"I'm just a little mage, and I don't dare to comment on Your Royal Highness in front of Your Majesty.

However, I think that Her Royal Highness is a person who cares about the empire and the people of the empire, so she will support me to create so many things that can change some aspects of the empire, and this kind of courage and means should be inherited from Your Majesty."

In the midst of his thoughts racing, Xia Lin replied cautiously. Touting both replies like this shouldn't cause any dissatisfaction.

"Haha! Is that what you think of Dorothea? Dorothea is like me, and you are not wrong, but I wish she could be a little like her two younger sisters, and not get too involved in these national affairs.

Well...... Master Charlin, if I appointed you as Dorothy's personal attendant, promoted you to the rank of baron, and followed her to the North, would you accept it?"

Hearing Xia Lin's reply, Emperor Pulit smiled heartily, then restrained his smile, pondered for a while, and asked Xia Lin.

Xia Lin's heart was suddenly in chaos, what did Empress Dorosia talk about with her father about herself, so that Emperor Pulit asked such a family and country event about herself, an ordinary second-ring little mage?

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"Your Majesty Plit, if you mean to let Her Royal Highness withdraw from this battle for the crown prince, I think you are a little biased."

However, in the face of the terrible information revealed in Emperor Plit's words, as a person who was already on the side of the imperial daughter, Xia Lin still couldn't ignore it, and after a moment of silence, Xia Lin said solemnly to Emperor Plit.

"Bibias? Hehe...... I'm just for the stability of the empire, although Dorothea is the empress's daughter born to me, and she is also an excellent descendant of mine, but the eldest son, Fairmode, is the orthodox in the hearts of most nobles, Master Charin, and I don't want them to have fratricidal affairs."

Seeing that Xia Lin understood the meaning of his words so quickly, Emperor Plitt smiled bitterly twice at Xia Lin's definitely not euphemistic exhortation, and sighed.

He didn't pay too much attention to Xia Lin's arrogant words, obviously the matter of the crown prince has become the biggest heart problem of the soon-to-be Emperor Plit.

An emperor who holds supreme power would have such concerns in his heart, Xia Lin really didn't know what to say, no wonder it dragged on for so long, and Emperor Pulit did not officially determine the position of crown prince.

Even if a less outstanding crown prince is selected first, it is better than leaving the crown prince vacant and causing the princes and princesses to go to great lengths to develop their own power and eventually cause civil strife.

"Your Majesty, I have heard of a unique breed of dog called the hyena, which will allow its children to fight each other to select the strongest one.

The royal family doesn't need to do this like the hyenas, but you should give your children a fair chance to show what they're capable of and prove that one of them is worthy of the throne of the Sassen Empire."

If it was someone from the Great Emperor's Sect, Xia Lin would definitely not hesitate to persuade Emperor Pulit to establish a prince as soon as possible, but as a person from the Second Emperor's Female Sect, all he could do now was to persuade the Emperor to continue to maintain this state and leave a glimmer of opportunity for the Enlightened Faction.

"No, Master Xia Lin, our empire doesn't need the strongest one, only the one that everyone recognizes the most."

However, for Xia Lin's statement, Emperor Plit, who still maintained a sober mind, shook his head and directly denied it.

"Your Majesty, how do you know that Her Royal Highness will not be the most recognized candidate for everyone?

As far as I know, the four borders of the empire have been at peace for a long time, but the northern borders have been engaged in skirmishes with the six northern kingdoms for hundreds of years.

The reason is that in the case of internal and external stability, there will always be a large number of newborn knights who have nowhere to find their estates, and eventually become adventurers or wandering knights.

If the grievances of this unstable group were not vented on the enemy's soil, it would cause unrest within the empire, which is why Lunt the Great used the mercenary system to constantly wage war with the six countries in the north.

But war is forever

It is a very risky and unbalanced matter, how long can the empire move forward on such a path of war and war?

The huge Sassen Empire can't even dig out the golden lunt to repair the road to the imperial capital, Your Majesty Plit, don't you think it's a little ridiculous and sad?"

After a moment of silence, Xia Lin once again organized his words, his eyes fixed on Emperor Plitt's golden twin children, explaining his opinion on the current state of the empire.

Although these words could easily cause Emperor Plitt to be dissatisfied, from the conversation with the right people, Xia Lin felt that Emperor Plitt was still a broad-minded emperor.

With the value he has shown, coupled with the attention of several court archmages behind him, he will most likely not kill himself because of his words.

Therefore, in order to try to prevent Emperor Plitt from making that terrible decision, Xia Lin still tried his best to persuade him.

"So what, no one can satisfy the knights and nobles' insatiable thirst for glory and territory, and if the Empire cannot direct this thirst outward, then the Empire will bear their desires.

If there were no knights and nobles, then the Sassen Empire would be just a joke."

Emperor Pulit frowned and sighed, and said helplessly. It doesn't look like the Golden Knight who was able to lead the Imperial army to conquer the south ten years ago, but it is similar to an ordinary old man who is already dying.

"Perhaps you are mistaken about one thing, Your Majesty, and that is that knights and nobles do not want glory and territory, but interests that match their status, and they will settle down to serve as the cornerstone of the empire if they only need to meet their interests.

Just like this cake on the table, the cake of the empire is always limited, and there are only two ways to satisfy everyone's appetite, one is to go outside to grab other people's cakes, and the other is to make a big cake yourself.

But the first way has proven to be an unsustainable path, and the cost of war with the six countries of the North, which are poorer than we are, often far outweighs the benefits we can gain.

Now you can only choose to make your own big cake, and this is not what His Royal Highness Fairmode and those stubborn conservatives are good at, you can only choose our Dorothea Princess! Only the enlightened Royal Highness can provide us with an environment to make a big cake!"

Seeing that Emperor Pulit was indeed as he thought, he was a person who could listen to his words, Xia Lin simply relented, pointed to the cake on the table, and directly persuaded Emperor Pulit.

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"Cake? This analogy is really interesting. However, Master Xia Lin, your words are too arrogant, if I hadn't brought up this topic first today, and you are an outstanding young talent in the Empire, I would definitely punish you for this.

I'm tired, Babbitt, Archmage Agnes, please take Mage Charling to the Royal Treasury to pick up the magical equipment he wants!"

After listening to Xia Lin's words, Emperor Pulit immediately frowned and carefully looked at Xia Lin's immature face, as if he was wondering how he, a boy who was about the same age as his own daughter, could make such an astonishing remark.

After a long time, in Xia Lin's apprehensive mood, Emperor Pulit finally waved his hand with a somewhat ambiguous attitude.