Card Room - 286. Chapter 407-408

【Chapter 407 Birthday Banquet】

Tang Ci quickly found Shao Qingge’s contact information and used his communication device to make a call. After two beeps, a gentle mechanical tone came from his ear: “Hello, the master is not at home, please leave a message if you have anything to do. ”

Tang Ci left a message for Shao Qingge and asked him to call his own phone back. Immediately afterwards, he called the company again. The assistant said that Mr. Shao was not there, but he couldn’t get through Shao Qingge’s private call.

Tang Ci looked at Xiao Lou: “Shao Qingge is not at home, not in the company, and the private number cannot be reached.”

Xiao Lou guessed: “Will he be with Ye Qi?”

Tang Ci glanced at the searched data and said: “Ye Qi is currently a freshman in the Mecha Control Department of the Ninth Military Academy. NS?”

Hearing the “Ninth Military Academy”, Lu Jiuchuan said; “We also graduated from this school, right?”

Tang Ci nodded: “Well. You are the military command department, I am the mecha control department, and I am the senior of Ye Qi.”

Xiao Lou said: “If President Shao goes to pick up Ye Qi, the Southern Cross star where the military academy is located is far away, and it takes two days and two nights to get to the Capital Star. The phone can’t get through, maybe it’s because the signal on the Southern Cross is blocked. ?”

Tang Ci asked, “By the way, Professor Xiao, isn’t your Peach Blossom Spring able to forcefully summon teammates? Can you try to pull teammates over directly?”

Xiao Lou felt that this was unlikely. When cheering teammates before, everyone was in the same city or even in the same maze, and they were very close. Now is the interstellar age, you can’t teleport across the planet, right? That’s too unscientific.

Starships and high-intelligence armors need space transition technology to shuttle between the stars. If humans can teleport directly between galaxies tens of thousands of light-years away, what else do they need these mechas?

Although intellectually thought it was unlikely that Taohuayuan would summon his teammates, Xiao Lou still wanted to try. He activated Tao Yuanming, released Peach Blossom Spring, and sent an invitation to his teammates.

Soon, six people appeared under the peach blossom tree.

In addition to the four of Xiaolou, there are Long Sen and Qu Wanyue and his wife.

Qu Wanyue walked over and said: “After Long Sen just went home, he asked me a bunch of things about college. I was able to answer it before he believed that I was true. He also nervously told me, this Is there a copy of the copy?”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “Yes, we found a copy of Xiao Lou in the palace.”

He couldn’t help but glance at Long Sen. This guy is enough. His daughter-in-law still needs to ask past experiences to tell the truth. Compared with Yu Hanjiang’s eyes, he can recognize the clone in 3 seconds. Long Sen’s rank is too low. Have to practice again.

Long Sen noticed Yu Hanjiang’s disgust, scratched his head, and asked with a smile: “Professor Xiao suddenly summoned his teammates, is there anything important?”

Xiao Lou explained: “We couldn’t find information about Liu Qiao, Lao Mo, Huaying sister and Gui Senior. I want to try to see if we can use Taohuayuan to gather other teammates.”

Long Sen looked at Tang Ci: “Can’t even find out Mr. Tang?”

Tang Ci said: “There are no names of the four of them in the federal identity database.”

After waiting for a while, there were still only six people under the peach blossom tree, and Liu Qiao was still missing. Xiao Lou helplessly said: “It seems that there is no way to teleport across the interstellar universe. You must be on one planet to enter the Peach Blossom Spring.”

This was also expected by Xiao Lou, so he was not too disappointed. At least, Liu Qiao’s four people can’t enter Taohuayuan, which indirectly proves his speculation: “Six people are not currently in Capital Star.”

Lu Jiuchuan touched his chin: “So, there must be another plot line?”

Xiao Lou said: “Mr. Shao and Ye Qi should come back. Their home is in Capital Star, and they are probably on their way back. But the remaining four have been unable to find clues, and don’t know what roles and tasks are assigned?” He looked at Qu Wanyue: “Does Teacher Qu have any news about Xiao Liu and the others?”

Qu Wanyue shook her head: “I have not been in contact with them in this world. I am a dance teacher at the Parsons College of Art. Among my students and colleagues, there is no information about them. By the way, I know General Lin. His daughter, Lin Yan. It is said that she is the fiancee of His Royal Highness?”

Lu Jiuchuan glanced at Yu Hanjiang: “Xiao Lou has a fiancee?!”

The look in his eyes was very complicated. It seemed to say that he has a fiancée. You the hell, why don’t you hurry up? !

Yu Hanjiang ignored his brother’s eyes and asked calmly, “What kind of person is Miss Lin?”

Qu Wanyue found that he didn’t mind, so she said honestly: “Lin Yan is one of the most talented students I have taught. From elementary school ballet, she has a good figure and a gentle and generous personality. Her father is a three-star general in the military. My mother is the dean of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Your Majesty chose this daughter as the prince’s fiancée because of her relatively strong family background.”

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou: “It sounds like it’s right.”

Xiao Lou touched his nose: “Well, I’m not familiar with her.”

Qu Wanyue wondered: “But in my impression, Lin Yan seems to like His Royal Highness very much, and often tells people how good His Royal Highness is. Professor Xiao, are you sure you are not familiar with her?”

Xiao Lou shook his head: “I haven’t seen it.”

Qu Wanyue was silent for a moment: “Does Miss Lin know that copyist?”

Xiao Lou only remembered that his father had mentioned to him that he had a fiancée. The marriage was ordered while the mother was still alive. As for what the girl looked like, Xiao Lou had never seen it.

Yu Hanjiang also noticed something was wrong: “Let’s leave first, be careful of each, leave the code of the communication device, and keep in touch at any time. Teacher Qu, you can find the Ms. Lin to talk about it again, and let us know if you have any clues.”

Qu Wanyue: “I understand.”

Everyone saved numbers to each other.

After coming out of Peach Blossom Spring, Yu Hanjiang used the [Thumbella] card in Lu Jiuchuan’s hand to make Xiao Lou smaller and put it in his pocket according to Xiao Lou’s suggestion. At the same time, he used the heart and soul of Qin Guan to connect each other’s consciousness.

Yu Hanjiang drove back to the palace.

As he approached the gate of the palace, Xiao Lou was inevitably nervous. In case all the card effects within the palace area would automatically become invalid, wouldn’t he become bigger as soon as he entered the gate?

Yu Hanjiang passed the inspection of the guards calmly and walked into the palace gate.

Fortunately, what Xiao Lou worried about did not happen, and he still stayed in Yu Hanjiang’s pocket.

Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief, and listened to Yu Hanjiang’s voice in his mind: “You guessed it right, as long as the card is used outside the palace, the continuous effect will still take effect after entering the palace. However, new cards cannot be used in the palace. , It will be more difficult to deal with emergencies.”

All real-time cards cannot be used within the royal palace. The cards that can be used are those with “longer card effect duration”. For example, the deformation of Thumbelina lasts for 24 hours, and the channel of heart and soul also lasts for 24 hours. It is opened outside the palace, and it is still valid after entering the palace.

Yu Hanjiang returned to the Gemini with the shrunken Xiao Lou, which relieved the card deformity, and sent a message to his teammates: “I tested it with Xiao Lou. The card is used outside the palace, and the effect continues to enter the palace. It still takes effect after that.”

In this way, on the birthday party, Qu Wanyue can use the [Chameleon Card] to sneak into the palace in advance.

**

That night, Yu Hanjiang slept in Xiaolou’s bedroom.

Since there are no guest rooms, he and Xiao Lou can only sleep in the same bed.

They had been a husband and wife for the first time in the Secret Room of Hearts 8 and they slept in the same bed every night. It’s just that Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang hadn’t communicated with each other at that time, so they were embarrassed to touch each other. So, every night, the two of them lie on their backs on the bed and put them in a sleeping posture upright, as if lying side by side with corpses.

Now it’s different. The two have confessed to each other. They sleep in the same bed. They are both energetic adults. In case it is difficult to control themselves…

Xiao Lou’s face became hotter the more he thought about it. After taking a shower, he went to bed and turned around and pretended to sleep.

Yu Hanjiang also took a shower in his bathroom.

When he came out, he found that Xiao Lou had his back to the bathroom, occupying only a quarter of the space next to the bed, freeing up a large space for him. Yu Hanjiang lifted the quilt, got into the quilt, stretched out his long arms, and gently embraced Xiao Lou from behind.

A man’s low voice came from my ear; “Sleeping on the edge of the bed, aren’t you afraid of falling?”

The roots of Xiao Lou’s ears were hot for a while, and he moved in with Yu Hanjiang. Yu Hanjiang hugged him from behind, and the two of them had the same fragrance of shower gel. Xiao Lou thought to himself, now they seem to be more like a couple than at 8 of Hearts? Nestled in Yu Hanjiang’s arms, his back pressed against the man’s sturdy chest, and the heat passed from him made his heart beat faster.

As I was thinking about it, I heard a low laughter in my ear: “Well, it does look like a husband and wife.”

Xiao Lou: “…”

I forgot to connect with my heart.

Whatever he thinks can be conveyed to Yu Hanjiang’s mind.

Xiao Lou’s face flushed, he didn’t dare to think of anything, and quickly closed his eyes.

Yu Hanjiang simply turned over and pressed him on the bed, staring at him with deep eyes, and whispered: “Xiao Lou, we have gone through so many secret rooms together, do you know which one I like best?”

Xiao Lou was embarrassed to answer, but an answer emerged uncontrollably in his mind.

Eight of hearts.

Yu Hanjiang put his lips to his ears, and said word by word: “I also like Heart 8 the most-because in that world, we were married for the rest of our life, and we also have memories of the bridal chamber.”

Xiao Lou: “…”

Even with my heart and soul, I always feel a little ashamed, I can’t hide anything from Yu Hanjiang in my mind. Xiao Lou simply stretched out his hand and gently hugged the man who was pressing on him: “You know everything I want. In fact, I already liked you at that time.”

Yu Hanjiang’s voice was gentle: “Me too.”

The kiss was caught off guard. At the moment when his teeth were pried open, Xiao Lou’s head was blank, and he didn’t know when Yu Hanjiang’s hand dropped into his loose pajamas and stripped off his clothes.

This is the first time that Xiao Lou has spoken with people sincerely.

Being hugged by Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou was like a cooked shrimp, looking at him embarrassedly with his eyes down. Yu Hanjiang’s scorching kiss was printed on his lips, and gradually fell…

Xiao Lou was so nervous that his whole body was stiff, always feeling a little sudden?

An ambiguous voice came from the bedroom, and Xiao Lou closed his eyes and grasped the sheets with both hands.

But Yu Hanjiang did not make it to the end. He knew that the current environment was not suitable for burdening Xiao Lou’s body. Yu Hanjiang calmly stepped on the brakes, took a deep breath to stabilize the fierce heartbeat, and his voice was low and hoarse: “Don’t worry, I have a sense of measure.” He paused, and then explained: “Leave some marks on you, so you can Distinguish you from the cloner.”

Xiao Lou’s face is red with red ears: “This is a fake public benefit.”

Yu Hanjiang admitted frankly: “Well. In fact, I just want to stamp a chapter to prove that you are mine.”

Xiao Lou: “…”

Do you use the “full body stamp” method to prove it?

In fact, Xiao Lou knew why Yu Hanjiang did this-because he had a fiancée, Yu Hanjiang was upset, so he made a hickey on him.

Don’t look at this man’s usual indifferent appearance, but extremely possessive.

However, Xiao Lou could also understand that if Yu Hanjiang had a fiancee, he would definitely not be happy.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, Xiao Lou had to hug Yu Hanjiang and promised: “The fiancée is just set, I am not familiar with her, let alone marry her. If my father forces me to marry her, I will confess to her. Say I like you.”

Only then was Yu Hanjiang satisfied. He leaned over and kissed Xiaolou’s lips, turned over and lay down beside Xiaolou, and hugged him tightly in his arms: “Go to sleep.”

Xiao Lou closed his eyes peacefully.

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【Chapter 408 Birthday Banquet】

The next morning, when Xiao Lou went to the bathroom to wash, he looked at himself in his glasses and opened his eyes ashamed.

The whole body is full of hickeys, and Yu Hanjiang’s way of stamping is too unreasonable.

He reluctantly put on a high-collared shirt and buttoned the button to the top one, confirming that no traces would be revealed, and then he turned to the restaurant.

Yu Hanjiang had already put on his military uniform, and took the breakfast from the chef and brought it to the room to have dinner with Xiaolou.

The day after tomorrow is the birthday party.

Xiao Lou asked: “Can we get a list of guests for the birthday party?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “I will go to the concierge in a moment. Your majesty asked them to arrange the guests for the banquet. The guards also have a detailed list. The banquet will be held in the palace, and tomorrow will only be held by invitation. people.”

Xiao Lou nodded: “I will go with you.”

After dinner, the two went to the concierge department and got a detailed list of guests for the banquet.

The prince’s birthday banquet was huge, with a large number of participants from the business, political, and military circles. All military officials who stayed in the capital star and above major generals attended, including Lu Jiuchuan who had just returned; and the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Education. , The heads of the Ministry of Health and other departments, as well as important members of the parliament…

In name, this is a family banquet hosted by your Majesty for the prince’s birthday. I don’t invite reporters and chat privately to reminisce about the past…. It’s impossible to relive the past unfettered on such occasions. Birthday is secondary, and the most important thing is to bring the prince to meet officials from all walks of life. Meaning.

The list of attending guests was very long, and Yu Hanjiang’s gaze swept quickly, suddenly frozen on a name.

Xiao Lou apparently found the name too: “Shao Qingge? He also came to the banquet?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “General Shao’s identity is the vice chairman of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. It’s normal to receive the invitation letter. Knowing that you are the prince, he will definitely bring Ye Qi with him. Ye Qi is his…son, he takes It would be convenient for my son to attend.”

Xiao Lou smiled and said, “Xiao Ye definitely doesn’t want to call him father.”

Yu Hanjiang was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: “Your father asked the copy to attend the birthday party. I don’t know what he thought? If he really wants to pass the throne to the prince, this opportunity should be given to you. After all, all those who attended the birthday party Important officials from all walks of life, you also need to know them.”

Since seeing this long list open, Xiao Lou’s heart has been faintly uneasy: “Could it be that the father received the news in advance that he was worried that someone would assassinate the prince at the banquet, so he asked the copy to go for me?”

Yu Hanjiang pondered for a moment: “It’s possible. By the way, do you have any impression of the serious illness when you were a child? What’s the matter?”

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, but he got a headache when he thought of it.

He pressed his temples hard, as if something was about to come out of his mind, but was blocked abruptly, a sharp pain hit his head, countless nerves seemed to be torn off, his temples jumped suddenly. A lot of cold sweat was shed on his forehead.

Yu Hanjiang immediately squeezed his hand, and gently stroked his back with the other hand: “Okay, don’t think about it…”

Xiao Lou’s face was pale and authentic: “I can’t remember it at all.”

Yu Hanjiang handed him a glass of water, and whispered: “Drink your mouth water to calm down.”

Xiao Lou took a deep breath, took a few sips of water from Yu Hanjiang, and then calmed down. Just now, it was as if a saw suddenly appeared in his mind, cutting his nerves. The kind of pain he had never experienced before.

Yu Hanjiang said worriedly: “You are like this, just like when Brother Jiu thinks of a special task, you have a headache, as if you have selectively lost a memory. It seems that getting sick is not easy. Your father said that when you were young, you didn’t Not being sick, but being assassinated…Do you think his words have some credibility?”

The headaches gradually disappeared, and my mind became clearer. Xiao Lou thought for a while, and said, “Selective amnesia, copying people, and special tasks are definitely related. Will the tasks performed by Brother Nine have something to do with copying people? Maybe someone is secretly implementing the’Copying Human Plan’ , Want to manipulate the copyist to notify the federal government?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “If this is the case…you, the prince, is the first target they want to get rid of.”

If Xiao Lou is dead, then the copied Xiao Lou can replace him without knowing it, becoming the crown prince, inheriting the throne, and ruling the Rok Empire.

As long as everyone who knows this matter is silenced…

Yu Hanjiang recalled the copy of Xiaolou that he saw in His Majesty’s Palace that day, the appearance was exactly the same, the smile was kind and gentle, and the temperament was personable. If it wasn’t for Yu Hanjiang’s dislike of Xiao Lou’s copy, and wearing colored glasses to look at him… Objectively speaking, he is indeed nine points similar to Xiao Lou.

However, he looked very obedient in front of His Majesty, like a well-behaved pet.

But who can be sure that pets will not bite people in reverse?

**

That night, Yu Hanjiang and Xiaolou infiltrated the archive room where the documents were stored in the palace and searched.

There is no record of Xiao Lou’s serious childhood illness, and there is no record of the copy-related information. Had it not been for your Majesty to let Yu Hanjiang see Xiaolou’s copy, the people in the palace, he didn’t even know that there were actually two princes.

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci were also struggling. That night, Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci put on invisibility cloaks and sneaked into the military building together. They searched for the military’s confidential documents and the orders issued in the last year, but they couldn’t find a follow-up. “Secret mission” has any information associated with it, as if they really had a dream.

The next morning, Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan exchanged information.

Lu Jiuchuan believes that Xiao Lou’s speculation is reasonable. He said: “The mission we are going to perform is likely to involve the core secrets of the Imperial Army. Maybe, there is a clone base in the remote Hilt no man’s land. I told you Tang Ci, as well as several senior officers of the Arrow Army have all amnesia, this is absolutely man-made.”

Xiao Lou thoughtfully said: “Selective amnestics…Could it be Brother Nine and Mr. Tang, you have ever received advanced hypnotism?”

Lu Jiuchuan was stunned: “Hypnosis?”

Xiao Loudao: “There is a deep hypnotherapy that allows people to selectively forget some painful experiences. This is also a common way to treat post-traumatic stress syndrome. In today’s interstellar age, with such advanced technology, humans can clone and copy. Pin… deep hypnosis, which makes people forget a special memory. It shouldn’t be difficult to achieve.”

Lu Jiuzhou pressed his temples with a headache: “If you are hypnotized, you can remember it someday? This part of the memory has not been deleted, but has fallen into a deep sleep temporarily. Does that mean?”

Xiao Lou nodded: “Yes. Usually, this kind of hypnotized and forgotten memory needs certain situational stimulation to retrieve it again. So, Brother Jiu, your previous proposal is correct, maybe you really need to go back to it again. Traveling to Hilt’s no man’s land, maybe you can remember what happened there in a familiar environment.”

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci glanced at each other. The latter said, “After this birthday, Brother Jiu and I will find a way to retrieve that memory. The most important thing at the moment is the birthday banquet of His Royal Highness.”

Yu Hanjiang said: “By the way, there is good news. Shao Qingge and Ye Qi will also come to the birthday party. The two insect king cards are on them. Then, Brother Nine, you will contact Mr. Shao, find some time first. Heal Mr. Tang’s leg.”

Lu Jiuchuan’s heart was overjoyed: “That would be great.”

Another day passed calmly, everyone had no extra gains, the current clues were not clear enough, and all the conclusions were just their speculations.

The next day was the birthday banquet of His Royal Highness.

Xiao Lou put on the white military uniform of the royal guard again, ate something casually during dinner to fill his stomach, and followed Yu Hanjiang out of the palace.

Yu Hanjiang found a corner where there was no one, used a thumb card to make Xiao Lou smaller again, and stuffed it into his pocket.

His Majesty asked him to stay in the twin wombs to protect Xiaolou, so it is difficult for Yu Hanjiang to publicly show up at the birthday party. He borrowed Lu Jiuchuan’s [Mask] card, replaced it with the face of a soldier named “Ebner” who was on duty tonight in the guards, took Xiao Lou back to the palace and knocked the soldier stunned. Tied in the room, and then came to the dinner party instead of the other party.

The place where the dinner was held was called Bailu Palace, a palace specially used by the imperial royal family to entertain distinguished guests. The soldiers of the royal guards stood outside the palace to protect the safety of the participants.

Yu Hanjiang knew the arrangement of the guards well, and walked over calmly, finding a position and standing.

The banquet will officially start at seven o’clock in the evening.

At around six o’clock, guests in twos and threes entered the palace through heavy security checks, and the gun from Lu Jiuchuan’s waist was also taken down by the guard at the gate of the palace. To ensure the safety of the banquet, all guests are not allowed to carry any weapons tonight.

Not long after, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi also came in.

Ye Qi was wearing the uniform of the Ninth Military Academy and looked very energetic. He followed Shao Qingge and said, “Dad, is the prince down?”

Xiao Lou: “…”

Xiaoye’s father called it so smoothly!

Shao Qingge said with a smile: “He is the protagonist tonight, he must be on the stage under time, let’s go in first.”

Yu Hanjiang changed his face, and Xiao Lou hid in Yu Hanjiang’s pocket. Therefore, when Shao Qingge and Ye Qi passed by the two of them, they did not stop and obviously did not recognize them.

Long Sen is your majesty’s escort, and will definitely play with your majesty.

Qu Wanyue didn’t know if she came in yet?

At this moment, Yu Hanjiang saw sharply that a tree not far away shook slightly, as if there was a gust of wind, but the surrounding trees did not move.

——Qu Wanyue, she used the chameleon card to sneak into the palace, and she was already integrated with the environment.

Yu Hanjiang said to Xiao Lou with a heart and soul: “Qu Wanyue is over there.”

“I saw it.” Xiao Lou paused before asking, “I will see that person soon, right?”

“Yeah. There is someone who is exactly like yourself, you have to be mentally prepared.”

“I’m quite curious, how much is he like me?”

At the next moment, Xiao Lou was speechless.

Through the gap in Yu Hanjiang’s pocket, he saw a person walking towards this side surrounded by the guards.

The man was wearing an exquisite and luxurious white royal gown with a slight smile in his eyes. The whole person was handsome, long and standing, and his gestures all revealed the elegance and calmness of the royal family and nobles.

The key is that the face, figure, and even smile are exactly the same as Xiao Lou.

Xiao Lou thought in a daze that he saw another himself and walked out of the mirror.

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