In the palace of the British Empire, there is a small and delicate garden, the garden is trimmed green shrubs on three sides, and surrounded by shrubs are all kinds of delicate bonsai flowers and trees, in addition to these, there is a green rocking chair in the center of the garden, whenever the sun sets, after a busy day of official business, Her Majesty likes to sit here, quietly enjoy a rare leisurely comfort.

Normally, the queen would rarely summon ministers in this small garden, and even ask that no one be allowed to disturb her while she was sitting alone, but today, the queen invited the empire's business tycoon, Count Soros, to come here for tea.

Of course, Count Soros knows the queen's habits, and he knows very well that the queen has always liked to sit here alone, but today he invited him to come here for a cup of tea, which is really abnormal.

After Soros came to the garden, Her Majesty was already waiting for him there, looking at the gray-haired but energetic Queen from afar, Soros could not believe that not long ago, this Majesty almost died, what made Her Majesty recover so unbelievable?

As he approached, Soros saluted the queen according to etiquette, and the queen squinted and smiled at him to sit down, and then asked the servant to make him a cup of tea.

Looking at the white and flawless porcelain cup in front of him, Soros was a little puzzled, in his impression, Her Majesty seemed to have never drunk tea? He remembered that the queen's favorite drink was probably coffee from the southern part of the empire.

"Mr. Earl tastes this tea, it comes from the far East, and it is said that the emperors of the Eastern Empire usually liked to drink it."

"Thank you, Queen, but I'm a little confused, when did you become interested in tea? Especially tea from the Orient? ”

"Mr. Earl, life is never the same, and when we get tired of life, try something new, and maybe we can rediscover the joy of life."

Soros always felt that something was wrong when he looked at the queen who was talking eloquently, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, suddenly strange and familiar, he didn't know if there was something wrong with him, or if there was something wrong with the Queen in front of him.

"All right, Mr. Earl, let's get down to business. Who do you think should be the new crown prince of the empire? ”

The Queen's question made Count Soros confused again, and at the same time made him feel deeply shocked, although he has always been one of the important advisers to the Queen, and Her Majesty has always valued him, but Her Majesty's dependence on him or reliance is mainly focused on economic development, commerce and trade, and political things, although occasionally asked, but most of the time it is just a little bit of water, but now she is asking herself who is more suitable to be the new crown prince of the empire, Soros believes in the queen she is familiar with, I would never ask such a question.

"Your Majesty, I am just an ordinary citizen of the Empire, I am neither a member of the royal family, nor do I hold any public office in the Empire, so I really dare not say who should be the new crown prince."

"It is precisely because you are neither a member of the royal family nor a member of public office that your words can be fair and credible."

"Well, Your Majesty, I think it's more appropriate for you to consult Duke Thomas and Duke Jackson on this issue."

"Both of them?" The queen snorted dissatisfiedly and said: "I already know what they did during my critical illness, two greedy foxes almost plunged the British Empire into a civil war, do you think I can still listen to their advice?" ”

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, Duke Thomas and Duke Jackson were not wrong in their thoughts during the time you were critically ill, and they will not necessarily lead the empire to civil war, they are still people you can trust."

The queen did not say anything about Count Soros's words, but continued to say to him: "Mr. Earl, you and I have known each other for so many years, are you really unwilling to tell me what you think?" ”

Soros hesitated for a long time in the face of this queen, who felt a little strange, and after thinking about it, he slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, according to the provisions of imperial law, Prince Charles is the second in line to the throne, and now that Prince William has died of illness, Prince Charles should become the new crown prince of the empire." ”

"But you should have heard a lot of ministers say about Charlie, right?"

"I've heard it, but the law is the law, if according to the provisions of the imperial law, the legitimacy of Prince Charles to become the new crown prince is beyond doubt, even if some people have doubts about the prince's ability, even if the prince is really not suitable to be the new crown prince, then the law should be amended first."

"Well", after listening to Count Soros's words, Her Majesty did not seem particularly satisfied, she continued to chat with Soros for a while, and then returned to the house surrounded by servants.

Leaving the palace, Count Soros's hanging heart calmed down a little, and the confusion in his heart was entangled layer upon layer, today's queen is too strange, her words and deeds have too many puzzling places, in addition to the same appearance, the same figure, compared with the queen in his previous impression, this queen is too different.

How can this be explained? Could it be that the queen's temperament changed after she turned around? It's possible, but it doesn't seem to be possible.

With a stomach full of doubts, Count Soros rushed to Duke Jackson's mansion non-stop, but was told that the Duke was sick and had been lying in bed for several days, and although the doctors came wave after wave, no one could find out the cause of the Duke's illness.

In addition, Soros also learned from the servants in Duke Jackson's palace that the Duke often likes to lock himself in the house alone recently, often staying for most of the day, and ordered no one to disturb him, and even once the Duchess went in and asked him if he wanted to eat, but he was scolded by the head and face.

Duke Jackson is also abnormal? Count Soros became increasingly confused about what was going on, and after obtaining Jackson's consent, he was taken into the duke's bedroom.

Duke Jackson, who was lying on the bed, looked worse and his hair was a little messy, and after seeing Count Soros coming, Jackson barely sat up from the bed.

"Your Excellency, what's the matter? The last time we came back from Paradise Island, you were still in good health, huh? ”

Jackson shook his head, sighed and said helplessly: "I don't know why I start to have headaches, and I can't even sleep when it's the worst, alas, there are more problems in my body when I'm older." ”

"Lord Duke may be overworked due to his busy official duties, so it should be fine to rest for a while."

"Well, I think so too, it just so happens that Her Majesty is fine now, so I plan to ask Her Majesty for a period of leave to rest and rest."

"Her Majesty has always held the Duke in high esteem, and for the sake of your body, she will definitely agree."

"So I'm tentatively planning to live on Paradise Island for a while, what does the Earl think?"

Jackson is going to Paradise Island for a vacation? Count Soros looked at him, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the old fox gourd, but he felt as if he had a special affection for that distant island.

"Paradise Island is far from the mainland of the Empire, there is not so much right and wrong, and the climate there is pleasant and the scenery is unique, if the Duke goes there for vacation, he should have a very pleasant vacation."

"Hahaha", Count Soros had just finished speaking, and Jackson suddenly laughed inexplicably.