Lu Wanqing's heart was racing, and she was still a little worried. She couldn't help but look back at Zhong Li Feiyu, but was eventually pulled onto the hovercar by her third brother.
As the hovercar started and moved a distance away, Lu Yang spoke again, "Qingqing, stay away from people from the Federation in the future. Don't go near them."
"Are they trying to take me back to the Federation?" Lu Wanqing asked.
Lu Yang nodded, "Yes."
"If you like those brats, we can snatch them over and let them live in the Empire with us from now on. That way, we won't have so many worries," Lu Yang added.
Lu Wanqing frowned, "But they still have family."
"Third Brother, whether it's Lanlan or Xiaoyi, or Shushu and Cuicui, their homes are all in the Federation."
"They grew up in the Federation. The Federation has fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, and other relatives who love them, as well as classmates, friends, teachers, and so on."
"Third Brother, if possible, can we not go to war?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but say.
She had only come to the Empire to be with her third brother. Before this, she had never imagined that it might lead to war between the two countries.
"Can't the Federation and the Empire coexist peacefully?" Lu Wanqing frowned.
Before this, the Federation and the Empire had not interfered with each other, and they had managed just fine for so many years. There was no need to suddenly go to war because of her, right?
Lu Yang looked into her eyes for a long time, and finally agreed, "Okay."
Lu Yang raised his hand and dotingly ruffled her hair, saying, "If you don't like war, then we won't have a war."
Lu Wanqing: "..."
It seemed fine, but something felt wrong somewhere?
"Will it be difficult for you?" Lu Wanqing thought, and couldn't help but say.
"Third Brother, if... if it's really impossible, it's okay to go to war. No matter what, you have to ensure your own safety," Lu Wanqing added.
Lu Yang smiled. He looked at her, very happy, "Mhm."
Qingqing was concerned about him.
As they spoke, the hovercar unknowingly returned to the Imperial Palace.
After getting out of the hovercar, Lu Wanqing said, "Third Brother, if you have something to do, you can go about your business. You don't have to stay with me all the time."
These past few days, as long as she was awake, her third brother had been with her almost constantly.
But the Empire was so vast, and her third brother must have been very busy usually. Perhaps he had a lot of official business to handle.
"Okay," Lu Yang ruffled Lu Wanqing's hair and agreed.
"You rest well first. If you need anything, come to the main hall to find me," Lu Yang said.
Lu Wanqing smiled and agreed, "Okay."
Lu Wanqing returned to the side hall. Lu Yang turned to go to the main hall, but just as he stepped through the doorway of the main hall, his vision went black, and he fainted.
"Master!" In his optical computer, the intelligent Qingqing was frantic. It quickly hacked into the nanny robots in the palace, and they swiftly came over, carefully picked up their master, and placed him on the bed.
Lu Yang slept for four hours. When he woke up again, it was already afternoon.
"I fainted?" Lu Yang quickly understood his situation and asked calmly.
The nanny robot slid over and said, "Yes, Master, you were in a deep sleep for four hours."
"Master, you haven't changed bodies for less than a year this time, and your mental body is getting weaker and weaker," intelligent Qingqing said worriedly.
Lu Yang remained silent. He simply lowered his head and quietly looked at his body.
If time were pushed back half a year, he probably wouldn't have cared how long he fainted or when he fainted. Perhaps, he might have even welcomed dying completely, finding release.
But now, he didn't want to die.
He had waited for three thousand years and finally found Qingqing. He wanted to be with Qingqing.
Lu Yang thought about it and suddenly remembered this intelligence beside him. When his memory was still hazy, he had actually named such a little thing Qingqing.
"Intelligence, change your name," Lu Yang suddenly said.
Intelligent Qingqing: "???"
"Qingqing is Qingqing's. You'll use another name from now on," Lu Yang explained.
Intelligent Qingqing was shocked. So, this name it had used for over three hundred years, it was no longer worthy?
"Then what should I be called?" intelligent Qingqing couldn't help but ask.
Lu Yang looked at it for a long moment before saying, "You choose one yourself."
Intelligent Qingqing: "..."
"You don't know how?" Lu Yang frowned when he saw no reaction.
The nanny robot quickly shook its head, "I, do, know. I will."
Intelligent Qingqing quickly went online and used an automatic naming tool to quickly generate three hundred names. Then, it projected them in front of its master, saying, "Master, please choose one."
Lu Yang looked at the projections displayed before him. With a casual glance, he saw a name and decided, "Firefly."
The intelligence quickly agreed, "Okay, name change successful. From now on, I will be called Firefly."
Lu Yang soon closed his eyes again. Although he had slept for four hours, he still felt very tired. It wasn't physical exhaustion, but a deep sense of fatigue radiating from his spirit.
For over three thousand years, he had changed countless bodies. In these constant bodily transitions, the only constant had been his mental body. However, over the years, his mental body had also been gradually depleted. To live until now, his mental body was actually very weak. Before changing to a new body, he had to sleep for seven to eight hours every day, and his waking time could only last for about an hour at most.
Changing to a new body, theoretically, there shouldn't be too many problems in the first few years. But now...
Less than a year had passed, and he was already feeling sleepy again.
However, Lu Yang didn't keep his eyes closed for too long. He soon opened them again and got out of bed.
He left the palace and went to the study. It was time to handle some important matters. No matter what, he wanted to accompany Qingqing for the rest of her life.
Lu Wanqing was unaware of Lu Yang's current condition. In the side hall, after Lu Wanqing returned, her thoughts were restless.
Meeting her third brother in the interstellar era was initially the happiest thing for her. However, she had never expected that she would bring so much trouble to everyone because of herself.
How would she resolve this?
Lu Wanqing pondered, feeling lost.
Return to the Federation?
But what about her third brother?
If she left, her third brother would be alone, isolated in the Empire. That would definitely not do.
Taking her third brother to the Federation was also not feasible. Her third brother was the Emperor of the Empire; he couldn't just leave. Moreover, her third brother's identity was so sensitive; people from the Federation would surely be very afraid of him.
Lu Wanqing couldn't think of a solution and finally sighed in frustration.
Time unknowingly passed until noon. The robots in the palace invited her to lunch. She went to the dining hall and discovered that her third brother was not there.
Perhaps her third brother had something to do?
Lu Wanqing thought so and didn't go to disturb him.
She ate lunch alone in silence, then returned to the side hall, continuing to ponder the relationship between the Federation and the Empire. However, after thinking for a long time, she still had no solution.