Strangeness prevents you from knowing unfamiliar things, and familiarity prevents you from understanding familiar things.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Austrian writer and poet)

Bai Feng, who belonged to the faction of Prince GLP, submitted an application to the Imperial Military Department, requesting that the official Imperial Legion of the Wind Thieves Regiment be given the name of the official legion of the Imperial Bandits, and this news from the Imperial Military Department immediately shook the aristocratic circle of the entire imperial capital.

Who among the nobles in the imperial capital nobility circle does not know that the so-called four great bandits of the empire are just a cover for the four princes to secretly develop their own power;

The question to which no one can give an answer is the most intriguing question, and the imperial capital has never lacked idle nobles and rumors of good deeds, and the application sent to the Imperial Military Headquarters at noon has led to more than a dozen versions of the explanation in the evening.

The most credible and most sought after explanation among the nobles is that Prince Pross secretly ordered Bai Feng to take the opportunity of sending troops to regain lost territory to exterminate Prince William's Wind Thieves and further weaken Prince William's strength in order to achieve the goal of suppressing Prince William.

The explanation for the popularity second only to the 'GLP command theory' is that the Prince of GLP, who has recently increased in strength, unilaterally violated the promise he had made when he formed an alliance with the Bai family, which triggered a fierce backlash from the Bai family, and even caused Bai Feng to secretly switch to Prince William.

The explanation that ranks behind the 'GLP Command Theory' and the 'Bai Family Conversion Theory' is that the Wind Thieves ran out of food in order to help the displaced refugees, and when they asked Bai Feng for help, the ambitious Bai Feng took the opportunity to recruit them.

In addition to the 'Pross Command Theory', 'The Theory of the Bai Family's Conversion of the Court', and 'Bai Feng's Theory of Taking Advantage of People's Danger', there are also some explanations that are not convincing, for example, Bai Feng betrayed the Bai family and defected to Prince William, and the Wind Thieves betrayed Prince William and defected to Prince Pross, etc.

The hustle and bustle of the rumors caused the already angry Prince William to break twelve precious vases one after another, and arrived in the imperial capital with this application, and a secret letter written by Mountbatten to Prince William, which was the source of Prince William's anger.

In this secret letter that lasted for seven karma, Mountbatten recounted in detail the internal turmoil that broke out in the Wind Thieves, and Bai Feng's various actions to take advantage of the danger of others, and he did not hide even his own recklessness in dealing with internal conflicts.

After learning more about all this, the furious Prince William transferred all his hatred to Prince Pross, in his opinion, if it wasn't for the secret order of his eighth brother, how could Bai Feng have the courage to attack his own Wind Thieves Group?!

The mishandling of Mountbatten's conflict and Montgomery's forced surrender also upset Prince William, but did not cause him to lose trust in the two men, the former being his cousin and the latter his most loyal subordinate, whom he had no reason to suspect.

That evening, the Duke of Cullen accompanied his wife to the palace of Prince William in the name of visiting his grandson, and after everyone entered the mansion, Prince William took Duke Cullen to his study and began this secret conversation between his grandfather and grandson tonight.

"Grandpa, what are you going to do with the application that Bai Feng sent to the military department today?" Prince William, who was the monarch in front of people, always called his maternal grandfather, Duke Cullen, by his grandfather after his death, and this kind of intimate attitude was also a pleasure for Duke Cullen.

It's just that the situation in the empire has been too strange and changeable recently, and the anxious Duke of Cullen has no intention of paying attention to these, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "I mean to dismiss it directly, but the final decision is still in the hands of Your Majesty." ”

"Are you saying that this matter has already alarmed the father?" Prince William, who had only learned about this matter for a few hours, obviously did not expect that this matter had reached the ears of his father, and then he reacted and said: "Is it your father who reported it to the emperor?"

"Even if it weren't for my report, do you think Your Majesty wouldn't know?" After admitting that he had reported to Charlemagne, Duke Cullen said angrily: "At the court meeting early tomorrow morning, Prince Pross will definitely make suggestions to His Majesty on this matter. ”

The speechless Prince William stopped talking, and the Duke of Cullen seemed to be thinking about something; after a long time, the Prince William with a flash of inspiration said a little excitedly: "Grandpa, you said that if we push the boat down the river, is it possible to drag the old man into the water?"

"Drag Prince Prolos into the water?" Duke Cullen, who was slightly stunned, immediately reacted and said, "Do you want to take the opportunity to propose to Your Majesty to take over Prince Pros's Blue Bird Swordsman Regiment and Prince Philip's Phantom Demon Thieves Regiment on the same terms?"

"It's a foregone conclusion that the Wind Thieves will be absorbed by Bai Feng, even if we try our best to prevent them from giving them an official name, we can't change the fact that the Wind Thieves Group was destroyed;

Duke Cullen, who was cheered up, swore a promise: "As long as the Blue Bird Swordsmen Regiment belongs to the military department, I am sure that within a year, the Blue Bird Swordsmen Regiment of Prince GLP will become the Blue Bird Legion of the Empire!"

"However, if you want to pull the Blue Bird Swordsman Regiment of Prince GLP into the water, Prince Philip's support is also indispensable. After a short period of longing, Duke Cullen, who had regained his composure, pointed to the key and said, "It is not easy to get Prince Philip to hand over the Phantom Demon Thieves. ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, I have a way to get the fifth child to agree to hand over his phantom demon thief group!" Prince William, who was full of confidence, said with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "As long as the strengthened phantom army is still under the control of the fifth child, what reason does he have to object?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Duke Cullen, who disagreed with Prince William's idea, shook his head and retorted: "We have the strength to strengthen the Phantom Legion, and we also have the ability to take away the Phantom Legion, and Prince Philip may not fully trust us." ”

"That's right, but we can add other chips in exchange for the trust of the old five. Prince William, who was confident, smiled mysteriously and said: "For example, Marquis Boris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who has just made great contributions to the empire, I think he can be the Duke of Boris." ”

"The position of an imperial duke, coupled with the appointment of the original generals of the Phantom Demon Thieves at all levels as the generals of the Phantom Legion at all levels, such a bargaining chip is indeed enough to make Prince Philip tempted. The Duke of Cullen, who nodded yes, agreed to Prince William's plan.

After deciding on the plan to launch the Blue Bird Swordsmen, Prince William and the Duke of Cullen carefully worked out the specific implementation steps, among them, Prince William was responsible for convincing Prince Philip, and Duke Cullen was responsible for contacting the nobles to make suggestions at the court meeting tomorrow morning.

After two hours of stay in Prince William's mansion, the Duke and Duchess of Cullen boarded the carriage home, and at this time, there were still about two hours before midnight, and the busy day of Prince William and Duke Cullen was not over.

Duke Cullen's way of contacting the nobles of Prince William's faction was to summon those nobles to his mansion in the name of discussing urgent military affairs, and even if someone attacked Duke Cullen for this, Duke Cullen would have good reason to refute it, who had let the empire be at war now?

The meeting between Prince William and Prince Philip was even more simple and rude, and Prince William, whose strength had plummeted, did not believe that his father would deliberately suppress him, so he came to Prince Philip's mansion openly under the escort of the gold-clothed guard.