Cross Batra, Grand Duke of Abaron, was a very ambitious man, and his rule was a strong army and a fierce fighter.

He has always longed for a bigger territory, more power and a voice.

The reason why the Ronitant Kingdom in the south has always been so weak is not unrelated to the fact that Grand Duke Abaron leads his troops out for a walk or two from time to time.

In the eyes of the inhabitants of the kingdom of Ronitant, Grand Duke Abaron is almost equivalent to the devil in the abyss, and his name has the great effect of stopping children's night crying.

Hording Gross, Grand Duke of Maartani, lord of Maartani, was a territory southeast of Alinkes and east of Abaron, covering most of the coastal plain and two-thirds of the coastline of Illus.

Located on the Glittering Coast, the huge port city of Fira was the most prosperous of all the cities in the Illus Empire.

It has trade routes with countries such as the Sorant Kingdom, the Wren Empire, and the Ronitant Kingdom, as well as frequent ocean trade with the Eastern Islands, where huge multi-masted galleons bring all kinds of trade goods to the city day and night, and then carry away the specialties of the Illus Empire......

Although Matani was militarily weaker than Abaron, he was more economically wealthy than his northern territory, Taris.

However, compared to the powerful Abaron and Matani Domains, the real most important to the Irrus Empire was the Tares Domain, which was militarily and economically balanced.

For one reason, Tariss is home to the largest magical metal mines in the Empire, and the Sparder family holds an absolute number of magical metal mines here. But in addition to this, the royal family has also secretly developed a small number of magical metal mines here, of course. Most of them are magic iron and adamantite gold, and even Mithril is very small and the production is very low, but it is extremely important for the equipment improvement of the Imperial army.

The second reason is that perhaps in order to counterbalance the expansion of the power of the great nobles, the founding emperor of the Irus Empire, Gilad Illus, set the rules and the lord of the Tares Domain. Must be a member of the royal family, and to compensate for the loss of the royal family's relinquishment of inheritance, Taris's tax is also the lowest of all the realms.

And now. The lord of the Tariss, Nitro Illus, is Victor's uncle, and is sixty-eight years old. At first, he voluntarily renounced his inheritance. Inherited the lordship of Lord Taris.

It's ironic that the Empire of Irrus has only divided three dukedoms, and now only the Taris Empire can be trusted by Victor.

When the conflict between the royal family and the aristocratic faction was getting deeper and deeper, in addition to the Grand Duke of Taris, who clearly expressed his support for Victor, the attitudes of the Grand Duke of Abaron and the Grand Duke of Matani were ambiguous, and as the royal faction and the aristocratic faction fell into a confrontation, their attitudes became more subtle.

Now, the Grand Duke of Abaron and the Grand Duke of Mattani are even more excessive. Didn't even come to see Victor on time, and the situation suddenly became even more complicated.

Donn's brow furrowed. Fingers subconsciously knocked on the armrest: "The Grand Duke of Abaron and the Grand Duke of Matani are also from the aristocratic faction?" ”

"If that's the case, it's better to say."

Victor shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "The struggle between the royal faction and the aristocratic faction can be said to be infighting, no matter what the result is, the meat will eventually rot in the pot, I am afraid that they will want to rebel after eating the inside and out......"

Don immediately understood what Victor meant: "Are you worried that they are secretly teaming up with a certain country?" ”

Victor nodded, this was the situation he was most worried about.

"It is also possible that the Grand Duke of Abaron and the Grand Duke of Matani were delayed because of something, even if they want to rebel, it is not a matter of a while, there will definitely be signs."

Don reminded Victor: "Now instead of thinking about this, think about how to curb the power of the aristocratic faction, this is the top priority, if you contain the aristocratic faction, you will have other energy to solve the affairs of Abaron and Mattani." ”

"Yes...... At least for now, everything is normal. ”

Victor could only comfort himself like this.

"Bang bang."

Victor immediately asked vigilantly, "Who?" ”

"Father, the queen mother has been waiting for you in the restaurant for a long time."

"Whew...... It's Ollie. ”

Victor breathed a sigh of relief: "Come in." ”

Seeing Victor's appearance, Don shook his head, the castle may have been infiltrated by the nobles - it is really sad to be a king like this.

Aurelia pushed open the door and walked into the study, and then saw Donne, the smile on her face froze for a moment, and then she bowed her head very naturally: "Count Donn, I didn't expect you to be here, do you want to stay and dine?" Tonight, the Queen Mother personally cooked and prepared a special Wild Smoked Pork from Rennes. ”

"No ......"

Don got up and smiled, "I still won't disturb your family reunion." ”

Ever since he learned that Aurelia was the Night Song, Don felt strange when he saw her again.

After all, he tossed a noble princess so hard and almost completely shattered her dignity......

If it was Donne, he didn't think he could endure it, but Princess Aurelia endured it, which made Don sincerely admire and become more and more ...... Excited.

Oops, awful...... Can't be too excited......

Don took a deep breath, he could have denied not knowing before, but now that he knew her identity and did that, the meaning would be completely different.

After seeing Don leave, Aurelia's smiling face immediately collapsed: "Father, why are you so good to him?" You know how he treats me! ”

"Trust me, Ollie, Don will be our hope to save this country."

The expression on Victor's face was complicated, and this kind of thing that even his family had to hide was a very heavy burden.

He patted Aurelia on the head and said, "I know you're angry and hated him, but I hope that when you see him in this capacity, don't show it, and be patient...... After all, he didn't know that Night Song was you. ”

Aurelia straddled her face and said, "I know, otherwise I wouldn't have been smiling just now." ”

Victor's face was full of complexity, and his eyes were full of gloom: "Ollie...... Even if it's my father, I may not be able to protect you, if something really happens in the future, remember my words and go to Don, only he can protect you. ”

Aurelia puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "Don't look for him!" Brother, he can protect me too! Besides, Father, you are strong, how could there be any accidents, don't talk nonsense. ”

"How can your brother have the energy to protect you now......"

Victor shook his head, Girard was sent by him to the Third Legion of the Empire, and he had not returned to Alinkes for several years, and the father and son had been communicating with each other in secret letters, nominally to hone the heir of the Empire, but in fact to protect him, and at the same time to allow Gilard to master the Third Legion of the Empire as soon as possible.

The next day, Alink, who had just finished the glorious festival carnival, suddenly ushered in a wave of "hard crackdown", and people found that the tax officials, who had always liked to beat around the bush and eat and take cards, took active action for the first time, almost all together, and at the same time poured into the carriage shops of the Prani Chamber of Commerce in various parts of Alinks, forcibly demanding that the ledgers be checked and the taxes checked.

It's not just the Prani Chamber of Commerce that has been inspected, Victor has simply not done anything after getting Done's support, and has included the entire business alliance in the scope of the audit, and it just happened that he has negotiated business with Donne, and then there will be a lot of money, if he does a good job this time, the money of the hot pot chain will be ......

In addition to the business alliance, the Kadir family has also been scolded, and the shops and entertainment venues they operate have been seized, and it is announced that the Kadir family is suspected of tax evasion and needs to check the accounts, but the real reason is clear to Frank.

That's Donn's counterattack.

"Have you finally taken sides openly...... Ahem! ”

Frank, shrouded in thick incense, suddenly coughed violently, and after a moment removed his handkerchief, which was covered in black blood.

Charles and Morton were shocked: "Father! ”

"Panic!"

Squinting, Frank scolded, "Do you think that getting power comes at no cost? This is a normal reaction. ”

Charles was still a little uneasy: "But you ......"

"I said, it's a normal reaction!"

Frank opened his eyes, staring at Charles with dark eyes, as a son, Charles was stared at by his father in a cold sweat, unconsciously lowered his head, he didn't dare to look at Frank at all, he could only resignedly say: "What you said ......"

Frank was satisfied with his majesty, glanced at Molton next to him, and shook his head helplessly.

He had fainted with fright.

Frank stood up and said quietly, "Charles, then the affairs of the family are left to you." ”

Charles was stunned: "Father, are you ......?"

"Now I'm going to take full control of the power...... When I come out, it's time for us to settle accounts with Victor. ”

Frank squinted, like a Maitreya Buddha, with a gentle smile on his face, but it made Charles shiver all over his body.

Father, it's less and less like that father.

"At that time, I will have the true reward, eternal life, great power!"

Frank said softly, "And you, my child, you will also be crowned king, bringing the blood of our Kadir family to glory." ”

Charles, who was originally a little afraid, was immediately moved by what Frank said, and said with a fanatical face: "I understand, father, I will try!" ”

"Very well, then I'm leaving...... By the way, clean up this place. ”

By the time the voice came, Frank's figure had disappeared, and Charles glanced at the pile of white bones next to the table, and his heart was inexplicably cold, but he was quickly suppressed by the fanatical desire...... (To be continued.) )