Queen Christina looked at Luke and couldn't help but look at herself, wondering if she was a little complacent about suddenly gaining huge power. Thinking back to the biographies of emperors and famous ministers that she had read with tragic endings, she still wondered why those people indulged in power.

Allowing power to backfire, it is your turn to realize that power can really make people arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant, to the point of bewildering their eyes and minds.

If there is no self-control in an authoritarian center, it will only lead to destruction.

"Thank you for reminding me that forbearance is a virtue."

"No, this is not forbearance." Luke put down the teacup and said to Queen Christina: "This is called determination! Forbearance is a sign of weakness, while determination is to remain patient after setting a goal and wait for the right time before taking decisive action.

Many things do not have a second chance. If you are not sure of winning in a life-and-death decision, it is better to stabilize the status quo and slowly accumulate your own strength."

Queen Christina felt her mood suddenly brighten after hearing Luke's words.

His expression also relaxed.

"I can finally understand why you can do so many incredible things in Raging Wave City, the palace, and the Western Region, and why Your Majesty is reluctant to kill you.

Whoever can get your sincere support will definitely become the most dazzling wise king in this era.

The Cross Society is not something I can deal with now, but I can't do nothing. I will summon Gabriel on the grounds of auditing the accounts, and then pressure him to give more orders for war supplies to your special dispatch of northern supplies.

Office. There is a comparison of the purchase prices in Raging Waves City. I hope the Cross Club can restrain itself a little."

"That's no problem! The expansion of Nutao City requires a large order to expand the factory. As long as Your Highness gives me more orders, the price will definitely satisfy you."

While Luke and Queen Christina were discussing privately which orders of war supplies to distribute to Raging Waves City, Agatha was waiting where she and Luke parted.

Outside the cloister is a garden.

More than a month ago, when the delegation left the imperial capital for the Western Region, there were still many flowers in bloom in the garden. Now not only are there no flowers, but many leaves have fallen.

The cold snap in the north came a bit early this year, which was very detrimental to the empire's defense in the north.

A cold wind blew through the corridor. Agatha tightened her clothes and felt a sense of sadness in her heart. The palace seemed grand, but she could only feel depressed and lonely.

"Sister Agatha!"

Princess Dale's voice awakened Agatha's somewhat divergent thoughts. She turned around and saw Dale running over, looking around as if she was looking for someone.

"Diel, are you coming to see my father?"

Dale came to Agatha, bowed first and then replied: "Yes, but my father still hasn't seen me. Uncle Millscomb said that my father needs to rest now and doesn't want to see anyone."

I don’t know how many times I have been rejected this time. I used to see my father every time I went there. It seems that my father is really seriously ill this time."

When talking about Emperor Augustine, Dai'er's tone was full of regret. Since she was "rescued" and returned to the palace, her relationship with her father has become much better. Basically, as long as she goes to visit, Emperor Augustine will take time to talk to her no matter how busy he is.

chat.

Now being rejected continuously, Dai Er can't help but start to worry about her father's health.

Agatha comforted the depressed Dale: "I just saw the queen, and my father's health is much better than we thought. There have been too many major events in recent times, and my father is too tired and will have health problems."

Let him rest more... I believe he will recover soon."

"May my father recover as soon as possible." Dai'er prayed silently, and then asked: "I heard that the Governor of Meteor Star also participated in this imperial cabinet meeting. Why didn't I see him?"

Agatha smiled and said: "He... has been promoted again! Now he is a special cabinet minister, responsible for the newly established special dispatching office for northern supplies. When the meeting just ended, the queen summoned him again, it should be

Talk about the production and dispatch of materials in the north.

Do you have anything to do with him?"

"Oh..." Dai'er rolled her eyes and said, "It's not a big deal. I heard that the World Tree in the Ancestor Grassland of the Western Territory has revived, and Professor Qingkong has become the queen of the Moonlight Court. I wanted to ask the Governor of the Meteorite when Professor Qingkong will come back.

, there are also some issues related to World Tree.

I think... I want to do a topic related to the World Tree, and I want to know more about this great extraordinary creature."

Agatha saw Dale's wandering eyes and knew she had other ideas.

"The meteor has been gone for a while and should come out soon. You wait for him here while I go back to Tulip Manor."

Dai'er asked: "Aren't you waiting for Governor Meteor?"

"I wasn't waiting for him, I just suddenly thought of something and thought about it for a while. I just came back from the Western Region, and the Secret Service has a backlog of things that I need to deal with, but I don't have time to waste on him.

I'm going back, goodbye!"

"Goodbye, sister Agatha."

Del watched Agatha go away and began to look towards the other end of the corridor.

Sure enough, as Agatha said, Luke came over not long after. Seeing Luke walking with his head down and thinking about something, Del quickly hid behind the arch pillar, and then suddenly jumped out when Luke approached.

"Luke!"

Suddenly someone called out his name, which really startled Luke. He was relieved when he saw that the person who jumped out was Dai Er: "Why are you here? And why don't you call me Meteor?"

"Meteor is just your codename, not your name. You and sister Agatha refused to tell me your real name, so I had to call you Luke."

"Meteor is a codename, isn't 'Luke' also a fake name I gave myself in downtown."

"A fake name is at least a name. If you don't want me to call you by your name randomly, tell me your real name.

Sister Agatha told me that now that you are a cabinet minister, you should reveal your real name."

Facing Del's expectant look, Luke first looked around, and after not finding Agatha, he said to Del: "When it comes time to make it public, I will definitely make it public. Have you met the eldest princess?"

Dale pointed to the place where Agatha had just stood and replied: "Sister Agatha was just here thinking about things, and now she is back to Tulip Manor.

I saw her in a very bad mood, but I didn't dare to ask her, did something bad happen?"

Luke didn't know why Agatha didn't wait for him to leave alone, so he said to Dale: "These are all worrying things in the palace, and there may be a war in the north. These have nothing to do with you, you focus on your studies

can.

Let's go, I'll take you back to Miss Qingkong's museum."

When Dale heard that Luke was going to send her away, she immediately agreed happily: "Okay! I happen to have many questions related to the World Tree that I want to ask you...

Have you seen the World Tree? How tall is it? Can it speak?"

"The time for this mission was too tight, so I didn't go to the Ancestor Grassland to see the world. But Miss Qingkong said that the World Tree is one thousand meters high..."

Luke and Del left the palace together while chatting about the World Tree, and then met a carriage guarding outside. Next to the carriage stood an attendant with the Silver Manor logo on his clothes, who conveyed the eldest prince's message to Luke.

invite.

Luke asked the attendant to go back first, saying that he would send Princess Dai'er back to the museum in Qingkong, and then go to Silver Manor to meet the eldest prince.

Nothing special happened during the journey back to Dai'er, except that Dai'er kept chattering all the way, sometimes asking about the Western Region and World Tree, and sometimes talking about interesting things that happened in the academy.

When I arrived at the museum, I watched Luke leave in the car with some reluctance.

Luke headed to the Silver Manor without stopping, and upon arrival, he was immediately brought to the presence of the eldest prince Fania by his servants.

The eldest prince Fania was still dressed for a cabinet meeting, and the emperor's grandson Sink came to argue with him.

"Father, the Augustine family is not without men, and it is far from being in a dilemma that requires the queen to go to the front line. I have been serving in the North since I joined the army. I am very familiar with the situation there and the Northern Army. No one in the royal family is more suitable to go to the North than me.

Defend the enemy.

Please take me to the palace now and ask the queen to send me to the north."

Fania severely reprimanded Schinkel: "What do you know? The northern border must have suffered heavy losses when facing the initial attack of the Art County Alliance. A large amount of land will be lost. The best situation is to defend a few strong fortresses.

.

Asking you to go to the north at this time is equivalent to asking you to die.

I am my son, and I will become the emperor of the empire in the future. And the queen...if she dies, there will be a new queen to take her place!

Governor Meteor is here, please step aside! Don’t affect our business talk!”

Although Xin Kelai was trapped in the imperial capital, he felt a lot of dissatisfaction, but he knew that he could not go anywhere as long as his father did not allow him.

Xin Kelai turned around and left angrily. When he passed by Luke, he just sighed and walked over.

Fania invited Luke to sit down, and then said directly: "You did a very good job in the Western Region, and you didn't let Alec get too much credit. I'm very satisfied. But...at the imperial cabinet meeting, why did you

He proposed that Sink come and go to the North, and then suggested that Agatha go to the North.

Has your position changed?"

"My position has never changed. Everything I do is based on the fundamental interests of the empire. I support you as the crown prince because I think you are the only one suitable to be the monarch. And I suggested that Xinke come and go to the north just because he is the most powerful person.

The right person; Agatha was the second choice.

The Queen also needs to be ranked behind you and Prince Alec. Her going to the North can not only boost morale, but also improve her command ability to zero. If there is chaos in command, the Queen's going to the North will be a negative increase in the strength of the Northern Army."

Luke stated his position seriously, and could not find anything to refute what he said.

Fania certainly knows that considering the national interests, it is most appropriate for Schinke to come and go to the north, but whether he can successfully ascend the throne is a higher national interest. Now that Alec and his Western Army are free, if the palace changes the direction of the Western Army,

The imperial capital is moving, and Xin Kelai needs to take over the St. Lun City garrison, palace guards, and royal knights to defend against the rebels.

At that time, if the Moonlight Royal Court coerced the nobles of the Western Region to attack Alec from behind, then there would be no suspense about the throne.

Therefore, even though Fania was a little dissatisfied with Meteorite for taking down the nobles of the Western Region, Meteorite was now someone she had to try her best to win over.

When Fania heard that Meteor still supported her, she felt relieved a little.

On second thought, although Meteorite pacified the Western Territory and liberated Alec's hands and feet, it also left Alec with no merit. Moreover, at the just-concluded imperial cabinet meeting, the Queen wanted to mobilize the Western Territory Army, but Meteorite vetoed it in various ways.

Finally, press the Crescent Oasis and you can't move.

This gives me more room to maneuver.

The eldest prince Fania's mood became even better.

Regarding Luke's concern about the situation in the north, Fania said: "The most important thing for the empire at this stage is to defend the north. At worst, the army of the Art County Alliance cannot threaten the imperial capital circle.

I have asked General Joshua to draw up a list of members of the Northern Operations Staff and transfer a group of corps from the southern front to supplement the Northern Territory. General Anthony Lusne serves as the Chief of Staff of the Northern Operations Staff and is responsible for the finalization of the operational plan.

decision making.

As long as the queen does not interfere with the command after arriving in the north, the northern army will still be able to block the attack of the Art County Alliance.

After the Northern Territory withstands the early fierce attack of the Art County Alliance, the key to victory or defeat will depend on who can send more supplies to the front line faster."

The Northern Territory has been Fania's business for a long time. Naturally, he will not just watch the Northern Territory Army being eaten by the Art County Alliance. Although he does not allow Sink to come and go to the Northern Territory, his support and supplement to the Northern Territory are all

Sparing no effort to send it upward.

This time Fania called Luke here, not only to confirm his position, but also to value the production capacity of Raging Wave City.

"After the Royal Cabinet meeting today, the Queen summoned me and talked to me a lot about transporting supplies to the North." Luke told Fania what he had discussed with the Queen, and mentioned the Cross Society's share of the matter.

The purchase order was at a sky-high price, and then he said: "The Cross still dares to suck blood from the treasury at this time, and it has gone too far.

Does Your Highness know the existence of such a purchase order?"

"Of course I don't know!" Fania denied, but his expression still revealed that he knew the existence of this list.

Running the Northern Territory and winning over palace officials require a lot of money, and this money cannot be obtained from normal channels.

The Cross Society is an important financial sponsor behind the two princes. In the past, Raging Wave City had to hand over a large sum of money as political donations to the Cross Society. Just from the nine tons of gold that Luke robbed, it can be seen that the eldest prince can

How much money was received from the Cross.

The money was not given in vain, the eldest prince must use his power and influence to benefit the Cross.

In the past, the Cross Society used to be very careful in its accounting, making the accounts beautiful so that they would not be easily seen. However, in recent years, Emperor Augustine's energy has declined, and the Cross Society did not even bother to do the accounting, and simply put it in other documents and reported it.

Fania did not expect that Queen Christina would discover the existence of the sky-high purchase order.

If Emperor Augustine knew about it, he would definitely be able to break the heavens!

After expressing her ignorance, Fania asked: "Did the Queen tell His Majesty what he thought of that list?"

Luke pretended to trust Fania and said: "The queen was worried that your majesty's condition would worsen if she knew about this matter, so she did not show your majesty the list. I also advised the queen not to investigate this case when a war is about to break out in the north."

son.

Since the eldest prince has nothing to do with this matter, I can rest assured. When His Majesty gets better, he will definitely investigate this kind of big thing that is making the country hard to make money. Whether it is a cabinet minister or a member of the royal family, as long as he has anything to do with this kind of thing.

If you go up to the top, it will not end well."

While Fania was glad that Emperor Augustine didn't know about the sky-high price list, he also cursed in his heart that the people of the Cross were all idiots. After making so much money, they were not even willing to spend the money to make false accounts.

You are seeking death and dragging me down!

"Father really shouldn't know about this now..." Fania asked again: "Does Agatha know about this list?"

Luke replied: "When the Queen summoned me, Her Royal Highness the Princess returned to Tulip Manor. After I leave Your Highness, I will go to see Her Royal Highness the Princess. The naval battle against Leo is imminent, and we need the Secret Service to give us more

intelligence support.”

Fania knew Luke wasn't lying.

News came from the palace that Agatha left the palace when Meteorite was summoned by the queen.

After Meteorite sent Princess Dai'er back to the museum, she immediately came to Silver Manor without seeing anyone.

"Don't let Agatha know about this yet."

Luke asked, "Why?"

Fania replied: "Agatha will definitely investigate this matter if she knows it, which will cause turmoil in the palace and be detrimental to the war situation on the northern and southern fronts. It is better to wait for the father to recover and let him order the investigation to minimize the harm.

"

Luke nodded: "Your Highness is right, let's wait until His Majesty recovers. Some people, even the eldest princess, cannot investigate casually."

Fania was afraid that he would miss the mark if he spoke too much, so he changed the topic to the supply of supplies to the north.

Fania knew what the North lacked most, so she chatted very carefully with Luke. It was not until night approached that Luke and Fania had dinner together and then left the Silver Manor.

After sending Luke away, Fania immediately called the housekeeper.

"Can His Majesty's health condition be ascertained?"

The butler responded with great embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Master...our insiders can't enter His Majesty's palace at all. The Alchemy Golem is responsible for all His Majesty's daily life, and the only people who can see him are the Queen and Knight Millscomb."

Not knowing the current situation of Emperor Augustine, Fania felt that she was in a dilemma. And the list in the queen's hand became a noose that could kill her at any time.

Crosses can harm people!

"Damn it!"

Fania cursed loudly, and the frightened butler quickly knelt on the ground: "Master, please forgive me!"

"I didn't say anything about you." Fania walked back and forth in the room, seeming to weigh an extremely important matter. When the butler's knees were numb, Fania suddenly stopped and said: "Increase the number of

The Royal Palace monitors and tries every means to determine His Majesty's condition.

As long as there is a chance, we will do it!"
Chapter completed!