Regarding Gabri's dance, many people said that he was stupid because they felt that he dared to openly lose the emperor's face...... I could only laugh. Many readers who criticize are mostly holding the standard of the majesty of the feudal imperial power in the East to measure the Roland Continent. But after all, this is a Western fantasy novel, and the feudal imperial power in the text is generally close to the Western European system. In the feudal imperial power of the West, the majesty of the royal family was not as strict as that in the East, and some readers even said that it was a crime of bullying the muse to dance after refusing the emperor's invitation to dance...... This is a typical measure of the Western style by the standard of ancient Chinese imperial power. Whether you dance or not, socializing with the Western-style aristocracy is just a social issue, and it has not risen to the political level.

If it really was by Eastern standards, the ancient Chinese emperors and the ladies of the courtiers hugged and danced together?

So, please don't measure Western fantasy with Eastern thinking.

Sure enough, it was Mrs. Liszt who came.

The marquise came to visit in the middle of the night, but she did not seem to disturb the consciousness of people's dreams in the slightest, and looked at the gods, but she was very calm, as if she were a distinguished guest invited to an appointment.

When she was ushered into Du Wei's study by little Sandy, Mrs. Liszt, who had come to visit suddenly late at night, had apparently changed her evening group at home for the glamorous four shè of the banquet tonight. She came late at night, wrapped in a thick black fur robe. There is no makeup on his face, and his face is plain.

When she walked into Du Wei's study, Mrs. Liszt even smiled at Jojo and Vivian, and seemed to ignore the undisguised dissatisfaction that Jojo cast.

Jojo's original intention was not to like this Mrs. Liszt very much--without him, it was purely the rejection of a beautiful woman. But any beautiful woman, to other women around her who look like herself, is born with a kind of subconscious hostility.

Not to mention. Since Qiao Qiao became Du Wei's woman, she learned more. This sister of the Liszt family seems to have coveted Du Wei at one time...... It's worth it?!!

My Jojo's man. Half of it is enough to share it with Vivien! As for others, they still want to get a piece of the pie! Not to mention that there is no door, there are no windows!!

"Mrs. Vivien, Mrs. Jojo, interrupted in the middle of the night. Mrs. Liszt smiled gracefully and calmly, and although she said "disturb", she did not look very apologetic.

Then her hooking eyes stared at Du Wei tightly: "Lord Duke, I think you should understand my intentions a little bit." ”

Du Wei smiled. Nodding: "I understand a little, but I didn't expect that you were more anxious than me." It just so happens that even if you don't come to-morrow, I'll send someone to invite you to-morrow morning to look at Madame Liszt's watery eyes at Dewey. Qiao Qiao was a little dissatisfied in his heart for no reason.

Hmph, she and Vivien are still standing next to you, and this woman is straightforward!

The reason that made Jojo feel a sense of crisis even more subconsciously was that this Mrs. Liszt's flattering eyes were indeed seductive, and she asked herself how much her eyes were seductive. I'm afraid it's far inferior - let alone Vivien, a pure little flower who can't even seduce men.

Du Wei coughed. Jojo didn't move.

Mrs. Liszt found a chair and sat down, but Jojo did not move.

I'm not leaving. What can you do! Jojo is angry and dissatisfied in his heart! It's the middle of the night......

"Sister...... Vivian pulled the corner of Jojo's clothes, Jojo looked at it, but saw this uncompetitive sister, looking at herself with a blank eye, as if she had some pleading.

Alas...... Qiaoqiao was really speechless with a sigh in her heart.

You only think about everything for Du Wei, but you don't think about yourself? If you blindly give in to your weakness, this Mrs. Liszt will come directly into our house, and it will be too late to regret it at that time.

Although I thought so in my heart, I was helpless, and was finally pulled out by Vivian.

Vivian was more delicate, and before going out, she carefully helped Du Wei close the door of the study.

After the two girls went out, the smile on Mrs. Liszt's face showed a little ridiculous ambiguity, and said lightly: "I would like to think that the Duke must be resting, it turns out that you are so interested, accompanied by a beautiful woman, but you are in the wind and snow." It's a shame that when I came in just now, I was worried about disturbing your sleep. ”

Du Wei's smile was a little embarrassed, he coughed, cleared his throat, and then said solemnly: "Madame Liszt, you must not have come here in the middle of the night to tease me. It's almost dawn, so let's get down to business. ”

"Okay, get down to business. The smile on Mrs. Liszt's face suddenly narrowed, and without the slightest warning came out of her mouth:

"Is it okay for the muse to marry Brother Ling?"

There was no foreshadowing in front of these words, so it was naturally very abrupt, but when Du Wei heard it, there was no trace of surprise on his face, let alone the slightest hesitation, he nodded directly on the spot, and replied happily: "Okay!"

"With the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I will also personally say that he is an important minister of the empire, and he has a lot of power, so he should understand the deep meaning and will not have any objections. When Mrs. Liszt said this, Du Wei showed a little gratitude: "Well, since Madame is willing to say it, then it is naturally better." ”

The two glanced at each other, but Madame Liszt's expression gradually became serious: "Lord Duke, don't you have anything else to say to me?"

Du Wei frowned, he looked at Madame Liszt, this smart and beautiful marquise, as if there was something hidden in his eyes?

"Something happened tonight. Mrs. Liszt's tone was firm: "Although I don't know what happened. But when you are gone, I can see something in your gods...... Du Wei, you and I have been tightly tied together, and now we have a marriage relationship. Gabrie is your younger brother, and you are naturally very good to him. And the muse is also my sister, and I don't need to say how much I love her! Since you and I are already tied together, you can't hide everything from me, right?"

Du Wei was about to prevaricate. But at this moment looking into Mrs. Liszt's eyes, suddenly. I don't know what kind of thought is at work, Du Wei suddenly made a strange decision!

"I ...... Assassinated at the Royal Palace tonight. ”

Du Wei's face was calm. The tone of the word "assassination" is as relaxed as if it were talking about the weather.

This time, Liszelf was really moved!

"Who's dry?"

Du Wei smiled and looked at the beautiful marquise: "If I knew, I wouldn't have told you about it." ”

I have to say that there is a reason why Du Wei told Mrs. Liszt about this secret event.

Now that Du Wei is in Dìdū, there are really no right-hand men and staff members around him who are good at maneuvering and scheming.

Under Du Wei's command, the only one who is good at this is Philip. But Philip was far to the northwest.

And what happened tonight was so serious that Du Wei had to pay attention to it! At this moment, he didn't even have a candidate to discuss the staff officer, so naturally. Tonight, I suddenly had a thought in my heart and said it to the marquise.

In Du Wei's view, this Liszt's ingenuity may not necessarily be lost to Philip! This beautiful woman can be in the aristocratic circle of the empire. As a widow. has been standing for many years, and has also run such a huge family business. It's not just that pretty face.

This kind of intrigue, Madame Liszt is naturally very good at it. When she was in the northwest, in order to win her trust, Mrs. Liszt also offered strategies to herself, and her ideas were very clever.

On the other hand...... Since it was decided to marry the Liszt family, then simply don't do anything and keep going!

Therefore, simply tell the other party about this appalling event, and after this incident, the relationship between the two families will be on a higher level.

"Could it be the regent......

Madame Liszt's brow furrowed tightly, but at this point she shook her head again, and said in a deep voice: "No, not the Regent. ”

"Oh?" said Du Wei looked at the marquise, who at the moment really hoped to hear some valuable thoughts from the wise matriarch. "Lord Duke...... To put it bluntly, since the previous rìzi, in fact, the regent has been trying to cut your authority. Madame Liszt also seemed to have made up her mind to dig out her heart with Du Wei, and this kind of sharp words was also blunt, and she slowly continued: "In my opinion, since the regent has the intention to cut your power, it is a signal: he still trusts you, and he still has to use you well. Cutting your power is just a normal emperor's strategy, and I also think that before this, the power in your hands was indeed a little too much. Cutting some will make there less suspicion among monarchs and ministers, but it is the way to do it in the long run!"

Mrs. Liszt's opinion, Du Wei listened and nodded.

"If the regent doesn't cut your power, that's the danger. Mrs. Liszt pondered for a moment, and her tone became more and more affirmative: "Also, the title of the director of your military academy. This is also the regent's posture to add an uncrowned king's halo to your head! This dean of the military academy is a signal that he has put forward, although he has reduced some of your power, but your trust in his heart has not weakened in the slightest. With this dean's identity, within ten years, most of the young and strong officers of the empire will become your disciples, and you will be able to have strong prestige and influence in the army, although these are not actual military powers, but no one dares to underestimate the weight of this prestige. So...... Since the Lord Regent gave you this hat, why kill you again?"

"Rabbits and dogs are cooked, and birds are hidden. Du Wei shook his head: "My status is too high and my age is too young, after all, it is also inappropriate." ”

Mrs. Liszt listened. But he smiled slightly: "You are also telling the truth." But in my opinion, it's different...... To put it more clearly, Lord Duke, you are certainly a genius of the heavens, and if a person like you were to change to another king, most of them would definitely not want to reuse you, let alone lift you to such a high position. Because you are such a talent, you can't control it unless you are a wise monarch! Our regent is the smartest monarch in the empire for generations. Since he can use you, he can trust you. to show his wisdom. I don't think he's the kind of philistine who is afraid of the power of his courtiers and is suspicious of him - if it were Augustine VI. I'm afraid I'll have killed you a long time ago. ”

Du Wei was silent.

Mrs. Liszt had a point.

But......

If you look at the normal trajectory, Prince Chen is officially young and strong, and he is in his prime, and if he is healthy, he still has decades to live. Then with him, the Ming Monarch, sitting on the throne, he naturally dares to continue to reuse himself.

He will reuse himself for at least a few decades to come.

But...... The problem is that Madame Liszt doesn't know a secret: Prince Chen, I'm afraid he has contracted some kind of very serious hidden disease!

This is what worries Du Wei the most tonight!

There was a dangerous problem that he had been ignoring before: under normal circumstances, Prince Chen naturally had no reason to kill himself. At most, I will occasionally suppress myself, slap myself and give a sweet date, a carrot and a stick, cut power today, and give other authority tomorrow. The emperor's mind is always like this.

Can...... If Prince Chen suddenly becomes terminally ill now, his life will be short...... Then, he will definitely use thunder means before he dies. Kill yourself straightforwardly!

Because Prince Chen knows it very well. A person like himself is not a powerful monarch. And now if he dies, the little emperor Charlie will grow up in the future, whether Mingjun is another matter, but just now, he is a twelve-year-old child, and he will definitely not be able to control himself!

The young lord is weak, the powerful minister is too powerful - no royal family, whether it is East or West, will never sit idly by and watch such an extremely dangerous situation happen!

To put it more clearly:

If Prince Chen has ten or twenty years or more to live, then he is safe, and at most when he is old, he will slowly force himself to hand over power, step by step, just like the current old prime minister Robschel.

But if, Prince Chen's lifespan is only one and a half years left...... Then he will definitely not use common sense methods to deal with himself! Because in a year and a half, it is very difficult to sweep away the strength of his entire family and reduce his power with the normal technique of balance. The most direct, simplest and most effective way is to eliminate yourself, the Duke of Tulip, from [**]!

Even, Du Wei was in the palace today, and a thought was born in his head!

If I were a regent, I would have died soon, leaving behind a minor son and a grand duke who was unrivaled in the empire...... So......

I'm going to kill this guy too!!

Therefore, what really worries Du Wei is not just the mastermind who assassinated him tonight, but whether it is the prince of Chen.

Take a step back...... Even if it's not him who kills himself tonight.

And what about later??

Now that Emperor Chen is seriously ill, he has a sufficient motive and reason to kill himself! Whether or not he breaks with himself depends entirely on how long he can live!

Du Wei sighed and muttered in a low voice:

"Tatsu ...... I really don't want to turn against you unless I have to......"

Hearing Du Wei muttering to herself, Madame Liszt was a little puzzled.

Du Wei raised his head, his expression was sincere, but his tone was not so relaxed: "Madame Liszt, what you said to me is from the bottom of your heart, so I can't hide it...... I admit that you are all right, but if I tell you one additional factor, perhaps your whole inference will not hold water. ”

"What?"

"Tatsu ...... Our Regent. Du Wei lowered his voice, his face actually showed a little sadness, and said softly: "I doubt...... I'm afraid he's seriously ill and can't ...... his life."

Shaking his head, Du Wei did not continue.

Rise!

When Mrs. Liszt heard this, her face changed and she jumped out of her chair.

Du Wei'an sat there, but his face was full of deep helplessness.

Prince Tatsu ...... Regardless of whether you kill me tonight or not, it seems that there is really a crisis between us.

In my mind, I suddenly flashed the scene of the coup d'état:

Standing alone under the imperial city, not far away, densely packed with rebels, and he was an outlier who had just broken with his family and was homeless.

Standing on top of the imperial city, Prince Chen looked at him with a sincere face, and shouted: "...... I will make you the Duke of Tulip! I will never live up to you in my life! When the banner of my thorn flower flutters, the tulip will never wither!"

The voice is still in my ears!

And the coup d'état developed later, the eldest prince was defeated, and Du Wei saw that his family was going to suffer, and even hid a dagger in his sleeve on the city wall, and intended to kill Prince Chen. At that time, he honestly handed himself a bottle of magic potion......

Du Wei closed his eyes.

Early morning...... It's not that I'm afraid of him, I'm not afraid of him, it's not that I'm afraid to be his enemy.

Rather, I don't want to! I don't want to!