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On the third day of the Federation mission's arrival in the Empire, two advisers fell ill.

In fact, one of the advisers had been ill yesterday, but no doctor was sent by the royal family despite the requests of Yoni and Intron.To this day, Duke Holden, whom he met at the luncheon earlier, sent two of his own family doctors.

Youni and the translator sent the doctor away and returned to the mansion where they were temporarily staying.

Intron was sitting in the living room looking through the medical orders left by the two doctors. Youni asked the translator to go upstairs to rest, and dragged a chair to the opposite side of Intron, picked up a weekly newspaper and began to read.

The two of them have to rely on translators to communicate with people when they are outside, and they act like they don't know the language of the empire at all. However, they now have no trouble flipping through the paper full of imperial characters.

"This turned out to be real paper." Intren twisted the pages of the doctor's order, shook his head, and said, "I have seen more paper in the past two days than I have ever seen in my life."

Youni gently put down the newspaper in his hand, and said, "Yes, there is actually a whole bookcase in this mansion where there are no people, and there are hardcover paper books on it, which looks like a museum."

"And it's our school's museum," Intren added.

Yoni laughed and agreed: "You're right, senior."

Intrune is a few years older than Yoni, and the two of them studied at the same school when they were students, and that school is famous in the Federation for its retro style.

Just 5 minutes ago, when the two doctors sent by the Duke of Horton were still there, the two of them seemed anxious and worried about the illness of their two colleagues, but after the doctor left, they seemed not in a hurry at all. Just kidding.

"Does the doctor take care of them up there?" Yoni asked.

"Of course." Intren said, "He said that it would be fine to rest for a while, and it's nothing serious—I read the doctor's order, and the doctor sent by the Duke basically meant the same thing."

Obviously, the "doctors" they were talking about were not the two who left just now.The reason why they were anxious to seek medical treatment was that they wanted to cover up the fact that there was a doctor in the team configuration, and they also conveyed to the outside world the fact that someone in the federal mission was severely ill by the emperor.

Youni frowned and said, "Fortunately, Mr. President and Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief have the foresight to pick young and middle-aged men who are strong and healthy. Otherwise, if they stand there overnight, there will be more than this little problem."

Yes, on the first night when they finally arrived at the Empire after crossing and flying over a long distance, instead of getting enough rest, they waited a whole night in the Holy Golden Palace.

Originally, Youni protested after waiting for two hours. As a result, the news that the queen was critically ill soon spread in the Holy Golden Palace, which gave the emperor a good reason for being late.

Youni tried to cancel the meeting, but none of the servants in the palace could make a decision, and the guards did not dare to let them leave without orders.It was not until the next morning that the emperor belatedly sent someone over to say that the meeting had been cancelled.

They checked into the mansion exhausted. On the same day, some people fell ill due to continuous sailing, acclimatization and fatigue.After all, in the small team that officially landed in the empire, only Youni, code-named "Ambassador" and a young officer code-named "Guard" were from the military, and almost all the others were engaged in jobs that had nothing to do with physical fitness.

Youni took out a letter-shaped thing from his coat and handed it to Intron, who took it and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"The doctor gave it to me just before he left." Youni said, "Your imperial language is better than mine, you can see."

"Invitation letter." Before opening the envelope, Intelun deduced first.

Then he opened the envelope, read the letter, smiled, and said, "Invitation letter."

Youni was not surprised at all, and asked, "Duke Holden invited us to his private banquet?"

"Yes."

Youni was silent, took the letter and read it while thinking.

"Senior, when the doctor handed me the letter just now, I noticed his hand." Youni said suddenly, "Did you see it?"

"I saw it," Intron said. "His fingers are some kind of metal. I guess there is some kind of detection function, which can replace some medical equipment."

"Besides, on the way we came, we saw more than one soldier whose arms were not original. Tell me, are they disabled because of the harsh environment here, or..."

Youni felt a chill down his spine inexplicably, and Intren continued for him: "They took the initiative to cut off the original limbs and replace them with more practical prosthetics. Judging from what we have seen with our own eyes, this situation is very common in the Empire. It should be very common. Probably in their values, the functionality of the body comes first.”

Both of them felt some discomfort and stopped talking.

After a while, Youni suddenly said: "You are not surprised. Did Mr. President inform you of this situation?"

Intron did not hesitate, and generously admitted: "Yes."

The federation is not monolithic either. After all, it is a super human country with a territory and population far larger than the empire, so there are naturally power disputes.

This time, the list of missions to the empire is the result of the mediation of various forces. In the end, Yoni Studen, representing the military, was the ambassador, and the president won the mission for his direct confidant, Intron Gens. Ranked second in power within the regiment.

"So, has Mr. President told you any other useful information alone?" Yoni looked at Intron and asked, "We have already arrived in the empire, and now is the time for us to be honest."

Intren said: "The highest instruction I have received from Mr. President is to follow the order of the ambassador."

Yoni watched him, waiting for what to say.

Sure enough, Intron went on to say: "However... Mr. President did give me three special suggestions. He said that when Mr. Ambassador is undecided, I can make his suggestions. I have already made the first suggestion. After that, you also adopted it, that is, once the empire asks us to abandon the ship, we will also abandon all the equipment on our bodies, including personal terminals. Facts have proved that this is a wise choice, and we have been searched for several rounds."

It turned out that the crucial piece of advice came from the president... Youni couldn't help but admire the president's foresight ability, and at the same time, he had a new assessment of the president's grasp of the intelligence of the empire.

"What are the last two suggestions?" he asked.

"The second suggestion is: If there is a third-party force to win us over..." Intron looked at the envelope in his hand, "Then agree."

A week later.

Xiu Xiu was leaning on the warm recliner and looking through the documents. A servant walked in quickly and saluted him hastily.

"Your Highness is not well! Someone from the cabinet reported that His Majesty has disappeared! After the break in the middle of the meeting, His Majesty did not go back. They searched the garden and found nothing..."

Without raising his head, he said calmly, "Go to the baby room of the main palace to find it."

The news of the birth of the prince is still being suppressed inside the Holy Golden Palace and the Holy White Tower. Xiu doesn't want the nobles and the people to talk about Alfred's son being weak, so he wants to wait until they come out of the incubator before announcing it.

And Alfred wanted to hold a grand ceremony for the crown prince's public appearance, not mainly for the children, but to use this name to hold a grand ceremony for repairs. After all, the queen did not show her face at the wedding banquet, and the aristocratic circles discussed it privately. .

Therefore, the ministers naturally could not guess where the emperor went.

In fact, even the servants of the Holy Golden Palace who knew the existence of the prince didn't guess this situation, and he choked all of a sudden.

Before he could react, another maid hurried in.

"Your Highness! The maids in the main palace who take care of the two little Highnesses, please think of a way..."

Xiu finally put down the document, and said, "What's the matter? I said, as long as the incubator is separated, His Majesty can let him play if he wants to."

"Your Majesty wants to take His Highness Carlin out of the incubator and put it in His Highness Carlo's incubator."

... This way of playing is something he didn't expect.

Xiu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Go ask your majesty to come to my palace to accompany me to have lunch, come now."

"Yes!"

After receiving this order, the maid hurried away as if she had received a life-saving straw.

Xiu then ordered another servant: "Tell the cabinet that His Majesty is dining with me, and the meeting will continue in the afternoon."

After a while, Alfred hurried over.

As soon as he came, he leaned over and kissed Xiu's forehead, and asked, "Are you feeling better today?"

"It's much better." Xiu lay on the recliner, gently pressed his lower abdomen through the insulation blanket, "You just asked me when you left two hours ago."

"I can't wait to ask every minute."

"It's okay, it's just a minor operation." Xiu comforted him.

Opening and stitching up a stomach is indeed a minor operation in the Empire.

After asking about Xiu's recovery, Alfred excitedly began to talk about other things.

"Brother, Carlo and Karin opened their eyes today! Karin was still awake when I went."

Xiu nodded. He originally wanted to say a few words to Alfred, such as not leaving the cabinet meeting and running back to see his son, but seeing Alfred's excitement, he was not willing to throw cold water on him.

"Did you see his eyes?" Xiu asked following his words, "Are they the same as yours?"

"It seems so, I didn't pay attention."

Alfred didn't pay much attention to the child's eyes, but said with great interest: "His little hands are waving very vigorously. I think he will be able to get out of that little box soon. Carlo seems to be relatively quiet. Yesterday I He was awake when we went, but he didn’t like to move, and he ignored me when I knocked on the box.”

Xiu paused for a moment, and said to the servant by the door: "Go and inform the kitchen to prepare meals."

The servants left immediately, closing the door from the outside.

"What's wrong?" Alfred asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiu finally said, "When are you going to summon the Federation Mission again?"

Alfred was sensitively aware that this was not what Xiu wanted to talk about at first, and he changed his mind before speaking.

He looked at Xiu, Xiu looked back at him, and asked calmly, "Tomorrow?"

This means not wanting to say, not letting him ask.

Alfred obediently did not ask, and replied: "No hurry, give them a few more days."

He casually pulled out the document that had been revised and annotated, and on the exposed page was written: "...In the evening, the Duke of Horton once again held a secret banquet with the Federation ambassador at the Duke's castle..."

"If you don't give enough time, I'm afraid they don't have a deep friendship and won't discuss such a confidential matter as treason together." Alfred closed the document and smiled, "How can I kill them if there is no evidence of treason? "