"Third brother?" Lu Wanqing looked at her third brother, suddenly realizing he seemed lost in thought. She was puzzled.
Lu Yang snapped back to attention. He looked at Lu Wanqing again, his eyes filled with light.
Lu Wanqing jumped, suddenly nervous. "What's wrong?"
Lu Yang composed himself mentally. Once he finally calmed down, he raised his hand and affectionately ruffled Lu Wanqing's hair. "It's nothing. I just remembered something from the past."
"Remembered?" Lu Wanqing was confused.
Lu Yang nodded. "Yes, from the past, over three thousand years ago, when you had your accident."
Lu Wanqing's pupils widened, and she looked at her third brother in shock.
Lu Yang smiled. "Back then, you gave up on treatment and left alone in secret. We all followed you quietly. We originally intended to respect your wishes and let you... but we all regretted it in the end. We rescued you and worked hard to save you for a long time."
Lu Wanqing: "???"
Lu Yang thought about what had happened, his mood complex. "It's a pity that no matter how hard we tried, we could only stabilize your life. You became a vegetable, with almost no chance of waking up."
"How could that be?" Lu Wanqing found it hard to believe. She clearly remembered ending her own life in the glacier.
However, as she thought about it, Lu Wanqing felt... her third brother might be right.
If she had just died in the wilderness, how could she have woken up in the interstellar era over three thousand years later?
Lu Yang looked at Lu Wanqing, his eyes filled with deep affection. "We all took care of you for many years. Until your body could no longer hold on. We had no choice but to use the most advanced medical technology of the time to freeze your body. Back then, we all prayed to heaven, hoping that a miracle would truly happen in the future, and that with medical advancements, you could truly open your eyes again."
"So... this is the truth behind my revival?" Lu Wanqing's heart was pounding, and she looked at Lu Yang in shock.
Lu Yang nodded. "Yes, that should be it."
Lu Wanqing was startled. Before this, she had never known that over three thousand years ago, when she desperately wanted to die, everyone had secretly followed her and ultimately saved her.
"It's okay, it's all in the past." Lu Yang saw the mist gathering in Lu Wanqing's eyes and softened his voice to comfort her.
Lu Wanqing quickly nodded and wiped her tears. "Mm!"
Harvey also looked at his mother intently. It was the first time he had seen her cry, and he felt a little sad too. He couldn't help but reach out his hand to help her wipe away her tears.
Lu Wanqing looked at Harvey's small outstretched hand and suddenly felt even warmer. She had never known before that she possessed so much love – her parents' love, her brothers' love, her third brother's love, and now her children's love. Her life had been too worthwhile.
Lu Wanqing let out a soft breath. She tried her best to adjust her emotions as quickly as possible and then continued the previous topic. "So, you're saying the Empire, under your management, has been for over three hundred years."
Hearing this, Lu Yang knew what Lu Wanqing was thinking. He nodded. "Mm."
Lu Wanqing lowered her eyes to look at the two children sleeping between herself and Lu Yang. Harvey's guilt and Xiao Bao's anger, but in reality, what did any of this have to do with Harvey?
The struggle for imperial power had never changed, throughout history. Even the ancient people had said, "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide."
Harvey was merely an excuse for those people to use, or perhaps that woman was a pawn pre-arranged by the future rebels. All of this was just to seize the right to the imperial throne.
"What about three hundred years?" Harvey tilted his head, looking from his mother to his Emperor father, confused.
Lu Yang looked at Harvey and, patiently, began to explain to the child.
Xiao Bao also listened intently to her father's explanation, but... everything her father said was so difficult, she didn't quite understand. Moreover... Xiao Bao was getting more and more sleepy.
Xiao Bao had already drunk a lot of alcohol earlier. When she had groggily woken up, she had seen her brother Harvey, and her parents, which had made her much more alert.
But now, after listening to her parents talk for so long, especially her father's "boring" talk, she was truly sleepy.
As Xiao Bao thought this, her eyelids involuntarily closed.
Lu Wanqing noticed Xiao Bao had fallen asleep and didn't make a sound. This continued until Lu Yang finished explaining to Harvey.
"So, you're saying the Empire is going to be snatched away soon?"
"And they deliberately used me, claiming it was my mistake, using me to attack Mom and Dad. They knew Dad and Mom loved me dearly and would never execute me, thus using that as an excuse to force Dad to abdicate and seize the throne?"
Lu Yang said seriously, "These are just our guesses for now, and it might not be true. However... you don't need to feel too guilty about what Weiwei said. It might not all be your fault."
Harvey's expression was serious. He said stubbornly, "Emperor Father, I won't let them snatch the Empire!"
The Empire belonged to Emperor Father and Mother, and to Cui Cui sister, and to Weiwei sister, and even to their siblings in the Federation.
Although Harvey didn't like studying, from a space pirate to an imperial prince, he knew that their current happiness was because Emperor Father was the Emperor of the Empire, possessing great power, which allowed them to grow up so happily, without concern for any other forces.
If Emperor Father's Empire was snatched away, Emperor Father and Mother would be very sad. Also, his and Father Xavier's imperial status, the opportunity to get along well with his other siblings, including his chance to go to school, the opportunity to live like a normal child in the Empire, would all be taken away.
He couldn't let that happen. Emperor Father must be the Emperor of the Empire, and it must never change. The Empire would not be snatched away by outsiders.
Lu Wanqing: "..."
Lu Yang: "..."
Harvey gritted his teeth, then looked at Lu Wanqing and Lu Yang. He said earnestly, "Mother, Emperor Father, I will definitely study hard from now on. I will definitely become very powerful and won't be used by bad people. I will also protect the Empire!"
Lu Wanqing was relieved and nodded. "Good."
That night, Harvey slept in their bed. With Xiao Bao added, it was really crowded, but it was unexpectedly warm and happy.
The next day, Lu Wanqing woke up early. She looked beside her, her first concern being for Harvey and Xiao Bao, especially Xiao Bao.
Xiao Bao was still so young, it wouldn't be good if she was pressed down.
However, upon seeing, Lu Wanqing was slightly stunned. Lu Yang's hand was loosely embracing Weiwei, protecting the youngest child in his arms, and keeping the slightly restless Harvey at a distance, preventing Weiwei from being crushed by him.