Crown Prince's Wedding Banquet

Humans do not have the differentiation of ABO secondary sexual characteristics at birth.

Instead, at the age of 12-15, after the development of the explicit sexual characteristics of both sexes has been completed, the latent sexual characteristics of ABO begin to differentiate.

The sign of secondary sexual characteristics differentiation is a cold, cough, and then a rash on the body, which evolves into a high fever after one to two days. The high fever lasts for a few hours, and then suddenly disappears completely, and then the glands behind the neck will start It emits pheromones that distinguish ABOs, and at the same time brings the individual's first estrus to Alpha and Omega.The emergence of estrus marks the sexual maturity of the individual.

Many children of this age are at a loss in the face of estrus, and their instinctive drive will make them completely unable to control their behavior, causing serious harm to others and themselves.It is precisely because of this that during the first estrus period, whether it is Alpha or Omega, the doctor will recommend isolation and cold treatment-in other words, to survive.

Along with the first estrous period, mental power will also appear at almost the same stage.

For the young Alphas and Betas who have just completed their differentiation, the level of mental power they appear for the first time basically determines how far they can go in the empire in the future—generally speaking, the initial mental power is mostly concentrated at C-level.Assuming that the initial mental power is D, it is almost impossible to reach A level.And if the initial mental power can reach B or above, then with the growth of mental power in the future, their future is immeasurable.

At this time, the noble blood shows its advantages. Because of their superior life, earlier learning and understanding of spiritual power, rich knowledge, good medical conditions and ancestral blood, they seldom have a spirit lower than C level after differentiation. force. Class B is even a pass line in many nobles.

This is also why, for thousands of years in the empire, the children of nobles still occupy key positions.

After three to four days of differentiation of secondary sexual characteristics, seven days followed by the first estrus and spiritual awakening period.Ten days later, the fate of this young imperial man was basically decided.

The differentiation period is a dangerous process.

In the first stage of estrus, high fever often means that the differentiated individual does not fully accept the sex that is about to be differentiated, resulting in difficulties in gender differentiation, and the death caused by persistent high fever accounts for 10% of the mortality rate in the differentiation period. %.

Elise walked back and forth in the room for a while, and said, "No, I have to go back... Even if Fantine has completed the differentiation, she will still go through a seven-day estrus period. Steward Wu, I need to contact His Highness."

"I've already called." Butler Wu said, "In fact, I've called twice within half an hour, but Ren Xingyu didn't answer. Just wait patiently."

"His Royal Highness should be busy." Elise said, "He has been worrying about the ballot recently."

"I'll continue to call Ren Xingyu." Butler Wu said, "It's really too bad. I'll find Du Bin."

When Butler Wu left, Plank Road asked Iles: "Do you need me to talk to Chen Cang? He can contact His Highness directly."

Elise bit her lip anxiously, and after a while he said: "Wait a minute, Steward Wu will let me know if there is any news. It's not an urgent situation, it's not good to always ask Chen Cang to notify you. You and it are too It's easy to expose."

Zhou Qin was in the coffee shop on Parliament Hill in the afternoon. After several rounds of long communication and pushing back and forth for interests, he ended today's work.Things were better than he expected, but progress was slower than he had planned.

When he finished his meeting with a certain congressman and was resuming the game with Ren Xingyu, the door of the coffee shop box was opened vigorously from the outside, and Du Bin came in with a dark face.

He didn't salute Zhou Qin, grabbed Ren Xingyu's collar and pulled him up, and said viciously, "Why didn't Steward Wu answer the phone?!"

"What phone call?" Zhou Qin was taken aback.

Dubin said angrily: "The second gender differentiation of the boss' younger brother has started, and the fever has not subsided for nearly a day. The boss wants to go home, but the Omega behavior manual of the empire stipulates that Alpha must agree to it. I asked you a few It's been an hour. Butler Wu made dozens of phone calls and sent a lot of messages. Ren Xingyu knew about the situation, but he just didn't answer the phone!"

Ren Xingyu was dragged back and forth, struggling on tiptoe and said, "His Royal Highness is meeting with members of parliament. This is very important. Secondary gender differentiation and no one else can help you. So what can you do if you know?"

"You!" Dubin exploded in anger, and raised his fist to beat him.

"Dubin!" Zhou Qin stopped him in time, "This is in the parliament. Don't do this kind of thing."

"Then why not!" Du Bin yelled loudly, "I didn't know Ren Xingwen could have such a cold-blooded younger brother!"

"Isn't Elise in a hurry? Let's go back first." Seeing that Du Bin was still upset, Zhou Qin said, "I'll talk about other things on the way. It's dangerous to have a high fever."

On the way back, Dubin drove the shuttle desperately.

Zhou Qin closed his eyes to recharge his energy, he didn't even blame Ren Xingyu.

"Your Highness, I misjudged this matter." Ren Xingyu was the first to admit his mistake, "I thought your meeting was more important, which led to the current situation. If Lanxia wants to punish me when I go back, I will willingly accept it."

Dubin, who was driving the shuttle in front, snorted: "Fart."

Ren Xingyu's face became hot, and he felt ashamed of his hypocritical and weak rhetoric, and he couldn't even say a rebuttal.

"Is it really a mistake in judgment?" Zhou Qin asked him with his eyes still closed.

"Yes, Your Highness." Ren Xingyu answered bravely.

"What if Fantine really has a problem because of the high fever?" Zhou Qin asked, "Have you ever thought about the most serious situation? That is death from a high fever. Are you planning to let a child die for your brother?"

"No, I haven't thought about it that way." Ren Xingyu said, he was a little flustered, "I just don't think it's that important."

After a while, when he was about to arrive at the Crown Prince's manor, Zhou Qin opened his eyes and said to him: "Xingyu, I always knew that you had a problem with Lan Xia. But since you came back from King Qing's banquet, you put this kind of The emotions are well received. I thought you were a business-like person. So I was careless."

Zhou Qin said: "It's not your fault, it's my trust in you too much. It's my fault."

Ren Xingyu felt cold all over.With Zhou Qin's words, it seems that the next step is to give up on him and drive him away.

He remembered every detail of getting along with Zhou Qin in the shuttle. They always found time to discuss countermeasures, and often the only time they could spare was on the shuttle.He knew that His Royal Highness trusted him, but for the deaths of Elias and Ren Xingwen.He can't let go.

He tried it and couldn't let it go.

It was precisely because he couldn't let go that he lost his heart, lost his mind, and did something wrong.

Anyway, secondary differentiation, what's the big deal.

Doctors couldn't help him either.

Eventually it will get over it.

—he really thought so.

The shuttle began to descend slowly, and Elis had already walked out of the house quickly. He was wearing a knitted jacket, his hands were tightly clutched at the collar to avoid being blown away by the wind and waves, and his blond hair was a little messy.Zhou Qin saw the anxiety in his eyes from the window. In the past few hours, he didn't know how he got through this difficult waiting.

"I know the cause of your brother's death." Zhou Qin said, "You insist on blaming his death on the person he once wanted to protect the most. I wonder if Ren Xingwen will be sad if he finds out?"

"Your Highness, I..."

"Okay." Zhou Qin interrupted him, his tone still calm, "You go down first. Christian's house, you don't have to go. We will talk about the rest when we come back."

Ren Xingyu got off the shuttle in a daze.

Immediately after, Elis rushed up, before he even had time to salute Zhou Qin, he hurriedly said to Du Bin, "Go to my house."

Dubin didn't talk nonsense, and as soon as he lifted the steering wheel, he pulled up the shuttle that hadn't stopped yet, and flew towards Christian's mansion in Xiting District.

"Your Highness..." Elis sat down beside him, "I haven't asked for your opinion yet. Please forgive my rudeness..."

Zhou Qin grabbed the hand of Elias who was rubbing his pants on his knee, and asked, "Don't you need to bring a doctor from the manor?"

"No." Elise said, "Butler Wu said that the family doctor has already passed by ahead of schedule, and the soothing pheromone for Fantine's estrus is also ready."

Speaking of this, he took a deep breath: "But his high fever has not subsided for 24 hours, and there is no way to solve it. If the doctor forces him to use antipyretics, it will even affect his secondary development."

"Iles, why are you running around in a hurry and not contacting me directly?" Zhou Qin asked, "It's not like you don't know that the plank road can get in touch with Chen Cang directly."

Iris was stunned, and said helplessly: "I know you are on Parliament Hill, and this afternoon is very important to you. Butler Wu is also actively contacting Ren Xingyu. I think Ren Xingyu will be aware of the missed call in half an hour or an hour. Incoming call... Unexpectedly, for three full hours, until Butler Wu contacted Du Bin, he finally contacted you."

"Today is very important to me." Zhou Qin sighed, "But isn't my brother also very important to you? Let's not take this as an example."

In the end, he couldn't bear to be angry with Elise.

"Okay...Your Highness." Elis replied.

"Then let's talk about your younger brother, Fantine's situation. Why does he have a high fever." Zhou Qin said, "I heard that this kind of situation is very common, but nearly 24 hours... this time is a bit long."

"I didn't talk to my father directly..." Iles said. "The specific situation may not be known until later. But I feel that he may subconsciously accept the results of differentiation and refuse to accept the differentiation of gender."

"Your brother, Fantine, has secondary sexual characteristics differentiation gender cognitive impairment." The doctor said to Elis, he looked at the man behind Elis, and saluted respectfully, "Your Highness."

"Please continue, doctor." Zhou Qin said.

"As we all know, before the differentiation of secondary sexual characteristics, everyone will have a prediction about the gender after differentiation." The family doctor said, "Most of the more reserved and quiet ones are Omegas, and the relatively stable ones are often Betas, and the naughty and lively ones are very It may be Alpha. Therefore, before the differentiation, you can roughly determine the gender. In noble families, offspring will be raised according to this gender. I have been a doctor for the Christian family for many years, and Jane and I can be regarded as relatively good friends We all think that the child Fantine is most likely an Omega, at most a Beta... However, as the differentiation is in progress, he subconsciously does not want to become an Omega. He does not accept the gender after differentiation, so the high fever that brings differentiation cannot Faded. Because his subconscious told him that if the high fever persists, the results of differentiation will not come out.”

"This is too bad." Jane Christian had already walked out of Fantine's room. He looked at Iles and said blankly, "Fantine wants to differentiate into an Alpha. He vowed to differentiate into an Alpha." .”

"How can you force this kind of thing." The family doctor said angrily, "I have told you many times that differentiation is a natural behavior, and the result of individual intervention is definitely bad. So isn’t the empire already full of Alphas?”

Jane was shuddered by what he said, and looked at Elis helplessly: "You, do you want to go and see Fantine?"

"You go, I'll sit in the living room for a while." Zhou Qin said, "If you want to stay at home for a while, we don't have to go tonight."

"Okay," said Elise.

He opened the door and entered the bedroom that he and Fantine shared. Fantine looked a little taller than a month ago, and now he was lying on the single bed by the window, half asleep and half awake.

His face was pale, but it was hot to the touch, and there was no sweat all over his body. The dry skin around him indicated that his body temperature would not drop in the near future.

"Fantine, Fantine," Elias called him in a low voice. "It is I, Elias. I am coming to see you."

As if hearing his voice, the boy opened his confused eyes until he saw the person in front of him clearly.

"Fantine, are you all right?"

"Don't touch me." Fantine slapped his hand away.

Iris was stunned: "What's the matter? I haven't been home for a long time, are you angry with your brother?"

"I went to class," said Fantine. "The preparatory class before the differentiation of the secondary sex characteristics. They laughed at me... They said you... they said you..."

He turned over: "Those are all true, right?"

Elise fell silent.

Fantine lost her composure, looked back at him, and asked him in a voice hoarse with fever: "Tell me, is it true?"

"Fantine, what do you mean?" whispered Elias.

"The matter between you and those nobles." Fantine's eyes were red, "And you and the crown prince, you don't like him at all."

"Your Highness is a good lord." Elias replied sincerely. "The matter between me and the nobles is also true. It's nothing, it's just your wish."

Fantine was furious, he sniffed his nose to hold back the tears he almost shed: "If I become an Alpha, don't you have to do this again?"

"Fantine, listen to me. Your situation is very dangerous now." Elise said, "You can't refuse to end the process of secondary differentiation just because you can't differentiate into Alpha."

"I can," said Fantine, "I will be an Alpha. The Christians still have me."

"No need." Elise said, "The Christian family is nothing but you.

But teenage children are just the beginning of the rebellious period, and their thoughts are far beyond imagination.

"I'm an Alpha." Fantine said persistently, "I must be an Alpha. I don't want to make you sad, brother. I want you to do what you want to do."

"Thank you, Fantine. But it's not what you think it is," said Elias. "You don't need to be burdened with anything else that you shouldn't be burdened with."

"Go out, brother," said Fantine harshly, and then covered his head with the quilt.

Elise sat beside his bed for a while, knowing that there was no hope of persuasion, and finally stood up and left the bedroom that had once belonged to the two brothers.

"You, do you need some tea?" Jane Christian said to the crown prince tremblingly.

"Don't bother, Your Excellency." Zhou Qin quickly persuaded him, "In order to take care of Fantine, you should have not rested since last night. Please sit down."

Jane smiled wryly. He really couldn't hold on, and he felt even more shaky when Zhou Qin said it.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."

After saying this, he sat directly opposite Zhou Qin.

The two of them were relatively speechless, not even a cup of tea in front of them.

Jane felt a little rude, and almost jumped up: "I, I'd better make some tea for Your Highness... Is black tea okay?"

"I'll come." Zhou Qin said.

He followed Jane into the kitchen, boiled the water, and made the tea bags, as skillfully as in his own home - in fact, he didn't need to make tea himself in his own home.

"With milk, or with sugar?"

"Huh?" Jane was still a little confused, "Add milk, thank you."

So Zhou Qin handed over the black tea with milk added.

Jane drank two sips of hot tea, felt a little better, and asked carefully, "Your Highness, how is Elias at your house...I mean, he didn't cause you any trouble, did he?"

The great changes in life in the past few years made this Omega father fearful and learned to be cautious.He wants to protect his child but lacks the strength, so he can only accept it, hoping that there will be some kind of miracle in his life that will change the trajectory of his fate.

Is Zhou Qin that miracle?

Will it be the one who changes the fate of Elis?

Zhou Qin guessed that this might not be the only question he wanted to ask.

As a father, what he should want to ask is whether Elias has suffered in the family.Or what he actually wants to ask is whether the crown prince treats his match well.

So he patiently chatted with Jane about what happened in the past month, of course it was the kind that had been whitewashed - including the people Elis met, including going to the fortress, including some small happy things.

Jane listened intently, and gradually felt at ease, and even laughed when she heard a certain place.

After they chatted for a while, they realized that Elis had come out and was standing at the door of the kitchen.

"How is it? Have you talked to Fantine?" Zhou Qin asked him.

Elis shook his head: "He is very determined."

"Then what should we do?" This situation was beyond Jane's expectations, "He can't keep burning like this."

"It really doesn't work. We can only cool him down forcibly." Elise said, "Father, you should go talk to your family doctor and get ready. As for the future...make plans."

"I know, I'll go right now."

After Jane left, Elise said to Zhou Qin: "Your Highness, tonight may be very long. Is it okay for me to stay overnight at Christian's house?"

"I'm fine." Zhou Qin said, "You concentrate on taking care of Fantine."

Elise arranged a bedroom for Zhou Qin on the third floor: "I used to live with Fantine all the time, but after I went to the army, I moved to this bedroom. It's a bit shabby and not as comfortable as in the manor."

Zhou Qin looked at the not-so-big bedroom. It was indeed very simple, but it was the place where Elias once lived.

He felt very satisfied, and when he turned around, he saw that Elias was waiting there, and he couldn't help but smiled: "I'm not the kind of person who is pampered. Elis, it's fine here. Go take care of Fantine, and leave me alone."

Elise nodded: "Then please forgive me for being rude, Your Highness. If you need anything, please feel free to contact me."

When closing the door, Elis said, "Good night, Your Highness."

"Good night, Elise."

After the door was closed, Zhou Qin withdrew his smile just now.

On this day, it wasn't just Ren Xingyu who kept him in the dark...

He went to the bathroom, turned on the headlight of the bathroom mirror, and looked at his right eye.

Throughout the day, his ears were eerily quiet, and there was no chattering sound to bother him.

"Should you give me..." Zhou Qin said slowly, his tone was a little dangerous, and asked into the air, "A reasonable explanation, Chen Cang?"