Chapter Seventy-Three: When a person reaches old age, he should be quiet and far-reaching, and he should not be angry
As the coronation day gets closer and closer, the atmosphere in the imperial capital becomes more and more lively. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Tourists from all over the country almost crowded this bustling metropolis, and the official words of various local accents are everywhere, giving people the illusion of entering the Grand View Garden. The shops and vendors on the street are smiling from ear to ear when they sleep at night, and the technicians are even more unable to close their legs. The surge in the flow of people has brought strong spending power, and many shops rely on this month to make a full year's profits.
A luxurious carriage sped quickly on the official road, and the sound of the wheels crushing against the slightly undulating stone floor disturbed passers-by to flee in panic. If you don't come to the imperial capital, you don't know how small the officials are, and those tax officials who are proud of themselves in the local area may be the big officials in the minds of these people, but in the imperial capital, maybe the inconspicuous guy who walks in front of you is the big official in a certain department, or the children of the nobles who go to the street to watch the excitement in the idle eggs.
The golden family emblem shimmered on the black lacquer surface, and Blair set up the carriage steadily, maintaining the demeanor of the nobles as much as possible, and carefully avoiding pedestrians. After more than ten days of advancing by water, we finally rushed back to the imperial capital in the last two days of February.
Looking out the bustling city through the crystal window of the car window, Wren sighed fiercely.
It's back again!
Until he left the place last time, he had been in the shoes of a bystander, watching as "Wren" was killed and died. This time, he is back here in his own identity, it is very complicated to say, in fact, it is very simple, one person, two souls, disappearing and replaceing, it is that simple.
Celeste's forehead pushed against Wren's chin, and he also looked out the car window at the bustling street, his big eyes full of longing. There are too many differences between here and Milin City and Ortlenburg, full of people, bustling streets, all kinds of shops, tourists, layered on top of each other, so that the little girl is about to laugh out loud. After months of getting along, she is no longer so afraid of Wren, and after getting acquainted with Wren, she also knows the affinity of this man in daily life. As long as his requests are polite and courteous, he will always fulfill his small wishes.
Holding Wren's arm tightly, his soft body was like a ball of warm water, Wren slightly let go of his head and switched places with Celeste, "How's it going? It's much more interesting than Millin, right?"
The little girl nodded again and again, looking out of the car window intently, "Yes, it's too lively, and this city is really big, it hasn't come to the end until now!"
Wren couldn't help but laugh, of course it's big, this is the core of the entire Orlando Empire, the absolute stage of politics and wealth. The four main streets of the east, west, north and south continue to expand outward, and now they have expanded to the Tonghuan District, and it is said that the Oak District is also being planned, and the construction will begin in three or five years at most, and then the imperial capital may really become one of the largest cities in the entire continent.
Is the population of 278 or 27 or 8 of Ortlenburg enough? Not even as large as the population of two or three blocks combined, and the entire imperial capital has a population of more than 7 million, which is about the total population of 26 Ortlenburg. It's scary to think about it, this society is not the society with highly developed information, just managing these populations, there are almost tens of thousands of people, and they are about to catch up with some small towns.
The carriage quickly passed through another wall and drove into the Golden Ring. Jinhuan District was the earliest imperial capital, and the people who lived here were either rich or noble, with more than 60% of the nobles, 30% of the privileged class, and a small number of wealthy merchants. Before Orlando V, there were many civilians living here, but after the victory of the Civil War and the royal family embarked on the path of centralization, the commoners of the Golden Circle sold their homes at a high price and moved to the Silver Circle.
Because of this, many people have made a fortune, and some of them have become the world's first batch of real estate speculation groups. They used the tens of thousands of gold coins they got to buy a large number of houses in the Silver Ring District, and after the construction of the Copper Ring District began, they sold the houses in the Silver Ring District at a high price and bought the houses in the Copper Ring District. These people are now setting their sights on the Oak Grove Quarter, where they are said to have monopolized nearly half of the land that has not yet begun to be built.
The carriage was unimpeded, and any soldier tried to intercept the carriage, but when he saw the family emblem on the carriage, he honestly shut up, stood on the side of the road, saluted, and watched the carriage leave. The entire empire can use black and gold as the family emblem, and there are only eight at this time, whether it is the best such as the royal family, or the worst such as Wren, it is not for these small soldiers to be presumptuous.
At the end of the road, magnificent buildings more than ten meters high stand there like monsters, black flags fluttering on the solemn towers, and various golden family emblems swaying in the breeze.
In Celeste's dazzle, the carriage slowed down slowly, and to the astonished gaze of some passers-by, the carriage stopped outside one of the buildings.
The huge and solemn black iron door slowly opened, and an old butler in a tuxedo ran out of the manor excitedly, completely forgetting the demeanor and etiquette he was supposed to maintain. He ran to the side of the carriage, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes were already red, he looked at Blair with a hippie smile, opened the car door tremblingly, and bent down in a choked voice, "Young master, you are finally back!"
A foot came out of the carriage and stomped firmly on the ground, and the sunlight fell like a curtain of light, hitting the door of the carriage like a searchlight. Wren, dressed in a dark red suit, stretched out a hand from the carriage and leaned out of the door. He looked at the old butler who was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and patted his arm, "Ogles, I worked hard for you when I wasn't at home." ”
The old butler cried and laughed, and shook his head again and again, "How can the young master work hard outside, he must have suffered a lot, right? Blair, this bastard, doesn't know how to take care of people at all, if it weren't for the old man who needs to take care of the family, he will definitely have to go to the countryside with the young master." ”
After Wren's pit son Daddy hung up, under the wrath of Orlando VI, the entire Golden Thorn family embarked on an inevitable decline. The only heir to the bloodline was exiled, relatives and friends large and small avoided him like snakes and scorpions, and the originally extremely lively manor was deserted in an instant. At the same time, in order to avoid some accidents in the details, Wren also expelled almost all the servants in the house, except for an old butler who was almost blind to his own spoiling, and a heartless Blair.
After being exiled, Ogles, the housekeeper who watched Wren grow up, was left by Wren in the imperial capital to take care of the manor here, the manor is too big, if no one takes care of it, it will soon be dilapidated, and Wren does not think that he will always be outside, he will definitely come back, he does not want to see a dilapidated house when he returns, and at the same time, he does not want Oglais to find out that he is different from the past, so he left the old butler here.
From leaving to coming back temporarily at this time, even if Wren behaved differently than before, he could justify himself, after all, after going through so many things, people will always change a little.
Celeste then poked his head out, Ogles wiped his tears, and bowed slightly, "This must be Lady Celeste, I am Celeste, the butler of the Thorn Family, welcome to your arrival." ”
Celeste's face flushed, and he didn't know where to put it, so he said again and again that he was not polite, and held Wren's arm tightly. She grew up in a merchant family, and naturally knew that even though she was called the grandfather of the legendary merchant, in the eyes of these great nobles, Sarcomo was actually no different from a beggar on the side of the road. Don't look at Ogles as just a butler, but what he says is more powerful and effective than some minor nobles.
Such a housekeeper with great influence saluted her, and you can imagine the panic in her heart at the moment.
Wren touched Celeste's flaxy and silky hair, "Grandpa Oglais is like my grandfather, you have to respect him in the future, you know?", Celeste nodded repeatedly, Wren tidied up his dress, and stepped out, the momentum of the whole person instantly became different, "Tell me, what's happened recently, Ortlenburg is so remote that you can't even buy a few Tiberium spars." ”
It seemed that he felt the surging momentum on Wren at this time, and Ogles was shocked and relieved, in the end, it was the divine bloodline, this child who would never grow up in his eyes in the past, finally grew up and had the momentum of the patriarch.
The old man glanced left and right, and several nobles who had stopped to watch suddenly gasped, afraid of the strong aura that the old man burst out in an instant, and immediately lowered his head and walked away.
Following Wren, Oglais began to introduce Wren to some of the things that had happened in the imperial capital in the recent past.
Orlando VI suddenly fainted before winter due to a royal scandal, and when he woke up, half of his body was unconscious, his eyes were slanted and his mouth was crooked, so he could only let the crown prince come to court. This accident led to the secret execution of a prince and a princess, and their bodies were thrown into the wilderness. Speaking of which, Wren already understands what kind of scandal can make the old emperor who has been in power for more than 30 years have a cerebral infarction, it is nothing more than ***** no wonder the old emperor was still very tough when he left, and he couldn't go to court in a few months.
But think about it, this kind of scandal would be a tragedy if it happened in a commoner's home, let alone the royal family, which has been concerned by people all over the country? So far, there has been no leakage, not because the royal family has done a good job of secrecy, but because the royal family has killed enough people, so much that the secret is only circulated among a few people, and the rest of the people who know about it have all gone to see the God of Light.