"Why, why did your majesty do this to me, why?Am I already old and ugly, and His Majesty dislikes me, or is it like what happened to Lady Elira, someone in the family did something wrong..."
During the long night, Empress Victoria tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep. The more she thought about it, the more panic she became.The punishment that the Emperor of verlia had inflicted on her during the day was still fresh in her mind.
She was worried that this was sign to her, a sign that she was about to be abandoned by the Emperor of verlia."No, I must do something that will gain His Majesty's approval and consolidate my position in His Majesty's heart. Yes, that's it!"
This thought tormented her until dawn, but she still had no clue.So, Empress Victoria gathered all the servants together to brainstorm."Your Majesty, I do have an idea." A new maid volunteered.
"explain."
Empress Victoria yawned.
"I heard from the sisters in the palace that the palace received the prince and princess of Velantis Kingdom and their entourage these past two days.
"The two princes and princess are about the same age as the fourth prince. I heard from one of the sisters that they had asked about the night view of the capital. It seems that they intend to travelincognito tonight."
The maid rolled her eyes, revealing a shrewd look: "Your Majesty, since they are not familiar with the night in the capital, they must be in need of a guide. Why don't you send someone to contact them in advance and let the Fourth Prince accompany them?
"Velantis Kingdom and my Virelia Kingdom have always been on good terms. If the FourthPrince can gain the favor of the two and say a few good words for him in front of His Majesty afterwards, will Your Majesty still worry about being ignored by His Majesty?"
The fourth prince is none other than Empress Victoria's son. He is eighteen years old this year and has a relatively average reputation among the princes.
However, in Empress Victoria's eyes, her son is naturally the best in the world.The reason why she dared to be so domineering in the harem was probably because she gave birth to a dragon.After all, not all concubines are qualified to be the first to complain in the imperial study.
"That's a good idea."
Empress Victoria was overjoyed and thought this method was feasible.Since ancient times, a mother's status has been determined by her sons, especially in the royal family. Ifthe son's status rises, it will be difficult for the mother not to rise as well.
"I'll leave this matter to you. You'll be rewarded handsomely later."With Empress Victoria 's promise, the maid left happily.
Within a short while, he brought back good news. The Crown Prince of Velantis Kingdom was easy to talk and already agreed.
"Quick, go and call Elian over here."
After Empress Victoria gave the order, it was a long time before the Fourth Prince Elian, accompanied by a personal eunuch, arrived late, looking reluctant.
"Mother, you are such a fool. I was playing a game with the sons of nobles at the Royalacademy and was about to win, but now you have someone to interrupt me and I have lost everything... No, you must Compensate me, at least one thousand crown of silver."
Royal Academy was a place specially approved by the Emperor of verlia for the children ofprinces and nobles to study.
As for gambling, it is gambling.
This guy Elian, not only did he randomly pass the blame on others after losing the bet, but he also went so far as to confidently hold someone accountable.
What's even more bizarre is that Empress Victoria had a smile on her face and didn't think that her son's addiction to gambling was a bad thing at all."Elian, be good. I have found job for you. If you agree, I will double the salary, not to mention one thousand crown."
"There is such a goodthing." Elian's eyes lit up, and suddenly he showed a trace of vigilance, "Isn't it a thankless task? Let me make it clear first, I don't do tiring work."
"Don't worry, when has mother ever let you down? It's just that I've been walking with people, drinking with people, chatting with people..."
Empress Victoria carefully explained to Elian her plan to make friends with Prince Velantis Kingdom and the princess.
"Oh, I thought it was nothing, isn't it just eating, drinking and having fun? I'm good at this, mother, please pay the deposit,
Remember, you must do as mother says, understand?"
"Oh, I know, I know, hurry up and get the money."After receiving One Thousand Crowns of silver from Empress Victoria, Elian and his companion happily walked away at a duck pace.
"Your Highness, we are not really going to accompany the prince and princess of Velantis Kingdom tonight, are we?"
The personal eunuch looked like a dog-headed military advisor: "Your Highness, you have made an appointment with those young
masters to go to the gambling house tonight. If you break the appointment, won't you be unable to recover the money you lost today?"
"What do you think is more important, accompanying guests or gambling?"
Elian's question made the eunuch very confused.After thinking about it, I still feel that it is more important to accompany the guests from Velantis Kingdom. After all, their status is there.
Unexpectedly, Elian was silent for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed:
"Of course it's more important to eep the appointment and continue gambling. Is there any need to think about it? You won't tell me that you are wrong...haha."
"What about accompanying guests?"
"Whoever wants to go can go. Don't worry, mymother will just blame me a few words afterwards. Nothing will happen."
Elian raised the banknote, his face full of excitement: "As the saying goes, losing first and then winning is a sign of level. I have a feeling that luck is on my side tonight, and I will definitely kill everyone!"
In the evening, after Kai issued an order, he left the palace with Leon as agreed.For this dinner, Leon changed into a brocade robe, with a golden phoenix sword hanging from his waist, a golden crown in his hair, and sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, looking handsome and elegant.
In Laina's words, he was a handsome young man.Lady Elira also couldn't stop smiling, and kept praising Leon for having the same style as her mother. If he went out like this, every girl would take a second look at him.It has been ten years, and this is the first time Leon has left the palace.
The moment I stepped out of palace gate, I felt like I had broken free from a cage, the sky was high and the sea was vast, and I felt that there was a lot to do in the future.
Moonshadow Tower, I have to see it today."
He opened his arms, breathed in the long-lost air of freedom, and looked excited.
"Haha, Your Highness seems to be impatient. Don't worry, I will not let you down."
Kai laughed and waved his hand, and immediately servants came over with two horses.
He reached out and grabbed the reins, climbed onto one of the horses, and threw the reins of the other horse to Leon: "You haven't ridden for more than ten years, do you still know how to ride?"
"Why is that so difficult?"
Before Leon was selected into the ranks of special forces in his previous life, he was a patrol soldier on the snowy plateau, and riding horses over mountains and across ridges was a common occurrence for him.But he put his left foot on the stirrup, used a little leverage, and landed steadily on the horse's back with clean and neat movements.
"Good job."Kai cheered, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.He remembered that Leon ten years ago did not have the ability to mount a horse.How is it that after so many years, the skills have not become less sophisticated but have become even more advanced?He couldn't figure it out and could only attribute it to Leon's uniqueness. He couldn't help but laugh out loud and led the way in front.
Leon followed and rode out, and the two of them headed straight for Moonshadow Tower.
"Moonshadow Tower is located on the most prosperous street in the capital.A five-story, magnificent building stands in the night, attracting guests from all directions."
At the bottom of the steps at the door stood two young scholars, with a burly man wholooked like a bodyguard beside them.
Although these two scholars were dressed simply, the exquisiteness and quality of the materials used in their clothes, as well as the rare fine jade on their waists, showed that they were of noble status.The two were talking in low voices at the moment, looking towards the street from time to time.
"Brother Crown Prince, is the Fourth Prince coming or not? We clearly made an appointment, but why did he make me wait so long?"
The 'young scholar', who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a clean face and some makeup, pouted and stamped his feet impatiently.
"Meilin, I've told you several times that you and I have special identities, so you can just call me brother outside."
Another elegant scholar whispered a reminder and frowned, "I don't know if he will come. We have been waiting for more than an hour.
Why don't we go in and eat first..."
Before he could finish his word.two horses came stepping on the snow, splashing up ice mud, and suddenly stopped in front of them. A golden phoenix Sword caught the eyes of the elegant scholar.
His eyes suddenly lit up and he smiled, "Well, I've finally waited for this."