The next day, Xiao Qian's eyes were awakened by the thin morning light, and she stretched her waist and sat up, but she couldn't see Elena. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Elena had long been fully dressed, with two lines of white-robed forbidden soldiers, patrolling the assassination scene with her skirt.

In order to prevent the plague, charred corpses have been transported out of the city overnight and buried in pits. The palace that had been distorted by the explosion was cleared, and countless busy Praetorian troops were clearing bricks and rubble.

Prince Ferdinand is said to have been sent to the lower palace for rehabilitation, but Elena had no intention of visiting, so she used the excuse of visiting the scene to ignore Ferdinand.

A platoon of forbidden soldiers took large water pipes to wash the floor tiles of Schönbrunn Plaza. Elena carefully landed to avoid the cross-flow sewage.

Suddenly, the dragoon commander hurriedly walked up, pressed his right chest to Elena, and bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, take a step to speak." ”

Elena glanced at Farina. The old dragoon stared straight at the floor tiles, his delicate white beard curled up on his cheeks, and his face was expressionless, so unfathomable.

"Stand down. Elena turned to rebuke the Praetorian Army.

Admiral Farina waited for the forbidden army to go far before approaching the empress, her tall figure covering most of the sunlight, and then secretly took out a gold ring from his bosom.

It was a twisted and distorted round crown.

Elena changed color at the sight, reached out and snatched the crown, looked at it carefully, and then looked up at Farina: "Where did this come from?"

"Last night the Assassins caused a massive explosion and seriously injured Prince Ferdinand. But the king was unharmed. Afterwards, Prince Ferdinand refused to visit him, citing serious injuries and recuperation, and the king went straight to the lower palace. I led the dragoons to survey the scene, and I picked up this—a crown that had been deformed by the blast wave of the explosion. Admiral Farina frowned and stared at Elena's face: "I noticed that the king did not wear a crown when he appeared. I couldn't help but imagine: how can the king have sound limbs, how can he have a clean face, how can he only scorch a few parts of his clothes?"

"It doesn't make sense at all. Elena clutched the twisted crown, remembering how unusual her father had been last night.

"Since the king went straight to the lower palace, I believe you have a deeper contact with the king. Do you think the king's gestures are different from those of previous kings?" Admiral Farina inspires Elena meaningfully.

"The gesture was exactly the same as it was before - just a little weird. Elena was erased part of her memory, and when she remembered last night, her brain hurt slightly, "What is strange, I can't say for a while." ”

Farina's eyes narrowed. He had heard the answer he wanted. If anyone could identify whether the king was a fake or not, that person would be Elena.

"Give me the crown, please. Admiral Farina unquestionably put away his twisted crown and bowed his head to Elena: "Your Majesty, you and I both know that it is difficult to subvert a country, because there are always armies and loyal subjects guarding it, and it is easy to subvert a country, because the fortunes of the country depend on a few. We have entered an eventful time, and the dragoons have entered a state of secondary combat readiness within themselves. If anything happens, remember not to squander the trust of the dragoons. ”

Elena looked up at Rina and heard a faint hint of the overtone: the cautious and suspicious Grand Commander no longer dared to trust the current king. Then he has only one choice left: trust the Queen Regent.

"I will not squander your trust. Elena bowed her head calmly. In fact, I was nervous. Farina leaned towards her, which was beneficial and harmless. If it weren't for the desperation, Farina wouldn't have moved closer to her at all.

"You can't tell anyone about the crown. It's better to keep your mouth shut, and it's better to forget that you don't even remember yourself. The Grand Commander whispered a word of advice and walked away as if nothing had happened.

This crown can be used to convince other commanders, but it cannot be used as physical evidence against the king. Instead, the crown had to be properly disposed of, because Farina did not want the king to know that there were doubts about the king's identity.

Before lunch, the military headquarters received a palace edict, which deepened the general's suspicions. He sent the edict to the military staff, and War Chancellor Karl summoned Griffith, Lane, and Dragoon Major General Claude to study the edict.

"The Janissaries suffered heavy casualties, and it is proposed to increase the strength of the National Guard to 8,000 men, depending on the treatment of the reserve forces in wartime, and it will be carried out immediately as soon as the edict arrives. In addition, in the event of an eventful season, when the army was paid, the executive officer of Breschroeder was appointed as the Royal Financing Commissioner, and sold the treasury bonds of 20 million francs to fill the shortfall. ”

Behind the edict was the king's scarlet jade seal.

Admiral Farina watched as the Minister of War slammed the edict on the table. The Minister of War was Field Marshal Karl, who retired to civilian posts after taking charge of the War Department, but still retained the rank of Marshal General.

"The Praetorian Army has suffered heavy casualties, and is that an excuse for the expansion of the National Guard?" Karl shouted indignantly, not afraid that the secretary outside the office would hear, "Can't you pull the 3rd and 4th Praetorian Guards 100 miles away into the city?"

Major General Claude, Ryan, and Griffith did not dare to speak, and turned their heads to look at the Grand Dragoon Commander.

Rubbing the tip of his beard with his thumb and forefinger, Farina boldly stated the facts, adding fuel to the fire of Marshal Karl: "The original intention of the king in establishing the National Guard was to maintain law and order free of charge. Now it is not only a drastic expansion, but also a lavish and generous payment of military salaries! If the military salaries of 8,000 men are really paid according to the treatment of wartime reserves, a huge deficit will be added, which is contrary to the original intention of the king. ”

So he appointed the governor of the central bank to sell government bonds. Ryan boldly took over.

Major General Claude sighed anxiously: "20 million national debt, a delay of 1 million years is 1 million interest, our finances are already very dangerous, this national debt is likely to cause us to never be able to pay off the debt, and the debt will be higher and higher from now on." ”

"The king's edict seemed well-founded, but it was in fact a fatal blow to the empire, betraying the country militarily and financially, and selling the country's fortunes to international banks that bought bonds. Griffiths was young and bold, and he spoke without any scruples, and when he looked up at the Secretary of War, his eyes burned like two fires: "Just like when the surrender agreement was signed, we betrayed the empire we had worked so hard to build with paperwork and contracts." ”

"I think," Admiral Farina said suddenly, "that the embarrassment we face has happened in the Fran Empire, in the Kingdom of Lorraine, in the county of Alsace. These once independent kingdoms became provinces under the command of Fran the Great. ”

Admiral Farina spreads a stack of materials on the tactical conference table.

"Huh?" Marshal Karl looked at the materials warily. (To be continued.) )