Same light

"I...isn't that right?"

Alfred also sat up and faced Xiu, he was a little dazed, he didn't understand why Xiu reacted like this - he still expected to be praised.

"That's what my brother taught me. 'Trust no one'."

Do not trust anyone.

This was the last lesson that Alfred taught him by self-cultivation on the eve of his adulthood, and Alfred has been practicing it ever since.

It is true that Alfred mentioned this matter at this time without any sense of accusation, but Xiu seemed to have been punched in the face, his body shook twice, and he could hardly sit still.

He taught it!It's all about him, it's all because of him...

Wary of everyone, extreme insecurity, all caused by him.

how so?Xiu was heartbroken and at a loss, he thought, how could this happen? !He obviously, obviously never thought of teaching Alfred like this, he just wanted to tell Alfred not to be trustworthy...

No matter how precocious Xiu is, no matter how hard he tries, he is still only a young man in his 20s.In the year when the plan was made, he was only Alfred's current age-too young, so young that it is difficult to be perfect, and mistakes are inevitable.

But the price of this mistake made Xiu heartbroken and remorseful.

"Alfred, listen to me..." He took a deep breath, barely steadied his voice and said, "You and I are living in such a position, of course we must not lose our defense. Doubting everything is better than believing everything Much safer. Because of that, trust is a valuable capability."

Alfred said slowly: "Trust is...competence?"

"Yes." Xiu said affirmatively, "Trusting others is a kind of ability, which requires a sufficiently strong heart, courage and wisdom. This kind of ability is very precious to everyone, and it is very rare. That's right."

Xiu's expression was soft and sad, and Alfred even felt that he was about to cry.

"I didn't realize this when you were your age, and I didn't realize it until recently, so I never taught you, even..." He finally couldn't hold back his emotions, and his voice trembled, "It's me Deprived you of this ability. Alfred, I'm sorry..."

"Brother!" Alfred held his face helplessly, as if it could prevent the water color on those dark eyes from congealing into tears and slipping down, "Brother didn't let me down, it was my family who let you down... you, Don't cry!"

Looking back on his life, Alfred seems to have never seen Xiu cry.The eldest son of the emperor, who was born noble, always acted so strong, calm, and in control of everything - if this tear really fell, Alfred simply didn't know what to do.

He held Xiu's face in a panic, and Xiu was almost amused by his childish behavior.

"I didn't want to cry!" Xiu couldn't laugh or cry, "Let go."

Alfred breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't let go as Xiu said.

He straightened up and knelt on the bed, holding Xiu's face so that he could look up at him.

"I did suffer from my own suspicion. Thank you for telling me that this pain is justified. But...brother, you taught me to be bad." He said, the corners of his mouth closed. The color eyes began to darken, "You have to be responsible for fixing me."

Xiu Fang still felt that he was childish, but now, when he looked up at Alfred and met those golden eyes, he really felt that this is a person with top-level genetic ability, a person full of aggressiveness. adult male.

"Okay." He promised, very sincerely mixed with an uncontrollable trembling surrender, "I am responsible. I promise you."

Alfred blinked, and his aura was relieved all of a sudden.

"Brother," he called, lying back on the bed again, "that's why you let me sleep here these days, right?"

Because he realized the real reason why he stayed outside the door all night, since then, Xiu never tried to drive him out, and took the initiative to let him sleep with him every night.

Xiu first said "yes" subconsciously, and then finally came back to his senses slowly.

"Alfred! I have told you since I was a child not to use the golden pupil unless it is absolutely necessary! The founding emperor—"

"The founding emperor died young because he used too much." Alfred answered skillfully, "I know. But I don't think there are any side effects, except for being a little tired-my own body, I know better but."

Xiu wanted to refute, but Alfred pulled him down, let him crash into his arms, and spoke first before Xiu began to preach.

"There are two possibilities. First, your grandfather..." Alfred said several "ancestors" in one breath, "Grandfather, the judgment of my grandfather was wrong, he Early death has nothing to do with the frequent use of genetic abilities. There is a second possibility..."

Originally, Xiu didn't want to lie in Alfred's arms, but Alfred stopped at a critical place on purpose. Xiu suddenly forgot about the struggle, and asked, "What is it?"

"That's right," Alfred whispered in his ear, "I'm stronger than him."

Xiu's heart skipped a beat.

It took a few seconds before his feverish mind calmed down, and he forcibly defined the emotion filling his chest as nervousness, even though he knew it wasn't at all.

"Don't say this outside." He warned.

"I know." Alfred muttered, "I'll just talk about it at home."

Xiu didn't think there was anything wrong with calling the two of them "family" at all. He noticed that Alfred seemed a little bit off, so he paused for two seconds and said softly, "...I think so too."

Alfred didn't understand what he was saying for a moment, but when he realized it, he became excited all of a sudden.

"Really?! Brother, you also think that I am stronger than that great emperor, right?"

Xiu said: "Don't you have a meeting tomorrow? Sleep."

"Isn't it?" Alfred asked relentlessly, "I won't sleep until you tell me, otherwise I won't sleep tonight."

Xiu could only helplessly say: "Yes."

He reached out and smoothed Alfred's broken hair on his forehead, "In my heart, you have always been the strongest."

Austin feels that Alfred seems to be particularly active recently.

It’s not that he was inattentive and inactive before, it’s just that since Austin started working with this young highness more than two years ago, he feels that Alfred always seems to have a gloomyness that doesn’t suit his age, and most of the time he can hide it. Well done, the few times he doesn't bother to hide it.

"...Generally speaking, the one from the Holy Golden Palace has done what we wanted, and started to trouble those princes. All kinds of exaggerated news about the 'Federation' are still spreading among the people, and the Holy Golden Palace is still struggling to suppress it, but almost It’s counterproductive, that person’s reputation is going from bad to worse, and some radical slogans even appeared among the people.” Austin Hui reported, “The above is the current situation of the main planet.”

"I'm sorry for my uncles and aunts." Alfred laughed. "You know, I really didn't talk to them about any important topics that day."

However, the more this happened, the more the emperor couldn't find out anything, and the less he would think that it was nothing, he would only think that these people were tight-lipped and refused to disclose the conspiracy with Alfred.

Most of the princes did not stand in line originally, so they would only be forced to fall to the other side.

"Doubt..." Alfred said thoughtfully, "Excessive doubt can sometimes hurt you."

Austin said: "His Royal Highness is wise."

Alfred didn't say much, nodded and said: "Very good, the progress is very good. When you leave the conference room later, remember to say hello to your father for me."

"Yes." Austin replied.

I don't know if it's a delusion, but he always feels that Alfred has asked him to say hello to his father recently, it seems a bit frequent, it's almost like... a gesture of goodwill.

Austin shook his head, and quickly shook the offensive thought out of his mind.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and several people who participated in the meeting were stunned for a moment.

You know, the meeting chaired by Alfred himself has the highest level on this ship, who dares to knock on the door at this time?

But Alfred was the one who reacted the most. He stood up straight away, strode over and opened the door before everyone could react, as if he had been waiting for the news.

"Your Highness, Dites has boarded the ship." The waiter outside the door bowed and said.

"You guys continue."

Alfred dropped these words, and quickly left the conference room without looking back.

Those who were left behind looked at each other, and someone asked doubtfully, "Who is Dites?"

"His Royal Highness's personal doctor." Austin said.