It's already winter, and although some of the coastal cities in the south are still warm, Garcia, which is located north of the Pound continent, is already covered in snow.

Last night's heavy snowfall was a rare blizzard in nearly fifty years, and the snow falling from the sky was as big as goose feathers, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the bustling city of Garcia in a white snow, like a white blanket.

Countess Margaret stood by the windowsill, with a white deerskin shoulder draped over her shoulders, and inside the shoulder was a graceful and luxurious round-necked fur coat, and on the collar and cuffs of the coat were red and bright fox furs, which were plucked from under the armpits of foxes, and each fox could only use a few grams, and this red fox was even rarer than the white foxes of the Northern Continent, and was on the verge of extinction.

This fiery red fluff is not only made into a coat, but even if it is only made into a shoulder, a glove or a scarf, it is a priceless treasure, and it is the top luxury that the aristocracy shows off.

The Countess's striking face was hidden in fiery red fuzz, and her snow-white skin contrasted with the glamorous fur fur beside her collar.

Margaret stood beside a round arched window, holding in one hand a steaming goblet with hot warm wine, and beside the window was a red brick stove surrounded by a fine gold and iron railing, which was decorated with a noble and elegant aristocratic atmosphere.

Margaret stared out the window blankly, looking at the falling snow in the sky, her body was motionless, as if she had become a statue, only the eyes that moved from time to time revealed a few complicated gazes, as if she was hesitating about something.

Beside her, Mavkar stood silently, as silent as he was about to be, as burly and muscular as a silent mountain.

The master and servant stood silently in the room, so quiet that it seemed as if they were not breathing, except for the crackling flames of the stove, and in stark contrast to their sculptural silence was the cold wind and the snow falling outside the window.

I don't know how long it took, but the countess let out a long sigh, and there was a thick tiredness in her voice: "Karl......"

Karl took half a step forward, lowered his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "My lady?"

"You say......" Margaret's eyes changed, and her slender white fingers couldn't stop playing with the goblet in her hand, "Am I underestimating that guy too much?"

Margaret awoke from the silence of the sculpture just now, and as soon as her fingers moved, there was a seductive and moving breath, as if the ice had thawed.

Karl knew who the Countess was referring to, and he wanted to nod, but he knew he couldn't, so he shook his head slowly.

The Countess tilted her head slightly, and the corners of her mouth curled, "You're starting to learn to lie, Carl." It's okay, anyway...... I haven't been sitting in this position for long. ”

As she spoke, Margaret let out another long sigh.

A sharp glint flashed in Karl's eyes in an instant, his eyes were so sharp that he almost seemed to pierce the hard stone slab, and he said coldly: "My madam, no one can shake your position in the family, no one can!"

Carl knew very well that the Countess was in the midst of one of the most dangerous and difficult times in her life, and that all these difficulties and dangers came from the distant sea, from a black-haired pirate.

Although the Countess is secretly the emperor of the Pound Empire, and this woman also holds great power in the Kelsman family, it is absolutely impossible for a person as powerful as her to be without political enemies, especially in the family, and there are so many people who are eager to drag her down and replace herself.

It's just that Margaret has always been too shrewd, her ability to control the situation of the empire is simply a master, and the Kelsman family is the same enemy when facing the two kings, and everyone in the family knows that if this battle for imperial power is lost, then the Kelsman family is likely to be destroyed.

But now, with her super political skills, Margaret assassinated Fernandez with lightning speed, and then elected the puppet emperor His Royal Highness Lutor to the throne, stabilizing the whole situation in one fell swoop.

Although in Margaret's opinion, the current Kelsman family is far from reaching the time of peaceful enjoyment and sleep.

His Royal Highness Luther, the young Chryza XVII, though weak and young, but the city and wisdom that this young man displayed at some times far from his age, made the Countess secretly vigilant.

Moreover, next to the Kelsman family stood a greedy monster named the "Cult of Light", staring at this ancient family at all times, and at any moment it would open its bloody mouth and devour them at the Kelsman family!

At this time, the empire was calm on the surface, but the undercurrent was turbulent, and Margaret did not dare to be careless.

But her people think that the overall situation has been decided at this time, and it is time to seize power and get this unsightly woman down.

After all, such a huge family, such a huge country is always in the hands of a woman, what is going on?

These Margaret's political enemies found a perfect opportunity to attack the family's senate and attack the glamorous countess.

And this opportunity is the news of a naval battle from the distant sea, the news of the sea battle of Cameroca!

On the issue of power politics, the confrontation between two interest groups often revolves around a few delicate issues, and if one side adopts an attitude toward this issue, the other side will inevitably oppose it, whether it is right or not.

For example, the Countess and her political enemies had several confrontations on the issue of how to deal with the pirates entrenched in Sisis and how to deal with Tang Jie on Alcatraz.

But at first, the Countess and her political enemies did not directly cause a fierce conflict because of this issue, but as Tang Jie led his Night Force to sneak attack Budi and burn a large amount of Kelsman's supplies, this conflict suddenly became extremely fierce in the blink of an eye.

Even, the question of what to do with Tang Jie, who looks like a pirate king who will rule the seas in the future, has surpassed the current problem that the Countess and her political enemies are most entangled in: the problem between the Kelsman family and the Cult of the Illuminati.

The political enemies of the countess believe that a small pirate can provoke their heads, and this is the greatest provocation to the great Kelsman family, and this is an intolerable thing! The Kelsman family must take the toughest attitude to punish and crack down on this pirate!

There is no doubt that these nobles are playing on the topic, and the burned grain, grass and gunpowder actually have nothing to do with their gold coins, but they saw the possibility of hitting the countess from this matter, so they began to make trouble.

In the face of the difficulties of her political enemies, the countess naturally couldn't show weakness, although she actually wanted to teach Tang Jie a lesson, but her political enemies were clamoring to teach Tang Jie a lesson, so she had to go against these guys.

No way, that's the rules of the political game.

Therefore, the Countess spoke at the Senate in the strongest manner, and rebuked these guys who played on the topic, and pointed out that the timing and place of this incident were very delicate, and there was no evidence, and the pirate Tang Jie could not be sanctioned in a short time!

"Tang Jie cannot be sanctioned in a short period of time", what a short and wise sentence, all the political wisdom of the countess is undoubtedly revealed in this short sentence.

After all, now that the entire family has decided that the Budi disaster was an act of revenge by the pirate Tang Jie against them, almost everyone in the Kelsman family was extremely angry, and revenge was the main theme.

But the countess's words did not make the whole family lose confidence in her, but also bought time and space for herself, and also gave her political opponents a head-on blow.

What do you want to do, I don't want you to do!

Originally, this would be a perfect political counterattack in Margaret's life, but what she never expected was that it was precisely because of her move that Tang Jie boldly drew out almost all of his strength and went westward with all his might, first bombarding Clarim, and then fighting an earth-shattering sea battle in the Cameroga Sea of the West Sidrian Sea, annihilating the naval power of the Shira Empire in one fell swoop!

This news is simply an atomic bomb that exploded between the eastern and western continents, and everyone was stunned and stupid!

These rednecks entrenched on Alcatraz actually annihilated the main naval force of a naval power?!

This, how is this possible?!

After hearing the news, almost all of them came back to their senses and let out such an exclamation.

Although this naval battle broke out in the distant West Sidrian Sea, its aftermath still shook the people of the Pound continent, and Tang Jie's prestige once again climbed to a peak that people dare not look at directly, and his prestige began to be in awe of the pirate king Athos for the first time in people's mouths, standing side by side, not daring to have the slightest disrespect.

The Countess and her political enemies, like the astonished people, were shocked and then incredulous, but the accuracy of the news was repeatedly confirmed by the constant news that followed, and they closed their mouths wide open.

Soon, the Countess's political enemies were excited to realize that another great opportunity to attack the Countess had appeared!

If it weren't for Margaret's indulgent appeasement of the pirate in the first place, how could this guy be so arrogant in the West Sidridia?

You must know that the Kelsman family has been pursuing a policy of no hegemony in the sea since the time of Athos a hundred years ago, which means: a guy who can rule the sea is never allowed to appear!

But now, a guy who can rule the seas has reappeared, following Athos more than a hundred years ago, and he has grown only because of the Countess's connivance!

Once again, the Kelsman family will face the Nightmare of the Pirate King, and the culprit of it all is Margaret!

Tsk, what perfect political reasoning, what a sophisticated and irrefutable political rhetoric!

The countess's political enemies celebrated one by one, and they seemed to have seen the fall of Margaret, because this time the shaking was too fierce, and the earth-shattering waves from the sea slapped the entire Pound continent in all directions, and the sky was full of torrents!

And the Countess herself also knows that this time she is in a catastrophe, all her power comes from the family, from the family's senate, if the patriarch of the family thinks that she is derelict in her duties, then no matter how capable and wise she is, she will definitely step down.

Indulging the growth of a powerful enemy is something that no large family can tolerate.

Although she was in an extremely dangerous state, Margaret still showed grace and arrogance that went deep into the bone marrow, she turned around, leaned on the windowsill, her delicate figure was wrapped in a fur coat, but she could still see the grace in it, her eyes were full of playfulness and enchantment, this woman did not want to seduce anyone, but the thousands of customs in it were like spring water that could not be hidden, slowly flowing out.

Margaret carefully glanced Carl up and down, her eyes flickered for a moment, as if she was weighing something, and then slowly shook her head again: "Carl, do you think that with the power in my hands, I can't suppress my political enemies?"

Karl was silent.

The Countess sighed softly, "The power I have in my hands is too great, but the stronger this power is, the greater its binding force will be on me! ”

"Yes, I can kill my political enemies, but this will definitely cause an incomparably fierce political war, which will affect every corner of this empire, and when the time comes, thousands of nobles will definitely be involved in this battle, and there may even be hundreds of thousands of soldiers who will throw their heads and spill their blood because of this! This great battle will definitely not be smaller than the naval battle of Cameroca, and the shocks and fluctuations it will produce will definitely not be weaker than this naval battle. ”

The Countess took a sip of wine, and her snow-white neck rose and fell softly: "For this battle, I am absolutely convinced that I will be the final victor." ”

As she spoke, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "But what if I win in the end? The entire foundation of our Kelsman family will be shaken by this battle, it will only consume our family's strength and give our enemies a chance to take advantage of it!"

"You know, those people who believe in the Most High God are the most fanatical militants in the world, and as long as we show any weakness or opportunity, they will not hesitate to pounce on us with the Holy Light Cross in one hand and the sharp cross sword in the other!"

"I can have the last laugh in the family infighting, but after this family infighting, can I block the attack of the Illuminati Sect? I retreat at this time, and I can still save the lives of the glory and wealth and the people around me, but if the family behind me collapses, then it is an extreme luxury for me to save my own life!" The smile on the corner of Margaret's mouth became more and more sarcastic and mocking, "These guys are sure that I will not put the family to death, so they can rest assured and boldly attack!"

Karl listened quietly to Margaret's taunt, and suddenly he said, "My lady, are you ready to tie your hands down, and they won't give you a good life in the future......

As he spoke, Karl raised his head, and the man, who had never dared to look directly at Margaret's stunning light, suddenly forced his eyes to look at the countess: "...... Are you willing to quit this magnificent stage like this?"

The countess faced Karl's sudden questioning, her face remained unchanged, she quietly took another sip of wine, and then smiled slightly, and said, "Karl, what do you like about me, and have been by my side for so many years?"

The glamorous burgundy on the countess's cheeks dissolved everywhere, rippling into a charming red, her eyes flowed, the beauty in it was really indescribable, Carl was stunned, and then soon continued to look at the countess with sharp eyes, and said: "What I admire is not only the beauty of the lady, but also the wise mind and an ambitious heart of the lady under this amazing beauty!"

"An ambitious heart?" Margaret looked into Carl's eyes with amusement, "A lot of people have this thing, why did you choose me?"

Carl was finally overwhelmed by Margaret's gaze, he lowered his head, and said, "Because I want to know, how far can a woman like you go?"

"Well, I see!," the countess smiled, "we've never had a conversation like this before." Hopefully we'll have another conversation like this in the future, Carl, what do you say?"

Karl took a step back and bowed respectfully, "Of course there is, my lady." ”

The Countess withdrew her gaze from Karl and smiled, "Yes, there will be, so I need you to go with me." ”

Karl bent down again: "Of course, my lady, I will accompany you all the way." ”

The Countess turned around with a smile on her lips, and once again looked out of the snowy window, and after looking at the snow scene for a while, she suddenly said softly: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend......

The Countess reached to the windowsill with one hand, and her fingers slowly drew a sketch of the Eastern and Western Continents and the Sea of Nilcia and the Sea of Western Sidria on the foggy window glass, and then her crystal fingers dotted on the Cameroga Sea of the West Sidridian Sea, and then on the Alcatraz Island in the Sea of Nilsia;

Margaret said as if to herself: "It is conceivable that my political enemies will definitely deal a stormy blow to this guy in the shortest possible time, and the worse he is beaten, the worse my fate will be...... In order to protect myself, should I temporarily form an alliance with the enemies of my enemies?"

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The 5,000-word chapter is updated, and the second will continue to break out tomorrow~!