The emperor's birthday is the national festival.

On this day, the entire empire will celebrate the whole country and offer blessings to Emperor Strick's birthday.

Of course, how much sincerity is there is another matter.

In order to demonstrate the greatness of the empire and the generosity of the emperor, Emperor Strick made an important decision to pay privately to entertain the people of the city and provide them with exquisite food and various entertainment. It is said that this is because his life is not long, and His Majesty the Emperor hopes to exchange this kind of merciful act for the attention of the gods. Of course, more people think that he has money but no place to spend it, and hopes to spend all his money before his death.

Starting from that morning, all kinds of people, including craftsmen, poor people, handicraftsmen, farmers, down-and-out warriors, disabled veterans, etc., were pouring out from the densely populated living areas of Winlington. They went all over the place to prepare to attend the banquet of His Majesty the Emperor.

People are extremely excited because of this. Today they can enjoy refined wheat bread, delicious roasted veal, fresh tomato soup, and wine that can taste like a barrel. As long as they can hold their belly, they can eat as much as they want.

In fact, the night before, the civilians of Winlington had gathered in various banquet venues held by His Majesty, on the grass, by the river, in the square, and even outside the city. They waved their food to the fullest, sang the emperor's generosity, and sang the mercy of His Majesty.

At least at this moment, they are sincere.

Of course, a few nobles would not care about these exquisite foods. They had a more advanced place. Some people like to go to the Colosseum to watch bloody beast-fighting performances, some people like to go to the opera house to listen quietly, and some people go directly to the major clubs to enjoy more thoughtful services. These services cannot be paid by His Majesty the Emperor, but the nobles are not short of this amount of money.

Of course, people with real identities will follow His Majesty the Emperor, wherever he goes, they will go.

According to the itinerary, in the morning, His Majesty the Emperor will have breakfast with Prince Richard from the Franck Empire. The peace agreement has been reached, and the Lance Empire agreed to withdraw its troops and make peace. Franck no longer needs to deliver three groups of land, but at the same time, it will lend a group of land to the Lance Empire for ten years. The most important task for Prince Franck to stay here has been completed, so he will get up and return to his country after the emperor's birthday. It is said that he still reached an engagement agreement with Princess Aiweier of the Lance Empire, but he will not marry for the time being, and it will take some time to proceed.

This news was very secretive and was not disclosed until noon.

At that time, His Majesty the Emperor had left the palace and was receiving cheers from the crowds on the most important Meteor Avenue in Winlington. Perhaps countless people who hated him hoped that he would die, but at least in the cheering crowd, you would never see this scene.

According to the arrangement, in the evening, the emperor will go to the Royal Colosseum to watch the opera performance. There are three song and dance troupes participating in the performance. It is a large-scale joint performance, all of which are the most famous song and dance troupes in China, including Purple Lori.

At noon, Shue Glair put on makeup early, put on tinted lenses, and produced greasy and neat hair. At this time, he became the decent heir of the Dardanell family, Cisser Dardanell.

Lilith walked beside him in a dress, her waist looked a little thinner, at least she no longer complained that the belt was too tight and she did not insert a flying knife into her skirt.

Barkler and Hodding walked at the forefront of the family. Barkler was the nominal patriarch, and Hodding was the butler. In recent days, the most popular ones were not Siser D'Danil, but Hodding. In Hodding's own words, as long as I want, I can now sweep away millions of Jinweits at any time.

They went to attend his banquet at the invitation of Prince Richard Franck.

Since Richard proved that Siser and Shiuigray had no connection, they have become nominal good friends.

"Why did Prince Franck suddenly invite us to his banquet at this time?" Lilith was a little confused and asked Xiuyi.

"The guests who came from afar are about to leave, and both the agreement on the surface and the agreement on the secret have been reached. Richard used me as a shield to get many benefits from the Lance Empire, and now it is time to give me an explanation. In fact, he has done something that is not so happy to me, so he must respond." Xiu Yi replied lightly.

"Are you referring to Princess Avril?" Lilith looked at Xiuyi with a slanted eye. To be honest, this was not bad news for her.

"Oh, that's right, I'm not worried." Xiu Yi waved: "Richar played a little trick and got engaged to Avril in name, which gave him the initiative in Avril. He believed that this way could be used to control me a little.... They are the superiors who never like situations or individuals that cannot be completely controlled, and they don't have confidence in the form of transactions, and I can understand."

"You mean he will never fulfill his engagement?"

"Unless he is sure I'm useless to him, or he is sure I have no interest in the princess."

"It's hard to imagine that you are the biggest bargaining chip for him to negotiate with the Empire, but he is still secretly plotting against you."

"It's just the most basic political skill. It's already amazing that he didn't sell me to the Lance Empire. You know, he has a more stupid choice, which is to directly offer the price to sell the Dardanelles family. For most politicians, this behavior is more meaningful, but it can be seen that Richard himself has a certain business nature, but it's not pure enough. He is neither a pure politician nor a pure businessman. He maintains a welcome but not convinced attitude towards trading."

Lilith was so angry that she was still a simple little girl after all, and she was completely out of her way with conspiracies and tricks, and it was difficult to understand how these men's minds turned.

The banquet of the Prince of Franck Empire was held at the State Guesthouse. In addition to the Dardanelles family, a large number of other nobles received invitations. Perhaps everyone also understood that after the birth of the Prince of Franck, the Prince of Franck would return to China, and many things that had been unsolved should have a result now.

When Shuyi appeared in the banquet hall of the State Guesthouse, Richard saw him from afar.

He walked over with his arms wide open and hugged Xiu Yi: "Hey, my friend, I'm so happy to see you again."

Damn, Xiu Yi cursed.

The consequences of being treated with such a warm attitude by the prince of a country are obvious.

All the nobles looked at Xiuyi at the same time, with a surprised look in their eyes.

Although the Dardanelles family has indeed made a big splash in Winlington recently, this kind of grand treatment is not something that anyone can have when it comes to the prince of a country. So much so that everyone's eyes look at him are somewhat strange.

But in Xiu Yi's opinion, this kind of look was exactly what he needed the least.

You know, according to the plan, today is his curtain call.

Richard's actions almost screwed up his plan.

He took a step back, avoided Richard's hug, and saluted respectfully: "It is my supreme honor to see you, Your Highness."

"You don't have to be so polite."

"There is a distinction between the top and the bottom, and the superiors are different. Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for me." Xiuyi looked at Richard with a smile, with a warning sign in his eyes.

Richard shrugged and withdrew his hug, but he still took Shuyi's hand and walked forward. He whispered to Shuyi: "I just want to find a chance to approach you. There are too many people following us. I can't find a chance to talk to you alone."

"So you're holding me as your number one guest of honor in this situation?"

"There's no way," Richard said helplessly: "Things have changed, some changes you can't imagine."

"What?" Xiu Yi frowned.

He hates change.

All those who are good at planning hate changes, and they would rather not be surprised or listen to bad news. For those who are good at calculating, all things should have their own rules in their development. As long as you grasp the rules, you can grasp the overall situation. Then everything will always have variables, and always appear inadvertently. Small ones will cause you some trouble, and big ones may make you lose all your efforts.

Xiuyi didn't want to hear any so-called good news, but only wanted to hear news that would not affect his actions. So he asked: "What degree of change?"

"It's big." This news made Xiu Yi feel cold.

Richard said seriously: "The Lance Empire rejected all your requests."

Xiu Yi sighed, isn't it possible after all? Even with the help of the power of the Franck Empire, Emperor Strick could not bow his head?

"They signed an agreement with you and made a major concession. It is wise for you to let go." Xiu Yi said lightly. Obviously, the reason why the Lance Empire was willing to make such a major concession was to prevent the Francks from being disturbed by their grudges with Xiu Yi Glair. Once the Francks retreat, the situation will become the same as before.

Richard shook his head: "Agreement is a tool for measuring the strength of both parties, not a tool for maintaining peace. I am not stupid enough to forget what forced them to give in. If I don't support you, when they clean up you, they will turn around and take care of us. Unless the Francks are strong enough, we will never be able to escape the fate of oppression and aggression."

"But you have signed an agreement."

"Yes, so I hope you can go to Franck with me. Do you know why I was going to sign a engagement with the little princess? It's for you. If you were willing to come, I would bring her to Franck in the name of marrying Avril, and then...she can be your wife. Look, I made a huge sacrifice for you."

"You think longer than I do." Xiuyi couldn't help but be impressed. When he learned that Richard and Avril had engaged in a marriage contract, he thought Richard was using this to threaten him, but he didn't expect that he wanted to kidnap himself to Frank.

This guy never gave up on taking him away. As long as he had the chance, he would never miss it.

"What if I refuse?"

Richard sighed: "I knew it would be like this. You are born to be unwilling to live under others, Shuiglare. Okay OK, this is going to go back to the changes I told you before..."

They had already sat in the chairman at this time. Richard pressed Shuyi against his side regardless of the eyes of the crowd. On both sides were Lilith and Emilia.

"His Majesty the Emperor refuses to talk to you, but someone hopes to talk to you. He hopes that you can help him do something. As long as it is done, all your conditions can be agreed." Richard leaned into Xiuyi's ear and whispered.

"who?"

"Why don't you ask first what you are doing?"

"I can guess what it is if I know who it is."

"Prince Miyeah"

Xiu Yi's heart beat violently.

Of course he knew the name of Prince Miya. Emperor Strick's fourth son. Strick VI had six sons in total, but only one daughter. Miya was Avril's only brother to Avril's parents and was also Avril's closest person.

At this moment, when Richard said this name, multiple thoughts quickly changed into Xiuyi's mind. When he thought that Miyaya had promised to fulfill all his conditions, he immediately understood.

He looked at Richard coldly, who was smiling and raising his glass.

Xiu Yi smiled bitterly: "It seems that your energy is far more than I imagined, and your plan is far from that simple."

“Politics is never complicated and never simple.”

"How did you contact Prince Miyaya?"

"Prince Miyaya has my people for a long time, and in fact, most princes have our people around us, just like I have people from the Lance Empire. Rather than contacting him, I chose him... This time I came here and went to him as a guest for a while. The conversation between us was very speculative. I can fully understand the idea of ​​people like him, after all, there are such brothers in my country. In fact, there are big reasons why I came to the Lance Empire this time because my father was encouraged by my brothers. They hoped that I would stay in the Lance Empire forever and never go back."

"Prince Miyaya has given you a lot of help?"

"Yes, he gave me a lot of important news and let me know the bottom line of negotiations with the Lance people. Of course, he also expressed the same distress. He believed that he was the best person to become an emperor in the future, and he had outstanding talents. Although I personally don't think so, at least he himself believed that he would be a good emperor. The question is... how to become an emperor."

"How to become emperor?"

"History tells us that some necessary means are very necessary to get something that does not belong to us, such as bleeding. Of course, to achieve such a goal, strong allies need support."

"Are you one of them?"

"You are one of them. Miyaya promised that as long as he can ascend to the throne, he will publicly admit the Purgatory Island incident and restore your innocence. From then on, you will no longer be a wanted criminal in the Empire. Of course, for him, this promise is not difficult. After all, it was a mistake made by the old emperor, not him. He could use the position of opponents and the humble attitude of pursuing justice and apologizing to win back the lost hearts of people..."

"It's a good idea, indeed." Xiu Yi muttered, and he chuckled softly.

People in the distance only knew that these two people of similar age were whispering and laughing from time to time, as if they were talking about something interesting, but who would have thought that what they were talking about at this moment was a major event that determined the fate of the country.

"So…what does he want?"

"Things that can help him temporarily have powerful power. Dogs, alchemy props, special invisible potions... He needs a lot, and you can provide them all."

“It’s not the only one who can provide it.”

"You are the most suitable and powerful. In addition, you are preparing a teleportation array for him. If he fails, he will escape to Franck, and only you can do this."

"I think so thoroughly."

"certainly."

"How could he think of finding me?"
To be continued...