"It's so beautiful here, my master." Liana let out a sigh of exclamation, although she had been to this place before, but at that time she was a slave maid, doing the work of serving people, and now she came as the female companion of the Earl, and standing here again, the feeling was naturally different.

"If you like it, you can come back more often in the future." The eldest prince smiled slightly, and his attitude towards Liana's words had also changed dramatically, from the previous tone of the master to the current tone towards distinguished guests.

All this gave Liana a great sense of satisfaction in her heart, and she was grateful for her fate, and even more so for the Earl of Clifford, if it weren't for him, she might still be serving the plate now, and couldn't help but smile, and said, "Thank you, the eldest prince, thank you for arranging for me to serve the Earl of Clifford." ”

"Where, where." The eldest prince waved his hand and said with a haha: "I should thank you for taking care of Count Clifford so well, so that he can concentrate on doing things for me." ”

In a word, it caused everyone to laugh again.

At this moment, a young and handsome officer came over, stretched out his hand to Liana politely, and said, "Beautiful girl, may I invite you to a dance?" ”

"Absolutely." Liana smiled sweetly, tugged at the hem of her skirt with both hands, curtsied the officer, and then graciously extended her hand.

Western women's perceptions are different from those of ancient China, and they do not feel that dancing with men is a shameful thing, on the contrary, they see it as an important way to help their men open up social interactions.

Liana knew that everything she had today was given by Colliford, and she sincerely hoped that Collifo would be well, so in order to make him eat more openly in the royal capital, she decided to behave well tonight.

"Oh, you're so unlucky. Clifford. The eldest prince shrugged his shoulders at Clifford, raised his eyebrows, and quipped, "Your female companion was snatched away as soon as she arrived." ”

Collie smiled slightly, but he didn't speak, but he heard the eldest prince invite him: "You can't dance without a female companion, are you interested in accompanying me to sit over there?" With that, he gestured to a secluded corner of the hall.

"Of course, big brother. That's my pleasure. Clifford took two bottles of wine from the waiter, handed a glass to the eldest prince, and then stretched out his hand and respectfully invited him over.

The eldest prince smiled slightly, did not greet him politely, beckoned to a person, and then walked straight into the corner.

Clifford followed, and just sat down, but saw a person also follow, it was the newly appointed Secretary of War Gates, and it was obvious that the eldest prince had invited him to come over this time to discuss the matter of the War Department taking over the military power of the whole country.

"How's it going?" Clifoe took a sip of wine, glanced at Gates, and said lightly.

Gates shook his head and said with a sad face: "It's not going well, and the recovery of military power is, to put it bluntly, to take back the control of the Vienna Governor Boll over the newly formed army, but Pohl used the excuse that Vienna is the royal capital and must be protected by heavy troops, so he is unwilling to hand over all his strength." The other governors also looked at him, and as long as he didn't pay it, the others wouldn't pay it. ”

"Clifford, do you have any good ideas? I'd like to hear your opinion. The eldest prince leaned back in his chair and said with a pair of small eyes staring straight at Clifford.

Collie thought for a moment, leaned forward, and said: "I think Pol dares to do this because he thinks that he has the support of the second prince behind him, as long as the second prince no longer supports him, and finds someone to bite him, according to the current situation, he will be compliant, unless he is a fool." ”

The eldest prince and Gates looked at each other, and said in their hearts that what you said was light, the eldest prince put down his wine glass, stared at Coolford and said lightly: "You said light, Pol is the core figure of the second prince's party, how can the second prince no longer support him?" ”

Collie Fu smiled, with a confident look, and said: "Leave this matter to me, the eldest brother only needs to find a good dog, he must dare to bite, and he is not afraid of sacrifice." ”

The eldest prince and Gates glanced at each other, and they already had a candidate in their hearts, out of the need for struggle, they also raised a lot of such people, and there was a very suitable one now.

Although the eldest prince didn't know what calculations Colliford had in his heart, he remembered the words of the old king and decided to believe Colliford once, since he dared to play so big, he must have a comprehensive plan in his heart, not to mention that now he believes that Collie thinks that the eldest prince has no better way, and said with a smile: "Okay, tenth brother." Then I'll just wait for your news, and if you can force Boll to hand over the military power, it will be a great credit. When the time comes, you can give whatever reward you want. ”

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and this Clifford is also an ambitious person, so he won't let himself down, the eldest prince said in his heart.

"Big brother, it's too much for you to tell me this, I'm helpless here, so my big brother is willing to take care of me, and I'm willing to run for my big brother's career." Clifford raised the glass in his hand and beckoned to the eldest prince and Gates: "Let's toast to the Rhine Kingdom and His Royal Highness the eldest prince." ”

"It was a really pleasant decision." Gates smiled as he held up his glass, and the three of them clinked glasses together and drank the wine from the glass.

After drinking, Clifford snapped his fingers, and beckoned the waiter to add a glass of wine to each of the three, but did not drink it, and smiled at Gates: "Lord Gates, I need your help for the next thing." ”

"That's what Clifford said. We are all people who work for the Great Prince, and you need nothing to ask. Gates crossed Erlang's legs very casually, dangling the wine glass in his hand, and smiled. From this, it can be seen that he has a very close relationship with the eldest prince.

Clifford's eyes flashed with a gleam, he stretched his head forward, stared at Gates with an unfathomable expression, and said, "Lord Gates, you are now the Secretary of the War Department, there must be many ways to make things difficult for Pol and his officers." I need you to make things difficult for him, and it is better to push him to go to the king and impeach you. ”

"Let him impeach me?" Gates has concerns in his heart, to be honest, although he has been fighting with Pol Ming, but the two sides have never torn their faces, if it gets to the point of impeaching the other party from the king, it will definitely be a showdown, or even a hand-to-hand fight, Pol and the second prince have deep roots, he really doesn't have the courage to jump out to face their anger, the struggle for power and profit, no one is willing to hide behind their backs and play tricks, no one wants to jump out directly as cannon fodder, some reluctant to say: "Clifford, I don't think this is a good idea." I just helped the eldest prince master the War Department, and if they sue me, then the eldest prince's losses here will not be too great. ”