The quarrel in the council hall grew louder and louder, and Elrens, Cleo, and Doshi waited in the courtyard for a while, and a tall middle-aged man walked out of the side door.

When Cleo saw it, she immediately greeted her: "Uncle Eumenis, did the Queen Mother ask you to pick me up?"

The middle-aged man named Omenes nodded with a stern face: "The princess and the two guests, please come with me, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother has been waiting for a long time." ”

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and saluted, turned around and led a few people into a stone door carved with reliefs, and walked towards the marble staircase leading to the nobles' box on the Xiangshang floor. The eldest princess glanced at the other party's back, and couldn't help but get nervous.

Eumenes has long served as state secretary to his father and brother, and is currently the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and has a close relationship with the royal family of Pera. Cleo had known this important minister of state since he was a child, and he had the impression that he was calm no matter what happened, but today's expression was so heavy, it can be imagined that the progress of the meeting was very unfavorable.

"Uncle Eumenis, does the Queen Mother know about the Central Fleet?" asked the eldest princess with a worried mood as she walked.

The Janissary Commander nodded: "Everyone knows the losses of the fleet, and now the meeting is discussing this matter, the situation is very bad, both Perdiccas and Melagaros have asked us to hand over the command of the fleet." Of course, the Queen Mother would not agree to this request. ”

"Hand over the command of the fleet?!"

When Cleo heard this, an irrepressible anger suddenly came out of his heart. She gritted her teeth and said: "I built the Central Fleet single-handedly, and they want to get something for nothing, but there is no door! There is no way that anyone in the fleet will accept their command!"

Elrens behind him interjected disapprerovingly: "Don't be stupid, since the two of them dare to make such a suggestion, they must have already arranged someone in your fleet." These veterans and important ministers are intertwined, do you really think that the fleet is yours alone?"

Cleo opened his mouth and didn't speak, and his face became even more gloomy.

Eumenes glanced at her, and had to comfort her: "Don't worry, princess, Perdiccas and Melaculus are not of the same mind at all, they will soon fall out again, and the Central Fleet can only be under your command." ”

Hearing this, Cleo's mood finally calmed down a little, and she sighed and said: "I hope so, now that the country is in trouble, the generals are not willing to work together, but intrigue with each other, which is really sad!"

As they spoke, several people had already reached the upper floor, and the fierce quarrel was as loud as a vegetable market.

The upper floor of the Imperial Council Hall was a place where boxes were set up for the royal dignitaries and the senators. Adorned with extravagant décor, the art and sculptures are plentiful, and the heavy silver Elysium bird's down carpet alone is worth every foot of gold.

The Queen Mother's royal box was located in the middle of the main hall, and the four of them bypassed an arc corridor and quickly came to the front of the box. Eumenes knocked lightly on the door, and a waiter immediately opened the door.

Elrence fixed his eyes and saw that the wide box was sealed on three sides, and the open front faced the council hall downstairs. From the box, you can see that the huge circular hall with bright lights is full of thousands of councilors, and at this time, there is a lot of noise among people, and two richly dressed nobles are pointing at each other and scolding each other, and it seems that a fight is about to start.

In the box, there are several sets of snow-white gilt benches in ice bear fur, and a sexy Medusa is wearing an extremely grand black dress and long skirt, leaning in the middle. Two maids stood behind her, one holding a swan feather fan and swinging gently, and the other holding a bottle of red wine and pouring wine for the beautiful woman. This Medusa resembles Cleo, and at first glance looks like two sisters, and it seems to be Cleo's mother, the former princess of the Serpent Kingdom of Epirus and now the Empress Dowager Olympias.

The four of them walked into the box, Medusa's long eyelashes flashed with seductive brilliance, and when they saw the eldest princess, they immediately smiled softly: "My dear Cleo, you are finally back." Come and sit down with Mommy, and let me see if you're hurt. ”

Then she nodded elegantly to Elrence and Doshi in a gesture of ten thousand styles: "Two guests, please also take a seat, there are high-quality tea leaves from the country of Xiuzhen in the far east, and there are also precious Bordeaux wines from the Gallic Kingdom, you are not welcome to taste it, otherwise others will think that my Olympia is not hospitable." ”

Cleo, who was worried about herself, was relieved to see that the queen mother was in a relaxed mood, and she hurriedly walked to Olympias's bench and sat down next to the queen mother. The evil dragon and the little princess also sat down separately.

Medusa looked Cleo up and down for a while with a pair of wonderful eyes, and then reached out and stroked her full snow-white breasts, and said with relief: "It seems that my little Cleo is fine, so I can rest assured." Ever since your royal brother was killed, I have been most worried about you, and now all the hopes of the Ajid family are pinned on you. I know it's not fair to you, but as a girl you have a heavier responsibility than a man, but what can you do?"

Cleo immediately shook her head, and said in a firm tone: "Queen Mother, you don't have to worry about this, I don't think there is any difference between women and men. Since I am a member of the royal family of Pella, I will definitely take up my responsibility!"

Speaking of this, the eldest princess's mood was a little depressed: "Now I only regret that I didn't follow my father and brother to the battlefield properly, I haven't learned the methods and experience of their battles, and I don't have their innate command ability." That's why it led to the failure of this Central Fleet operation......"

"Oh! my poor little Cleo~"

After listening to Cleo's words, the Queen Mother hugged her daughter with emotion, let her head gently rest on her shoulder, and comforted softly: "Don't blame yourself too much, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and no one is born to know how to command the army." After all, this is the first time you've actually participated in a large-scale battle, you've done your best, and you've managed to crush the enemy's general attack. No one can take credit for your credit, except for the villains with ulterior motives!"

Cleo nodded and was about to speak, when a councilor's loud shout suddenly came from the conference hall under the stage: "In any case, we had the initiative in the air before this, but this time the heavy losses of the Central Fleet caused us to lose air supremacy! Now whether it is a land battle, a naval battle, or an air battle, we are all at a disadvantage, and someone must be responsible for causing this grim situation!"

As soon as this person's voice fell, it immediately caused a cheer of approval! The eldest princess's face turned pale, these words were obviously aimed at herself, but in fact, it was indeed because of her mistake that the alliance lost its only dominant air supremacy, although she was full of grievances, she could not refute it!

However, the Queen Mother beside her was not moved by the words of this councillor at all, she squinted at the conference hall with contemptuous eyes, and coldly spit out a sentence: "Doros, this clown, thinks that someone can get carried away if someone supports him, it is really beyond her strength!"

"Mother, I heard that the two regents, Perdiccas and Melagoros, have asked me to surrender command of the fleet?" Cleo looked up, looking at Olympias with large, bright eyes full of worry.

Originally, Princess Celestia was extremely confident in controlling the fleet she had created, but since listening to Elrens's words when she was outside, she had been shaken a little, and now she was even more anxious when she saw the crowd of councillors with her own eyes. After all, the current control of the Pella royal family over the alliance's army and navy has dropped dramatically, and if even the only floating fleet that is still loyal to the royal family has to be handed over, then the Ajid family will basically fall immediately!

The Queen Mother saw her daughter's grievances, so she smiled and comforted her: "You don't have to worry, I have seen a lot of these people's conspiracies." If you stand up and argue with them at this time, it will be right in their hands! Let's wait and see, Perdiccas and Melaculus are not of the same mind at all, and the Athenians and Spartans will not remain indifferent, these people will soon begin to tear each other down, and it will not be too late for us to fight back. ”

Sure enough, it wasn't long before the councillors thought they had reached a consensus on Cleo handing over command of the Floating Fleet, and then they split into two factions to argue over who would be the next Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet.

The fat councillor Doros just now waved his fist hoarsely and shouted: "The floating fleet is the key to victory or defeat in the war! In any case, the base camp must send experienced generals to directly command, and I think the best candidate is ......."

"Our navy thinks that the floating fleet should be under the command of the General Staff!" At this moment, a solemn voice suddenly came out from the box of the upper nobles, interrupting Doros's words without mercy.

Elrens and everyone turned their heads to look at each other, only to see a dignified middle-aged man sitting in a simple medium-sized box a hundred meters away on the right. He was dressed in a white naval marshal's robe, holding a sapphire deep-sea scepter, and surrounded by several admirals, none other than His Excellency Ptolemy, the admiral and commander of the Giantport defense area, whom he had not seen for a while

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