"Good morning, Your Majesty the Emperor."

Dalí bowed and saluted.

The emperor put down the newspaper in his hand and asked with a smile:

"Dalí, let me ask you, how many newly planted peach trees did you see in the royal garden after you entered the inner court of the royal palace?"

Dali was stunned, he was confused by the question: "Why are you asking this?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense! Ask you and you'll answer! ”

"Hmm...... A total of twelve peach trees, Your Majesty. ”

The Emperor nodded and continued to ask, "What about the laurel tree?" ”

"Ten."

"How many colors of tulips are in a flower garden?"

"White, red, pink, yellow, purple, black, there are six in total."

"Very good, next question, what brand and style of pocket watch did the royal squire who sent you in just now?"

Dalí closed his eyes, thought for two seconds, and said, "Parrot brand, the case is engraved with the name of the Harlinder brothers, the 1694 pure gold limited edition, it is worth a lot, it should be a gift from you to your servant." ”

"Good!" The emperor looked very happy: "Asking you these is to test your memory, it seems that your blue blood ability has not degraded, you are still the chief intelligent general of our empire, my old classmate." ”

Dali breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I see, you just frightened me, please rest assured, many years of alcoholism have not damaged my brainpower, if there is any damage, your slap has also cured me." ”

"Dali, maybe I should take a few more mouthfuls of you, and use ten percent of my strength to get all that alcohol out of your head, and then you might be smarter."

"Haha, forget it then, Your Majesty, if you exert enough strength, my whole head will have to be pulled off."

The Emperor quickly put away his smile and became serious: "Well, this is the end of the joke time.

Dalí, you should know why I called you over, not much nonsense, from now on, you are no longer a professor at the Academy, I will transfer you back to the Imperial Army, Marshal Dalí, give a military salute to the Emperor of your allegiance, if you remember how to do it. ”

"Of course you can't forget." With that, Dalí straightened his collar, straightened his body, his head held high, his hands on his thighs, his heels slammed hard, and gave the emperor a standard military salute.

"Oh, that's good! Crisp and clean.

Originally, I was worried that you were still not in the state after ten years of retirement, but now it seems that this worry is unnecessary. What do you think? Old schoolmate, are you ready to go back to the barracks? ”

"I'm ready, Your Majesty, I'm ready to serve the motherland at any time, go to the soup and go to the fire, and I won't give up!"

"Excellent! The answer is sonorous and powerful! The emperor nodded, she picked up a colored glass teacup in her right hand, and asked, "Would you like a cup of black tea?" This is a good thing, the leaders of the Marcel tribes in the Eastern Highlands have paid tribute to the Golden Lake Palace. ”

"Give me a drink, please! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

"Why are you still stunned? Sit down! Let's drink tea and talk slowly, old classmate, you and I don't have to be so restrained. ”

Dalí sat down in a high-backed chair at his desk, looked at the cluttered tabletop, and said, "You look busy, hard work, Your Majesty." ”

While brewing black tea, the emperor said: "I read a large stack of documents yesterday, and I stayed awake all night, and I wanted to take a nap several times, all supported by coffee and black tea." ”

Dali noticed her dark circles under her eyes, as well as her greasy and tangled long messy hair: "Your Majesty, you should pay attention to your body, it is important to get enough sleep, you can leave the affairs to the ministers to share a part, your health is related to the safety of the country." ”

The emperor held the teacup and put it in front of Dali: "These documents are very important, I can't rest assured, I have to look at them myself to be at ease, you should know what has happened recently." ”

Dalí nodded: "I listen, King Louis I of Solan is provoking our country again, this is the third time in a year, you as a monarch must be very worried about this matter." ”

"Yes, I've been worrying about this matter lately, when I tried my best to support Mr. Simon's main and faction, and chose the policy of forbearance and avoidance, but what did I get in exchange? Now that the Solan Kingdom is getting more and more inches, and the public opinion in the country is criticizing me, am I really doing something wrong? What do you think, Dalí? ”

"I think you're right, the kingdom of Solan is far superior to us in terms of overall strength, and our army has been slacking off for a long time, and if we go to war, we will most likely suffer a crushing defeat in the first week.

The leader of a country must not be blindly ruthless, he must be rational, he must have foresight, he must be responsible, I think you have done this completely, your decision has saved our country, as for those criticisms, no matter what you do, there will be opposing voices, this is normal, don't care. ”

"Dali, you really deserve to be a good student of our teacher Simon, and your words are the same." The emperor took a sip of the teacup: "I understand the reason, but now the other party is riding on our heads."

Our Valstad nation is a notoriously fighting nation, and we value honor more than life, and the people's reaction to the humiliation of the country must be strong.

Although I, as Emperor Valstad, have supreme power, it is impossible not to completely ignore his thoughts. I've been under a lot of pressure these days.

In the House of Lords, the patience of the main war faction has reached its limit, and on the side of the House of Commons it is even worse, with hundreds of MPs using blood as pen and ink to sign a petition to start a war.

The people's calls for war are also rising wave after wave, the common people have not attended military academies, do not understand theoretical knowledge, they do not care about the comparison of national strength and military war games, they only care about the national honor. ”

Dalí listened carefully to the emperor's complaints, nodded and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, making a compromise with the enemy will definitely be strongly opposed by many parties, but despite this, you have withstood the pressure and maintained this fragile peace situation to this day, I understand how difficult it is!" ”

"Hey......" The emperor put down his teacup and sighed: "In order to avoid war, I let those damned foreign poachers go,

You know, they are the murderers of our country's forest rangers, and the families of those who were killed protested and demonstrated on the streets of the imperial capital, putting up banners, and calling me an incompetent and faint king.

The police chief suggested that I order their arrest, but I was really sorry for them, and I chose to swallow my anger and let them scold, and when they had enough trouble, I would give them a little pension. ”

"It's really unfair to the murdered rangers to let go of the murderers, but you have no other choice, Your Majesty, if you don't let go of the words, you will give the Kingdom of Solan a reason to declare war, and our army is not ready for a large-scale war."