On the way back, Xia Feng finally told her what happened.

In the four northern provinces of the Starmian Empire, there are the richest iron ore areas on the continent, and there are the largest raw iron production bases on the mainland. The resources here have always been coveted by all countries, and the Icanathan Empire, which borders the four northern provinces of Starmia, is even more intent on using force to seize control there, and its allies are the Tanta Empire, another great empire that is far away from Starmia, both by land and by sea, that is, the country of Qina Taijia.

The Tanta Empire has a thriving arms manufacturing industry, but most of the iron ore is imported from Starmia, so it can be said that Starmia curbs a certain part of her economic lifeline, but the relationship between the two countries has always been okay, and there are no major contradictions. However, Tanta has always wanted Starmia to bring down the price of iron ore, especially in recent times, and his attitude has become more and more hawkish, of course, because Ikanasson's plan gave them a chance, and Tanta was prepared for both from the start:

One is to be ready to form an alliance with Icanathan at any time to invade the Starmian Empire, and if the two empires join forces, Starmia will lose most of its territory and sovereignty if it does not die. Although it is a great martial empire, it is undeniable that it is declining, especially in the military, people are immersed in the strength of the military power in the past, ignoring the rapid passage of time, when they are proud of the country's former glory, people have already quietly risen, even if only one country will attack it will be very dangerous.

Tanta, on the other hand, wants not to lower the price of iron ore by force, after all, the damage of war is on both sides. But there is no feast in the world, to keep the mouths of other countries and their own citizens shut, but also to prevent Tanta and Icanathan from forming an alliance, the Starmian Empire made a request for peace, Tanta married their princess, so that it is natural to give them price concessions, and it also prevents Tanta and Starmia from meeting each other in the near future.

"Which bastard came up with a bad trick?" Mu Li was angry after hearing this, bastard, when he had difficulties, he was not thinking about how to make himself stronger, but pinning his hopes on a marriage that was wronged, is this still the style that a big empire should have?

"At first, it was proposed by several important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, but from the very beginning, I suspected that things were not as simple as they seemed, probably because the proposal passed too smoothly, and I always felt that something was wrong......," Xia Feng replied, "Qi Na came to Starmia is almost equivalent to a hostage, but even so, a country with such a proposal will still be called cowardly, which is not in line with the consistent style of Stamia!"

"How?, Your Majesty's words should be known, right?"

"So as soon as I learned about this, I went to ask my father, why did I agree to such a suggestion? My father's answer was that the person who really proposed it was the prime minister!"

"So what?"

"Behind the prime minister is the Holy See, without their instructions, he would not do this kind of thing secretly, after all, the interests of the Holy See in various places are closely linked, so the father and emperor cannot deny it, not even the Presbyterian Council. ”

"Hey, hey, whose country is it?" Mu Li became more and more distracted the more he listened.

"Who knows!" Xia Feng lightly hooked the corners of his lower lip, his smile was cold and there was a hint of evil, "Since it is something that cannot be violated, it is not too much to figure out why, so I have been investigating the true purpose of the Holy See during that time......"

"I see that you are very idle every day, when did you go to investigate?" Mu Li's tone was full of suspicion.

Xia Feng knocked her on the head to show his dissatisfaction, and said, "I can guess the reason for this kind of thing, I just need a little evidence to prove this guess." The Holy See of Starmia has always wanted to wrest control of the iron mines in the four northern provinces from the nobles, and it must have gone to great lengths to do so. ”

"What's the use?"

"If you want the citizens of the empire to think that the royal family is incompetent, this is an obvious conspiracy to lower the price of iron ore if you marry a princess, and with the support of public opinion, it is only a matter of time before you want to get control of the minerals. ”

"What kind of mess is this?" Mu Li frowned, and complained with a big head, "Just now it was a conflict of interests between the country and the country, and now it has become a struggle between the imperial power and the clerical power, it's really ...... Why didn't the nobles seem to have the power to fight back?"

"Maybe!" Xia Feng muttered.

Mu Li looked at him strangely, and after a long time, he was puzzled: "Whoever loses, you won't lose, Xia Feng, have you found the evidence you said?"

"I'm waiting, but I'm waiting for the news that you've run away from home!" Xia Feng's smiling expression is abnormal, "So here I am." ”

Mu Li pulled out a smile with difficulty, and said stiffly: "Then now...... Still...... What to do?"

"I don't know!" Xia Feng turned his head idly, with an expression that didn't matter to him, "Why do you care about it?"

"Xiao Fengfeng!" "Xiao Fengfeng!" coquettishly said in a thick nasal voice, "Don't make trouble, I know it's wrong!"

"You're not wrong, I'm wrong!"

"Little ......"

"I don't care how many mistakes you make, how big mistakes you make, I also know that you will always make mistakes, and you will seriously admit your mistakes after you are wrong, but you will never change them, and it is impossible to change them even if you are honest for a while......"

"I ......."

"I don't care about all this, I can take it for you, but ......" yelled with excitement turned into a heartache whisper, "but what I can't accept is ...... You always think about other people, you only care about other people, and then completely ignore my feelings, you know?"

Mu Li looked at Xia Feng who kept taking deep breaths in a daze, and stayed for a long time before lowering his head, wringing his hands, and said, "Because it's Xia Feng, it doesn't matter, I'm ...... Think so......"

Xia Feng was slightly surprised, but his gaze still stopped elsewhere.

"Because it's a small wind, you can be unscrupulous, and you will definitely be forgiven......; And even if you're upset, you won't feel guilty, and you're not the same ...... as others."

After she finished speaking, Xia Feng almost fell off his horse, he lost to her, really lost to her.

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Back at the palace, the engagement venue is already in chaos, the protagonist is gone, and it's no wonder that the venue isn't messy.

Seeing Xia Feng again, everyone was ecstatic.

A young man dressed in a white church costume ran over and said, "Your Highness, the time for the engagement ceremony to start has passed, why are you here? Quick, come with me!"

Is it a white-clothed deacon, does he need to pay so much attention to this engagement ceremony? It can only show that there are too many interests behind it!

The Holy See is well-organized, and in addition to its headquarters, there are branches of the Holy See (Holy Order) in the capitals of the five empires, which deal with various affairs in the prescribed area. The head of the branch is the cardinal, and under the bishop there is a board of cardinals and deacons, composed of five cardinals, and below the deacons are ordinary white deacons and other clergy dressed in gray robes.

There will also be branches under the branches, and there are many in the provinces and other small countries, and because of their small size, the heads are all red deacons.

So, it's just engagement, ordinary clergy are enough, why are there white deacons?

The white-clothed deacon said that he wanted to pull him forward without waiting for Xia Feng to answer.