While Yulia was preparing dinner, Salian sent Anna back to her room in the castle, where she had her own clothes and daily necessities. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Salian told Anna that he had some important unfinished letters to read, and that he would have dinner with her half an hour later and ask her to freshen up, and then Salian left Anna's room and went back to the study.

Salian also needs to relax before taking on important business to be more productive. As an ancient castle built during the Third Dynasty, there is no shortage of secret passages to the study, which are necessary to find out the information of the guests and monitor the behavior of the people under them, and Salian is now using this right.

He went to one of the walls of his study, turned a sword that had adorned the wall as if it hadn't been moved for hundreds of years, and then the bookshelf on the opposite side suddenly split to the left and right, and a secret door appeared in the middle. Salian expertly slipped inside, walked down a curving hallway to what appeared to be a cubicle, and then gently pulled open a dark compartment in the wall of the cubicle. This made it easy for him to look through the darkness to the other side of the wall without being noticed, and then Salian took in the view from that side in earnest, but only from a purely artistic point of view, of course.

It turned out that next to the cubicle was the bathroom of the guest room, and Miss Anna was showering, because it was just a simple wash, so she did not use the bathtub, so that Salian could appreciate it more clearly. Because of her insistence on exercising, Anna's body is much taller than that of ordinary girls, and she is full of youthful vitality. Especially now that she was facing Salian's direction, her hands held high to wash her beautiful red hair, and this pure natural beauty made Salian barely able to take his eyes off.

Finally moved his gaze down a little, and found Anna's proudest slender legs, long-term and hard training made her completely free from the trouble of ordinary girls' thighs being too thick, two tight and elastic long legs made the buttocks not sag, but unusually straight, at this moment Anna turned around to adjust the water temperature, so that Salian's eyes fell on this graceful place. He was determined to continue appreciating it. Anna's fair skin and toned curves, combined with the water streaks that were slowly flowing all over her body and the moisture rising throughout the bathroom, combined with her usual haughty and indifferent look, made Anna look like an ancient Valkyrie, and Salian was completely obsessed.

Just as Salian was enjoying the beautiful scenery, he suddenly felt in his heart, although Salian was very good at hiding his aura, but Anna's perception was indeed keen, and Salian knew that if he stayed any longer, he might be locked by Anna. Although he was reluctant, it was indeed time to retreat. He took one last look at Anna, swallowed his saliva and exited the secret passage as quickly as he came.

Salian returned to his study refreshed and continued his business, his desk neatly arranged the letters and notes sent to him, the nobles from all over the world had recently reached a peak in courting Salian, Salian had just read the secret letter of the most important Count of the Barrettinnay, and now the other letters that might be equally important Salian would choose to read some of them, and by the way, put the crystal bird that he had just brought back from Anna back to its original place. Moreau was no disgrace to be a master at handling official documents, he had already read all these things and put them together for Salian.

Loyalty and prowess were no longer enough to maintain the family business after becoming a Border Count, and Moreau's arrival was indispensable to the help of the politically inexperienced Hohenstlingen family, and Salian often thought that his father's most important asset to him was this courtier. Not only did he educate Salian as his initiation teacher, he reversed the Hohenstlingen tradition of emphasizing martial arts over literature, but most importantly, he taught Salian the dangerous ancient philosophical ideas. Under the strict ideological rule of Orthodox Christianity, these philosophical ideas have not dared to spread for thousands of years.

In the economically prosperous and culturally prosperous Republic of Itcanlia, Moreau was influenced by Stoic philosophy and rose up against the ideological imprisonment of Orthodoxy, but in the end the Nationalist army was defeated and forced to flee north, and at the same time brought this idea to the most conservative Empire of Divine Grace. Little did Moreau himself know that the philosophical ideas he taught to Salian would eventually change the spiritual impetus of the Hohenstlingen family, from a patriotic ideology of loyalty to the monarchy that relied on the divine authority of religious monarchy to a patriotic ideology that fought for the prosperity of the Tutonian nation. We'll see how much of an impact this had on the decaying Grace Empire, with the monstrous waves unleashed by Salian and a cynical emperor that nearly toppled the continent.

Just as Salian read a letter from the Duke who promised to give him ten fairy beauties when he became emperor, the bell rang for dinner, and Salian burned the letter and went to Anna's room, inviting Anna, who had just freshened up and was radiant, to dine with her.

Today's dinner at Sarian's house clearly reflects Yulia's style, after a simple appetizer, there is only one pizza as the main dish, since the Itkanians invented this dish, they immediately crossed the Mars Mountains and swept the south of the empire, although Yulia was born in Heixingen and never returned to her homeland, but it seems that she was born to be good at making these foods, and the noodles and pizza she made are not lost to any master of this skill, and Salian thinks that today's green pepper beef pizza is particularly good, and Anna, who can't cook, should also see it, although she may not be happy。

Of course, for the locals, Schwartenn's local beer and wine are also indispensable, Anna also inherited the fine tradition of the Celine Filst family in terms of alcohol consumption, and several times Salian felt that the gap between him and Anna in the amount of alcohol was greater than the gap in martial arts, so Salian also increased the area of hops and grapes in his fiefdom, relying on the joint efforts of the two families, it was basically possible to ensure that Anna could be self-sufficient in drinking, and there was no need to risk robbing the barrels of black-hearted merchants passing by.

As Yulia reluctantly poured Anna the thirtieth full glass of beer, Salian motioned for Yulia to sit down and eat together, just like on a normal day. Then Salian thought for a moment, and suddenly said to Anna seriously: "Anna, I hope you can treat Yulia as your own sister. ”

He turned his head and said to Yulia again, "My good sister, I also hope that you will treat Anna as if she were your own sister, because we can no longer go on in a comfortable and reckless manner, and it is estimated that the days of eating, drinking, and merrymaking all day will not last long." ”

Anna and Yulia were taken aback when they heard Salian's words.

Anna asked with concern, "Did you just eat something bad and have a bad head?"

Yulia said, "No, no, no, my brother must have drunk too much wine just now, a little drunk, I'll go and pour you a glass of water." ”

Salian rubbed his temples, he really had a headache.

He said to the two of them: "You do not know the gravity of the matter now, but last week I received a secret letter from the Litomyšl Palace, in Vanolia, where His Majesty the Emperor is based, from my father's friend Zolvik, saying that His Majesty's old illness has flared up again, and according to the opinion of the Imperial Physicians and himself, it should not be able to survive this year. So now the whole empire is surging undercurrents, and the neighbors around our empire will definitely make a move. ”

Zolvik, a low-level archmage and senior pharmacist of the water system, is the current chief physician and the second magician of the court, who explored the dungeon together as an adventurer by chance with Salian's father when he was young, and later fought together as a mercenary, and then was recruited as a court magician at the recommendation of Salian's grandfather Friedrich, and finally rose to his current high position, which can be said to be the closest ally of the Hohenstlingen family in the court.

Anna listened to Salian's words, and asked puzzledly: "Emperor, I don't even know who the current emperor is, what does it have to do with me who is the emperor, my father only cares about his barrel being full of dissatisfaction, whether the weapon is maintained, and he is probably busy preparing for the finals of the regional martial arts tournament at the end of this year." As for me, I only care about my own keg full of dissatisfaction, where the competition prizes are the best, or where we go to fight next time, the bandits were too weak last time. I don't understand anything else, and I don't want to care. ”

Yulia also said to Salian: "Brother, Mr. Zolvik gave me a correspondence course today, and he never told me about it, so I don't think this kind of thing has anything to do with us, right?"

Sally thought to himself, the stakes were too high to be easily spoken, especially when using this unencrypted ordinary magical image transmission technology.

However, it is important to mention why Zolvik corresponded with Yulia. In order to win over Moro to serve the family wholeheartedly, after Yulia showed a talent for magic when she was a child, Salian's father asked his old friend Zolvik to teach Yulia about magic, but in order to let Zolvik accept this female disciple, the Hohenstlingen family also spent a lot of money, and a high-quality staff given to Zolvik alone cost a hundred guilder gold coins.

However, since Zorvik discovered Yulia's infinite magical talent, he has also taught her all his life's learning, not only the skills of the water elemental, but also the profound knowledge of his ancestral apothecary. Zolvík once told Salian's father that he was certainly not as strong as Yulia at this age. Now, despite his busy schedule, Zorvik often uses magical imaging technology to teach Yulia remotely.

"Well, I'll tell you the gravity of the matter, have you ever heard of the Great Vacancy?" asked the two girls, who both shook their heads in confusion. "I know you don't know, so I'll talk to you about science now. ”

As Salian prepared to speak at length, Anna whispered to Yulia, "I guess he's going to tell us stories again, and I like it to be funny when he dresses strangely." ”

Yulia nodded thoughtfully.

Salian pretended not to hear what Anna said, but his face was slightly red, and he continued: "Then I will briefly say that because of the extinction of the White Lion Dynasty, the princes fought for the throne, which caused a melee in the whole empire, and even foreign forces came to intervene, which eventually led to more than thirty years of war. ”

Salian saw that the two girls had begun to yawn and burst into tears, and he had to say, "Okay, I'll tell you later." Anyway, the end result is the way it is now, and all the local princes, whether ecclesiastical or secular princes, are in their own way, like a country within a state. There are many checkpoints everywhere, and logistics are difficult. Not only ordinary people, but also the lives of the small lords are getting worse and worse, but we are okay, some of them can no longer hold on, or have been swallowed up by the big lords around them, Anna should have experienced it. ”

"Well, if I can buy things, why should I have to race around. I heard my father say that when he was a child, there were still a lot of valuable things left in the house, but then they gradually disappeared, and they were probably exchanged for money. After I was born, I couldn't even borrow money, but fortunately I could participate in the martial arts tournament to earn some money, otherwise I would have to really go up the mountain to become a robber. ”

"yes, so you're a very typical example!"

Yulia looked at Anna and shook her hand sympathetically, then turned back to Salian and said, "Then what is the solution, I also understood just now, the current situation is the same as when there was a big vacancy, in case we can't elect the emperor immediately, will our life be even more difficult." ”

"That's true, but you don't have to worry too much, as long as I'm here, I won't hurt you," the two girls' faces were also slightly feverish, and Salian continued, "Now His Majesty the Emperor is not without offspring, he has a daughter, this Princess Katrina is married to Joseph of the Rokenhausen family, the Grand Duke of Altenburg, the Rokenhausen family is not only the son-in-law of the current emperor, but their family also had two generations of emperors three hundred years ago, which can be regarded as an orthodox royal family. ”

"Then it would be better to choose him as emperor. Anna said with a sigh of relief.

"Of course, it will not be so simple, because according to the ancient code of the Tutonians, the Mirror of Tuton, women are not allowed to inherit land, although this code is now meaningless, and we all inherit property from our mothers, but in the struggle for imperial power, this will eventually be used as a means of attack by opponents. Especially now the strongest and ambitious Ensbach family, the last time there was a big vacancy was when they supported the Rokenhausen family to become the emperor, but later the two turned against each other, and Rokenhausen was dragged off the throne by Ensbach and other princes, and this time the two families will definitely fight to the death. ”

"That means Ensbach will be emperor. ”

"It's not that easy, not only the Rockenhausen family will oppose it, but other powerful princes, such as the Duke of Kirzen, are also eyeing the throne and won't bow their heads so easily. ”

"Well, I don't understand who wants to destroy anyone, just tell me who to fight against, and I guess you'll just let me do that. Anna said indifferently as she sipped her after-dinner drink.

"I've thought about it, I'm going to take a good look at these big families before the Imperial Hierarchy Council to elect the Emperor, choose a candidate who is most beneficial to the Empire, and find a way to get him on the throne as soon as possible. On the one hand, this can minimize the internal friction of the empire, and on the other hand, we can also have a little sweetness. ”

Sally's goals are much more than that, but it's not time to say it yet.