"Felix! Welcome! ”

At Clarence Palace, the eldest prince personally greeted the communication and said with a smile: "I heard Helena say that you want me to help promote Sleeping Toast, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The source said euphemistically: "Actually, I don't want to come, it's just that the eldest brother said..."

"It's okay! We're all friends! Helping each other is the way it should be! ”

The eldest prince smiled heartily, as if he didn't take it to heart at all: "What's more, this is Felix's request, how can I refuse?" ”

"Don't worry, I've sent invitations to my friends, they'll be here in a minute, so let's sit down first."

"Okay."

At the invitation of the eldest prince, the communication sat down on the sofa, perhaps because the news was delivered too late, and the guests had not yet arrived, and the only one who arrived at Clarence Palace first was Helena.

The eldest prince asked the servant to bring hot tea, asked the communication to wait, and took the butler Nicks to direct the decoration of the hall, originally this kind of thing did not need to be done by the eldest prince himself, but he still went.

In the spacious living room, only the two people left, the communication and Helena, before the communication could speak, Helena said straight to the point: "Charles wants me to ask you about Mr. Nicholas's contract with the church.... Does this make it difficult for you? If you're embarrassed, don't say it, I can get through it. ”

"Hmm...."

The communication looked at Helena, who was very sincere, and said: "The eldest brother originally didn't let me say it, but this matter is related to His Royal Highness the eldest prince's opinion of you, so.... I can tell you, and you can also convey it to the Great Prince. ”

"Felix...."Helena bit her lip and said, "You don't have to say, this matter involves the church and the Manstein Potions Company, if Charles uses this news to do something against Mr. Nicholas.... I'll feel guilty. ”

"Helena, you have to believe me, and you should believe my big brother." The communication took Helena's palm and said, "He has nothing to lose by this news, and it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Oh well...."

Next door, behind the wall, a pair of eyes looked through the hole, observing the two people talking in the living room, the eldest prince Charles listened to the conversation between the communication and Helena, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised a smile, with a look of ambition.

"Your Highness, Miss Helena seems to be more inclined towards Mr. Felix."

Standing behind the eldest prince, Nicks, the butler, who also heard the conversation in the living room, said, "Her loyalty to you has been shaken. ”

"Isn't that better?"

"Better?"

"Of course it's a good thing." The eldest prince smiled and said: "Conspiracy is often useless against smart people, they are born politicians and conspirators, always wary of those around them, only sincerity can touch their cold hearts." ”

"Helena is like a warm red wine, fermented in oak barrels, full of seductive aromas, her sincerity, will definitely impress Felix, as long as Felix really falls in love with her, then he will completely fall into our trap."

The butler hesitated, "But what if Helena completely falls to Mr. Felix's side?" She knows a lot of things about us, if the second prince learns about it..."

"Don't worry." The eldest prince waved his hand and said, "Helena knows the inside story, but I want her to know, and the information she knows can't touch the inner core of our camp, even if that stupid guy in Shukri knows, there is no way." ”

"It turns out that Your Highness, you have long been wary of Miss Helena." The butler said in an admiring tone.

"Beware?"

The eldest prince grinned and said coldly: "There are very few people who can be trusted by me, why Helena? Women are unreliable, I've never trusted women, and only Shukri's idiot would put his hopes in Freya, but beauty tricks do work..... Felix has been fascinated by Helena! ”

Click.

The door opened, and a maid hurriedly walked in, and the eldest prince frowned, and scolded, "Who let you in?" ”

The maid shuddered, lowered her head, held her hands stiffly, and said hesitantly, "Temple... His Highness, Archbishop Brandon .... Here it comes. ”

"Who?"

"Your Highness, don't you know me?"

Archbishop Brandon's figure stepped out of the dark shadow beside the maid, dressed in a red robe, with gray sideburns, looking in good spirits, and his eyes were bright, if there was not too much blood, it would have been more gentle.

"Archbishop Brandon .... Why did you come here all of a sudden? ”

The eldest prince was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Archbishop Brandon to come to visit suddenly, and more importantly, no one warned him!

"Please forgive your Highness for my uninvited visit, I made a special trip to visit, but because there was a problem with the merchandise dispatch of the Manstein Potions grocery store, the sleeping toast I ordered was sent to Clarence Palace." Archbishop Brandon was a little impatient, he had been holding back for a day, and he couldn't wait to eat the sleeping toast right away.

I thought what was going on....

The startled eldest prince Charles breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he also knew that Archbishop Brandon was addicted to sleeping toast, and he didn't pay attention to it, but today he suddenly rushed to the door to ask for toast, which really caught him off guard.

"Nix, go get a few pounds of toast and give it to Archbishop Brandon."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Butler Nicks turned to leave the room, and while waiting, Archbishop Brandon found that the eldest prince Charles had been standing by the wall, and there was something like a horn standing on the wall, and if you listened closely, you could hear the sound of Si Si Soso's conversation coming from inside.

"Strange, Helena, how did you find out about the contract between the Church and Manstein Potions?"

"It was Charles who told me, and he's always been well-informed."

"Oh, I see...."

Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the eldest prince, he didn't expect that the communication would suddenly mention this matter, but by coincidence, Archbishop Brandon was beside him, judging from his subtle facial expressions, he must have heard something.

"Ahem, Archbishop Brandon, this is..."

Archbishop Brandon walked around the door as if he hadn't heard, turning his head to look at the corridor from time to time, until the figure of the butler Nicks appeared, he breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward quickly, took the toast, and said to the eldest prince Charles: "Your Highness, if there is nothing to do, I will go first." ”

"Ahh Good. ”

Archbishop Brandon came and went quickly, and left Clarence Palace as soon as he got the toast, and he didn't stay for a moment, he left, and the eldest prince breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that he didn't hear about the contract, which is a blessing in misfortune...."

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, the eldest prince Charles hurriedly left the eavesdropping room and set up the venue.

Archbishop Brandon, who had left Clarence Palace, got into the carriage and, while picking up the toast and biting it, said to the friars who were driving: "Go to St. Paul's Cathedral." ”

A few minutes later, the carriage staggered to a halt in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Archbishop Brandon walked briskly into the church with a sleeping toast in his arms, and after holding a monk to ask questions, he found Pope Ubrey I, who had just returned, on the second floor.

"What did you say?"

Ubrey I, who was dealing with church affairs, raised his head and looked at Archbishop Brandon vigilantly: "The eldest prince knows about the contract?" ”

"Yes, I happened to hear him eavesdropping on Felix's conversation with a woman when I went to Clarence Palace, and the Grand Prince already knew that we were going to sign a contract with Manstein Potions."

Putting down the pen, Ubli I narrowed his eyes and said, "The news of the eldest prince is really well-informed.... What happened in the morning, he knew in the afternoon..... I remember that there were only a few of us in the oracle room at that time, right? ”

"Except for the Nicholas family, there is only the second prince left." Archbishop Brandon replied.

"The second prince and the eldest prince have never dealt with each other, and it is impossible for him to leak the news to the eldest prince." "As for Nicholas, if they leaked the news, why did the eldest prince ask Felix about it?" ”

"I suspect .... The reason why the eldest prince received the news was either that the eyeliner he placed next to the second prince played a role, or.... It's that there is his inner demon in the church! ”

Hearing this, Archbishop Brandon obviously hesitated, he didn't know what to say, if he blamed the eldest prince, he would not be suspected of falling into the ground, so it was better to keep his mouth shut.

"Why don't you speak?" Ubri I knocked on the table: "Although I supported the eldest prince before, now I am the pope, everything I do must be for the sake of the church, and I can no longer favor the eldest prince as before." If the eldest prince really dares to plant eyeliner in the church, he is committing a big taboo! Must be severely punished! ”

"We have no proof.," said Archbishop Brandon, "the friars, nuns, priests, and bishops of the Church all offer the highest loyalty to the Goddess, and if they are near the Grand Prince, it must be because the Grand Prince has given them benefits that are difficult to refuse.... It is better to start the investigation from this aspect. ”

Leaking some information is not a betrayal of the Church, the believers are not violating their loyalty, but only selling news for profit, even so, in the eyes of Ubli I, it is still an unforgivable act.

"I have officially entrusted Dilloc Holmes to investigate the church in all aspects, and this matter is also handed over to him, let him investigate it carefully!"

"Isn't it too risky for Dilloc Holmes to be a member of the Church and not a churchgoer?"

"He is also a figure with a head and a face in London, what kind of style he does, many people know it in their hearts, besides, doesn't he have an older brother? His brother was a member of the church, and if he dared to do something detrimental to the church, he would be punished with him. ”

"Yes."

.....................................................

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the second prince came back in a haunted state, his face was pale, like a withered weed, and his swaying body seemed to fall down at any time.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing his appearance, Ma Wei hurriedly asked, "Has Your Majesty punished you?" ”

"No...."The second prince said weakly, "It is precisely because he does not punish me that I feel fear.... My father seems to be disappointed in me...."

"Your Highness, you must have misunderstood, how could Your Majesty be disappointed in you because of a trivial matter?"

"No... I know him. The second prince grabbed his hair a little irritably: "Among the four children, I have always been the most unpopular one, even Arthur has been favored by him, but I am the only one in the middle.... Not people inside and out. ”

"Nicholas, you say...."

"Do I still have a chance?"

Ma Wei comforted him: "Your Highness, you think too much, Your Majesty's approval is important, but more importantly, you can't lose confidence." ”

"Confidence...."The second prince raised his head and stared at Ma Wei intently: "Nicholas, are you persuading me to rebel?" ”

"I didn't say that, Your Highness, don't slander me."

"No, you have something to say."

The second prince stood up suddenly, turned around twice in place, and sat back on the sofa, anxious, his eyes glancing at Ma Wei from time to time, flickering.

After struggling for a long time, he finally spoke: "Do you think we are so sure?" ”

"How sure are you?"

"Don't pretend to be a fool, Nicholas, isn't that what you came up with?"

Seeing that the second prince kept buttoning his hat on his head, Ma Wei suddenly understood that he was forcing himself to make a decision.

There was indeed a subtle provocation in what he said just now, but I didn't expect it....

The second prince reacted so violently.

He was really in a hurry.

Ma Wei fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he said faintly: "Your Highness, there are no outsiders here, since you asked me about this matter, then I will express some of my own opinions." ”

"You just have to say, no matter what you say, this matter will not reach the third...."The second prince noticed Yunia who was staring at him next to him, and changed his words: "The fourth person is in the ear." ”

"Judging from the current situation, Your Highness, you should be patient and never be in a hurry." Ma Wei's expression was solemn, and his tone was extremely serious: "Your Highness, you don't have the capital to confront Your Majesty at all, Your Majesty is the king appointed by the Church, and now is the age of magic, and the Church's right to speak is obviously heavier than the king's power, and only with the support of the Church can it be logical.... Ascend to the throne. ”

"I know, but my father's health is getting worse day by day, and he is getting old!" The second prince said quickly: "I heard from the internal affairs officer, my father's energy has been declining recently, and he has been relying on sleepy toast to refresh himself, even with the support of the immortal realm of the goddess of health, Wild, he can't reverse the aging of his body!" ”

The realm of immortality can heal all injuries and diseases, but it cannot reverse the aging of the body, which is not a disease or an injury, but an irreversible darkness when the flame of one's life is about to be extinguished.

Rhodes IV is 65 years old this year, just from the age of the year, he is not too old, but he has been a king for 46 years, he ascended the throne at the age of 19, he is busy with government affairs every day, often overdraws his body, he can't see anything when he is young, once he gets old, all aspects of his physical skills will deteriorate rapidly, and the realm of immortality cannot reverse all this.

"I'm running out of time."

The second prince said word by word: "If my father's life is only one year left, it means that I must get the support of the church in this year, which is too difficult.... The Church will not overthrow primogeniture because of me.... If I don't make changes quickly, the winner will be Charles! ”