Gu Tang was slightly taken aback.
"I could give you even the Galactic Empire." Qin Junche's voice was tinged with disappointment. "Why have you never been willing to trust me even a little bit?"
Gu Tang stared at Qin Junche in disbelief, her eyes widening suddenly.
Qin Junche found it somewhat amusing, but also somewhat helpless.
“Yes!” he said. “I want you to become stronger, simply because…”
A sharp, cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes. He grazed past Gu Tang's body and swept behind him, his right hand switching his lightsaber to his left and slashing horizontally. "Because I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with you until the end."
It's war...
Still standing...
Gu Tang had stopped thinking about it.
He suddenly leaped into the air, the light on his lightsaber suddenly blazing brightly, forcing several soldiers back, and finally the tip of the sword pierced the throat of a tall man who had almost injured Qin Che.
“Gu Tang,” Qin Junche exhaled, “I hope you become strong enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with me. But I also hope…”
He smiled wryly: "Just like the countless times we fought side by side. At that time, you can confidently entrust your back to me. At any time, you can confidently entrust your back to me."
Gu Tang: "..."
Qin Junche seemed to have made up his mind to say everything he had wanted to say over the past year: "Gu Tang, trust me more."
"Anything can be solved together. Like these enemies, or..." he said slowly, word by word, "those who want to stop us!"
With a clang, Qin Junche's lightsaber swept across Gu Tang's face, clashing and ringing with the lightsabers of others.
His tiger's mouth trembled slightly, but he showed no intention of backing away, using most of his body to completely protect Gu Tang behind him.
The number of enemies around them is decreasing, but their strength is increasing.
The man who had just clashed lightsabers with Qin Junche was tall, with bronze hands gripping a broad lightsaber. He swung his arm forcefully, but the lightsaber remained firmly in his palm.
A formidable rival.
Gu Tang's gaze swept over the man like lightning.
It's not surprising that there are some experts on the capital ship. At this point in the battle, they can already see the doors to the central control room; it's time for those experts to make their move.
Gu Tang stepped forward and pressed his back against Qin Junche's. The other man's body temperature traveled through his military uniform to his back.
Not long ago, they had shared a passionate kiss in the little cabin on the northern planet where he had lived for a year.
He still remembered Qin Junche's hot and powerful palm.
Feeling the temperature emanating from the other side, they were surrounded by enemies; this was the enemy's capital ship.
But because he was on a northern planet, Qin Junche still came.
—He always seems to be like this. As long as it involves Gu Tang, Qin Junche never cares whether it is in line with his status as the Crown Prince of the Galactic Empire or even His Majesty the Emperor.
On the contrary, Gu Tang always had many concerns.
He thinks a lot.
Their identities, the Galactic Empire, Qin Junche's situation, their respective statuses...
The more you think, the more you worry, and the less happy you become!
"Gu Tang," Qin Junche called to him, "Go."
Without hesitation, Gu Tang, wielding his lightsaber, charged towards the enemy alongside Qin Junche, one on each side.
There were only two of them.
But they were by each other's side.
Therefore, they were fearless and forged ahead.
so!
Gu Tang felt a surge of turbid air rising from his chest.
What does he have to be afraid of?
There's absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
Swords flashed and clashed before him.
In fact, everything is like this: Qin Junche or himself just says "Go," and then they go side by side, overcoming all obstacles.
There's nothing to be afraid of!
He hesitated, he worried, and he presumptuously thought he was doing it for Qin Junche's own good.
In reality, it would only hurt Qin Junche and Gu Yan.
These two are the people who love him most in the entire galactic empire... no! In the entire interstellar space.
A sudden sense of light filled Gu Tang's heart.
He seemed to have let go of everything, and his whole being became somewhat light and airy.
The things that had troubled him for so long seemed to be slowly pierced away with each strike of his sword.
He and Qin Junche could stand side by side, driving away foreign enemies, protecting the Galactic Empire, protecting their son, and... protecting each other.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
The enemy on the capital ship was quickly defeated.
The door to the central control room was now fully exposed to the two of them.
Qin Junche raised his hand, and the lightsaber shone brightly as it thrust straight forward.
With a soft click, the heavy door opened silently, and gasps of surprise erupted in the central control room, which instantly descended into chaos.
"It's the Emperor of the Galactic Empire!" the captain jumped up. "Come with me and kill him."
"Gu Tang! Gu Tang is here too!" another man beside him screamed. "They've teamed up again! We...we're no match for them!"
"He Kun and the others are dead."
"They're all dead."
"Run!"
"Run!"
"Stop right there!"
Gu Tang found it somewhat amusing; there were many civil servants in the central control room, and most of them were not skilled in martial arts.
But it's a capital ship after all. Are they really that afraid of me and Qin Junche?
Just then, Gu Yan's voice came from beside him: "Dad, reinforcements have arrived."
Not far behind them, the sound of orderly footsteps rang out, rushing towards Gu Tang and his group.
The footsteps grew closer, and the people in the central control room became increasingly disorganized.
Qin Junche couldn't help but shake his head slightly, seemingly unable to bear the chaos.
Gu Tang turned his head and looked at the people running towards him and Qin Junche.
Those were all soldiers of the Galactic Empire directly under the military command. Even when Gu Tang sat on the throne of the Galactic Empire, they were still influenced by the Empire's Marshal and remained loyal to the deceased former Crown Prince, waiting for his return.
These soldiers were far superior to the garrison troops on the northern planet; several of them looked strangely familiar to Gu Tang.
Gu Tang's eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to back away.
No one in the Galactic Empire liked him standing with Qin Junche. In their eyes, Gu Tang was a smear of mud on the once brilliant and perfect Crown Prince of the Empire.
Gu Tang had barely moved, not even taking a single step, when his hand was suddenly grabbed.
Qin Junche gripped his hand tightly, leaving no room for argument, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, waiting for the soldiers to approach.
"Your Majesty." The soldiers of the Galactic Empire stopped and bowed respectfully to the two.
Gu Tang's eyelashes drooped slightly.
He didn't bow his head, but he also didn't look at those people.
"Marshal." After the emperor saluted, the soldiers greeted him with another respectful address.
Gu Tang was taken aback. Was she... calling him?
marshal.
He couldn't help but look up at the soldiers.
To his surprise, the soldiers were saluting Qin Junche.
Gu Tang: "..."
He was finally completely stunned.
After saluting, the soldiers lowered their heads slightly, not daring to look at the hands of His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency the Marshal, who were clasped together.
They bowed their heads respectfully, looked down at the two men, and then rushed towards the central control room of the capital ship.
More screams came from behind, and cries for help rose and fell incessantly.
Gu Tang stared blankly at the soldiers' agile figures, his heart filled with a thousand words, yet he couldn't utter a single one.
"You should be looking at me." Qin Junche's displeased voice rang in his ears.
Gu Tang suddenly turned his head and stared directly at Qin Junche.
The handsome young man's face showed utter indifference.
"What do you mean?!" Gu Tang squeezed out these words through his teeth, almost one word at a time.
"As you can see," Qin Junche chuckled, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Galactic Empire is still you."
Gu Tang stared at Qin Junche in disbelief.
“Gu Yan is our son anyway, so it doesn’t matter who becomes emperor. This way, he won’t even need to change his name.”
“But…” Gu Tang frowned.
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Junche's kiss landed abruptly on his furrowed forehead: "I think the position of Empress of the Galactic Empire is quite good."
Countless memories suddenly flooded Gu Tang's mind. It seemed like only yesterday that he had brought Qin Junche back to the capital star because of his appearance.