Chapter 252
Asus, who was also wearing a black suit, had his long golden hair loose. His solemn attire made it seem as if he was the one to be matched.
He was wearing white gloves, and in his slender hands, he held a pink rose with water droplets on it, which was as beautiful as the rose tattooed on the female gland opening on the girl's neck.
As his eyes swept over Locke who was also dressed up in the corner, Asus smiled to himself.
He was as pitiful as the Zerg that he disliked the most...
With his head lowered, Asus sniffed the rose in his hand. His superior profile was even more charming than the flower.
"Sure enough, it's not as fragrant as the little one. Fake ones are fake..."
As he said this, he, like Troy and the others who had just matched with him, gently pressed his thin lips on the petals, as gentle as kissing a girl's fingertips.
The subordinates not far away saw their leader's actions and looked a little reluctant.
They were obviously interstellar pirates and should have found a place to hide, but their leader asked them to change into their most appropriate clothes, hide in the dark, and witness the grand ceremony of Miss Shen becoming the queen just like the subjects of the empire.
Pulling his tight shirt uncomfortably, the subordinate on his left said, "Alas, the leader is so pitiful. Isn't he a prince? Why can't he be Miss Shen's husband and stand by her side openly?"
The military advisor pushed his glasses up and sighed, "If only things could be that simple..."
Looking past the leader's lonely back, the military advisor's gaze was involuntarily attracted to the girl on the platform.
It's no wonder that the leader fell. Who can resist being tempted by her...
Besides the people of the entire empire, the one watching this scene at this time also included His Royal Highness Crown Prince Roy who was far away on the Insect Star.
When Roy saw Shen Yinyin being kissed on the fingertips by handsome men one by one and being matched as husbands, his hand holding the pen paused.
His eyes fell on her, and his brows unconsciously frowned slightly.
When she finished the match, she looked up into the distance, which made Roy inexplicably feel that the other party was looking at him.
When he let go of the pen, he found that there was a smudge of ink on the paper.
At this moment, Roy suddenly wondered if his younger brother Locke was also hiding in the dark like him, watching her accepting male men one after another?
Roy suddenly felt a little depressed.
This was different from the pain he felt when he was ill, it was strange and subtle, but not to be ignored.
Roy didn't know what this was, but he knew that Locke, who had been staring at her, would be heartbroken, right?
She thought of her naive brother, with red eyes in the palace, telling her that he loved her and was heartbroken because of her.
Roy suddenly understood Locke's feelings at that time...
"But why do you still love her and go to see her without hesitation even though you know you can't touch her and it's impossible?"
Roy seemed to be asking his brother Locke, but also seemed to be asking himself...
But this question is destined to have no answer.
When Louis held Shen Yinyin's hand and stepped onto the last step, the solemn bell rang again.
When the white-haired pope, wearing a white robe, put the crown inlaid with countless precious gems and symbolizing power on Shen Yinyin's head, the last bell rang -
Amid the distant bell sounds, the cheers of countless people rang out.
The released white doves, accompanied by white rose petals all over the sky, drew beautiful lines in the gray rain and fog.
The beautiful girl sat on the throne of queen, noble and elegant.
Under the high platform, all the subjects knelt down respectfully.
The entire empire bowed to her.
Her followers who loved her deeply, her ministers who respected her, her people who loved her...they looked at her with the dawn of hope and burning loyalty.
The rain got heavier, but the enthusiasm of the crowd grew higher.
Because they knew that in a month at the longest and half a month at the shortest, Shen Yinyin would become the true queen of the empire.
And the fairness and justice that she once pursued and advocated will surely come to this empire that has been tortured by a distorted system for too long!
Shen Yinyin did live up to everyone's expectations.
The first thing she did after becoming the empress was not to hold a lavish palace banquet like all the previous empresses, but to open the national treasury and distribute pensions to comfort the families of the soldiers who died in the war.
Before the voices questioning whether she was putting on a show could spread, she had already proved herself with practical actions.
When the rain and fog turned into filaments and the sky became darker, Shen Yinyin and Louis came to the Imperial Cemetery with a group of ministers.
In the vast imperial cemetery, there are buried the souls of countless martyrs who sacrificed their lives heroically for the empire.
But such a place is dilapidated and has only an elderly gravekeeper.
The crooked tombstones are overgrown with weeds, and some have been eroded by time, so much so that even the names can no longer be seen clearly.
Shen Yinyin walked to the tombstone, stepping on the yellow fallen leaves soaked by rain.
The road was muddy, and Louis was afraid that his little wife would fall, so he held her hand carefully. Behind them was Duke Leibert and his party.
When Admiral O'Neill saw where Shen Yinyin stopped, his eyes turned slightly cold, his hands hanging by his side unconsciously clenched into fists, and murderous intent surged in his heart.
When the palace maid saw the Crown Prince and Queen stop, she hurried forward to hold an umbrella to shelter Shen Yinyin from the rain, but Shen Yinyin raised her hand to refuse.
She didn't care about the rain wetting her bun and crown, but gently brushed away the fallen leaves on the tombstone in front of her.
Seeing this scene, Admiral O'Neill's eyes froze for a moment.
Shen Yinyin knew nothing about this.
She just stood silently in front of the tombstone, mourning all the soldiers who died.
The rain wet her black eyelashes, and the cold water droplets silently slid down her fair face. Her dress and hair were all wet.
But her thin back is straighter than a paulownia tree in the wind and rain.
The men behind her, like upright pines and cypresses, followed her and bowed their heads in silence.
The rain soaked their wrinkle-free suits. Their brows were stern, and what surged in their hearts, besides strong love and emotion, was admiration and respect for her.
When the ministers saw this scene, their eyes became moist, and countless people's eyes were red.
The Empire has been fighting the Zerg for so many years, and countless soldiers have died. The families of these soldiers can only silently bear the pain of losing their loved ones.
But now, there is someone who stands up and gives them enough respect.
She proved that there were still people in the empire who remembered them, and remembered their sacrificed children and relatives...
Soon, palace servants brought a bouquet of flowers to commemorate the deceased.
Shen Yinyin bent down and gently placed the white bouquet in her hand in front of the tombstone.
She stared at the tombstone in front of her whose name was no longer clearly visible, and said firmly: "From today on, the empire will never abandon any soldier or citizen again..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone knelt down.
Everyone knew that they had welcomed a different queen.
No one noticed that when Admiral O'Neal Dorn looked at Shen Yinyin's back through the rain and fog, a hint of complexity appeared in his originally cold and murderous eyes.
Shen Yinyin would never know that behind the unclear name on the tombstone in front of her was the same surname as O'Neal - Dorn.
No one knows and no one remembers that he was the proud and willful brother whom Admiral O'Neill admired and loved immensely when he was young.
No one remembers that his brother was killed because of females and the empire...
For so many years, the empire had buried his brother's belongings in this dilapidated cemetery as if he were sending away a lowly beggar.
They felt that this was the greatest honor for his brother.
But the only people who had actually visited his brother and swept his brother's grave over the years were him and Shen Yinyin, the person he wanted to kill.
What a mockery...