"I'm not dissatisfied with you, what the seven Heller Sword Masters haven't achieved, how can I force you to do it alone!I just think that Edlaide's luck is too good, I'm just a little unconvinced!" Hearing Belinda's dissatisfaction, Timothy hurriedly explained.

Belinda only smiled coldly at Timothy's explanation, and after a light "hum", she turned her gaze in other directions.

Seeing Belinda's contemptuous eyes, Timothy couldn't help but feel angry, and there were many times when he had the urge to throw the wine glass in his hand into Belinda's face. It's just that he also knows very well that if he really did that, the person who Zuihou was humiliated must be him.

And Timothy knows better that if he loses the support of this woman, not only will he immediately withdraw from the list of heirs to the Dongyu throne, but it will also be questionable whether he can continue to gain a foothold in the Dongyu Empire in the future.

Belinda has too many secrets in Timothy's hands, and any one of them leaked out may put him in a situation from which he will never recover!

Thinking of this, Timothy had to reluctantly suppress the anger in his heart.

"What do you think about the fact that the boss is going to be in charge of the military department? you won't let me watch him sit in the position of military minister, right?" Seeing that Catherine ignored her, Timothy had to change the subject in anger.

"What are you anxious about, hasn't his appointment been announced!"

"Can I not be in a hurry? Once it becomes a fact that the boss is in charge of the military department, I am afraid that the days of our brothers will enter the countdown stage!"

"Believe me, it's not going to be that serious! And we're not completely out of the cracks. ”

"What chance?"

"We can elect a man to compete with the eldest prince for the position of Minister of War. ”

"You're asking me to recommend Edlaide's wild seed?" Timothy immediately thought of who Belinda was talking about, and he immediately got up from his chair and looked at Belinda angrily.

Belinda didn't answer Timothy, didn't even avoid his gaze, just stared at him.

After a while, Timothy finally calmed down, and he slowly sat back in his seat.

"After the Great War in the South, the eldest prince has a high prestige in the imperial court, and he is almost the best choice for the Minister of War! Even your father is well aware of this, and in order to avoid the sharp edge of the eldest prince, he has kept the Minister of War vacant for so long. ”

"Edlaide is about to return, and Bixia suddenly proposed to discuss the candidate for the Minister of War at this time, doesn't it make you feel something?"

"Father's doing this does mean to suppress the boss with Edlaide's military exploits, but although Edlaide can be regarded as a prominent military achievement, he is still a minor after all, and his qualifications are even more shallow and pitiful, even if we jointly recommend him to the sixth brother, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to be the opponent of the eldest brother. Timothy calmly analyzed.

"In this game, the eldest prince has the upper hand, and it is unlikely that we will win the battle. So the only thing we can do at the moment is to stir things up and turn the whole situation upside down. Our goal is not to successfully stop the Great Prince, but to have a strong opponent by his side, and Edlaide is up to the task. "The arrangement of the Dark Moon God Cult in the Dongyu Empire has been completed, and the order that Belinda has received is to push the eldest prince to the throne through reaction force.

The Darkmoon Cult also thought that the dream of the eldest prince becoming the head of the military department would be extremely difficult to achieve, but if Edlaide was also sent to the military department, it would be easy to facilitate this matter.

"It's the same as putting Edlaide on the fire to roast, he's as cunning as a ghost, can he possibly let us put him in that awkward position?"

"Do you have a better way to deal with the Great Prince?"

Hearing Belinda's question, Timothy sighed helplessly.

"We can also use this opportunity to get closer to him and hopefully create more opportunities to use him against the boss!"

"It's possible to work together once in a while, but it's probably hard to get closer!" Belinda said with a sigh.

“weishenme？”

"Because of Lucifer's Arrows!" Belinda stood up suddenly, smiling as she walked over to Timothy's side.

"What is 'Lucifer's Arrow'? How come I never seem to have heard of it?" Timothy's eyes twinkled, trying to deny it.

Belinda bent down slightly, her pretty face less than a punch away from Timothy.

"Handsome man, I don't have any interest in who you are connected with, I just hope you don't lie to me!, otherwise, I promise you'll regret it!" Belinda said this, and the Nine Princes could clearly see her smile. It is undeniable that Belinda's smile mixed with this body fragrance is beautiful and charming, but there is no trace of appreciation in Timothy's eyes, he just has irrepressible fear!

It wasn't until long after Belinda left that Timothy dared to move her fingers. Belinda's fragrant movements made him feel like he was brushing shoulders with death. At this time, Timothy realized that in this harsh winter season, his underwear was soaked through sweat!

At this moment, Timothy finally began to regret cooperating with the Cult of the Dark Moon God, but was there still time to change it? Timothy suddenly found that he could only think about it in this room at most, because the entire palace was already under Belinda's control.

"Ed, what are your plans when you return to Filano City?" Audrey answered all of Li Zijun's magic questions today, and saw that Li Zijun was about to say goodbye and leave, she asked very casually.

After this period of contact, Audrey also understood that Li Zijun Weishenme was going to lie down and answer her questions. At that time, it was not because Li Zijun was rude, but he spent too much energy in the fight against Thomas. At that time, it was not that he didn't want to sit, and he couldn't hold on at all. After learning this, Audrey also realized how difficult it was for Li Zijun to deal with his magician friend very politely in such a situation!

As she gradually became familiar with it, Audrey gradually understood the reason why Li Zijun would achieve such high results at such a young age.

The first person to get up and practice in the camp every day must be Li Zijun, even during the recuperation period, he has never stopped for a moment!

Li Zijun also recorded his questions about magic every day, and whenever he found that Audrey was free, he would chase Audrey to answer his questions. Audrey has never seen anyone more diligent than Li Zijun, all teachers like diligent students, and she is also happy to give Li Zijun guidance, which also makes Li Zijun improve every day.

Audrey is a legend in the wizarding world, and her understanding of magic is by no means comparable to that of a great mage like Bilbohm, and she has helped Lee Zijun open up a whole new world in magic. Under Audrey's careful teaching, Li Zijun has even begun to hope that this road can be longer!

"After reporting to Bixia, I will try to ask a few well-spoken and respected people to help me testify, and I will formally bow to you. Of course, while I'm confident that I'll be your proudest apprentice, I'll earn your consent before I do this!"

"And after that?"

"I'd love to stay with you and ask you about magic, but I've been away from home for too long, and I want you to take me off for a while, and I'm going back to see my sisters and brothers-in-law!"

"What are you going to do with the court? You have made a great contribution this time, and I think Fergill Bixia will not only promote your title, but also reward you with a prominent official position! When the time comes, even if I allow you to go home to visit your family, the court will not let you leave so easily. ”

It was the first time Li Zijun heard someone mention the emperor's name, and he was slightly stunned, and then he understood.

To be honest, this time I just wanted to make a military achievement, but I didn't expect that after this battle, I would lose two women and countless loyal subordinates! I returned to my hometown this time, preparing to go door to door to visit their families. I've been thinking about what words and ways I should comfort their families these days, but no! I didn't think of anything! I was willing to compensate them in terms of money, taxes, and everything else I could, but I knew very well that none of that would make up for the loss of their loved ones!"

"The officials of the imperial court are not so easy to be! If you want to be a clean official, you have to be willing to be poor, it is difficult for you to see that your colleagues and even subordinates are all dressed and fed, but you have to treat your mother's minor illness and worry about your family next month!"

"This is not the saddest thing for you, the saddest thing is that you not only have to endure the vigilance of your superiors, colleagues and subordinates, but also bear the huge pressure that they put on you with a different eye!"

"In short, it's just a sentence: Qing officials are not done by people, and those who can be clean officials have become gods early!"

"Isn't there anything that can be done to change that?"

"It's very difficult! This requires a re-revision of the government's power framework, a substantial increase in the welfare of officials, and a guarantee that the functions of money, power, goods, and auditing are completely separate and not subordinate to each other. He has even opened a lifelong auditing system for officials, and he needs to be responsible for every decision he has ever made, and strive to pick out one by one those who have thrown away a mess and can become officials in different places! Avoid making a statement, clarify the responsibilities of officials, and conduct collective anonymous voting on those projects with huge sums of money and far-reaching impact, and the number of voters should be adjusted accordingly according to the size of the project. Every individual who participates or will participate, is affected or will be affected, should have the right to vote!"

"There are too many! The functions of the officials are like tigers roaming in the wilderness, and it is almost impossible to get them to enter the cage of their own accord. What we need to do, even if we go to the capital, I'm afraid it will be difficult to finish!"

"Forget it, forget it! It's annoying to listen to! I think you might as well choose to be a corrupt official, anyway, the Dongyu Empire is so big, it's not bad to raise a little corrupt official like you!" Audrey waved his hand and said with a smile to Li Zijun.

"Corrupt official? Do you think it's easy to be a corrupt official? That's really wrong!"

"First of all, I must tell you with great certainty that the vast majority of corrupt officials are good people, and even many of them are kinder than people like me! Most of the reason why they embark on the road of corrupt officials is that they are forced by life!"

"Don't laugh, what I'm saying is the truth! And whether you believe it or not, I have to tell you that 'a rich country and a strong people are a hotbed for corrupt officials.'"

"At first, they all want to have a dignified life, and then they will gradually pursue enjoyment and higher levels of pleasure, zuihou is extravagance and depravity!"

"They didn't want that when they first started, but the instinctive human desire kept driving them forward!"

"There's no doubt about the joy there, and it's hard for anyone to choose to turn back from the first step, or they don't want to go back!"

"How can you let a noble lady who is used to wearing colorful brocade clothes be willing to return to the life of coarse cloth and scraps?!"

"But as long as you become a corrupt official, sooner or later you will experience the pain of challenging your bottom line, no matter how persistent he is, his bottom line will be broken again and again! ”

"I have a huge fortune, I have a choice, I choose to keep a piece of innocence for myself!" When Audrey opened her mouth to ask him, Li Zijun had already guessed that she was testing her tone.

Since Li Zijun stepped into the border of the Dongyu Empire, the news of Filano City has been flying in front of him like snowflakes. Regarding the confusing situation in the capital at the moment, he is still in the stage of seeing flowers in the fog, and he doesn't want to become cannon fodder for others. Therefore, he will not reveal his next move to anyone until he has thoroughly figured out the true purpose of the shili of the parties.

"You probably don't know your reputation in Firano City at the moment, you have been firmly labeled as the 'new generation of military gods', even if Emperor Bixia has the heart to let you go, the tide of public opinion will not allow him to do so! You have already stood under everyone's gaze, and if you want to go back to being your idle marquis, I'm afraid it's difficult!" Hearing Li Zijun's analysis just now, Audrey can be regarded as having seen the difficulties of being an official, and she couldn't help but look at Li Zijun sympathetically and sighed.

"I don't want to be an official myself, the emperor can't force me to be a cow and a horse for him!" Li Zijun said unconvinced.

"A good opportunity that no one else can ask for, do you want Bixia to beg you in turn?" Audrey's talent is all in magic, and he is much worse than Li Zijun when it comes to politics, and before she knows it, she has taken the initiative to say who she is as a lobbyist!

"Who loves to beg who begs?Anyway, my internal injuries haven't healed yet, it's a big deal that I've been recuperating at home, I don't believe it, Emperor Bixia will be strong, let me stand in the pit for a long time and not!"

"Phew, you're a marquis, why do you talk so dirty!"

"I'm just talking dirty, and there are a lot of people who are doing dirtier than I say, why didn't I see you 'puff' them?"

"Don't be ignorant, you kid, when you return to the capital, I can find a hundred famous doctors to treat you, even if you have a way to pretend to be sick and deceive them, I don't believe that you can still endure the loneliness of lying in bed all day! Of course, I will definitely let them tell you that your injuries must be kept away from beauty!" Anna and Catherine happened to be outside her carriage when Audrey said this, and when they heard her words, their faces turned red, and they hurriedly turned away.

During this time, as Li Zijun gradually recovered, he became lustful again, and always secretly did things to Anna and Catherine. Of course, it was impossible for him to hide such an act from Audrey, which also became Audrey's means of threatening him.

"Master, are you yin me?"

"I'm your master, I'm yin to you, what can you do to me? Or will we have another magic duel?" said Audrey, looking at Li Zijun with contempt.

Thinking of the duel between himself and Audrey using ordinary magic a few days ago, Li Zijun couldn't help but shudder. He had thought that he was no match for any of the mages in the use of ordinary magic, and it was because of this confidence that he 'submitted' an application to Audrey for a lesson.

But Li Zijun never thought that the gap between himself and Audrey would be so big! Audrey only took less than three minutes to bury half of his body in the ground. If he hadn't been alert at the time and stopped in time, Audrey's lightning would have to make him lie in bed for at least half a month. This also made Li Zijun see his real gap!

"Yin is yin, who made me your apprentice! How can I do it with you, what do you have to tell you to manage it!" Li Zijun knew very well the truth that 'there is no justice without power', and he immediately put on a hippie smile.

"What do I really say, you do?"

"You asked me to go east, and I didn't even look west!"

"I heard that Bixia is preparing to select the Minister of War, you are the 'new generation of military gods' of the Dongyu Empire, why don't you take the initiative to fight for this position, I have an apprentice of the Minister of War, wouldn't it be a very honorable thing!" Audrey asked tentatively.

"Master, you should kill me with lightning! The position of the Minister of the Military Department, qualifications, military exploits, and powerful backers are all indispensable, but this is not the position that a person like me who is lucky enough to win a battle should sit. And I heard that the eldest prince coveted that position, and you asked me to fight for it, didn't that make me take an egg and hit it on a rock!"

"Rather than that, you might as well end me up directly, and save me from becoming a thorn in the eldest prince's side and a thorn in the flesh, and then implicate others when I die!" Li Zijun knew very well that 'Minister of War' was a taboo, and he rejected Audrey's proposal almost without thinking about it.

"I don't know much about official positions, so why don't you tell me what you are willing to do, or what you can do?"

"If you had to give me a choice, I would have thought that sheriff would have been a good fit for me, and to tell you the truth, I found that I enjoyed beating people!"

"Quietly, you have a little bit of interest? That's not your original official position, you have made such a great contribution, how can Bixia let you go back to be a sheriff?

"I've only ever worked in one position other than being a grain officer, so how do I know what else I'm suitable for?! Otherwise, you can just pick a position for me, but there is one thing, I don't want to lead troops anymore. I don't know if I'm going to be able to come back alive this time, I don't want to go like this again!I'll do whatever you choose!" Li Zijun smirked at Audrey, jumped out of the carriage and slipped away.

"After all, he is still a child, and he has not yet realized the real benefits that power brings him!Since you are still quite a sheriff, I will tell Bixia to let you be enough!" Audrey muttered to herself as she looked at Li Zijun's back, a playful smile on her face at the same time.

"Ed still wants to go back to being his sheriff, he's really just a kid!" Virgil Bixia couldn't help but laugh dumbly when she heard the news from Audrey. In fact, at this time, he suddenly asked everyone to start discussing the candidates for several positions in the military department, the purpose of which was to test his sons.

If he sits in the position of 'Emperor' for too long, his suspicion will become more and more serious, and it will be difficult for him to trust anyone completely, which also makes him always want to know the every move of those around him.

The response of the other princes was expected by Virgil, Li Zijun refused to enter the military department, he also expected it, he just didn't expect Li Zijun to have a soft spot for the position of sheriff.

For the past two years, Virgil Bixia has been following all of Lee's performances. After Li Zijun showed his amazing military talent, he couldn't help but have some scruples in his heart while admiring it! It was Li Zijun's clever move to avoid the edge of the eldest prince. But if Li Zijun still wants to continue to be in charge of the army, Virgil Bixia is afraid that he will have to reconsider his future arrangements.

But Li Zijun wanted to go back to serve as a sheriff, and his age provided him with a natural disguise, and he easily deceived Virgil Bixia.

Without any bad deeds, even less ambitious, and with the ability to deal with all kinds of emergencies, in Virgil's eyes, Li Zijun's performance can be called perfect!

Virgil paused for a moment, then finally spoke.

"Bellock, you've been the Admiral of the Royal Guard and the Guardian of Firano for almost ten years, right?"

"Yes, Bixia, it's been eleven years!" Beloc replied with a flurry in his heart.

"You've been working hard by my side for so many years, and it's time for you to get rid of the specifics. ”

Belloc was startled by Virgil's words, and he immediately understood Fergill's intentions.

"Bixia, the minister wears two positions, although he has been trying his best, but he still feels powerless, and recently he feels more and more overwhelmed. It's time for the minister to give up a position to the young man, I wonder which position Bixia is going to give up to the minister?" Bellock asked tentatively.