In the lounge of Skarre's Bird Garden.
This used to be the embassy of the Kingdom of Xiuenzhelai in Skare. Nancy lived in this building during the time she was negotiating in Skare.
Today, the conference room of this building has become a place where the Celestial Empire and Xiu Enzhe come to the Kingdom to discuss future cooperation directions.
As a princess, Nancy did not attend a meeting of this level. She stayed in the lounge quietly waiting for news from her father. Waiting with her was... Lu Cheng.
"Lu Cheng, you don't have to attend this...diplomatic meeting?"
Nancy used her own language to express some of the Chinese expressions and usages, which sounded very strange in Lucheng.
"I'm not a diplomat. Although I can participate if I want, I can only listen as an observer."
Lu Cheng was holding a small knife and peeling a fruit called "Red Mist Fruit", which is a special fruit in this world.
It looks a bit like an apple, but the flesh inside is scarlet red. It tastes sweet and sour and has a soft texture. Well... Lu Cheng thinks it tastes like a peach.
"You can't make a decision either?" Nancy seemed a little surprised to hear Lu Cheng's answer, because after living in the camp for such a long time, Lu Cheng's decisions affected almost every aspect of the camp.
In Nancy's opinion, Lu Cheng seemed to be the supreme commander of the entire camp.
"It's not me. Cooperation with other countries is not something that any one person in our country can decide. Diplomats are only responsible for passing on messages. It is a group of people who really discuss and make decisions."
Lu Cheng had already peeled a red mist fruit, cut it into small pieces and put them on a plate, then pushed the plate in front of Nancy.
"Thank you." Nancy looked at the fruit on the plate but didn't eat it. Instead, she looked up at the man who was about to cut a piece of fruit. "Lu Cheng, are you trying to establish a relationship with me for the sake of diplomacy?"
"… "
Nancy's words made Lu Cheng's hand holding the knife a little unsteady, but Lu Cheng still controlled his emotions and looked up at the blonde, blue-eyed girl sitting opposite him.
"Why do you think so?" Lu Cheng asked.
"It's just a feeling." Nancy knew she shouldn't ask such questions at such a diplomatic juncture. "You've been very nice to me. You've arranged special classes for me and sent me some gifts."
"If you really say so, Elena, Noy and a groundhog are treated better than you, but the reason they want to get closer to you... is indeed largely for diplomatic purposes." Lu Cheng did not deny Nancy's statement. Nancy was able to learn so much knowledge in the camp, partly because she was the fourth princess of Xiu Enzhelai Kingdom.
"Then are we friends?" Nancy asked a new question carefully.
"Okay, why not? If we weren't friends, would I peel fruit for you? It's just that we are the kind of friends who can say hello when we meet on the street." Lu Cheng's words should be considered the truth.
"So what's the next level?" Nancy really liked Lu Cheng's wonderful metaphor.
"The next level is that if you meet someone on the street, you have to go out for a meal together. In your world, it would probably mean going to a pub for a drink or something like that."
The level that Lu Cheng mentioned already belongs to the category of close friends. Lu Cheng has many friends in this category on Earth, but in this world, it is probably only Noy who can do this.
Because Lu Cheng met the girl on the street in Scarre, she must have been lost, and Lu Cheng would take her home directly.
Elena is half of it. Her way of thinking is a bit like Schrödinger's. If you meet her, she might say "Let's go eat together!"
"Oh, I see." Nancy murmured softly, lowering her head to look at the fruit on the plate, as if thinking about something.
"Are you asking these questions just to find out about my relationships?"
Lu Cheng stopped the knife in his hand to prevent Nancy from saying anything shocking next.
"No...no! I'm just afraid of my father..." Nancy didn't dare to continue here, her fingertips were always twirling the hair by her ears.
According to Lu Cheng's observations over the past few days, Nancy would subconsciously make this move when she was in deep thought.
"Are you afraid that your father will marry you off as a political condition, a political marriage?" Lu Cheng guessed what Nancy might be thinking from her increasingly flustered tone.
"Will this kind of condition be discussed in this diplomacy?"
Nancy seemed even more flustered after being mentioned, especially since Lu Cheng was not involved in the diplomatic negotiations.
"Of course not. There are many reasons for this. The most important one is that our country has long gotten rid of this bad habit. Secondly, this kind of political bargaining chip may be useful in a monarchy, but it has no meaning for the Celestial Empire," said Lu Cheng.
“Monarchy.”
After Nancy learned that she would not be sold to another country by her father as described in some stories, her attention turned to the key points of cooperation between the two countries.
"A country ruled by a monarch. I remember Teacher Lin mentioned this. Our country is a monarchy, and we still have the slave system." Nancy suddenly realized something when she thought of this. "Is Scarlet abolishing slavery now because of your agreement?"
"It has nothing to do with us. It's just that some people in Scarre have been influenced by our ideas and awakened. The same thing should happen in your country." Lu Cheng said with certainty.
"It's not just the golem that changes life, it also changes thoughts..."
Thinking of this, Nancy looked up at the door of the conference room in the distance. At this time, the door of the conference room had been pushed open, and Morris III and a diplomat in a Zhongshan suit walked out.
The result of the negotiation seemed to satisfy both parties. Morris III shook hands with the diplomat again, and Lu Cheng received some documents handed over by the diplomat.
Lu Cheng glanced at some of the contents on the documents. Some of the documents had the personal signature of Morris III. Morris III had reached an agreement with the rabbits in some aspects, but deeper cooperation required the rabbits to understand the specific circumstances of Xiu Enzhe's coming to the kingdom before signing.
"By the way! Lord Lu Cheng, I have one more thing I want to ask you." Morris III originally wanted to walk out of Feiniao Court with the diplomat, but suddenly remembered and turned around to ask Lu Cheng.
"What's up?"
Lu Cheng guessed that it should be a matter related to the core of the earth veins. Currently, the diplomats and Morris III were discussing some regulations on industrial and commercial cooperation.
"Does your country have the ability to resurrect the dead?" Morris III asked this question with great anticipation...a question that made Lu Cheng not know how to answer for a moment.
"Father!"
The moment Nancy heard Morris III ask this question, she immediately spoke up to ask him to stop asking.
"Unfortunately, we can't do this either." Lu Cheng gave Morris III a truthful answer.
Nancy looked at her father with a very worried look, but Morris III's performance was very indifferent. He murmured something like "what a pity" and left Feiniaoting alone.
Lu Cheng looked at the king's back and felt that he looked quite distraught.
"What are you still waiting for here?"
Lu Cheng patted Nancy's back gently. She staggered forward, but quickly understood what Lu Cheng meant. She quickly caught up with her father.
"Father." Nancy followed Morris III in small steps.
"Your mother caught a severe cold after giving birth to you," Morris III said suddenly.
Nancy never knew the cause of her mother's death. Even when she asked her three brothers, they chose to avoid the question.
"It was a winter like this that day." Morris III walked out of the Bird Courtyard and looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky. "At that time, we had no way to cure your mother's cold. If it were now... those people would definitely be able to cure her."
Nancy didn't know what to say, so she just followed her father for a while.
"Nancy, I should apologize to you. Your past thoughts have become reality." Morris III turned and looked at Lu Cheng and the diplomat who also walked out of the Feiniao Courtyard.
During the negotiation process, Morris III roughly understood the benefits of industrial production replacing manual production, and the various conditions proposed by the diplomat were exactly what Nancy had only imagined in the past.
"There's no need... for that."
Nancy's voice also sounded a little lost. She did have many fantasies when she was studying in the Gemansis Secret Society. Letting golems replace human production was just one of her fantasies. Although this dream has now been realized, what makes Nancy uncomfortable is that resurrecting her mother is still... a fantasy.