Before he was crowned king II

St. Via, Imperial Palace.

In the thin rain, the big black umbrella slowly walked up the [-] steps in front of the temple cut with top-grade stone, passed through the beautifully carved corridor on the inner wall, and stopped in front of the magnificent and solemn golden gate.

This is the most magnificent building in the entire Saint Via Empire, and it is also the only place where the ministers meet the Queen.

Standing beside the golden gate are two statues of goddesses in different shapes, one with a gentle expression and holding a patterned round shield, and the other holding a sharp spear with an expressionless face.

The servant put away the black long-handled umbrella, and the silver-haired young man lowered his head to check his appearance and attire. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he nodded slightly like a knight guarding the door.

"The second prince of the Saint Via Empire, Mars Salfield is here."

Two knights pushed open the heavy golden gate.

"Your Majesty the Queen." Mars knelt on one knee, bowed his head with his hands on his heart, and then stood up to look at the chairman's table in the center of the hall.

Except for him, the seats around the long table were almost occupied.His mother, Queen Carina, sits at the first place, beside the "First Knight" Queen Wood Sisley, the first from the right is the "Northern Lord" Duke Oscar Frederick, and the second is the "Northern Lord" Duke of the Empire Jenkin Peet, the Home Secretary, Inster Mack, the Treasurer, and Gilbert Beer, the Defense Secretary, and Kitts Taber, the Foreign Secretary.

Undoubtedly, the people who appeared in this hall controlled all the key points in the empire's political affairs. They held high positions and held the possibility of changing the future of Saint Via.

Knight Wood personally came and opened the seat for His Royal Highness.

"Thank you..." said Mars, who took the first left-hand seat.

This is the honorable seat next to the main seat, and it is also the exclusive position of Fern Salfield, the former first heir to the empire.

"Start now? Your Majesty..." Mars tilted his head and asked, wondering if he could preside over today's meeting.

"There are still people who haven't come." Queen Karina's voice did not fluctuate.

Mars was stunned, thinking that he should be the last one among the participants.

He scanned his eyes, only to find that there was a silver soft leather upholstered chair on his left.

Who is this position for?

"The first princess of the Saint Via Empire, Tisifeng Salfid has arrived." The golden door was pushed open again.

The real last participant arrives.

It was a woman with silver hair, wearing a black fur waistcoat and a slender skirt different from other court ladies. Her high waist set off her beautiful figure with concave and convex curves. The hem of the long gauze skirt is looming.

Unlike the sexy impression left by the body and clothing, the woman's expression is cold and serious, and her face is exquisite but has a manly aura that only a man can have.

Her steps were firm and clean, not at all like walking on slender heels, but like soldiers marching in line for inspection.

"You're back." Queen Carina's eyebrows eased slightly.

"Yes, I'm back, Your Majesty the Queen." Tisifeng did not kneel down to salute aristocrats, but gave a standard military salute.

"sit down……"

"Long time no see, Miss Tisifeng." Mars looked at the woman sitting beside him and greeted politely.

"Long time no see, Mars." Tisiphon's answer was not enthusiastic.

"Everyone is here, then today's meeting will officially begin." Wood Knight stood at the end of the long table.

"Two days ago there was an unprecedented sub-orc riot near the Gray Wall, and that day happened to be the day when the first prince Fern Salfield went to the Gray Tower, and then some bad rumors began to spread secretly in the entire palace .”

Karina fixed her eyes on everyone present, "Today I hastily summoned all of you here to announce a bad news."

"My eldest son, Fern Salfield, the first prince of the Sanvia Empire, died heroically in the Battle of Gray Wall two days ago." Queen Karina said.

Faced with this shocking news, everyone present fell silent.The death of the first heir is not a trivial matter related to the queen alone, but a state matter related to the fate of the entire Saint Via.

Although they have learned about this news in the past two days, they still need to accept the time to think about it when they heard this definite fact from the Queen's mouth.

"This is really unbelievably sad news..." Foreign Minister Keats opened his mouth and covered his face with his hands, "Your Highness Fern actually..."

"Don't be too sad, Kitts. Now is not the time to mourn His Royal Highness." Queen Karina interrupted mercilessly.

Kits swallowed his throat, put his hands down, and coughed a few times to relieve his emotions.

"I know each of you are having a hard time accepting this reality, and so am I, both as queen and as mother."

Mars' shoulders trembled invisibly.

"But right now I don't have time to grieve because there's a bigger choice in front of me."

Queen Karina glanced at each face, "Open or conceal, how should the royal family of Saint Via deal with this news, I want to know your thoughts."

"Mars, start with you."

In another building of the San Via Palace, Lambert led Sean into an empty room.

"You mean, His Royal Highness Fern passed away?" Sean's pupils shrank, and he seemed to be stunned.

"The voice is quieter. The walls of the palace are not as thick as you imagine." Lambert frowned and lowered his voice, "This is secret news. The sub-orcs were assassinated."

"is this real?"

"Not sure, but nine out of ten." Lambert said quickly, "The day of the Battle of the Gray Wall happened to be the day when His Royal Highness Fern was sent to the Gray Tower, and I followed suit. As a result, when the ship was about to reach the shore, , that fellow Kaliel even took a dozen people to hijack the ship, Prince Fern must not have entered the Gray Tower."

"But, shouldn't he run away? Why did he turn back to the gray wall?"

"I don't know." Lambert shook his head. "I don't know what happened. I jumped into the river. When I swam back to the shore, the battle outside the gray wall had already started. I don't know what happened between the two." It doesn't matter. But His Royal Highness Mars told me before leaving that the news is true."

"Where did His Majesty Mars go?" Sean asked.

"In the Great Hall of the Empire, the queen summoned all the officials with important responsibilities."

"It seems that the news is true." Sean said softly, "Her Majesty the Queen probably wants to discuss with them how to announce this sad news to the public."

"How to announce the bad news? Maybe, you stay in this room first, don't walk around casually, and wait for me and His Highness to come back."

Lambert was a little puzzled, but he didn't continue to delve into this issue, because he had to rush to the gate of the main hall ahead of time, and wait there for the end of the meeting of His Majesty Mars.

With a bang, the door of the room opened hastily.

"In other words, they are discussing at this time, from now on, what kind of attitude will Saint Via deal with the sub-orcs outside the wall, whether to maintain peace or start a war."

After Sean finished speaking, he turned around, and at some point there was a figure on the soft leather sofa in the room.

"The performance was pretty good, that surprised tone." Herrell quietly held the bone china cup, he appeared suddenly but not abruptly, as if he had been sitting here all this time, and he was the real owner of the room.

"That wasn't a performance, I was really shocked." Sean sat on the sofa opposite, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness Fern to be in command in the bunker."

"If you don't know who the target is, would you arrange such an adventure plan?"

"I just know it's someone important to the empire, and the whole thing is a good deal."

Sean sighed softly, "Helaire, I'm not as omniscient as you think."

"Aren't you afraid? If another prince stayed in the bunker that day, it's not impossible."

Herer's rosy pupils narrowed slightly, as if trying to see through the mind of the man in front of him.

"If it's His Royal Highness Mars, Saint Via may not be able to support it for long." Sean thought for a moment and said, "This is conducive to our ultimate goal."

"Very good answer!" Herrell gritted his teeth, he couldn't see any flaws in the young man.

"It seems that you are really worried about me." Sean leaned slightly on the armrest and supported his head, looking at the fluctuating emotions of the other party with some playfulness, "Are all demons so suspicious?"

"No way, I know that you are definitely not a servant who will keep his own place." Helaier was not to be outdone, and raised his chin slightly, "Just like your "master" may never think of who is behind the murder of his imperial brother. "

"Fern Salfield is an obstacle on the way to the coronation. He will not die, and the hidden forces behind him will not give up. If you want to be crowned king, all of this will inevitably happen." Sean Whispered, "I just solved it for him in advance."

"You are really a good servant." Herrell snorted coldly.

"Of course, I will receive my salary from His Royal Highness Mars every month." Sean leaned back in the chair and crossed his fingers. "This is my duty."

The corner of Helaier's mouth twitched, the true face of this human being can always easily break through the original bottom line in his heart.

"What's your next plan? The situation in Saint Via will change dramatically soon."

Herrell put down the bone china cup and returned to the topic, "Humans should go to war with the sub-orcs."

Sean raised his eyelids, "Do you know the final result?"

"Oscar is also in that hall." Herrera paused and said, "The queen is going to announce the truth to the public and abolish the low-class citizen system."

"The Queen's anger is finally uncontrollable." Sean's expression fell into deep thought.

The door of the room opened with a "squeak", and Mars walked in with a gloomy face, followed by Lambert.

"His Royal Highness Mars." Sean stood up and saluted.

Mars froze for a moment, then sat down at his desk with an "um".Obviously His Royal Highness is not in a good mood right now.

Sean was about to make tea for Mars, but found that Herrell was still sitting on the sofa as before, and did not disappear voluntarily as before.