star lord returns

Chapter 184 Hostage Exchange

"I pretend I didn't hear it."

Feng Jianli turned the hand holding the saber hilt slightly, and said in a voice that seemed to be mixed with ice and snow: "General, please remind Major General Caton, remember that disaster comes from your mouth."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely mention him." The old general heaved a sigh of relief.

With this, not many people dared to stay here to feel the cold air, leaving one by one.

In the empty conference room, only Feng Jianli and another young general were left here.

This is an old general who was named Marshal Changmo, but he has royal blood. His grandmother is a princess of the empire, and his father is a general who has been stationed on a certain main star.

And Shen Qiao is a typical junior from a military and political family——

Highly politically sensitive, he regarded the army as his home since he was a child, and decided to dedicate himself to the family and the military since he was born.

He was only 28 years old, joined the army at the age of 13, worked hard for 15 years, and became a general under Feng Changmo's command step by step.

After Landis succeeded to the throne, Shen Qiao was promoted to the position of general.

Although he admired Feng Changmo, he was never interested in paratroopers like Feng Jianli.What's more, with Feng Changmo Zhuyu in front, it will be quite difficult for Feng Jianli to surpass his father's achievements.

After all, Feng Changmo made great contributions in quelling the civil strife in the battle for Julius Caesar's heir.

"How does it feel to be pointed and scolded?" Shen Qiao asked playfully.

Feng Jianli looked at the royal badges and military flags hanging on the wall, but ignored him.

Shen Qiao jumped down from the table and stood beside Feng Jianli, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a trace of disdain flashed across her handsome face.

"If I'm not mistaken, His Majesty's hesitation in ordering to suppress that bug in Albian is because he is already ready to conquer himself?"

Feng Jianli glanced at him coldly, and said, "How would I know what His Majesty thinks?"

Shen Qiao sneered: "He dotes on your younger brother who I don't know where he found it so lawlessly, it has spread throughout the empire."

"What do you want to say?" Feng Jianli looked at him and asked,

Shen Qiao said: "I just want to kindly remind you that no matter how much Emperor Landis likes the Empress, he must not miss state affairs because of him. Otherwise, even if the royal family's rule is already stable, it will suffer turmoil due to the influence of public opinion."

Feng Jianli didn't say anything.

To be honest, he also felt that Landis was too much influenced by Nanjing.

"Nobody is a fool."

Shen Qiao said: "The emperors and queens of the empire must have the ability to convince the people unless they have the support of the mother clan who is deeply involved with the royal family."

Feng Jianli looked ahead indifferently.

"Just like His Majesty Guchen, his military achievements are outstanding, and his mech manufacturing technology is also top-notch. As far as I know, His Majesty Feng Jingnan's prestige and support among the people are the lowest among the emperors and empresses of all dynasties..."

Feng Jianli raised his eyelids by a millimeter, looked at Shen Qiao and said, "You are overstepping."

Shen Qiao: "..."

Damn, you can't talk to this iceberg face.

It was night, and Nan Jing woke up from a nightmare covered in sweat.

There were bursts of pain in his abdomen that made him almost groan.

Nan Jing touched the side with his hand, but felt the coolness in his hand, and all the drowsiness disappeared in this instant.

Open the terminal, it is already [-]:[-] in the morning, and the morning star has risen slightly in the sky.

Turning on the wall lamp, the other side of the big bed was not even a trace of folds and cold to the touch, telling Nanjing that Landis hadn't come back all night.

Because of his weak body, Nan Jing went to bed before nine o'clock every night, and he found that Landis rarely came back before twelve o'clock recently, and would leave before five o'clock.

If it wasn't for Nan Jing who often woke up in the middle of the night due to throbbing pain, he might not even know that Landis came back to rest at night.

Nan Jiang put on a thicker nightgown on his body, got off the bed, stepped on the carpet and left the bedroom that seemed a bit empty due to its size.

Walking through the long corridor, Nan Jing refused the servant's notification, and came to the study room where the light was still on.

This is Landis's office expenses.

Push open the two doors on the opposite side, and the hall is brightly lit.

"His Majesty."

The accompanying servant bowed to Nan Jing, and then left under Nan Jing's signal.

"Honey, why don't you rest?" Nan Jing's tone was full of concern.

Landis raised his head from behind the large desk and saw Nan Jing's bare feet, so he got up and walked to him, hugging him horizontally without saying a word.

"I told you not to walk barefoot, but you don't think you smoke enough?"

Landis accused, and put Nan Jing on the soft sofa.

Nan Jing stroked the light blue under Landis' eyes, frowned and said, "Is it because of the star pirate again?"

"Yes." Landis readily admitted.

Nan Jing said, "Isn't it already handed over to my brother?"

Landis grabbed Nan Jing's hand, put it on his cheek, and said, "Something went wrong."

Nan Jingwen: "What's the problem?"

"Albian asked me to personally negotiate the exchange of hostages."

Nan Jing paused and regained some energy: "Are you going there in person? But don't those people want energy, treasures and armaments?"

Landis said lightly: "No, they asked me to personally release the star robbers who are already in custody. If they don't get news of my departure, they will kill a hostage every day starting tomorrow."

Nan Jing was stunned.

These pirates are insane, they dare to brazenly confront the military within the Galactic Empire, and even directly challenge the authority of Landis——

and many more!

Nan Jing found that he seemed to have caught something.

"Their target is actually you?" Nan Jing frowned.

Landis fiddled with Nan Jing's long hair, wrapped it around his fingers, and said: "Madam is so smart, they are definitely not just star robbers, there must be other forces behind the plan. Albian is so reckless and arrogant, It is just to shake my position in the hearts of the people and show the incompetence and misuse of the royal family."

That's too bad.

As long as the robbers want something, the hostages are safe.

But what they want is to stand up to Landis and shake Landis's foundation and rule. Thinking about it, they know that Landis cannot allow this situation to continue.

The safety of the hostages is more troublesome than before.

Nan Jing leaned against Landis in a submissive posture, holding his hand, which would make Landis feel much better.

"Honey, even so, you should go back and rest."

Nan Jing spread his hands and said, "The sky won't fall, so you can do whatever you want."

Landis is just a rare insomnia.

He didn't want to disturb Nan Jing's sleep by rolling around on the bed, so he simply didn't go back to the bedroom, but planned to think about some problems quietly in the study.

Landis sighed unhappily, and said, "I've planned to deal with that group of mobs a long time ago. The original plan was to kill them after the cub was born, after you recuperate better. Now the plan is all messed up."

With a snort, Landis said angrily, "You must be mentally ill in such a rush to seek death!"

Nan Jing laughed.

He finally understood that if Landis hadn't given birth to accompany him, he might have been unable to bear the insult and provocation and committed suicide by himself.

Landis's dignity should remain absolutely unchallenged.

It's not that he can't bear it, it's just that everyone doesn't understand why Landis can't bear it for a while, why he wants to let the star island dominate his head, but he refuses to order the encirclement and suppression.

Everyone thought very complicated, thinking that Landis might be playing a big game of chess.

But in fact, Landis just didn't want to leave Nanjing at this time.

Public opinion builds momentum, Landis is pushed to the forefront, and the masses have doubts about the royal family and his ability.

These Landis didn't care at all—his reputation for ruthlessness had already penetrated into the hearts of most people.

Moreover, the rule of the Keldenton family has become stronger after thousands of years of turmoil, and most of the people will never betray or abandon them.

But Landis is still worried about Nanjing.

According to this momentum, the fire of public opinion will slowly spread to His Majesty Feng Jingnan who has not lived in the harem for a long time.

The Feng family is very strong, but that's only in the army, and the title of hereditary duke is just a status symbol.

Compared with previous emperors and empresses, Nan Jing still lacks the political support of his mother clan, and also lacks professional promoters from the royal family who help him promote his own image.

The reputation of Nanjing is important or not.

It doesn't matter because no matter how bad his reputation is, Landis has the absolute right to choose him as his empress.

The important thing is that Landis doesn't want Nanjing to be hurt by gossip, not even a little bit.

From the first time Landis told Nan Jing that he wanted to be with him, he had secretly made up his mind to spoil her and protect him forever in the future, as long as Nan Jing could stay by his side safely and without any worries.