To the southwest from the Riverview Dynasty, there is a sea area surrounded by various large and small islands, called the Sulu Sea.

The Sulu Sea was originally an inland sea of the Riverview Dynasty, and it was not used by fishermen to catch fish and transport by wooden plank boats. But after the arrival of the great powers, the Sulu Sea became the "Mediterranean", the hands of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and the Empire (King Luo) were stretched out, and several small islands around the sea were either occupied or "leased".

For example, the city of Sandakan, mentioned by King Hengsheng of the Riverview Dynasty, is located in the southwest of the Sulu Sea, and is also the largest, most prosperous, and most populous city along the coast of the sea.

However, in the north of the center of the Sulu Sea, there is a reef called Tumata Reef. Originally, fishermen fishing or plank transport boats had no effect at all. But when American, British, Dutch, and Imperial steam ships entered the Sulu Sea, reefs became a big problem.

Last year, under the pressure of the great powers, the Riverview Dynasty squeezed out the already not rich finances and built a lighthouse on an unknown island not far from the reef to show warning.

The lighthouse island was particularly lively on this night, and the king of Chu traveled for a day and finally settled on this lighthouse island.

The king of Chu was not stupid, he did not directly take a boat from the port on the east side of the Riverview Dynasty to the sea, and take a straight line to the southeast to return to the twin islands, but ran to the lighthouse island in the opposite way.

The king of Chu did not come for anything else, but for the telegraph signal on this lighthouse island, because the Sulu Sea involved various countries, so the telegraph signal on the lighthouse was diplomatic-level, and it was also the only place where the diplomatic-level telegraph signal of the Riverview Dynasty was not in Hannan City (the capital of the Riverview Dynasty). In other words, it is difficult to locate this telegram number accurately.

The king of Chu wants to use this signal to remotely command the north island of the twin islands, and at the same time will not expose himself.

He made the right decision. At this moment, the Luowang warship has surrounded several places that must pass through the sea, and is carefully screening one ship after another.

The king of Chu was in a good mood, and the speed of the telegram was also very fast, and at the fastest time, he could know the situation of Zhaojia in about 3 minutes, but he didn't know what was going on, and the signal of the Riverview Dynasty was suddenly cut off.

The lighthouse said that there was no problem, and it was possible that there was a problem with the transfer station on the side of Hannamseong.

By the time the King of Chu figured out what a "transfer station" was, more than half an hour had passed. In fact, the relay station is not complicated, that is, the lighthouse signal radiation range is the Sulu Sea, if you want to exceed this range, you need to first telegraph to the capital Hannam City, and then transmit it outward from the transfer station.

The king of Chu is now blind and deaf, and the great sense of crisis makes him immediately take a boat to leave Lighthouse Island.

But as soon as he went to sea, he was forced back to the island by several warships of the Riverview Dynasty!

Earlier, in the palace of Yonglu in Hannan City, there was an imperial earl - Mo Longzhen.

Dressed as an Imperial Diplomatic Minister, Mo Longzhen met King Hengsheng as the Imperial Legation to the Riverview Dynasty.

Of course, the rising king knew what this man was here for and who he represented. Thinking of this, he had to sigh again, the empire set up three diplomatic missions in Hannan City, the embassy of the Riverview Dynasty, which was set up by the imperial court; the legation of the Riverview Dynasty, which was established by King Luo; The Royal Liaison Office of the Riverview Dynasty, which was established by the Inner Court.

The three diplomatic institutions naturally represent three forces.

"My father asked me to ask you, are you planning to fall to the king of Chu?" Mo Longzhen didn't care about King Hengsheng's face at all, and asked bluntly.

King Hengsheng walked towards Mo Longzhen and said with a smile: "Our Riverview Dynasty has always been close to His Royal Highness King Luo, how can we ask such a question? ”

Mo Longzhen snorted and said, "My brother is now on the front line of Zhaojia, and my father asks you, are you going to kill his son?" ”

King Hengsheng was a little surprised at this moment, and hurriedly said: "How could His Royal Highness King Luo think so, how could I ......?"

Mo Longzhen smiled and said: "You entrusted two banks, Santander of Portugal and Bank of America, to review the Peninsula Bank in the Riverview Dynasty yesterday, and today the Twin Islands Bank of the King of Chu announced that it will set up a branch in the Riverview Dynasty, you are not turning to the King of Chu, what is it?" ”

"Riverview welcomes people from all over the world to do business here, child, you must know that Riverview is my land." King Hengsheng was a little irritated by Mo Longyi's aggressiveness, and at this moment he was in the right way.

Mo Longzhen snorted in his nose and said, "You really should be your own land. ”

King Hengsheng's face drooped suddenly, and he said coldly, "Pay attention to your words. ”

Mo Longzhen smiled and said, "The little prince of the Timor Islands is in my legation, waiting for me to nod. ”

"The Timor rebellion, you are really fueling the troubles." King Hengsheng said with a smile.

"You already know that I never hide things from you." Mo Longzhen said, and then said, "Where is the King of Chu now?" ”

King Hengsheng suddenly smiled and said: "King Luo really gave birth to several good sons, Xiang, Qi, Qi, Qi, and Xi, all of them are very powerful, but your brother, although he is a proton, on the Twin Islands, his name is now going to overshadow you." ”

Mo Longzhen ignored this sentence and said, "Say, where is the King of Chu now?" ”

"You came to question me today, do you think I'll say it?" King Hengsheng asked rhetorically.

Mo Longzhen closed his eyes, was quiet for a while, and then opened his eyes, and said in a slightly soothing tone: "Don't look forward to the King of Chu, the King of Chu is admonished, but the King of Hua is in my brother's hands, do you think Your Majesty can spare the King of Chu?" Don't hide it from you, I am looking for you today, it was Taifu who gave an order to my father, think about it, if the King of Chu still has some opportunities, why did the Taifu let my father find the King of Chu? I don't know what conditions the King of Chu promised you, but I can tell you that anyone can sign a blank check. ”

King Hengsheng looked at Mo Longzhen and said, "I don't know what you're talking about. ”

Mo Longzhen: "Don't pretend to be confused, you can make an offer." ”

King Hengsheng laughed and said: "Your empire, fratricidal is really a tradition, knowing that his brother is in trouble, King Luo can't help it so quickly." ”

Mo Longzhen realized something at once, and said with a smile: "You arrested the King of Chu, just to blackmail my father." ”

"Yes." King Hengsheng continued: "That fool thinks that I really want to make a deal with him, and he doesn't want to think about it, I am the king, I have a country, why should I make a deal with him. ”

"Anyway, I'll go straight to Taifu." Mo Longzhen said.

King Hengsheng sat on the couch and said, "I have one thing, I want to appoint my third son Li Feng as the crown prince and remove the current crown prince Li Zhen." ”

Mo Longzhen was stunned for a long time and said, "You finally knelt at the feet of the great powers. ”

Li Feng's mother is an American, and his family is a political family in the United States, the Hay family, so the political motive behind this is naturally self-evident.

King Hengsheng said indifferently: "The empire must agree. ”

"Aren't you afraid of imperial revenge?" Mo Longzhen asked.

"Your influence stops at the Timorese Islands! This world is no longer within your control, if you look at this kind of turmoil in your country, can you still ease God? The division of this world is the division of the world, and under each division, there are the interests of the great powers, and my kingdom has been divided, what about you? There's a good chance you'll have five or six countries in the future! Look at us, my regime is only limited to the nine islands of Luzon, and even this nine islands of Luzon is not won by you, but by the United States! You are no longer the empire that can protect us! Perhaps, the era of the Han people has passed. ”

Mo Longzhen: "Then what do you want the empire to agree to do?" Wouldn't it be nice if you just swapped it out? ”

King Hengsheng laughed and said, "You are really angry. Don't pretend you don't understand. ”

Mo Longzhen said coldly: "I understand, I naturally know that if we admit Li Feng, it means that the power that the empire has valued and spent so much energy cultivating will disappear overnight. ”

"It's true that you have been manipulating my court for so many years, and you are much more productive than your brother."

Mo Longzhen: "You are in such a hurry to clean up the ministers of the imperial faction in your court?" ”

"Then I won't have to look at your little child's face." King Hengsheng leaned on the couch and spoke.

There were three major factions in the court of the Riverview Dynasty, the Imperial School, the Kingship School, and the Westernization School that had emerged in recent years. It can be seen from the name that the master behind the three major factions of the Riverview Dynasty, the empire faction is behind the empire, and it is currently the first faction of the Riverview Dynasty, otherwise, how could Mo Longzhen talk to King Hengsheng like this; Behind the royal faction is the king, and before there was no Westernization, it has always been the imperial faction and the royal faction competing for power and restraint, but now, it almost does not affect the political situation; Behind the Westernization faction are naturally the great powers, and in just a few years, the sudden rise of new forces has caused the imperial faction to suffer a lot of dark losses.

The imperial faction supported the crown prince Li Zhen, and the Westernizers supported the mixed-race Li Feng.

King Hengsheng finally showed his true face today, and Mo Longzhen realized at this time that this King Hengsheng, who was usually the same as the "peacemaker", was so scheming.

"Don't forget, you are also the throne of the Imperial faction!"

"But, I'm king now! I don't need your empire to hinder me, the Great Powers have given me the highest freedom! King Hengsheng stood up and said.

"You're betraying! Betrayed the Empire! Mo Longzhen said.

King Hengsheng smiled and said, "Hahaha, I am the king of a country, who can I betray?" The empire is already in chaos, and Zhaojia is in war! Don't say anything about betrayal, I didn't betray anyone, go back and ask Taifu, the king of Chu will make the empire even more chaotic in my hands. ”

"If we agree, it may be difficult for the Empire to return to Riverview." Mo Longzhen whispered such a sentence, and no longer lingered, turned around and left, saying as he walked: "I will ask for instructions, but you remember, once the Riverview Dynasty breaks away from the empire, it will immediately fall apart!" ”

King Hengsheng laughed loudly: "The United States has promised me that my Riverview Dynasty will not only not be torn apart, but will support us to change the throne to the throne!" ”