"Who is this young man?"

"That's a great story! It's time to come together!"

"Damn Southerners!"

", Yankees!"

"Provincials shut up!"

The hall was noisy, Sean's speech was good, even those who scolded and scolded, they had to admit in their hearts that Sean hit their soft underbelly - the skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached?

This is not a civil war, as long as you stand in the right direction, you can still be your nobleman. The Assyrians are another race that has nothing but a life-or-death fate with the Europa, not to mention the terrible blood warriors and the bloodthirsty ones who hide in the Empire.

An hour later, the news finally came that the Count of Connelly had been called in by the secret police for an investigation in connection with the assassination of the Count of Darnell.

The venue was in an uproar.

"Southern liar!"

"Terrible conspirators!"

"No, Count Connelly and Duke Darnell, a Genoese and a Gyeonggi Province, they have never intersected!"

The Marquis of Torres was also shocked: "Duke of Frank, this must be a mistake! You have to ask Joseph, Sean Connery is not only an earl who has just been canonized by His Majesty himself, but also an imperial hero. ”

Duke Joseph nodded, "I will!"

But the meeting couldn't go on, Duke Herman had to announce the adjournment, he also wanted to know what happened, Sean was promoted to earl, he was one of the witnesses, and looking at Sean's resume, it was very good.

In fact, Duke Hermann had long heard of Sean's name, because he was a lover of wine, had written several books on wine, and had a headache about how to preserve good wine until the invention of the Conn sterilization method.

In addition, Duke Hermann was an "amateur chemist" - he studied elixirs.

At the same time, the second prince, Philip, angrily broke into the emperor's imperial study:

"Father!"

"Philip, what's your etiquette?" Carlos II looked up from the table full of papers, and pointed out the door, "Get out!"

After years of accumulation of power by the emperor, Philip had to obediently retreat to the door and knocked on the door with the right amount of power.

"Come in!" Carlos II did not raise his head, still reading the reports of the ministers, which were nothing more than money, money, money.

"Father, why did you order the arrest of Earl Connery?" asked Philip.

"The secret police just asked him to go for tea and assist in the investigation. Carlos II said, "If Joseph invites you, the prince, to tea, you should go too." This is the power of law enforcement agencies. ”

"This ......," Philip said suddenly.

"If nothing else, go out and don't get in the way of my political affairs. Carlos II glanced at his son, and suddenly felt that it was good to be young, at least to express his emotions with pleasure.

If he could, Carlos II would have been tempted to point a gun to the delegates at the dignitaries and ask them what their loyalty was.

"Your Majesty!" Philip said, "you made a mistake!"

Carlos II threw aside the pen in his hand, tilted his head, rested the back of his head on the back of the sofa chair, and said coldly: "I listen to you!"

"Your Majesty, you can't assume suspicion of Earl Connelly just because the invention of a new type of explosive is related to him, and if this is true, then all the blacksmiths of the country should be arrested, for the knives they make can kill people in addition to cutting vegetables. There is no such thing as a weapon or a murder weapon in itself, it matters who holds it!" Philip said, "I don't believe that Earl Connelly would have conspired to kill Duke Darnell, he had no contact with the Duke at all, and he didn't even know him before. ”

"You have a good relationship with the Count of Rocky Mountain, just because he is also a member of the Scientific Society?" said Carlos II.

"I think I have a good relationship with him, but that's about it. Prince Philip admitted, "You know, there aren't many people of the same age who can get in my eyes, and Sean Connery is the best of them, a man of great talent and insight, and no lack of means to do things. He was a hero in the Red Moon War and a prominent militia commander in the 1832 Longjiang Counterinsurgency War, and the ironclad ships he built were playing an increasing role at sea. Therefore, he should be co-opted and reused by you, not ignored or even suppressed. Father, it's not a blessing for the empire that you will discourage a loyal subject like him. ”

"I didn't suppress him. Carlos II denied, "Duke Darnell was one of the most influential vassals of the state, and his death put me under great pressure. So I'm just temporarily saddling this young man with this responsibility to deflect the anger of the Darnell family, he just had bad luck. Philip, is it so important to look beyond the appearance of things and appease the anger of the Darnell family?"

Wealth, only wealth at the moment makes the emperor feel at ease. And the Darnell family is notoriously wealthy, at least more than the royal family.

It suddenly occurred to Philippe that his sister's marriage to the youngest son of the late Duke Darnell was not a deal?

As soon as the marriage contract was concluded, the duke was killed, and the timing was really coincidental. You must know that the eldest son of the old duke is frail and sickly, and the second son has been married for many years and has no children.

Thinking of this, His Royal Highness Philip shuddered.

Carlos II stood up, walked around his large imperial desk, and led Philip to the terrace of the White House.

Standing on the commanding heights of the whole city, you can see the buildings of the whole city at a glance.

This is the most majestic capital of the empire, prostrate at the feet of the father and son.

Carlos II said: "Philip, you have been smart since you were a child, you are also very methodical in doing things, and you also know how to advance and retreat. This is your advantage and your disadvantage, and the disadvantage is that you are too forward-looking and too careful, and you will not be able to be a king in this way!"

Carlos II's hint shocked Philip.

He immediately thought that on the day Sean was canonized as an earl, his father had summoned several of the great vassals, including Duke Darnell, into the imperial study and had a secret conversation for nearly a morning.

He didn't know what they were talking about, he had to put the past aside, there were no secrets in this magnificent palace that he couldn't know.

However, what shocked him even more was not that he enjoyed his father's favor alone, but that he was worried about his royal brother Jean Sauron, who was far away on the front line in the northern frontier.

To be sure, this is extremely unfair to the imperial brother, but has his father's ill feelings towards the imperial brother reached such a corrupt level? At the current critical moment of internal and external difficulties, Yi Chu is really not a wise move.

The father is still like this to his eldest son, and it is needless to say how he is to a mere southern nobleman. Philip only hoped that his father would be as he said he was, just to calm the turmoil for a while, and not to really try Sean for murder.

With the Emperor's decision already in place, His Royal Highness Philip wisely kept his mouth shut, he knew his father well and would not change his decision once it was made.

Pity her dear sister Elizabeth, who may be able to hitch a lifetime of happiness.

By the time His Royal Highness Philip came to his senses, the Emperor had already left the terrace.

Philip dragged a little heavily, to the queen's bedchamber.

To his surprise, Elizabeth stood and cried, while Queen Royce was flipping through a book in frustration, and from the speed at which she turned the pages, her mind was not in the book at all.

"Philip, you're just in time, persuade your sister, she's having sex. "Queen's Road.

"Mother, what's wrong with Elizabeth?" asked Philip.

"It's not her engagement to the Darnell family, it's a fine marriage, and I've seen Henry Darnell, the Duke of Darnell's youngest son, a very literarily cultured and elegant son of a nobleman, who is perfectly commensurate with his family status. She actually objected!" The queen's voice became louder and louder, even a little sharp, "You must know that Henry's brother is frail and sickly, and the other brother cannot give birth to offspring, what does it mean?"

This means that it is possible that the title of duke will fall on the head of Henri Darnell, including wealth, which could have been achieved with a little effort from His Majesty, or even with a hint of it.

Thus, Elizabeth marries Henry Darnell, full of calculations. As for the real cause of Duke Darnell's death, His Royal Highness Philip did not dare to think about it.

"But Henry is an opium," said Elizabeth, "and I would rather go to a monastery and recite the scriptures all my life than marry an opium." ”

"Abbey, my daughter, believe me, it's not a good place to go, especially a pampered daughter like yours. You live the life of a carefree princess with a group of slaves, clothes to stretch your hands, food to open your mouth, whatever you want, just one look, and a large number of people will run for you. So, don't be presumptuous!" said the queen dissatisfied.

The queen said as she glanced at her son. Philip Says:

"Elizabeth, it's my father's decision. You know, his will is never to be disobeyed. ”

Elizabeth looked at her brother with incredible eyes: "Philip, this is your true face, ruthless, all the men of the Sauron family are like this!

"Elizabeth, this accusation of yours has broken my heart. We were born into a royal family, which determines that our marriage cannot be satisfactory, and the perfect married life only exists in the illusion. I promise you, I will definitely persuade my father, haven't you noticed that my father has a lot more gray hair now?"

Philip played the family card, but the queen immediately cried: "Your father is old, he often has insomnia all night, and angina, worrying about the country and the two of you. Whining...... Elizabeth, my precious daughter, why can't you be considerate of your father's good intentions......"

The queen cried endlessly, and even Elizabeth relented, and she silently wiped away her tears and left the queen's bedchamber.

In the garden, Elizabeth walked past the early blooming flowers in the cold wind of mid-spring.

For her, the princess, the innocent life is gone.