On February 12, 1901, Memphis finally returned to the imperial capital. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

I personally went to the city to greet me, and gave Memphis the highest courtesy. When he saw me, Memphis, who was dressed in tattered armor and had a beard like grass, and looked so distressed that he gave me a bear hug and said excitedly, "Good brother! ”

At this time, I suddenly realized that I was messy and smelly, so I quickly let go of me, and while reaching out to pat my clothes, I said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I also soiled Your Majesty!" ”

Speaking of this, he thought that he was so carried away for a moment that he ignored the etiquette, and hurriedly said: "Memphis see Your Majesty!" Long live Your Majesty......" and he wanted to kneel down to me.

But I held him and didn't let him kneel, and pretended to be displeased and said, "Big brother is sweating like a hero, what's the dirt?" I'm naked! Your own brothers, you don't have to pay attention to red tape - today you and I don't care about the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, but only the friendship of brothers! ”

With that, he struck Memphis lightly in the chest with his fist, and Memphis immediately returned the punch. At this time, we couldn't help but think of the days when we robbed relatives and fought side by side in border cities in the past, and we couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

In the evening, I held a banquet for Memphis in the Imperial Palace.

During the dinner, I said that I would give Memphis a good reward for his merits.

Memphis smiled and resolutely refused: "It is the greatest reward for me to be able to sit with you and laugh and drink freely today!" Besides, on this expedition, I had only wandered around the enemy's positions with my army for a few months, and I had not encountered any real battles, which was as easy as an outing, so I had nothing to say! ”

I know that in fact it is not as easy as Memphis said, the army travels thousands of miles, and the toil is difficult to exhaust, how can it be comfortable? Then he said: "Big brother, you suppressed Haynes, Carlos was forced to retreat in a hurry, and the danger of the Eastern Capital was lifted, this is a great achievement, how can you ignore it?" ”

Memphis waved his hand and said stubbornly: "The experience of my expedition this time is simply insignificant compared to the dangerous and tragic battles you and the generals experienced in the Eastern Capital. If it comes to rewards, only the generals who were born and died with His Majesty, such as Aze and Xiu, are more eligible for rewards. As for me, you have given me a huge power and status beyond what I can control, so that the big brother is trembling every day, worried that he will not be able to take on the heavy responsibility...... Alex, tonight you and I are equal, so please promise the eldest brother! ”

"Since the eldest brother is stubborn like this, the brother is not reluctant......" I nodded, secretly admiring Memphis's unmeritorious approach. I know that Memphis is a man of coarse and fine, who is clearly aware of the limits of his own abilities, and who also deeply understands the truth of his high merits, so he is not happy about the continuous promotion of his status and power over the years, but worried, afraid that obtaining too high a position of power will breed undue ambitions for himself, and always warn himself not to transgress the duties of a courtier.

There is a rumor about Memphis: it is said that when Memphis was still the chief consul of Mainster, he once asked Yuhasu, who was a close personal friend, for advice on how to die well, and Yuhasu replied to him at that time: "Since ancient times, it is easy to start with good, but it is difficult to die well." Your Majesty is the material of the overlord who is dictatorial and arbitrary, and what he pursues is absolute power that overrides heaven and earth, but at the same time, His Majesty is also quite generous and generous, and he is not mean and unkind -- if you believe that he is the object of your lifelong follower, then as long as you do not be pampered, do not become arrogant, do not fight for merit, do not form a party, do not blackmail the lord, and do not seek merit and power for the heirs -- always keep in mind these 'six nos', you can die a good death with the reputation of a loyal servant, and become a model written in the history of the thousand years, and Your Majesty will always cherish a piece of affection with you. As for the rest, such as direct admonition in front of the palace, arguments in the tent, excitement, oblivion of etiquette, and even verbal offences - there is no need to worry too much about these, this is your true temperament, and it becomes hypocrisy to change it, and besides, you cannot change your heroic and uninhibited personality, and your majesty knows that you are very deep, and will not really blame you. If you were someone else, you wouldn't be able to get along with Your Majesty like this. Memphis thought so, and he did it.

"Brother Xie!"

At this time, Memphis drank a glass of spirits and said happily to Azelio: "Aze, you kid really don't cover it!" Turning to fight for thousands of miles, the savior of the lonely army, going deep into the enemy formation, the merit is in the community, and the most rare thing is that he composed a love song of troubled times on the battlefield of fierce and dangerous soldiers, and got back a charming sister-in-law! I'm happiest to be able to come back in time to drink a glass of your kid's wine! Hey...... I've always been worried that you won't be able to get a wife for a lifetime, and you're running left and right to talk about matchmaking, but it's a waste of worry - what a Aze! ”

Azelio, however, was embarrassed by Memphis's undisguised words, and no longer had the demeanor of a famous general who commanded on the battlefield.

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On February 20, 1901, Azzio's wedding finally arrived. On this day, the general's mansion was full of traffic and bustle, a group of princes and nobles, civil ministers and military generals came to congratulate, and even countries sent envoys to offer congratulatory gifts. I personally married Azerio and Emma, and Juliet offered them the blessings of God on behalf of the Cult of the Gods.

At the wedding banquet, everyone persuaded the couple to drink, the groom couldn't resist everyone, so he had to pour a cup after cup into the stomach with the bride's share, and the good deeds also set up a series of problems for the newlyweds, even when was the first kiss, what was the most intimate contact, and what step had been penetrated into the most private questions were forced to confess, and the drunken Azeglio also seemed to be open, and he was talking nonsense with everyone.

Viscount Leonardo, the Minister of Ceremonies, who was sitting beside me, shook his head and sighed: "It's really a bad day! The important ministers of the empire are so rude, if they pass it out, won't it bring shame to the imperial court? ”

But Leonardo couldn't let Leonardo sigh more, he had been forcibly dragged out by Van and others to drink with him, until he was so drunk that he staggered and sang in public. I couldn't help but feel very amused when I saw the rigid and self-disciplined minister of etiquette finally lose his life.

At this time, my eyes inadvertently touched Yuliet on the opposite side, but when I saw her cold face and turned away from looking at me, I couldn't help but feel a pain in my heart, and remembered the grand occasion of my wedding with Li Binglan - at this time, Yiren was far away in Guanshan, separated by thousands of miles...... It is even more touching and sad.

Drinker suddenly walked over and whispered in my ear, "Alex, Sandnight has asked to see you, saying that there is something important to do, and that if you refuse to see her, you will regret it for the rest of your life. ”

I gathered my thoughts, thought about it, and said coldly: "Take her into the palace tomorrow to see you!" ”

During the banquet, everyone was extremely profligate and horrified, and they rested until midnight. At this time, the bride was able to help the drunken and unconscious groom into the new house, while Memphis, Van Dyck, Cal Anji and others, who had a close personal relationship with Azeglio, shouted that they wanted to make trouble in the new house.

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The next day, I met Sha Ye at the State Chamber.

Although this "Purple Bell of the Night" and the high priest of the Cult of the Gods were forbidden by me, he still had a demagogic charm, and his seemingly casual smile easily provoked my male impulse, so that I had to deal with it with all my heart, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: What a peerless enchantress born with charming bones!

"High Priestess of the Sand Night, why are you asking to see me?" I leaned back lightly on the dragon chair, squinted at the sand night, and said coldly.

"Your Majesty Alexander, please release this seat immediately!" Sha Ye said resolutely.

"Oh? Do you think you can still make such a request to me? I scoffed.

Sha Ye ignored my taunts and said in a firm voice, "I have important news for Your Majesty in exchange for my freedom!" ”

I sat up straight, looked coldly at the beauty in front of me, and said, "I know that you have asked to see me, and I will be afraid!" But - you are a valuable loan, and in order to redeem yourself, the information you provide must be of commensurate value! ”

"Regarding the true purpose of the frequent activities of our temple and the people of the Northern Kingdom in the Southern Continent in recent years, this is a major secret related to the future pattern of the entire Shenglun Continent - is this kind of information enough?" Sha Ye said in a long voice.

My heart shook wildly, because this is exactly what I couldn't figure out - the Jialan Temple and the Tranches Empire have been sending people deep into the Southern Continent over the years, and there must be very important intentions hidden behind it, but although I sent Luo Bai to investigate full-time, but unfortunately I found nothing, but I found that the Dida Chamber of Commerce harbored evil intentions, but I didn't see any unfavorable actions for the empire so I temporarily stood still, and when the Delaware case broke out, not only the Sakura Hui family was involved, but also found out that the Dida Chamber of Commerce was obstructing it, and then went to Fengrui Sakura Hui to enter the palace for help, I knew that the Dida Chamber of Commerce was finally unwilling to be lonely and launched it, and decided to take the lead, so there was that ploughing pavilion sweeping operation......

It's just that how credible is the words that Sha Ye is going to reveal? Why was she willing to sell the temple? She seems anxious to regain her freedom...... It seems that there is a matter of vital interest that must be done by herself, so she does not hesitate to exchange the secrets of the temple for her freedom, and this woman's loyalty is not reliable, and there is really nothing to sell for her own interests—so it seems that she does have the great secrets of the temple......

I thought about it for a while, the expression on my face remained unchanged, and I said in a quiet voice, "There is no doubt that you do have the ability to bargain with me!" But before we talk about the deal, I must first understand why you are in a hurry to get free! ”

"Can you not say it on a sand night? This is Sha Ye's personal reason......" Sha Ye said with an embarrassed face, as if there was something unspeakable.

"No! You don't have a choice! I said in an unquestioning tone, "I don't want to get into your private affairs! Only this time the situation is different - I can only judge the authenticity of the information you provide if I know why you are in a hurry to leave and determine the value of the word 'freedom' to you! ”

"It's worthy of Alexander the Great......" Sha Ye cast a hint of admiration at me, but suddenly his face was solemn, and a faint sadness inadvertently climbed up to the face that poured all beings, and there was also a thick melancholy in his voice, "Sha Ye is an orphan who has been adopted by the temple since he was a child, and thinks that he has no relatives in the world...... By chance, Sha Ye knew that he had an older brother in the world, and he was forced to live in exile in the Southern Continent because of the temple, and then suddenly disappeared, and even the temple didn't know if he was alive or dead...... In order to find the only relative in the world on this sand night, I took the initiative to ask the temple to go to the southern continent to assist the temple's operation...... That's why I didn't hesitate to sell the temple in exchange for freedom...... In this way, is Your Majesty satisfied? Regarding the matter of Sha Ye, because of the great importance of Sha Ye, I can reveal all of it, if Your Majesty still doesn't believe it, Sha Ye has no choice but to resign himself to fate......"

I thought about it and understood that Sha Ye had no reason to deceive me, so I said, "I believe it! I'm willing to make this deal with you - but aren't you afraid of backtracking? ”

Sha Ye had already recovered his dissolute expression at this time, and said with a charming smile: "Your Majesty has no jokes, what else can Sha Ye not believe?" Moreover, I will first send you a message that Your Majesty cares about, and I believe that when the time comes, your Majesty will be willing to let Sha Ye leave...... The date of her marriage to Kris has not yet been decided. The last time I said that, it was just to mess with your mind. Because Aaron Shi has not forgotten her affection for you, as the heir of the Holy Maiden of my temple, even Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden cannot force her. On the other hand, His Royal Highness Nerkoqin, the fourth prince of the Tranches Empire, intervened between His Royal Highness and Aaronshi because of the open and secret battle with His Royal Highness the Third Prince, intending to take Aaronshi as a concubine and covet the power of the temple. Today, the emperor of the Tranches Empire has a total of eight sons and six daughters, of which the crown prince died early, the second prince is demented, and the most talented of the remaining sons are the third prince and the fourth prince, and they are also the most promising candidates to inherit the throne. And His Royal Highness Christfan doesn't seem to have any intention of marrying prematurely, and he probably doesn't want to lose the role of Aaron's chess, which can restrain you......"

Sha Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and then said quietly: "I also don't hide that I have a deep love for His Highness Christfan, and I have selfish intentions in the affairs between Aaron and His Highness, and I have repeatedly tried to sabotage their marriage. Therefore, it is not harmful for Your Majesty to let Sha Ye go—as long as Sha Ye exists, I will continue to spoil their good deeds! ”

At the end, Sha Ye almost gritted her teeth, the light in her eyes became extremely poisonous, and her face was distorted with jealousy, which made me shudder—I couldn't imagine that a woman who had been blinded by jealousy could become so terrible!

But I said lightly: "Tell me the information about your exchange of freedom!" ”

Sha Ye is really a moody and unpredictable woman, after hearing my words, she immediately changed into a charming and moving smile, stretched out her bright red tongue and licked her sexy upper lip, before she said in a very soft voice: "Since Your Majesty is so impatient, Sha Ye no longer wants to refuse and welcome, and immediately get to the point, let Your Majesty's long sword and shoes - our palace and the northern kingdom have been operating in the southern continent in recent years, including the dark double envoys repeatedly going south, the main purpose of which is to find the lost half of the ancient navigation chart!" The Aliens Empire planned to invade the southern continent from the waterway in order to unify the world, but because the rivers of the Heavenly River, the Galaxy and the Milky Way were wide, they still could not pass through a large number of fleets, and the sea surface that must be passed to reach the southern continent was full of reefs and dangerous currents, and it was a dead sea area on the route, and the northern country had not been able to find a safe shipping lane, so the southern invasion plan was shelved until now.

"At present, the Imperial Family of the Tranches Empire only has half of the navigation charts before the War of the Gods, and the other half is rumored to have been lost in the Southern Continent - once the other half of the navigation charts are found, the Trunkis Empire can quickly march into the Southern Continent with the sharpest fleet in the world and unify the land of Saint-Lun! Of course, the third prince and the fourth prince are also secretly competing in this matter - whoever obtains this half of the nautical chart first will have the prestige and qualification to inherit the throne...... The troubles that our temple has created so far in the Southern Continent are, on the one hand, to create a favorable situation for the Northern Kingdom to take over the Southern Continent in the future, and on the other hand, to cover up this true intention! ”

When I heard this earth-shattering news, I couldn't help but be amazed: when I first met Aaronse, she was riding on a large multi-masted galleon with the head of Poseidon, the god of the sea, whose ingenious design once struck me so much that I still remember it - there is no doubt that the northern country has more shipbuilding technology than any other country in the southern continent...... If Trenches did attack from the sea, there would be no one to beat...... I became more and more aware of the importance of that half of the ancient nautical charts - the search for them had become a matter of urgency! I must find this half of the chart before the Northland and the Temple!

After Sha Ye revealed his secret, he looked at me and said, "Your Majesty, you definitely don't feel a loss by exchanging this information for Sha Ye's freedom, right?" ”

I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and when the wind blew, I was clear, and said to Sha Ye in an ethereal and textureless voice like a soul returning to the body: "High Priest Sha Ye, you are free!" ”

Then the ban on her body was lifted, but she did not leave immediately, but smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty, you and I have known each other once, and there may be no chance to meet again in the future, are you willing to lose your soul with Sha Ye overnight as a souvenir?" ”

I shook my head slowly, and said in a cold, bullying tone, "Go ahead!" But remember one thing - as much as I am determined to win Aaron's poetry, I will not allow you to do any harm to her in order to break her engagement to Christfan! ”

After a pause, I changed to a gentle tone and continued: "Sha Ye, you are an incredibly beautiful woman, with peerless color, why bother to belittle yourself again and again and continue to smoke and see? Have you ever asked yourself if you really love Christfan that much? I'm afraid it's more of a momentary infatuation, plus all kinds of resentment and unwillingness to be born because I can't get him, right? Why bind yourself for the sake of a hopeless love, even going to extremes? If you can overcome your own demons, you can have a better life! ”

Sha Ye was stunned, and his cold gaze stayed on my face for a moment before he said: "Chong Your Majesty's words, Sha Ye will leave a little affection for Your Majesty in the future!" ”

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After the matter of Sha Ye was settled, I urgently ordered Simon Stage, Van, and Luo Bai to enter the palace.

After some deliberation, the three of them decided to mobilize all the intelligence agencies, send intelligence officers, and search the world, and be sure to obtain the half of the ancient navigation chart before rushing to the enemy.

In the end, I left Luo Bai to ask about another thing: "Is there a result of the matter I asked you to investigate?" ”

Luo Bai bowed down and replied, "Your Majesty, Weichen has already found out that the head of the Yinghui family only changed his temperament after a serious illness a few months ago...... During His Majesty's crusade, Feng Rui Ying Hui suddenly suffered from a strange illness, which turned out to be a medicine stone, and even the famous doctors in the imperial capital were helpless, so they had to persuade the Ying Hui family to prepare for the future as soon as possible, but the dying Miss Feng Rui suddenly recovered one day without medicine - except for a strange lily birthmark on her forehead, her body was completely recovered. It is said that on the night when Miss Feng Rui recovered, a strange celestial phenomenon appeared in the night sky of the imperial capital in March, so the people of the Sakura Hui family believed that the lady was miraculously restored with the help of the gods, and the lily birthmark was the mark of the gods...... Originally, Miss Feng Rui was a timid and shy girl, who had no decision on family affairs, and had no courage to take charge of things, which made the elders of the clan extremely disappointed with the head of the family of this generation, thinking that she was not qualified to be the head of the family at all, but after recovering from her illness, Feng Rui Sakura Hui seemed to have completely transformed into another person, becoming mature, steady, decisive, brave, and strong, and fully possessed all the qualities that a family mother should have......"

"Luo Bai, you can do it very well! Thank you for your hard work—you go down......" I said approvingly, and ordered Luo Bai to step down.

Is there any mysterious connection between Feng Rui Sakura, who is exactly the same as the girl in my dreams? A sudden strange illness, a miraculous healing without medicine, a mysterious lily birthmark, a strange March night, a sudden change of temperament - young and beautiful Sakura Hui family master, I am afraid that you and I have been tightly bound together by the hand of fate with an invisible rope......

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At dawn on February 29, 1901, the news of the return of the "Silver Silk" reached the imperial capital......

When I received the news in the dormitory, I filled my body and mind with joy, and said excitedly to the third girl: "Binglan is back!" ”

After the third daughter finished dressing me, she hurriedly left the palace, and couldn't help but count Edkins along the way: "The queen returned to Beijing for such a major event, why didn't you inform me as soon as possible and let me go to the city to greet me?" ”

Frightened, Ekins hurriedly knelt down and said, "Damn it!" ”

"Forget it, maybe Binglan wants to surprise me! I don'......t really want to blame Ekins, at this time, all my thoughts were on the reunion with Binglan, and I didn't pay attention to Ekins's strange expression, and anxiously, I quickened my pace to get rid of everyone and walked towards the state hall.

As soon as my feet stepped into the threshold of the State Room, I couldn't help but whisper inward: "Binglan ......"

But I didn't hear the eager response of Binglan in my imagination, and I had already entered the state hall, and I suddenly found that the atmosphere inside was not right: Simon Stag, Memphis, Azelio, Hugh Belmont, Drink, Galenhuadu, Shui Ruoxing, Casta, Van, Matthew and other important military generals who stayed in Gyeonggi were all here, with solemn expressions and a deep sadness that was difficult to hide.

My heart tightened, and I focused my eyes on one person—General Dustin, the deputy commander of the "Silver Silk" who had been wearing the original bright and bright "Silver Silk" armor on his body due to the multiple damage to his armor, asked, "Dustin, why are you the only one who has come back?" What about the Queen? And what about Zolachi? Will they come later? ”

Hearing this, Dustin suddenly knelt down in front of me with a "poof" and cried out, "Your Majesty...... Empress...... Something happened! ”

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