"There are few people in this world who are more able to judge the situation than that fat old man of Fogel, and listen to him not to suffer, and there is one more thing ......" Sigmundt paused and lowered his voice in his daughter's ear, "When you meet Rudolph, tell him for me that the things entrusted to me have been done, and that he had better forget the unfortunate days of the past, and enjoy the glory of being the king of a country while the empire has not yet sent troops to the Far East." ”

"What did Rudolph ask you to do?" Palatina couldn't help but ask.

"Please help him bury his deceased wife." Sigmund sighed softly, "I paid a Magistrate of the Light to take back Francesca's ashes and bury them in the cemetery behind the Palace of Puai, and in order to avoid getting into trouble, I can only erect a wordless tombstone for her...... It's a pity that Rudolph probably didn't have the opportunity to visit Francesca's grave in person in his life. ”

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The proposal to set up a non-governmental mission to visit the Far East was approved by the cabinet on October 2, and it took another three days for the approval of Emperor Charles's imperial pen to approve the trip. The delegation consisted of 30 semi-official and non-governmental figures, but only three were the backbone, the leader Jacob Fogel represented the Imperial Financial Capital Group, and the deputy team leaders Alberton Jr. and Palatina represented the Imperial Industrial Capital Group and the military conservatives respectively.

With this consensus, and her father's earnest advice before leaving, Palatine got along well with her traveling companions on the road. The elder Fogel took great care of the only lady in the delegation, and Alberton Jr. was the senior of Palatina, who was Princess Sophia's bridesmaid when he was married, and the friendship between the two families was needless to say.

The mission departed early in the morning of 7 October and was transferred directly to Fort Olevit. The commander of the fortress, General Karl, had already received the news and prepared a sumptuous lunch for the group.

The Kolas authorities also received the timetable for the visit in advance, and Rudolph attached great importance to this, and sent airships to greet the distinguished guests from the Empire.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the "Dawn" airship arrived over the east bank of the Zhuolang River, made contact with General Pavel, who was stationed on the ground, and then slowly landed at the military base.

Half an hour later, all the members of the Imperial Visiting Delegation, escorted by the guards, crossed the railway bridge where the two armies faced each other, and officially entered the area controlled by the Kolas Army.

When crossing the bridge, little Alberton arranged for Palatine to walk at the end of the line out of gentlemanly instinct, so that she could escape back to her bridgehead as soon as possible in case of any emergency.

"Don't forget that I'm also a soldier, I've seen a lot of this kind of scene, there's nothing to be afraid of!" Palatine refused special care, and crossed the bridge with her head held high, although she was wearing a long white dress, a scarf, and a lady's hat, she fearlessly did not look like a young lady, attracting countless curious and astonishing glances from the other side.

The silver airship moored across the bridge aroused Palatina's curiosity, and she took a closer look to compare it with the magic airship equipped with the Imperial Air Force. The appearance is not much different, but the size of the Far Easterner's airship is smaller, only half of the emperor's airship, this discovery makes little Alberton quite proud, after all, the Imperial Air Force's magic airship is all designed and produced by the Weinstein family-controlled military factory, which was first used in actual combat in the colonial war last year, and achieved satisfactory results.

Palatina herself did not know much about airship technology, and wanted to find out more about airships in the Far East, so she instigated little Alberton to pay tribute to Jennifer, the commander of the "Dawn", and tried to ask the young and beautiful female colonel with healthy sun-skinned skin to be accommodating and make an exception to allow them to visit the cockpit.

"It's a pity, Mr. Weinstein, that you are a gentleman who pleases women, but it is a pity that I don't like men." Jennifer's gaze shifted from the personable Imperial Kuo Shao to Palatina's face, and she threw a provocative wink at her, "If this beautiful sister is willing to enter into a relationship with me that goes beyond friendship, I might consider inviting her to sit in the cockpit." ”

Palatine was no stranger to Jennifer's eyes, and although most of the men who usually looked at her like this, the intentions expressed were not much different.

"Colonel Jennifer, do you count?"

"Wait!" Seeing Palatina's eagerness, little Alberton hurriedly dragged her away, and counted the school girl angrily: "Don't be stupid, that woman is not kind to you!" ”

Palatina gave him a nonchalant look, "What are you nervous about, what else can she do to me?" ”

Little Alberton patted his forehead helplessly, "She wants to establish an 'intimate relationship beyond friendship' with you, is this not straightforward enough?" ”

"Anyway, it's just a show, and the other party is not a man, so it's not me who suffers after all." Palatina couldn't get used to his fuss, and smiled strangely, "I'm not afraid of that madman Brittany, but I'm still afraid of her?" ”

Little Alberton hurriedly raised his index finger and "shh

Under Jennifer's strict defense, Palatina's attempt to spy on the airship's secrets ultimately failed, and she walked down the gangway with regret and truly set foot on the Far East.

Rudolph attached great importance to the Imperial delegation, and not only personally set up a dinner party at the Palace of Mercy to welcome the visitors, but also told Roland to go to the airport to greet them.

Roland got the visitor list a day in advance, and found out that the leader was the contemporary head of the Fogel family, so he called Anthony to greet him.

"I didn't expect Palatina to come, wait a minute, pay attention, the most beautiful girl among the visitors is our 'Knight Princess', the first beautiful girl in the empire!" Waiting for the airship to land, Anthony used his poetic talents to bother and boast about how beautiful and noble Palatine was.

"Please, is it that exaggerated? Not to mention anything else, she is two years older than me, and the twenty-four-year-old eldest sister is a 'beautiful girl'! Roland was unimpressed. Last time, I glanced at Palatina from a distance outside the city of Torivi Castle, and it was true that she was a beauty, but her cool and domineering momentum was obviously very "queen", and she was not a "girl" at all!

"You won't dare say that until you see Palatine herself," Anthony predicted confidently, "according to my observations, no man can remain calm in front of her, and I don't think you will be the first exception." ”

"Really?" Roland was aroused by him, "Then we might as well make a bet, if I lose, we will ...... How about authorizing 'Madame Louisa' to write a press release to report truthfully on the embarrassment of being mesmerized by Her Highness Palatine when I met her? ”