Reborn Ancient Western Europe

At noon, as expected by Lawrence, just as the sun crossed the middle, a strong wind blew up on the sea.

In fact, for sailors who live at sea all year round, this level of wind is very lucky.If the direction of the wind is just right, or there are experienced sailors on board, you can adjust the angle of the sails and use the power of the wind to speed up the journey.

Lawrence is absolutely well-deserved number one.He stood firmly on the deck, yelling loudly in the wind to direct the sailors to adjust the sails.The whole scene is tense and orderly, full of the rhythm of labor.The entire Haiying seems to have really come to life.

Gray hid in a leeward corner of the deck, watching them work with great interest, and he even wanted to go over to help.

"Gerry? What are you doing here?"

Following a question, Prince Grace also sat beside Gray, and even imitated him and stretched his legs on the deck.His legs were long, wrapped in soft silk material, and he wore a pair of white leather boots.

Gray frowned quietly. He didn't know if he was being sentimental. The frequency of Prince Grace's appearance by his side seemed to be particularly high.

In this posture, it is not easy for Gray to stand up and salute again.He turned to look at Prince Grace.It was discovered that Prince Grace's gaze stayed on the sailors working on the deck.

"Speaking of which, I always dreamed of becoming a sailor when I was a child." He said, tilting his head and smiled softly: "I first met you when I was 13 years old, when I was the same age as you. To the sea. At that time, I took the boat with my mother, but my mother hated the sea so much that she never allowed me to stay on the deck for a long time."

What he said was Queen Vanners?

Gray couldn't help turning his head to look at him. At this time, a gust of wind blew from Grace's direction, blowing his hair into Gray's eyes.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Grace smoothed his hair with his hands.He's wearing a full set of gemstones for his hair today.Round gemstones of various colors and sizes, tied by thin silver threads, dangled from the base of a ring carved with a bay leaf pattern in the center, reflecting his golden hair.And the roundest and clearest sapphire was hanging on his smooth forehead.

Even without the halo and wings, he looked like an angel, Gray thought.

"Although my mother hates the sea, she mentioned the Coral Sea to me. She said that this sea area is full of God's will, and those who have their own thoughts will definitely find their hearts here. He said, then suddenly turned his head to look at Gray, and asked: "Gerry, do you have someone you like?"

Gray was taken aback, then quickly shook his head.Only then did he realize that there is no such thing as puppy love in this world.

Grace smiled, his blue eyes were clear and not stained with dust, and he said happily: "Before I came, the priest of the temple told me that I would meet the person I love the most in my life in the Coral Sea."

Why?Gray looked at him in surprise, not knowing what to say.

The priests of the temple are the bridge between the temple and the imperial palace. They generally have a very high status in the empire and the temple.Among commoners and ordinary nobles, their images are often deified.Usually, people think that priests either have superb medical skills and can bring the dead back to life, or they can communicate with another world and talk to the souls of the dead.Or, as Grace said, possessing the gift of God and being able to predict the unpredictable future.

Gray is naturally skeptical about these too mysterious legends.But it seems that Gareth is convinced of this. He is full of hope and anticipation, and his eyes seem to be shining.

Adolescent teenager.Gray was listening to Grace's various descriptions and guesses about the goddess in his mind, while thinking coolly.Doesn't he know that his marriage is absolutely impossible to go as he wishes?

In Gray's view, Prince Grace is far less brave and decisive than Beth.He was born and raised in the crystal castle, never experienced wind and rain, and was as delicate as the stamen of a rose.

If the priest's prophecy unfortunately came true, Gray really felt that it would probably become another tragedy.

"Prince Grace, Master Gray, I finally found you." Jon walked over from the deck, and he was obviously relieved after seeing them. "Captain Lawrence just said that the wind might get stronger after a while, So you'd better go back to your respective rooms as soon as possible."

Grace stood up from the deck, and at the same time gave Gray a hand, helping him stand by his shoulders.

Jon took half a step forward calmly, reached out to straighten Gray's collar, and pulled Gray closer to him without leaving a trace.

Grace didn't seem to notice this, he nodded to Jon, then said goodbye to Gray with a smile, and walked off the deck.

Gray looked at Jon, and was about to ask something, but Jon gently grabbed his shoulder and said in a low voice, "Go back to the room first."

In Gray's room, Beth was already waiting there.She loosened her hair, held half a glass of bright red wine in her right hand, and squatted a snow-white seabird on her left shoulder.Seeing Jon and Gray come in, she smiled at them.But anyone can see how forced her smile is at the moment.

She watched Jon lock the door, and then said in a low voice with a serious face: "Gerry, Jon, this time, things may be a little troublesome."

Jon looked at the little bird squatting on her shoulder, frowned, and asked, "News from the Deimos caravan? What happened?"

Beth thought for a while, then raised her head and drank the glass of wine before hesitatingly said: "I have a private fleet, which has been traveling between the imperial capital and Van Nuss, and is engaged in the import and export of medicinal materials and food. .”

Gray looked at her in disbelief, and Jon was also slightly surprised.

By doing so, Beth violated the laws of the empire, and there were more than one violations.Although imperial law allowed nobles to engage in business, it prohibited female nobles from engaging in business activities.At the same time, the empire also has many restrictions on transnational trade at sea, one of which is that all fleets must obtain the emperor's permission to conduct trade activities, and must pay a certain amount of profit to the empire.

Strictly speaking, Beth's behavior is actually smuggling, which is a very serious crime.

"Don't look at me like that." Beth waved her hands disapprovingly, and said, "You don't think that I didn't make any preparations before deciding to marry Casio, did you? To be honest, I left us more than this one retreat .”

She poured herself a glass of wine and continued, "Originally, I planned to elope with Casio to Vanus in the worst case. But fortunately, the emperor seems to be more magnanimous than I imagined. , not only did not strip me of my title, but also gave me the position of the Lord of Deimos, which even I find incredible."

She frowned and thought for a while, then shook her head giving up, and continued: "So, I took this fleet to Dimos, disguised as scattered private ships, and at the same time for commercial transactions, also for I will bring relevant information about the imperial capital and Vanners. Of course, by the way, I will also bring some gems and clothes for me."

Gray and Jon looked at each other, and finally understood where Beth's endless equipment came from.In fact, Gray had wondered for a while whether she had embezzled Deimos' financial income.

Beth seemed to have seen through Gray's thoughts, squinted at him, and then moved her left shoulder slightly.The white bird squatting on her left shoulder was unusually docile. It jumped into her palm, pecked at her fingers, and called softly a few times.

"This bird just flew over from Vanus with a letter within half an hour." She gently stroked the bird's feathers with her index finger while asking, "Jon, how much do you know about Queen Vanus? "

Jon frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he said hesitantly: "Queen Vanners, before she gave birth to Prince Grace, I met her a few times, she is the kind..."

Jon hesitated again for a while, and finally said with a bit of frustration: "I can't see through her, not even at all. However, she seems to be born for the throne. Except for the queen, I can't imagine There are other positions that would suit her better."

"Even when you saw her, she was actually the Empress of the Empire?" Beth asked with raised eyebrows.

Jon was silent for a while before saying: "I'm very glad that she divorced His Majesty after giving birth to Prince Grace. To be honest, I don't think His Majesty can control her at all."

Gray frowned and looked at him. Jon had always been a very cautious person. Even if he really felt so in his heart, he would never say such words that were obviously disrespectful to the emperor.

He felt that at this moment, Jon and Beth seemed to be faintly trying to reach a certain consensus, so they were each trying to make some kind of candor and concession.

Gray suddenly didn't understand the meaning of being here at this moment. They obviously wanted to hide some details from him, but at the same time, they wanted him to know the whole thing.

"Queen Van Nuss adopted a princess from her elder brother last month, and decided to designate her as the crown prince." Beth turned the goblet in her hand and said, "This news is also true in Van Nuss. It's kept secret, but since I know it now, the imperial capital must have known it long ago."

Gray frowned and said, "Then Prince Grace's status as the heir to Vanners is automatically lost?"

"That's not true. Van Nuss has to take into account the face of the imperial capital." Jon replied: "So, most of them are relegated to the second heir."

"But in fact, this is no different from losing the right of inheritance, even if it sounds a little better in name. The niece adopted by Queen Vanus is four or five years younger than Prince Grace. How do you think of Prince Grace?" No chance," Beth said, glancing at Gray and taking a sip of her wine.

Gray felt that she looked at him somewhat strangely. He was about to say something, but Jon suddenly asked, "Is there a fleet from Vanners in the central area of ​​the Coral Sea?"

Gray and Beth were taken aback at the same time, and then Beth suddenly realized: "I said why Prince Grace came to Dimos suddenly, and he must be so anxious to feel that the Coral Sea is for Vanners at all. .”

Soon, Beth frowned again, and asked puzzledly: "But if this is the case, why does Princess Heina have to follow?"

Gray said lightly: "Liwei."

Beth and Jon looked at him at the same time, and Jon motioned for him to continue.

In fact, in Gray's view, this matter is actually very easy to figure out.Prince Grace has lost the inheritance rights of Vanners, so he will definitely be greatly affected in terms of the inheritance rights of the empire.The nobles who originally supported him must reconsider their positions.

This is equivalent to the fact that the free chips in the game have increased again, and all parties will definitely actively want to win this newly added force.

Princess Heina is no exception.

In the case of Van Nus this time, from all aspects, Van Nus's sudden and secret change of heir is very disrespectful.However, to put it bluntly, this matter is only Van Nus's own internal affairs, and the emperor has no position to directly intervene.So both parties understand that this is actually a game of political negotiating power.

This is an excellent opportunity for Princess Heina, almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Now, the eyes of all the nobles in the imperial capital are focused on the coral sea area. This incident will become the best stage for Princess Haina to display her political skills.And the key point is that in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the empire, Van Nus will more or less make some concessions in commercial trade.

And these concessions will be directly related to the interests of the nobles of the imperial capital, bringing them double wealth, and playing an important image role in their re-determining their respective camps.

Princess Haina is equivalent to making a business that is sure to make a profit without losing money.

Hearing Gray finished speaking slowly, Beth looked at Jon and sighed: "I have been educated by the educational achievements of the Tislandi family. The children in your family are so smart that adults can live." Can't you?"

Jon smiled, patted Gray's head, and said nothing.

At this moment, cheers suddenly came from the deck, and Gray even heard someone running around excitedly on the deck.He looked at Jon, but Jon smiled and said to him: "Master Gray, we are here. As I said, this is a surprise."

Beth also looked at him with a smile, and reminded; "Don't forget to breathe, and don't open your mouth too wide, or birds will fly in, dear Gray."

Gray glared at her dissatisfied, he didn't make such a fuss, it was rare and strange.