At the beginning of 1021 in the imperial calendar, the imperial capital.

As the undisputed center of the empire for thousands of years, this majestic city has remained prosperous throughout its long history, and even the rebellion that led to the loss of many imperial tools has not left a trace on the walls of the imperial capital.

Every year, countless young people come here with dreams, success and failure, life and death are staged in the imperial capital at any time, and power and wealth attract moths from all over the world to pounce into this fire cage of desire, reflecting the shadow of evil or pure good.

Several county towns are guarded, the endless plains produce crops year after year, and the winter hunting troops are stationed in the barracks a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, and not far away is the central first army.

The First Legion of the Central Legion is subordinate to General Bud, and is the forbidden army of the Imperial Family, and has the strongest combat effectiveness among the many legions.

After the completion of the station, the troops will enter a state of rotational leave, the non-commissioned officers will have two days off every month, the officers will be much more relaxed, Estes will march to the imperial capital with two subordinates and a hundred guards, Daidas will be in charge of the troops, Liwa will be responsible for the exchange of military merits and the distribution of pensions, and most of the soldiers of the central legion are good sons of good families in the vast area near the imperial capital.

As you march, the majestic city appears in front of you, with walls tens of meters high covered with giant bed crossbows, arrowheads, crossbow strings, and main components made of dangerous materials.

On the main road, many caravans took the initiative to avoid, and the news of the victory in the Winter Hunting War had already been transmitted back to the imperial capital, and the blue hair of the main general was very recognizable, and people easily recognized Estes.

Without any inspection, the procession crossed the city gates, and the hustle and bustle was blowing in the face, even if there was a lot of unbearability in the secret, and the city was still prosperous.

The ceremonial officials had already arranged the celebrations, and the people who had prepared in advance took the lead in roaring, and the people cheered happily, and the sound gradually spread, wave after wave, quickly rushing towards the imperial city.

"General, please take me away!"

Someone suddenly rushed out of the crowd and rushed towards the team, Liwa was not surprised, commanded the guards to step forward to stop it, turned his head and said to Jiang Yuan:

"It's good to get used to it, adults are very popular in the emperor."

"I see." Jiang Yuan expressed understanding.

Estes didn't mind smiling, in her eyes these people were no different from cats and dogs, and the celebration had been approved by her in advance, so that the Earnest faction would gain a lot of prestige, and the arrival of 50,000 elite headquarters meant that the battle for the throne had officially entered the white heat.

"Don't get involved in the princes and princesses, Noel."

Approaching the palace, Estes told him that although the Empire was about to collapse, it could still easily smash any unlucky ghost in the shadows.

As soon as the words fell, on the huge booth in front of the palace, a handsome man walked up the steps to the front, unfolded the paperwork and said aloud.

"Promoted Estes to the first rank general of the Empire, he was ordered to command the Second and Ninth Legions of the Central, crowned the earl, established himself as an earldom, gave 30,000 pieces of gold, ten silver chariots, three treasures, and gave the royal courtiers and unbroken swords. As a second-class general, Honore Tius was ordered to command the Tenth Legion of the Central, and was crowned an earl, and he was given an earldom of himself, and was given 20,000 pieces of gold, five silver chariots, three treasures, and a gift to the royal courtiers......"

The crowd was extremely curious about what level of reward Estes would get, as she had no background at the beginning and was completely 'wild', an attribute that made her the target of countless people.

But the party restrained his smile instead, this is not the agreed process, and the rank of the general is now useless, seeing the number of soldiers and horses under his command and combat power, the etiquette tends to collapse.

“…… In addition, I have told my ministers that there should be no mistake in convening a royal court meeting tomorrow to entertain the king. ”

There was a brief silence, followed by an explosion of louder noise than the previous wave of cheers.

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, there is an urn for the treatment of injuries and diseases, the emperor is really not dead, but the other party's absence for several months has already made local nobles like Tius have a bad guess, including the people, that His Majesty almost achieved a social death.

According to Tius's family history, since the first emperors, a very small number of bloodlines were born with strange powers, could freely control their bodies, and would have reached the knightly level more easily.

The Imperial Fist Temple has made similar powers available for acquisition through special methods, and has thus become a military institution to defend the royal family.

The bloodlines with strange abilities all have the iconic algae green hair, and those who have not awakened their abilities are not recognized, so the number of royals is small, only about two dozen in this generation, and there are only four heirs.

In Jiang Yuan's opinion, the strange ability may be related to the manipulation of the Emperor's Supreme Throne, and the first emperor is likely to be a dangerous hybrid, just like his own consciousness projection, if he has an heir, he will also have the opportunity to pass on the flame and self-healing ability.

On the booth, the eldest prince smiled at Estes after reading the announcement, and when he caught a glimpse of Jiang Yuan, he was instantly radiant.

"Baron Knorr is as handsome as he was rumored."

"Let's go first, he is my subordinate, Your Highness can do it yourself."

Estes took the lead and left with a cold face, this announcement was just for pomp, the real reward had to wait for Earnest to be distributed, she didn't have time to waste here.

"Be careful of the eldest prince in the future." Liva said solemnly.

"Got it." Jiang Yuan knows that there are many perverts in the imperial capital, which is normal.

The crowd passed through the uproar, and some people even scuffled together because it was too crowded, and the three of them rode towards the right minister's mansion next to the palace.

The right minister is also called the minister of gifts, in charge of all affairs in the palace, at first glance it seems that he has little power, but in this country where the imperial power is supreme, he is undoubtedly the emperor's agent.

The Right Minister's Mansion is extremely luxurious, even in the imperial capital, where every inch of land is valuable, it is also so large that it is difficult to see the edges, and it can even be called a small city, and many departments related to the royal family are in it.

The central parlor is a three-story building, the original second and third floors have been abolished, leaving only huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and the empty hall is only a table, which is only open when the emperor is coming.

And according to the different moods of the emperor each time he came, Earnest would change different decorations in time.

"My general, you're back, you don't dare to sleep at night if I'm not there, this is the new earl, according to the convention, the same title will stand on its own, you have to think of a surname by yourself, in addition, the two counties also have to choose, the characteristics of the vassal unbroken sword are hard, as for Noor's weapon, I haven't thought about it yet."

Behind the table, Earnest spoke politely but did not get up, but just took a big bite of the raw meat in the basin, the emperor usually likes to look at it, let alone raw meat, even rotten meat he can swallow.

(End of chapter)