Book IV, Chapter 9

Princess Kelly, who was gradually recovering from her anger, stood in the middle of the room, and the other three princesses sat around the velvet chaise longue in the room. A white shadow with a lowered gaze stood by the door, his face full of calm. The crow, dressed in armor, stood on the other side of the door, bent on arranging Princess Chinlen's hair.

The key man in the whole thing is Yarsad. Saran sat at the small table outside, witnessing with horror what had just happened, and a glass of drinks and a few plates of snacks in front of him were already cold.

"No matter how difficult it was before, we gritted our teeth and survived, because we believe that the recovered empire will become brighter than ever, and this empire will be very righteous and amiable...... Under this belief, we work hard, we fight, and we have no regrets. Princess Kaili dropped the short sword in her hand and said with a sad heart: "Today, the empire has recovered, but such a thing happened...... Husband, I can't convince myself, and I can't re-establish my beliefs for myself. Please tell me, what am I trying for, and what am I fighting for?"

"Kelly, that's too much. Princess Felyn glanced at Cohen by the window and stopped her sister from talking, "You should understand that we can only choose this way. โ€

"Who said that this is the only choice?" Princess Kelly puffed out her eyes again: "Before the husband did not become this emperor, there were so many things, which time did he have other choices? But which time did the husband not solve it in a seemingly ridiculous way? Husband, is the crown that the soldiers exchanged their lives for a useless waste!?"

"It's getting excessive. Princess Felyn suddenly stood up and pointed to the door: "Kellyโ€”you stand down for me!"

In everyone's impression, Filine has never lost her temper so much. It can be seen that she is also very unhappy in her heart. My sister was furious. Kelly opened her mouth wide and froze on the spot. The other two imperial concubines hurriedly stood up and persuaded them.

"Yo! the two sisters are still angry, a Veron is not worth your anger!" Cohen, who was standing by the window, turned around, everyone thought that he should be very depressed, but the smile on the corner of his mouth almost made several imperial concubines half angry: "I said Firin! you just let Kelly say it! Say it all, so that she won't spill it on other people......"

"You...... You're so good!" Kelly pointed at Cohen, and even saved the word husband, "How can you be worthy of those subjects!?"

"Give them a stable life, what am I sorry for them?" Cohen spread his hands and defended himself very innocently: "My decision." All people should be grateful. โ€

"Then how are you going to explain this to Yarsad, to explain to him that you have spared his enemy?"

"I'll explain it to him, I'll come in person. Cohen took two steps forward and raised his voice to the door, "Yarsard, can you come in?"

Yarsad walked in the door, looking at Cohen, but reluctant to come closer.

Cohen sat down first, then pointed to a chair across from him, "Come and sit, boy of the Saran family, you should have the courage and heart of your father." โ€

Yarsade's not-so-obvious Adam's apple swelled and sat down across from His Majesty the Emperor, but his expression was still numb.

"Yarsad. Sue me, how old are you this year?" Cohen asked with a pleasant face, "On the way to the Holy Capital." You must have suffered a lot, right?"

"Returning to His Majesty the Emperor, I am twelve years old this year. Yarsade's lips opened and closed mechanically: "On the way to the Holy Capital, I suffered a lot. โ€

"If I remember correctly, you'd have just had your eleventh birthday. Cohen shook his head: "Lying is a way to protect yourself when you're wandering, but with me, you don't have to hide yourself so deeply. โ€

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor. โ€

"For the sake of your family, you have come to the Holy Capital to avenge your grievances. Cohen nodded, not caring that his words had crooked the mouths of several imperial concubines: "Without the care of his family, wandering alone, racking his brains to make ends meet, such a life is very difficult. โ€

Yarsad bowed his head and did not answer.

"I once heard a proverb that kills one's father is a one's hatred. In your heart, you must hate that person very much. โ€

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, I can't wait for him to die immediately. Yarsad looked up, his eyes shining, he didn't have any other thoughts in his heart, except that he hoped that he could change the emperor's decision at the last minute.

"Yarsad, after discussing this matter, I have a request. "Originally, these words should have been said to a mature man, but now you are the only one in the Saran family, so you have to take on the responsibilities of the family like an adult man...... Because there are so many people involved in this matter, I ask you to consider my words as an adult, and with the wisdom of your father, carefully consider the meaning of each of my words. โ€

Yarsad nodded as if he didn't understand, his face confused. Several imperial concubines also sat down one after another, listening to Cohen.

"First of all, you forgot about that damn amnesty, it was for someone else. Cohen waved his hand: "In my heart, I have already condemned Veron's sin, and there are other people who have committed crimes. I think even like you, I think they should all be put to the execution ground and have their heads cut off in full view of everyone. โ€

Yarsad nodded vigorously.

"But now there's a tricky problem, for that hap is a governor with a bunch of outlaws in his hands. Cohen dragged over a low table and spread out a map on it: "You see, the province of Veron is here, and the provinces of the other governors are here, here, and here...... And my army is far away from them, do you know what that means?"

Yarsad shook his head, an eleven-year-old child, it would be nice to be able to read the map.

"This means that as soon as we cut off the heads of these people, their people will immediately rebel, and our army will not be able to stop them in time. Cohen drew a pen on the map: "You have come from your own home to the Holy Capital, you should know how far this road is, and they will do a lot of cruel things before our army arrives, do you know what it is?"

Yarsad continued to shake his head.

"They're going to kill countless fathers and destroy countless families. Countless villages were burned. Countless orphans have been created. Countless children who are going through the same situation as you. Cohen calmly explained: "You have suffered like this, you understand what it means to be helpless, do you want things to turn out like that, do you want so many people to lose their lives because of one of our decisions?"

Yarsad neither nodded nor shook his head, but a wistful look in his eyes.

"The Saran family has been loyal and brave for generations, and no one has ever been worthy of the empire, as a man of the Saran family, you should think about the people in the territory...... Child. You have endured hardships, experienced hardships, and are far stronger in mind than people of the same age, and you will be a well-deserved heir to the Saran family in the future. But now, you have to have the courage to face this qiฤ“. But you are not alone, because I am here, and I will face it with you. โ€

"I ...... I ......" Yarsad turned his head and looked at the princesses for help.

"When the enemy appears in front of him, he must order himself not to think about revenge and blood hatred, and he must indifferently bear the incomprehensible gaze of others. These are things that require a great deal of courage to do, but I can assure you. It won't be long like that. Cohen smiled wryly: "As a man, you have to show courage to face it, and I will show courage to face it...... We have to face this qiฤ“ together. โ€

Yarsad was silent, his heart striking.

"Good boy, think about it, what would his father do if he was here?" Princess Feline walked up and shook his hand: "It won't be too long, you will definitely be able to see Virenfufa." โ€

Yarsard looked at Princess Feline, and her gaze gradually shifted to Cohen.

"Yarsade, we have made an agreement. You have to study hard to become stronger, and I will keep this enemy for you, as long as you are capable, and he will be at your disposal when the time comes. Cohen stretched out an index finger: "One year, in the name of the emperor, I promise, definitely not more than one year." โ€

Under everyone's gaze, no matter what Cohen said, Yarsad never nodded, he naively thought that as long as he did not agree, the emperor would not let that person go. In the end, Cohen had no choice but to talk to Yarsad tomorrow.

"Husband, Yarsad is not yet old enough to inherit the title. Princess Winsley reminded softly, "You have to arrange it for him." โ€

"Yes! Yarsad must have abandoned his studies after wandering away for so long. Cohen nodded: "But with Yarsard's status, it seems that only the Dean is qualified to teach him knowledge, but the Dean is so busy......"

"You have to think of a way!" Princess Winsley glanced at Cohen, "Yarsad is the one who wants to inherit the family!"

โ€œ...... There is a way, Yarsade, and you will stay in my study! I will have several officials take turns to guide you, and if you have a problem that is difficult to solve, you can go and ask my father. Cohen snapped his fingers, "Besides, I can teach you something too...... You will inherit your father's title in the future, and you will also become the lord of a vast territory, and I hope you have enough skills to deal with it, not only by means, but more importantly by brains. โ€

Yarsade's head had been confused by the emperor.

"You live in the palace and make it your home. Cohen had to put it simply: "And we're your family, what do you think?"

"So be it! I'll do it for Yarsad. Princess Kelly listened to Cohen's persuasion of Yarsad, and she was persuaded by Cohen, so she walked over a few steps, pulled Yarsard and left: "I'll go and choose a room for him first, and I have to change my clothes......"

"It's still a good husband who can convince Yarsade. "Look at my sister's rushing back, Firin. Rona couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "This girl, the steps are right." โ€

"I didn't convince him that Yarsad was a very smart kid who knew how to hide his fierce character. Cohen shook his head: "He must even hate me now, and this matter will drag on for a long time......"

"What should I do?"

"It's okay, just leave it to me. Cohen smiled, "Yarsad is a little man after all, and we will have a common language." "His Majesty the Emperor's enthronement ceremony really excited the people for a while.

However, Spiya was a war-torn empire, and every copper plate in the treasury had to be used to restore the country's strength, so there were no large-scale celebrations in the provinces except for the Holy Capital. At most, the provincial capital holds a celebratory parade or something.

Compared with other countries, the small things that are big and big have to be celebrated by the whole world. Such a celebration is shabby and petty. But ordinary citizens are very satisfied. Because a series of new decrees issued by the state have begun to be implemented throughout the empire, most of the dozens of decrees are aimed at reducing miscellaneous taxes, which means that from now on, everyone's burden will be much lower.

In such a situation, some other decrees that have nothing to do with them for the time being become less important, and for ordinary people, the affairs of the state are far away from them, and are not necessarily more attractive than the pride of the empire, the private life of His Majesty the Emperor.

In the midst of these days of revelry. The happy life of His Majesty the Emperor used to be the number one hot topic, and the hottest of the hot topics were the various messages of the four imperial concubines, because all the internal affairs orders had six signatures, namely the emperor, the state minister, and the four internal affairs overseers.

Not only signatures, but also many laws and regulations that are closely related to the lives of the people are implemented by the internal affairs superintendents. In contrast, Emperor Majesty only mentions decrees related to military affairs...... These things surprised everyone to find that the royal family is not only the emperor and the prime minister, but also other outstanding members of the family.

Of course, the emperor and the prime minister have long been familiar to everyone, but the people are not very familiar with the four internal affairs overseers. Most of them still stay in the very classical cognition of "they are the emperor's concubines". Only now did they know that these four imperial concubines held great power. It's not as simple as a vase. Through these decrees that were beneficial to the people's livelihood, the prestige of the imperial concubines soared rapidly, and each of them had a large number of admirers.

In an empire, there is a need for idols to worship, but the people of Spia seem to behave in a way that is close to their emperor...... According to tradition, portraits of members of the royal family are hung in every official institution, and the portraits of these four imperial concubines, whether they are full-body or front-sided, will be lost in less than three days.

In the end, there was really no way, and the official had to allocate money to print small portraits of royal family members in batches, although not everyone could get it, but it also slightly stopped this style of stealing paintings.

The topic of idols is endless, and the excited people begin to bet with each other, and some say that the first person the emperor fell in love with was the first princess Firin. Lorna, because she has the most power; some say that the emperor loves the third princess Wen Sili the most, because this imperial concubine is the most gentle and amiable; and some say that the emperor's majesty will soon have a beauty pageant to enrich the harem......

But in any case, these things can also reflect some information from the side, indicating that everyone is optimistic about the future development of the empire.

At the same time, an extremely large number of alien races appeared in cities that were previously inhabited only by human races, including officials, soldiers, artisans, and merchants. They brought their families all the way from the original gathering place. In some cities, they have taken over the rebel side, and in others, they have built their own houses to form blocks.

It is not easy for the inhabitants of the human race to accept these new neighbors at once, and the habits that have been accumulated for thousands of years are not something that can be changed lightly, and although the younger generation, especially the military, are not averse to aliens, there are not only young people in the Sbia Empire. What's more, for some members of the human race, despising it, ignoring it, and even despising the alien race is a necessary means for them to manifest their sense of self-superiority......

It's okay to say that humans tend to focus on their appearance, but races like orcs or sandmen can be imagined.

But now, with such a big sign as "Friends of the Emperor" on the head of the alien race, if you want to bully them, you have to weigh your own weight first. However, if you are in the same area, you can't always look up and look down at each other like this, right? How to get along with them has become a big problem facing all the people.

The behavior of the people can be regulated by law, but ideology cannot be controlled by law. In the past, most of the people would have gone to the temple for guidance, but at this time, the priests of the temple did not dare to comment on anything in the country.

So at this time, the proposal jointly issued by the four imperial concubines reached every corner of the country. There are no righteous and awe-inspiring empty words in the proposal, and the imperial concubines just use mild words, asking every citizen to know the sand and the stalks

Under the call jointly launched by the imperial concubines, most of the people began to try to communicate with other races, although there were still disputes of one kind or another, but from the overall point of view, regardless of the human race or race, everyone deepened their understanding in this cautious exchange.

In the absence of a certain force to provoke, under the proper guidance of the authorities, an environment conducive to integration has naturally formed in the Sbia Empire, as long as there is no prejudice, human beings can easily find the common ground between each other and themselves, in fact, human beings have a lot in common with other races.

Gradually, the Sbia Empire showed her generosity and broad-mindedness, and the aliens who followed His Majesty Cohen were universally welcomed, and the Terran residents knocked on the doors of their newly moved alien neighbors with gifts in their hands, interpreting friendship and kindness to their alien neighbors with their sincere smiles and fire-like enthusiasm.

The rest of the continent, on the other hand, is concerned about another thing that happened in the Sbia Empire - army building. The conscription has already begun, and the scope and quantity of this conscription are rare in recent years. 300,000 young people between the ages of 20 and 25 were called up in the army and began their military careers one after another at the training grounds set up in various provinces.

Of course, for an empire close to the dividing line between gods and demons, it is not too much to have an army of more than half a million, but everyone is interested in Cohen. Kaida's army was a little frightened, so naturally they paid more attention.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much, because most of the people standing guard on the border in the current Cybian Empire are farmersโ€”that is, citizens who serve in the slack time. Dressed in cloth and carrying tattered weapons, they walked along the border, alleviating the worries of other empires.

Apart from these circumstances, there seems to be little change within the empire, and His Majesty the Emperor did not carry out a large-scale rectification of all aspects of the empire as most people had previously assumed.

The original governor of the province has not changed, and few nobles have lost their titles, and His Majesty the Emperor seems to want to do nothing...... But in the imperial palace of the Holy Capital, His Majesty the Emperor was very busy...... Anyway, his subordinates were so busy that they couldn't find anyone with him. (To be continued......)