However, seeing how worried Yu Tang was, he agreed.
In the following month, Yu Tang did not disappoint the Queen's expectations and discovered that it was Prince Zhou who had poisoned the Queen.
After he obtained the correspondence between Prince Zhou and the person who poisoned him and handed it over to the Queen, the Queen's eyes were already filled with a fierce light.
Then, the entire family of Prince Zhou was purged.
Regardless of age or gender, all were arrested, stripped of their Auro Empire citizenship, put on a spaceship, and expelled from the Auro Empire.
Even Zhou Nanfeng, who was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, was sent on the spaceship. Before leaving, he looked at Yu Tang from afar, his eyes filled with anger and hatred that wanted to tear Yu Tang apart.
Murdering the queen is a serious crime punishable by the execution of the entire clan.
The public felt both saddened and indignant upon hearing the news.
They swore to uphold the Queen's rule forever, and said that the punishment was only exile, and that Her Majesty the Queen was too lenient.
This time, there was the closure of the slave market and the taking in of slaves, followed by the fact that he knew his own brother had poisoned him, yet he only mercifully punished him with exile.
The Queen's image has been gilded once again.
Their dominance became more secure.
But only Yu Tang knew that the Queen had not softened her heart.
Her punishment of the entire Zhou family did not stop there.
The spaceship carrying Prince Zhou will explode after it has traveled far away from Rhodes Star. After burning up completely in the depths of space, it will turn into dust and disappear without a trace.
And this news will be suppressed by the Queen.
She made the citizens of the empire remember only her kindness, without seeing the cunning and ruthlessness behind her actions.
However, Yu Tang did not stop the Queen from doing so.
Because he knew that if he hadn't found the antidote, the Queen would probably have been killed by Prince Zhou.
When Prince Zhou takes over, he certainly won't let the Queen's family off the hook.
The power struggles within the ruling class are so ruthless; if you're soft-hearted towards your enemies, you'll be the one who dies.
As a subordinate, all he can do at this stage is to adhere to his principles within his own capabilities.
I will do my best to help more people while protecting myself and Yu Xiao.
Yu Tang has made a great contribution this time.
The Queen did not treat him unfairly; in accordance with Yu Tang's request, she internally designated Yu Xiao as the general of Zhou Nanfeng.
He promised to personally arrange their marriage, giving them a status that everyone in the empire would have to acknowledge.
Princess Tang Qi, who overheard this news, caused another huge scene, turning the entire palace upside down.
Finally, the Queen turned cold and, ignoring Tang Qi's crying and fussing, sent her off to Rhodes to play on other planets, promising to bring her back once she had calmed down.
Yu Tang did not tell Yu Xiao about the arranged marriage.
He was waiting for the right moment to give Yu Xiao a surprise.
Time flies, and two years have passed.
Yu Xiao lived up to expectations and broke all the records previously set by Yu Tang.
It has become a new legend at Naveen Military Academy.
In his eagerness to help Yu Tang, Yu Xiao even skipped a grade, shortening his four-year military academy life to just two.
Under Xu Lanzhe's envious and admiring gaze, he attended the graduation ceremony with the senior military academy students.
Yu Tang believed this was the best opportunity to arrange a marriage.
So he had arranged with the Queen beforehand that he would announce the marriage after the Queen had conferred the rank of General upon Yu Xiao.
He also asked the principal of Nave Military Academy to broadcast the graduation ceremony live to all citizens of the Empire.
He did all of this secretly, without Yu Xiao's knowledge.
On that day, Yu Xiao put on his graduation military uniform, and Yu Tang straightened the corners for him.
He pressed his fingers to his collar and looked up at Yu Xiao, who was beaming with smiles.
A normal military academy life lasts four years: the first two years are spent studying on campus, and the last two years are spent in space assisting the military in combat.
Yu Xiao shortened her school life to half a year and devoted a year and a half to practical experience.
In just a year and a half, his combat skills improved by leaps and bounds, helping the empire repel many threats, and his achievements are written all over the wall of honor.
Therefore, his abilities were sufficient to be recognized by the citizens of the Empire and by the Queen; he was undoubtedly a genius worthy of becoming a general.
Moreover, after two years of experience and growth, Yu Xiao's face has lost some of its naivety, replaced by gentleness and maturity.
The deep-seated hostility that had been hidden in his eyes was gone, like ice melting and spring flowers blooming.
He gives off an increasingly comfortable feeling, and just looking at him makes you feel fond of him.
The same applies to Yutang.
He smiled slightly, pulled the boy's neck down, and placed a light kiss on Yu Xiao's cheek to congratulate him.
"Xiaoxiao, congratulations on your successful graduation."
Chapter 40
Died for the villain for the seventh time (40)
Over the course of two years, Yu Tang watched Yu Xiao transform from someone with distorted emotions who morbidly found pleasure in pain and killing, to someone who not only recovered all of his emotions but also became better and better, with more friends and comrades around him.
He was happy and proud of Yu Xiao's smile.
The world has given me pain, but I will repay the world with light.
This is the boy he loves most.
"Kiss only the left side?" Yu Xiao interrupted Yu Tang's thoughts, pointing to her right cheek, implying to him, "My right cheek is saying he's unhappy."
Yu Tang paused for a moment, then looked at the person in front of him and smiled.
He leaned in and kissed Yu Xiao's right cheek again.
But as soon as he finished kissing her, Yu Xiao pressed her finger to her lips and said to Yu Tang, "How can just kissing the cheek be enough? My lips are saying they're not happy either, they want a kiss too."
This time, Yu Tang didn't indulge him. He pressed down on the forehead that was so close to his face and pushed the man away, saying, "Don't push your luck. Go to the ceremony first. Otherwise, you'll be late and it'll be embarrassing."
Knowing Yu Xiao as well as he did, if their lips really touched, things would definitely take an indescribable turn.
To prevent this from happening, he had to put Yu Xiao out of the fire in time.
"What's there to be ashamed of?" Yu Xiao pulled Yu Tang's hand and walked out. She didn't continue to pester him for a kiss, but whispered, "As long as we're not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed."
As the graduation ceremony began, Yu Tang sat with the Queen, the principal, and others.
The principal went up first to speak, summarizing the achievements and tasks completed by this year's students over the years, criticizing some of their shortcomings, and praising their strengths.
As he spoke, the interstellar network was also broadcasting live to the citizens of the Empire.
The citizens listened while posting comments online.
Almost all of them were: "Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"
Salute to the knights who protected us!
Thank you for your contributions!
I am proud to have been born in the Auror Empire!
More and more people are watching, and the comments are scrolling by at lightning speed.
The camera panned to the VIP seats, then to Yu Tang and the Queen.
The comments section went wild again: 【Her Majesty the Queen is awesome!】
Her Majesty the Queen is so beautiful!
[General Yu is so handsome!]
The charm of a mature man in his thirties is just too irresistible!
I wish my boyfriend had even half of General Yu's looks and charisma!
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+100000000000……
This time, no one made any more statements about wanting to have Yu Tang's child or marry her.
Instead, they consciously gave up Yutang.
Even their casual remarks are carefully considered.
After all, over the past two years, they have come to realize that Yu Tang and Yu Xiao are destined to be together.
Moreover, they knew they couldn't be as outstanding as Yu Xiao. Over time, they simply got used to wishing the two of them well.
After the principal finished speaking, he asked the teachers to read out the students' names one by one from each department, and they came up to the stage in batches for him to personally present their graduation certificates.
Every military academy student is a military asset to the empire, having gone through rigorous selection processes to gain admission.
None of them were bad in appearance or physique.
Walking up like this, standing in a row, all perfectly aligned, looks incredibly cool.
They're much more pleasing to the eye than those celebrities in the imperial entertainment industry.
The live chat immediately erupted with comments like: "Ahhh! So handsome! The soldier is so handsome!"
Wow, I'd heard before that all the handsome guys were handed over to the state, and seeing it today, it's true!
[Please, Your Majesty, assign me a boyfriend!]
[This devout woman is willing to be a vegetarian for ten years in exchange for the favor of a soldier!]
That devout woman had been a vegetarian for twenty years...
[A devout Buddhist has been a vegetarian for thirty years...]