"I haven't eaten your food for a long time. I really miss it!" As soon as he walked into the Earl's living room, His Majesty Cohen sat down at the dining table unceremoniously, took the napkin and put it on the little princess. Although His Majesty always took care of her
The little princess's daily life, but the napkin was really ugly, which made Bai Ying on the side so angry that he walked up and replaced Cohen.
"Your Majesty, don't say that. I still want to eat palace dishes every day!" The count ordered the servant to serve the dishes, then turned around and asked in a low voice: "I heard that your Majesty invited people to eat in the two newly occupied provinces we have occupied."
A special meal? With such a good thing, why don't you remember your father-in-law? I have been in this dark place for a long time, so it should be my turn for good things to happen!"
"The meal was just to appease people's hearts. Do you still need to appease people? Besides, that thing can't enter your mouth." Cohen was a little dumbfounded. "When this is done, will you give your father-in-law a new rank and a title?"
It’s no problem even if you want a beauties with jewelry!”
"My lord, how old am I? To be honest, since I became your father-in-law, my horizons and mind have been much broader than before." The earl smiled bitterly, "The earl's title is already very good, we can't add more.
Your Majesty, don't give me an official position, otherwise it will only make people jealous. As for wealth and beautiful women, if I accept these at a young age, am I not discrediting myself?"
"No way!" Cohen was a little surprised at his father-in-law's change. In his memory, Ivar Merlin was not a noble person, so he just thought that his father-in-law was using hard-to-get tactics. "No one dares to say anything about my reward."
Make irresponsible remarks!"
"Okay! I admit that I like it all. I like money and beautiful women, but I still can't have it." The Earl sighed, "This is not for myself, but for my daughter... I'm sorry, it should be said that it is for
Your Majesty’s imperial concubine. As a father, I owe her too much, and I can’t possibly do anything to help her. It’s better to keep safe, even if I can do my little bit!”
After listening to Ivar Merlin's words, Cohen felt a lot in his heart, and he raised his head and sighed. Fortunately, the dishes were served just at this time, otherwise, I don't know how long this king and his ministers would have been sighing at each other.
"Come on, come on, your majesty, give it a try. This is specially prepared for your majesty." After ending the unpleasant topic, Iva Merlin opened the lid, "For the purpose of testing, many beneficial organisms from various places were sent some time ago. After the experiment, there were no
Useful, I just thought! These beneficial insects are the natural enemies of many of our research results. We eliminated them one by one, and in the end, many new dishes were invented."
"Then you have to give it a try." Putting the glistening, granular piece of meat into his mouth, the expression on Cohen's face froze, and then he slapped the table, "It tastes so damn good!"
"There's more!" The count brought a small bowl over, "try this."
"Steamed...", "Fried...", "Baked..."
"Ah..." After finishing the dishes one after another, Cohen let out a sigh of relief, "I have never eaten so many delicious foods, all made with beneficial insects?"
"Both." The count nodded.
"This kind of trend is unacceptable!" Cohen said with a wry smile: "I am going to pass down the order that no one in the Sbia Empire is allowed to eat these dishes, otherwise it will be a capital crime. It just so happens that the chancellor has a few nobles who have committed capital crimes, so he
You can be put to death for this crime...but you have to hand over the secret recipe of your dish! I want to sell it for a high price."
"no problem."
"Okay, I'll go back now, Qin Lun? Where did you go?" After talking about everything, Cohen stood up, but found that the little princess was not in her seat. She turned around and saw that the lovely Princess Qin Lun was in the room.
I was playing with something at the desk and was having a lot of fun.
When she heard Cohen calling her, Princess Qinlun not only didn't follow her, but even yelled "Ahhh" and dragged Cohen over by the corner of her clothes. Cohen, who felt he was pressed for time, couldn't bear to interrupt Princess Qinlun's happiness, so he had to follow Qinlun.
Lun came to the desk.
"Have you found anything fun? Let's play together." Just after Cohen finished saying this, Princess Qinlun had already handed over a small wooden stick. Cohen took it with a smile and asked: "How do you want to play?"
Princess Qinlun giggled and placed two insect specimens that looked exactly the same at both ends of the desk. The wooden stick in her hand was pointed at the insect on one end. Then, a blue light spot flashed from the abdomen of the insect on the other side.
Princess Qinlun clicked on it one after another, and the blue light flickered with the frequency of Princess Qinlun's clicks.
Cohen, who appears as an emperor in front of people every day, is actually still a child at heart. He found it interesting and joined the game. He used a wooden stick to point another insect - Princess Qinlun. The insect's abdomen began to flicker under the wooden stick.
"Let's play with this." The count came over and showed off his knowledge, "This is a pair of rare snow-controlling insects. The highlight is the language of this insect. Even if they are some distance apart, as long as one insect rubs its wings
, the abdomens of other nearby insects will all shine, but there are some subtle differences in color."
"Ah, ah ah!" Princess Qinlun looked at Cohen while lighting the stick, making a sound that others could not understand.
"I like you too, my princess." Cohen understood the meaning of the voice and nodded while smiling, "I - also - like..."
Emperor Sibia did not answer, but walked around the room in circles, sometimes frowning, sometimes gnashing his teeth.
When everyone thought he might be crazy, he spoke, "Tell the herald to have the leader of the secret workshop and all the elders of the elves report to me as soon as they receive the order. The place will be at the palace without delay."
"Your Majesty...what's going on?" the count asked doubtfully.
"There is no time to explain." Cohen picked up Princess Qinlun and grabbed two insects. "You also come to the palace with me."
When Ivar Merlin ran out after explaining the matter, Cohen had already set off under the protection of the guards. The miserable Earl had no choice but to jump on his carriage and chase after him with his guards at lightning speed.
In the slightly swaying carriage, Bai Ying held the little princess, and both of them stared at the weird Emperor Sbia - he kept holding the two insects, his eyes flickering. Generally speaking, the eyes of ordinary madmen
It will flash faster, but not so frequently, so at this moment, Cohen can only be an extremely crazy lunatic.
With a "pop" sound, Cohen slapped his left hand on the window frame, closed his eyes, and said softly: "Solved."
When he saw Cohen's eyes open again, Bai Ying couldn't help but want to jump up and cheer, because the haze that had been entangled in Cohen's eyes for the past few months had disappeared, so he asked curiously: "What happened has been solved?"
"I can't explain it in a sentence or two, but it's still a big deal." Cohen shook his head, "I can have a good sleep tonight."
"Has everything been resolved?" Bai Ying unknowingly approached Cohen, the nasty man with whom he almost broke up not long ago, and asked with concern: "Everything?"
"Of course, are there still many things that bother me?" Cohen leaned against the wall of the compartment and replied comfortably, "What has troubled me all along is that I can't determine which direction the external threat comes from, but now, no matter which direction it comes from, I can't
You need to worry. Once you solve this problem, the rest will fall into place."
"You fell out too quickly, didn't you?" Bai Ying was angry, "In this case... the matter with Prince Weisu is over?"
"Well, of course it's over." Cohen nodded, "Although I know that the imperial concubines are also involved, but what can I do? The collision of two ways of thinking will inevitably produce sparks. They are my family, what can I do?
Should we lock them up? If we can’t, then we might as well downplay it and let it go with a smile. Dad is not ignorant of the seriousness. If he promised me, he would naturally not do it again.”
"This is strange. Since you have already figured it out, why do you still have to put on a dead face along the way?"
"This is because..." Cohen chuckled, "You are so cute when you are nervous! Especially when I understand that you are nervous about me, I feel even happier."
"You!" Bai Ying resisted the urge to hit someone, "So, where are those scrolls? Where is the one for Xiangxue?"
"Of course those scrolls have only one function, which is not to hurt them when I use area magic." Cohen confessed thoroughly, "The one given to Xiangxue also has the same function. Since I let her know my identity, I, the young master,
There aren’t many opportunities to play tricks on her, so I just picked up something to scare her... Hehe, I originally wanted to use it to scare you."
At this moment, Bai Ying felt that all the blood in his body was rushing to his face. Without thinking, he punched Cohen in the chest, causing this boring emperor and rogue embryo to roll over on the floor, knocking down the screen and falling on his head and feet.
was hung on the back door - although it was said to be a scare, Cohen always kept his mouth open when teasing himself. This time he had specially prepared props, so naturally he had no good intentions.
When Cohen got up from the ground wailing, Bai Ying was sitting in a corner of the carriage with her back to him. The little princess in her arms quietly poked her head out and playfully stuck out her tongue at Cohen.
"Also, how do you plan to use those bugs?" Bai Ying asked in a low voice, "Do you know the consequences of doing that?"
"You know, if the locusts are released, the good crops will be completely eaten up, and the people will suffer a little bit."
"Is it just a little bitter?" Bai Ying wanted to turn around and glare at him, but Bai Ying held back. She was afraid that she would not be able to speak in such a stern tone when she saw his eyes, "Many people will die! Yours
The original intention is to save people, not to kill!"
"Are you saying, 'I'll leave you if you insist'? Please, after following me for so long, you should learn something new." Cohen rubbed his chest, "Who said that if you release locusts, people will definitely die?
?Use your brain, okay? Does this young master seem to be such a cruel person?"
"You..." Bai Ying snorted, "Like..."
After dinner, the Weisu couple and several imperial concubines chatted with Iva Merlin. Cohen took a leisurely stroll outside, dealing with various matters that had accumulated due to his departure. After almost completing the work, the leader of the secret workshop and the elves
The clan elders had not arrived yet, and Cohen knew that they would not be delayed on the road because the road was not close, so he also wanted to go in and chat with others.
"Follow me." When he met Wei Su at the door, he waved to Cohen, "I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter?" Cohen followed Weisu, looked at his father's expression, and asked curiously: "What a rare mystery!"
"The emperor went on this expedition to conquer two empires and quelled the dissatisfaction of the nobles of the two empires. It is really a rare feat. Even as a stern father, I have to praise you." He walked in and was tightly guarded.
In the room, Prince Weisu, who had been speechless all the way, spoke up, "But for the reasons you used to subjugate the nobles of the two countries, especially for not completely razing the demon temple after occupying the demonic land, how are you going to ask the gods and the
People tell me? They will definitely send someone to inquire in the near future."
"The reason! Of course I haven't thought about it yet. Although I have a rough idea, I won't know if it's suitable until someone asks me when I see it." Cohen smiled broadly, "Governing the demonic land is a very troublesome thing.
This has never been done by an emperor before. It sets a precedent and obeys authority when urgent matters arise. I think they are unlikely to embarrass me again. I just want to be able to explain things on the table."
"Since the emperor has a solution in his mind, I won't ask any more questions. I'm just giving you a little reminder." Prince Weisu nodded. "Actually, that's not what I want to tell you. I want to tell you another important thing."
"You say." Cohen came closer, "although I don't know what other important things are at this time."
"The emperor was upset some time ago. Is it because he was unable to determine the external forces? In fact, from the conversation this afternoon, I learned about your worries." Wei Su said: "I sent people to kill the deposed royal families of the two empires.
I was surprised by your indifferent way of handling the matter, and it also shocked me. To be honest, if I were you, I would have handled it more intensely. Cohen, maybe you didn’t realize that you have already
Unknowingly, he became a very good emperor."
"Father, why do you think so?" Cohen said with embarrassment: "I have been working very hard, and the ministers always advised me to work hard as well. I act willfully and have a weird personality. How can I be called a person?"
A good emperor?"
"That's just your feeling, and in your heart, you have been comparing the feeling of being an emperor with the feeling of being a governor. The emperor has great responsibilities, and of course he will feel very hard. In fact, no matter how good you are, you like to persuade
The ministers will still advise." Weisu replied solemnly, "I really admire the late emperor's vision for letting you take over the throne that day. If there were another emperor who would be persuaded by the ministers or me, the Sibia Empire would not be the same.
This is what it looks like today.”
"Wait a minute!" Cohen raised his hand alertly, "Dad, you keep feeding me soup. Is there another chore?"
"The emperor thought wrong. This time is not a chore." Weisu smiled, "I just want to explain to the emperor a force that the emperor didn't know before, which is the emperor's main enemy at present.
.”
"No way?" Emperor Sibia was stunned, "There are other forces that I don't know about?"
"Cohen, do you know why the leftist prime minister first entered the palace to kill the late emperor when he rebelled, and why so many empires supported him?" As he spoke, Prince Weisu turned on a few lights in the room with his own hands.
.
"A conspiracy by the temple priests?" Cohen replied, "To cover up the mistakes of the defeat?"
"Even if the temple is doing mischief, why don't the gods pay any attention to it?" Prince Weisu turned around, with a look of pain on his face, "The rebellion is just a flash point. Sooner or later, they will attack the late emperor.
.”
"Them?" Cohen thought for a moment before confirming who his father meant by "them" and "Why?"
"Because in the Divine Alliance, there is not only a system of officials sent under the temple, but also another secret force." Weisu looked at his son, "His Majesty Creamer is one of the leaders of this organization."
"This...how do you want me to evaluate it?" Cohen tilted his head and said: "Uncle Creamer is already the emperor, why does he still want to lead a secret force? What is this secret force used for?"
"The secret force led by His Majesty Creamer is naturally not pursuing wealth and power. The other majesties don't need to know. You only need to know that this kind of organization is not compatible with the gods and temples... If it weren't for the fact that all the senior members of the organization were bizarre in one day.
Death, how can the left prime minister succeed in the rebellion? He can't even eat a holy capital!" Prince Weisu said angrily: "Because of the loss of His Majesty Creamer, this organization has naturally collapsed after the rebellion."
"Speaking of it this way, I can guess a bit about the purpose of this organization. Dad, you have been ups and downs for a long time but you have always stood firm. Isn't it a coincidence? Grandpa Martin, Carlos and others naturally did not appear here for no reason.
In front of me." Cohen smiled softly, "Actually, I have long wondered why I can meet these people, and why I can always meet them..."
"You are right. I hold a certain position in the organization, but it is not important. I am only responsible for allocating and hoarding supplies for the Sbia Empire." Weisu explained: "As for Martin, Carlos and others,
He doesn’t belong to the organization yet, he’s just under our protection. Among the people you know, there is only one person who truly belongs to the organization, and that is His Majesty Fichet Chamai.”
"Well, you don't tell me these things." Cohen said flatly, "I can understand."
"His Majesty Creamer once proposed that you join, but I declined for you. Firstly, you are young, and secondly, your character has not yet been finalized." Prince Weisu said softly: "You are already the emperor, so you must understand other important points.
"
"I understand." Cohen raised his hand, "But what does this have to do with the enemy I am facing now?"
"After His Majesty Creamer's absence, I, as a middle-level official, have become the highest official of the organization. Although the organization has collapsed and there is no hope of gathering again, I still have a small part of the resources directly under me... But the current situation of the organization
The outside world doesn't know about this, and neither do other members of the organization, so on the surface we still exist." Wei Su handed over a note, "A few days ago, some news was transferred to me, which made me feel uncomfortable.
I'm a little surprised, please take a look, Emperor!"
"Strange, the temple wants to deal with you?" Cohen looked at the information on the note and asked doubtfully: "This news is false because your organization has been disintegrated, so what is the motive for sending this news? And who sent it?
This news?”
"Within the Divine Alliance, there are only our organization and the Temple Sub-Organization. Even if the Temple Sub-Union doesn't know that our organization has collapsed, they will not send such news because we have always been opposed to them.
Prince Weisu raised his brows, "This news can only come from a similar organization from the Demon Alliance." (To be continued)