Well, this old guy really wants to take advantage of my seniority.
However, based on age and generation, he could indeed be my grandfather, so I'll just consider it as respecting the elderly and caring for the young, Zhao Chen persuaded himself.
"Grandpa Chu, I'm doing just fine. It's just that Azure Governor and the others keep wanting me to use some kind of Starship technology to cooperate with them, and if I don't cooperate, they won't let me leave."
"They even claimed that I was suspected of colluding with the Mechanical Race and insisted on taking me back for an investigation." Zhao Chen looked completely innocent and aggrieved at this moment.
Zhao Chen said aggrievedly, "You tell me, why did I run all the way to the Water Lily Star System?"
"Isn't it to save the teachers and students of the Two Academies? I risked my life, braved the insect swarm alone, and rescued those talents of the Empire, the flowers of the future."
"And yet now, Azure Governor and the others are actually suspecting me? How disheartening!"
Seeing Zhao Chen's aggrieved look, Xue Xiaoxiao and the other women's eyes lit up. Why hadn't they noticed before that this kid was such a good actor?
Azure Governor's face stiffened when he saw Zhao Chen actually snitching directly.
Before he could explain.
Governor Chu flew into a rage. He pointed directly at Azure Governor and roared, "Fatty Blue, how dare you say that my grandson-in-law is a spy for the Mechanical Race?"
"Are you trying to humiliate our Chu family?"
"The entire Starlight Empire knows that our Chu family has a mortal feud with the Mechanical Race. All the spirit tablets erected in our Chu family's ancestral hall are those who sacrificed their lives in battles against the Mechanical Race."
"You damn Fatty Blue can go be a little wife to the Mechanical Race, but no one from my Chu family will ever side with the Mechanical Race!"
Seeing Governor Chu's rage, this was within the expectations of the few people present.
The entire Starlight Empire was very clear about the deep-seated blood feud between the Chu family and the Mechanical Race.
Therefore, the Starlight Empire royal family was also very comfortable with the Chu family continuously expanding their power in the Chu River Star Region, even funding the research and development of t4 level Interstellar Warships. After all, the other side of the Chu River Star Region was the Mechanical Race, and the Mechanical Race could keep this Duke in check.
The stronger the Chu River Star Region was, the safer the Starlight Empire actually became.
Now that Azure Governor and the others were saying that Zhao Chen, the Chu family's grandson-in-law, was colluding with the Mechanical Race, it was equivalent to slapping the Chu family in the face!
"Governor Chu, there is a misunderstanding here. Please listen to us explain slowly..." Marshal Huang Zhixiong stepped forward to speak at this moment.
Governor Chu looked at him with disdain. "Explain my ass! Don't I know what kind of grease you old boys have in your bellies?"
"And you, Yellow Rat, don't think that just because you went from a skinny rat to a fat rat, you have the right to talk to me here. You don't have the qualifications, damn it."
"And! You'd better not wear that military uniform in front of me. You don't deserve it, damn it!"
"Damn, just thinking about you wearing the same clothes as me makes me unhappy! I won't feel comfortable unless I kick you a few times."
"Back then, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} you were planted in my Legion Fleet to serve as a soldier and mooch off military merits. I should have dragged you to the front lines of the battle against the Mechanical Race back then!"
"That little bit of punishment with the military rod was just too easy on you!"
Calling him a rat in every breath.
Zhao Chen could see the anger in Marshal Huang Zhixiong's eyes, but he dared not show any emotion.
This was the stark difference between two Five-Star Marshals.
Governor Chu's subsequent words also confirmed a long-standing rumor.
When Marshal Huang Zhixiong was young, he was once transferred to serve in Marshal Chu Changhe's Legion Fleet. After all, serving on the border front lines was the most convenient way to mooch off military merits.
Unfortunately, the family behind Huang Zhixiong forgot about Chu Changhe's personality.
After making several big and small mistakes, he even went further and violated the military regulations set by Chu Changhe, drinking and finding women on the Starship while executing missions!
Chu Changhe went straight to Huang Zhixiong and almost ordered the kid's execution on the spot.
If it hadn't been for Huang Zhixiong's older sister, a concubine of the current Emperor, pleading with the Emperor, and the Emperor using a favor Chu Changhe owed him as a reason to let Chu Changhe spare Huang Zhixiong once.
There would be no Marshal Huang Zhixiong at all now.
But as the saying goes, the death penalty can be avoided, but living punishment is inevitable.
Chu Changhe directly followed the ancient military regulations himself, holding a military rod, and beat Huang Zhixiong with one hundred strokes!
That beat Huang Zhixiong to the brink of death, and before the people from Huang Zhixiong's family came to pick him up, he didn't give him medical treatment, only ensuring he still had a breath left.
Later, when the people from Huang Zhixiong's family came to pick him up, Huang Zhixiong really looked like a dead rat. If it weren't for the advanced medical technology nowadays, he wouldn't have been saved.
From then until now, Huang Zhixiong dared not step half a step into the Chu River Star Region, nor dared to meet Chu Changhe.
This was their first meeting after several years.
Hearing Chu Changhe bring up the old matter again, Huang Zhixiong clenched his fists, his eyes filled with shame, anger, and fear.
In the end, he silently stepped back a few paces, leaving the range visible to Governor Chu's video window.
Chairman Feng, who was on the side, saw this scene and cursed inwardly: A piece of trash is just a piece of trash. He was trash before, and now that he has changed into a new vest, he is still a piece of trash with only a superficial appearance.
"Governor Chu, please calm down. The matter between you and Marshal Huang is all old history."
"Let's not bring it up again."
"Regarding the matter of Student Zhao Chen, I have already investigated it clearly just now. It was our subordinates who made a mistake, and I will order severe punishment for that group of people now."
"To actually dare to frame Governor Chu's grandson-in-law, they must have eaten the guts of a bear and a leopard!" Azure Governor said with a fawning smile.
"Then I want to take my grandson-in-law away now. Will you try to stop me?" Governor Chu stared at the other party.
Azure Governor smiled and said, "Student Zhao Chen is a young hero who saved the teachers and students of the Two Academies."
"Naturally, he can come and go as he pleases! No one can stop Student Zhao Chen in the Azure Star Region."
"Whoever dares to bully Student Zhao Chen is going against me, and going against the Azure Star Region!"
This old guy has a thick enough skin; his ability to lie with his eyes open is even better than mine.
Zhao Chen secretly applauded in his heart.
"Hmph, I know very well what you are thinking."
"But let me tell you, Zhao Chen is my, Chu Changhe's, grandson-in-law. If you dare to touch Zhao Chen, you are touching me, Chu Changhe."
"Weigh your own worth carefully."
"If you feel unconvinced, you can bring out your own fleets, and let's have a spar!"
"I, old man Chu, will accompany you to the end with these old bones!"
After speaking, Governor Chu looked at Zhao Chen with a kind expression again: "Grandson-in-law, since there is nothing else."
"Let's leave this foul place first."
"Alright." Zhao Chen stood up, just as he was about to bid farewell to these three old foxes who had suffered a setback.
An adjutant appeared beside Governor Chu in the video window and whispered a few words.
Almost at the same time, Azure Governor received a communication request from his subordinate.
On the other side of the communication window, the subordinate reported hurriedly.
"Report, the Princess's personal guard fleet has arrived and requests to see Baron Zhao Chen of the Owl Dragon Star System immediately."
Several people in the booth looked at Zhao Chen with surprise.
The Princess?
There is only one Princess of the Starlight Empire.
And she is the Emperor's most precious treasure, with a status even higher than the Crown Prince and other princes.
Zhao Chen is not only Governor Chu's grandson-in-law, but he actually has a connection with the little Princess of the Empire?
Xue Xiaoxiao looked at Zhao Chen with glowing eyes, as if she had smelled some big gossip.
