On this night, people who need to be on night shift cannot watch the Nebula Award Ceremony, which is naturally a misfortune. The embarrassed expression on the face of a middle-aged female nurse in the corridor outside the ward had nothing to do with this matter. She looked at the smoke emitting from the crack of the door, her brows were deeply wrinkled, and she seemed to be hesitating whether to push the door and enter to stop the other party.
These medical staff know best what kind of place the Army General Hospital is. An ordinary old man in a blue and white hospital uniform walking in the shade of a tree, an old army commander with great military exploits, a daughter-in-law of the commander of the Crescent Base in the obstetrics and gynecology department, and political figures often come to the General Hospital Healing or recuperating, in this place, any unremarkable character may be an existence that they absolutely cannot afford to provoke.
The officer who was smoking in the ward didn't seem to have any background, but he was able to book the intensive care unit for many years and hired six special caregivers. She didn't dare to offend such a weirdo with deep pockets.
At this moment, a young female nurse in her twenties came over, saw the smoke in the ward, frowned suddenly, and asked unpleasantly, "Is he smoking again?"
In the TV light curtain, Lan Xiaolong, dressed in a straight military uniform, is giving an award speech on behalf of the entire seven groups to the guests under the stage and the audience outside the camera as an unofficial spokesperson. A golden sentence that made the body go numb and goosebumps.
Sitting beside the hospital bed, Magnolia drank a cigarette and looked back at her old father, who was sleeping and described as wooden but thin. Suddenly, she took off the cigarette and took a puff of cigarettes into the old father's face. She smiled strangely and thought, Know if you can smell the slightly burnt scent of this trowel in a coma.
Magnolia's ladylike taste was originally a true manifestation of some weird temperament. He never paid much attention to the outside world, and naturally he didn't expect that blowing smoke rings on the face of a comatose and seriously ill old man would appear strange and disrespectful.
When the young nurse pushed away from the ward, just seeing this scene, the beautiful eyebrows stood upright, and she reprimanded in a low voice: "No smoking!"
Magnolia's eyes were slightly cold, if a sharp knife was unsheathed, and then she looked back and saw that it was her who was speaking, the sharpness hidden in her eyes gradually faded away.
The young nurse has been in charge of this ward for more than three years. For more than three years, he has not asked her name, or even thought to ask them. He is too lazy to deal with ordinary people in this society, but he does not Knowing if it was because he was in a good mood tonight, or for some other reason, he suddenly said, "Have you always been so fierce?"
The young nurse was stunned. The whole hospital knew that this handsome but frightening man would never talk to anyone except to pay and ask about the doctor's condition. She had never heard of him. The voice of the other party actually spoke today.
"Where am I... where... Where am I so fierce?" The young nurse suddenly became nervous and stuttered.
Magnolia smiled and continued her watching. The familiar companions on the TV light screen stood on the stage and stood uneasy under the spotlight. Xu Le stood silently in the crowd as usual, except that she did not wear sunglasses today. Those small eyes looked very energetic, sincere and amiable.
At this time, there must be countless people in the Federation staring at this simple and ordinary face. Magnolia thought silently, maybe those people are like herself, watching the one behind him who is wearing a white gauze hat as if he was singing. A national girl who has lost most of her face.
"I brought this guy to this hospital for the first time three years ago, and you yelled at him to pinch his cigarette." Magnolia pointed at Xu Le on the light curtain and said, "In the Federation, dare to treat him like this. There are fewer and fewer people, so I think you are a very fierce woman by nature."
The young female nurse was stunned, turned her head to look at the TV screen, and said suspiciously, "I have seen this person before, and I have seen your family several times two years ago."
Magnolia suddenly fell silent when she heard these words, her fingers holding the cigarette froze.
"His name is Xu Le, and he is my current officer."
The young female nurse looked at the awards scene on the light screen, and finally understood what the man beside her was trying to express, and covered her mouth in disbelief to avoid exclamation.
Immediately afterwards, the next sentence that sounded in the ward made her even more shocked.
Magnolia lifted the black hair in front of her with a hand holding a cigarette, looked at her and said with a smile, "What's your name? Would you like to marry me?"
Countless light-years away from S1 are extremely far away, beyond the scope of the Federation. The area that is more difficult to reach than Bermuda has been formed by countless stars as the end of a long galaxy. It is often described by people as a time period of seven years. , is the Zuotian star field where the empire is located.
In the tallest building on Planet Tianjing, a light curtain on a whole wall was playing a picture of the Federal News Channel. At this time, it was the climax of the Nebula Award ceremony. The stage was filled with excited and self-sufficient seven people. Team members and some people next to them.
No one could have imagined that the federation's TV signal could travel through such a distant galaxy and appear in the Imperial Palace, let alone that the middle-aged man sitting in front of the sunflower oil painting screen would watch all this in silence.
Ordinary standard TV signals extend to the Empire Star Region through the Gary Corridor space channel. Although this has crossed a long cosmic journey, the signal attenuation is also extremely serious. The Empire has spent a lot of effort to successfully transmit these signals. After the data was restored, it was sent to the military department, the Royal Intelligence Service, and this palace that was raised in the sky by a huge alloy column.
However, this kind of data restoration is still not complete. In order to prevent the mosaics from damaging the vision of the great middle-aged man, the technical department used rendering technology to fill in the color blocks, but in this way, those TV pictures seemed to be painted on. Like a halo, it looks a little hazy, like another world, and it seems impossible to reach out...
In front of the exaggerated and golden sunflower oil painting screen, the supreme ruler of the empire still only leaves the back of the lowly waiter and the young officer kneeling on the ground. This back is still strong and full of cold oppression.
His Majesty the Emperor stared at the award ceremony scene on the light curtain wall, stared at the national girl behind the crowd who hid her hair and face in the shadow of her hat, stared at the wrist of her left hand, after a long silence, suddenly sighed softly .
With his left hand resting on the soft back of the chair, he tapped the precious Lidayi calfskin slowly and silently, and under his fingertips was a cane with old bloodstains.
"I've been thinking that the expedition force failed to capture this little girl. I don't know if I'll see her appear in front of me in my lifetime, of course, regardless of life or death."
The Emperor said in a calm tone, but the words were filled with some kind of strong unwillingness and ridicule.
Huaicao Shi, who was kneeling on one knee behind the screen, was only silent. He didn't need to be like other courtiers and generals, always flattering His Majesty's emotions. The Federation has a charter shining brightly, and even though the military's research has already made breakthroughs, he still dare not promise that he can go deep into the Federation to capture or kill this woman and bring back the bracelet.
"I agree to your plan." The middle-aged man in front of the screen said calmly: "The expeditionary army has been wiped out. ."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Huaicaoshi thought of the plan jointly formulated by the military and the Royal Intelligence Service. Even if he was as calm and strong as him, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating a little faster.
Walking out of the palace, his military boots stepped on the self-propelled track leading to the military headquarters. He was thin and even a little short. Thinking about a certain issue, thinking about the real reason for His Majesty's decision in the first place.
What is there to pay special attention to about the federal female star named Jian Shui'er? What's the point of that bracelet on her wrist? His Majesty the Emperor never talked about this, and no one dared to ask him.
Thousands of imperial soldiers shed their blood in a foreign land because of this incomprehensible reason, and Huaicao Shi's emotions were not as calm as they appeared.
He had also watched the broadcast of the Federation Award Ceremony before. He had no interest in this kind of ceremony that was full of the Federation's unique hypocrisy and missionary flavor, and focused all of his attention on Jian Shui'er.
He also noticed the young federal lieutenant colonel in front of Jian Shui'er. According to the information from the Royal Intelligence Service, this person should be a fighting hero that the federal military focused on training. He has many complicated relationships with the biggest enemy of the empire in Philadelphia. Relationship... However, the Emperor of the Empire and him did not pay much attention to Xu Le. For them with a high status, such a character is really inconspicuous.
Deep underground in the Imperial Army headquarters.
"I'm honored to report that the testing of the new mecha has all ended. Regarding this, thank you very much for testing it in person." A scientist reported with humility but excitement.
Hearing this very important good news, the indifferent Huaicao Shi finally showed a smile, and the Minister of Military Affairs Prince Bai Wu looked at him and said with a smile: "You have made great contributions to the successful realization of the joint micro-engine technology. Your Majesty will give the naming rights. I handed it over to you, so it seems that you have to think of a better name before you set off."
His Majesty the Emperor's favor for this young officer is very clear to the entire universe. Prince Baiwu does not have any jealousy in his heart. In fact, he named the most advanced mecha in the empire. Except for this young officer, he could not find a more suitable name. candidate.
"Langya." Huaicao Shi replied directly without thinking too much.
The excited researchers were stunned for a while. The chief scientist of the mecha research and development said with a trembling smile: "Although... it is relatively common, but it is very suitable for the combat style of the new mecha, you... "
"No need to explain, I know this name is very vulgar." Huaicaoshi narrowed her eyes and said, "But in my opinion, mechas are used for fighting, so the name doesn't matter."