Lu Wanqing felt a touch of helplessness but looked back at Lu Yang and could only let it go.
After all, Lu Yang's status was there; it would be strange if the dean dared to accept the money in front of him.
"You can go back and rest now," Lu Yang, who had been lying down, sat up at some point and said.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" the dean said, sweating profusely.
The dean fled, and soon other staff members arrived. The situation in the incubator still needed to be monitored by professionals.
Lu Wanqing and Lu Yang stayed like this until forty-eight hours later, when the genes were cultivated and the special fertilization process began.
In the laboratory, everyone was tense. They held their breath, afraid to disturb the staff.
After the embryo was successfully cultivated, the staff placed it into an instrument. A short while later, a large white egg, the size of a baby, was sent out.
"Your Majesty, Madam, the embryo of the little highness has been cultivated. It only needs to be incubated slowly from now on." The staff handed the large white egg to Lu Wanqing and Lu Yang, smiling.
Lu Wanqing: "???"
A large white egg?
Lu Ze was also stunned. He had considered many possibilities but never imagined that interstellar people would be so creative. To cultivate a child, they put the person into a large white egg?
Was this turning a normally viviparous birth into an oviparous one?
Lu Ming, on the other hand, smiled. The high technology of the interstellar era was quite interesting.
Lu Wanqing held the large white egg and turned to look at Lu Yang.
Lu Yang touched the eggshell and said with a smile, "We'll incubate it at home."
Lu Wanqing: "???"
The children had not yet left. Upon hearing that their future sibling had already been cultivated, they rushed over, all wanting to see their little brother or sister.
Lu Wanqing held the large white egg and let everyone touch it carefully. Each child seemed very curious, and they were all eager to see the baby still inside the egg.
Back at the palace, Lu Yang had already arranged for the incubation room to be prepared in advance. They just needed to place the large white egg in the incubation room.
"Ying Huo, activate the incubation device," Lu Yang commanded.
"Okay, Master!" Ying Huo's cheerful voice immediately responded, and if one listened carefully, there was a hint of excitement!
It had a little master, and it was a little master that it would personally help incubate. So happy, hee hee.
"Master, should we start prenatal education for the little master?" Ying Huo asked again soon after activating the incubation device.
Lu Wanqing found it amusing and couldn't help but say, "The child probably doesn't have consciousness yet, right?"
"You can read some children's stories to the baby, but don't be too noisy," Lu Yang said.
Lu Wanqing: "???"
Lu Wanqing looked at her third brother in shock.
Lu Yang rubbed her head and smiled, "Anyway, Ying Huo is idle, so let it prepare early. What if our baby develops early and can understand?"
"What is Ying Huo?" Lu Ming asked curiously from the side.
Lu Wanqing looked at her elder brother.
Lu Yang explained, "Ying Huo is an AI I programmed. It's over three hundred years old, very intelligent, and has a certain degree of self-awareness."
Lu Ming's eyes lit up. He looked at Lu Yang with admiration.
"Third brother, this..." Even Lu Ming was nervous.
"If Big Brother wants to learn, I can teach you," Lu Yang said with a smile.
"Okay!" Lu Ming readily agreed.
"Third brother, I want to learn too!" Lu Ze exclaimed excitedly, quickly shouting.
AI, a super powerful existence even in the interstellar era, sounded amazing just thinking about it.
Seeing their eagerness, even Lu Wanqing became excited.
Lu Yang looked at his second brother, then at Lu Wanqing, and saw curiosity in both their eyes.
"I want to learn too!"
"Me too!"
"I want to learn too!"
Little Harvey was the first to speak, followed by Shushu, and finally Cui Cui. The three children also chimed in, all wanting to learn programming and AI.
"Your Majesty Dad, can I... can I also learn?" Finally, even Lan Lan spoke up.
The only one left silent was Xiao Yi, but the little guy looked at His Majesty Dad nervously, clearly apprehensive.
"I... can I learn?" Xiao Yi finally couldn't hold back and spoke.
"Hmph, you won't be able to learn it. Programming isn't that easy. Even ordinary programming AI isn't something many people can learn. If you can learn a bit of the basics and become a simple hacker, that's already impressive!" At this moment, Ying Huo, from within the incubation room, spoke with a hint of smugness.
Lu Wanqing's mind jolted, and she suddenly became much clearer. Yes, AI wasn't something that could be easily programmed. If it were that simple, in such a high-tech era as the interstellar age, wouldn't it be everywhere?
"It's indeed not that easy. If everyone wants to learn, they will have to work very hard," Lu Wanqing reminded them.
Lu Ze immediately lost interest: "Ah, well... programming, it sounds very difficult. If I could be a hacker, that would be super awesome. It seems I can't learn this."
"Then I won't learn either," Xiao Yi said.
Since childhood, Xiao Yi had received the most training from the military, on how to kill Zerg and how to fight. Programming, he found it daunting just thinking about it.
"I won't learn either," Shushu followed suit.
In fact, schools also had computer courses. Shushu knew her own academic performance. In programming, it was too difficult. If she were to learn that, she would have no time left to study plants. She still preferred plants.
In the end, only Lu Ming, Harvey, Lan Lan, and Cui Cui had not given up. Lu Wanqing also wanted to try, but she planned to secretly learn with her third brother later, so she wouldn't embarrass herself in front of everyone if she didn't succeed, hahaha!
Programming, just hearing it sounded very difficult, and she wasn't confident.
The egg had begun to incubate. The children had been in the empire for several days. Now that the wedding was over, they should return to the federation and continue their studies.
When the children left, they were reluctant to leave Mommy and their soon-to-be-born sibling. They all took photos with the egg as a memento.
Lu Wanqing found it amusing. She promised to video call them often and let them see the egg through video, and only then were the children willing to leave.
Although the egg was in the palace and the possibility of an accident was minimal, Lu Wanqing still took a risk. When she went to see the children off, she specifically asked Lu Yang to stay in the incubation room and not let the child out of their sight under any circumstances. She took Cui Cui and Harvey to send Lan Lan, Xiao Yi, and Shushu back to the federation.
After escorting Lan Lan and the others away and returning, Lu Wanqing went back into the incubation room. Looking at the large white egg lying quietly in the incubation room, her heart was still soft and warm.
This was the baby of her and her third brother, a soft, little cub that was about to be born.