Chapter 28 The Duke of Red Dragon
Cangcui Empire, imperial capital.
The golden palace is like a garden, with emerald green plants and flowers everywhere. Walking in the ornate corridor, you can see guards wearing red or green uniforms.
They were tall, dressed in exquisite clothes and elegant movements, and all showed good origins. These guards were indeed from the upper nobles of the empire. Guarding the palace was an extremely honorable position among the nobles.
Not only do you have at least the strength of Sequence 4, but you also have to pass the assessment of culture, poetry, history, etiquette, bloodline and other aspects. Wearing the badge of the golden leaf rose is the most excellent proof among your peers.
These guards are always with the royal family, not only the emperor, but also the guards of the princes and princesses, but also their adjutants, assistants, poets, recorders, ritual officers, etc. The power is centered on the emperor and radiates outward through these noble and excellent nobles born outward.
They are the barriers and long swords of the empire, assisting the supreme emperors and ruling this huge kingdom.
Through the long corridor, a messenger hurriedly walked among them, followed by two red-clothed guards who were escorting and supervising.
Finally, they came to a quiet palace, guarding two guards wearing full-covered golden armor at the gate. The momentum of the abyss was shocked and they couldn't help but stop.
A guard in red behind him stepped forward and reported his request for a visit. The guard raised his hand and signaled him to wait for a while.
I don’t know what method they used to inform the inside of the palace. After a long time, the palace gate slowly opened a gap and let the messenger walk into it, while the two guards in red stayed outside the door.
The messenger in gold-edged and white clothes walked carefully through the ground in the palace, not daring to look up and peek. Under the guidance of a maid, he came to a sunny courtyard.
One of them seemed to be sitting on a bench in the courtyard, with his back facing him, as if he was closing his eyes and resting.
After seeing this supreme figure, the messenger breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the servant beside him, so that he could present it.
After opening the envelope and turning on the letter, the attendant in red-clothed gold-edged red-clothed eyes carefully and then carefully leaned over to the figure's ear and whispered the news in the letter.
"knew."
The blurred figure in the sunlight answered a simple sentence, then raised his hand slightly, and the others bowed their heads and retreated, and the envoy also left the palace under the guidance of the waiter.
Click—
With a slight turn, the gate of the quiet palace closed again. The messenger breathed the cold and fragrant air in the palace before slowly relaxing, and then whispered to the waiter in the golden-edged and red-clothed manner beside him.
"Your Majesty means, don't interfere in this matter, let him go."
After saying that, the waiter stopped explaining and returned to the palace.
Looking at the figure who disappeared from the palace gate, the messenger spoke up, but finally closed his mouth and lowered his head and walked away quickly.
Leaving the magnificent palace and returning to a tall building in the imperial capital, the envoy went in and stayed in an incense stick before walking out of it, and then rode a horse along the road dedicated to the nobles to the outside of the city.
Here, a red dragon that is several stories high has been waiting for a long time.
As the messenger turned over and dismounted, the red dragon also leaned down, revealing the dragon saddle at the back of his neck. The afternoon sun shone on the dragon scales, reflecting a magnificent color as ruby.
Ascending behind the dragon, the dragon roared, flapped its wings, carried a gust of wind, then soared into the sky and flew towards the provinces in the southern part of the empire.
Through the clouds and the sky, the giant dragons in the sky showed their inconsistent speed and agility. In just half a day, they spanned several provinces and came to Chixin Province on the south side of the mainland. This is the location of the Basca family and the capital of many southern provinces.
By the time the Red Dragon landed, it was already late at night, but the Duke's Mansion was still brightly lit. This was not intended tonight, but it was like this for more than 300 days a year. The Red Dragon Duke, who had a thousand miles of nationality, had endless wealth and did not care about this small consumption.
After passing through the levels guarded by the guards, the messenger finally came outside a study. After a brief report from the butler, the messenger finally walked into it and saw the man standing in front of the window.
The short black hair is neatly combed, mixed with strands of red silk, bringing a different power to it. This man, who is in his prime in his 50s, is the current Duke of Red Dragon, the ninth-generation head of the Basca family, Leodor.
A long sword of dragon scales hung around his waist, pressing tightly against his waist. When the messenger entered the house, he turned around and looked at the other party.
"Duke, I have reported to Your Majesty the news about Xue Huaqi in China, but..."
"But the emperor in the imperial capital is not interested in this, right?" The man seemed to have expected it and said it in advance.
"Yes, sir." The messenger lowered his head in shame.
"It's nothing, I'm mentally prepared for this." The man, Dama Jindao, sat behind the desk beside him, and picked up the news reported recently on the table.
The long letters describe in detail the current Frost Rose's actions on the Crancia border, the interference of the Southern Islands, and the civil strife in the Black Rock and the Sanctuary.
"The time to unify the continent has gradually come. Why is Your Majesty not moved at all, and even a soldier does not want to mobilize a soldier?" The envoy looked at the Duke in confusion.
"Bud, if you are not in His Majesty's position, I'm afraid it will be difficult to understand his mood and thoughts."
"Actually, I'm just slowly experiencing that person's thoughts now."
"For them, no matter how huge the land and wealth is, it is no longer of great significance. Balancing domestic interests is already a rare thing. Now that the war has started rashly, the stability that has been maintained before will be broken. Your Majesty is older. The eldest prince is currently in his 60s and the youngest son is only 10 years old. They are already tired of these interests entanglements."
"The most important thing now is to pass the throne firmly into the hands of the next generation. As for the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua, let future generations think about and attack it."
"For this reason, they specially summoned the head of the Landsworth family, and with the elf queen's words, the duke who cared for his daughter finally agreed to his marriage with the prince."
"At the same time, they contacted the family of the Grand Duke of Griffon Sarus to make a marriage for another prince. In this way, they can marry the twin princes of the two dukes to survive the period of emptiness of power."
"I have to say that the advantage of the dual king system is that they can marry wives from two families for the throne at the same time, and they are independent of each other and have a better balance. At the same time, only one of the two emperors can ensure that there will be no major problems in this country."
"They reminded each other, reflected and restricted each other, so that this huge empire would guarantee that under absolute imperial power, they would be their own family inside and outside."
After hearing these words, the messenger gradually calmed down, but in the end he still asked again unwillingly.
"Then when will our Baska family go west to expedition the seven countries and rebaptize the shame?"
"Nephew Bud, you are tired today, go back and rest." The Red Dragon Duke waved his hand.
After watching the young messenger leave under the window, the Red Dragon Duke slowly sighed.
"I'm still too young and energetic, these juniors..."
A pair of plump hands surrounded from behind, and then a mature female voice whispered in her ear.
"Aren't you all like this? I still remember that when you were young, you had no choice but to fight with my brother. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have been worn by my brothers on a spear."
Chapter completed!