When Ill arrived at Allen's castle with a black face, Alan was in his study with his forehead on his back.

His Majesty's illness is getting worse and worse, but Alan is far away from the border of the country of Tamu, far away from the royal city, although the palace also has its own internal response, but many details of the situation are still unknown, and what Alan wants to know most is that the king is sick this time, whether someone has done anything to do it, or whether the king's physical condition is really no longer good.

The door creaked open, and Eren looked up to see the figure that had made him 'think about it'.

"You're finally back!"

Alan put down what he was doing and stood up to meet him, and the captain of the guard behind Ilr was still frowning at Il, and he didn't know what he wanted to say. Captain Yi'er Chong nodded slightly to signal that he could go about his business, and the captain left.

"I've kept you waiting, and I've dealt with the things at the factory before I can come over. How is the situation in the royal city changing now, and what is the illness of His Majesty the King?

Ilr closes the door and goes straight to the point, he needs to know the information in Allen's hands immediately, so that he can organize the whole thing in the fastest time and make a plan to help Allen.

"My father is critically ill, and the third brother summoned me back to the royal city to see my father for the last time, and I have been delaying it for several days, so I must make a decision about whether to go to the royal city in the past two days. ”

Alan walked to the window, he opened the curtain and looked out of the window, it seemed that Eren would only dare to open the window when Il was by his side, otherwise there would be a sense of fear of being watched all the time, always about to be assassinated.

"Has the eldest prince not moved?"

Yir touched his chin and briefly thought about Allen's situation, the king was seriously ill, and Allen, as His Majesty's favorite youngest son, should go back to the city to visit his sick father, but this edict was issued by His Royal Highness the Third Prince, which seemed to be less traditional.

This shows that the three princes have effectively controlled all the powers in the royal palace, and the king's control over the kingdom has been reduced to a minimum.

"Hehe, my third brother, he has already won the victory, more than fifty percent of the ministers support the third brother to inherit the throne, and less than thirty percent of the ministers continue to support the eldest brother with the orthodox status, but now the eldest brother has not shown any intention to fight for the throne. ”

Eren sat back in his chair, his fist clenched against his lips, his index finger biting his teeth on, his eyes wandering across the table, and Il could already feel his deep powerlessness.

"What is the attitude of the ministers in the other two percent, and what is your prestige among the ministers? Your supporters should have the same ......."

"There are very few, don't have any hope for those ministers, and the attitude of the remaining ministers who don't say anything is basically to choose to protect themselves and not participate in the partisan struggle, and it makes no difference to them who ascends the throne. ”

Alan laughed self-deprecatingly, his father still left too little time for himself, if he gave himself another five years, no, maybe three years, the strength of Allen's territory will develop by leaps and bounds, but his father is really old, the eldest brother already has two children, and the sister-in-law is the daughter of the Grand Duke's family.

Maybe he also found a powerful lord's daughter to marry?But this kind of loveless marriage is really not what Alan wants.

"Merchants and commoners must have a good impression of you, right?"

Ilr asked suddenly, and Alan was a little surprised why he would ask himself such a question, but he still sighed and answered.

"It's a good impression of me, at least that's what people in my territory think, and my influence is still limited in other places, you see that a large area of arable land on my side has just been reclaimed, and it is waiting for people to cultivate it. But what's the use of this, it's very likely that we will have to fight before the spring is sown, and such good land can only be abandoned and reclaimed again when the country is stabilized. ”

"It's okay, with the support of the peasants and merchants, your situation will not be too bad, the palace will still be returned, how can you control power if you are not in the center of power? ”

Yir patted Allen on the shoulder and signaled that he should not worry, and he also had a lot of backhands to ensure that Allen would preserve his strength in the future war, just a small third prince, don't think that he can easily eliminate Allen's power.

"With you, I naturally don't worry that the third brother will come to find someone to assassinate me, but how to get the right to speak in the palace is what I'm most worried about. ”

Alan pursed his lips, his brows locked deeply, those stupid ministers never looked at themselves squarely, just because their mother was from a commoner's background, and in the royal family that valued blood and rank, only the eldest brother was the legitimate heir to the throne.

But the third brother still has the support of most ministers, and in the face of power, the so-called orthodoxy or not is just a sentence from the people, who will take it seriously?

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, there are only three of you who have royal blood, as long as those two are gone, even if the ministers haven't looked at you now, then you will see if they are still like this. ”

Il's words were said with a smile, although this method was simple and crude, but it was the most effective method, better than any trickery and trickery, as long as Eren didn't do anything against common sense, these two princes should have no problem solving it by themselves.

"This, even if you go to assassinate them personally, they will inevitably have loyal and powerful guards around them, and the nobles will also have all kinds of obstacles, how can it be as simple as you say?"

Alan obviously didn't dare to agree with what Il just said, if it was really that simple, he wouldn't have to think about it here and couldn't find a solution, if he wanted to be a king but didn't have the support of the nobles, he would inevitably be hindered by countless obstacles, and it wasn't that his brothers could climb without his brothers.

"Obstacles? In addition to a few old stubbornness, it may be more difficult to deal with, even if it is a big noble, it is also a human being, and it is also afraid of birth, old age, sickness and death, and it is full of desire and ambition for all kinds of benefits and rights, as long as you can offer a reasonable price, I am not afraid that they will not be moved. ”

"Il, I know you're rich, but I'm a poor bastard, how can I offer a price that satisfies these nobles?"

Alan looked at Il's confident appearance, and was not infected by his confidence, but became more worried, dealing with these nobles, a small amount of money can't be taken at all, and more gold coins can't be taken out at all, and I don't know when I can pay it back when I borrowed Il's 500,000 gold coins last time.