Alas, the capital of the Empire of Lasia. Standwick City, Geffenhardt City

For Empress Catherine, tonight was destined to be another sleepless night, and she stood in front of the window of her study, her melancholy eyes looking through the window to look at the night of the imperial capital.

She loved the land and the country that gave birth to her so much, and she wanted the empire to return to its former glory, but the development of events made her feel so alone and helpless at the moment.

Recently, the Empress has tried to let out some rumors about the reaction within the Empire to the increased treatment of foreign civilians and the recruitment of foreign soldiers.

The result was unexpectedly bad, not only the human civilians in the capital talked about it, but also the nobles who were quite dissatisfied with her occupying the throne took advantage of it to lash out and stir up trouble.

Even the military has expressed opposition, and some generals who have always been loyal to the empress are also quite dissatisfied with this practice, and they cannot understand why their empress has such a fight

。

Among these generals was Mrak, who was sent to Hammondale by Empress Catherine.

Mlak strongly objected to the Empress's move of halflings and alien prisoners of war to Hammondal, and the formation of the Hammondale Guard, which would levy alien soldiers, claiming that such an approach would destabilize the hard-won Hammondale again, and thus affect the strategic deployment of the Empire.

In this regard, Empress Catherine was both helpless and annoyed, but no one could discuss countermeasures.

Among the important ministers and generals around her, those who disagreed also accounted for the majority, and only a very small number of people agreed, but they did not dare to openly support the empress, while others chose to wait and see.

Empress Catherine now even has the heart to transfer Chen Jian to her side, she feels that Chen Jian is much stronger than those important generals around her, he can understand his own thoughts, has a long-term vision, and has good ability, and is also loyal to the empire, but unfortunately his qualifications are too shallow and too young. He has no experience, and he is only afraid that the effect will be counterproductive, but it will attract stronger opposition from others.

And the empress's recent series of measures secretly carried out in Hammondale did not hide from the eyes of those who cared about it, and the fact that she instructed Chen Jian to secretly recruit foreign soldiers and relocate foreign civilians to the local area was exposed, which immediately caused an uproar within the empire.

The empress's close association with the dwarves in the hills during this period was also poked out.

At the instigation of some people. A wave of dissatisfaction with the Empress had begun to emerge and was slowly spreading throughout the Empire.

At this time, Empress Caesarseline missed her dead father, missing husband and lonely son, and sometimes she even impulsively wanted to abandon the throne and return to the Enroth Continent to be the queen of her Iron Fist Dynasty in peace.

"Your Majesty! A letter came from Earl Chen Jian, marked urgent. Do you want to see it now? The Empress was interrupted by the sound of an intelligence officer knocking on the door and reporting.

"Bring it in!" Empress Catherine left the window and sat back in her seat.

She was a little surprised that Jian Chen sent information again at this time, she remembered that she had asked Jian Chen to return to Hammondale as soon as possible, he should be on the way back at this time, how could he send urgent information to herself? Could it be that something happened on the way?

As the door opened, the intelligence officer walked in. Two documents were handed to the empress: "This one is the information, and this one is the attachment that came with the information!" ”

And the attachments? Empress Catherine was even more surprised by the apparently military order, and she waved the intelligence officer to step back, then opened the information and looked at it by the bright candlelight in the study

What surprised the empress even more was that Jian Chen was still stranded in Baildes at this time.

In the letter, Jian Chen described in detail the current plight of the dwarves in the hills of Bailders, and the movements of the Negans in dispatching the black and red dragons.

At the same time, the letter also mentions the strange situation that Philip said about the Negan lord being called the Dragon Queen.

This information surprised Queen Catherine a little, of course she knew about Moryl, the dragon queen, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious of it. After all, the news of the death of the Dragon Queen Mohor was already an old thing, and she didn't believe that if Moriel hadn't died, with the ambition she had shown, she would have been incognito for so many years before suddenly making a move in Bairders.

Moreover, Baildus's land was really worthless, and even if the dragon queen Moriel was not dead, she could not imagine what the once powerful rivals of the empire would want from the dwarves.

The Empress was also surprised that the dwarves were in such a difficult situation, and in her contact with the dwarven king Hersfar, the dwarven king did not reveal the slightest information about this, and she thought that the hill dwarves were already in control of the situation by now.

This made Queen Catherine a little frustrated. From this matter, she could analyze that the dwarves did not have the intention of defecting to the empire, and at most they could only ally with them, not annex.

Finally, Jian Chen reported to the Empress that he had recruited a group of Thor's Trolls in Bairders, and he gave a detailed description of the powerful combat power of these Trolls, as well as the bloody clashes caused by the Trolls of Sol. In the letter, Jian Chen gave a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the Empire's acceptance of Thor's trolls.

"The reputation of the Thorn Troll is a double-edged sword for the empire at this time, it is good, it is infinitely powerful, and if it is not used well, it will hurt others and yourself."

"If Your Majesty can withstand the pressure, succeed in calming people's hearts, neutralize the negative effects of this matter, and use these notorious Thor trolls as a breakthrough to cooperate with the propaganda offensive to show the other races the Empire's determination and sincerity to accept the aliens. I believe that in the future, His Majesty will be more comfortable in implementing the policy of racial integration. ”

"But if this matter is not handled properly, with the arrogance of the human race in the empire and the increasingly obvious attitude of rejection of foreign races, I am afraid that it will cause a storm of racial hatred in the empire, which will have a great negative impact on His Majesty's consolidation of the throne and the subsequent implementation of the racial integration policy, which can be described as endless troubles."

At the end of the letter, Chen Jian took the blame. In order to minimize the negative impact of the incident, he told the Empress that he could arrange these Thor's trolls in his lord's guard, so that the nature of the whole incident could be changed to his own personal behavior, so as not to have any effect on the Empress.

In the letter, Jian did not mention her indignation at the actions of Mlak and Bremer, nor did she ask the Empress to punish them, but kindly reminded Empress Catherine that if even the generals she trusted so much had such a serious sense of rejection of foreign soldiers, she was afraid that her actions in Hammondale would be greatly hindered. Hopefully, the Empress will instruct him on what to do next.

Of course, in his letter, Jian Chen did not forget to mention the excellent performance of those big-eared monster soldiers in the battle that took place in Bailders, and he told the empress that these big-eared monsters have now become loyal warriors of the empire.

After reading the letter, Aunt Cather opened the secret letter that Mlak had written to Bremer.

The contents of the secret order disappointed the empress with the confidant general she once trusted.

When Ma Lak recommended Chen Jian to lead troops to Baildes to suppress the bandits, the empress saw that he seemed to be dissatisfied with Chen Jian, but what the empress didn't expect was that this dissatisfaction was not the exclusion of newcomers as she thought, and now it seems. This dissatisfaction seems to come more from the rejection of Chen Jian's recruitment of foreign soldiers.

This can be seen from Mrak's recent suggestions.

And Jian Chen's delay in returning also made the empress worried, the Negans even sent out the black dragon, but Jian Chen's return journey was repeatedly delayed for various reasons, and she couldn't tolerate such a talent being lost in Bairders for such reasons.

After pondering for a while, Empress Catherine took up her pen and wrote several orders.

In the eyes of the Empress, there was nothing wrong with Jian Chen's recruitment of Thor's trolls, but this matter happened at this sensitive time, so it was a little troublesome.

Therefore, the Empress was not stunned and asked him to arrange these Thor trolls into his private army, as Jian Chen said, in order to avoid causing a stronger backlash in the Empire.

And the attitude shown by Chen Jian in the letter was even more satisfactory to the empress.

The overall situation is important, business is the first, and the empire and herself, the empress, are considered everywhere, which is really useful.

In contrast, Mrak's rejection of dissidents and Bremer's ineffectiveness are so hateful.

I thought about it again. The Empress picked up her pen again and wrote a letter to the Dwarven King Hersfar.

"Someone! Get these orders and letters out at once! ”

Following the empress's orders, an intelligence officer quickly walked in, took a few orders, and turned to leave.

After dealing with these things, Queen Catherine closed her eyes a little, tiredly, and leaned back in her chair to rest.

She's been so tired lately, and the pressure from all sides has kept her in a pretty nervous state of mind.

At that moment, there was another knock on the door.

"What's going on again?" The Empress opened her eyes in displeasure, a little angry.

For some time now, every knock on the door has brought her bad news, big or

。

"Your Majesty, there is news from Diya!"

Deya? Empress Catherine frowned again in confusion.

The necromancers have been quiet all this time. Could it be that something is going on again?

"Come in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" An empress's cronie hurriedly walked in and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there is news from Diya's spies that Archibald Ainfast and some of the Dhya magicians who are loyal to him have left Diya not long ago, and their whereabouts are unknown!" ”

"Archibald left Diya? The Empress asked in surprise, not quite believing what her ears were hearing.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are fairly certain that they have left, but the exact reason for their departure and where they are going is not yet known. Our agents are investigating further, and we believe that the results will be available soon! ”

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