Children of the Imperial Family

The child's feelings for their mother are innate, able to sense her every word and action from the womb. After birth, it is the mother who takes care of them meticulously. Therefore, the child's dependence and love for their mother cannot be expressed in words.

This leads to differences in the habits of the previous Hua Zhen, even if he tries his best to imitate them. Despite Consort Xin Yao's behavior towards him, Hua Zhen could clearly feel that she had noticed his abnormality.

He would never do something as foolish as revealing the truth, so he could only continue this clumsy, self-deceptive act.

For ten whole days, he didn't know how he managed to endure it. Every day, he was either being played with or on his way to being played with, both physically and mentally exhausted.

He had to admit that Consort Xin Yao, noble as she was, personally took care of everything for her little one, leaving no detail unattended. She treated Hua Zhen with exceptional gentleness and consideration, wishing she could give him all the best things.

That kind of doting, holding him in her hands for fear of dropping him and cherishing him in her mouth for fear of him melting, along with her meticulous care and love, made him feel warmth for the first time in this strange world. It would be a lie to say he wasn't touched.

But that was all. No matter what Xin Yao did, she was just a strange woman to Hua Zhen. He couldn't really treat her as his mother. It wasn't that Hua Zhen was being difficult or that he lacked empathy.

Putting himself in his shoes, it's easy to understand. For someone who misses his own family and desperately wants to go home, it's only natural to have such thoughts, because he doesn't belong here, does he?

Ten days later, Gus arrived at Consort Xin Yao's palace right on time. The moment he saw him, Hua Zhen breathed a heavy sigh of relief. The days of anxiety and fear were finally over!

The feigned sadness at parting was, of course, indispensable. Xin Yao was equally reluctant. These ten days had passed too quickly for her. After finally placating her, Hua Zhen finally boarded the ship with Gus and returned to his palace...

If you were to ask who was the busiest during the Angel King's birthday celebration, some would say it was Fei Lie De, the highest official of the Construction Department, who was in charge of the ceremony and arranged all the affairs. However, the truth was not so.

Hua Tuo's personal guard, the cold-faced man who appeared twice before, his name was Angus. During the birthday banquet, the important and minor matters he handled were no less than those of Fei Lie De.

As for the reason...

Let me explain it this way, a total of 2358 subordinate civilizations participated in the Angel King's birthday celebration. Among them, more than half were intentionally showing goodwill to the Second Prince Hua Tuo. For these people, except for those with relatively high status, Hua Tuo could not meet them all individually. Therefore, the task of meeting them fell on Angus.

Although subordinate civilizations are lower in level than the Angel Civilization, don't ignore them because of this. In the struggle for the throne, their role is crucial. Whether it is the First Prince Hua Ye's forces or the Second Prince Hua Tuo's forces, they are doing their best to win them over.

"Your Highness, I have completed the statistics of the list of these rulers, please take a look!"

In Hua Tuo's palace, Angus handed him a storage device, took two steps back after speaking, and waited for his Highness's next instructions.

Hua Tuo took the storage device and nodded with satisfaction. While scrolling through it, he asked without looking up, "What's the situation with Hua Ye?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it is still being handled by He Xuan as always!" Angus replied.

"Heh~ The First Prince is truly busy with the matter of continuing the royal family's offspring..." Hua Tuo shook his head amusingly, put the storage device on the table, "Angus, thank you for your hard work this time, go back and rest well first. After Father finishes his work in two days, after saying goodbye to him, we will set off to find the Dark Sacred Silver mine!"

"Yes, this subordinate takes his leave!"

After Angus left, Hua Tuo stretched greatly, leaned back and squinted his eyes and said, "For many years, my First Prince and I have been fighting for the throne. I have always wanted to find a breakthrough to break this balance, and the discovery of the Dark Sacred Silver mine has allowed me to see an opportunity... Facts have proved that my idea was indeed correct!"

"Wormhole Transportation itself has always been the Angel King's greatest concern. I thought Your Highness would present the matter of Ai Xi as a birthday gift to the Angel King as we discussed before, but I didn't expect you to change your plan temporarily..."

"I couldn't do that, teacher!" Hua Tuo glanced at Miller beside him, "Being exiled from Tian Cheng due to genetic defects, although Micro Wormhole Transportation has been achieved in that child, it is ultimately due to her mutated genes. She is already pitiful enough. If I tell Father about her, she will inevitably be taken back for research. This is not what I want to see~"

Miller stared at him for a while, and finally smiled wryly, "You are really a kind child. If this matter were placed on the First Prince, I'm afraid he would have told the Angel King long ago~"

"The word 'kind' has nothing to do with me... Without her, some of my research would not be able to proceed!" Hua Tuo paused, and curled up the corners of his mouth, "But speaking of which, teacher, isn't the Dark Sacred Silver Weapon achieving the same goal as a birthday gift? Obtaining the mobilization authority of the Construction Department, I will have priority in resource selection in the future. In this way, the shortage of resources will be solved!"

Miller frowned almost imperceptibly upon hearing this, and sighed, "I have always been very relieved with Your Highness's actions, but only..."

"Teacher!" Hua Tuo interrupted, "I understand what you mean. Exceeding Father's allowed limit is very dangerous, but for the sake of the entire Angel Civilization, I have to do this. Father is old and no longer has the decisiveness of his youth.

If one day he passes the throne to that waste Hua Ye, the foundation built over tens of thousands of years will be squandered by that guy sooner or later. Teacher, is this what you want?"

Hua Tuo's words left Miller speechless for a moment. After a long while, he sighed again and asked, "How far has it progressed?"

"The research on the first-generation Angel is already complete, but the second-generation Angel... ever since we overcame a technical problem last time, we're stuck there again, alas..."

"The most perfect gene configuration, the most perfect code arrangement, upgrading the Gene Engine to implant a brand-new code program—this technology has always been firmly controlled by the Angel King. If it were so easy to research, the Angel King wouldn't have spent tens of thousands of years on it!" Miller said, sipping his tea.

Hua Tuo rubbed his aching forehead. "Speaking of which, I originally intended to win over Xuan Ji from the council this time, but I didn't expect Father to already have the idea of assigning him to the Third Prince as a tutor. It's simply a waste of talent! If I had this person at my disposal, why would I worry about the success of the second-generation Angel technology!"

"So Your Highness gifted the Dark Sacred Silver Dagger to the Third Prince, to buy goodwill in advance?" Miller smiled, like an old fox.

"Heh~ it seems nothing can be hidden from you, teacher~~" Hua Tuo chuckled. "By the way, teacher, what do you think of that little fellow?"

"A clever little imp!" Seeing Hua Tuo's puzzled expression, Miller smiled. "Has Your Highness noticed that when the little prince met you and the First Prince, he wasn't as cautious as the Fourth Prince? This shows that he knows very well that with the Angel King around, you and the First Prince can't do anything too excessive before he comes of age!

"On the other hand, when the little prince met me, whether in speech or behavior, he was very proper. If he's not a clever little imp, what is he?"

"At such a young age, not only did he think of Wormhole Transportation for himself, but even more unexpectedly, he proposed the idea of a Micro Wormhole Transportation Weapon... Heh, is it really as simple as him thinking of things that others have overlooked? I forgot to tell Your Highness, when you and the Angel were discussing the search for Dark Sacred Silver mines, I discovered something very interesting..."

Hua Tuo frowned. "What did teacher discover?"

"The Third Prince's expression at the time, sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing softly, hiss, how should I put it... he seemed to be struggling with something..." At this point, Miller's voice suddenly lowered. "I have a feeling, Your Highness... among the three princes, perhaps this little fellow will be your biggest competitor in the future!"

"..."

Hua Tuo frowned even deeper upon hearing this. After a long silence, he chuckled. "As expected, none of us in the imperial family are easy to deal with~" His words were full of helplessness.