The sky was clear, a few white clouds drifted across the endless green wheat field, the young man held an easel, smeared with paint, he straightened his arm, put the pen in front of his eyes, squinted one eye, and carefully examined a windmill on the wheat field. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Suddenly, the boy's eyes were covered by a pair of slender hands, which were very warm.

"Guess who I am?" the girl's crisp voice sounded, making him sweet in his heart.

"Rita!" he eagerly called out the girl's name, pulled the girl's hand, and gave him a hug.

"I hate it! I guess it every time!" The girl wore an ordinary linen-colored dress with two braids, and was not as fashionable as those noble ladies, but in the eyes of the young man, she was a hundred times more beautiful than those arrogant and weak aristocratic daughters.

"Your hands smell of jasmine. The boy smiled, "You can't escape my nose." ”

The girl was shy, closed her eyes, and gave the boy a sweet kiss, and the boy tasted the fragrance of jasmine from the girl's warm lips.

"Hey, Rita, show you, I'm drawing that windmill. The boy pointed to the sketchpad and then to the windmill in the distance.

"You're so good at drawing! Sebastian! you're going to be a great painter!" said Rita, surprised, gently stroking the edge of the canvas for fear of staining the paint.

The boy pulled the girl to the drawing board, narrowed his eyes, and said, "I suddenly have a new idea, can you stand in this position? ”

The girl blushed, pulled on her linen-colored dress, and whispered, "But my dress ......"

"No, you are beautiful!" said the boy firmly, "you are like the brightest star in the night sky, and all the other stars are dim in front of you!"

"Really?" the girl's face was as red as an apple.

"Of course!" the boy picked up the pen and began to compose the picture.

"But...... Do you think we're going to have a result?" the girl suddenly lowered her head, her face turning from sunny to cloudy.

The boy nodded, slowly but forcefully, "Yes." Rita, I swear, my father doesn't try to stop us, no one wants to stop us from being together!"

"Sebastian!" shouted from behind the boy.

"Sebastian, you bastard!" the man who called him was loud and seemed a little rough.

"Sebastian, damn it, you slept so deeply, how long had it been since you slept?" Sebastian's eyes were dark, and as he opened his eyes, his consciousness followed him back to reality.

"Good wild boar, you're in for a treat, damn it!" the voice seemed bold and a little rude to the speaker, and so on, and the smell of wine.

The man in front of him had maroon hair, his hair was fluffy and loose, and the color of his face was almost the same as his hair, and his fat stomach was pressed against Sebastian's arm.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!" Sebastian was startled and sat up.

"You damn thing, you're finally awake. Emperor August came to the Prime Minister's Tower alone, and when he saw Sebastian awake, he laughed, "Get up, it's past dinner time." ”

Sebastian crawled out of the bed and put on his coat haphazardly, and he saw the emperor sitting on a bench in his bedroom, with a plate of wild boar meat on the desk and, as is customary, two bottles of red wine.

"Your Majesty, I should be damned to let you see my predicament. He wiped his face and knelt before the emperor.

"Get up, I heard you're sick. The Emperor waved his hand, patted the table, and motioned for Sebastian to sit down and speak.

"Back to Your Majesty, maybe it's a long lack of sleep. Sebastian slowly sat down across from the emperor, wrapping his coat tightly around him.

"Lack of sleep?" the emperor looked around, "Oh, I see, no woman, of course I can't sleep." When you're tired from working on her, I promise you'll sleep like a pig. Speaking of which, Sebastian, I'm curious why you didn't bring your wife with you? Ever since you moved into the Prime Minister's Tower, you've been in and out alone. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I still ...... Single. As soon as Sebastian finished speaking, he knew that he would be ridiculed by His Majesty the Emperor.

"Hahaha, you're kidding me, Sebastian, you're noble-born, you're not bad-looking, and you're erudite. I dare say that those nobles are eager to send their daughters to your house. His Majesty the Emperor laughed, "How can you be single? Could it be that you are particularly picky, just as you are picky about a row of bricks that are not laid together, and there is no woman who satisfies you? Do you like men?"

"It's not. Your Majesty. Sebastian swallowed, "When I was 16 years old, I fell in love with a girl. ”

"Oh, that looks like your sexuality is normal. The Emperor licked his lips and poured himself a glass of red wine.

"We almost fell in love at first sight, she admired my paintings, and my talents, and I also saw from her the simplicity, kindness, and the desire for knowledge and the cherishing of beautiful things. Sebastian blinked, and the dream suddenly came to mind.

The emperor took a sip of wine, grabbed a piece of pork and stuffed it into his mouth: "I understand." When I was in a knight's tournament, I sat in the high saddle and saw Dorothy at a glance. The girl's skin was as white as snow, and her lips were as delicate as cherries. I fell in love with her at first sight. I swore that I would win the championship and put the Olive Branch Headband on her head with my own hands. I did it. ”

Sebastian poured himself a small half glass of red wine: "But my father won't allow it." She came from a humble background, the daughter of a florist. He forced me to renounce his title and wanted to sweep me away, and I decided to elope with her in desperation. ”

"Oh! The emperor picked up a piece of pig's trotter and stuffed it into his mouth, regardless of the image.

"We fled, but in the process of escaping, she was hit by an arrow shot by a robber, and I fought hard, and when my father's army found me, I was wounded, and she was ......" Sebastian owed: "Sorry, Your Majesty, I should not have brought up such a sad past during dinner. ”

The Emperor wiped away a handful of tears and raised his glass: "Damn, you remind me of the dead Dorothy." How similar we are, infatuated and sad, toast! There is a reason to have a drink, to our departed love, to our departed love, to our departed love! to our departed youth!"

The emperor toasted three glasses in a row, Sebastian frowned, and drank three glasses bitterly, and the red wine was dizzy.

"Your Majesty, the gods favor you, the eldest prince is as strong as you were when you were young, Her Majesty the Queen loves you deeply, and has added you two princes, and the two princes are very well-behaved. Sebastian put down his glass, picked up his knife and fork, and carefully sliced a slice of pork.

The emperor tore open a piece of pork with one hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "You said Ivana? Fuck it, the desire is very strong." I don't mean that. She often blows the wind on her pillow to get the people of her family into the royal council. ”

"But she loves you dearly. Once in the Imperial Garden, she said she hated not being able to marry you sooner. Moreover, she is also very good to the eldest prince. Sebastian picked up the pork with a fork and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Yes, she hates herself for not marrying me earlier, otherwise the child she gave birth to would be the eldest prince and have the first inheritance. "The Emperor has a drink," that was the subtext of what she said. I'm not that confused. ”

Sebastian was silent, he didn't dare to comment casually, not to mention that the emperor's face was as red as pig's liver, and when he woke up tomorrow, he would act as if he hadn't said anything.

The emperor stood up, staggered, and walked to the window to look out the inner city. Sebastian also stood in front of the window and saw the three statues in the inner city.

"I heard that you lost your temper at the Imperial Council today?" the Emperor asked casually.

Who's snitching? Bill Newton, who was closest to the Emperor, and the chief intelligence officer was fit for this shady business. Sebastian nodded: "They make me angry, I suspect that the great craftsmen and the chancellor of the exchequer have embezzled funds for the city's expansion project. There was a problem with the accounts, so I asked the legal department to intervene in the final accounts of the project. ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes, turned his head, and looked at Sebastian: "Prime Minister, you are playing with fire. You shouldn't expose yourself like that without conclusive evidence. ”

Sebastian gritted his teeth: "I'm not afraid, Your Majesty, I'm alone, my father has stripped me of my title, I have no lover, no children." I have nothing but work. For the sake of the empire, I am not afraid of what I have to lose. ”

The emperor patted him on the shoulder: "But I'm afraid of losing you." Some of the members of the Imperial Council are old fritters, some hold military power, and some have honey-bellied swords. Even I have to be on guard at every turn. The Emperor looked at the statue in the distance and continued, "I don't have the talent of the first emperor, I know it very well. So I need my own people. Sebastian, remember, when you're at the Palace, you have to play Game of Thrones, and you have to not only play, but you also have to master the rules of the game. The most basic rule is not to expose yourself. ”

Sebastian shook his head: "Your Majesty, I want to ...... after the celebration Travel around the empire and devote yourself to painting. ”

"You want to resign?" the emperor's eyes widened, "I don't allow it! Do you know why you are called prime minister? You are upright, strict with yourself, trustworthy, and the prime minister is an example for all officials." ”

"But...... I don't think I'm as good as the previous prime minister. Sebastian pinched his eyebrows, "Especially playing with power, I'm not interested in it, and I don't want to be proficient." ”

"Fuck you Sebastian!" the Emperor bowed his face, "You want me to sit on the Thunder Throne, have meetings all day long, and sit my ass rotten? You want me to face those old fritters and old slippery heads all day long? With you, I can concentrate...... You know, the enemy is bright and I am dark. ”

I thought you'd say you can dive into hunting and drinking. Sebastian suddenly understood that the emperor was pretending to be drunk, and he knew better than anyone else. He needs to be alone in front and in the back.

"The previous prime minister lived to be 80 years old, and I hope I can live to that time. "He spent his life serving the royal family until the end." I heard that he is the teacher of the Great Prince?"

"He's Brandt's teacher," the emperor nodded, "I started to have an attack of Alzheimer's 10 years ago, and I was confused and sober for a while. Before I found you as my successor, I was going crazy with government affairs. And that damn war. So, Sebastian, don't go, don't escape, you have to be like the old prime minister, and you have to assist me and Brandt. Come, for the empire, for your health and longevity, cheers!"

Sebastian finished his glass of wine, bitter and astringent.