Chapter 24: Coffee Time
"Bixia......" Deirlandor turned his head to look at Queen Allen, a look of respect and understanding in her eyes, this wise queen was a great king, and her teachings had a warning effect on her own narrow and naΓ―ve views.
The queen's eyes were fixed on his hand, and Diarlando looked down to see that the knife and fork had been completely deformed by the unconscious force just now. The people at the table were trying to pretend they didn't see it, but their wandering eyes clearly showed that they were uncomfortable with the powerful Liliang that Deerlando was leaking out.
"Kid, you have to learn to control your own liliang. Otherwise, tomorrow's Great Council, you will easily fall into the trap of the Dreadhorn King and become the enemy of the whole people. The queen admonished softly, and Diarrando nodded solemnly, indicating that he would pay attention, and then straightened the knife and fork again.
"Poof......" Prince Huffman was drinking, and he couldn't help but squirt out when he saw his movements, and then coughed awkwardly. He shook his head and sighed while wiping his mouth with a napkin: "I see it difficult, he has long been used to this kind of liliang, and it is estimated that it is as difficult for him to deliberately control it as it is to ask him not to breathe." β
Dearlando smiled awkwardly and simply put the knife and fork down. Prince Huffman is right when he says that it is not only his own will that is being challenged, but also Reeth's. If the Great Council asks Reeth to appear in court at that time, based on the attitude of the people here and Reeth's temper, it will take less than half a day for the young dragon to demolish the place.
Thinking of this, he turned his head and asked Lovelan: "Your Royal Highness, can you not summon Resis to appear in court tomorrow." You know, it's a real dragon. Even if your people don't know the Starlight Dragon, you should. If those so-called councillors have a bad attitude and wanton provocation, and anger Ryses at that time, it is not something I can control. β
Lovelan looked embarrassed, she actually knew that the "dragon" with a very bad temper would definitely offend the councilors when he came to court, but as the main body of sabotage, it was impossible not to appear.
"Alas, tomorrow we can only see if we can get through the first debate with a mixture. Then we look for opportunities to communicate with the opposing party's advocate. to reach an out-of-court settlement. You lose some money, and they drop the charge. Lovelan bit her lower lip, thought for a moment, and then replied.
Diarrando shook his head directly, telling her that a settlement was impossible. "You probably don't know what happened this afternoon. When my friends and I went around the House of Parliament, I ran into the older of the pirate sisters. She led me to the Sail Hotel. There, the Dreadhorn King had already made a settlement for me. But Reeth refused. That's why he set up a trap and injured Achille and Dino. β
Lovelan's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "It's that time in the afternoon." You've caused another big mess?"
Diarlando frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "What is the chaos I created, it is obvious that the other party has set a trap to frame me, I am just fighting back." β
"What kind of trap?"
"They made a big pit in the bottom of the hotel, and as soon as they turned on the trap, our people fell into the pit, and it was full of spears and poisonous snakes and insects......"
"What about the trap?" Lovelan immediately interrupted his description for details.
"Well, the trap should still be there, although the hotel is burning, the pit on the ground shouldn't say that there is no such a big hole, right?"
"Ahem, I would say maybe there's nothing there. Prince Todd suddenly interjected.
"What?!" Dearlandor and Lovellan asked at the same time, so aggressive that Todd leaned back slightly.
"According to my men, it seems that they erased all traces by the way while fighting the fire, and the pit is definitely no longer there anyway. Todd stroked his long flowing white blonde hair, and then told him the news he had just gotten before eating.
"What! you won't stop them?, aren't those guards responsible for maintaining the evidence at the scene?" said Dearrando to his feet, slapped his face on the table, and questioned Todd aloud.
Todd was stunned by his yelling, and then said cautiously, "My subordinates can only observe the records everywhere, and cannot interfere with them." In this way, the Great Council threatens to abolish my department every year, saying that I will peep into the privacy of citizens if I am fine. β
"You!" Diarlando was angry when he saw his wretched appearance, obviously he was about the same appearance, why did the other party look so motherly! He turned his head and asked the others, "Then who is in charge of the city's garrison?"
"The garrison of the King of Yanas is under the direct management of the Great Council, and our army can only be stationed in the Lily Palace. Prince Huffman hurriedly spoke, diverting Diarlando's firepower away from his already timid second son.
"Then someone in the garrison weishenme will cover up the evidence for the Dreadhorn King?Could it be that the captain of the guard is his man?, how can the Great Council be fair and impartial?" If Hovland is as fair and just as they say, how can anyone cover up the evidence for the tyrant.
Princess Emma, who had been relatively quiet, suddenly spoke up and said sharply: "Because no matter what kind of system, there will always be people who use the power or money in their hands to seek personal interests for themselves. The more we back down, the more others demand. The rights we have ceded are not necessarily returned to the people, and are often hijacked by other interest groups. β
Deirrando glanced at the thirty-five-year-old eldest princess, her stern and dignified face showing dissatisfaction with the existing form of government, and it was clear that even the members of the royal family did not necessarily agree with the current approach.
Lovelan immediately sneered: "But sister, if all the power is in our hands, who will supervise whether we are fair and just......?"
Seeing that the quarrel was about to break out again, Queen Allen said majestically: "Enough! Eat quietly, if you have anything you want to discuss, you can discuss it again during coffee time." β
The two sisters stared at each other across the table for a moment, and Dearrando could almost see the sparks from their gaze colliding. He looked at Todd and decided not to count on that soft bone, and asked the queen directly some questions when he turned around, after all, she was the all-knowing and all-powerful eye, the ear of all-knowing.
After he sat down, the dinner party fell into awkward silence again. Everyone didn't say anything more, but quietly and quickly finished the main course and dessert.
When the coffee was served, the ladies all walked out and went to the next room to gossip, but what seemed to be a heated debate between Princess Emma and Princess Lovelan could be heard through the wall.
The people who were left in place stared at each other, not knowing what to say. Prince Huffman lit his pipe, smoking it for a while. Dino frowned, licked the bitter black liquid that came up, and then spat and complained to Dierlando: "It's so bitter, weishenme, you want to drink this burnt water?"
"Ah, it's not for you to drink, you should drink juice. Todd, who was closest to Dino, reached out and took the coffee cup away, then replaced it with juice. He said with envy: "Alas, what a lovely child, weishenme, so many of our brothers and sisters have been married for many years, and none of ......them have children?
"Poof...... "This time it's Dearlando's turn to spray coffee. But he thought about it for a while and found that it was indeed a little strange, several of the people here have been married for ten years, and there are no descendants until now, could it be that something is wrong.
He tried to call out to the queen in his head, but it seemed that because of the distance, the queen did not respond to his question.
After complimenting Dino, Zuihou Todd told Dirlando about the clues he had found about the Dreadhorn King. His information and security department is completely different from Turanda's, and its main responsibility is to record the major events that happen in the country every day, and then publish them on local bulletin boards.
The men Dirlando saw at the scene of the fire holding a round tube to write were his men. They are strictly above board observers and recorders, and are not at all the same as Turanda's secret agent department.
"You don't have any secret surveillance departments, such as monitoring the whereabouts of those suspicious and threatening national security? I think a tyrant like the Thorn King, and all the crimes he has committed, should have collected evidence to kill him. Diarrando clenched his fist and listened to the crunch of the knuckles, and asked dissatisfiedly.
"It stands to reason that there should be, but it's all under my mother's management, and it's her private army. She usually only tells us the results directly, and never says how the information came from. Prince Frank answered questions for his brother, the queen had always been mysterious in this regard, and his father had always been 100% supportive of his mother's decision, so they were confused as children, but there was no way to find out the truth.
Diarlando was silent, he looked into Prince Huffman's wise and calm eyes, and wondered in his heart how much he knew about the Queen's secrets. The country's biggest secret is in the hearts of the people next to him. And what sustains the existence of the current dangerous federal parliamentary system is the Queen's tolerance and forbearance.
But his arrival, as well as the intensification of the conflict with the Dreadhorn King, will obviously completely disrupt this already very dangerous balance. (To be continued......)