The beautiful time in the Jade Palace could last indefinitely, but the gift someone brought back from Dragon Island made the empress very busy for a while.
Alegria and its forces were revitalized, but they looked quite dazzling in the eyes of the nobles. There was a magician standing behind her, and she was defeated several times in the face of that man. The nobles were not convinced about that magic.
The teacher's small actions became more and more conservative.
But if you want to scare away this group of people who stand on the top of power, the strength displayed by a certain magician is not enough. And this strength cannot only exist in rumors, it must be confirmed and visible to everyone.
of.
Besides, the nobles can still be in a leadership position in this world with great personal power, so they naturally have something to rely on.
The most obvious weakness is that no matter how strong the magician is, he is only one person. No matter how thoughtful and careful he is, there will always be things he cannot take care of. As long as he cares about other people and things, there will be
weakness.
Or maybe it's because the Empress has been doing things quite smoothly since someone came to the empire.
Especially for the promotion of banks, even if the nobles are not refused to join, when the gold coin goddess has limited manpower, it is important to decide who goes first and who comes last. Because this means who can seize the most in the limited market that is about to unfold.
Share, it is possible for no one to get anything.
This kind of power is neither big nor small. It has not been able to break through the defenses of the nobles, causing them to rush to kneel and lick each other. But it has also allowed some people to taste the sweetness from the empress's hands, giving the nobles a solid camp.
loosened.
Now that there is a second dragon flag, the situation has become more delicate.
You must know that the first dragon flag has an unshirkable responsibility and task, which is to transport livestock to Dragon Island as food for the dragons. It takes time to dispatch a sufficient amount of livestock, and a qualified fleet is needed to transport these live livestock.
These all limit the use method and frequency of the first dragon flag.
But the second dragon flag does not have such restrictions. The only restrictions are the round trip time of the fleet and the time it takes to search for trading items that the dragons will be interested in.
Nowadays, the news of the existence of the second dragon flag has only spread in a small area. Even so, it has caused a certain amount of sensation and covetousness.
But the empress has no intention of hiding the news, or she can't. As long as the people of the Greco Chamber of Commerce are ready, once they go to sea, the news will almost be known to everyone.
In these days, no one would go to the sea for free. The direction they ran was towards Dragon Island. After coming back, the goods they pulled out were all in-demand goods prefixed with 'dragon'. This was so stupid.
To what extent would one be unable to figure out the relationship between them.
Although the owner of the second dragon flag was the magician, it was the Empress who was chosen as his middleman agent. It is true that such power gave the Empress the opportunity to tease greedy people and win them over, but it also really attracted
A lot of hatred.
The one I hate the most among them is probably Prince Behar. Not only did he lose the dragon who offered his help, but he also lost the price he paid to befriend the dragon in the early stage, and he couldn't take advantage of the coveted benefits.
One serving.
When such a person sent an invitation letter to the Jade Palace, the empress who had not left the palace for several days and only stayed in the palace giving orders suddenly felt bad.
On the one hand, it was also because many of the people she sent out did not show up where they were supposed to appear, and the time they lost contact was quite long. It was so long that the empress even wondered whether these people had rebelled, or... who
Caught them.
As long as the fight between nobles is not a blood feud, everyone will default not to attack those with noble blood. But those servants and subordinates are just a group of minions who can be replaced at any time in the eyes of people with noble blood. Even if they are dead and crippled, they will not attack.
No one will care.
Even so, when nobles fight, they usually compete for the general trend, alliances, and backers. The loss of people now means that the other party intends to escalate the level of the struggle.
In the past, fights were fought without blood. But if the fight escalates now, the pressure on the empress' side, which is at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, will increase greatly.
When the lives of servants who are simply doing business are threatened, the question of whether the price of loyalty is commensurate with the rewards will be re-examined. This makes the empress not worry, and think carefully about whether everything that has happened recently around her is really as she imagined.
Looking at the empress' sad face and staring at the delicate card in her hand, Lin, who had been tired of being together these days, would certainly not be so cold-hearted as to pretend not to see. He stepped forward and asked, "Is there any trouble? This is...
…Um, invitation card?”
"Yes." Alegria said, raising the small card that smelled of incense in his hand: "An unexpected banquet invitation card was sent by an unexpected person."
"Who?" Lin asked.
"My cousin who has not yet been weaned has sent this...invitation to the entertainment party."
'Cousin who is not yet weaned', this is the empress's contemptuous name for Prince Behar.
As for the entertainment party, it is one of the forms of aristocratic banquets. The aristocratic banquets are basically divided into three categories: dances, concerts, and entertainment parties.
The ball is a dance-themed banquet, which emphasizes that attendees can participate in person. This is also the best form of banquet for nobles to socialize.
Concerts are simply about listening and appreciating music. Compared with the dynamics of dance parties and their emphasis on participation, concerts are static, and their participation and sociability are not that good.
Moreover, the development of music in the Lost Land is not that prosperous, and most of it is used as an accessory to dances, so this type of banquet is the least common. It is more common in single-sex aristocratic banquets, such as gatherings of girls or ladies.
The appreciation party is when the host of the banquet collects any rare treasures or valuable works of art, and uses them to show off the treasures.
Since the destination is more utilitarian, it is all a matter of care about who to invite, whether the invitees will participate, the status of the attendees and the host, and how to behave. It can be said that every entertainment party has its own unique characteristics.
It's no less than a political intrigue.
There are also some entertainment parties with a more special nature. For example, bloody and dark themes including sexual abuse and devil worship, a group of like-minded people gather together to have fun. This type of banquet is of course quite exclusive.
Although Alegria was the emperor of the Karlsruhe Empire, he was marginalized and ostracized by the nobles. Invitations to various banquets, unless it was a state banquet that the emperor would definitely attend, would not be accepted.
None of it will be delivered to her desk.
Even if it was sent politely, the empress would choose not to attend to avoid being humiliated. This kind of banquet where she was deliberately invited would most likely have bad intentions. The remaining one was because the nobleman who held the banquet was too stupid.
As for the banquets held within the royal family, unless they are hosted by the empress, those held by other members of the royal family have nothing to do with the empress.
Who doesn't know that Alegria snatched the throne from the rest of the royal family. In addition, the empress herself pushed away the aristocratic group that intended to control her, thus losing support from outside the royal family. She was faced with the difficulties of internal and external pressure.
Who among the royal family would truly respect this emperor?
Against this background, an invitation letter to the entertainment party sent by Prince Behar was very strange.
Not to mention that the invitation to the emperor should be a formal invitation, and you should go directly to the palace and log in. But this invitation letter was sent to the Jade Palace, which was inconsistent with etiquette and law, which made it even more weird.
Lin didn't know much about the twists and turns between nobles, but he was fairly understanding of people. At least he still remembered clearly what his ancestors said. The so-called courtesy for nothing is either adultery or theft.
So this matter cannot be a good thing in any case. If you want a kid in his early ten years to repent, it is better to hope that his parents will pop out of the grave and beat him until he remembers it.
However, from the empress's point of view, she could not choose to give in and avoid like herself. So Lin thought about it and said: "Since I can't figure out why the other party threw this invitation, the easiest way is to go
Let's take a look. Let's see what tricks they are doing. You can bring someone with you and let me follow. If there is any problem, I will ensure that you come back safely."
She was a little confused at first, then a little happy, but after hearing the end, Alegria rolled her eyes. She said: "I thought you would be like a hero and help me solve the problem directly. Unexpectedly, you just promised to take care of me."
I just ran away. Do you still look like a man showing off your power on Dragon Island?"
"Killing is the easiest thing, but killing usually doesn't solve the problem. Those who think killing can solve everything probably want to kill everyone in the world and leave only themselves. I am on Dragon Island
There are many people who don’t believe what I have done. There is no point in proving whether it is true or false. No matter how much evidence I present, the people who don’t believe it will still not believe it.——”
After a few words of defense for himself, Lin turned back to the key points,
"-But the most important thing is, no matter what that child wants to do, I can guarantee that you can come back alive and intact. In addition to strength, the struggle between nobles sometimes also pays attention to an excuse, which is the so-called righteousness.
status. If they really dare to attack you blatantly, you can kill them all in the name of rebellion, and no one can make a mistake. So for me, this invitation may be a crisis, but
It can also be an opportunity."
Alegria was once a crazy girl who dared to take risks with a few friends. After a little analysis, Lin guaranteed her life safety, so what reason did she have to not take this trip?
.And she also had an intuition that she had to go.
After thinking about it, the empress shook the small card in her hand and said: "Since you are going, just take me back to the palace. I have to change my clothes, and then send a carriage to pick you up at the guest house. The way you use the flash technique is too scary
, it’s better to walk in a normal way so that people won’t find fault. The banquet is tonight."
Lin was startled and asked, "What a rush! Is this kind of invitation speed normal?"
"If you ask me, everything is abnormal." Alegria gave his own evaluation directly. He added: "And I have a bad feeling. And I have a feeling that I have to go to this banquet."
No matter which feeling is true, you can’t know what it is until you go there.”
After thinking for a while, the empress said: "It's best that these feelings are just false alarms. I haven't felt this kind of fear in a long time.