Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

It was already dark when they returned to the Duke's Mansion. After getting off the airship, she carried Li Shen back to her room to wash up and rest.

Not to mention that it feels pretty good to have a warm plush 'pillow'.

If you ignore his constantly wagging tail and somewhat stiff posture.

Li Shen originally wanted to persuade Xia Jiumeng to give up the idea of going out, but when he returned to the room and saw how tired she looked, he couldn't bear to say it.

Before falling asleep, I was still thinking to myself, tomorrow, I will try to persuade her better tomorrow.

But the next day, Xia Jiumeng was the first to wake up.

Looking at the cat sleeping soundly on the couch, Xia Jiumeng felt like teasing him and pinched his ears. He only stopped when the cat's ears were gently "hit" him.

"Miss..."

Chunqing brought two other maids to help with washing up, but Xia Jiumeng signaled them to be quiet, so they immediately slowed down.

Xia Jiumeng pointed to the living room outside the bedroom and asked them to follow.

After the bedroom door was closed, she turned around and asked Chunqing what was wrong.

Chun Qing skillfully took the hot towel prepared by the maid and wiped Xia Jiumeng's face while she was sitting on the sofa. She said, "Miss, the royal family has almost finished all the things that need to be done this year. Mr. Mo will continue to handle the rest."

Xia Jiumeng: “Yeah.” It feels really good to lie down and wait for others to serve you.

"Next you need to take care of the matters of the fiefdom and the Duke's Mansion."

"kindness?"

besides?

Xia Jiu dreamt that there was a huge pile of documents about the royal family, and the Duke's Mansion...

But...the Duke's Mansion was running well even though she was not in charge before, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?

Chun Qing looked at Xia Jiumeng and explained, "In previous years, Mr. Motes and Mr. Mo helped to handle the affairs of the Duke's Mansion and the fiefdom. But now Mr. Motes is seriously ill, and Mr. Mo is also dealing with the affairs of the royal family, so Miss, you need to handle it yourself."

Xia Jiumeng: “....” Is it such a coincidence?

"How many?" I hope not too many.

Chunqing's eyes lit up. The young lady has taken over!

She thought it would take some time to explain!

After all, the last time she dealt with royal work, she noticed that the young lady didn't seem to like these things very much, although she could handle them perfectly.

"There are arrangements for clearing out vagrants and taxing them in the three large cities, six medium-sized cities, and 3 small cities under the Duke's control..."

"There's also the list of gifts to be presented to the royal family this year, the replacement of the Duke's Palace staff, the replenishment of weapons for the Duke's Knights, and the fight for spots in the secret realm of the Wandering Body Hunting Area. Also, there's this year's planetary exploration, and the selection of spots for the ten major nations' long-distance fleets for the new year..."

Chunqing kept talking non-stop.

Xia Jiumeng's brain was about to explode after hearing this.

so much? !

Isn't she a princess of the duchess? Isn't she a noble?

Is there no one in the Duke's Mansion? Why is she responsible for so many things?

Even when she was a marshal, she didn't have so many trivial matters to deal with personally besides combat, right?

But what Xia Jiumeng didn't know was that there weren't so many things for her to deal with before because her Marshal's Mansion had a companion system, Xiaoqi, which was unreliable but extremely capable, and her teacher and two auxiliary marshals to help manage it. She only needed to sign and authorize it.

Here, apart from Mo Yuanming and the seriously ill butler Mr. Motes, she had neither an advanced intelligent system to help her nor more reliable and capable assistants, so she naturally had to handle it herself.

"Is there anything else?" Xia Jiumeng held her forehead with her hand. She thought she needed to upgrade the system for Kellys again.

Chun Qing looked at her laptop and said, "Also, there are invitations from several major colleges. I hope you can visit them during the United Exchange."

"I see. Regarding what you said... send me the detailed documents and the contact person."

"Okay lady."

"You guys go down." Xia Jiumeng waved them away.

I thought I could lie down flat, but when I woke up I turned into a cow or a horse.

It's not that easy to be a duchess, so why not... run away?

Forget it, it’s a bit irresponsible to admit my identity.

Let’s get to work.

He got up and walked towards the study.

[Nice to see you again.] Kellys greeted politely as she appeared.

"I'm not very happy." Xia Jiumeng had a wooden face. No one would be happy when they wake up and find out that they have a lot of things to do.

=-=.

Kelly was stuck for a moment. Human emotions are so changeable.

[How can I help you?] Serving the master is her purpose~

"Get your basic data and I'll upgrade you." Xia Jiumeng opened the virtual keyboard.

KELLY: [Okay.]

Xia Jiumeng optimized and updated some data in the constantly jumping code, and added some more codes.

It only took a few minutes to write.

"Restart."

Kailis: [Okay, estimated time is ten minutes, please wait.]

A progress bar appeared in the center of the virtual screen.

While waiting, Xia Jiumeng asked Chunqing to pack up all the things that needed her attention and send them to her.

[Restart successful.] Kelly's voice sounded again, even with a hint of lightness.

She feels her data is much more streamlined and operationally powerful.

Xia Jiumeng swiped her finger and sent all the data to her.

"Please sort out these documents and categorize the important matters."

It only took a few seconds for Kellys to receive all the huge and complex data.

[Okay, the data analysis will take a few minutes. Maybe you can have a cup of coffee and wait for a while.]

"kindness."

[Data collation completed.]

As Kelly's voice sounded, the light screen in front of her also synchronously displayed the sorted data.

On the left are the document's keywords and signature approval, and on the right are the contacts.

It’s good to have system help. The documents Chunqing sent over were just a bunch of confusing data and nonsense. It took me a long time to see the main point, which was a huge waste of time.

Xia Jiumeng will deal with the important and urgent matters first.

"Kelis, the Knights' weapons have been increased by 15% compared to previous years. The strength of the Wandering Order has increased this year."

[Okay.] Kellys automatically contacted the contact person in the file and transferred the request and funds.

...

Li Shen opened his eyes and pressed his soft paws beside him, but felt nothing. "?" His eyes flew open.

He searched everywhere, but there was no sign of Xia Jiumeng in the spacious bedroom. Li Shen's heart skipped a beat. Could she... have sneaked away?

While he was still confused, he tilted his ears slightly and vaguely heard her voice outside the door, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you're still here.

He jumped a few times to the door, and looking at the high door handle and his own small figure, he couldn't help but sigh.

He adjusted his posture, stepped back, grabbed the door handle with his front paws and fell down. With a click, the door opened.

Li Shen landed on the ground and used his claws to pry the door open. Fortunately, he had become familiar with this body after this period of time, although it was not very convenient.

As soon as you leave the bedroom, you can see Xia Jiumeng sitting in front of the computer in the study on the left, giving instructions and typing away with her hands.

He must be handling official business.

Li Shen didn't go to disturb her, but just jumped onto the sofa facing her and lay down to look at her.

She looked serious and solemn, nothing like her innocent and cute look before. Instead, she had an indescribable aura, which attracted him even more.

Xia Jiumeng felt a burning gaze and looked up to see Li Shen sitting on the sofa not far away. He didn't know when he appeared there, but he had things to deal with now so he could only smile at him and motion him to wait.

"Meow." No rush, you're busy.

Li Shen meowed at her and lay on the sofa, waiting quietly.