Early in the morning of February 27, 1894. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Xiaoxue Chuji. Spring is warm.

The majestic buildings of the imperial palace reflect several beautiful rainbows under the clear light of the morning sun, the rainbow sea, the glow, the blue sky, and the white clouds, which are whitewashed for the imperial capital wrapped in silver, so that the imperial capital is no longer a noble lady who has been washed by lead, but has become a beautiful girl who has lightly swept the moth eyebrows and lightly dipped in rouge.

The 'Lingtian' hall is full of ministers, civil officials, military generals, princes, and nobles.

Li Binglan and I were also summoned to enter the Imperial Palace and squeeze into the solemn 'Ling Tian' hall, the symbol of the center of imperial power.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was at the pinnacle of imperial power, was haggard and pale at this time, and his complexion was extremely gray, making people unable to think that the old man on the throne at this time was the strongest country in the Southern Continent, the holy monarch of the Faratis Empire, and the supreme king who ruled over 150 million people. Even the golden crown on the emperor's head seemed to be eclipsed by the gradual depletion of the owner's vitality.

Facing this debilitating old man, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: God has given the world an unequal life, but has given all beings an equal death. In this world, people are not equal, and those from low backgrounds are slaves and servants, and they are destined to struggle to survive in this world of the weak and the strong, and suffer all their lives; Those who come out of the high position will be glorious, trampling on the lives of others like mustard, and they can be noble for a lifetime without any effort. But whether it is an emperor or a pawn, in the end, death is the end of all life, and it will not be different because of the identity of the person. This is the equality of death and the inequality of life.

Nanzhan Buqi II swept his gaze over the ministers, and then said in a slow, low but clear voice: "Spread the edict to the world, Aruton, Etiria, and James conspired to kill their father and usurp the throne, fratricidal, rebellious, disrupt the court, control the government, harm good ministers, and bring disaster to all the people, and their crimes should be punished!" Now cut off the identity of the prince of Aruton and the title of marshal, cut off the identity of Princess Etiria, cut off the identity of Prince James, deprive the three of them of the royal family name of Ferratis, burn incense to worship the sky, appeal to the gods, sue Li Shu, and the world will discuss it! and sentenced Crackham and other 349 nobles to the crime of conspiracy and rebellion, cut off all titles and family property, and sent the descendants to join the army! ’

As soon as this edict came out, everyone was shocked, which undoubtedly settled the charges of Aruton, Etiria, James and others, and there was no room for repair between father and son, and the implication was widespread, but no one objected.

In the throne of the previous Faradis Empire, there are few who have not experienced bloodshed, and almost every emperor has to walk through a blood-paved red carpet on the road to the throne, and the princes, nobles and ministers who bet on the wrong reward in the prince's competition for the throne will inevitably become the bloody sacrifice of the new king's coronation.

Then, Nam Cham Buqi II continued: 'Spread the message of the Emperor - Establish my grandson Xiangli. Ferratis was the crown prince of the Empire. ’

As soon as the words ended, there was an uproar in the hall, and the son of the late crown prince Leon was appointed as the new crown prince, which was obviously beyond the expectations of too many people - the late crown prince Leon. It is unbelievable that Ferratis, who was condemned by the emperor for attempting to kill his father and usurp the throne during his lifetime, has now proclaimed his son as the successor of the empire! What's more, Henry is still a child under the age of ten!

Nanzhan Buqi II took a breath before he continued: "Seal the seventh princess Emily as the crown prince and assist the prince in managing government affairs. Lili Binglan is the daughter of my righteousness, given the surname Falatis, given the title of imperial princess, the generalissimo of the national soldiers and horses of the Jin Dynasty, and the prince and concubine, and married Alexander. St. Karen. Dominis. Meinster, named Alexander the Imperial Marshal, Prince of Mainster, and the crown prince, fief Mainster, about the eastern princes. General Feng Qi was the marshal of the empire, the deputy commander of the imperial soldiers and horses, and about half of the soldiers and horses of the empire. Marcelo, a parent of Morales. Morales was the Prime Minister of the Empire, and his second son, Karl Ange. Morales is the secretary of military affairs, and the eldest daughter Juliet. Morales for the Crown Prince's ......'

A series of new personnel appointments made it difficult for everyone to wake up from the huge shock, and everyone looked at each other, but they all realized that this was the emperor creating a new team for the next imperial monarch, and each of these appointments was unexpected

The seventh princess Emily was originally from the James family, but after the coup d'état, she was not implicated, but was made the crown prince, and there was a faint tendency to be the regent, replacing the young new lord in the court.

Once again, he broke the routine of personnel appointments and dismissals in the Imperial Military Department, and not only promoted Li Binglan, who was newly crowned the princess of the Empire, to the generalissimo of the whole country of the Imperial Army, giving me supreme glory and power, but also made me a king and a general, and gave the marshal authority, raising my power in both the military and political aspects of the empire to an unprecedented level. And General Tsykov also directly crossed the rank of general, and was exceptionally promoted to marshal, giving half of the military power to the empire.

In addition, the Morales family, which retired from politics after the death of their eldest son, Hugh Grant, was reused. Morales was appointed as the supreme administrator of the empire, the second son of the Morales family, Kar Anji, as the secretary of military affairs, and the eldest daughter Juliet as the crown prince and concubine - the long-neglected imperial family was re-placed in an important position by the emperor at the critical moment of the replacement of the old and the new, and it is difficult to guess what the emperor's intentions were.

I pondered for a while, and came up with a certain idea: the result of the new personnel appointments and dismissals would undoubtedly be to divide the power of the center of the empire into two factions in the future—the faction of descendants loyal to the royal family, represented by Emily, Tsykov, and Morales, and the faction of foreign surnames with different aspirations, represented by me and Lybinglan. If Emily and Morales were unknown before the coup d'état in Aruton, and if the emperor, like the preservation of Tsykov, was motivated by the preservation of the materials available to the future empire, then the cunning of Nanzhan Buqi II cannot help but make me secretly frightened.

If this is the emperor's true intention, it shows that the emperor does not fully trust me and Li Binglan, and is also wary of Emily and other descendants and members of the imperial family, so he builds a new balance of power in the empire through the power balance of the two factions, so as to protect the safety of the imperial family, ensure the smooth succession of his youngest grandson, and the legitimacy of the imperial family will continue to exist. Nanzhan Buqi II, the imperial monarch who was majestic and heroic in his youth and indulged in decadence in his later years, still had such far-reaching thoughts when he was terminally ill, it is really not simple!

At this time, I came into contact with the joyful gaze that Li Binglan cast at me, and I also looked back at her affectionately. Li Binglan's joy did not come from the promotion of status, but from the emperor's formal marriage proposal. The same is true for me, compared to my marriage to Li Binglan, everything else seems to be less important, including power and fame, including the intentions of the emperor, including the future of the empire...... All of this is not more important to me than Libinglan, with Libinglan, I have the whole world, without Libinglan, even if I give the whole world, it is difficult to make up for the emptiness in my heart......

After announcing a series of important moves, Emperor Nanzhan Buqi II seemed to feel a little tired, and said: 'The new appointment will be announced to the whole empire at once, and if there is no objection from the ministers, let the court be withdrawn......

'Your Majesty! ’

'Long live Your Majesty! ’

'Chitose Prince Henry! ’

'The glory of the empire endures forever! ’

In the sound of the chant of the ministers, Nanzhan Buqi II retreated with difficulty under the support of his attendants, looking at the back of the old man Xiao Suo, I couldn't help but feel in my heart: after all, the emperor has reached the time when the oil has run out......

Li Binglan and I were about to leave the main hall when the emperor's attendant called us: "Your Majesty, please ask His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness the Princess to go to the side hall for a talk. ’

When I went to the side hall with Li Binglan, I saw Nan Zhan Buqi II reclining on a tiger skin soft chair near the fire, surrounded by attendants and court physicians, and Princess Emily was also present, holding her father's hand and half-kneeling on the ground, leaning slightly forward and leaning lightly against the soft chair, as if ready to listen to her father's instructions.

Nan Zhan Buqi's spirit was quite tired, there was no trace of blood on his pale and haggard face, and his lips were black and purple, so that people could clearly feel that the breath of life was rapidly fading from the old man's body.

When I came in, the old man stepped back to the left and right, leaving Emily with him, and said to us, 'Binglan and Alex, don't stand, sit down and talk.' ’

After we sat down in a chair close to the emperor, the emperor glanced at Li Binglan with complicated eyes and said, "Binglan, I know that you still blame me in your heart, and you should blame me...... I almost made a big mistake...... Had it not been for Alec's timely arrival to crush Arudon's plot, you would have been tormented for the rest of your life by my mistakes, just like your mother...... Likiro is the greatest shame of my life, and if it weren't for my will, she wouldn't have had such a miserable life, and in the end she died in grief and hatred......

At this point, the Emperor's voice turned excited: 'Kira...... Kira ...... I know you will not forgive me until you die...... Please rest assured, I will soon go to the Nine Springs to make amends to you......

'Your Majesty...... Binglan doesn't blame you...... If Mother had knowledge under the spring and knew that His Majesty was so painful and guilty, she would also forgive His Majesty's ......' Li Binglan sobbed softly. And I held her soft tightly and soothed her.

It took a long time for the Emperor's agitation to subside, his gaze swept over me and Li Binglan, and then he said the secret we never knew: 'No, she won't forgive me...... I made her lose the happiness of her life...... I shamelessly broke up her and her lover, and forced her to marry my royal brother...... At that time, I and Miussy. Yuga and Rikiro are the best "Three Musketeers" of the Royal Academy of Buchanan, and we are also our best friends, and I am not as mediocre as I am from the beginning...... At that time, I was also a high-spirited young talent, and as the crown prince who was chosen as the next heir to the throne from birth, I was determined to make a big difference and become a great figure like the founding king of the country, Borenerner. Yuga and Rikira have been overshadowed, and my excellence has become mediocre in relation to their excellence—I, the crown prince, have become a shadow of Yuga and Rikira...... But those years were the happiest days of my life......

Later, Rikiro and Yuga fell in love and became the best couple in the Empire...... In fact, I secretly like Rikiro in my heart, but I know that I am far inferior to Miusi. Yuga is so amazing and peerless, and he is also ashamed of himself in front of the wise and blue heart of Liqiluo...... At that time, Liqiluo was like the current Libinglan, beautiful and beautiful, and Yuga was an unborn genius among the imperial aristocracy, having participated in military affairs during his school years and received the rank of general - some people even secretly said that if it were not for the fact that he was born to the throne of his father, he would have become the greatest monarch in the history of the empire, even surpassing Polernna...... The brilliance of Rikiro is only Miusi. Yuga's demeanor is worthy of it, and I can only secretly bless them......

Nanzhan Buqi II took a breath and continued: After graduation, Liqiluo stayed at the school to teach, and was selected by his father to join the Imperial Shadow Think Tank to provide decision-making advice to the Empire, Miusi. Yuga and Rikira made an alliance with Rikira and went to the battlefield to rush to the battlefield, and I successfully ascended to the throne after the death of my father...... Miusi. Yuga has seen many miracles on the battlefield, and I have become more and more wise in internal affairs, and the empire has become more and more powerful, and there is a new atmosphere of prosperity everywhere, but the internal troubles of the empire have not stopped—the external troubles have come from the invasion of the barbarians in the north, and the internal troubles have come from my eldest brother, the Grand Duke of Kutani, who was the prime minister of the empire at the time...... At that time, Miussy. With the cooperation of the archmage Pochettino, Yuga conquered Baglonda, the important city of the northern barbarians, and won a series of victories in the Northern War, expanding the empire's territory to the north by one-third. When he returned to the imperial capital in victory, after I had made him a marshal, he asked me to marry Rikira, and I gladly agreed......

But the next day, the emperor's eldest brother made the same request to me. It turned out that when Kutani was attending the 200th anniversary of Buchanan College, he was shocked to see Rikiro and vowed to marry her at all costs. Since Kutani's power in the imperial court was quite strong, and he had installed a large number of men on both the military and political sides, even I was afraid of him, and I did not dare to easily refuse his request, so I could not make a decision for a while. I consulted Chief of Staff Roval on this matter, and Roval believed that at present Kutani was too powerful to refuse, otherwise the empire would immediately be in danger of being divided; And Miusi. If Yuga is combined with the equally talented and proud Liqiluo, so that Yuga's military genius and Liqiluo's talent for governing the world will be unmanaged, and it will not be the blessing of the empire at that time, so it is better to marry Liqiluo to Kutani, which can temporarily stabilize the situation of the empire......

After much deliberation, I accepted the advice of the Chief of Staff to marry the Emperor's eldest brother, and ordered the angry Miusi on the grounds that the war in the north had not been pacified, and that it was necessary to further consolidate the northern frontier. Yuga immediately returned to the north to take up the town, and on the day that Ligiro married Kutani, Miusi. Yuga also returned to the northern front in a broken dream...... Later, the Kutani plot failed to take it for me, and Ligiro died in childbirth, and on the same day, Miusi. Yuga drifted away after a decisive victory in the Northern War...... The empire has lost its best talent, and I have lost two of my most important friends in my life through my own fault...... Since then, I have lost all my ambitions, and I have lived in drunken dreams and deaths, allowing pain and regret to consume the rest of my life...... But did I have a choice? Hate the emperor's family......

When Nanzhan Buqi II said this, he was so sad that he almost fainted, and Emily rubbed his father's chest lightly, and wept sadly: Father, don't be sad, rest well! If you have something to say, let's wait for you to feel better, your body is important...... After all, everything has passed...... Now, you have made amends to Sister Binglan and given her the greatest happiness......

I looked at Li Binglan with a complicated expression, and couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Li Binglan's mother is a strange woman in the world, but she is jealous and famous, she can't love, she has no one to hate, she is married to a non-human, she has a miserable life, and the desolation of her situation is lamentable and memorable...... Lykira, Miusi. It can be said that the grievances between Yujia and Nanzhan Buqi II are entangled, and right and wrong are not something that future generations can judge arbitrarily. For the tragedy of Liqiluo, if you want to investigate the cause, I am afraid that the only one is the wrong birth of the emperor and nobles. Lykira, Miusi. If Yuga hadn't been from an imperial family, if they had been more ordinary—if Miussy. Yuga didn't have too much talent in the world, and if Rikiro didn't have outstanding talent, if the two were just commoners...... Maybe it doesn't have to go this far. As if there was a fate in the shadows, the tragedy of Liqiluo almost recurred in Libinglan, if I were one step later...... But have I really broken my fate? Or is it not over yet......

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder, and I felt a chill, but I also secretly determined: no matter what, I won't let this happen! If there is such a thing as fate, I will be above it!

Nanzhan Buqi II rested for a while, finally soothed the depression in his heart, gently patted the back of Emily's hand with a slightly trembling palm, looked at his daughter with loving eyes, and said, "It's okay...... I don't care...... If you don't say something at this time, you may never have the opportunity to say it again...... Emily, you are the kindest of all my children, and the only one who really cares about my father, so you are the most beloved daughter in my father's heart! In order that you will not be framed by Aruton, Etiria, and James, I have to make you vain about James, because at that time you could only save your life by joining one of their lines, and James was the most unfashionable and unintelligent of the three, and only he could not see through your disguise...... Finally, God saw mercy and let you return to your father safely...... Daughter, born in the emperor's family, there are always responsibilities that cannot be shirked and too much helplessness, sometimes love is not what we need, maybe this is still something that must be abandoned as a member of the royal family, please remember my words......

Princess Emily looked at me with a mournful look before bowing her head and saying, "Yes, Father, I will remember it well......

Nan Zhan Buqi nodded with satisfaction, looked back and said to me solemnly: "Alec, do you know why I never thought of passing the throne to one of the three of Aruton, Etiria, and James, but to pass the ancestral system passed on from father to son to my grandson?

I briefly guessed the key to it, but said: Weichen doesn't understand...... It is said that any of the three of them have the talent to inherit the canon...... His Majesty's wisdom and depth are incomprehensible, and his mind is beyond the reach of Weichen, so he has no way to think about it.

Nanzhan Buqi II snorted and said: If it weren't for the ambition of these three wolves...... James didn't say it, this son is talented and talented, has an empty stomach, and has no ability to be a king at all! Although Aruton is too selfish and mean, he is ruthless and vicious, but he can barely be regarded as brave and resourceful, and his ambition is not shallow, and the military and political sides are quite popular, and those who owe it are impatient, pretentious, and ambitious; Ettiria is deep-seated, sinister and cunning, good at winning people's hearts, but narrow-minded, intolerant, jealous, and capricious. These two sons are a tiger and a wolf, and the other is a snake and scorpion. But I don't pass on the throne to these two people, not because they covet the throne and intend to rebel, but because they jointly set up a bureau, framed their own brother, and forced the prince to death!

Speaking of this, Nanzhan Buqi II's eyes shot a cold glow of hatred, and his voice trembled: Leon is my appointed crown prince, although he has an inappropriate life, he is honest by nature, as a sure heir to the throne, there is no reason to kill his father and usurp the throne! I was surprised at the time, but since all the evidence was directed at Lyon, the evidence was irrefutable and irrefutable, and I had to give the crown prince death. Later, I secretly found out that it was Aruton, Etiria, and James who were at odds with the crown prince, and knew that the throne was hopeless, and they were afraid that the prince would be unfavorable to the three of them after he ascended to the throne, so they conspired to set up this game and let the prince step on it...... When the three of them saw that after Leon's death, I had been slow to set up a new prince, and knowing that I had noticed it, they took advantage of my critical illness to instigate a mutiny in the imperial capital. It's just that the three of them have selfish intentions and have different ambitions, and when Aruton took the lead and controlled the imperial capital, the weak alliance of the three finally broke down, so with the recent changes in the imperial capital, I can take the opportunity to turn back the crisis. Hmph, kill your brother and try to kill your father! I will never pass on the throne to my deranged children!

I can also guess the reason for this--the emperor's family affairs are complicated and entangled, so the emperor has his position, and Aruton, Etiria, and James also have their own reasons for being ruthless. Although I can guess correctly, I am at a loss, the purpose is to keep my head and not want to be too sharp in front of the emperor, because although Li Binglan and I are now highly regarded by Nanzhan Buqi II on the surface, and have been granted great power and fame, His Majesty the Emperor, who is critically ill, has become the most unpredictable, and if the intelligence I show makes the emperor have enough scruples to threaten the imperial family, Li Binglan and I will be in danger of dying at any time.

Princess Emily lightly hammered Nanzhan Buqi II on the chest and comforted: "Father, don't be angry...... We will do our best to help the little ...... Don't worry too much about it, just take care of your illness...... As long as my father's illness is cured, I will definitely think of a way to make my brothers and sisters change their minds, and then our family can talk about their families.

Good daughter, my illness will not be cured...... Although I am mediocre, I also know that there is an end to life, and it is impossible for people to live forever...... I'm not afraid of death, I'm just a little relieved that you and Henry ...... Nanzhan Buqi II said calmly, and then turned his gaze to me and Li Binglan, Alex, Binglan, you are all my ministers, now the empire's political affairs are not calm, the young lord is still young, I hope you will help Xiangli and Emily to reunite the empire!

Li Binglan and I nodded and agreed: Your Majesty, please rest assured, Your Majesty has been very kind to us, and we will definitely do our best for the empire, and we will die!

Nanzhan Buqi II smiled with relief, and then said to me seriously: I regard Binglan as my own daughter, and I also regard you as an heir, I have kept my original promise to marry Binglan to you, and I hope you can keep your promise and cherish her for the rest of your life!

I replied firmly: Your Majesty, rest assured! I will not disappoint Your Majesty's expectations, let alone my beloved woman!

Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you for fulfilling me and Alex! Li Binglan also said suddenly.

Nanzhan Buqi II stared at me seriously, met my equally serious gaze, nodded lightly, and said: In this way, I can leave with peace of mind...... Binglan, don't call me Your Majesty anymore, you are already my daughter, you should call me father like Emily......

Yes, Your Majesty...... Father! Li Binglan sincerely whispered, no matter if Nanzhan Buqi II had hurt her mother, even if he was not, he had always treated her like his own daughter, and in Li Binglan's heart, he was like a father. Li Binglan was born an orphan, and was treated coldly and helplessly when she was a child, and later received Nan Zhan Buqi's care and care, so Nan Zhan Buqi has long replaced the image of the real father in Li Binglan's mind.

Alex, Binglan, let me hold the wedding for you as soon as possible! I hope to see my marriage with my own eyes before I die...... Moreover, an empire that has just experienced a catastrophe also needs a festive wedding to dilute the gloom...... Nanzhan Buqi II said suddenly, his eyes flashed with excitement, and his face flushed with excitement.

Your Majesty, at this time...... Is it appropriate? I hesitated.

Alex, Binglan, you will fulfill the last wish of a dying old man! I want to be able to see your happy events with my own eyes, so that I can see ......

Seeing the old man's expectant gaze, Li Binglan and I finally nodded in agreement.

It's set for next month, the sooner the better...... Hopefully I'll still have time...... After the Emperor finished speaking, he fell asleep contentedly.

Li Binglan and I retreated silently, and at this time, in our hearts, with excitement and uneasiness, we shifted our attention to the wedding next month......

On this day, the Falatiss Empire appointed another crown prince, and a series of major personnel changes were reported, and at the same time, the marriage of Prince Meinster and Generalissimo Lybinglan was announced from the imperial court to the whole country.

On the same day, after leaving the imperial capital, Aruton, Etiria, and James parted ways from the north, south, and east, and entered their own bases, claiming to be the orthodoxy of the empire, and made an alliance, gathered troops and horses, and vowed to slander the ministers, clear the king's side, and retake the imperial capital, thus forming a tripartite encirclement of the imperial center, officially announcing the disintegration of the unified imperial power, and from then on, the empire was divided into four, forming a four-legged pattern of competition.

This day is known in the history of the Pharatis Empire as the Changing Heaven.

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