The Imperial Palace of the Cold Moon Empire.

In a garden of nearly ten acres, there are several magnificent and elegant palaces, among which there is a palace that is all carved and piled up with large pieces of white marble, which is the bedroom of the Empress Dowager of the Cold Moon Empire - Sanssouci Palace.

At this time, a palace maid was pushing a young man in a wheelchair.

If Hua Long had been here at this time, he would have been able to recognize that this young man in a wheelchair was the same person he had seen in that side hall that night three years ago.

He is the current emperor of the Cold Moon Empire - Funk Pardus, twenty-one years old this year, blonde hair and blue eyes, like the emperors of previous generations, his personality is cowardly, he rarely cares about court affairs, and most of the government affairs are decided by his mother, the empress dowager.

Pushed all the way to the door of Sanssouci Palace through the flower-filled veranda, Emperor Vonk Pardus was trying to make a report from the palace maid standing at the door. The voice of the Queen Mother was already heard from inside the door: "Is it His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Funk agreed, and was pushed in after the maid pushed open the door.

The dormitory is large in size, and there are no partition walls, only a two-meter-high and ten-meter-wide sandalwood inlaid ivory carved screen, which naturally divides the entire huge dormitory into two.

At this time, the dormitory was full of colorful brocades, colored silks, and all kinds of delicate jewelry, and more than a dozen old palace maids who had been serving Her Majesty the Queen Mother were standing there to clean up, and next to her stood a noble lady, who from time to time instructed the female accountant who followed behind her to record something.

Emperor Feng Ke recognized the noble lady named Sean, who was the current lady of the Count of Auno, that is, a member of the Xilie family, and when they saw the emperor enter, the noblewomen and the palace maids immediately stopped their work, and after saluting according to the court etiquette, they withdrew from the dormitory, apparently the queen mother had ordered it in advance.

"Mother, they're bringing you something again?" Funk knew that these things were given by Count Aurno of the Xilie family, but then again, Funk admired this Count named Aonno, not because he was a relative, but because he always helped himself to speak, and he also fully supported the Empress Dowager to listen to the government, so he verbally promised his second son a marriage contract with the current Princess Liuli, that is, the sister of His Majesty the Emperor today, as for why it is not the eldest son of Count Aurno, Hua Long, first, because Princess Liuli and Hua Long themselves have a close blood relationship, but Hua Yun does not, and secondly, because of the noble lady named Sean in front of him, who made Hua Yun his biological flesh and bloodSo I can only grieve Hualong.

After all, even the emperor, who is the head of a country, sometimes has difficulties, and he must rely on the "relative" of Count Auno, because of his presence and support, Funk's position in the main hall can be safe.

"Count Onno is your uncle, and there's nothing wrong with him sending something!" With a kind smile, the gray-haired Empress Dowager beckoned to her son: "No one now, come here!"

After a few breaths, gently pushing the wheelchair, Emperor Feng Ke came to his mother's side. He knew that the court was lonely, and so was the Queen Mother, who was his mother.

"Funk, you must know that both reformists and conservatives are eyeing your throne, and the reason why Prime Minister Rongte has not moved all these years is because you have no heirs, and there is no legitimate heir to the throne in the court, and we have not refuted the bill he proposed, so Prime Minister Rongte will not be unfavorable to us at present. The only thing we have to guard against now is the forces of Field Marshal Ron, who already controls more than half of the Empire's army, and if we take any drastic measures, then it is likely to make him take action!"

Seeing that his mother didn't continue, Emperor Feng Ke muttered, "Rebellion?"

"So what we have to do at the moment is to appease the conservatives of Prime Minister Rongte, promote the neutral faction led by the Xilie family, and at the same time draw closer to Marshal Ron's reformers!" The Empress Dowager was firm, and it seemed that she already had a good way to deal with Marshal Ron: "Remember, the only one in the Cold Moon Empire who is on the side of our mother and son, and can help us, is the Xilie family, which is why I made him the Southern Governor." ”

Emperor Feng Ke nodded slightly.

"That's right, the royal competition is about to start, and Hua Yun of the Xilie family will also participate, this time he must be allowed to win no matter what, only in this way can he enter the army justifiably without being suspected by Marshal Ron!" After saying this, the Queen Mother set her eyes on the treasure sent by Count Auno: "In addition, Count Auno sent you five million gold coin bills, do you know what it means?"

"He wants the right to mine the mineral deposits in Tiandong Province?"

Emperor Feng Ke is not a fool, although Tiandong Province is only the northernmost polar province of the Cold Moon Empire with a population of less than one million, but it is covered with snow all year round and the temperature is extremely low, so it has always contained rich mineral deposits, but because it has always been a three-legged stand in the court, it has not been openly mined, and now the situation is slightly better, Count Auno wants to hit the idea here? It's really a good calculation, and the most important thing is that the navigation line there leads directly to the Hanhai Empire and the Duchy of Nandu, which provides great convenience for the smuggling of mined mineral deposits, once the power is released, I am afraid that it will not be his Cold Moon Empire, but the Xilie family where he is Earl Aonno!

It's just that what can you do if you don't agree with him? Emperor Feng Ke knew very well in his heart that the treasury of the Cold Moon Empire was currently empty, and it was no longer possible to pay the army's salaries on time, so the command of the army had almost become a plaything in the hands of Marshal Ron and Prime Minister Rongte, and if you want to change this situation, you must first make the treasury full.

"The exploitation of mineral deposits has always been supervised by the state, but you also know that the prime minister and the marshal have embezzled almost the entire mineral trade of the empire, and what they handed over to the treasury is only about ten percent of the total profits, and the Count of Onno means that you can privately issue a mining permit, and he can smuggle the mineral deposits and exchange them for gold coin bills, as long as you can support it, he can hand over more than half of the benefits!" the Queen Mother seemed to agree with this matter.

"Alas, I know, tomorrow I will secretly send the power of attorney over! I hope he will not live up to our original intention!" Emperor Feng Ke said extremely helplessly, although the current Earl of Aurno is on their side, but who knows what will happen when his power can compete with the marshal and the prime minister?

I'm afraid that no one can guarantee this kind of thing, and Emperor Feng Ke can only take one step at a time!

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