Insect King's husband selection criteria

It was almost noon when Lei An came back with "Ode to the Insect King".

"It's been so long?"

Ji Xian asked casually.

Lei An: "Return to Your Majesty, I found out the source of the rumors, and punished the tongue-twisting servant. Please forgive me for lax discipline."

Ji Xian turned to Chapter [-] of "Ode to the Insect King", which was almost the same as what Ji Beichen explained.

"What do the rumors say about me? Am I born with a disability, or am I unworthy to be king?"

Leian replied truthfully: "It is rumored that you are 'incompetent'. ——This rumor comes from the Western Continent. Someone maliciously guided it, and it also caused some discussions in Trebisia."

"It's the Western Continent again. I'm not surprised at all."

Ji Xian closed "Ode to the Insect King" and put it aside, and asked Leian, "Is there a unified armed force or political power there?"

Lei An: "No. Establishing a political power is a challenge to the royal power, and they know the boundaries."

"Ah."

Ji Xian laughed lightly, "Rejecting court congratulations, assassinating people, making these rumors, aren't these a challenge to the royal power?"

"...The king's egg has been silent for too long, and the Western Continent is deviant. Before experiencing Wang Wei personally, it is inevitable that there will be some delusions."

Ji Xian: "Yes, don't blame them, just like you said, the Zerg are 'animals'. It's my negligence for not being oppressive enough to make them kneel straight, and it's not their fault."

Leian: "..."

Ji Xian walked around the table to Leian, stared at him and asked, "But Leian, am I really healthy?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are well."

Leian replied quickly and decisively, "When you complete the transformation, everything will return to normal. Please don't worry, Your Majesty."

Ji Xian: "Really? Then what happened in the palace 20 years ago?"

Lei An's body froze suddenly, and he didn't speak for four or five seconds.Then he quickly came back to his senses, licked his lower lip, and replied.

"In the palace 20 years ago, there was a collective theft - I wonder if this is what His Majesty wants to know?"

Ji Xian didn't say yes or no, "Tell me carefully."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lei An: "In the spring of 20 years ago, some servants stole some things from the palace and sold them for money. But my father discovered them in time and executed them."

"Your father?"

"Yes, at that time my father was the lord of the insect servant, in charge of the affairs of the palace."

"What about others?"

"Died ten years ago."

Ji Xian let out an "oh" and returned to the topic: "But I remember you said before that Banda Aceh was expelled for stealing, why are the other worm servants executed for stealing?"

Leian: "Because they stole different things. Banda Aceh was also a member of that collective theft, but he stole ordinary property and was expelled after being recovered; those executed bugs , what was stolen was the pebble that hatched the king's egg."

"Pebble? What's the use of stealing that thing?"

Ji Xian wondered.

Pebble is a kind of self-heating stone, a kind of thing that coexists with the king's egg.Ji Xian didn't know what other functions it had besides constant temperature and heat.

Leian: "It's not very useful to other bugs, but it is exclusive to the 'King', it means kingship, and this meaning is more important than its use.

"Coveting the royal power, these bugs should be executed without complaint."

Ji Xian: "..."

Executed bugs might not think so.

Ji Xian: "Then why did I break the shell after being silent for more than 200 years? Shouldn't the king's egg break the shell in the second year after the fall of the previous king?"

Leian: "As far as I know, it is the wish of the previous king."

"what?"

"The king rules everything about the Zerg, including the past, present and future, including the birth of the next king."

Leian pointed to the closed "Ode to the Insect King". "