As a father, the emperor was deeply majestic in the eyes of several princes.

Even if the emperor has begun to show his old age, and they are in the prime of life, strong and strong, and dare to plan ambitiously behind their father's position for more than thirty years, but standing in front of his father, swept by his stern gaze, every prince from Byron down has a feeling of horror.

The study was as quiet as a falling needle, only the emperor stared silently for half an hour, and the three princes, whose faces were as usual in Gibran's eyes, sweated on their foreheads.

But unexpectedly, the emperor stared at the three sons in front of him for a while, pointed to the three books placed separately on the table, and said:

"Take it and see it."

The three brothers looked at each other.

Byron stepped forward first and took a copy of his place, and Charles and Douglas also came up and took one each.

The color of the cover of the three books was different, Byron took it white, Charles took it black, and Douglas took it blue.

The three princes also knew that the content of the recitals they saw must be different, but they couldn't understand why their father wanted to show them different recitals, why didn't they call them separately, but at the same time showed them the recitals.

But when they opened the folds, they were quickly attracted by the contents, and there were no more superfluous thoughts.

The emperor looked at the three sons in front of him, their faces were quite calm, but the slightly disordered breathing revealed the unrest in their hearts, and the emperor didn't need to look closely, they could all describe their reactions:

When Douglas is restless, his gaze wanders;

Charles is good at hiding his feelings, his expression will be more focused when he is nervous, and he will not take his eyes off it, if he is not seen from a young age, from the perspective of others, his reaction will not show any clues;

And the most neglected Byron. He is the most accustomed to hiding his feelings among them, perhaps because he is not taken seriously, he has regarded hiding feelings as a kind of inertia, basically what expression the emperor needs him to appear, what expression will appear on his face - but is that his real love? The emperor did not know, and perhaps Byron himself did not know.

After closing his eyes for a while, the emperor opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Byron with a weak face, and lowered his head in fear, clutching the notebook tightly in his hand. Charles stared directly at him, while Douglas looked at him with a wandering gaze, and then at the two brothers. There seems to be some hesitation.

-- If there were a third person here, I would have thought that the worst of the three compromises was Byron's, followed by Douglas and Charles, but in fact it was the opposite.

The Emperor's gaze swept over the faces of his three young sons.

"Is there anything you'd like to say, Douglas?" The Emperor spoke suddenly.

Douglas panicked. I didn't expect to be the first to be asked, according to the past practice, it should be Byron to start, of course, if the content of his recital is the most valued by the emperor...... Douglas swallowed.

"The ...... said above How could I do that...... "I only had some dealings with my little aunt, so I met privately. Those houses are not secret nests either.

The compromises listed the time and place of each meeting between Lady Orchid and him, and Douglas was shocked when he saw it, and he didn't have time to say his temporary excuse. The Emperor's gaze had already moved away and fell on Byron.

Byron stood up with interest, bowed and said, "Father, it's me." ”

The location of the coal mine, the opening time and the quality of the accompanying Morgogo turquoise have been listed, and even the size of the best grains of raw ore mined have been described. Byron knew that his secret acquaintance had been revealed to have been revealed. Can only admit.

He didn't know what was in Douglas's book, but he knew that since his father had put on such a posture, it was useless to rely on quibbles, and his father was not a man who listened to one side of the story, and if it wasn't for the fact, he would never have been brought to them like this.

Byron was only secretly frightened, and even wrote about his meeting with Lin An in the compromise, this matter is only known to a few of his closest people, which means that by his side, there are always the eyes of his father and the emperor staring, and it can be inferred that the other brothers will only be more around, not less.

The emperor had seen too many people's statements and expressions sitting behind the table all his life, and neither Douglas's justification nor Byron's admission could move him, and he still did not let Byron explain further, and turned his head to look at Charles.

Charles straightened his shoulders and looked directly at his father: "I didn't do it. ”

He was gambling, betting on the emperor was just a temptation, and there was no real evidence - he naturally did it seamlessly, and the two things written on the fold were enough to make him lose his inheritance status in the eyes of his father, and he must not admit it!

Three sons, three different options.

The Emperor glanced at the three young faces again, "Put it down, you can stand down." ”

After the three of them left, the study fell silent.

"Antonio, how are you looking at the three of them now?" The corners of the emperor's mouth wrinkled slightly, as if he was laughing, and as if mocking, he suddenly asked into the unoccupied room.

"The fourth is not a big deal, and the other two are okay."

The bust on the table moved, its head turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and its mouth opened and closed.

"The fourth brother is not open-minded and courageous, and he is undetermined to deceive me, and I have never counted on him--the matter between him and the little aunt is trivial, but it is only incidental," said the emperor calmly, "but the second one, I thought he was the most honest one, but I did not expect to look away again." ”

Why is it said "again", Antonio naturally knows that the emperor has already missed it once when he hears about his son.

"If you live a long time, of course it will be beneficial to him, but I don't think he necessarily wants you to be in this position." Stone Statue Road.

"The current situation is no longer something he can not think of if he says he doesn't want to, if the opportunity is in front of him, you see if he will do it!" The Emperor snorted.

"Then don't put your chances in front of him," the statue reminded, "you don't have many sons, don't let them all be played to death by you." ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, and his fingers slowly flipped through the book in front of him, and in the spread out of the notebook, the details of Odin's daily movements in the Winter Palace were impressively recorded.

Further down, there are two spread out recitals, one is the victory of the sentinel pass between the Southern Front and Ponto, and the other is the obituary of the eldest princess and her young daughter.

The three books are put together. The Emperor's gaze moved from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top, and finally landed on the top one.

"Antonio, help me get in touch with that old dog from Pattis."

The statue turned back, spitting out a black light from its mouth, and then the statue froze.

The black light landed in a human form, and the face of the "cunning fox" Pattith appeared opposite the emperor.

He seemed to be sitting in a rocking chair by the fireplace, with a thin blanket on his lap, swaying very leisurely, his eyes closed and humming a little tune.

The image of the Emperor suddenly appeared. The "cunning fox" seems to have tentacles on his forehead, his eyelids have not yet been lifted, and his body has crawled down from the rocking chair. The thin body like a hemp rod can give people a funny feeling of rolling like a ball.

"You old dog!"

The Emperor laughed.

If the two really face each other, according to the past practice, the emperor will kick over, and the heavier the kick, the louder it is, the more it represents the emperor's favor. Other court ministers wanted to ask for it, but they couldn't get it.

But this time, the emperor only glanced at the two skinny and twisted knees exposed by the "cunning fox" after the thin blanket fell, and after the "cunning fox" had pleased his lord in the previous way, he stood up and casually threw the thin blanket onto the arm of the rocking chair with one hand.

The Emperor's smile gradually retracted.

“…… Twenty-five girls were sent inside, and none of them came out - he really just wanted to be because of Ann. Lynn and angry? Go and look it up. Dig up all those corpses, I want details. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Your loyal old dog, Pattisse, will go and see it for herself, making sure that no clues are missed, and all eight generations of their ancestors will be revealed! ”

Pattiss's expression moved, and he understood that His Majesty still cared most about this eldest son who had been teaching for many years.

Although the movements of that person have always been under his control, combined with the good news of the front. Pattis, too, couldn't see what the emperor's father and son were playing.

After Pattis's projection vanished, the Emperor pondered for a moment in his study. And he gave several commandments to his three sons.

……

“…… Remove me from the command and have Charles take full charge? ”

Byron looked at the will stamped with the seal in front of him, smiled a little bitterly, but did not lose his temper, took a deep breath to maintain his demeanor and stood up, took out the talisman given by the emperor himself from a square box in the upper right corner of the table, looked at it, and finally handed the talisman to the courtier.

The courtiers checked the authenticity of the talisman, put the talisman into the brocade box, and knew that His Royal Highness, the prince who had just been deprived of military power, must be in a bad mood, and did not stay, so he immediately took his leave.

After the courtiers left, the second princess outside the study came in.

She first noticed the open box on her husband's desk, and when she glanced at it, her eyes suddenly looked at Byron with some concern, and with her huge belly, she walked over and held his hand.

Byron looked a little depressed, reached out to help her, and patted his wife on the back, "As expected, I couldn't compete for the third child." ”

The second princess only knows about military power, and does not know her husband's private actions, while Byron strokes his wife's back, remembering today's audience, I don't know what is written in the third child's book, should he not admit it?

His mind was in turmoil, and today's events were not small for him.

Soon after, however, another attendant arrived, offering a large reward in the name of the queen.

No matter how calm Byron was on the surface, he was a little irritable after all, and he didn't care about this superficial appeasement, so he respectfully accepted the reward and sent the courtiers away, and casually threw the gift slip on the desk.

Opening the gift list and glancing at it lightly, Byron's gaze moved slightly as it fell on the inconspicuous turquoise in the reward list.

"Is it a temptation, or is it a test?"

There was a struggle in Byron's eyes.

"No emperor will refuse to live a little longer."

Byron muttered to himself, the look in his eyes finally firm, and he muttered to himself.

He was shaken, got up and left the room, found the second princess in another room, held her hand, and gently stroked the tall belly lovingly, feeling his heir moving slightly below, as if responding to his father's movements.

Byron crouched down and pressed his face to his belly to listen.

The warm atmosphere lasted for a while before Byron raised his head and said apologetically to the second princess:

"I'm sorry, Cameron, I may not have been able to be there for him when he was born......"

Princess Cameron suppressed the disappointment in her heart and smiled softly. "I understand, you don't have to worry, I'll look for the queen mother - whatever you do, the only hope I have is for you to come back safely to me and the children."

Byron looked at Princess Cameron guiltily and tightened her hand, "I promise." ”

……

In Lin An's cabin.

Lin An leaned on the back of his chair and looked at Byron in surprise, "You want to go in person?" ”

Byron nodded solemnly.

"I can't guarantee security there...... And, can you leave now? Lin An questioned.

"It's not a secret. I'm afraid that many people will find out later," Byron smiled bitterly, "My father has stripped me of the power of the ruler. Let Charles take full custody. ”

Lin An digested it for a while before he reacted, "Is there something that I don't know about?" I remember you promised not to tell anyone about us. ”

Byron's wry smile was even worse, "With the eyes and ears of my father." I don't need to do anything else. ”

Linking his sudden dismissal from power, Lin An understood a little, but the surprise in his eyes was deeper:

Byron's remark seemed to mean that the Emperor knew of their agreement, and acquiesced in the departure of the two of them—and she, mind.

To know. The emperor personally named her to stay by his side, even if Lin An didn't take it seriously before, but after Titi sped on that incident at night. Even if Lin An wanted to pretend that he didn't know, he had to know that the ship he was on had been being watched, otherwise Master Ulysses' reaction would not have been so fast that night.

From the emperor's point of view, of course. It's understandable to do this:

After all, after leaving the turtle shell in the imperial capital, it is difficult to say whether the legend behind her will come to find trouble. Although it is unlikely, if she is the emperor, he will also send someone to keep an eye on her.

Could it be that the emperor is not in good health, and he attaches great importance to things that prolong life and nourishment, and is even willing to take some risks for this?

Lin An intuitively felt that this guess was wrong.

There must be other reasons for the emperor to do this, but she can't guess his thoughts now, but she has a faint feeling that a storm is coming.

However, Lin An has no sense of crisis in her intuition, which means that this wind and rain is not coming to her, otherwise as long as it is a crisis aimed at her and needs to prepare and preset a plan, Lin An will usually have a vague intuition when the plan is generated.

It's a pity that Lin An can't know what happened when the emperor summoned him, and Byron won't tell her and Pan, otherwise Lin An will put the pieces together and may be able to predict what will happen next in advance.

However, Lin An didn't know the inside story now, and after thinking about it for a while, he put it down for the time being, anyway, the emperor loosened the shackles on her, which was beneficial to Lin An.

Lin An thought only for a moment, and then said to Byron: "Okay, you set a time and act as agreed." ”

Byron understood what Lin An meant, she would not be responsible for his safety, and smiled disapprovingly, nodding in agreement, "Yiqiē obeys the agreement." ”

Lin An didn't have a real map in his hand, which was the biggest bargaining chip in Byron's hand, and it was also the reason why Lin An had to cooperate with Byron - when they met that day, Byron certainly couldn't trade the real map to her.

After Byron left, Lin An thought about it, took the cloak beside him and put it on, activated the stealth technique on it, and then the whole person melted into the air.

Then she left the cabin, her feet a little air rippled slightly, and Lin An took off into the air, flying from the big ship she was on to the main ship where Lanster was.

Not long after leaving the ship's board, Lin An felt that a spiritual power had locked her, but because she did not hide the fluctuations of her spiritual power, that spiritual power lingered for a moment when she flew to the window of the Lanster cabin and left.

Lin An could feel that it was Alberta's mental power fluctuation, and it seemed that she was on duty today.

Lin An flew stealthily under the side of Ranster's ship, and suddenly had the feeling that Romeo was meeting Juliet privately under the terrace, and then chilled his divergent thoughts, and reached out to knock on the window to listen to the movement in Lancet's room.

Unexpectedly, there was a guest in Lancet's room, and the person's voice was quite familiar to Lin An, it was Princess Elizabeth's.

However, the two were already saying goodbye at this time, and there was a faint estrangement in the conversation, and there was no intimacy between the fiancés who were about to announce their marriage, and Lin An couldn't hear anything.

It was too embarrassing to go in immediately, although he didn't hear anything, Lin An still wanted to wait for a while before knocking on the window, but unexpectedly, after Lanster sent Elizabeth out, he took the book from the bookshelf and walked straight to the bright windowsill, as if to open the window.

Crash!

Pages of a book flew out of the cracks in the open windows. The book was followed by the tip of the long sword, and Lancet's killing intent was well disguised, and it only broke out at this time, but Lin An was so keen to perceive it, he avoided it one step earlier, and both the book and the long sword were in vain.

"Lancet, it's me." Lin An hurriedly said, and easily caught the thick leather book that was used to determine the enemy's location.

"Ann?"

The sword was retracted, and Lancet watched the book he had just thrown fly in through the window, and quickly got out of the way.

Lin An showed his figure in his cabin. Somewhat embarrassed to look at the two guards walking back in the corner, Lancet waved them out.

"How did you find me?" Lin An put the book on the coffee table, and the two cups of residual tea on it were not confiscated.

"When you exhale. There was a little white fog on the windowpanes. "Ranster Road.

"I see, you're still so careful." This is not a detail that will be noticed, Lin An didn't notice it just now, but because it was too thin, it disappeared in an instant. She didn't care.

"Get used to it." Lenster smiled warmly.

Lin An suddenly thought of the reason why he had cultivated this attention to detail: if he hadn't been assassinated so often, where would he have noticed any detail of his environment so meticulously.

Lancet looked at her in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth deepened imperceptibly:

Although he knew that the relationship between the two could only stop at friends, but it could increase his status in Lin An's heart, he didn't mind being a little careful, otherwise the friendship would be deeper. Over time, it will fade - besides, what he says is also the truth, isn't it?

"How long have you been here. Did you hear what I said to Princess Elizabeth? Putting the porcelain cup with residual tea under the coffee table, Lancet took out a new cup and poured tea for Lin An, and asked directly.

Lin An shook his head and smiled dryly, "When I came to the imperial capital. Princess Elizabeth is already leaving. ”

If she overhears other people's conversations, even if she is caught red-handed, she will be able to hold her cheeks. But the objects were Lancet and Elizabeth, and Lin An was a little embarrassed.

Lancet was very indifferent, "We are discussing the matter of engagement, and I am afraid that this matter has not turned around, and it will be announced at the latest during the winter hunt." ”

"I came to you to ask about this, didn't you say that you had already written back to your mother?" Lin An hurriedly explained his intentions, since Salin said this, Lin An has not had the right time to ask Lancet.

Seeing the undisguised concern in Lin An's eyes, Lancet's heart warmed slightly:

"Originally, it was indeed as expected, the mother did resist Meryl's pressure, and Meryl's royal family was indeed not resolute, but after the Autumn Festival, His Majesty wrote a letter to Meryl's royal family."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Lin An's mind, "Marriage-Charles? ”

"His Majesty did propose a marriage with Meryl in the letter, and this matter was just learned from Elizabeth, and it was carried out very secretly-as to whether the marriage partner was Charles, it is not yet known, after all, there is more than one candidate at present."

Lin An was in a trance, remembering that Yorkyrdan was still unmarried, but Unexpectedly, Lancet said:

“…… Bishop has just received news from the imperial capital, and the servants of the Great Prince's Mansion have abnormal expressions, and it is suspected that the master has died, but this news has not yet been spread. ”

Lin An's color changed suddenly, and his heart swept over the eldest princess and Michelle, who had been sick for a long time.

"And what about Odin's eldest son?" She immediately asked the next second.

Of course, Lancet knew why Lin An asked this, in fact, this was the first question that appeared in his mind after receiving the news.

"Bishop's eyeliner says I've seen the Saxons haunt the house, but I'll send a letter back and ask him to confirm for himself if it's me," he paused and said apologetically, "The Winter Palace is heavily guarded, and the strange faces sent by Bishop are too conspicuous to inquire about." ”

"It's not easy for Bishop to spread out in the imperial capital." Eyelining the intelligence all over Merlin? Even the Holy Empire can't do it, and the abilities of Lancet's new intelligence officer are already very impressive.

"His news came at a timely time." Lin An said seriously, his eyes touched Randster, and he knew in his heart that this was a sign that the tiger was about to come out.

"Now that you have received the news, the Emperor should be earlier than you." Lin Ann told Sù Lanster the news that Byron had been replaced by Charles, and she vaguely felt that it had something to do with what she had just heard.

Lancet said clearly: "That's right, it won't be you who he wants to put first now." ”

Lin An nodded and said that he and Byron were going to leave temporarily:

"Originally, I planned to give Byron no scum at all, but now that I think about it, it is better for me to be an emperor who lives a little longer!"

(To be continued)

ps：

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