Chapter 49: The Oath
"You see that?" Heaniewing laughed.
Xu Mu's eyes turned cold: "When I first met Her Majesty the Queen, the old man was by the Queen's side, saying what kind of first minister... I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I look back, I realize that this Torah sometimes interrupted the Queen's speech, ostensibly for the Queen's goodness, but in fact she was pulling the Queen behind her back. β
"You're so smart. Heaney sighed, "As the first heir to the throne, I have been by my father's side since I was a child, and I have been taught by my father. In the eyes of Torah, I was a tricky king to control, so I framed me and replaced me with the young Xenia. β
Xu Mu couldn't help nodding, because this was indeed a fact, Heaney's own temperament obviously had the demeanor of a king, and his every move was awe-inspiring, but on the contrary, Xenia was much worse.
"I don't know if Torah has a crush on the throne or what, but where is the throne where any person can take the stage? He probably wants to be the 'king' under that person..."Xenia sighed heavily, "It's also embarrassing for Xenia, since I was a child, I have been running around with my father and the emperor, leaving her alone in the court. His father was afraid that Xenia would be bored when he was a child, so he summoned the aristocratic girls from outside to come in and accompany Xenia to play and grow up. β
"I know, the Holy Maiden is one of them, right?"
"Yes, but there's Bettina of the Bettina family. β
"Betina?" Xu Mu was stunned.
"Looks like you've seen her today?" Xenia seemed to be intrigued, "The Holy Maiden is of a special nature and cannot participate in court affairs. And the children of the Betty family are the same, because of the previous agreement, they will not participate in court affairs, so the father will choose the two of them to enter the court to play with Xenia, so the three of them have been good friends since childhood. β
"I see. β
"Well, Bettina kid, isn't it? Xenia told me about you and her. β
Xu Mu was surprised by Heaney's words: "She's a very good girl... But what can I do with her? I'm just sending her a letter for the queen today, and I'm just getting acquainted... The queen also said that I should have a good relationship with her, and that it would be good for me to say anything. Alas, how can it be so simple, in the afternoon, I was also intimidated by her fiancΓ©, telling me not to go to Bettina in the future. β
"FiancΓ©?" Heaney was also stunned, and then knew who it was, and couldn't help laughing: "It's FΓΌrth." β
"I don't know him. β
"You don't have to pay attention to him, a pretentious young man, you probably didn't confess your identity, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant in front of you. β
Xu Mu smiled bitterly: "I originally wanted to come to the Magic Academy to study magic, but I didn't think about it that much. β
Heayi suddenly sensed something, and asked tentatively, "Don't you know what Xenia asked you to send a letter to Bettina for?"
Xu Mu was also stunned: "Isn't it just to send a letter?"
Heaney couldn't help but be silent, and after a while, she wanted to explain it to Xu Mu, but the huge mirror in front of them suddenly changed.
Xu Mu looked up at the mirror, and there were ripples in the center of the mirror, and it actually made the sound of water droplets.
After a while, the mirror began to emerge.
In the mirror, Xenia was wearing a black fluffy robe, her long golden hair was not tied up, but spread out with her shoulders, she blinked her brown-red eyes, and saw Xu Mu sitting firmly on the chair, and couldn't help but say angrily: "When you see me, don't you salute?"
Seeing this, Xu Mu smiled bitterly and wanted to get up and salute, but Xenia refused again: "Okay, okay, so perfunctory, sit down." β
Heaney heard his sister Xenia's voice and couldn't help laughing: "Xenia, how is this time going?"
"What can I do, sister... It's the same old way. Fortunately, it is not particularly boring, with Xu Mu's sister by his side, there is someone to accompany him to relieve his boredom. β
When Xu Mu heard this, he couldn't help but hurriedly asked, "Is there anything wrong with Sleta?"
"What can it be?" Xenia shook her head with a smile, "If you have already been knighted and become a real nobleman, what does it matter if your sister smashes seven or eight shops? It's just that if your title is not given for a day, they will have reason to trouble you. Originally, smashing the shop was not a big deal, after all, I also heard that the innkeeper used to speak disrespectfully to you, and you, as my knight captain, were humiliated, so it is not too much to smash a shop. As for the nephew of the ceremonial officer, what is he, it is a good thing that your sister killed him, so as not to let him spoil the other girls in the capital. β
Xu Mu found that Xenia would talk a lot in front of her sister Hiniyi, a little different from what he remembered, could it be the so-called sense of security that Hiniyi brought her? Xenia didn't think of good words before, and she couldn't say a word.
"It's good that Sreta is okay... My sister is in trouble with Her Majesty. β
"It's okay, your sister is well-behaved and sensible, I like it very much. Xenia smiled and hugged her shoulders and turned her head to look at Heanie: "Sister, Xu Mu didn't do anything rude, right?"
If it was only Xenia who was there, Xu Mu would have complained back, but Heeny was beside him, and he could only smile bitterly and be silent.
"No, Xu Mu is from a civilian background after all, and some deficiencies in etiquette are harmless. He is rare in intelligence and is a talent. And he's also adapted to the seven lines of magic, so it's a good decision for you to choose him as your knight captain. β
Hearing Heaney praise her choice, Xenia couldn't help but smile like a girl, Xu Mu was also the first time she had seen her.
"Xu Mu. β
"Your Majesty, you say. β
"Do you know what I asked you to see my sister for?"
Xu Mu thought about it, and felt that the things that Heney Yi had just said to him were not the most important thing at all, and he said: "I don't know very well, but you just tell me, I will definitely solve it if I can do it." β
"Even if I ask you to go up to heaven and pick stars for me, you will fly up for me!" said Xenia viciously, "I am joking with you this time. β
Xu Mu coughed a few times, straightened his body and nodded: "Your Majesty, you can say it." β
"I need you to swear that if something goes wrong between me and my sister, I need you to protect you with your life. β
Xu Mu did not hesitate: "Of course, as the captain of the knights, you and Her Royal Highness the princess, I will definitely protect you." β
"No, that's not what I meant. Xenia's eyes were a little solemn, "I mean, if something happens to me." I need you to take care of my sister and then fight for me against the rotten officials of the Heane Kingdom, including the nobles!"
"This..."Xu Mu frowned puzzled, "Your Majesty, I don't understand. β
"I'm sure my sister has also told you something about the royal family, although I don't know how much you know, but I'm serious with you. Xenia's eyes were indifferent, "In the first half year of my ascension to the throne, the Torah had completely hollowed me out, and I couldn't even make any political decisions, and most of the officials in Heaney's court had basically defected to the Torah... If it weren't for Anna's choice to go back to my sister and tell her about my situation after she was dismissed, I might not be so comfortable now. β
"Your Majesty, do you mean that Torah has the intention of rebellion?" Xu Mu's face couldn't help but become solemn, you must know that this is not a joke, he hasn't learned a few magic yet, is he already thinking about fighting this time?
"Heh... Xu Mu, you are a smart person. Xenia closed the black robe on her body, and her face was a little self-deprecating: "At first, my sister ran around with my father and saw a lot of things in the kingdom, and my sister had long had the idea of rectifying the corruption and inaction in the noble fiefdoms in the kingdom. But if my sister wants to rectify the aristocracy, she will undoubtedly touch the cake of too many people, which is one of the reasons why so many officials would defect to Gotola a year ago... Even so acquiescing to Torah's design of a framing of my sister. β
Xenia couldn't help but sigh when she said this, and Heanie's face was a little unsightly, as if she had been poked in the sore spot.
Maybe the ideal is too good, Heniyi feels that the aristocracy is good, but its disadvantages are not small, most of the people in the fief have bitterness and can't speak, and she, as the future heir of the kingdom, can only watch the nobles behave in their own fiefdom... Know that these people are the people of the Kingdom.
It was also because of Hea's youth that when his father died of illness, he said in the court that he would rectify the nobility, which also caused Torah to want to do something black.
After all, there were not no officials who were willing to assist the Heani wing at that time, and Torah might as well fight against the Heani wing alone, and still do it.
But when Heenyi said this, the nature changed...
No one wants their cake to be less, no one wants their power to be exploited, especially those who are accustomed to the privileges of the nobility.
This is the real reason why Heaney was framed.
"Torah was ostensibly entrusted with the task, and in order to protect the privileges of their nobility from being violated by their sister, they got together and secretly supported Torah... It's also to blame that I was ignorant at the time, and I trusted the people around me too much, and I would be stupid enough to believe the medicine given by the imperial doctor!" Xenia blamed herself and bit her lip: "It took half a year for Torah to empty me, I panicked, I don't know what to do." But half a year ago, my sister contacted me through this mirror, and it was because my sister helped me behind me and gave me advice that I gradually barely gained a foothold in the court. β
Xu Mu looked at Heaney in surprise, Heaney seemed to feel Xu Mu's gaze, and said with a smile: "They don't know about this mirror Torah, this was originally the magic equipment of the dean of the magic school, specially used to contact my father." Half a year ago, Anna returned to me, and after knowing the situation in the capital, and knowing that Xenia did not deliberately frame me, I asked the dean for this mirror, and I used my magic to urge the mirror every night during that time, hoping that Xenia would notice it at the court. β
Xenia sighed: "At that time, I was in the room with nothing to do all day because I was elevated, and then I saw that the mirror in the room was abnormal, otherwise my sister would not have been able to help me so much..."
It turned out that Xenia started half a year ago, and Heeny was the king behind the scenes, and Xenia provided information and problems about Heaney's court officials.
Heaney helps his sister solve the problem, and by the way, gives the best way to solve the problem.
With the help of Heaini, Heenia finally tried to reassert his authority and control over the court officials in the second half of the year.