Because of the temporary notice received from His Majesty the Emperor, the welcome banquet in the Prime Minister's residence could only be temporarily suspended, and Prime Minister Hilton immediately accompanied Lin Taiping to board the carriage and go to the palace under the escort of hundreds of guards.

Obviously, in order to prevent the assassination from happening again, this time the escort force has been greatly enhanced, Lin Taiping just glanced at the past, and saw two or three powerhouses above the gold rank, from this point of view, unless that emperor really planned to tear his face, it was impossible to threaten his own safety again.

"Actually, I don't think this assassination was necessarily the intention of His Majesty the Emperor. Prime Minister Hilton sat across from him, looking at the Prime Minister's Mansion through the car window, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Speaking of which, it's a pity, I've prepared a full twenty jars of wine, and I'm going to drink it with you tonight until I vomit, but now it looks like it can only be postponed." ”

Poof! Lin Taiping was full of blood when he heard this, and suddenly felt that compared with this strange royal sister, any female man was weak, but he sighed with emotion, but he quickly noticed the hidden meaning in Hilton's words just now: "Ahem, Prime Minister, what do you mean, that Emperor Xià ......"

"Don't be so inhibited, just call me Hilton. Prime Minister Hilton waved his hand casually, but looked at the scenery outside the window casually, "That's right, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor has long been too stupid to handle political affairs, so in the past few years, the biggest obstacle we have really faced is the ambitious Empress Gianna." ”

"No wonder, no wonder you just said that you told me to be careful of that queen majesty...... Lin Taiping touched his chin thoughtfully, saying this, in fact, he didn't need Hilton to elaborate, and he could roughly deduce the plot.

Obviously, the Empress Gianna was favored by the old Emperor Tyrant III, and because Tyrant III had no heirs, Empress Gianna easily seized the power. And trying to defeat the same power-hungry Prime Minister of Hilton, and eventually control the entire empire, so in a way, it's a war between two women.

"yes, I think you've already guessed it. Hilton nodded very calmly, and took out a bottle of red wine from the compartment storage compartment, and then this beautiful royal sister with a very female temperament actually bit the cap of the bottle directly with her teeth, and directly drained half of the bottle in one go.

Is this okay? Lin Taiping was really in awe, watching Hilton hand the remaining half bottle of wine to himself. He could only immediately change the topic very interestingly: "So, what kind of power does Empress Gianna have in her hands?"

"That woman is not simple, in the past few years, she has used money and power to win over many nobles and the army. Hilton drained the remaining half of the bottle, and then replied seemingly nonchalantly, "In fact, there are quite a few strong men in the palace guard formed by Empress Gianna, such as ...... The mandala that once caused you a lot of trouble. ”

"Mandala?" is not surprising. Lin Taiping touched his chin thoughtfully, as expected, those blood-streaked priests were hidden in the court, but they didn't know why they were willing to serve that queen. What exactly do you want to do with the help of the emperor's power?

"Not only that, but if it's just a few strong people, I don't have anything to worry about. Hilton frowned slightly, but for the first time, he said with a solemn expression. "The real focus is on the military power of the imperial capital, let's put it this way. One-third of the army guarding the imperial capital was under my control, one-third was scattered among the great nobles, and the remaining one-third were loyal supporters of Empress Gianna. ”

Understood, Lin Taiping really completely understood, in fact, the situation in the imperial capital was similar to that of the Emerald Province, the rebels led by Prime Minister Hilton, and the royalists led by the emperor and empress, both had a certain amount of power, but they could not completely eliminate each other, so the key to the problem was who could get the support of those big nobles.

"Yes, that's right. Prime Minister Hilton replied calmly, and took out a list and handed it to Lin Taiping, "I think you should first get to know these big nobles, such as the Duke of Turan, Count Grant, Count Isg, and please pay special attention to the Duke of Turan, in a certain way, he is the real head of the Great Noble Alliance." ”

This list is very long, Lin Taiping glanced at it a few times, and memorized the names of several important nobles, it is obvious that if you want to defeat Empress Gianna, you must win over these big nobles, especially the Duke of Turan, who is regarded as the head of the noble alliance, but obviously, this is not an easy task.

"It's not easy, in fact, Queen Gianna and I have tried many times separately. Hilton sighed helplessly, and said with a little distress, "These old foxes, all of them are greedy and cunning guys, what they do best is to eat the sugar coating, return the cannonballs, and then continue to wobbly and make wall grass." ”

Well, it's really a bunch of shameless guys, Lin Taiping can understand Hilton's headache very well, but he can't help but ask: "However, don't they have any weaknesses?" I think as long as they are human, there will always be something they care about, if we can tempt them with the things they care about the most......"

"Those guys only care about their own family. Hilton spread his hands helplessly, sighed softly, "The fate of the empire, the change of the throne, all have nothing to do with them, they just want to attach themselves to the body of the empire and keep sucking blood, and use nutrients to strengthen their family, so that the family can be passed on from generation to generation and become stronger." ”

"Okay, this is really ......" Lin Taiping also touched his chin speechlessly, from a certain point of view, these big nobles are not wrong, after all, people are selfish, and they always hope that their family can become stronger, but from this point of view, since they pay so much attention to their family, then maybe they can?

He had just thought of this, but the carriage suddenly slowed down, and Hilton looked out of the window, suddenly put away his distressed expression, and smiled again: "Okay, dear Lin, we will talk about the imperial capital slowly later, as for now, I think we have to go and meet the two supreme rulers." ”

"Hmm, have you already arrived at the palace?" Lin Taiping raised his head from his thoughts, only to find that unconsciously, the carriage had driven directly into the palace gate, and was standing in front of a solemn and quiet council pavilion.

Completely ignoring the attitude of these guys, Hilton stepped out of the carriage without caring and took the lead into the conference hall, Lin Taiping followed behind her, through a long corridor, and soon saw the throne in front of him, two high-ranking big men were sitting there, looking down on himself and Hilton condescendingly.

Tyrant III, sitting on the left, was obviously a decrepit old man, his wrinkled face showing signs of a candle in the wind, his rickety body seemed to have completely lost his vitality, even if he wore a crown and a yellow robe, he still could not hide his aging, in fact, even when he sat on the throne, he looked lethargic, and even the back of his hand on the armrest was trembling slightly.

However, in stark contrast to the decrepit of Tyrent III, the Empress Gianna sitting to his right had a vigorous vitality, a beautiful face full of radiance, with a smile full of majesty of the superior, and her sparkling eyes could not hide the raging fire of ambition.

At this moment, seeing Prime Minister Hilton and Lin Taiping walking into the council hall, Empress Gianna raised her head slightly, showed a smile that was too standard to be faulty, and quietly stretched out her hand and gently pulled the sleepy Tyrant III beside her.

"What's the matter?" Tyrant III, who was almost asleep with his head drooped down, finally woke up groggily, and the aging emperor was obviously a little confused, and his first reaction was to stretch out his hand with dizzy eyes, "Wait, where are the glasses, where are my glasses?"

Sure enough, time is the biggest enemy of mankind, Lin Taiping and Hilton glanced at each other, and they could sense the emotion in each other's eyes, maybe this emperor was once a great monarch who was wise and martial, but time finally erased a good quality on his body, leaving only a puppet body at the mercy of others, which seems to be a kind of sadness that cannot be resisted.

With such emotion, Prime Minister Hilton took a few steps forward, bowed slightly and saluted: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a few days, your complexion seems to be a little better, of course, Her Majesty's complexion is also very good, maybe it's because she has gained a lot recently?"

The irony in this sentence was already obvious, but Empress Gianna still smiled as if she didn't understand it at all, and said: "Dear Prime Minister, you came quickly, so standing next to you is the same Mr. Lin who made a magical movie and single-handedly resolved the rebellion in Emerald Province?"

Well, this kind of compliment is indeed very pleasant, Lin Taiping couldn't help but want to be modest, but before he could speak, Queen Gianna suddenly turned her head, looked at the expressionless Prime Minister of Hilton, and smiled again, and the laughter like silver bells echoed in the council room-

"No wonder, no wonder the Prime Minister is so serious about you, to be honest, I always thought that the Prime Minister would not fall in love with you, you know, after all, no matter how strong she is, she is a woman like me!" (To be continued......)