The Prime Minister's daughter went wherever she liked, and it had nothing to do with the Temple, but Vala knew that the statue of the Holy Maiden of the Lion Palace never talked nonsense, so she crossed her fingers on her chest and silently waited for Sidney's words.

The candlelight of the Hall of Candlelight slanted slightly on the lady's short white-blond hair, leaving a deep shadow under her forehead and the hollow on the other side of the bridge of her straight nose, and Sidney spoke quietly: "She and the leader of the Eruin envoys have made a feud because of the death of Viscount Ehrman, and this time they are going for each other, but there is someone behind this matter - Delphine had visited Count Freut before leaving the imperial capital and borrowed the demon slaying spear. As far as I know, although Freud was the father of Viscount Ehrmann during his lifetime, this time he was connected with Miss Delphien by a man named Price, who was the vice-president of the Archaeological Society, Freeman. Rileys' butler, Freeman. Through him, Lylis had revealed the news of the Demon Slayer Gun and the Count Toniger to the previous two at the same time. ”

"So the little girl's trip was pre-arranged, well," Vala listened quietly, and replied, "that there is indeed a smell of conspiracy in this, indicating that someone is going to deal with Chancellor Nedwin, or Earl Freud?" But what does it have to do with us, Sidney. ”

"Freeman. The man Rileys had an extremely close relationship with Eugene Priest. ”

Vala sat in her chair and was silent for a moment before replying, "It's rare to find contact so quickly, it seems that we are about to see the truth, what happened to that little girl after she went to Anzroa?" ”

It was self-evident that there had been the Anzloix upheaval and the invasion of Jorgantigan, but Sidney understood that this was not what the head of the Holy See wanted to hear.

"She's missing." She replied.

"Freeman. Is the relationship between Lellis and Eugene on the surface? Vala asked again.

"Exactly."

"So it's not difficult for outsiders to get in touch with us." The old man knocked on the arm of the chair and said in a deep voice, "Little Nedwin treats his daughter like a treasure, and she is a spoiled big girl. Now that she's missing, and the person behind her is closely connected to our Temple, it's hard for the Prime Minister not to think of us. ”

"The world is not blind, what good do we do to a little girl?" Sidney asked, "Little Niedwin is not a fool, and besides, his father is not dead." ”

"We'll find out soon enough."

Vala shook her head slightly. replied.

Sidney's brow furrowed deeply, and she looked at the Supreme of the Temple with dissatisfaction, how similar this answer was to that of forty years ago: "Your Majesty has gone a little too far lately, Grand Priest. ”

Vala's bushy eyebrows lifted slightly, and two sharp gazes seemed to burst out from his sunken eye sockets, and fell on the face of the saint statue of the lion palace—his proud protégé, under the white golden broken hair, under the flat forehead, under the eyebrows like a platinum sword. There was a clear and unflinching light in those golden pupils—a gaze that seemed to make the old priest see his younger self, and he sighed and sat back in his chair: "That's it, don't mention it, you know, Sidney. ”

"There are ups and downs between royal power and clerical power, which is the law of history. But it has been a conventional rule that secular power and divine authority have been separated from each other and monitored each other for thousands of years. His Majesty stretched out her hand to the Temple, this is an extremely dangerous thing, she is doing something wrong, you must stop her from repeating the same mistakes, Grand Priest. Sidney replied unmoved.

"Nope. It's not there yet, Sidney, you don't understand, there are some things you don't understand-" Vala shook her head, "It's not that far. She is just greedy for power and doesn't want to put down the throne in her hands, for mortals, this is normal, we can't stand on the other side of His Majesty because of this kind of thing, she may have gone too far, but it is still tolerable. ”

"Is the teacher too generous to His Majesty?" Sidney's eyes revealed her boredom and dissatisfaction.

"This is what we owe her, at least in this matter, we cannot oppose her openly, you remember, Sidney, this is not my order, but my teacher's, and I must obey this order, and so do you," Vala replied in a deep voice, "You know, it is a pact, and during her reign we may not support her, but we must not oppose her, and as long as she does not make the wrong choice on those crucial issues, we cannot break this pact." ”

"Even if that's not a critical issue?"

"It's just a mundane business, Sidney."

"Divine faith is not born without roots, High Priest."

"Shut up." Vala scolded, he didn't understand this, but there were some things that could not be said: "How dare you say such filthy and vulgar things in this sacred place, Lady Sidney, don't let resentment and resentment against your opponent take over your heart, show your usual calm, you are not fit to continue talking with me now, go calm down." ”

Sidney was slightly stunned, then nodded slightly: "I understand." ”

She didn't explain much, and took one last look at her teacher's bookshelf, then turned around and left, but halfway through, she turned around and asked, "Is it because of the dragon clan?" ”

"Dragons are not allowed to do whatever they want in this world, Sidney, they are far more constrained than we are," Vala shook her head and replied: "Everyone knows that Her Majesty the Queen has the shadow of the dragon clan behind her, but the truth is far from the case, if the dragon clan alone cannot suppress the empire, remember, Sidney, this is the age of mortals, the will of the empire is controlled by people like us, not those legends and fantasies that are high above." ”

"This world comes from the results of the efforts of the sages, so our noble beliefs are also rooted in this," the old man said a few words impassionedly, and suddenly somehow felt a little lonely, he sighed and said: "The dragon clan owes His Majesty a favor, and the temple is not, I don't want to mention that matter in the past for the time being, you go down." Sidney, wait until one day you'll understand. ”

If other members of the temple were present, most would be surprised by the old man's words, because it already contained some thought-provoking information, not only about a secret, but even about the future transfer of the supreme power of the temple.

Sidney, however, seemed to care. He bowed slightly, then turned away.

Vala looked at the back of her student, and couldn't help but nod her head with satisfaction, this is the courage that the successor of the temple should have, he is a priest born after the year of frog song, their generation is accustomed to the ups and downs of history and the changes in general trends, from high to low, and the change of status in the past and present has had a profound impact on their generation of clergy. The difficulties of waiting for leisure rarely made the wise old man frown, and the present and past of the temple seemed to him an inevitable consequence, difficult to change and irretrievable, but at least he had one outstanding disciple, and Vala hoped that in Sidney's generation, perhaps the present could change the present embarrassment.

It is indeed an embarrassment, perhaps even within this majestic holy palace. Few people understood how embarrassed the temple was today, and the old man shook his head. He couldn't help but think of his teacher's generation of clergy, except for the younger generation of that era, few people could accept such a gap, there were not a few clergy who were martyred for this purpose, and even his teacher was one of them, but few people knew this secret.

It's nice to be young. The old man couldn't help but shake his head and thought that at least there was hope for the young people.

He watched Sidney leave, then turned around and tapped the mahogany table with his fingers.

Sidney's words still caught his attention, and his hand was indeed a little too long. But it didn't matter, he was worried about something else: Duke Helix was assassinated? The old man suddenly stood up, pulled out a large book with a red cover from the shelf, opened the book, shook out a thick piece of parchment and spread it out - it was a huge map, and the old priest spread it out on the table, and his eyes fell on the position of the flower and leaf collar for a long time.

He lifted his eyelids slightly, and his gaze continued north along the hills north of Rovov Fort, until he reached a crisscrossing of mountains.

The map is marked with the names of the places in beautiful floral script.

Alkashgar.

"Martha bless," Vala whispered, "never not." ”

He put down the map, closed his eyes, and after a few moments, picked up the bell on his desk:

"Someone—"

……

The tradition of the tea party of Her Majesty the Queen, which originated before the year of the walnut, was the time of the Grantody the Great, who often used the Queen's tea party to receive his courtiers in secret, and this tradition was passed down from that time and carried forward in the hands of his son, the eleventh son of the Great, the previous emperor, who discussed the temple with the old Chancellor Nidwin more than once. So much so that these plans, which were born from the tea ceremony, were maliciously called the 'tea party conspiracy' by the clergy, and even widely sung by bards.

Today, the Silver Queen's tea party has become a customary rule, and every three days a week, Her Majesty will hold a tea party in the Rose Garden, but the ministers of this era are no longer secretly invited, but are just and bright, and have become a symbol of status and honor.

Today, however, the atmosphere in the living room on the east side of the Rose Garden is a little subtle.

Not a single one in the room spoke, as if all had been magically cast, and sat firmly in their places, neither blinking nor speaking, like a group of puppets.

Her Majesty the Queen sneered, and the Prime Minister beside him had a very ugly face, both a little uneasy and gloomy, and under him, most of the other nobles looked at their noses and noses, as if they were afraid of getting into trouble, but without exception, everyone's eyes were focused on a stack of parchment paper on the coffee table in the living room, and the meaningful look in their eyes seemed to have something strange recorded on this parchment.

"Fiona, a month ago, Delphien went to Anzlova for real."

"This ......," replied little Niedwin, with some annoyance and some remorse, "I did not know beforehand that she was going to Anzroy, Your Majesty, and even if I did, Anzroy was calm at that time, and I had no reason to prevent her from going out." My father simply forbade her to leave the Empire, but within the Empire. My daughter is still free, just imagine, what reason do I have not to let her go to a small place in the empire, this must not be used as any evidence. ”

"I understand, you don't have to worry," the Silver Queen seemed to be amused by this. She chuckled and replied, "Your daughter happened to have some misunderstanding with the Earl, and I am afraid that I would not have allowed her to go there if I had known in advance, but it seems that she probably did not inform your father." ”

Little Nedwin's face flushed, although he was the prime minister of the empire, but he didn't have anything to do with his daughter, although he didn't want to admit it, but this was a well-known thing, and the only thing that made him feel at ease a little was that. It seems that Her Majesty the Queen does not care much about this matter. He naturally understands that this kind of thing can be big or small, but as long as the supreme of the empire doesn't care, then it's easy to say, and it's okay to think about it, this kind of fantastical thing, His Majesty can't take it seriously anyway, but this matter is too bad at the moment. It annoyed him.

"His Majesty's observations are as meticulous as ever." He replied, "That's exactly what happened. ”

His gaze swept over the stack of parchments that contained the slanders and slanders that embarrassed him. Where these secret inscriptions came from, he naturally knew in his heart - the secret insignia on the sheepskin must have been written by the knights of the inner court, and the empire was the only one, and there was no other semicolon.

But what made the prime minister very puzzled was why these knights of the inner court suddenly came to bite him like mad dogs. They reported that they had colluded with Jogandegan and had sent their daughter to Anzloa as hostages, which was nothing out of nowhere, and that these things were a ploy that anyone with a discerning eye could see at a glance was an offensive ploy, let alone at their level. This kind of trick is not on the stage at all.

But it is precisely like this that makes people feel disgusting, and little Niederwin is very puzzled, who is so boring, to joke with his own daughter with this kind of thing, this is simply like a shoddy prank, disgusting.

But it was this kind of prank that deeply angered him, and the world knew that Prime Minister Nedwin had a pearl in his palm, and these people took advantage of his daughter to trouble him, which was almost equivalent to a slap in the face.

Whether it is out of concern for his daughter, or for his face and the dignity of his family, he will never give up.

But he knew that it was the royal family who was in charge of the knights of the inner court, and it was impossible for Her Majesty the Queen to use such low-level means to deal with him, so beyond that, there were only those who could intervene.

First of all, there is the family of Parut. The young prime minister frowned, within the empire, on the surface, they and the Parut family are not good to care, because Her Majesty the Queen has always intended to support the Parut family to suppress the faction left by the previous king, but the insiders know that this kind of suppression actually comes from the Queen Xià herself, and the Parut family's attack on him is equivalent to the Queen's Majesty's action, unless it is a personal grudge, the Parut family should not be so boring.

But for a moment, he couldn't remember any personal vendetta between himself and the Parut family.

As for the rest, it seems to be even more irrelevant.

"But Fiona, if Delphien does go to Anzlova, it's not good news." At this time, Constance suddenly said meaningfully.

Little Nidwen was shocked, he was originally angry because of these texts, but he completely forgot that if his daughter really went to Anzloa, this would be a big problem, he figured this out, even his face changed, and the others saw the prime minister's suddenly white face, and they also understood that the whole thing had nothing to do with him, so they looked at Nawen Jiàn's gaze, and they couldn't help but be more weird.

This shows that someone is clearly working against this prime minister, who could it be?

And if it's right, will it be all there is to it? Everyone knows that Her Majesty the Queen can't decide that the prime minister of the empire is a traitor through these one-sided words, and the struggle of this kind of thing at this level is simply a trick of the clown, which is not worth mentioning, but the question is, whether that potential enemy will have a backhand, everyone understands that if the person who makes the shot still has a backhand, then it is most likely a more aggressive offensive.

At this time, little Nedwin obviously thought of this, although he was not as good as his father, but he still had some ability, but what he was most worried about now was - what if his daughter really fell into the hands of those people?

At this time, the silver queen smiled slightly, obviously seeing what the prime minister was thinking, she comforted softly: "Fiona Qing don't have to worry, Delphien may not really go to Anzlova, as for these people who framed you and the old prime minister behind the scenes, I will naturally find out for you." ”

Little Niedwin nodded, and replied with some interest, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Constance smiled lightly and nodded to the young prime minister.

……

(PS: A little bit of Kawen two days ago, but it's okay, it's done, and sure enough, you still have to insist on writing to have ideas, touch everyone.) (To be continued......)