() Late at night.

The heart of the Pole Kingdom, the Royal Palace of Hansar City.

Once again, it was a sleepless night in the Study, but tonight was different, and instead of the busy backdrop of King Duris's illuminated evening battle, the reflection of him slumped in his chair and gazed up at the ceiling was seen.

Duris has been doing this for more than 13 hours. On the desk in front of him, there was a red cover of the text. There are only two people in the world who know the content of this text, one is the person who wrote the text, and the other is King Duris. At noon today, when this magically sealed Wen Jiàn was presented to Du Lisi, he knew that something big had happened, so he hurriedly drove out all the attendants in the imperial study, and asked the soldiers to put a cordon 50 meters away, and only under the condition of ensuring absolute secrecy did he open the Wen Jiàn.

Although he had been mentally prepared in advance, when Duris saw the content of just two or three lines on the text, he was still shocked by a far more impact than he imagined. Although King Duris is a legend, he is also a mortal, and his ability to withstand setbacks has its own limits like ordinary people......

"Your Highness Shi Weikang, please don't come closer. ”

"Uncle Wang hasn't come out for so long, shouldn't you guys as guards care about it?"

"I'm sorry, this is His Majesty's order, and we must not disobey it. ”

"You brainshit, who's responsible if something goes wrong?"

"But ......"

There was a louder and louder noise outside the door. In his thoughts, Duris knew that it was his nephew, the former second prince of the French Yale Empire, Shi Weikang, who quarreled with the soldiers on guard.

More than a week ago, the battle for the throne, which ignited the flames of civil war in the Fayale Empire, finally came to fruition. In the case of the disappearance of the eldest brother of Duris, Emperor Charlottes I, for more than half a year, the rebels led by the third brother "Prince of Carloton" Charcopier broke through the last fortress of the empire - the capital Byrne. Before the city was broken, the two princes, who had sworn to "live and die with Bourne", left behind their loyal soldiers who were still fighting bloodily and fled the troubled country.

As the eldest prince of Fayele, once known as the "strongest empire", Oferet Heath, a popular candidate for the next successor to the throne, Ofelie could not let go of his self-esteem, so he had only one choice to escape: the Rocal Empire, a country with a population of only a quarter of the Fayele Empire, but with the same "empire" as Fayele, located in the Star River Continent.

Ofere's brother, main competitor, and collaborator, the second prince, Svikon Heath, fled to the south to join the kingdom of Pole, also ruled by his family, but at odds with the Fayele Empire.

On the surface, the eldest prince hiding in an empire seems to have more "face" than the second prince, but in reality this is not the case. Although he came to be the prince of an empire, he was just a prince in distress, and he didn't know if his empire would still exist in the future, and the Rocal Empire's attitude towards Aufelie was quite cold, and it was just to provide the courtesy of ordinary diplomatic envoys, and there was no high-style posture when foreign royal families visited, which made the eldest prince angry, depressed, and helpless, and the fantasy of borrowing troops to regain the throne was even more foolish.

The second prince took refuge in his blood relatives, although he was at odds with his father, but Duris did not vent his dissatisfaction with his eldest brother on his son, and the treatment of Shi Weikang who could live in the palace made the eldest prince who stayed in the small embassy drool. And the second prince chose the Bole Kingdom as his escape location, and he also had a deeper consideration: he knew that his father's strength was exhausted, and the third uncle's victory on the throne had become a foregone conclusion, so he did not dream of restoring the throne by borrowing troops like his brother, but targeted the throne of the king of the Pole Kingdom.

Since the descendant of King Duris is only 8 years old, Princess Di Eucalyptus, if Du Lisi dies and Di Yu cannot inherit the throne for some reason, then Shi Weikang, who is the nephew of Du Lisi, will become the only person in the kingdom who has the right to inherit. Taking a step back, if you can't stop Di Yu from ascending the throne, it's not a big deal, how can a young queen be the opponent of his cousin, who has been in the power struggle for many years?

However, how could Duris be kept in the dark about Svecom's wishful thinking? He knew his two nephews as well as he knew his three brothers, who had been obsessed with power struggles all their lives. Although accepting Sweikang in this eventful season is equivalent to putting a dangerous cancer by his side, Duris believes that he is capable of coping with it, and there may be a place to get this nephew in the future, so Duris agrees to allow his nephew to take refuge in the kingdom, and keeps him in the palace and gives him the corresponding royal treatment.

In the past few days when Shi Weikang came to the Pole Kingdom, Du Li avoided the topic of politics, and dealt with him with luxurious banquets and high-class socializing every day; Today he couldn't hold it anymore, and took advantage of the noon break to go straight to the imperial study, at least to find out his uncle's views and positions on the civil war that took place in the motherland.

But the luck of the second prince was too bad, and at that time, Du Lisi was worried about the red text on the case, and he didn't have time to deal with anyone, so the guards had to let Shi Weikang wait outside. Unexpectedly, the wait was half a day, where could the second prince, who was accustomed to a comfortable life, stand weak, but Duriss still showed no signs of coming out, so the scene just now happened.

"Let Your Highness come in. Duris shouted out the door. Although he really didn't want to be scratched at this time, in the absence of any countermeasures against the red paper, a proper change of topic might help his thinking.

"Hello, Uncle Wang. Although the relieved voice revealed a signal of excitement and joy, the owner of the voice still forced his feelings and politely closed the door that had just been pushed open.

At this time, Duris had already put the top-secret red paper under a pile of papers, and when he looked up, he saw his nephew's unpretentious dress. I saw Shi Weikang wearing a gray coarse cloth robe that did not match the luxurious royal clothes when he first came to defect, holding a cross in his left hand and a silver chalice in his right hand, which was filled with holy water.

Of course Duris knew about his nephew's new outfit. The day before yesterday, when Schweikang and his entourage came to the church in the city to seek confession from the priest, the priest gave him these things. Wearing civilian clothes to show that you are close to the world, and carrying a cross and a chalice filled with holy water everywhere you go, you need to be careful and every step of the way so that the holy water does not overflow, in order to express that you have devoted yourself to the devout faith in the God of light, to seek God's forgiveness, and to repent of the past obsessed with power struggles.

Of course, Duris knew that his nephew was just an inferior performance, but he didn't debunk it, and every move of this fallen prince was under his surveillance, and as long as Shi Weikang didn't take actual actions to endanger the kingdom, he didn't bother to care.

As soon as the second prince spoke, he was stopped by Du Li with a gesture: "Shi Weikang, you came just in time, I have something to look for you." ”

Duris made a preemptive strike, which caught the second prince off guard. Svikang walked over to his desk. Duris didn't say anything superfluous, he silently took out a white paper from the large pile of essays on the desk, and threw it in front of his nephew.

Unless the second prince had four hands, he could not flip through a text jiàn while holding both the cross and the chalice. He had to put these two "show" props that hindered the action on the table, and then picked up the white paper and opened it to see. Inside is a map and a city plan, and nothing else.

"This ......" The second prince didn't understand what Uncle Wang wanted to express.

"The new land that has been taken from the kingdom of St. Auluffie is ready to build a new city. Duris explained unhurriedly.

"Xincheng?" the second prince's eyes lit up.

"Yes, not just an ordinary town, this city is also an important military fortress built by the sea. But as you can see, there are many thieves in the kingdom, and I have sent out all my trusted people, and now I am the king of a country, and there is no one around me. ”

"Uncle Wang, you want me to ......"

"You are my own nephew, who else can you trust at the moment, but you?"

In the face of this sudden and incredible trust, Shi Weikang hesitated a little, and he asked cautiously: "Uncle Wang, are you...... Really give me this task?"

"There is only a preliminary plan for the construction of the new city, and the specific details of how to implement it can only be the responsibility of the person in charge. If you think you're not up to the task, I'll have to leave it to someone else. Duris wasted no time in agitating it.

"Please rest assured Uncle Wang, I will live up to your high expectations and build the new city well. "Afraid that Du Lisi would regret it, the second prince immediately put Bai Piwen in his arms.

"Alright, it's too late, let's go back and rest. Duris waved slightly.

"Uh-huh. The second prince nodded resignedly, hugged Bai Piwen Jiàn, and left the imperial study in a hurry.

For this trap cake that fell from the sky, of course the second prince will not miss it. Let him be fully responsible for the construction of the new city, that is, he can build the city according to his own wishes, and on the day the new city is built, the city will naturally become his Shi Weikang's territory, and it is also a special military fortress, which is equivalent to having a well-founded base for advancing and retreating, and even if he cannot win the throne of the Pole Kingdom in the future, he can also establish himself as a king on this territory.

If Duris couldn't see his nephew's thoughts, he wouldn't be qualified to be the head of a country. For the second prince's fancy intestines, Du Lisi just smiled faintly. How easy is it to build a city by renting out of space? At most, there will be an outline in four or five years, and it is already remarkable to build a city in 10 years. Even if Sweikang really took the new city for himself, Duris still has the ability to make him have nothing in an instant. Duris gave him the job, and he just wanted to get this troublesome guy out of the royal capital.

Looking at the cross and the chalice filled with holy water that his nephew had forgotten on his desk, Duris shook his head. This young man is not calm enough, and he will get carried away when he is given a little sweetness, and it will be difficult to become a big man in the future. However, both the fallen prince and the red paper can only be put aside. Dusi stood up, walked to the window, and pushed the carved glass window open, letting the cool night breeze blow in, and the king just wanted to relax now.

However, even a little enjoyment of the night breeze has become a luxury, and an unforeseeable and dangerous enemy has now come to the side of the weary king......