New Year, January 1, 11 p.m.

Apophis Palace.

Joe sat wistfully in the small dining room No. 1, watching through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows as the freshly hired workers outside cleared the snow.

Mata XIII, and Salian.

It's better to say that they crossed the river and demolished the bridge, or that they unloaded the mill and killed the donkey.

Anyway, after Margo was captured, Joe was driven back to the Apophis Palace, where the two court ceremonial officers were stationed in the porter of the Apophis Palace, where they were to supervise Joe's 'closed thoughts'.

From today until the start of the new semester at the Imperial Military University, Joe is not allowed to take half a step out of the Apophis Palace.

After all, he spilled George a big glass of beer!

Suddenly retracting his gaze and sighing, Qiao slowly picked up the knife and chopped off a roast goose leg with one sword.

Munching on the roast goose leg, Joe's mood gradually improved as the fragrant fat spread in his mouth...... Isn't it just that after thinking about it behind closed doors for more than a month, I just took the opportunity to improve my strength.

He had already taken the third-order Abyssal Giant Crocodile Elixir, but correspondingly, the third-order secret elixir of the Eastern Continent, he still had to collect the materials and concoct it.

The Donglu Secret Elixir can greatly enhance the power of the sequence potion and greatly expand the potential of the user.

The transcendent who takes the Donglu secret medicine will be several times stronger than those who have not taken it.

Joe Ke won't let go of this opportunity.

Ferdinand sat next to Joe, wearing scarlet pajamas, scarlet pajama pants, and an olive-green triangular nightcap on his head, sipping wine with a smile on his face, dealing with a plate of fragrant lamb ribs in front of him.

"You caught Mag's little bastard yesterday?" Ferdinand ate and drank for a while, then raised his head and winked at Joe: "I said a long time ago that Marge's little bastard is not a thing, just like his father, his grandfather, is a completely bad embryo!" ”

"Every time I see him, I think of his grandfather...... Ah, my dear brother murmured...... Ever since I was a child, he fought with me for everything...... Even my fiancée...... You know what? ”

Ferdinand looked at Joe and gritted his teeth and said, "His wife, Sherman's mother, Marg's grandmother...... Princess Lily Marlene of the United Kingdom of Nice was the first thing I took a look at...... Moreover, I met her first, and I traveled with her through the great plains of central Medland. ”

"But he said that he fell in love with her at first sight, and he used despicable means to get her."

Ferdinand raised his glass and took a long sip.

He babbled, "I'm angry, so I'm going to duel him...... Ah, I'm sorry, I'm not as good as him can fight...... I was robbed of my beloved woman's own brother and beaten on the ground. ”

Ferdinand ripped his lips open and pointed to his left gum.

"Look, I've got two knockouts."

"Later, my strength was enough that I could regenerate these two teeth."

"But I want to remember the lesson this time, so ......"

Ferdinand grabbed a small rib and stuffed it into his mouth, he chewed it slowly, and said softly: "Ah, I was beaten by my own brother who robbed my beloved woman...... And my mother, Her Majesty the Great Imperial Empress, did not administer justice. ”

"Of course, she's busy, she's busy stabilizing the situation at home, she's busy appeasing the big tycoons, she's busy regaining the loyalty of the big Teutons to the Empire. She was busy selling her lordships to the nouveau riche bigwigs in order to raise funds for the running of the empire. ”

"I confess, she was a great empress."

"However, she is not a qualified mother."

Ferdinand spat out a sip of wine, and he raised his glass and took a big sip: "But what can be done?" She is the Empress of the Empire, and then, she is my mother. Perhaps, in her heart, the ruthless, more treacherous, more cunning, more vicious, more shameless, more greedy, and more murderous than me is a more suitable heir to the throne, right? ”

Ferdinand looked at Joe and suddenly laughed: "Actually, I also admit it...... You can't be a good person to lead an empire of this size. You can be a madman, a butcher, a madman, or, simply, a demon...... You can't be a good person. ”

"A good man can't lead such a huge empire and make him great."

"Luckily, Murmur, or rather his son Hillman, they were in too much of a hurry...... Why, it was eighteen years ago, it should have been eighteen years ago, maybe a few months earlier...... They can't wait, they want to ...... Upper. ”

"Still, I can understand their anxiety."

"At that time, my mother, she was over 70 years old, but she still had a firm grip on power...... And she also has signs of madness, and the whole empire is very anxious. ”

So he thought he could ...... He was able to overthrow his mother's rule, let her obediently retire, and he would inherit the throne. ”

"Ah, that's a ...... Is...... A bloody storm that people will never forget! ”

Ferdinand squinted and sighed softly, "I don't really have much to lose, really." ”

"I'm even happy to see how things turn out, as I would like...... Dorn was exiled, Hillman was imprisoned, and Marg, that little bastard, was stripped of everything and went to the Second University to pretend to be a good man. ”

"But I couldn't be happier."

Ferdinand finished the ribs in front of him, and he pushed the empty plate to the side, dragging a large silver plate containing a hot roast suckling pig in front of him.

He cut off the head of the roast suckling pig with a knife, and took the pig's ears and gnawed it.

"Ah, though they were punished...... However, I was also disqualified from the throne...... I knew it was disqualified...... Because I didn't do anything in the face of their 'rebellion'. ”

"For nearly half a year, I would be scolded for more than two hours every day."

"Because I'm incompetent, because I've sat back and watched Doran and Hillman with their henchmen do that kind of rebellious thing."

"But, as I said before, the women I like are snatched away by him...... But no one gave me justice. ”

"So, if Doran wants to snatch the throne, why should I fulfill my duties as the crown prince?"

Shaking his head and sighing, Ferdinand's voice became very low: "But I didn't expect that my inaction would hurt my son...... Uh, that's a bit unseemly, but ......"

"Salian used to be a very lively, sunny, bright lad, and he was my most beloved son."

"But in that rebellion, he was greatly hurt."

"Even because of that incident, his best friend, his dear brother Vigrar, left him, left Hyderabad, and went to the Southern District, to take up a post in Port Tulum."

"I know, Salian or Vigrar, they ...... All hurt. ”

"And the culprit of all this is Dorm, his son Hillman, and his grandson Marg!"

Ferdinand raised his glass and drank it down, he put it down heavily, sighed heavily, and then two lines of tears slowly flowed down his cheeks.

"Joe, it is a great comfort to me, to Salian, to Vigrar, to many people, that you can expose Marg's true colors, that you can bring him to justice......"

"I'm very excited; My emotions were a little out of control. ”

"Hmm......"

Joe looked at Ferdinand with a bit of mixed emotions...... This bastard crown prince, he actually said what was in his heart in front of him?

Hmm, I can't imagine that this crown prince, who seems to be a complete old bastard, has such a heavy mind?

Jo stood up, grabbed the bottle, and filled Ferdinand with a glass of wine: "Your Highness, I am still young, and I cannot understand your heavy heart...... However, you are an elder and I ......"

Ferdinand nodded vigorously: "Yes, I'm an elder, Joe...... You are the most capable and kind young man I have ever met...... I know that you have a soft and loving heart! ”

"Well, you see, I'm in tears...... I really couldn't control my emotions. ”

"Marg, little bastard, he's finally going to get the punishment he deserves...... I know he's going to have that day sooner or later. ”

"Well, I want to buy some souvenirs and visit the families of the victims who were implicated."

"There were many victims back then, so ...... Probably, this will cost five million gold marks. ”

"You duel at Hydra Palace yesterday and won two billion gold marks in a bet......"

"Joe, can you lend me this poor bad old man, five million gold marks?"

With tears in his eyes, Ferdinand naturally extended his hand to Joe.

Naturally, Joe took out the checkbook from his chest and was about to fill in the numbers on the checkbook......

Mr. Sterns, who was sitting in the corner of the table with a frozen pear and teasing Kuba, suddenly coughed heavily.

Joe's hand, which had already grasped the pen, suddenly stiffened.

He raised his head, stared at the silver beads, and stared at Ferdinand: "Your Highness...... Do you want to borrow money after all? ”

Ferdinand coughed dryly: "You have won so much...... It's only five million......"

Joe's body trembled slightly: "In order to borrow money, you don't hesitate to make up stories and shed tears?" ”

Ferdinand stood up 'angrily' and shouted loudly: "Make up a story? Oh no, Joe, you can't wronged me...... What I'm saying is true...... Eighteen years ago, although all traces have been erased, even the most daring historian does not dare to write a single word...... However, that's true. ”

"The Duke of Zephyr, the Duke of the North Sea, the tiger in the east, the brute bear in the south, and the four Teutonic of the empire can all testify to me......"

"But you just want to borrow money from me, right?" Joe interrupted Ferdinand: "It's okay to borrow money, what do you use as collateral?" ”

Ferdinand was stunned, then he looked at Joe with a sneer: "How's Hydrala going?" I use Hydrera's Palace as collateral to borrow 500 million gold marks from you...... Trust me, Joe, Hydra Palace is definitely worth the price! ”

Joe's face, Mr. Stans's, and the faces of the maids in the dining room were all blackened!

Using Hydra as collateral?

If you dare to mortgage, someone will dare to take over!

Steady footsteps came, and Hesse strode into the No. 1 restaurant with Tifa and Weima.

"Joe, there is a family contract here, you hurry up and sign it, and in the future, everything in the Rittal family will be decided."