Chapter 130: Sky Screen Live Broadcast System (5)

Since they had already drunk the water, it seemed they didn't mind eating a little something more.

Besides, the brother and sister were indeed famished.

From falling off the cliff and losing consciousness last night until now, they hadn't eaten for a full eight or nine hours.

Especially when Zhu Guangnian opened the KFC takeout bag and began taking the food out one by one.

The air was instantly filled with the unique aroma of KFC; even seven-year-old Xie Jilin couldn't hold out, his stomach growling loudly. Let alone two-and-a-half-year-old Xie Jinchu.

"Brother?" She tilted her little face, looking expectantly at her older brother.

"Oh, my." Fu Ying's maternal instincts flared; she picked up Xie Jinchu and sat her on a high chair. "Eat if you're hungry, your brother should eat too."

"Eat up! Eat whatever you like, I brought these specifically for you two."

"Thank you, Uncle! Thank you, Auntie!" Xie Jilin was no longer bashful; he drew upon his royal etiquette and performed a deep bow to Zhu Guangnian and the others.

"Thank you, Uncle and Auntie!"

Little Jinchu obediently followed her brother in expressing her thanks and even wanted to slide off the high chair to bow, but was stopped by Fu Ying.

Everyone watched with amusement; they were truly committed to their roles.

Although the siblings' stomachs were rumbling with hunger, their table manners remained refined and delicate.

Even little Jinchu used her chubby little hands to pinch a soft fish stick, eating it in small bites.

She waited until she had swallowed what was in her mouth before taking the next bite.

By the time she finished one fish stick, not a single crumb had fallen.

"My nephew in elementary school doesn't eat French fries as cleanly as they do; he leaves a pile of crumbs on the table when he's done."

Zhou Liang watched the siblings eat with great interest; he finally understood why so many netizens liked watching eating broadcasts.

"It goes to show that being a child star isn't easy."

Zhu Guangnian had been promoted to fatherhood at the beginning of the year; having a child of his own, he thought about things more deeply:

"They've been more mature than their peers since they were little; the discipline at home must be strict."

"Speaking of home, is their father really that Xie Ci?"

Fu Ying deliberately lowered her voice, not letting the two children, who were focused on eating, hear.

Zhou Liang also lowered his voice: "I compared them to the missing person advertisement; I can't say they look ninety-nine percent alike, but there is definitely a seventy or eighty percent resemblance."

"These two children are even more exquisite and beautiful than Xie Ci; perhaps they take after their mother."

"Did you ask for their parents' names and their current address? Also, has the film crew been contacted?" Chen Yi crossed his arms, his sharp gaze softening significantly as it fell upon the two children.

Zhou Liang shook his head: "No matter how I asked, they wouldn't say, and I haven't found out which film crew they are from yet. However, I have contacted Xie Ci's sister, and she is already on her way."

"Alright, then we'll talk once she arrives. Don't ask the children anything else; take them for a nap after they finish eating. Guangnian and I have to go out on field duty this afternoon. Xiao Fu, you're a girl and more attentive, so I'll leave them to you."

"Don't worry, Captain Chen!"

In the south at the end of May, the noon temperature had already broken thirty degrees; it was especially hot today, exceeding thirty-five degrees.

Outside, the sun was blazing, and it was so hot that one would sweat even wearing a short-sleeved shirt.

Indoors, the air conditioning was on, so it didn't feel hot.

Fu Ying tidied up a bed in the night shift lounge and took a thin blanket from her locker that she used in the air-conditioned room, letting the two children make do with it for a nap.

The siblings did indeed have a habit of taking naps.

But Xie Jilin kept in mind that this was not home and forced himself to stay awake.

As for Xie Jinchu, she was still young; after experiencing last night's thrilling escape and suddenly arriving in a completely unfamiliar world, she had been quite frightened. Now that she was full and relaxed, she couldn't resist the overwhelming sleepiness, and before long, she curled up beside her brother, clutching the thin blanket, and fell asleep.

Xie Jilin sat on the edge of the bed, quietly guarding his sister.

Fu Ying peeked at the activity in the lounge, then quietly stepped out and posted a photo to the group chat, excitedly squealing:

【Ahhh! They are so well-behaved! Such well-behaved children, why aren't they mine!】

【Wake up, Xiao Fu! You aren't even married yet!】

【I'll agree to go on a blind date for my mom this weekend!】

【Hahaha! If that works out, you'll have to give the two kids a matchmaker's red envelope!】

【That's a must!】

Daliang.

"Your Majesty, the hour is late; shall we serve the meal?" asked Eunuch Su, who was attending to Xiao Yanze, cautiously.

Xiao Yanze stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Sky Screen.

As soon as the time for the court session to end arrived, he had dismissed the officials. Seeing his nephew and niece finishing their meal and resting, he ordered in a cold voice: "Then serve the meal; set it in the Guanhe Pavilion in front of the Imperial Study."

"At once!"

It seems His Majesty intends to eat while watching the Sky Screen!

In fact, not only the Emperor, but even the civil and military officials who had left the court had their female family members move the dining tables to the garden pavilions upon arriving home, and even invited their advisors to dine together.

It happened to be hot weather, so dining indoors was not as cool as being outside, and they could discuss matters with their advisors while watching the Sky Screen.

Prime Minister's Mansion—

"His Majesty has sent out several batches of the Brocade Guard over the past few days to search for the Little Marquis and the Princess; who would have thought they would go to such a mysterious place."

"Prime Minister, could it really be the Heavenly Palace as the commoners suspect?"

"Hard to say."

"Then we..."

"Just watch for now. My loyalty to the royal family and to His Majesty is as clear as the sun and moon; whether it is the Heavenly Palace or not makes no difference to me, but that may not be the case for some others."

Zhongwang Mansion—

"Bang!"

Xiao Yunhe angrily swept the vase and inkstone off the desk in his study.

What a load of crap, a Heavenly Palace!

Who knows if it isn't just Xiao Yanze hiring a bunch of actors to set up a stage and put on a show for the people of the world!

Does the purpose even need to be said?

He wants the world to know that he, Xiao Yanze, is the true Emperor of the human realm ordained by Heaven, to the point that even the children of his own elder sister, born of the same mother, could be saved by celestial beings when they met with disaster.

Unlike himself, who failed in the struggle for the throne and was even placed under house arrest by Xiao Yanze.

On the surface, he was enfeoffed as a prince; it's infuriating just to think about it—of all things to be enfeoffed as, he was given the title "Loyal Prince," which sounds like a mockery of him the moment you hear it.

He does not believe Xiao Yanze didn't find out that he was the one who did that thing; after ascending the throne with such force, not only did he not settle scores with him, but he even bestowed upon him the title of "Loyal Prince."

What a load of crap, Loyal Prince; who is he trying to disgust!

The point is, he isn't really treated as a prince either; once he leaves the prince's manor, even going to a teahouse to listen to a play involves being followed, let alone anything else—if this isn't house arrest in disguise, then what is it!

He has no part in the Small Court, and the Great Court only hears reports on all sorts of messy, trivial matters.

To put it plainly, this prince of his has an empty title and absolutely no real power.

Yet, when he tells people this, no one believes him; after all, in the eyes of outsiders, the Great Court is naturally more important. However, in reality, the Small Court is the court session where Xiao Yanze gathers his key ministers to discuss important matters.

If he had known earlier, he would have been better off doing as his other brothers did: requesting a fief outside of the capital and living freely in the provinces!

Staying in the capital, he can do nothing, and he is kept right under Xiao Yanze's nose.

This younger brother of his!

He had misjudged him in the past!

Xiao Yunhe gritted his back teeth and squeezed a sentence through them: "This Prince would like to see exactly what kind of play he intends to perform after setting up such a massive stage!"

His staff member kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, not daring to say a word.

Yet in his heart, he couldn't help but mutter: if the Sky Screen were a stage set up by the Emperor, then the Emperor must be truly omnipotent.

Not to mention those towering, cloud-piercing jade palaces in the Sky Screen world—those were built with walls of Glass and floors paved with jade!

If this were a stage set up by the Emperor, then there is truly nothing left to fight for.

There is no winning this, no winning at all!