My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 522 - 176 Maltose and Dragon Beard Cake (Part 1)_3

"You’re back?" Ke Xing was also sitting on the sofa, sipping tea with relish. When he saw Ke Lian return, he waved at him enthusiastically, "Come over here! We just watched an entertainment news piece; it was quite amusing."

"Yeah." Ke Xing changed his shoes, first taking his two sons over to another sofa and then cradling Du Xixi in his arm, "What entertainment news?"

The jealousy of his own children was something Ke Xing had long been accustomed to; rubbing his lightly throbbing temple, he turned his head away so as not to watch the sweet couple’s scene, "It’s about the Sun family’s kid. There’s gossip online saying he’s going to quit showbiz, and it’s causing quite a stir."

"What’s so interesting about that?" Ke Lian frowned, not understanding what was amusing about the entertainment news regarding Sun Mulin potentially leaving the industry. He found playing with Xixi’s hair more interesting than following such gossip, "Every year there’s talk of him leaving; when has he ever actually left?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"The interest isn’t in the truth of the rumor, but rather in the comments from the netizens," Du Xixi poked Ke Lian who was leaning in to kiss her face, and displayed the heated comments from netizens on the Star Network through her Light Computer, "Their guesses about Sun Mulin’s reason for leaving are quite entertaining."

Ke Lian missed the chance to kiss his wife and begrudgingly lifted his gaze, but it stopped on those comments.

After a while...

The corners of his mouth twitched.

[——Hmm, it’s the umpteenth year that online rumors claim Old Sun is quitting showbiz, I’m used to it.

——Quit? Old Sun’s doing just fine, why would he leave? Could it be he’s finally realized he has a bit of talent in literature and plans to follow the family tradition?

——No no no, I think Old Sun might have been pushed by his family to get married, quitting to go on blind dates.

——Is LS just joking? Blind dates? Is this something our Emperor Sun, who sees female artists as just men, would accept?

...]

"These netizens really have wild imaginations." Ke Lian shook his head helplessly. As Du Xixi closed the Light Computer, he kissed her cheek, then smiled contentedly, "Sun Mulin hasn’t responded yet?"

"Not yet, but it’s no big deal; he goes through this every year. I suppose netizens are used to it too, and it’ll calm down soon." Ke Xing waved dismissively and picked up the newspaper he hadn’t finished reading from that morning. In the middle, he seemed to remember something and looked up at Ke Lian, "I heard the Four Great Empires aren’t doing too well lately?"

Ke Lian nodded, wrapping one arm around Du Xixi’s waist and playing with her hair with the other, "After the Alliance Military Competition last time, the Four Great Empires have been stirring up trouble constantly. His Majesty finds them annoying and has accelerated the progress of his plans."

Ke Xing had already retired from the Military Department, without power and no intention to regain it. He only asked casually upon thinking of the issue. Receiving Ke Lian’s answer, he just carried on reading the newspaper.

Du Xixi lowered her eyes, letting Ke Lian play with her hair and hands alternately; meanwhile, her mind was pondering about the Four Great Empires.

The relationship between the Blue Star Empire and the Four Great Empires had long since deteriorated, especially after the interstellar summit meetings. The conflicts between the two sides were almost blatant, but Chen Yin’s series of targeted policies have managed to suppress the Four Great Empires, rendering them increasingly weakened today.

With a nation shattered, the lives of the citizens in the Four Great Empires must not be very pleasant now, but... Du Xixi took a deep breath, not feeling much pity for them, her emotions remain calm without much fluctuation.

The Blue Star Empire had always advocated peace, never taking action unless provoked severely or having its bottom line crossed, focusing mainly on maintaining a peaceful stance.

But the Four Great Empires had repeatedly provoked the Blue Star Empire, even targeting Du Xixi, the Empress, making it intolerable for the Blue Star Empire.

So, ending up in such a predicament was entirely their own doing, wasn’t it?

Du Xixi blinked gently, seeing Ke Lian smile and ask her "What’s up?" She simply smiled back and shook her head, not wanting to dwell on the matters of the Four Great Empires.

"Dinner’s ready! 2569 has prepared many dishes that Madam loves!" 2569 popped its head out of the kitchen and called out to everyone, prompting Ke Xing to put down his newspaper, get up, and shout back, "Only Xixi loves them? Are there none for me and Ah Lan?"

"Of course there are! There’re spicy potato strips and sweet and sour pork ribs that Sir Ke Xing loves. And sour fish too!" 2569 loved cooking and always felt happy making more dishes, even though it took great effort filleting fish for the sour fish dish today, it was still delighted.

Ke Lian stood up with Du Xixi, then turned to lift his two sons, smiling and saying to Du Xixi, "Let’s go have dinner."

Du Xixi tugged at Ke Lian’s clothes softly, her eyes gentle, "Yeah, after dinner, I also want to make maltose and Dragon Beard Cake, right?"