Abyss Solo

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Every time they say I can stand up, I can stand up, but have they thought about what I can say to the people when I do? Am I supposed to stand up and say, stop hating your exploiters, the wealth they take from you, your rights, are all to let you barely survive... is that it?"

Daphne gently shook her head.

She said softly, "Hanton, no one would think that's right, but in the Empire, the Empire urgently needs the people to believe that changes will happen in the future."

"Alas," Yang Ming said, "Initially, I thought so too. I always believed that the Empire was suppressing the power of the nobles until I realized that behind His Majesty, there was a group of real Great Nobles hiding."

Daphne could only give a wry smile.

She looked to the side and gently waved her hand, and the maids quietly left after saluting.

She moved like a fish, swimming into Yang Ming's arms, hiding within his embrace.

"Hanton, I'm a bit worried about you now."

"Worried about what?"

"You've been used by Uncle Eno, he has always been dissatisfied with those old men, they are not real elites, they are just the ruling faction."

Daphne spoke with concern:

"They might really deal with you, even if it means forcing you to the Empire's opposite, and then using the Empire's powerful fleet..."

"Don't worry, Daphne," Yang Ming said, "we still have your father."

"My father can only give orders that do not violate the overall interests of the family," Daphne said, "If those people don't agree, my father can't do anything he wants, and he understands this, so he always does things within their allowable range to satisfy himself as a form of self-consolation."

Yang Ming:...

It's a bit impolite to see through your own father so clearly.

Yang Ming said, "Today, His Majesty gave me some encouragement."

"Does He want you to fight against those old men?"

"Yes," Yang Ming chuckled, "now I can only rely on His Majesty, and He can only rely on me, but I still haven't figured out how exactly to deal with these guys, directly exposing them to the public? That wouldn't have any substantial impact on them; their rule over the Empire is from top to bottom, dismantling their ruling foundation and returning power to the localities and the monarchy is a huge undertaking."

"Dear, I think you should rest, don't consider such complicated matters for now, you've been on the go for quite some time."

Daphne gently rubbed Yang Ming's chest.

Yang Ming said, "Alright, you rest first, I'll study the current situation for a bit."

Daphne left a kiss on Yang Ming's forehead, then turned and went to one side, turning her back to Yang Ming to sleep.

Boss Yang sat up, raised his hand to make a grasping motion, and a cup in the corner flew over on its own.

Then he opened the online terminal and started browsing the latest news.

He planned to have a brief exchange with Lyu once Daphne fell asleep.

Lyu might have seen some information in the murals at the Divine Sect Headquarters, this information... Yang Ming also wasn't sure exactly what use it was.

The currently trending news was:

[Firmly Quelling the Unrest, The Imperial Military Department's Decisive Action];

[The Empire's Future Path, Only by Reducing the Nobility's Privileges];

[Prayers for Peace];

[Is There Really a Group of High-Level Agents Stirring Up Trouble];

[The New Federation, Free Federation, and Over 120 Other Interstellar Governments Express Concern Over the Empire's Internal Unrest];

[The Dreadnought Outside Saka Star, The Empire Never Considered the White Ghost a Hero];

[Captain Catherine Becomes the First President of the Resistance Organization Union];

[The Death of Quigen: A Murder Case Destined to Be Written into Empire's History];

And so on and so forth.

Public opinion was steadily cooling down, and this crisis of the Empire was superficially brushed over.

Yang Ming got what he wanted, the Challenger Plan had advanced to over thirty percent, the death of Count Quigen truly was significant.

Beside him, Daphne seemed to be asleep, Yang Ming felt her biological energy become very smooth and gentle.

He was just about to touch his wristwatch...

Ding ding!

Yang Ming instinctively covered the projection hole of the online terminal, guiltily looking at Daphne.

She didn't seem to be affected.

Yang Ming looked at the lower left corner of the projection screen, where there was a small envelope, obviously a message not sent by Lyu...

His finger lightly touched it, and the envelope unfolded.

[Come out and talk.]

The signature was... Li.