Chapter 1098

The long corridor of the main hall of the sky palace with dim light can't see the vent. The huge colonnade makes the spacious space very depressed and gloomy.

And in this cold, but burning a touch of red.

Although not long ago, Loren had met the eldest princess, fillonay de sallion, at the coronation ceremony of Connaught; But when I see each other again, it seems that it has been a long time.

For a long time... The figure of the other party is coinciding with the appearance of a certain person standing on the street of eboden in his memory.

The black haired wizard looked at fillonay quietly and looked at the indifferent red haired female knight in front of him.

"Proud?"

Fillonay said faintly.

"Pride?"

"Defeat the Azores, liberate countless captured imperial people, openly force the emperor to open the gate for you, and thousands of knights shout the reputation of the black Duke..."

Every single word or phrase, "Princess Byrne," the princess of the long face, "this is the expression of" Renaissance glory "in your eyes.

"Trampling on the pride of the Empire in the name of salvation... Sweeping the sky palace."

"Probably." Lauren shrugged:

"Would you believe me if I said it wasn't my intention?"

"I believe, but it doesn't make any sense - the nobles in the imperial capital will not change their attitude towards you because of my likes and dislikes."

Fillonay shook his head. "So stop the meaningless gossip and tell me what you're going to do next."

As the voice fell, phillanai narrowed his sharp eyes and stared at the expression of the black haired wizard.

Dealing with people with strong intuition may be one of Loren's worst things - any skills, deception, means and "tricks" are no different from a jumping clown in front of his unreasonable talent.

In the past, it might make Loren feel very troublesome; But for him now, such a phillanai who is good at insight into people's hearts may be the easiest type to communicate.

"Defend the imperial capital, repel the imperial capital of the Azores, and hand over the city to Brandon de saleon after his arrival."

Lauren spoke calmly.

"I don't need you to tell me such a thing, and you know what I want to ask."

Lauren smiled.

"In that case, you should have guessed what I would do to achieve this goal, didn't you?"

Philrone frowned slightly.

Yes, since the black haired wizard chose to enter the Imperial City in such a big and undisguised way, it shows that he will never make any compromise to the imperial Parliament.

Since there is no compromise, there is only one result - overhead Parliament.

Threats, extortion, extortion, bribery... Laurent Turin, who holds 80000 legions and has the support of the Archduke of El Mans, can do almost anything he wants in the imperial city; In the name of fighting against Azores, it is only a matter of time to control the urban defense of the whole city.

Mastering the city defense of the imperial capital is tantamount to controlling the life and death power of the imperial capital - the imperial Parliament and the former Imperial Cabinet are in vain, the prestige of the heavenly palace is destroyed, and the life and death of the imperial capital will be held in the hands of Duke Bain.

Such a thing... Even Roland Turin, the famous black Duke in those days, couldn't do it.

And Loren, he's even started.

At present, the several forces controlling the situation in the imperial capital are probably the royal family in the sky palace, the Holy Cross Church, the chamber of Commerce and the aristocrats in the imperial capital; Let the former go for the time being, but the latter three can be intimidated and lured.

Little Joad of the United Chamber of commerce is responsible for contacting the chamber of Commerce and "negotiating" with the imperial nobles who have a close relationship with merchants;

Bishop Weber of Byrne went to the Holy Cross Church for preliminary negotiation;

By reaching a more consistent "agreement" with these three forces, Loren can temporarily stabilize the current situation, consider how to deal with the elf Prince outside the city, and how to reach an agreement

Nobles value prestige, priests value faith, and everyone values money.

Byrne had money and Byrne had goods - especially after the end of the important port of eboden, Byrne became the most important source of luxury goods in the Empire.

Wine, honey, food, medicine... The nobles in the imperial capital may be able to live without good wine and sweets and watch the poor starve to death, but they absolutely can't accept the outbreak of a large-scale plague; Without sterilized salt and medicine, the seemingly safe imperial capital will soon become a ghost city.

Of course, the imperial capital also has a large number of highly skilled pharmacists and doctors, but in the pre imperial trial three years ago, the upper level of the pharmacist guild has been eaten up by the Holy Cross enthusiasts, and the rest are the alchemists of the Royal wizard college.

Relying on his highness Brandon and headed by the Royal wizard consultant, it is a question that does not need to be asked who will be on the side.

As for how to negotiate with those people, Loren left it to Joad Jr. and Webber.

"... as you know, thanks to the persistence of the chambers of Commerce in the imperial capital, I am in charge of the accounts of the imperial capital in my capacity as president of the United Chamber of Commerce... No, it's half of the Empire."

Lying leisurely on the comfortable and soft recliner, little Joad, holding the wine glass, looked at the swaying wine in the glass; The almost transparent cup reflects the uneasy figure of the owner of the opposite house.

In the corner of the room, the beautiful young woman was holding the trembling little girl tightly and staring at the sneering little Joad.

"What do you want me to say? There are a lot of debts about you and your family recorded in that unhappy account, and it's a large number." little Yod sighed:

"So you can certainly understand that as treasurer of Bain, I have the obligation to recover this debt and make up for the loss for the Duke... In any way."

Then little Joad looked up at the figure standing in the corner and laughed meaningfully.

"Really, really outrageous!"

The frightened owner of the room was shocked, and the panic made his voice sharp: "I, I am a member of the imperial Parliament and the head of the port chamber of Commerce. I will never accept blackmail from a mere civilian!"

"No, no, no, you're not accepting blackmail from a civilian." little Joad shook his head. "You're dealing with a debt dispute with an imperial Duke."

"And... Ha ha, to tell you the truth, sending me to negotiate has been the most 'gentle' move of the Duke - otherwise, it is not me sitting in your house now, but a whole dozen fully armed Bain knights."

"But if you think it's better to discuss with them, I don't mind..."

"No!" the imperial nobles quickly stopped:

"Can, can't we all agree?! just the accounts I helped you hide, the price of smuggled goods is far more than that!"

"Yes, you're right." little Joad nodded seriously: "well, let's give these accounts to the former chief justice and see how he will try the case?"

"Absolutely not!" the noble's chest fluctuated violently: "then, in that case, our family, family status and seats in Parliament... Will be all over!"

"This matter must not be known by the Lord Chancellor, absolutely not - as long as you don't tell him and don't hurt my family... I, I will do anything, anything!"

Little Joad finally showed a satisfied smile.

"Your Excellency, you are our chamber of Commerce... No, you are an important business partner of Dagong. Of course, we can help you hide anything or destroy any debt." little yode slowly got up and walked to the other party with a glass:

"But in return, Dagong needs your cooperation."

"Cooperation and cooperation?!"

Trembling, the nobleman looked up at little Joad's face.

"We respect you and the imperial parliament, so we need the parliament to quickly pass several bills - in short, to recognize the Regency of crown prince Brandon de sallion in the current turbulent situation."

"As his Highness's friend and deputy, Duke Byrne has a series of authorizations such as urban defense, warehouse, soldiers... Before his highness arrives in the imperial capital. Ah... Why not directly grant the Duke the title of 'guardian of gloven', so we don't have to discuss so much politics."

"Guardian of Golovin, will this be too..." looking at little Yoder's cold eyes, the nobleman quickly changed his words: "I mean... Such a proposal is difficult to pass even if it is submitted to Parliament. Even if it can be passed, it will take a long time."

"Duke... Shouldn't have so much time?"

"Yes, but it doesn't take much time." smiling little Yod "stuffed the glass into the aristocrat's shaking hands:

"In fact, we have reached terms with almost one tenth of the members of Parliament. Everyone is helpful and very talkative, including the charn family from Lord siscott, the former royal and former chancellor of the exchequer."

"Cha, the Chan family?!"

"It is precisely because the current Earl of chann is a good man who knows the truth and can see the situation very clearly, so he has given us a lot of help." little Yod shrugged:

"I believe that all the members of the imperial parliament should be such warm and good people; as long as we explain the interests of both sides, everyone can see the situation clearly."

The words as plain as water made the nobles shiver.

"So we can count on your honourable congressman to speak up for Duke Byrne in the imperial Parliament?" little Yoder whispered. "Sincere" expression made the nobleman shiver again:

"Believe me, this is already a very superior condition. The Duke and I hope you can accept it; otherwise..."

Little Joad paused and shook his head meaningfully.

"No, you don't want to know what will happen after 'otherwise'."

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"Is it?" the Royal Highness Princess said lightly.

"But even if you can convince the imperial parliament, the Holy Cross will never accept such an outcome - they may tolerate the black Duke, but they cannot tolerate a bishop who is against the church or even semi independent."

"Your behavior is risking your friend's life."

"Maybe." Loren had no intention of denying it: "but I still want to try it for the same reason as the imperial parliament; if the problem can be solved by peaceful means, then violence should not be resorted to."

"You call shameless blackmail and blackmail peace?"

"It may be ugly, but it's 10000 times better than killing; I don't intend to be above the Empire. I just want to temporarily obtain the power to rule and manage this city."

"Arrogant guy, didn't you think that I... And the royal family of the sky palace would object?"

"Yes, so I came - I don't want to fall out with the Empire, so I decided to negotiate with you to see if we can reach some results that we can accept each other."

The black haired wizard said calmly, "you're welcome. Now I can let Byrne's Legion blockade the sky Palace at any time and put you and the nobles loyal to the royal family behind you under house arrest in this palace."

"And I also believe that even after Brandon comes, he will never blame me for such things; not only because he doesn't care, but also because Byrne has become the key for the Empire to win this war - you need Byrne's knights and supplies to defeat the Azores."

"But I have come and am willing to listen to your request; I can meet you as long as I don't go too far... I hope you can understand my sincerity, even if I don't need it."

Fillona's face remained unchanged, but there was a trace of killing in his eyes.

"... shameless."

"Whatever you like." Lauren smiled lightly and turned away.

Just as the black haired wizard was about to leave the promenade, the princess, who had always been silent, suddenly opened his mouth and stopped his steps.

"The head of the eagle king." phillanai said coldly, "didn't you kill the eagle king? I want his head."

The dark haired wizard did not change his face: "I didn't bring it with me."

"It doesn't matter. I can wait."

"To tell you the truth, it's not very good-looking, and it's early spring now. It won't take long to rot; I understand your hatred for revenge for your majesty connord, but it..."

"It doesn't matter!"

Philronay accentuated his tone.

"... I see." Lauren nodded slightly. "Anything else?"

"Yes, one condition is too cheap for you."

"No problem, please."

"The supreme emperor of the fourteenth generation."

"Huh?"

"What if my request is for you to betray Brandon and support me as the supreme emperor of the fourteenth generation?" the corners of fillonay's mouth trembled slightly: "you can also make such a request..."

"I'm sorry." before she finished, Loren flatly refused, "please forgive me for not being able to promise."

"Why can't you promise?" fillonay asked coldly, "aren't you a Turin? Don't you want to complete the great cause like the black Duke - the black Duke of that year, but he personally established a queen."

"You're right, I'm a Turin, but..." Lauren shook his head and gently tilted the corners of his mouth:

"You are not Charlotte."