish his words, Jing Hongchen seemed to think of something, his words stopped abruptly, and he looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.

"Will the prince come to the princess's birthday party this year?"

"According to the information I got, it should be."

Jing Hongchen's breath was stagnant: "You want to do something to him?"

Before Huo Yuhao could admit it, he began to admonish him with a solemn expression.

"No, this is too risky. I don't know what plan you have prepared, but if it is accidentally exposed, the entire Sun and Moon Royal Family will fight you to the death."

Even if Xu Tianran is just a half-dead cripple who can only walk around in a wheelchair every day, he still holds the title of prince after all. It is conceivable that once he dies like this, the Sun and Moon royal family will never So willing to give up.

After all, the situation this time is different from the incident where Xu Tianran massacred the prince and caused his sudden death in the palace a few years ago. Even the princes who were opposed to Xu Tianran would not say a word for him after learning about the situation.

No matter how fierce the internal fighting among their princes is for the throne, it is also an internal struggle within the royal family.

Now that Lingbing, an outsider, dared to directly assassinate the current prince and interfere in the struggle for the throne without clearly supporting a certain prince, he undoubtedly directly touched the backbone of each of them.

After killing the prince this time, who knows whether you will attack the prince next time?

Besides, even if the prince appreciates Ling Bing's ability, how can a prince be able to survive such a big thing as assassinating the prince once it is exposed?

Xu Tianran was able to remain unharmed after doing this, firstly because no one could find conclusive evidence that he sent someone to take action, and secondly because he was fighting within himself, so even if everyone was well aware of the situation, their reaction would not be too great. Too intense.

On the contrary, if he accidentally exposes what happened back then, he sent someone to do it. Even if he is the prince, even if the current emperor likes him, he will have to punish him severely for the sake of the reputation of the royal family.

Once this reputation of fratricide really falls on someone, it is enough to make them pay a huge price for it.

Just like those subordinates in the palace who take bribes and embezzlement, everyone will do this kind of thing secretly, but if some unlucky guy is accidentally exposed, then I'm sorry, the good brothers of the royal picket team will come to visit, please Go sit on the Peeling Dragon Pillar and enjoy the special services they have prepared for you.

Jing Hongchen didn't think there was anything wrong with Ling Bing's approach. What he was worried about was that this kid would reveal his flaws in the process, and that would be a big deal.

For the same thing, Prince Xu Tianran was naturally cleared of any suspicion, but for an outsider who dared to interfere in the struggle for the throne, he was afraid that he would not even need evidence and would arrest him directly.

Looking at the white-haired boy in front of him, Jing Hongchen's mood was very complicated. Even though this guy had the same purpose as Xiao Lixuan back then, they had a purpose that he didn't know, but they were completely different in his eyes.

At least after getting along with him for the past two years, he really regarded Lingbing as the hope of the Sun and Moon Empire. If possible, he didn't want to see this genius with peerless talent get into such trouble.

"Ling Bing, listen to me, if you are willing to believe me..."

"I have seen everything the Hall Master has done, and I naturally trust him as a person."

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Yuhao interrupted him with a chuckle: "But for the hall master, Xu Tianran is not that easy to solve, right?"

"It is precisely because of sitting in this position that the Hall Master is restrained, isn't it?"

Seeing Jing Hongchen's lips opening and closing but unable to make any sound, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth a little, and spread his hands helplessly.

"Just like what the hall master said about me just now... I think there are some problems that are better solved by myself."

"Smelly boy..."

As if he understood that he could not persuade Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen showed a wry smile on his face. After a long time, he asked in a solemn tone: "Are you sure?"

Sensing the anxiety in his heart, Huo Yuhao sighed softly and directly released his Ice Emperor Martial Spirit.

A biting chill filled the entire experimental base in an instant, and the crystal clear white-blue scales spread from his skin, reflecting Jing Hongchen's dull face.

After a while, he finally recovered from the shock and exclaimed in disbelief.

"Are you Huo Yuhao!?"

The sudden loud voice really frightened Huo Yuhao. He flipped his palm and took out the Sword of Creatures.

"I think this should be enough to prove my identity, right?"

Jing Hongchen's face turned green and white for a while. His thoughts were already confused and he didn't know what to say. “Then, that Xiaomeng also learned your identity...”

"Um."

Huo Yuhao nodded unnaturally: "I was discovered by Xiao Meng two years ago."

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when he thought that Meng Hongchen had used this incident to do whatever he wanted to him over the past two years.

Not only do I have to suffer harassment from perverted female classmates every day, but I can't even ask for help from outsiders. It makes everyone cry when I hear it. Forget it, let's not mention it.

"Ah um. Xiao Meng is still young. He is a child. It is normal for him to play and be playful."

The corner of Jing Hongchen's mouth twitched, and he defended Meng Hongchen with an embarrassed look on his face.

Judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he was not completely ignorant of the perverted things his granddaughter did. Originally, he was a little dissatisfied with Huo Yuhao's concealment of his identity. After such a fuss, he felt a little guilty in his heart for no reason.

Shame on you!

If he remembered correctly, Huo Yuhao seemed to have been in a relationship with several Shrek girls during the Soul Master Competition, right?

As a result, Meng Hongchen not only didn't shy away from it, but even took the initiative to get in touch with her.

Could it be that my granddaughter is better at this?

Isn't this just like those guys who think about other people's wives all day long?

After shaking his head violently to get rid of all the thoughts in his mind, Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao again.

"Then when you deal with Xu Tianran, is it your intention, or is it Shrek's intention behind your back?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that it was impossible. After all, if Shrek really wanted to deal with the Sun and Moon Empire, killing a prince would not have the slightest effect.

Not to mention that Xu Tianran may not be the emperor yet, even if his succession to the throne is confirmed, the power of the Sun and Moon Empire cannot be weakened by the death of one emperor.

Even once this happens, it may intensify conflicts and cause the empire to retaliate at all costs.

Facing his question, Huo Yuhao just smiled indifferently.

"Master, you can understand that here, I represent Shrek, and what I mean is Shrek's meaning."

Jing Hongchen's pupils narrowed.

Although it sounds incredible, judging from his understanding of Huo Yuhao in the past two years, there is no need for this guy to tell such a lie that sounds easy to expose at this time.

After a long time, he lowered his head and sighed.

"Young people are terrible. So what are you going to do after you do it? Go back to Shrek Academy?"

"Why do you want to go back to school?"

Huo Yuhao tilted his head and replaced the Ice Emperor Spirit that was being released with his spiritual eyes. Under Jing Hongchen's stunned gaze, he turned into Xu Tianran and asked with a smile on his face.

"Anyway, this country will belong to me soon, right?"

Ten minutes later.

The conversation between the two finally came to an end.

Looking at the young man striding towards the door, Jing Hongchen seemed to be unable to hold back the suppressed confusion in his heart any longer and asked aloud.

"What would you do if I disagreed?"

"You wouldn't disagree."

Huo Yuhao did not look back. The hand holding the access card was hanging in the air, and only the calm voice echoed in the huge space.

"Of course, if something happens that no one wants to see, I can only ask the hall master to sleep for a few days in a place where no one can find him, after all."

"I can replace Xu Tianran, and I can also replace others."

However, instead of being angry, Jing Hongchen actually laughed with some relief.

"If that's the case, then I'm relieved."

As he said before, he never thinks that being cruel is a mistake. A king can love and protect his people, but he must be decisive in dealing with his enemies.

The reason why he asked this question was because he wanted to know how this guy would treat him if he were Huo Yuhao's enemy.

As a result, he could only give 80 out of 100 points.

After all, what he wanted to hear from Huo Yuhao was to kill him directly, but a little gentleness was not unacceptable.

At least my granddaughter doesn’t have to worry about being bullied when she gets married.

As for the so-called royal blood?

Just kidding, this generation of emperors only came to the throne by seeking power and usurping the throne by killing his own brothers. Naturally, he has no special feelings.

Similarly, he would rather support a more capable emperor but without royal blood than Xu Tianran, who could abandon the country's future for his own plans.

Especially when he heard that Huo Yuhao would not change his plan because of his attitude, he already got the answer he wanted.

If this country falls into the hands of Huo Yuhao, it will only become better.

Staring at Huo Yuhao's slightly thin back, he spoke softly.

"Leave it to you."

"Um."

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The huge metal door opened and closed, and the experimental base fell into silence for an instant.

For a long time, Jing Hongchen couldn't help grinning, waving his fists like a child in excitement, and laughing out loud.

"Chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, the emperor and his relatives are happy——!!!"

As soon as he returned to his experimental table and before he had time to say hello, Huo Yuhao saw Meng Hongchen walking towards him.

"Isn't there a class today? Grandpa let you out so early?"

As she spoke, she picked up Huo Yuhao's palm, looked at it carefully, rubbed it, and ate the tofu skillfully.

"What happened?"

"It's nothing, we just talked about something."

He tried to withdraw his palm without any trace, but was tightly held by Meng Hongchen, who had been prepared for it.

After a secret contest, Huo Yuhao, who was worried about hurting the other party, finally chose to compromise as usual.

"By the way, I may need your help with something."

"Help? You actually have a day to ask me for help?"

As if the sun was rising in the west, Meng Hongchen's eyes widened in surprise, and excitement was visible on his face: "Say it quickly."

You are truly a father and daughter, you even talk so much like each other.

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips, and after thinking for a moment, he said softly: "In a week, the princess of the Sun and Moon Royal Family will hold a birthday party in the palace. You should know about this, right?"

"I know, grandpa was planning to take my brother to participate."

Recalling that Huo Yuhao had just come out of Jing Hongchen's place, Meng Hongchen seemed to understand something. She pushed a palm into the inside of her clothes, gently rubbed the outline of the muscles, and asked a little tastefully.

"What, you want to go with me? Because grandpa doesn't agree, you want me to help you beg for mercy? Then I think you'd better not go, otherwise my brother won't have any chance."

"What do you mean, if Ling Bing is gone, I won't have any chance!? I'm not much worse than him!"

Xiao Hongchen, who was sitting at another table carefully carving the core formation, finally couldn't sit still anymore. He glared angrily at Meng Hongchen, who was doing whatever he wanted like a bully who bullies men and women, with an angry tone.

"And can't you pay attention to your image!? Our family's face has almost been lost by you!"

"I am making a contribution to the family, why am I embarrassed!"

Faced with the rebuke from her elder brother, Meng Hongchen just sneered coldly: "I've been single since I was a child. I don't want to help my sister pursue happiness, and I even bother her at this time. How can I be an elder brother like you?"

Seeing Xiao Hongchen looking like he was about to bite his teeth into pieces, she hummed and looked back at Huo Yuhao beside her.

"Don't pay attention to him. Where did you come from? Oh yes, do you want to go to the birthday party with us?"

Huo Yuhao glanced at Xiao Hongchen awkwardly and shook his head.

"The hall master has agreed to take me with him. I am looking for you this time to ask you to attend the banquet with me."

"As a female companion."

When he said the last sentence, his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. As he spoke, he weakly pushed the palm that was causing trouble on his stomach.

It's like a good-natured woman who was secretly taken advantage of by her boss on the pretext of talking about work. Not only was she unable to resist, she even lost her job in order to prevent other colleagues from finding out. She had to endure it silently while pretending that nothing happened. Chat with your boss.

Although he had a stunning face, he acted like a fool. You can imagine how bad Huo Yuhao's mood was.

Fortunately, his words finally had an effect. Meng Hongchen paused his movements as if he heard something incredible.

"Female companion?"

She looked at Huo Yuhao with bright eyes, and her tone was expectant and excited: "Is it the one I thought?"

Huo Yuhao hummed slightly, his throat rolling, and he suggested: "If you have any conditions, we can discuss it."

Unexpectedly, Meng Hongchen just approached him playfully and kissed him gently.

"Then let's do this."

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Huo Yuhao was unable to react for a moment: "Just, is it that simple?"

"Hmm, if you want to pay more, it's not that I can't accept it."

Just kidding, attending the birthday party as a female companion, wouldn't that be equivalent to announcing that Huo Yuhao is the one in her dream?

When the time comes, I won’t be able to do whatever I want, just do whatever I want! ?

Although that's pretty much it now.