"For hundreds of years in the empire, the Tulip Family has been known as the 'Emperor's House of Gods,' and every heir of our family has been a commander who has won every battle on the battlefield! Today, it can be said that the flame tulip banner of the Tulip Family is the god in the eyes of the Emperor's [***] team! Where the flame tulip banner goes, it is the yearning of thousands of soldiers! What kind of scenery is this? What glory?"

"But behind such a scene, how many people are jealous of you? The emperor's royal power cannot be challenged by anyone! As the emperor of the empire, His Majesty the Supreme, can he tolerate the absorption of military power? Can he tolerate someone in the army who is more authoritative than his imperial power? An invincible commander is naturally the pillar of the empire, but a god of the army will inevitably make His Majesty uneasy. Imagine if one day it happened...... So will the army follow the tulip banner, or will it follow His Majesty the Emperor?"

"To talk about the lofty status, the Tulip family has reached an incomparable level. My father used to be the marshal of the Emperor's [***] team, the Duke, and the entire Xilin Province was the fief of the family, and there was no family in the empire that could compare with such scenery. But it is precisely this scenery that makes His Majesty uneasy. The more outstanding the Tulip family's merits, the more embarrassed His Majesty will be, with the current status of the family, no matter how meritorious the merits, what else can you ask Your Majesty to give us......? The annual income of the fiefdom of Xilin Province is already a huge wealth...... So ......"

Nicole's tone faded. Roddy was terrified when he heard it.

He is just an unknown teenager, although he also knows some of the history of the empire, but where has he ever heard of this kind of power struggle at the top?

Nicole sighed and continued:

"So, after my father died, His Majesty felt that this was an opportunity to take back the military power that had been held by the Tulip family for many years. It just so happened that my younger brother was not an adult and could not inherit the title. The Lionheart family looks so beautiful now, the Minister of War is extremely favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and even his nephew Miró has been appointed to the military power as soon as he is an adult. But you know what? Before my father died, the Lionhearts were just a character who had to look at our tulips for everything. Their glory has risen suddenly in the past few years. It was His Majesty the Emperor who deliberately cultivated it to restrain us. ”

"Therefore, in the empire, the last person who wants to see the Tulip family rise again is His Majesty the Emperor! He absolutely does not want to see a banner that is embraced by the army! In the heart of any emperor, within the territory of the empire, the only supreme can only be the imperial power!"

Hearing these words, Luo Di's mouth was dry, and his heart was confused, and he thought for a long time before he said slowly: "But...... It's not the Tulip family's fault. Is it wrong to be meritorious?"

Nicole's voice was calm: "It's not our fault, nor is it the fault of His Majesty the Emperor. The mistake is that the glory of our tulip family is too dazzling, obscuring the light of His Majesty the Emperor!"

Roddy lowered his head and thought about it, and sighed: "Yes, it's not the family's fault. Nor is it the fault of His Majesty the Emperor. But whose fault is it?"

Nicole shook her head, a weak expression on her face: "I don't know, I can't figure it out." I often can't sleep at night, thinking about it, and I can't figure it out. I knew that the family had to be revitalized, but I couldn't figure out how to revitalize it...... I really don't know what to do. ”

Nicole's tone was extremely weak, she was originally a girl, and she was burdened with the burden of the family, but how could she figure out these complex problems? Even if she could figure it out, how could she solve them?

Roddy's heart churned, and he felt all kinds of thoughts flash, but suddenly a thought flashed that scared him.

"The glory of the Tulip family is built on the foundation of the empire! If even the emperor Yanjing of the empire becomes the enemy of the family, then the Tulip family ...... can only perish. ”

Luo Di was clearly excited, and couldn't help but whisper this sentence that he had silently recited in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Nicole didn't have any waves on her face, just a slight movement in the corners of her eyes. There was a hint of strange look in her beautiful eyes, and she suddenly said slowly in a very strange tone: "Do you know? ”

"Who?"

"Two hundred years ago, before he died. ”

"What?" Roddy jumped to his feet, his face full of horror.

To be honest, he had been scared of the damn old Danton guy - as if everything that involved that old guy was something shocking!

Roddy suddenly remembered Mark Sr.'s mission: to protect the Tulip family's heirs, but he would not do anything to help the Tulip family's business.

Could it be that Dandong had foreseen the decline of the Tulip family a long time ago? So he left such a mission for his disciples? That's why he let his heirs ensure the safety of Tulip's descendants, but he was indifferent to the revitalization of the Tulip family.

No wonder that old Mark didn't care about the real Seth's departure that day, what did he say?

"I'm protecting their people, not the glory of some bullshit family. What does the glory of the Tulip Family have to do with me? I see that the young lady frowns and is unhappy every day...... Hmph, what kind of family is this, it's good to disperse early!"

Morning to disperse?

Roddy suddenly had such a strange thought in his heart: I'm afraid that old Mark is tired of being a bodyguard for hundreds of years, right? I'm afraid that he wishes that this family would be finished sooner, and that he would be free after keeping the descendants of the Tulip family safe......

Seeing that Roddy's face changed slightly, Nicole frowned and said, "What are you thinking?"

Roddy's mind churned, and suddenly a sentence rushed out of his mouth: "Haven't you thought about it...... I've read a sentence these days...... Isn't the family never thinking about ......?"

"Shut up!" Nicole shouted with a frightened look on her face. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Stupid! Is this kind of nonsense?"

"Why can't you talk nonsense? Emperor...... Hundreds of years ago, when the empire did not exist, not to mention that there was no Tulip family, it was the emperor...... Does he exist?"

Nicole was stunned for a moment, and felt that Roddy's words were wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong.

Luo Di said proudly: "I am not a member of the Tulip Family! I am just a commoner! But I have never felt that His Majesty the Emperor has anything sacrosanct! What is there about him worthy of my respect? In the empire, an ordinary person cannot afford to raise a horse at home! More than eighty percent of a commoner's hard-earned income every year must be given to those nobles! Commoners cannot enter the academy, and only nobles can ride in carriages! A person who has no ability can live the richest and most luxurious life, but a person who has the ability can't even eat a bite to eat every day! A heroic fifth-class warrior has to be a bodyguard for a nobleman with a fat brain! If the rules of this world are set by His Majesty the Emperor, then why should I respect him? I am just a commoner, and since His Majesty the Emperor does not love us, then why should we love him? !

"Ahh

"Do you think I'm not right?" Roddy suddenly put away his excited look, frowned slightly, and then let out a long breath: "You know what? I couldn't have thought of these ideas...... These are all thoughts that I saw from your brother's notes...... For so many days, I have watched and thought about it every day, and now I feel that many of your brother's ideas are right. ”

"You...... How can you say that? You ......" Nicole pointed at Roddy, her fingers shaking, as if she didn't know how to continue.

This time, there was no panicked look on Roddy's face, his face was calm, and then he bent down and gave a deep salute, and said lightly: "Nicole, I'm just a small person, a civilian." I'm just thinking about these things. Hmph, what can a little person do?!"

His tone seemed self-deprecating and sarcastic. Nicole only felt that Roddy looked like she was looking at the moment, and there was a look on her face that she hadn't seen before......;