Above the Galaxy
Chapter 429 - 274, The Monarch’s Words Are No Joke!

Chapter 429: Chapter 274, The Monarch’s Words Are No Joke!

The night was cool as water.

The scenery of Lu Ban Mountain, although not adjacent to the sea and as beautiful as Luojia Mountain, was more winding and undulating, majestic and spectacular.

A single Lu Ban Mountain could fill an army of a hundred thousand.

This saying was a true portrayal of the mountain’s easy-to-defend but hard-to-attack nature.

Of course, this also made the Lu Family feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, as if they could always feel the scrutinizing gazes cast from the Phoenix Palace.

Gongshu Wuyu pushed open the gate of a villa’s courtyard, stepped inside, and saw a scholarly middle-aged man wearing glasses, busy in the kitchen wearing an apron.

The frying pan hissed and sizzled, peanuts plump and round, gradually turning a golden brown.

Gongshu Wuyu looked around and asked out loud, "Where’s the cook? How can they let the dean personally cook?"

"I let the cook take a rest," Lu Yunhang replied adeptly as he scooped the peanuts onto a plate and said, "I’m not boasting to you, but when it comes to frying peanuts, ordinary people really can’t match me... I like the kind that are a bit older, with a hint of charred flavor, giving a lingering fragrance when chewed."

"That’s really a test of your control over time and heat, can’t be too early or too late, has to be just right... you’ll know once you try them, this is the real divine tool for drinking."

"Then I’m in for a treat," Gongshu Wuyu said with a chuckle.

In the yard, there was a small table and two soft chairs.

On the table, there were dishes of peanuts and ham.

Lu Yunhang brought out a bottle of Xi Ferng alcohol and said, "This is old wine from before the great catastrophe, drink one less with each bottle..."

Gongshu Wuyu showed a greedy expression and said, "This is good stuff, I haven’t had such fine wine in a long time."

Lu Yunhang gave Gongshu Wuyu sidelong glance and said, "You’re lacking fine wine? The affairs under your control are the most prosperous; what wine don’t you have access to? We’re the ones who live the hard life working in the departments..."

Lu Yunhang, being the director of the Mechanical Design Institute, was already considered a powerful figure despite his young age.

Moreover, he was in charge of the core department for the Empire’s weaponry. How the weapons were designed, how they were equipped and configured, the choice of materials, all were decided by them.

Of course, the Mechanical Department had always been the Lu Family’s backyard. The Mechanical Minister, Lu Dongsheng was a member of the Lu Family and the top official face of the family.

Such high-tech work is not something ordinary people could handle.

Gongshu Wuyu’s face showed a bitter smile as he said, "Dean, how can my position compare with yours? I’m just helping out, doing some logistical work... The family will still rely on you to take charge in the future."

"Don’t be too modest, if the family entrusts the commercial sector to you, they wouldn’t exchange it even for a ministerial position," Lu Yunhang said aloud, "If I could, I would even trade places with you. But there’s no way, since the family has put me out there, I have to look after my patch at the Mechanical Department. If an uninformed bureaucrat took over, the Lu Family would have tough days ahead."

"Without you guys charging to the forefront, how could we have our peaceful days back here? With such a vast commercial territory, such significant profits... without your support at the front, could we keep our business going? It would have been divided up cleanly by others long ago." Gongshu Wuyu raised his glass and said, "This glass, I toast to you."

"To us," Lu Yunhang raised his glass to meet Gongshu Wuyu’s.

They downed the strong liquor in their glasses in one go, and Lu Yunhang looked at Gongshu Wuyu and asked, "How was it? You’ve met him, haven’t you?"

"Hmm," Gongshu Wuyu nodded and said, "Just met him. Si Yu invited him to the birthday gathering."

"How is he?"

"Not easy to get along with," Gongshu Wuyu pondered and gave a rather fair assessment.

He looked at Lu Yunhang, puzzled, and asked, "Why are you so interested in him, Dean?"

Chewing on a peanut, Lu Yunhang said, "The old man spoke to me recently, chatted for a bit, and then suddenly asked what I thought of Tang Fei..."

With a look of surprise, Gongshu Wuyu said, "The old man has been in poor health and rarely inquired about external affairs in recent years, how come he suddenly asked you about such a trivial figure?"

"I was also curious." Lu Yunhang looked at Gongshu Wuyu and shared his suspicion, "A refugee from the Old Land, closely related to the Royal Family, I can understand that, after all, he saved the life of a Princess from the Zhong Family, and the Royal Family owes him that favour."

"But, how is he also so close to our Lu Family? He was even able to use the newest material researched by the Lu Family in his mecha design..."

"You know, the Lu Family is extremely good at keeping secrets in this regard, it’s impossible to take the material out with Si Yu alone, without the push of a powerful figure."

"I always feel that lately there’s something not quite right with the atmosphere at home... as if something is happening. That’s why I wanted you to suss him out, see what they’re up to."

Gongshu Wuyu looked at Lu Yunhang and said, "Regardless, he’s an outsider. Can he really influence the big picture?"

"An outsider?" Lu Yunhang lifted his glass, squinting his eyes with a smile, "What if he’s not?"

"Not?"

"Don’t forget, my uncle once had a son... The uncle disappeared, and he took his son with him."