The music stopped, people separated, and applause broke out.
"Good evening, His Majesty the Emperor." As if unintentionally, Prince Carl Ulysses came over holding the hand of his dance partner and gave a slight salute: "This was such a successful dance. I never expected that Sibia could return to a peaceful life so quickly.
.Oh! I almost forgot to introduce you. This beautiful lady is my dance partner. According to seniority, she is my niece."
"Good evening, Your Majesty, good evening Miss Forna." The prince's niece saluted Cohen: "My name is Daisy."
Cohen nodded, and Forna said hello to the prince and Daisy.
"Would His Majesty the Emperor want to take a walk on this beautiful night?" Prince Carl Ulysses issued an invitation: "If Your Majesty wants to jump all the way, he will take away all the scenery, and other young people will be very depressed."
"The prince is right." Cohen turned to look around and asked Forna to take her hand: "Since I am the host, I have to leave enough space for the guests to enjoy themselves. Prince, let's go to the garden and take a look.
Bar!"
"I'm very happy, your majesty." The prince nodded, took Daisy in his arms, and followed Cohen on the sidewalk leading to the garden: "Your majesty dances this song really well. Do you really only know how to fight? You didn't lie to us.
?”
"In the current empire, apart from my family and friends, the only person who can speak to me in this tone is you, the prince." His Majesty Cohen smiled: "Your Highness, you are a very interesting person.
You almost caught up with me."
After hearing what Cohen said, the other three laughed.
"Haha, I can't compete with His Majesty. If I make this little extra, the price I pay will be huge." Karl.
Prince Ulysses shook his head: "I don't have the courage of His Majesty the Emperor, or in other words, I don't have the dedication of His Majesty."
"Really? It seems that His Highness the Prince is a person who doesn't like excitement in life." Cohen smiled lightly: "At the ball, the envoys from all over the world are chasing happiness. In the colorful dresses that frequently circle around, you are the only one following.
Is it because His Highness the Prince is satisfied with his current life when he chats with his dance partner?"
"To be honest, I don't reject the opportunity in front of me. In fact, I am not a lonely nobleman." The prince glanced at Daisy beside him: "But your Majesty must be considerate of me. Daisy has a very good relationship with my wife.
, if she says anything casually in front of my wife after she returns to China, I will have to spend a lot of time and energy to apologize."
"Is the prince's wife very powerful?" Cohen looked at Daisy thoughtfully.
"It's not that she's great, but we grew up together. When I was in the military, she prayed for me day and night. From a certain perspective, she won my respect." The prince replied:
"Not to mention that she worked hard to run the household and educated her children very well."
"What a happy family."
The path in front only allowed two people to pass, so they let go of their female companions and walked side by side. Daisy was talking softly to Forna from behind, and the laughter of the two ladies kept coming.
"Your Majesty, I have been in Sibia for a while, and my affairs have almost been dealt with, so I want to leave in the near future." The prince lowered his voice: "There is a lot of backlog of domestic affairs, and I have to rush back as soon as possible to deal with it."
"The prince is going back to China so soon?" Cohen was a little surprised. He didn't know the prince's true thoughts for a while: "What about the rest?"
"I will leave a deputy to deal with it. If necessary, our Majesty will send an envoy here again." The prince replied: "My coming to the Sibia Empire as an envoy is just a temporary expedient. Our Majesty understands that Sibi
Asia is very important to the Tanxi Empire, so we want to use our personal relationship to lay the groundwork first, and then we can contact and send a capable person."
"The prince is really a busy man." Cohen stopped and said, "I have heard that envoys from various countries deliberately avoid His Highness the Prince on many occasions?"
"Such situations do exist." The prince smiled: "It's not exactly avoidance."
"oh?"
"The geographical location of the Tanxi Empire is relatively special, and it is favored by the God of Light, so other countries have always been dissatisfied with Tanxi, but Tanxi's powerful army has left these countries helpless. So they are jealous, they are afraid, and all these plots are intertwined.
Together, they formed today's situation." The prince said: "His Majesty the Emperor should understand in his heart why I am sending an envoy to the Sibia Empire this time."
"Of course I know a little bit." Cohen picked a leaf from the tree next to him: "The Sibia Empire's status today, whether it is the army or the attention it receives from the Light God Clan, is already comparable to the Tansi Empire."
"His Majesty the Emperor is a very smart man, and I really don't need to remind you too much about this matter." The prince smiled: "You should know that to the outside world, the Divine Alliance appears as a whole, trying its best to give the world a sense of unity.
An incomparable impression; but in the alliance, each empire is divided into smaller interest groups, and even within such small groups, there are still struggles."
"In the final analysis, human nature is like this." Cohen threw away the leaves in his hands: "Let alone the empire."
"If it were a human being, there would still be some emotion in it, but the differentiation of this kind of group is based on cold interests and cannot be changed by the efforts of one party." The prince frowned slightly: "I once wanted to work hard to change it.
This status quo, no matter how well-intentioned I am, I still can't break this ice. So, I don't have such naive ideas."
"What does the prince want to tell me?" Cohen looked at Carl Ulysses with a smile on his face.
"The Tansi Empire is powerful, and the Sibia Empire will definitely become stronger in the near future. If the two powerful empires unite and speak with one voice, it will be enough to overwhelm all noisy voices." The prince looked back at Cohen.
: "However, if the two powerful empires do not unite, then in the future, other weak empires will choose one of them to rely on according to their own needs. In that case, the Tansi Empire and the Sibia Empire will inevitably
A direct confrontation occurred."
"The words of His Highness the Prince are really interesting." Cohen looked away and looked at the dance floor through the heavy flower branches: "Is the Tansi Empire willing to fight against the weaker empire?"
"Personally, I don't want to have any unpleasantness with Your Majesty. If Tansi and Sibiya have any unpleasantness, they are just fighting for the welfare of these people. What good does it do to ourselves?" The prince also set his sights on it.
In the dance hall: "This is not only my idea, but also the will of the Tanxi Empire. I hope your majesty can approve it."
"I have to consider this matter carefully. Once I agree, it will not be a trivial matter." Cohen replied calmly: "What will the union of two powerful empires look like in the eyes of the world? After all, we are an empire under the gods.
What will be the attitude of the priests of the temple? I never meet these people, and the Tansi Empire doesn’t seem to have given the temple any good fruits, right?"
"The guest is bullying the master! Being a priest in the Tanxi Empire has always been a hard job. The priests can't get extra money, and they have to be wary of being a woman... But our methods are relatively mild, unlike His Majesty who likes to uproot people.
"Yes." The prince replied with a smile: "But in your Majesty's heart, the temple has never been an institution with real rights? But why do you attach so much importance to them today?"
"Prince, you violated the law." Cohen put away his smile and said seriously: "We are negotiating now! Everyone knows that I dragged the temple in to negotiate the price with you, Your Highness, but you revealed the meaning of my words. This
Isn’t your behavior too rude?”
Prince Carl Ulysses' eyes stayed on His Majesty Cohen's face for a moment, and then he laughed heartily, which also attracted the curious eyes of the two ladies in the distance.
"Since we negotiated the price, your Majesty agreed." After laughing, the prince nodded: "Okay! I will increase the price. If your Majesty agrees, I will hold a family banquet for your Majesty when we have the opportunity to meet in Tanxi in the future.
"
"It sounds tempting, but it's not enough." Cohen shook his head: "I have one more request."
"Let's talk about it." The prince nodded: "Maybe I can do it."
"The prince can definitely do it." Cohen snorted coldly: "You have a prince Letu in Tanxi, right? The one who is quite strong."
"Of course. Strictly speaking, he is my nephew. He has met His Majesty and is also one of the Divine Blessed Knights."
"That's him. Prince, after you return to China, find a reason to beat him up." Cohen stretched out his hand and said, "If His Highness agrees to my request, our alliance will be settled."
"Although this matter is difficult, I still agree." The prince did not ask for a reason. He just stretched out his hand to hold Cohen's hand. The two hands representing their respective empires held each other vigorously and shook it up and down.
"Then this matter is settled." Cohen said with a smile: "Call the ladies over! Let's go over here."
"We've finished talking about the business, but I still have some personal matters here!" The prince turned back to look at the two ladies: "It's about my niece. For personal reasons, I hope she can stay in Sibia for a while.
But Your Majesty also knows that the current world is in chaos everywhere, so instead of asking others to take care of her, it is better to find a strong person who can tell the truth."
"No problem. There are many powerful people in the Sibia Empire. I am willing to introduce them to His Highness the Prince." Of course Cohen understood what the Prince meant, but he knew that this was not a good job, so he wanted to get over it: "One, two...
If appropriate, I can introduce more."
"Your Majesty, you just criticized me for not being kind enough." The prince looked at Cohen "sincerely": "Have you forgotten?"
Cohen let out a long sigh and accepted the hot potato. The prince smiled and turned around, beckoning the ladies to follow him.
As time went by, the lively dance finally came to an end. After thanking the emperor, the guests who were still enjoying themselves left the palace together. Many of them would find another place to continue the joy. Tonight in the Holy Capital, there will be
There are many places where sleepless nights last until tomorrow morning.
His Majesty the Emperor was leaning on the railing alone on the terrace, looking into the distance. He wondered if the stars in the sky could bring him some enlightenment. The late summer night wind blew slowly by, and a strand of loose black hair slanted across his forehead. His eyes were confusing.
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The general liaison officer and the general staff officer, who had been busy all night, went up to the terrace together and came to His Majesty's side.
"Have all the guests left?" Cohen, who had his hands behind his back and his head held high, did not turn around and asked, "How did things go?"
"It seems that everything is going well now. They did not return empty-handed. I let them indirectly touch a line." Major General Mafa said softly: "It takes as long as ten days or as short as five days, and they can fight the storm as they wish."
'Getting started, it all depends on their efficiency. The subsequent steps will also be carried out according to the prior arrangements, and I have considered all aspects."
"Just proceed like this!" Cohen nodded and looked away from the starry sky: "I'll leave this matter to you."
"Okay, boss." Mafa scratched his head: "Are you worried?"
"Concerns? Of course, there are more than a few." Cohen walked along the passage on the terrace: "Marfa, you participated in the whole process of this plan. Do you realize the actual impact of this plan?"
"Of course I understand." Mafa said without any hesitation, "This is the harbinger of war."
"Aren't you afraid?" Cohen turned around and said, "I planted the precursors of war in both the Divine Alliance and the Demonic Alliance at the same time."
"That's not what I'm afraid of. Although I was trembling nervously when I learned about this plan, it was because I was excited." Looking at Cohen, Mafa said softly: "What I'm afraid of is just the ordinary things in my life.
Spend...I'm used to the ups and downs of being by the boss's side. I like the feeling of walking through danger, no matter what kind of enemy I face."
"Then prepare carefully!" Cohen smiled slightly: "An exciting life is beckoning to us." (To be continued)