Reborn in the StarCraft, I was adopted by the Emperor's uncle

"Your Highness, Your Majesty."

The head of the Xiao family is named Xiao Gui, who is Xiao Yu's biological brother. He is more than twenty years older than Xiao Yu, so it can be said that Xiao Yu was raised by Xiao Gui himself.

Seeing Wen Chang and Lan Yan coming to the Xiao family together, his eyes first swept over Wen Chang, and then lingered on Lan Yan for a few more seconds without leaving a trace.

Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess's principal wife should not be underestimated, especially since he has the entire sea clan behind him.

However, it is fortunate that no matter how capable the young king is, he has to stay in the Sirlant star all year round, so his younger brother still has great hope of taking the throne.

These thoughts flashed through his mind quickly. Xiao Gui welcomed the two people into the house with a smile, and then enthusiastically treated them to tour the Xiao family's house.

"here it is……"

The group came to a pavilion with corridors that were well ventilated and where pavilions and rockery were connected continuously.

Wen Chang looked at the rockery. There seemed to be something hidden inside. Even without using her mental power, she could sense that they were spying on her group.

"Your Highness, this corridor is where the cubs usually play. As for those little guys,"

Xiao Gui said helplessly, "They probably sneaked out because they are very curious about Your Highness, but they have no ill intentions. Your Highness and the King please do not pay attention to them."

Hearing this, Wen Chang smiled and nodded, then took Lan Yan's hand and squeezed him quietly.

Lan Yan found it amusing, why did he like cubs so much?

Wen Chang gestured two words in the palm of his hand - because "cute".

Who wouldn’t like cute little cubs? Unlike the grown-up orcs, each of them has his own little thoughts.

Lan Yan was touched by the two words Wen Chang gestured, and suddenly thought that she was already an adult, and if they had cubs in the future...

"Your Majesty? What do you think?"

"Lan Yan"

Seeing that Lan Yan was suddenly distracted, Xiao Gui, who was trying to find ways to praise Xiao Yu, and Wen Shang, who wanted to hear Lan Yan's opinion, both looked at him.

Lan Yan actually only heard a few words from Xiao Gui, but his good adaptability allowed him to quickly organize his words and said in a gentle tone:

"What Patriarch Xiao said makes sense, but for some things, being too hasty may backfire."

It turned out that Xiao Gui had just mentioned a few words that there was a person who came from afar, claiming to be from the Orc Country where all the people were orcs, and wanted to be a vassal state of the empire.

Xiao Gui heard that they were willing to nominally submit to the empire and were willing to allow the empire to send people to station there to spread the empire's culture and technology, but they kept finding excuses to shirk responsibility when it came to the amount of source stones that they had to pay as tribute to the orcs every year.

This caused the diplomats who came into contact with them to be very annoyed, but the Orcs did have some connections with the Orcs, otherwise if it were someone else, they would have been asked to leave the empire long ago.

Wen Shang pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, although our empire emphasizes voluntary tribute, if they can't even fulfill their duties as a vassal state, then there is no need to agree to their vassalage so quickly. Since they want to delay, then let them delay."

Then they sent people to their lair to find out their background.

Xiao Gui clapped his hands and smiled, "Your Highness and I really think alike. If it were my brother, I'm afraid he would have rejected their application for vassal status right on the spot. But..."

He suddenly changed his mind and said, "This beastman tribe is just like our beastman tribe. They can switch between human and beast bodies freely, but they are different from our empire in many ways."

For example, even if the beastmen have human bodies, they still retain very obvious beast characteristics. They are not like the half-orcs who only retain some beast characteristics. Instead, like the tiger beastmen, their human bodies are the whole beasts that can walk upright, and the hair on their torsos has degenerated.

If they are snake orcs, their human form is the half-beast form of the Imperial snake orcs, except that they have scales but no hair.