After a large circle, the carriage returned to the Phil family's mansion. Herbert had said goodbye to Swain and Ramrem and dismounted, leaving it to the eloquent Director of the Investigation as to how to explain to Wood the night's outing.

After dropping off Herbert, the carriage continued to move, and Swain didn't plan to go back to the mansion so early tonight. The gentleman butler, who knew that Swain would not go back tonight, must be secretly rejoicing now, and even thinking about how to make another profit.

Swain asked the coachman to go around the imperial capital along the Emerald River, and the hired coachman not only did not complain about this strange order, but was very happy, because in this way he could earn a lot of money for the night, and judging from the deposit paid by the old man, he was definitely a generous master. The coachman didn't ask much, and could even say that he drove the carriage slowly along the banks of the Emerald River in the cold wind of the night.

"Is your plan really working?" said Herbert, who was still sitting next to Swain. She even leaned a little lazily on Sven's shoulder, but her expression was cold.

"What do you mean?" Sven still didn't react to such a lovely maid leaning against her, not even a little tenderness.

"Will the Emperor really follow your advice and let Viscount Jericho go to the front? The Emperor has ruled the Empire for so many years, and Hadrian's Empire has been beaten by him in Silesia to admit defeat and beg for mercy, and those ministers are all bowing down to the Emperor, and he will not fail to see your plans. ”

"What if you see it, why should the emperor stop it. Viscount Ernest is not his confidant, there is no need for him to meddle in the affairs of the Jericho family so deeply, after all, I am now the Earl of Midnight. Although the Emperor is nominally fighting to defend my territory, in reality, he has to fight for the sake of the face of the Imperial Family and his status as the world's number one power. If he can't hold the Midnight County in this civil war, even if I take the initiative to change my attitude, it will be a huge damage to his prestige and imperial position, and now he needs to stabilize me, not Viscount Ernest. ”

"You're so confident!" Ramrem sneered, "Standing in the midst of the wind and waves, you can be swallowed by the roaring waves and angry thunder at any time, but you don't feel that death is imminent at all." If the Emperor quells this rebellion in the south, it will be his best chance to completely wipe out the semi-independent aristocracy in the south, and do you think the midnight county will be safe after such a storm?"

Ramrem tilted his head slightly, looking at Swain's face, and because of her small movement, some black hair also rubbed against Swain's face, as if lovers were flirting with each other. Perhaps Ramrem did it on purpose, although she usually had such an expressionless and cold appearance, but she unexpectedly liked to play tricks on people, whether it was Swain or Victoria.

To Ramrem's disappointment, however, Swain still didn't react, not even stopping her, as if he couldn't even feel the slightest itch. However, there was something different in his eyes. Through the moonlight, Ramrem saw Swain's sad but indescribably strange expression, which fascinated Ramrem, mixed with complex feelings, accumulated a lot of emotions waiting to be vented, and when it broke out, it would be a wonderful play.

"If that's the case, it's a good ending. ”

Sven said faintly, his face still unmoved, but his feelings were revealed like silk.

Ramrem loved the feeling, the feeling of enduring sadness, anger and melancholy, and it tasted like the sabayon she had tasted that day. She couldn't help but stick out her tongue and gently lick Swain's neck, as if she was about to take a bite.

"Then why did you let Miss Sophia go to Astrad I, and it would have been safer for her to stay with you at such times. She wanted to dig out more emotions from Swain, and the breakthrough might be his sister, and the timing was tonight.

"It's going to be unsafe right away. Next, the emperor will definitely send more people, not only the thirteen classes, but also those other departments of the Ministry of the Interior. After all, Lesson Thirteen is still too unprofessional in terms of surveillance. ”

"To prevent you from escaping?" Ramrem chuckled, Swain knew almost everything tonight, she couldn't pass up this good opportunity.

"Moreover, now that the war has begun, the spies on the Pritown side will also carry out more operations in the imperial capital, although it is not feasible to directly assassinate the emperor, but it is still possible to cause some sabotage. In contrast, the Astrad I School was safer. ”

"Are you afraid that they will come and assassinate you, and then hurt Miss Sophia?"

"Perhaps, at this time, Michel VII must be hating me so much that the roots of his teeth are itching. ”

"Why?"

Sven's expression was calm, but his voice was unusually confident. "Because it was I who made Prince Pritown rebel. ”

"What!" Ramrem was also quite surprised this time, "What did you say? You let Prince Pritown rebel, are you the mastermind of this rebellion?"

"It's fair to say, of course, it's going to be a long story to explain to you. Swain rubbed Ramrem's sideburns like a flirtatious young master teasing a maid.

"Please tell me. Ramrem was like a curious kitten, and even his tone was coquettish.

"Okay. Swain didn't seem to care about divulging this secret that would destroy him and the Jericht, and told Ramrem as it was, "That Prince of Pritton, Michel VII, was also an admirer of my grandfather, like Wood Noe Phil and Oliver No. Metternich, except that he was much younger than them, and he was a student of my grandfather's generation. And because of the proximity of the territory, he often visited Midnight Fort. In fact, he had been approached by the Hadrian Empire more than a year earlier, hoping that he would be able to contain the main forces of the Empire, and in return, both the Hadrian and the Mahdian Empire would recognize his independent status and send troops to help Pridun after they had each achieved their desired goals. However, the prince was really an indecisive figure, and he could not make up his mind, and he saw that it was an opportunity to restore the noble status of the former nobles, but he was also worried about the great strength of the empire, and at the time of the revolution three-quarters of the empire was in rebellion, but the empire was not only not divided, but stronger. Then the inquisitive prince actually came to Midnight Castle to consult my grandfather himself. ”

"Your grandfather didn't expose him, could it be that he supported this rebellion?" Ramrem couldn't help but ask, if this conspiracy really started when the old Earl Winston was around, it would be too terrible, after all, so that the loyalty of many people had to be questioned, the first to bear the brunt of it was Wood, who had been in contact with the previous Earl of Midnight, and the Marquis of Metternich, who had only recently intervened in the internal strife of the Jericho family.

"No, my grandfather was dead at that time, and it was the prince I received. ”

Prince Michel VII hesitated for a year to go to someone else to help make a decision? Ramrem couldn't help but feel that this prince was so unreliable, and the southern rebellion became funny, after all, this prince actually found such an excuse to go to war.

"When the prince learned of my grandfather's death, he could say that he had no one to help him with his decision. It is pitiful that the prince can mix up like him, but no one can help the prince with ideas, I don't know if his subordinates are too stupid or too smart. So I helped him make a decision. ”

"You're going to let him rebel?" Ramrem didn't think a prince would be so stupid, even if the prince didn't have any ideas, he would just ask the respected and learned old Earl Winston for advice, and he wouldn't be able to obey the old earl's grandson.

"No, I didn't say that. Swain shook his head, "Actually, the prince didn't tell me anything about Hadrian's Empire sending people to contact him, he was an indecisive man, but because of this he was also a man who kept secrets, and what he was best at and what he didn't do was not share secrets with others. ”

"And how did you help him make a decision, and how did you make him rebel?" Ramrem tilted his head curiously, as to how Swain knew about the secret contact between the Prince and Hadrian, she didn't ask at all.

"It's going to start with the history of Pritown, it's going to be a long story, do you want to hear it?"

"If you're going to say it, I'll listen. "Ramrem still knows a little bit about Swain, the Jericho family has a deep family education, if it is really showy, probably Swain can speak for three days and three nights, but Swain's personality probably does not have that kind of patience.

"Edney Wayne I canonized Alain Philip, the illegitimate son of the House of Canoille, Duke of Pritown, as the Earl of Glamorgan, and waged war as the only son of the former Duke of Alain against the Duchy of Pritown, which was inherited by the cousin of the former Duke, and finally regained the throne of the Duke of Pritown and the vast territory of the Duke of Pritown for Alain, and Pritown became part of the Kingdom of Deherbas. After erecting Alain, Edney Wayne I demanded the revocation of the title of Earl of Glamorgan and the county of Glamorgan, which had been given to Alain, but Alain refused. Pritten was a grand principality, not much inferior to the kingdom of Deherbas. After Alain seized the ducal throne, he also had the idea of using Glamorgan as a springboard to invade Deherbas, but because Alain was over fifty years old when he became a duke, and he had no heirs, and he sat on the duke's throne with the help of external forces, he could not fully control the Pridden and Cnoyer families, but was preemptively attacked by Edney Wayne I and conquered Glamorgan and Fort Govellen. Despite his prowesss and prowess, Alain eventually became a prisoner of Edney Wayne I, and was not only retracted from Glamorgan, but also stripped of the title of Duke of Priton, retaining only the titles of Port León and Count of Leon.

Ironically, the title of Duke of Pritown was given to the original Duke by Edney Wayne I, and the Cnoyes family took charge of Pritown again. Although the duke's position turned around and returned to the hands of the Cnoyer family, but because this time the Cnoyer family received the title of duke from Edney Wayne I, Prydun had to become someone else's territory and vassal, and years of civil war had greatly damaged Prythorn's strength, and also left a huge hidden danger for the principality.

Alain ascended the throne in his later years, and suffered a major blow at the peak of his life, and died not long after enjoying the country, but fortunately, he had a son in his old age, and left a son in his later years, and the Philip family founded by Alain finally did not end by Alain. After Alain's death, his eldest son, Amory, who was still a minor, inherited the title and domain of the Count of Puerto León. And Amory can also be said to be not inferior to his father's figure, Amory adult, with his father Alain was close to the title of Duke of Pritown, and several times with the Knuayle family, finally, with the help of the Count of Vannes, he took the title of Duke of Pritown from the hands of the fourteen-year-old Michel II, after that, Pritown long-term infighting, the Philip family and the Quenoyer family fought each other for the throne of the duke for hundreds of years, and the Duke of Pritown's seat has been rotating between the two, of course, there is no lack of kings and emperors, after all, Pritown is in the south of GermanyA united Pritown would be the heart of King Dehebas and Emperor Silier.

This situation lasted until the revolution more than a hundred years ago, when the princes almost rebelled in unison, and in order to gain support, the emperor promised the title Prince of Priedun to the House of Cnoisille, which was supported by Michel V, Duke of Pryton, and the southern nobles, who were widely married to the House of Cnoisille. After the Revolution, most of the rebellious nobles were seized by the Emperor, and at best they retained their titles, with only the Southern nobility maintaining their nobility and territory for generations since the last era, while the Knoyes, who had been a strong supporter of the Empire, were given the titles of Prince of Pritown and Governor of Orkness. The so-called Prince of Pritton's control of the southern princes was actually the authority that the Governor of Orknis brought to the Knoyilles family.

Although the Governor of Orknis was given by the emperor to the successive princes of Pritton, there was no statute and law for the Prince of Pritten to be the hereditary governor of Orknea, and the royal family had long been left behind. The current Prince of Pritown, Michel VII, because he was still a minor when he succeeded to the throne, so Emperor Nicholas I did not grant him the title of Governor of Orknis, and has not made up for it until today, it can be said that the lack of this title is the biggest concern of Michel VII, and now everyone can see that the emperor has long thought that the Knoyer family has too much authority and intends to do something to them, just like secretly encouraging the two families of Philip and Knoiille to fight each other. ”

Listening to Swain talk about such a long history, Ramrem finally got a general idea of what was going on in Pritown. In other words, Michel VII was actually very partial to working with Hadrian, and you helped him and made up his mind. ”

"That's right. When I met with him, I told him that the Emperor had long since intended my grandfather to be the Governor of Orkneas, and had even intended to be promoted to Earl of Midnight to Duke, but my grandfather refused. He thought I was showing off to him, and although he tried his best to hide it, the loss and anger were indeed obvious, and the hatred of the emperor's treachery had made him decide to cooperate with Hadrian, but his temperament was too indecisive, even if he still decided to do it, but he always had to prepare. So, I had sent him a letter informing him that the Emperor had promised me the titles of Governor of Orknis and Duke of Midnight, and had used a number of ostentatious words to provoke him. In this way, no matter how indecisive Michel VII was, he could not bear it. Actually, he is too easy to guess, but this time Hadrian's people did a really beautiful job, so that the empire did not notice it in advance, and Michel VII, a person who has always been indecisive, was suddenly provoked and hastily started an incident, which also did not surprise the empire. ”

After listening to Swain's words, although his tone was very flat, Ramrem could not hear the ostentatious tone he had with Michel VII, but Ramrem admired him a little. Even if he has an innate condition that far surpasses others, this kind of strategy is indeed worthy of a Jericho.

"Presumably, the emperor's decision to confer on the Governor of Orknis, the first midnight earl, is not groundless, and with the character of that prince, it should be confirmed after several times of verification. ”

"It's true that you want to promote Earl Midnight to duke, but the emperor also has his own intentions. As for the matter of the Governor of Orknis, I made it up entirely, but the prince was indecisive and cranky, and since it was true that the Earl of Midnight was to be promoted, it was very likely that the matter of the Governor of Orknis was true. After all, in his eyes, the Midnight Earl had never done much merit, and there was no reason for the Emperor to be promoted to Count for no reason, so the promotion of the title so that Midnight Castle could accept the position of Governor of Orknis would be the best explanation in his mind. ”

Ramrem was only impressed by Sven's ability to manipulate people's hearts. But admiration is admiration, she still won't pull down when she should ask. "Then why are you doing this? ”

"Why do you do that? For my own purposes, to create chaos, I will do even the most excessive. Originally, I didn't intend to detonate this piece so quickly, but Metternich's intervention made me have to move faster. They offered me a sword on me in place of Archbishop de Juster at the Rite of Loyalty, which I could not accept, so I interrupted Metternich's plan to preemptively provoke this rebellion, at least for now, which seemed to work well. ”

"That's it?" Ramrem looked at Swain in a strange way, Sven's unscrupulous tactics were a little more than she expected, it was like using a cannon to shoot flies.

Swain didn't answer this time, and he suddenly reached out and grabbed Ramrem's waist. Although he was still seducing Swain just now, he was really grabbed by Sven's waist, and Ramrem completely lost his previous calmness.

But Ramrem didn't have time to push Sven away, and the carriage came to a slow stop.