Caiyun City, is the capital of the Caiyun Empire, and is also the largest city in the Caiyun Empire and even the entire South Violet Continent, located at the mouth of the Yinsha River, also known as the City of Caiyun, Liberty City, formerly known as Loenka City, its predecessor was the tuna port built by the Grecian people, and it was named after the abundance of tuna in the Changhong Bay and the Confused Sea in the west.

The port of Roenka was one of the first ports acquired by the Atlantans upon their arrival on the continent, at the same time as the city of Sisgang, and one of the fastest-growing and richest regions of the New World. More than 100 years ago, after the Rhonka Harbor incident, the Old World collapsed, and the Port of Ronka was occupied by Alice's Flanders family, which was renamed Freeport to commemorate the independence of the New World.

Roenka City is also famous for its unusually beautiful colorful clouds in Changhong Bay, so people habitually call it the city of colorful clouds. From then on, Caiyun City served as the capital of the Flanders and eventually expanded to establish the vast Caiyun Empire, hence the name of the empire.

But now, Caiyun City is still on the distant coast of confusion, hundreds of kilometers away from Lu Yuncheng. To make matters worse, due to Emperor Carino's illness and coma, Alice's stepmother is now the de facto controller of the city.

"I know, it's crazy. I also know that all the people who care about me, love me, and really do good for me will oppose my crazy idea. Alice said gloomily, "But...... But I still can't help but want to go back......"

"Why?" Linya was really anxious. Sister Alice has always been a calm, steady, introverted and calm person, how could such a terrible thought suddenly pop up today?

"I've been thinking about it for a long time. Because...... Either way, he's my father after all. If I had the water of life, I would have been able to save him from the abyss of endless nightmares......" Alice said, unable to stop crying.

Linya was completely stunned at this moment.

Under Linya's gentle persuasion, Alice choked up and told a lot of the inside story of the Caiyun Empire.

First of all, I would like to explain the question of nationality. In the Treaty of Sisgang more than a hundred years ago. A dividing line was drawn from Sisgang to the northeast, dividing the continent of Glesia into two halves, with the Fian Empire enjoying the southeastern half and the Violet Empire receiving the northwestern half. Depending on the home country of immigrants from the Old World, immigrants from the New World can be roughly divided into two types: the Fit and the Roland. Of course, this dividing line is nihilistic and does not exist, so it is very common for immigrants of the two races to marry and mix at the junction.

If it is divided according to the comprehensive conditions of geography, ethnicity, region and other conditions, the Caiyun Empire can be roughly divided into three regions, namely the northern region and the central region. and the Southeast Region. The southeastern region of the Caiyun Empire is located to the southeast of the dividing line of the Sisgang, and its ethnic group is dominated by the Fete people. In the north, most of them are Roland. The central region is also dominated by Rolands, but there are also a large number of mestizo descendants.

In comparison, the Red Leaf Empire has the vast majority of the Roland people, and the Bright Moon Empire has the vast majority of the Fittes. The Caiyun Empire can be called a multi-ethnic country.

Although it has been decades since the establishment of the Caiyun Empire, the estrangement and antagonism between ethnic groups are not so easy to eliminate. Disputes and contradictions based on ethnic issues occur from time to time. The same. In order to compete for power, a tripartite small group of forces gradually emerged within the empire, and the support points of each party on the issue of the emperor's prince were completely different.

Princess Alice's biological mother, Lyanna Mikel Horn, the first empress of Emperor Camino Comino, is the Mikel family from the Hexi Province of the Northern Region, and is the sister of the current Lord of Hexi Province, Duke Darren. Rumors that Princess Alice's mother was poisoned to death by Camino's mistress, the current queen, never stop. Therefore, Duke Darren of course unconditionally and fully supports his niece Princess Alice, not only by blood, but also by regional, ethnic, family feuds and many factors of generational disputes between power groups.

And Alice's stepmother, the mistress who gave birth to an illegitimate son for Emperor Camino No. That is, the current queen Rosie Harris Eyler is from the Harris family in the southeast, and she is therefore fully supported by the forces of the southeastern regional group.

On the issue of the prince, the lords of the central region mostly did not have a clear tendency to support it. After all, it doesn't matter much to them, so they are more inclined to be neutral in order to fight for the greater good for themselves at the right time.

That's not entirely accurate. Since Caiyun City is located in the central region of the empire, for security reasons, the successive emperors of the Caiyun Empire have tended to keep their most loyal lords in the central region, so the lords of these central regions are relatively more loyal to the royal family and are more inclined to obey the emperor's orders.

Alice's father, Emperor Camino Flender Norton, had been interested in giving his illegitimate son a succession to the throne since his bastard appeared, something that most people could see, though he had never said such a thing himself. Therefore, the Central Lord also deliberately supported the bastard. But later, Emperor Camino gave the richest northern royal territory of the empire, Lu Yunxing, to his eldest princess, which made many people scratch their heads.

In doing so, the North and the South were opposed, and supported different princes and princesses, and he was not drawing the Empire into the flames of civil war? This is something that even a fool can see, and only a stupid and feeble king can do.

But as we all know, Emperor Camino is not a faint king, on the contrary, Camino has always been a diligent, wise and talented person, under his rule, the people of the Caiyun Empire are stable, the life is rich, the treasury is abundant, the army is strong, the empire is richer, and he can be called a Ming monarch, how can he do such an unreasonable thing to bring disaster to the country?

But he did just that. Before he fell into a coma, he ordered Lu Yuncheng to be given to his eldest daughter, Princess Alice, who was in exile.

It may seem strange, but when you think about it, it may be understandable. He is good in national politics, but it does not mean that he can remain rational in family affairs. He doted on his young son, and deliberately let this illegitimate son who did not have the status of a prince inherit the throne, which was the first and biggest mistake, causing a huge dispute between the crown princes, and he himself was the biggest culprit.

For this reason, he successively replaced the upright prime minister and cabinet ministers, transferred the central officials who were inclined to be loyal to Princess Alice, and replaced them with people from the southeast faction. Because an upright minister will adhere to the laws and regulations of the country, and according to the law of national succession, Princess Alice is the first heir, and illegitimate children have no right to inherit the throne. Because of what he had done, the central power of the Caiyun Empire had essentially been gradually taken over by the people of the southeastern faction.

If he insists on being wrong, that's fine. But after all, the tiger poison does not eat children, people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless? The death of the second princess Kalinya will inevitably have an impact on his heart, after all, it is his own flesh and blood. Now it seems that the death of the second princess may not have been done by him, but is very likely to be done by the stepmother in private. After all, if Camino wanted to kill his two daughters, it would be a no-brainer.

But he eventually had the Caesar Magister take Princess Alice away. This was his second mistake. This is tantamount to saving the life of the eldest princess in disguise, because if Alice continues to stay in the palace of Caiyun City, I am afraid that she will definitely die.

Maybe it's regret, maybe it's guilt, maybe it's family affection, maybe it's ...... In short, when Princess Alice was eighteen years old, he gave the eldest princess the richest province of Luyun in the north of the empire. This was his third mistake.

There, Alice is protected by a fiefdom of a group of lords loyal to her, and she has the power of her own, the power to defend her rightful rights. Now, the civil war for the throne, with both sides evenly matched, is very likely to lead the empire into the flames of civil war, until it finally collapses or even perishes.

It turned out that the Camino Emperor was completely wrong in his handling of family matters. His actions killed one of his daughters, brought the empire to the brink of collapse, and brought civil war to the brink of collapse. But this is also a proof of the fact that human nature is two-sided. He may indeed want his son to be emperor, but that doesn't mean he wants to kill his daughter. gave his daughter a fief, of course, in the hope that her daughter could live a better life......

This family affection is something that a father can never erase.

That's why he did all these kinds of wrong things.

Linya probably understands why Alice wants to go back to Caiyun City now.

"Sister Alice, your idea is to use the water of life to revive your father, even if he killed your sister and mother by his unintentional actions or connivance?" asked Linya, sighing.

Alice didn't dare to look down into Linya's eyes, but with tears in her eyes, she closed her eyes and nodded. "Either way, he's my father after all...... He at least remembered my daughter. Besides......"

Moreover. Several pieces of news came back from Caiyun City, all of which confirmed one thing. Emperor Camino fell ill a few days later after issuing an edict to entitle Lu Yun Province to the eldest princess Alice. Then he was unconscious. And several people who are still secretly supporting Alice or resenting the power of the South have sent back news that the Emperor Camino is not sick, but has been lost to some unknown black magic, so he is unconscious.

Clever people can certainly think of why. Emperor Camino's behavior not only puzzled the lords of the central region, but also surprised the southern faction. They were afraid that the emperor would completely change his mind about supporting the prince, so they did so that they could continue to control the central power, crowd out the other two forces, and continue to prepare for the illegitimate son's ascendancy. In doing so, it is understandable. (To be continued......)