"He's as naïve as Katrina." Vanessa looked distractedly at her lover's disappearing aperture and muttered to herself.

"From the few minutes I have been in contact with the King of Creon," the archmage reminded Vanessa meaningfully, "he is not like a man who casually ignores the threats of others. He didn't come to your coronation right now, and he must be planning what to do with you. ”

"There's no doubt about that." Vanessa nodded, telling Meate and Pan about her experiences in the Vale, and finally said, "Brandt's chivalry has flare up again, and we can't allow Creon to remain on the throne." ”

"But, on Brant's side—" Meese could see Prince Brant's special relationship with Vanessa, and was hesitant to veto the prince's decision.

"I promised him that I would give him back a kingdom." Vanessa raised her face, "It won't be the Land of Midsummer, he doesn't belong there." "As an aside, Brant must return to the Land of Wine Valley to continue his rule, and besides, as long as Creon is in power, he will inevitably have a dispute with the Flame Country, and putting such an unstable volcano by his side is tantamount to raising a rat to bite a bag of rice.

"Actually, we can borrow someone else's hand to get rid of him." Reina, who had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth, he must remember the days when his heart was so painful, it was all thanks to Creon, so he hated him so much.

"That's right." Meate agreed, "The country of Winevalley has always been at odds with the country of the mountains over the border, and if they were to fight openly and secretly, we would not be blamed for the death of Creon." ”

"That's the way to go." Vanessa walked around the long table and walked to the map, "Since we released Duke Muton and his biological mother, the whole Mountain Country seems to be much quieter, and Queen Camilla is no longer angry at the Burning Country, and this time she has specially sent Duke Muton himself to attend my coronation. ”

"That's just right, we can tell Muton to do what he has to do." Reyna said.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Vanessa smiled negatively, "As far as I can tell, he's more brainy than Brandt, and if we told him to murder Creon, he wouldn't." She rolled her eyes and smiled, "Actually, we don't have to give him such an important task, as long as he can provoke a war with the wine valley country, and the rest-" Vanessa glanced at Mies, "we'll do it ourselves." ”

Mies and Reina understood at the same time, and they both nodded and retreated in silence.

A day later, news came from the border of the mountain country, a team of soldiers under the banner of wine valley ransacked the village of the mountain dwarfs, wounding countless people, livestock and livestock, fortunately there were no casualties, the queen of the mountain country Camilla immediately sent border guards to pursue, and severely condemned the illegal acts of the wine valley country, the king of wine valley Creon did not know what was going on, as proud as ever, issued a statement that he swore to defend his territory to the death, and would not make concessions on the border issue, and both countries were never able to catch the wine valley guards who often harassed the border, so the conflict escalated, war seems inevitable.

In these days, she reformed several old court systems, and many of the courtiers loyal to Terrence were able to retire and recuperate, and more children of commoners and ordinary nobles were admitted to the palace for worship, while those high-ranking nobles who were unwilling or unwilling to be ruled by the queen had to send their eldest son to the palace to choose a husband for Katrina, in fact, they were tightly controlled as soon as they entered the city of Sleeping Dragons, and they never wanted to go home again.

At this moment, Creon, the king of the wine valley country, seemed to be a little strange, and his health was getting worse and worse, almost to the point of not drinking or eating. Vanessa watched all of this silently, feeling a sense of security on the outside.

It's a pity that Brandt is not stupid, he sees through Vanessa's tricks, and writes to condemn her, which makes the queen sad.

"He's a real fool." After reading Brandt's letter, Reina commented with a calm face.

"He just doesn't fit into this Game of Thrones." Vanessa put the letter aside and continued to read the other documents, "Write back to him and tell him that I can no longer continue to do anything to Creon, but ask Brant to tell him that he is powerful and pay tribute to the Burning Flame Kingdom." ”

"If Brandt were to talk about it, Creon would think he was part of it, and would only hate him even more." Reyna said objectively.

"That's why we cut off the kindness of Brandt's woman." Vanessa stamped her coat of arms on a parchment scroll, a profile portrait of the Queen, surrounded by a rose wreath and a flame pattern, symbolizing the flatness of midsummer and flames, "His righteous spirit can rule well in Neverwinter, but it won't work with me, and he can only help me if he is cornered." ”

"You really use people to the bones, and you don't miss a little leftover." Reina said unemotionally, "Don't forget, he's your lover." ”

"So are you." Vanessa looked up at the archer, "But where were you when I was raped by Terrence?" I have to plan for myself - without harming your interests, of course. She stood up and stretched, "Forget it, I'm no longer the helpless little girl you saw on a rainy night for the first time, and I'm going to look at all of Olopus, so it's not enough to take advantage of one Brant." ”

"Yes, and the Duke of Morton of the Hillland," Reiner reluctantly agreed to Vanessa's approach, "his mother, Queen Camilla, has once again proposed to you an old marriage contract, and perhaps she wants to use this marriage to unite with the Flame Nation in order to restrain Creon. ”

"Drag it out first," Vanessa relented, and then sat down behind her desk, "neither refusing, nor agreeing so quickly, but putting it off for a year and a half in the name of my widow, until they are both defeated." ”

"Or, if she's willing to acknowledge your rule and make the country of Ganshan Ling a county of the Burning Flames—" Reiner made a bold idea.

Vanessa's eyes lit up, "Then it depends on your means." If you can expand the Ether Mercenary Regiment and continue to provoke the Wine Valley Kingdom to fight with the Mountain Country, I think the Mountain Dwarves will naturally come to us. ”

"Yes, I'll go." Reina turned to leave the Long Night Hall.

Vanessa looked at the archer's back and felt that she was becoming more and more inseparable from him. His own great magician Mees is now quietly infiltrating the palace of the King of Wine Valley, and the mission is progressing smoothly, but the time has dragged on for too long, and without these two people by his side, I don't know who else will share such a heavy burden for himself.

At this time, the door of the Long Night Hall was pushed open again, and Yu Lian, the former head of the imperial guard, walked in.

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