The thunderstorm in the sky gradually became smaller, and the wind returned to calm, and no longer continued to play with the raindrops, as if it was time for them to rest because it was already late at night. This storm is about to stop, so should the strife in this world also stop?

"Lord Duke, I have taken control of the city guard, a brigade of soldiers of the city guard is under my jurisdiction, and Jubite has been killed by me. According to the intelligence, Constance and they fled north, and it seems that they are planning to leave the city through the north gate, do you need me to intercept them?" Leonardo came back from outside with a storm and rain, without a moment's delay, and reported the current situation directly to Allen.

North...... Alan pondered for a while, and then ordered Leonardo: "Leo, you immediately take the soldiers of the city guard to the north, Constance doesn't have to worry about him, but you must search carefully, there must be no traitors like Jupiter!" Do you understand?"

Leonardo's eyes flashed, and he bowed his head and said, "I understand." The North District is a gathering area for nobles.

Alan nodded, then waved Leonardo away, turning around to return to the palace.

"Lord Duke, see if we are giving the people from the palace to ......," a commando soldier reminded him.

Alan turned his head and asked, "How about it?"

The assault fighter immediately clenched his fists and replied, "There are hundreds of people in the palace, and we are currently understaffed. Although these people are not soldiers, once the news leaks out, I am afraid that it will ......"

Hearing this warrior's words, Alan suddenly laughed and looked at this warrior slightly. He wasn't tall. Half a head shorter than Allen. Looks eighteen or nineteen years old. About the same age as Alan. But as a fighter of the commando. There is no half-point emaciation. His eyes are bright, and he looks like a resolute and decisive person.

Alan patted the warrior on the shoulder and asked, "What's your name?"

The warrior immediately said, "Go back to Lord Duke, and your name is Constantine."

Alan nodded and said: "Very good, it's good that you can think of this, then I'll leave this matter to you, I have only one request, that is, the news must not be leaked."

When Constantine heard this, he said excitedly and loudly, "Yes." Lord Duke. ”

Ignoring what Constantine did with the servants of the royal palace, Eren re-entered the study. By this time, Edward and Charles II had already been taken away, leaving Gloria alone in a chair waiting for Alan.

Alan saw Gloria and asked curiously, "Isn't Miss Gloria going back to rest?" You must know that it is very late now, and the influence of lonely men and widows is not very good. ”

Gloria had long since regained her former composure, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard Allen's words.

"Lord Duke, don't you elaborate on your plans for the future, or do you just want me to be your puppet?" Gloria said as she looked directly at Allen.

"No, no, no! Dear Miss Gloria, Why did I just use you as a puppet? I really shudder when you think so. In Gloria's mocking eyes. Alan continued, "But you're right, it's time for us to talk about the aftermath."

Alan sat down gently in front of Gloria, took a cup of hot cocoa in front of Gloria, and drank it down.

"You!" Gloria's face turned red and she scolded, "Rude!"

Alan shrugged his shoulders, cleared his throat, and said officially: "Tomorrow I will announce that His Majesty Charles II is too ill to be a councilor. Then I will preside over Edward's enthronement ceremony, and you, naturally, will complete the wedding with Edward on the same day. ”

Hearing this, Gloria frowned slightly, and her disgust for Edward made her feel a little resistant.

Alan continued: "After that, of course, our new king suddenly fell ill, and in this case, we can only helplessly ask the noble queen to govern the government."

Gloria nodded, but asked the question. "But how do you convince the nobles of Ambush, they are not stupid, how can they believe your words."

Listening to the question asked by Gloria, Alan suddenly rubbed his head and said with a sad face: "Oops, my head suddenly hurts, if only someone helped me pinch it."

Gloria couldn't hear what Eren meant, and glared at Eren angrily, unmoved.

Seeing that Gloria didn't move, Alan quietly smiled and then disappeared again. "Your father, Grand Duke Falao, wonder how happy he would be to know that the king of Ammusi had suddenly fallen ill and that the affairs of Ammusi's state would be controlled by his precious daughter?"

Gloria's expression moved, but she still didn't react. But when he heard Allen's next sentence, he finally couldn't remain indifferent.

"Or do you want to go back to your father?"

Gloria snorted heavily, stiffened her feet, and walked behind Alan. The slender and soft fingers gently rested on Ailu's head and gently massaged it.

"I originally thought that you Ouranos was a person with an aristocratic demeanor, but it turns out that you, like Edward, are also a raccoon dog!"

Alan reached over with his backhand and grabbed Gloria's hand, causing Gloria's body to tremble. The next moment, he put Gloria's hand on his shoulder, and at the same time said, "And the shoulder is also very sore."

Gloria held back her anger and helped Eren pinch her shoulder a little. Alan sighed comfortably and said, "This is different, Edward's guy is just a scoundrel, and I am a gentleman with affection and manners, how can I mix them up?" But I have to say, you're doing a good job. I must have rubbed your father's shoulders a lot before, your father is also ruthless, and such a good baby daughter is willing to marry so far. ”

Gloria slapped her hand, stood behind Eren and looked at Alan's neck, she suddenly had an idea in her heart, if she pinched him hard, would she be able to strangle him? And then he waved the terrible thought away.

Alan continued at this time: "These so-called nobles of Ammuxi don't care who the king is, whoever holds the army in their hands, they will go with whomever they want. Even if there are a few diehards. Nor can they make waves. ”

"Looks like you've got it all planned. You haven't had this idea for a day or two. Gloria said mockingly.

"You're misunderstanding me. How could I, a model aristocrat with five stresses and four beauties, have this idea, this is all forced out. Alan said with a bitter face.

Just as Gloria was about to return from the taunt, a knock on the door interrupted the conversation, and one of the guards opened and reported, "Lord Duke, there is a messenger from the Church asking for an audience."

"I was wondering when they would come, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly. Let him in. Alan said, touching his chin.

Gloria, who was behind her, heard that the people from the church were coming, and she couldn't help but stop.

Alan raised his eyebrows and asked without looking back, "What's wrong?"

Gloria took a deep breath and said, "Nothing." The hand moved again.

Not for a while. A priest dressed in a black clergyman's uniform walked into the room. When she saw Gloria helping Eren squeeze her shoulder behind Alan, her eyes couldn't help but tremble. But the next moment, as if nothing happened, he made a gesture of the Holy Emblem on his chest, and said respectfully to Allen: "I have seen the Duke, may the Holy Light bless you."

Alan looked at the priest, and then said suspiciously: "This priest, have we met, why do you feel that you seem to be a little familiar?"

When the teacher heard this, he immediately abandoned the etiquette of the Holy See, and said with a flattering smile: "Lord Duke is really a good memory, and it is Luther below." At the beginning, as a representative of the Holy See, I helped your country negotiate peace with Moslian. At the beginning, the Duke ignored my existence and embarrassed me. ”

Luther reminded Alan to remember. Then he laughed and said, "It turned out to be a Lutheran priest, I haven't seen him for many days, but the priest is good."

"Very good, very good, thank you Lord for your concern." Luther hurriedly replied with a smile. After being reprimanded by Archbishop Wesley, Luther spent all kinds of means (mainly throwing money) to finally learn about the complicated relationship between Allen and the Holy See. Now that he has finally gotten the position of the principal, he doesn't dare to offend Allen anymore.

And Gloria, who was behind Allen, saw that Luther was so flattering to Allen, and couldn't help but be surprised by the relationship between the Holy See and Allen.

For Luther's overtures, Allen accepted them all.

"The Lutheran priest is very well-informed, and I have just finished here, and the Lutheran priest came."

Listening to Allen's faintly sarcastic words, Luther did not show any dissatisfaction, but smiled more brightly: "Lord Duke has misunderstood, in fact, I don't know your lord's plan at all this time." It's just that the church found out that the slaves in the gladiatorial arena seemed to have rebelled, so they went into the palace and asked His Majesty if he needed the help of the church?"

Alan nodded and said with a smile: "It is true that there were rebels who colluded with that group of slaves to rebel just now, but fortunately, even if I brought someone to protect the palace, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." Now His Majesty is frightened and has rested. However, I think that since the Holy See is willing to help, it is naturally excellent, and I think Your Majesty will agree. ”

"What the Duke said is extremely true, at this critical moment, it is really up to the Duke to protect His Majesty. However, the strength of the Duke alone is too thin, so why don't we also let the Holy See help the Duke share one or two?" Luther quickly picked up Allen's words and said.

Alan thought for a moment and said, "Since the Holy See is willing to contribute, it is naturally a good thing, but I am afraid that the specific constitutional arrangements still need to be discussed in detail."

Hearing Allen's words, Luther smiled and took out a parchment scroll from his arms, respectfully handed it to Allen and said, "Lord Duke is right, so my church has already prepared a document for Lord Duke to see."

Alan took the parchment roll in surprise, not expecting that this Luther had already prepared, just waiting for himself to speak. Alan opened the parchment scroll and read it carefully. During this period, Luther looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, without showing a trace of expression.

After looking at the conditions of the Power Church in detail, Alan put away the parchment scroll and said, "You want land and garrisons, this is not easy to do."

Luther smiled slightly, stepped forward and spread out a map from his hand, pointed and said: "Look, Lord Duke, this county of Rostock is located in the south of the royal capital, and it is also in the north of Duke Manuel and Duke Bashir. This place can not only block the pressure from the south, but also quickly support the royal capital. Isn't that the perfect place?"

Alan snorted lightly, "What ideal place?" I have two dukes guarding the south of Anmusi, and I don't think there is any need to bother the church anymore. ”

Luther was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little surprised by Allen's words, but the next moment he regained his smile, but his tone was a hint of threat.

"Lord Duke may not know, but the barbarians in the south have been dissatisfied with the Anmuxi Kingdom for a long time, and I heard that they are planning to invade the Anmuxi Kingdom, and I see that the two dukes in the south may not be able to resist it."

Allen's eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled: "Priest Lutheran, I ask curiously, do you have so many troops in your church?" Legend has it that your Church has 3,000 Knights Templar, and it won't be expanded, right?"

Allen's thief laugh fell into Luther's eyes, and his heart suddenly cooled. However, he still forced himself to say: "It seems that the Duke does not know, my Pope His Majesty has just reached a consensus with His Majesty Peter of the Dominz Kingdom not long ago, and the Pope will personally take over the Dominiz Kingdom. Although the Duke was right, the Knights Templar had a doctrinal rule that there should be no more than three thousand. However, the Knights Templar are not among them. ”

Listening to Luther's words, Alan had a plan in his heart. The smile disappeared on his face, and he said with a straight face: "I will hand over Priest Lutheran's proposal to His Majesty for personal review, and I ask Priest Luther to wait for two days." After saying this, Alan smiled again: "Priest Lutheran, please come back, I believe there will be results soon."

Luther looked at Allen's smile, and finally smiled and said, "Then it's bothering the Duke, may the Holy Light bless you." With that, he turned and left.

After Luther left, Gloria stopped to rub Alan's shoulders and walked out from behind Alan.

"What's wrong? Isn't it doing a good job?" Alan asked suspiciously.

"Your play should be over." Gloria said indignantly.

Alan smiled playfully: "What kind of drama are you talking about?" I don't understand. ”

"You deliberately let the church see me rubbing your shoulders, don't you want the church to know that I am your person, so that the church will not easily collude with me to deal with you." Gloria hit the nail on the head.

However, Alan flatly denied it: "You are pure speculation, how do I know that the people of the church will come at this time?" And I just want to enjoy the massage of Her Majesty the future queen of the Kingdom of Ambushi. And next time, don't say that you are my person, we are innocent, and if you say that, it will damage my reputation. ”

"You impudent bastard! I misread you!" Gloria was furious, and in the face of Allen's shameless teasing, she could only rely on weak words to fight back.

Alan shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "It's already late at night, and it's not a good thing for Miss Gloria to stay here and spread the word." So, Miss Gloria, please. ”

"Alan Ouranos!" Gloria gritted her teeth and glared at Allen, snorted heavily, and turned to leave.

Alan was left alone in the study, thinking quietly. There was no cursing, no bickering, only the candle flame dancing again and again, as if secretly dancing alone. (To be continued.) )

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