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The spring of the imperial capital Proust is bright and bright, and the warm spring breeze blows lightly with moist water vapor, giving people a gentle and cool touch, as well as a sweet floral fragrance and a faint smell of grass.

Pedestrians are no longer wearing bloated plain winter coats, but have changed into festive spring shirts, and the monotonous and dark colors have been replaced by colorful and bright light clothes. Dressed in off-the-shoulder costumes and short skirts, the young girls show off their arms and legs, and when a gust of wind blows, the skirts are wrinkled and fluttering, leading to reverie. The rich colors color the imperial capital into a beautiful picture of spring.

The western suburbs are full of spring: in addition to the peak of the year-round snow, the snow below the halfway point has melted, like a white lotus flower held up by a green stem; The river waterfall has long been thawed from the ice, and the turbulent waterfall hangs high in the sky, flying down, refracting the seven-colored rainbow in the sun; The vivid stream trickles down, twisting and turning, and blooming into countless splashes on the elliptical stone dai. The green mountains are wet, the forests are lush, the new sprouts are green, the wild flowers are vibrant, and the green fields are like a brocade.

All kinds of wild beasts waking up from hibernation are running and foraging, and the sound of running and howling can be faintly heard; Birds come and go, and the sound of flapping wings and chirping comes and goes. Insects chirp, spring water tinkling, river water gurgling, leaves rustling...... All kinds of sounds converge into a spring movement.

However, the people of the imperial capital did not have the joy of spring in their hearts at this time, and they lost the mood of appreciating spring in previous years, but their faces were gloomy and confused. The annual spring festival, which was traditionally initiated by the royal family, was not held as scheduled this year, as if everyone from the imperial court to the people of Li had the consciousness that it was about to become a sacrifice at the upcoming blood and fire festival

The north, east, and south were full of smoke and flames, and the raging flames ignited by Aruton, Ettiria, and James continued to spread to the center of the empire, and the scope of the orthodox control of the Faratis Empire was gradually shrinking. Therefore, even the most nervous latecomers can feel the sinister situation, the heavy pressure and the tense atmosphere.

War is not far away from the people of the imperial capital who are under many barriers and umbrellas.

The splendid spring of May is like the last sumptuous dinner enjoyed by the people of the imperial capital before they die. The picturesque scenery is in stark contrast to the dead silence of the people. However, not everyone lives in pain.

It is not what I expected to build happiness on the pain of others, but since it has happened, instead of boring repentance or guilt, it is better to maximize the realization of this pain into happiness and calmly appreciate the gorgeous flowers that bloom on top of the pain.

- Alexandrian (The Crown of the Wind - The Biography of Alexander the Great)

On the afternoon of May 8, 1894, the court meeting was underway.

On the top of the Imperial Capital Emperor Lingtian Hall, princes, ministers, and military generals gathered, and everyone's faces were gloomy.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour, but there was no substantial progress, and there was no reason for even a simple surrender or strategy.

Facing my Prime Minister Marcelo. Morales was also full of sadness at this time, and his sad expression seemed to have experienced the pain of losing a child again—in fact, it was not far from such an outcome.

And Li Binglan and I stood on the main hall and watched all this coldly, pursing our lips and not saying a word for a long time, as if everything had nothing to do with us.

Emily, the regent who sat on the throne with little Henry in her arms, tried her best to hold her chest up, calm herself, and maintain the majesty of the ruler, but she could not hide the anxiety of the current national disaster.

And the crown prince Yuliet, who has a pair of phantom pupils, is bright and radiant, and looks like an emperor's teacher, and the prince's prince is bowed to the king's side, and his dreamy eyes do not show any emotional fluctuations, and his whole body exudes a detached and indifferent temperament, as if he is indifferent to anything, and seems to have a deep understanding of things beyond the surface.

In the imperial political system, when the crown prince was crowned emperor, the original prince did not claim the title of emperor with the change of the prince's identity, but still called the prince and the prince, and assumed the responsibility of assisting the young lord to govern.

Prince Alex and Generalissimo Li, do you have a way to deal with it? Princess Emily finally couldn't resist asking us.

I smiled faintly and said, "What can I do?" Wechen is young and shallow, and the princes of the palace are above my calendar regardless of experience and insight, and there are many people with high intelligence, if even you are helpless, Wechen has no good strategy.

Emily knew that I was prevaricating, so she glanced at me dissatisfied, and said to Li Binglan: Generalissimo Li is a world-class famous general, and he must have a plan to reverse the disadvantage, repel the fangs, and stabilize the country, right?

Li Binglan shook her head lightly and said: Binglan is a woman, a wife, she takes care of the small family and small affairs, and she can't hand over the big politics to everyone. My husband has nothing to do, and Binglan can't help it anymore!

The implication is that I am the only one.

Emily's face changed slightly by our husband's easy-going words, but it was not easy to attack, so she had to say: The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! On the occasion of the autumn of the empire's survival, Li Qing is an important minister of the country and the son of His Majesty, he should do his best for the country and share the worries of the Lord, how can he only care about his family and forget the righteousness! Above the main hall, the pivot of the empire, only talks about monarchs and ministers, and does not ask about personal feelings. Li Qing is selfish and forgetful, is it his duty as a minister? What's more, the country is the country, and if there is no country, how can there be a home?

Li Binglan was unmoved, threw an affectionate look at me, and said with a light smile: As the old saying goes: self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world, it can be seen that the family is in front of the country, not to mention that Binglan is a little woman, if she can't do her duty as a wife, it is impossible to do her duty as a minister - if Binglan can't even take care of her family, how can she talk about the strategy of governing the country and securing the country?

At this time, I said: Your Highness's words are wrong! Weichen and Binglan's newlywed Yan'er has been granted leave by His Majesty at home, in terms of the imperial system, at this time, his identity is only a civilian cloth, and he has no right to intervene in military and political affairs, His Royal Highness is so harsh, isn't it embarrassing for us? What's more, the Weichen couple has been absent from the government for a long time, and they have been idle for a long time, His Royal Highness asked at this time, why is it as blind as asking? There are still things at home waiting for Weichen to go back to take care of, if Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess have nothing else to do, please forgive us for retiring, Binglan and I still have to work hard for Tian Ding'er!

Princess Emily was stunned by my almost scoundrel words in the main hall, and then her pretty face tensed, but she could not speak.

I knelt down with Li Binglan, who gave me a blank look, and then stood up arm in arm, Ying Ying walked away, on the solemn hall, in front of everyone's eyes, as if strolling leisurely, the presumptuous words and unrestrained behavior made the ministers angry, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Wait!

As Her Royal Highness the princess sounded softly, two gold-armored guards holding swords blocked our way from the entrance of the palace.

Li Binglan and I turned around, but saw that Emily had already changed color, her pretty face was pale, her chest and abdomen were slightly heaving with excitement, and the eyes that were cast at me were indescribably resentful.

Does Your Highness still have any orders? I said in a formulaic tone, with no expression on a poker face.

Alex! At the beginning of the death of the first emperor, I was indifferent to you and Li Qing because of my lack of ground, but I remember that my Faratis clan has always been kind to you, please don't abandon Faratis and abandon the empire at this time, okay? Emily said quietly, with a deep sadness in her restrained tone.

Your Royal Highness Princess, Alex's heart is light! The fact that the birds are hiding their bows and the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooking makes me feel like ashes about politics! As early as the beginning of Aruton's army, Binglan and I had taken the initiative to ask for help, willing to sacrifice our lives for the empire, but what kind of reward did we get? His Highness's indifference and the cynicism of his ministers! What is the rationale for this?

To put it bluntly, it is the master of high merit! Everyone is jealous of me and Li Binglan, so they deliberately suppress and weaken it! Now, when the situation has developed to the point of being out of control, His Highness and the ministers are thinking of us and my wife, can this not make us chill?

In order to gain the loyalty of his subordinates, the lord must have the right amount to match it! If His Royal Highness had the heart to accept advice, and the Minister of Economic Affairs had the capacity to tolerate people, why did he do this? I said coldly, and a grim gaze swept over Marcelo, and the face of the Imperial Chancellor turned pale to blood.

His Royal Highness the Prince and Generalissimo Li, can you take a step to speak? Crisp as the early morning oriole bird crying voice, but with a dream-like unique charm, soft as silk, light as a dream, the words fall and meaningful, but the plain place is poetic, people unconsciously want to trace the source of the sound, eager to find more sound around the beam, the speaker is Yuliet, who has not spoken a word.

In the deserted side hall, there were only me, Li Binglan, Emily, and Juliet.

What did Mrs. You teach me? I set my eyes on this beautiful lady who is pleasing to the eye.

Your Royal Highness, will you abandon the Empire? No, it won't! Juliet did not wait for me to deny it, and the beautiful eyes were filled with colorful glass, so that I could not be sure whether her eyes were focused on me, the object of the conversation, Your Highness is wise and wise, eloquent and strategic, and a genius in the sky, and will not fail to understand the truth of the death of cold lips and teeth. Even if His Royal Highness doesn't care about the lives of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and doesn't care about the empire that is about to collapse, he will never regret the people and soldiers of the empire who are in dire straits, right?

His Royal Highness started from the cloth, wielded a three-foot long sword, worked hard for four years, won the hearts of all the people, worked vertically and horizontally, and made great efforts to make the country prosperous, so that he had today's achievements, and should know better than anyone where his foundation is, today, even if His Royal Highness turns the tide and turns the tide against the trend, he cannot win the gratitude of the imperial nobles, but because of the envy of the virtuous, but how can the gratitude of a thousand nobles be compared to the gratitude and return of thousands of ordinary people and imperial soldiers? The will of the people is the fundamental, the others are the last, Your Highness now has a chance to win the hearts of the people of the empire, how can he give up in vain?

These words went straight to my heart, and I was amazed at the extraordinary insight that this little woman had, but I was unmoved and said: Is Mrs. You pointing directly at my ambition? These words are very impressive, Taifu has the talent of Zaifu!

But I'm not a man who plays by the rules! At present, I am more concerned about the family life with my new wives, and I have neither far-reaching thoughts nor lofty goals, so I can't shake my water-stopping heart. Alex is an ordinary man, unwilling to be bound by any restraints and fetters, and just wants to walk in the world in style; The person I care about is just the beloved woman by my side!

Your Highness is wrong! Juliet shook her head lightly, there was a faint light in her phantom pupils, I know that Your Highness has no greater ambitions for the Empire, because Your Highness is looking at the entire Saint-Lun Continent, not the tiny Falatis! How can the stage of the empire restrain His Highness's heroic posture flying all over the world? I do not have any special intentions in exhorting Your Highness, but I just hope that Your Highness will have mercy on the innocent people and the millions of living beings in our country! Do not let the ignorance of the Imperial courtiers make His Highness abandon the poor subjects of the Empire......

Her Royal Highness the Princess's previous attitude towards Her Royal Highness was also out of helplessness, she was in this position, and she had to balance the interests of all parties, and you should know better than anyone that Her Royal Highness the Princess would never harm your heart...... We may not be at it, but soldiers and civilians are innocent and should not be sacrificed in the struggle for power. Therefore, I hope that His Royal Highness can take advantage of the situation to rise up, resist foreign enemies, stop the army, and save the people from fire and water! Seize this opportunity, no one will say that His Highness is not half a point! Heaven gives the Buddha to take it, but suffers the blame!

What a compassionate woman! Although he is indifferent and isolated from the people around him, he has a fraternity heart for the people, and he can't imagine that there are such kind and talented women among the nobles of the empire! I sighed to myself.

Emily finally said, "Alec, I beg you......

At this time, Emily is completely like a weak little girl, and her sad and helpless voice is pitiful. I couldn't help but think of Emily's kindness to me—it was she who deliberately knocked over the poisoned wine that Nan Zhan Buqi II had prepared for me and Li Binglan that day, and avoided a blood-spattered five-step palace change...... And when I danced with me that night, she was amorous and happy and carefree...... Now, she is a delicate and fragile woman, but she is forced to carry the pulse of the empire, support the young emperor, throw herself into the treacherous politics, and deal with tigers and wolves...... At the pinnacle of imperial power are a pair of delicate siblings who have lost their fathers and are helpless......

I exchanged glances with Li Binglan, who was already moved, and couldn't help but soften in my heart, and said softly: Your Royal Highness Princess, I am willing to fight! However, I ask to be given the utmost freedom and power! All military supplies and military personnel of the empire must be dispatched by me, and the battle plan shall be formulated by me personally, and no one else shall interfere in combat affairs! Grant me these requests, and I will go to war, even if I sacrifice my life for the country without complaint, otherwise, nothing will be discussed! You can reply to me after consulting with the ministers! Her Royal Highness the Princess, Mrs. You, we take our leave.

After saying that, he didn't say a word, ignored the pale Emily and Juliet, and walked out of the side hall with Li Binglan, and the palace guards stationed at the door were so intimidated by our momentum that they didn't dare to stop us, and let us go.

On the night of May 9, 1894 in the Holy Lun calendar, the night charm moon was in the middle of the sky, which means that it was already late at night. The purple moonlight and the fog of the night are blended together, and under the misty night, it presents a dark blue air current, and on the top of the imperial palace, the original golden glazed tile double spire is also hidden in a gloom at this time.

I stood in the silent and empty square of the main hall, which had been deliberately concealed by the guards, and looked up at the night sky as if I were admiring the night.

The full moon is in the sky, the purple blossoms are shining, the stars are dotted, the blue-gray double spires stand alone, and a graceful figure stands on one of the spires.

I pressed my hands downward, and without any movement of my legs, the man was already soaring into the air, like a straight black line across the night sky, as if flying slowly and rapidly over another spire.

After a while, I stood easily on the top of the spire, leisurely and more than ten meters away from the figure on the other side, coldly facing each other.

His Royal Highness Aaron Shi Feishu passed the edict to Ali here, what is there to discuss? I said calmly, but my heart fluctuated like waves, and I had an inseparable affection for this woman who haunted my dreams, but I was deeply wary.

Does His Royal Highness need to adopt such a rejection attitude towards Aaron's poetry? Why make the atmosphere of seeing each other tense?

With the sound of a song-like voice, Aaron Shi smiled faintly, like a lily in the middle of the night, noble and beautiful, dispelling the cold weight of the night, warmly and gently touching the cold and lonely hearts.

This faint smile has a strong affinity.

It's Alec who is a little restrained! Such a good day and a beautiful night, the jade people meet at a good time, it is the time when the love words are endless, but Alec almost ruined the dream-like atmosphere and abruptly beautif, no wonder His Royal Highness asked angrily!

I also pursed my lips and smiled, said ambiguously, and then wantonly looked at the jade figure in front of me: still delicate like a flower, picturesque eyebrows, beautiful and elegant like a Greek god, nearly three years have made her more mature and charming, and a noble temperament that people dare not blasphemy. The original moon-white elegant corset dress was dyed lilac by the moonlight, and the wind ferried in the mist, and the skirt opened and closed and folded, reflecting the perfect curves and slender and round jade legs of Yalunshi, which added a demagogic charm to the noble temperament.

It's really Alec's consistent flamboyant style! just said a serious sentence, but immediately reverted to the old ways! Aaron still smiled shallowly, but did not take my words seriously.

I smiled wryly and said, "My impression in Your Highness's mind is really not ordinarily bad!" However, the plain Ali is still quite serious, but in the face of His Royal Highness, he can't help himself, which is called can't help it!

Finally couldn't stand my overly straightforward words, condensed a smile, and said: King Alexander, please stop laughing at Aaronshi! In you, it might just be a little joke; In me, it's a game that I can't bear in my life! Please don't play your game of love with Aaronse, okay? Aaronse really can't afford to play it, and she can't touch it!

I sighed faintly and said solemnly: Is it just a game? Alex's most precious memories from his youth to his youth turned out to be just illusory dreams...... Your Highness, please explain the purpose of tonight's meeting.

After listening to my words, Aaron's expression changed slightly, but he said: In just a few years, you have risen like a comet, from nothing to today's earth-shattering brilliant achievements! It can be seen that I still had too low an opinion of you back then...... I finally understood what you meant when you said that instead of following the wind, you should dance freely. You are not a person who is willing to live under others, let alone a person who is willing to live with the light and dust, and wither with the grass and trees! All the things you said in the past were your prevarications, because you demanded far more than I promised.

But the path you have taken has seriously affected the goals and interests of my temple! Today, you have become the biggest variable in the Southern Continent! Our temple has no intention of allowing this uncertainty to continue......

My face was not shocked, and I said coldly: Your Highness means that I have become an obstacle to the temple? So the temple has plans to get rid of me? Is this a warning to me, Your Highness, on behalf of the Temple?

Alex...... Yaaron Shi said with a slightly uneasy expression, Your teacher, the Holy King Aosidu, has a deep relationship with our temple, as the Holy King

You, the successor, are also honored by our temple, and even more, you are also blessed with the poetry of Jaaron...... We really don't want to see you against the temple......

But if you continue on the current path, sooner or later there will be a fundamental conflict of interest with our temple! In the face of the happiness of all mankind, the affection between you and me is insignificant, and for the peace and unity of mankind, I will have to be your enemy! So, I hope you don't go wrong again! Give up your immediate interests, take your family, and join me in the northern kingdom, and jointly support the co-lord of the Holy Lun chosen by the gods, and create a new era for mankind!

The co-lord of St. Lun? Is it referring to Christavan? I asked indifferently, a demonic smile and an arrogant figure appeared in my heart, he does have the conditions to become a generation of hegemons: absolute ruthlessness, even a lover can give up for the sake of hegemony!

Aarensis nodded and said, "Christfan." His Royal Highness is the third prince of the Expedition Empire, the first in line to the throne of the Empire, and no one in the world can match his intelligence or courage. At the same time, he is also the son of destiny chosen by the gods, and since he was a child, he was selected by the holy woman of our temple to enter the temple as a priest, and was trained by the holy woman, and is now the high priest and secret messenger of the temple.

With his extraordinary talent and the strength of the Northern Kingdom, coupled with the favor of the gods and the full support of our temple, His Highness Christfan will eventually win the world, put an end to the chaos of the division of the Holy Lun, and bring eternal peace to mankind. If you are willing to serve His Highness, you will definitely become the most important arm of His Highness in the world, and your name will be engraved in the Great Man Shrine of the Shenglun Continent, and together with His Royal Highness Krismfan, you will be admired by the world and recited by all generations!

Will Krisfan be a mountain I can't cross? Although I was a little uncomfortable that Aaronse held him in such esteem in front of me, I had to admit that Christan did have such a domineering talent.

I smiled casually and said, "It turns out that His Royal Highness Aaron Shi is here to be a lobbyist for Krisfan!" can make His Highness so respectful, he must be a superlative! However, you overestimate my Alex. All I do today is to reunite with the woman I love. I don't have much ambition for the earth, and why should His Highness and the Temple care too much about the small ripple I accidentally stirred up in the troubled times?

Aaronshi sighed lightly, lightly opened her lips and said: You still don't want to talk to me frankly! Alex, you've been hiding your true heart! I have come with sincerity in the hope that the rift between you and the temple will be bridged, and that you will be reconciled with the Temple, so that a terrible war is about to break out on earth, and that greater death will be avoided! Everything is for the blessing of the common people, for the right way in the world! You know that His Highness Christfan thinks a lot of money about you! As long as you can let go of your obsession, Aaronse is willing to agree to any of your requests!

I can't help but think of what Christfan said, if I am willing to follow him, I can even get Aaron's poem, the woman from whom all my dreams are based! But if I give up everything I have today, what's the point of what I've done in the past? Didn't those who used their lives as wedding clothes to carry me here sacrifice in vain? If I give in to power, I will live in the humiliation of defeat and the shadow of Christan for the rest of my life! Such a me, I am not worthy of Aaron's poetry, and Li Binglan will not forgive me! What does it mean for me to have a woman whose heart is not in me? Even if this woman is the goddess in my heart!

I took a tight breath and said coldly: If I could give up my obsession, I wouldn't have come to this point! If I want to give up my obsession, what is the point of Alex's existence? Who is qualified to decide whether the path I am taking is right or wrong? How can it be said that Christfan can bring eternal happiness to mankind? Who can be sure that my Arriah will not be able to bring a new future to the land of Saint and start a new era for mankind?

Alex, are you still obsessed with going your own way? Aaronshi said with a pale face.

It's you who are obsessed and obsessed! How does the Jialan Temple define good and evil and right and wrong? How can the gods decide the fate and future of mankind?

It is up to human beings to make their own judgments and choices! My teacher has already been betrayed by the gods once, and I don't want to be the next one to be betrayed! Yin Jian is not far away, when after the summer is extinguished! I said coldly, and the powerful momentum spread coldly, making Aaron Shi tremble lightly unconsciously.

Alex, please sober up! I don't want to see you ruin yourself like that! If you have betrayed the scriptures, deviated from the righteousness of God, and become a demon, you will only end up with a miserable end and a curse of the gods! Aaron said in a deep voice.

I shook my head, put my deep gaze through the clear black eyes of Aaronshi, and said firmly: Aaronshi, it is you who should clearly recognize right and wrong! You're just an insider—and have you ever looked at whether you've turned your back on humanity and become a puppet of the gods in what you've done with the Temple? Is it what you call the well-being of mankind to make humans animals as cattle prepared by the gods for feasting? If nothing else, I'm leaving!

I turned to leave, but Aaronshi called softly, "Alee, if you do this, you will become the enemy of the temple, the northern kingdom, and the gods!"

But I replied indifferently: "The Tao is not the same, this is the inevitable result!" For the concept I adhere to, for the people I love, I will go to thousands of people! Being able to compete with a character like Christfan to dominate the world, Alec is not in vain in this life, although he has no regrets in death! Aaronshi, you wait and see who will kill the deer!

Wait a minute, if you talk about a split, the people of my temple will not let you go!" Aaronshi hurriedly stopped me from leaving, and there was a certain blankness in her clear gaze, and there was a deep concern in her tone.

Let me worry about this! I laughed and said, "Christfan may be an invincible hegemon, but he is not a king who can bring the future of mankind, let alone a man who can bring you love and happiness!" How unfortunate it is to follow this absolutely ruthless person and plot hegemony for a demon king!

With that, he jumped down from the spire, leaving the confused Aaron Poem alone in thought.

On the way down my body, the eight figures flew towards me like ghosts, and the cold sword light with a fierce sword aura, accompanied by the dazzling and strong light of several light arrows in the magic system, rushed towards me!

What a parting gift! I laughed heartily in mid-air, and my figure turned into eight afterimages, flying and dancing, bringing a splash of blood in the air, reflecting the purple moonlight scattered like rain, forming a very strange scene!

The gods of the temple are sent away! As soon as my words fell, my feet fell to the ground, and the stars bounced away, and my body flew away, disappearing in the night wind in an instant.

Terrible! If this son is not removed, no one will be able to control it in the future! A Holy Dragon Warrior who was injured and bleeding from his flanks gasped and said.

The rest of the Holy Dragon Warriors and the priests dressed in robes couldn't say a word, and it took a long time before someone said: The first time my temple took an assassination attempt regardless of its reputation, it ended in such a tragic failure!

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