The commentator was saying, "This is our recently returned war god, His Highness Crown Prince Ruan Mingchu of the Empire..."
A question mark popped into Ruan Mingchu's head: He's here, so how did he come back?
A question mark popped into Mu Yu's head: how did his wife become the Crown Prince? No matter how oblivious he was to current affairs, Mu Yu knew that the prince was an Alpha.
However, the commentator's subsequent explanations not only failed to resolve their doubts, but instead raised even more questions for them.
"His Highness has gained many insights since returning, especially as His Majesty's only son and the sole heir to the empire, the lack of descendants is detrimental to the stability and development of the empire..."
"His Highness is now seeking a wife from across the country, regardless of status or position. As long as you are an Omega, you are welcome to come and chat with His Highness. Who knows, you might just win His Highness's heart..."
He went on and on, but neither Ruan Mingchu nor Mu Yu listened.
Faced with this, Ruan Mingchu was stunned, and his head started to ache even more.
A stunned Ruan Mingchu could only say: grass (a type of plant).
Menhao looked at Ruan Mingchu with a scrutinizing gaze.
Even the sleeping Rabbit Aotian was startled awake and immediately cursed, "Scumbag!"
Only Gymboree was completely confused. What happened?
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Author's Note:
Mu Yu: What about my wife, who's so big?
52. The Substitute Prince: A Case of Using a Civet Cat as a Double
Mu Yu had always believed that Ruan Mingchu's tall stature was due to her mermaid bloodline. After all, their pheromones had a perfect compatibility; how could two Alphas be compatible?
No, no, why would he immediately assume that the person on the screen is the same person as the person next to him? He and Ruan Mingchu have been together on the Mermaid Continent for so long, how could he possibly be doing any matchmaking?
Mu Yu breathed a small sigh of relief. He didn't know why he felt relieved. In fact, as long as it was Ruan Mingchu, his identity and gender didn't matter. It was probably his Alpha instincts that made him feel superior.
The screen turned a crackling grayish-white, and Gymboree ran over to check it.
Ruan Mingchu felt a tightness in his throat and it took him a while to find his voice again.
"That person is not me."
Mu Yu nodded emphatically, “Of course not you, you’ve always been with me.”
Ruan Mingchu immediately felt like he had been given a suspended death sentence. "Once we've sorted things out here, we'll go see why this happened."
“Hmm,” Mu Yu said, “Although it’s not you, it’s definitely related to you in some way.”
twin?
Or is it a clone?
Mu Xiaoyu felt that her brain wasn't quite up to par.
Ruan Mingchu thought much more deeply. Since this video could be released, it must have been approved by his father, the emperor. Would his father not recognize his own son?
If he knew the person was a fraud, why did he let it go? What was he after?
Ruan Mingchu discovered that he had never truly understood his father, his personality, or his past; he only knew the superficial aspects of his life.
Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu are fine now, but Tu Aotian is not having it.
Good heavens, when he woke up, his good brother was being cuckolded, and Rabbit Aotian couldn't stand by and do nothing.
Just as I was about to passionately start speaking, I found myself being lifted high up and kissed and hugged.
"Hey, who gave you permission to kiss me like that, you little brat?"
Gymboree stopped holding Menhao and hugged Tu Aotian tightly.
"I'm so glad you're awake. I love you so much."
Rabbit Aotian grumbled and cursed, but stopped struggling and even showed the softest fur on his neck to Jinbaobei to touch.
Ruan Mingchu pulled Mu Yu away, not because he was afraid of Tu Aotian, but because the patrol team was still waiting for him to interrogate them.
As soon as he reached the dungeon entrance, he heard screams of pain rising and falling. Ruan Mingchu paused for a moment before continuing down.
He has never liked torture or forced confessions, as it is bad for the ears and eyes. He also dislikes rummaging through memory palaces, as processing other useless and irrelevant information is much more mentally taxing than reviewing memories.
Unfortunately, those people will never be willing to cooperate. Even though the final result is to explain things clearly, they still insist on experiencing a round of interrogation.
The patrol team has always been high and mighty, taking their anger out on the space pirates whenever things don't go their way. Now, the tables have turned and the situation has turned in the hands of the space pirates who have been bullied by them for so long. It's no wonder they're not going to have a good ending.
Walking through the dimly lit corridor, the air was thick with the smells of blood and excrement.
At the very back there was a large hall filled with various instruments of torture. At that moment, a man was hanging in the air, surrounded by a dozen or so space pirates.
Ruan Mingchu glanced at it only once before turning around and going to the patrol team leader's cell.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed, resting, driving forward without fear. He was the only one in the entire patrol team who hadn't yet been retaliated against; the best dish is saved for last.
After Ruan Mingchu went in, he asked, "Is there anything you'd like to say?"
"You're finished," the patrol team leader said indifferently, not even bothering to open his eyes.
Ruan Mingchu shrugged. "Okay."
His spiritual power poured out and forcefully penetrated the mental sea of the patrol team leader, like a storm passing through.
These people are paid by the government, yet they still collude with lawbreakers. Even if they don't participate in the rebellion, letting space pirates go unpunished is tantamount to committing a crime. Because of their leniency, the bad deeds committed by space pirates will all be attributed to them.
Nguyen Minh Thu loathed them even more than pure villains.
According to the captain's memories, the vice marshal of the 92nd star system's mistress is the sister of the leader of the largest pirate group in the star system.
As to whether they first colluded with officials and bandits and then married, or whether the deputy marshal and his mistress had a relationship before colluding, the captain's status was not high enough for him to know these old stories.
Yes, this practice of turning a blind eye to space pirates and accepting their offerings has been going on for over two decades.
It's hard to imagine how those who lost money or even family members because of space pirates would react after learning about this.
Ruan Mingchu felt deeply heartbroken.
I originally planned to stay on G1 for a while longer to train the reorganized pirate crew and strengthen their capabilities.
Now, Nguyen Minh Thu feels there's no need for it anymore.
Three days later, ten enormous warships departed from G1 and ascended into space, marking the beginning of the war.
They continuously invaded, merged, and expanded. When they left G1, they only had ten warships, but half a month later, their size had increased eight or nine times.
It is no exaggeration to say that 80% of the space pirates in the 92 star systems have joined the Blazing Fire Clan.
The remaining 20% belonged to the Black Dragon Star Pirate Gang, the brother of the vice marshal's mistress.
Ruan Minh Thu deliberately left him until the end, giving him ample time to ask the deputy marshal for help.
If the deputy marshal had led the troops under the pretext of suppressing bandits, Ruan Mingchu might have held him in higher regard. But if he had active-duty soldiers disguised as members of the Black Dragon Star Pirate Gang, or even joined forces with them, Ruan Mingchu truly didn't know what to say.
When dozens of warships that clearly did not belong to the Black Dragon Regiment appeared, yet had black dragon totems painted on their hulls, Nguyen Minh Thu felt genuinely disappointed.
Seeing this, Mu Yu was also furious. The powerful military force was meant to protect the country, but now it was being used for private gain to satisfy their evil desires.
Three minutes later, Ruan Mingchu calmly instructed, "Let's begin."
He stood quietly in the control room, lost in thought.
After a moment of stunned silence, Ruan Mingchu wanted to talk to Mu Yu, but when she turned around, Mu Yu was nowhere to be seen.
Someone next to him reminded him, "He asked for a mech."
Ruan Mingchu's terminal rang; it was a video call request from Mu Yu, which he accepted.
A shaky video appeared in the control room, showing countless mechs.
The camera was likely fixed to the mecha's hull. Mu Yu and his mecha were not visible in the footage, but the wreckage of the enemy aircraft that he slammed down like a knife through butter could be seen.
Each swing of the sword seemed to carry a heavy emotional weight in its energy arc.
Ruan Mingchu stood there for a long time, and he and Mu Yu did not say a word, but it seemed as if they had communicated a lot.
Half a month ago, Ruan Mingchu transferred some of his subordinates and quietly placed them in the current Liuhuo Group. Seventy percent of the senior management were replaced by his people.
Initially, Ruan Mingchu intended to use the war between space pirates to eliminate those heinous villains, and then simply pack up the rest and dump them on the mining planet.
Later, Ruan Mingchu felt that letting them go mining was too lenient on them. Of the ninety-nine star systems in the entire empire, excluding the ninety-second system, there were ninety-eight others. Even if some star systems didn't have space pirates, more than eighty others did.
Let them keep fighting until the space pirates are all united, then we'll take them all to the border to fight the space beasts.
Don't they enjoy burning, killing, and looting? Let them shine and live their whole lives in war.
He couldn't stay with them forever, so the current situation arose, leaving his subordinates to watch this "civil war" among the space pirates.
As for whether his subordinates would be assimilated and betray him by the space pirates, Ruan Mingchu didn't gamble on that possibility. Right now, his subordinates all wore custom-made fake faces, and they would rotate every three months, with different people behind the fake faces.
To the man sent by the deputy marshal, Nguyen Minh Thu said, "Release everyone and send the evidence to his rival and the Grand Marshal."
Give them another chance. If they don't handle it well, Ruan Minhchu will have to take matters into his own hands to rectify the military and political situation of the Ninety-Two Star System.
It's only a matter of time before the Black Dragon Gang is defeated. Ruan Mingchu should also head to the Imperial Star in the Central Star System, because the imposter with the same name and face as him is about to hold a banquet.
Blind date banquet...
We can't let him succeed in finding it. If the counterfeit goods are exposed later, who will be credited for finding it?
Marshal Mu was looking for Mu Yu, but Mu Yu needed to return to the Shuangjiu Star System first. Ruan Mingchu originally planned to go with him, since it was relatively close, but Mu Yu refused.
Mu Yu didn't explain the reason, so Ruan Mingchu didn't ask. Anyway, Mu Xiaoyu would definitely tell him when she could.
Ruan Mingchu had to return to the Imperial Star alone, while Jin Baobei, Tu Aotian, and Men Hao all chose to follow Mu Yu.
Ruan Mingchu: Why are they being taken along but not me!
Of course, Ruan Minh Thu only thought about it and certainly wouldn't say it out loud.
Ruan Mingchu arrived on the Imperial Star by commercial airliner without concealing his appearance. As soon as he got off the spaceship, someone invited him to have tea.
Seeing the finance minister personally taking charge, Nguyen Minh Thu nodded in agreement.
These politicians usually take roundabout ways of speaking, and Ruan Mingchu was prepared to listen to his nonsense, but he didn't expect him to get straight to the point.
A delicate fragrance wafts through the air, accompanied by rising steam.
Finance Minister Nian Suyang, who was over sixty years old, calmly uttered the outrageous words: "Do you want to sit in that supreme position?"