Chapter 22 Heir

"You mean I have the right to inherit and inherit the family business?" Li looked at the white-haired old man in front of him in disbelief and muttered, "It's really strange today. First, the emperor's letter of appointment, and then the notice of inheriting the family business..."

The white-haired old man was wearing a set of all-black medieval butler clothes, wearing white and neat gloves. His silver-white hair was permed and curled, and there was a pair of gold glasses on the bridge of his nose. He looked like an aristocratic housekeeper who came out of the medieval scroll. In fact, the old man was indeed a big housekeeper, but the same At that time, the old man was also a special envoy to the House of Lords.

"It's not surprising at all, Lord Robert, you should bear the responsibility of the Li family. Since you have inherited the surname 'Li', you have the corresponding obligations," the old man looked at Li carefully and asked, "This is your responsibility. You won't run away again, will you?"

"Run away, of course not." Li thought to himself that this was a good thing. Why should I run away? What's more, the person who ran away that year was not me, the original Robert. When Li was young, he was just an ignorant teenager in a purely rebellious period.

The body and name that Lee inherited did not come from an ordinary family, Robert. Li's grandfather is a famous explorer. He has long been awarded the title and fief by the emperor and became a star consul. In the empire, the titles of interstellar consuls and nobles adopt an ancient hereditary system, just like the ancient aristocrats in the Middle Ages. The inheritance of titles depends on blood ties, not others. However, in the ancient Middle Ages, the king gave the ancient nobles a fief, and the emperor gave the planet to the interstellar consul.

Every interstellar consul has almost the same rights as God on his planet. They have great freedom to freely formulate their own laws, political ecology, and even social systems - even now, there is still an ancient slavery system on some planets. Because only the consuls of that planet like this; and on other planets, the interstellar consuls never even manage their own planets.

For the empire, unless the interstellar consul is treasonous, the empire will never intervene in the internal affairs of the planet. The interstellar consul can do whatever he likes on his territory. Of course, the premise is that the planet must obey the rule of the emperor and the empire, and the empire for The only requirement of the interstellar consul is that he must pay a certain tax burden to the empire on a regular basis in accordance with the regulations.

Once Robert. Li is an arrogant teenager. He does not want to be a nobleman who relies on his elders like his father. He has talent and ability, so he has to rely on himself to make a career. So one day, young Robert. Li fled the family and met the raven, the son of the emperor and the founder of the crow guard.

Robert after

. Li became a loyal follower of the raven, an excellent interstellar warrior. He fought for the honor of the Raven Guard, for the emperor, and for all mankind. He won a dazzling honor and broke out of the sky, but no matter what he did, he could not change his identity and name.

He is still Robert. Li, from the moment he was born, he became the successor of the interstellar consul.

"Who doesn't have a young time," the old man said, "It's just that we will all grow up, mature, and shoulder our due responsibilities."

"If I need to inherit the interstellar consul, then it will be my responsibility. I won't refuse, but there is one thing I don't understand. It's been nine thousand years. How can it be..."

"Don't say nine thousand years, even until the moment when the universe is destroyed, the three galaxies will still belong to your family. Unless your family can no longer find any heirs, the ownership of the planet will be recovered by the empire." The white-haired old man said, "The noble house exists for this purpose. We must guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of the nobles, which is also protecting the empire, because only the nobles are the cornerstone of the empire."

"I can only be grateful for this."

"This is what we should do, and the person you should really be grateful for is not us, but your sister. If it hadn't been for him, maybe the worlds that should have belonged to you had been taken back by the empire."

"Since you said about my sister, please allow me to ask a question."

"You're welcome. Please say it."

"When I leave home, the position of Star Consul should have been reserved for my sister. After all, my father is not the only son like me, and the heir does not have to be me. My sister also has the right to inherit. So anyway, the heir should appear among my sister's descendants. Why does the inheritance transfer to me now?

"This is your family matter. I don't know much, so I can't say much," the old man bowed slightly and said, "But you don't have to worry. At most three days, the unfair imprisonment of you will be cancelled, and your family has also sent a boat to pick you up. If the journey goes well, then it is expected It will arrive in three months. At that time, you will naturally know the beginning and end of the matter from your family.

Only fools talk nonsense about things they don't know. How can a person who can't control his mouth become the housekeeper of the noble house? Li naturally understood this. He just nodded and pressed the curiosity in his heart down a little. Compared with the 9,000-year period, three months is not very long, and soon he will know the situation at home.

"I see."

"Your Excellency, today I also brought you some documents, which give a general introduction to the three galaxies you have. Please have a look." As he spoke, the old man took out a dozen of bound documents from his black briefcase and put them on the table in front of Li.

Li opened the documents, looked through them carefully for a while, and then threw them aside without care. Then he said to the old man, "Can you give me a general introduction? I didn't know anything about how to govern the planet and how to understand these imperial bureaucratic documents full of special terms.

"It's my pleasure." The old man walked to Li, pulled out a partial star map from the document, and then pointed to a point on the star map and began to explain, "This is the location of the three galaxies you have. I must apologize that there is no detailed star map of the Far East in the think tank of the House of Lords for the time being, so I only I can only show you an approximate location, so that you can understand the approximate location of the three galaxies in the Milky Way.

"Located in the Far East Star Domain? And it's still so far away from the center of the empire?"

"Yes, although you have three galaxies, they are all in a remote area where the emperor's will can't touch the Far East. For the Empire, the Far East is already an undeveloped wilderness, and your galaxy is indeed a relatively remote place in this wild." The old man did not mind Li's feelings and continued to say, "The average interstellar consul can only control one planet, and a particularly excellent one can also serve as the consul of two planets, but it is rare for a star consul like you to have been in empires several times. If there is only one defect, it is that the region is a little too far away.

"Are you kidding? What if you are attacked by the enemy in that place?"

"There is no way," the old man said honestly, "Under normal circumstances, the empire will not send precious military forces to fight on such a remote planet."

"You don't need to say this, and I know it better than you!" As a soldier, Li naturally knows the usual practice of the empire. Generally speaking, if there are alien creatures or other enemies attacking the planet controlled by the empire, then the empire's practice is often like this. First of all, the imperial troops on the surface will try to resist. If they can't defeat it, the commander will retreat decisively and give up. This planet. Then summon the Star Wars Group to carry out a counterattack, which is still the practice of the empire in those more tightly controlled star domains. And for those remote areas, the empire may not take care of it. Li has long felt that these things are full of strange atmosphere. How could he have such good luck? That's exactly three galaxies. What a huge power! How can the empire give such an important position to a person who has just woken up so casually? Suddenly, Li seemed to have caught something he missed before. "Wait, you just said, 'It's so far away that the emperor's will can't be touched'. Isn't this just an ordinary metaphor?"

The old man was stared and then understood. He explained, "I knew it for you. I'm sorry again." It's so far away that the emperor's will can't be touched.' This sentence is not a simple metaphor. Speaking of which, this is what happened after the great rebellion. Naturally, you won't understand, so let me explain it to you.

Li nodded, and the old man said, "Your Excellency, you should know that after the great rebellion, His Majesty the Great Emperor returned to the Golden Throne, but His Majesty is not just sleeping there. The Golden Throne is a set of complex systems, and this system is directly related to the Star Moment Tower. 'Connected, that is to say, the soul of His Majesty the Emperor and the light of the 'Star Moment Tower' are closely connected. Otherwise, how can He say that His Majesty is not guarding human beings all the time? May the emperor bless you and me.

Li opened his mouth for a moment, and his face was full of disbelief. "You, do you mean that the place is so remote that you can't even see the starlight of the 'Star Moment Tower'?"

There was also a trace of pity in the old man's eyes when he looked at Li. "It's a pity, that's the truth."