[Devil's Law] When the Tulips Bloom

When Du Wei returned to the Prince Regent's Palace, the Acting Pope had already left. The entire palace was empty, and all the guards and attendants were waved away by Prince Chen.Prince Chen just sat on the main seat alone, his handsome face showed no expression, the afterglow of the setting sun fell on him, but made his face paler.

What Du Wei felt was far more than that. His understanding of Prince Chen had become an almost instinctive intuition. In many cases, Prince Chen didn't need to explain himself. Du Wei could clearly understand the reason why Prince Chen did everything. intention.So even though Prince Chen has always refused him, Du Wei is still full of confidence. It is because he knows that Prince Chen's rejection is not as firm as he thought, and even Prince Chen will always be unconscious when he refuses. Indulging him leaves room for redemption.

As for now, Du Wei could feel the strong sense of exhaustion emanating from Prince Chen, as well as the struggles and contradictions, as well as the intense emotional turmoil.Du Wei stepped forward, looked at Prince Chen silently, half knelt on the ground and held Prince Chen's hand.

Prince Chen seemed to realize that there was an extra person in the room at this moment, he looked down at Du Wei, "...I originally wanted to be alone for a while, but then I remembered that you were in the palace, so I called you Here we come..." Prince Chen's voice was full of tiredness, "Although I don't know what I want to tell you...you can sit with me first."

Du Wei let go of Prince Chen's hand and sat down next to him. After watching Prince Chen quietly for a while, Du Wei said, "Your Highness, what happened?"

"...Ah, something really happened..." Prince Chen responded lightly, but closed his eyes and did not speak.

Du Wei didn't ask any more, but just accompanied him quietly.In the north of the mainland, beyond the extreme north of the frozen forest, those exiled races, a group of enemies that are much more ferocious than the grassland people and the Northwest Army, are about to go south and enter the empire... Such news, with Prince Chen's heart, even if it will It felt overwhelming, but it never crushed him.What Prince Chen needs now is just a kind of support and a kind of quiet companionship.

Du Wei just sat there for a whole day and night. The gate of the Prince Regent's palace was kept closed. Prince Chen didn't allow anyone to approach him, and he didn't accept anyone's request to see him. Even the people who came to deliver food were scolded.Of course, Prince Chen and Du Wei are both magicians, and they can still survive without eating for a day or two.

As for the news that Duke Tulip had not left the palace for two days and one night, and even stayed alone with the regent for a whole day, Prince Chen and Du Wei no longer cared about what kind of new rumors would arise after the news got out.The ignorant are fearless. Sometimes, knowing too much is really not a good thing.

After sitting for a day and a night, Prince Chen suddenly stood up from his chair. He opened the door and said to Du Wei, "Come out for a walk with me."

Du Wei naturally did not refuse.They walked in the palace one after the other. Prince Chen was not interested in admiring the night scenery of the palace, so he went directly to the White Pagoda in the center of the palace.Then he just sat directly on the cold ground under the White Pagoda, his handsome face was mixed with deep evil spirit and tiredness, Du Wei sighed, motioned the surrounding guards to step back, and stood next to Prince Chen, At the same time, he took off his outer robe and put it on Prince Chen.

It was deep winter, and the imperial capital was always very cold, and Prince Chen didn't wear much. Sitting on the cold ground at such a late night, wasn't he looking for illness... Du Wei felt that Chen's illness back then was very common Most likely it was caused by his own inattention.

Prince Chen didn't move or speak, he was still staring at the white pagoda in front of him, sitting on the spot without moving.After Du Wei helped Prince Chen put on his clothes, he also stood there without moving.He also looked at the white tower in front of him, but his thoughts were completely different from Prince Chen's. Looking at the white tower at the moment, he felt depressed.

This white tower was built by Aragorn Roland, the founding emperor of the Roland Empire and known as "the most powerful man under the starry sky", and left behind an extremely powerful magic circle... Although Aragorn is Du Wei's previous life, but Du Wei's impression of Aragorn was extremely bad. If it wasn't for scolding Aragorn, it would be tantamount to scolding himself. Du Wei would definitely greet the eighteenth generation of Aragorn's ancestors.

People who have been dead for 1000 years, still leave foreshadowing everywhere to calculate themselves, and even cheat him at the last moment, Aragorn, this bastard... cough cough, you can't scold him, you can't scold him.Du Wei stared at the White Tower with aggrieved eyes.

Prince Chen sat until dawn the next day, and Prince Chen, who had been in chaos for nearly two days, finally calmed down. He moved his stiff body and stood up.Slowly took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to caress the white marble on the wall of the White Pagoda, closed his eyes and sighed.

Du Wei said, "Your Highness?"

Prince Chen turned his head to look at Du Wei, and he could see the heaviness in his blue eyes. He pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I now hope that it is my brother who succeeded in the coup d'etat that day..." He whispered under the rising sun Said, "What a heavy burden..."

"No matter what happens, I will try my best to help His Highness." No one understands Prince Chen's current mood better than Du Wei, and he also said the most appropriate words at the right time. Du Wei has done everything since his rebirth. Everything is trying to increase my weight in Prince Chen's heart, "Your Highness, please rest assured."

Prince Chen stared deeply at Du Wei for a long time, then looked away, looked at the White Tower, and suddenly asked, "Du Wei, you said that His Majesty Aragorn spent a lot of money to build this White Tower and leave behind this powerful magic circle. Is it just to meet today's situation?"

Du Wei really wanted to cough and say that it was not true, of course, this is absolutely unacceptable, so Du Wei's choice was to keep his mouth shut and listen to Prince Chen continue.

"...You have been with me for so long, you still don't know what happened..." Prince Chen seemed a little tired, "But this is not a place to talk, go to my place."

When the two of them were seated in the Prince Regent's palace again, just in time for the military to send an urgent military report, it was written by the head of the Rostock Corps of the Northern Storm Corps. The military report was given to Du Wei.Du Wei took it and glanced at it hastily, sighed, and it really started.

Du Wei had anticipated the invasion of criminals, but even Du Wei couldn't be sure that the Roland Empire would be absolutely safe.After all, everything in the world is changing. Even after experiencing it once, when Du Wei makes every decision, he will still think about the whole thing carefully back and forth.

Du Wei straightened his upper body, looked up at Prince Chen's gloomy expression, "Your Highness, what happened? Something happened to the Frozen Forest?"

"There are no monsters in the frozen forest...the north is an ice field...and there is a huge natural magic circle that cannot pass through..." Prince Chen seemed to be muttering to himself. It was not until this moment that Prince Chen really believed in the acting pope of the temple. Talk to yourself!In the north, north of the frozen forest, those criminal clans that are not even known to ordinary people are really going to invade the empire!

Prince Chen closed his eyes, and told Du Wei everything the acting pope had said to him. At the moment when his voice finally fell, Prince Chen felt a burst of relief.When some burdens are too heavy, find someone to carry them with me. Although this is something that Prince Chen has never done, but after doing this, it feels very good.

Du Wei didn't speak for a long time, and the first thing he said after he spoke was, "Your Highness plans to expand the army and prepare for war immediately?"

"There is no way to do this," Prince Chen's face was calm, and his voice was as cold and decisive as ice peaks, "It is imperative to expand the army." Otherwise, with the current state of the army in the empire, those criminals would have been exiled for many years and cultivated their lives. After many years, since they dared to invade the empire, Prince Chen would not dare to underestimate their accumulated strength.

Du Wei said nothing.

"Come here!" Prince Chen raised his voice and shouted, and the attendants who were waiting for Prince Chen walked into the room. Ciro, Count Villa..." Prince Chen slipped out a dozen or so dignitaries who hold great power in the empire, "All of them are urgently announced to the palace, there are important matters to discuss."

The attendant retreated swiftly, and only Du Wei and Prince Chen were left in the room.Du Wei looked at Prince Chen's face, with a hesitant expression, Prince Chen glanced at him, and said directly, "Just say what you have to say."

Du Wei just smiled and said, "Your Highness, your military expansion and preparations are at least to expand the number of the main battle legions of the empire? Well, it should be at least 20 people. The expansion of the army does not only need people To establish a main battle army, at least 1000 million gold coins will be needed in the first year, and the annual military expenditure will also need more than 800 million."

Not to mention the annual military expenditure in the future, the 1000 million in the first year alone, with the current fiscal revenue of the empire in dire straits, it is absolutely impossible to get it out!Since it can't be taken out, there is only one thing that can be done, and that is to increase taxes.However, the original taxation of the empire has already been increased six times in ten years because of Augustine VI's great achievements and many expeditions to Nanyang!If it goes on, there will definitely be trouble.

"I know what you mean, but the finance department can't afford the money, so they can only increase taxes." Prince Chen doesn't know that the empire's finances are very poor now, and the provinces below are also being pushed hard, but what does he have? other way?absolutely not!

Du Wei's smile gradually deepened. He stood up, bowed to Prince Chen, met Prince Chen's gaze, and said seriously, "Your Highness, if I give you 5000 million gold coins as military expenses, I don't know if you can do it." Can't you promise me some small requests?"

Prince Chen's expression finally changed when he heard "5000 million gold coins".