At the same time, the Holy Spirit Empire Canaan Province, the imperial capital palace. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Charlemagne unified the human race and founded the empire, to this day, the royal palace in front of him has never moved its capital.

Over the course of more than 700 years, the palace has undergone several important renovations and repairs, becoming larger and more magnificent, and divided into several large areas.

His Majesty Charles IX, who resides in the most central area. And this area is next to it, where the royal family lives, and Her Royal Highness the Four Princesses of the Empire lives in the largest palace here.

At this moment, in the garden of the apse, the four princesses sat on a white jade stool, basking in the warm sunlight above their heads, holding an oil painting in their hands, looking at it expressionlessly.

This oil painting was made by a court painter. The man in the oil painting is delicately and slightly warped, not only outlining the man's high-spirited expression, but also the expressive eyes are also painted like a sharp sword out of the sheath, as if it can pierce the sky.

It seems that any hardship and obstacle in the world, in the eyes of this man, will become a trivial matter.

"Your Highness, I have made it clear. The man in this painting is the eldest son of Prince Barron, Brownrier, who is a member of the royal family. ”

When Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess was looking at the characters in the oil painting, behind her, a palace maid dressed in light blue looking down walked over with her steps not fast or slow, "It is rumored that he has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, he can speak at the age of one, read and write at the age of two, learn magic at the age of seven, and cultivate fighting spirit at the age of nine..."

"In short, this person is not only a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, but also very good at handling various government affairs, and Prince Barron is full of praise for him, saying that God has given him an excellent family heir. ”

praised a few words without hesitation, and the palace maid wanted to say more, but Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess interrupted her with a remark, and said in a cold voice: "Qingmo, bring a knife." ”

The palace maid was immediately stunned.

She didn't know Her Royal Highness's intentions, but she didn't dare to disobey it, so she borrowed a knife from the Praetorian Guard soldiers standing guard nearby and handed it to Her Royal Highness.

However, what the palace maid Qingmo never expected was that Her Royal Highness the princess was holding a knife and actually lightly slashed on the oil painting.

The best oil paintings, which were originally worth a lot of money, were suddenly burned.

Retracting her gaze from the damaged oil painting, Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess said, "Return this oil painting to my father, he should be able to understand what I mean." Let's return this knife too. ”

The palace maid Qingmo was slightly stunned, took two objects, and retreated.

As soon as she left, as if she had deliberately pinched the right time, behind a tall redwood tree, a handsome middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing suddenly walked out slowly.

Seeing this person, Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess immediately smiled, "Third brother, why did you come all of a sudden?"

"I haven't been to visit the fourth sister for a long time, but I happened to pass by today, and all of them came. ”

As soon as he appeared, a gentle smile appeared on the third prince's face: "I didn't just come, I also brought some interesting and fun gifts." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, behind him, there were immediately more than a dozen slaves, who carried large boxes with exquisite packaging to the front of Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, piling them all over the ground.

"The third brother suddenly gave me so many gifts, because you want me to say good things for the third brother in front of my father, right?" said the fourth princess with a smile.

"The fourth sister is not only getting more and more beautiful, but also getting smarter!" The third prince also smiled, and after being pointed, he looked as usual, without showing the slightest embarrassment, and still talked and laughed.

The two got together once and chatted directly. Talking about interesting things that happened when I was a child, talking about the recent situation, etc., it was all about family life, and the topic did not come to the position of the crown prince.

It wasn't until noon that when the fourth princess kept the three princes to stay for lunch, the three princes shirked a few words, got up and led people away.

As soon as he left, the fourth princess was eating pastries alone, and when it was counted as lunch to satisfy hunger, the fifth prince actually came to visit with all kinds of gifts.

The fourth princess received with a smile, and after the fifth prince left a gift and left again, the fourth princess looked at the young back of the fifth prince, sighed inexplicably, and instructed the light blue serving personal palace maid: "Qingmo, prepare the carriage, I want to see my father." ”

Qingmo immediately complied.

The palace was very large, and there were many soldiers, palace maids, and subordinates, but it was cold and cold everywhere.

For a moment, only the sound of carriages rolling along the wide avenue could be heard.

Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the soldiers standing guard on both sides of the road outside, as well as the grass, potted plants, and trees behind the soldiers, and gradually, she was a little stunned.

It wasn't until the palace maid Qingmo's reminder sounded that she came back to her senses, got off the carriage, and walked towards the majestic hall standing in front of her.

In the majestic hall.

In a decorated study with resplendent gold, His Majesty Charles IX is baking a brazier and talking to a dwarf.

He spoke earnestly, and even promised great benefits, in an attempt to make the dwarf change his mind and stay.

The dwarf shook his head and said bluntly: "More than seven hundred years ago, my grandfather was arrogant and lost to Charlemagne in a move and a half, so he signed the Guardian Covenant. ”

When His Majesty Charles IX heard this, he immediately fell silent.

The dwarf continued: "My grandfather has guarded the royal family for three generations, my father has guarded the royal family for two generations, and I have guarded two generations. Now, Your Majesty, you are about to appoint the crown prince and give up the throne, and the time has come for the guardian covenant signed at the beginning to be annulled. ”

His Majesty Charles IX sighed and comforted: "Mr. Qiao, you can't really think about it again, whatever you want, I can give it to you." ”

The dwarf shook his head and said, "I'm old, and I'm finally truly free." When the new emperor succeeds to the throne, I will find a quiet place to live the life I want. ”

When His Majesty Charles IX heard this, he sighed again.

He reached into his arms, took out a boxy gray cloth, and threw it directly into the brazier.

The scorching flames, immediately much stronger, burned the gray cloth.

This gray cloth, made of unknown materials, turned into a thin piece of gold paper after being burned in a blazing fire.

On the gold paper, there was a series of strange runes, and in the center of the strange runes, there was a dark drop of blood, I don't know how long ago it dripped on it, and it had already solidified and dried up.

The fire could not burn the gold paper, but it burned the dark blood stain into embers and fell off.

The dwarf looked at this scene, and suddenly, his eyes widened, and his originally short body shape had changed drastically.

From a body that was only one meter tall, he grew to the size of an adult, from a dwarf to a kind old man, and the black clothes on his body were directly torn.

This ragged appearance is simply embarrassing. He was extremely excited, and suddenly his knees bent, and he knelt down in front of His Majesty Charles IX: "Thanks to Your Majesty's trust, I took out the Guardian Covenant and burned it, so that I can be free!"

"Mr. Qiao, I can't afford your bow, get up. ”

His Majesty Charles IX's wrinkled face slowly showed a smile: "Mr. Qiao, don't you think it's strange that the method of unraveling the spell is so simple?"

Mr. Qiao was slightly stunned, but nodded.

"Let me tell you a little story about my royal family that has been passed down from generation to generation. Back then, this guardian covenant was placed directly in the main hall by my grandfather, waiting for Mr. Qiao's grandfather to steal it. (To be continued.) )