Chapter 1,424 An Unexpected Invitation

The beautiful time in the Jade Palace could last indefinitely, but the gift someone brought back from Dragon Island made the empress very busy for a while.

Alegria and its power were revitalized, but they looked quite dazzling in the eyes of the nobles. There was a magician standing behind her, and she fell into the sand several times facing him. The nobles became more and more conservative about the magician's little actions.

But if you want to scare away this group of people who stand on the top of power, the strength displayed by a certain magician is not enough. Moreover, this strength cannot only exist in rumors, it must be confirmed and visible to everyone.

Besides, the nobles can still be in a leadership position in this world with great personal power, so they naturally have something to rely on.

The most obvious weakness is that no matter how powerful the magician is, he is only one person. No matter how thoughtful you are and how careful you are, there will always be things you cannot take care of. As long as he is concerned about other people and things, he will have weaknesses.

Or maybe it's because the Empress has been doing things quite smoothly since someone came to the empire.

Especially for the implementation of the bank, even if the nobles are not refused to join, when the gold coin goddess has limited manpower, it is important to decide who goes first and who comes last. Because this means that whoever can seize the most share in the limited market that is about to unfold may not get anything at all.

Such power is neither big nor small. There was no way to break through the nobles' defenses, causing them to rush to kneel and lick him one by one. But it has also allowed some people to taste the sweetness from the empress's hands, which has loosened the solid camp of the nobles.

Now that there is a second dragon flag, the situation has become more delicate.

You must know that the first dragon flag has an unshirkable responsibility and task, which is to transport livestock to Dragon Island as food for the dragons. It takes time to dispatch a sufficient number of livestock, and a qualified fleet is required to transport these live animals. These limits the use and frequency of the first dragon flag.

But the second dragon flag has no such restrictions. The only limitations are the round trip time of the fleet and the time it takes to search for trading items that the dragons will be interested in.

Nowadays, the news about the existence of the second dragon flag has only spread in a small area. Even so, it caused a certain amount of sensation and covetousness.

But the empress had no intention of hiding the news, or she couldn't. As long as the people of the Greco Chamber of Commerce are ready, once they go to sea, the news will almost be known to everyone.

In these days, no one in the world would go to the sea for free. The direction of running was towards Dragon Island again; after coming back, all the goods that were pulled out were in-demand goods prefixed with 'dragon'. How stupid do you have to be to not be able to figure out the relationship between this?

Although the owner of the second dragon flag was the magician, it was the empress who was chosen by him as his intermediary agent. It is true that such power gives the empress the opportunity to tease and win over greedy people, but it also attracts a lot of hatred.

The one he hates the most is probably Prince Behar. Not only did he lose the dragon who had been his help, he also lost the price he had paid to befriend the dragon in the early stage, and he was unable to get a share of the coveted benefits.

When such a person sent an invitation letter to the Jade Palace, the empress, who had not left for several days and only stayed in the palace to give orders, suddenly felt bad.

On the one hand, it was also because many of the people she sent out did not show up where they were supposed to be, and they lost contact for a long time. Even the empress would have to wonder if these people had rebelled, or... who had caught them.

In a fight between nobles, as long as it is not a blood feud, everyone will tacitly refrain from attacking those with noble blood. But those who are servants and subordinates are just a group of minions who can be replaced at any time in the eyes of people with noble blood. Even if he is dead or disabled, no one will care.

Even so, when nobles fight, they usually fight for the general trend, alliances, and backers. The current loss at human hands means that the other party intends to escalate the level of the struggle.

In the past, fights were fought without blood. But if the struggle escalates now, the pressure on the empress' side, which is at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, will increase greatly.

When the lives of servants who are simply doing business are threatened, the question of whether the price of loyalty is commensurate with the rewards will be re-examined. This made the empress not worry, and think carefully about whether everything that happened around her recently was really what she had imagined.

Seeing the empress's sad face and staring at the delicate card in her hand, Lin, who was tired of being together these days, would certainly not be so cold-hearted as to pretend not to see it. He stepped forward and asked, "Is there any trouble? Is this... um, an invitation card?"

"Yes." Alegria said, raising the small card in his hand that smelled of incense, "An unexpected banquet invitation card was sent by an unexpected person."

"Who?" Lin asked.

"My cousin who has not yet been weaned has sent you this...invitation to the appreciation party."

'Cousin who is not yet weaned', this is the empress's contemptuous name for Prince Behar.

As for the appreciation party, it is one of the forms of noble banquets. Noble banquets are basically divided into three categories: dances, concerts, and entertainment parties.

Balls are dance-themed banquets that emphasize that attendees can participate in person. This is also the best form of banquet for nobles to socialize.

Concerts are simply about listening and appreciating music. Compared with the dynamic nature of dance parties and their emphasis on participation, concerts are static and less participatory and social.

Moreover, the development of music in the Lost Land is not that prosperous. Most of it is used as an accessory to dances, so this type of banquet is the least common. It is more common in single-sex aristocratic banquets, such as gatherings of girls or ladies.

The appreciation party is when the host of the banquet collects any rare treasures or valuable works of art, and uses them to show off the treasures.

Since the destination is more utilitarian, it all depends on who to invite, whether the invitees will participate, the status of the attendees and the host, and how to behave. It can be said that every appreciation party is no less than a political intrigue.

There are also some special tours. For example, bloody and dark themes including sexual abuse and devil worship can bring a group of like-minded people together to have fun. This type of banquet is certainly quite exclusive.

Although Alegria was the emperor of the Karlsruhe Empire, he was marginalized and ostracized by the nobles. Invitations to various banquets, unless it was a state banquet that the emperor would definitely attend, would not be sent to her table.

Even if it was sent politely, the empress would choose not to attend to avoid being humiliated. This kind of banquet where she would be deliberately invited would most likely have bad intentions. The remaining one was because the noble who held the banquet was too stupid.

As for the banquets held within the royal family, unless they are hosted by the empress, those held by other members of the royal family have nothing to do with the empress.

Who doesn't know that Alegria snatched the throne from the rest of the royal family. In addition, the empress herself pushed away the aristocratic group that intended to control her, thus losing support from outside the royal family. Amid the difficulties of internal and external pressure, who among the royal family would truly respect the emperor.

Against this background, an invitation letter to the entertainment party sent by Prince Behar was very strange.

Not to mention the invitation to the emperor should be a formal invitation, which requires direct entry to the palace and registration in the eucalyptus. But this invitation letter was sent to the Jade Palace, which was inconsistent with etiquette and law, making it even more strange.

Lin didn't know much about the twists and turns between nobles, but he was fairly understanding. At least he still clearly remembers what his ancestors said. The so-called showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

So this thing can't be a good thing anyway. If you want a kid in his early ten years to repent, it's better to hope that his parents will pop out of the grave and beat him until he remembers it.

But from the empress's point of view, she couldn't just choose to give in and avoid it like she did. So Lin thought for a while and said: "Since I don't understand why the other party sent this invitation, the easiest way is to go and have a look. See what tricks they do. You can bring someone with you and let me follow. If If there’s any problem, I’ll make sure you come back safely.”

He was a little confused at first, then a little happy, but at the end, Alegria just rolled his eyes. She said: "I thought you would be like a hero and help me solve my troubles. Unexpectedly, you just promised to take me to escape. Do you still look like a man who shows off your power on Dragon Island?"

"Killing is the easiest thing, but killing usually doesn't solve the problem. Those who think killing can solve everything probably want to kill everyone in the world and leave only themselves. I'm on Dragon Island There are many people who don’t believe what I have done. There is no point in proving whether it is true or false. No matter how much evidence I present, the people who don’t believe it will still not believe it.——”

After a few words of defense for himself, Lin turned back to the important point,

"-But the most important thing is, no matter what that child wants to do, I can guarantee that you can come back alive and intact. In addition to strength, the struggle between nobles sometimes also pays attention to an excuse, which is the so-called righteousness. reputation. If they really dare to attack you blatantly, you can kill them all in the name of rebellion, and no one can make a mistake. So for me, this invitation may be a crisis, but It can also be an opportunity.”

Alegria was once a crazy girl who dared to take risks with a few friends. Lin made a little analysis and found out that her life was guaranteed to be safe, so what reason did she have for not taking this trip? And she had an intuition that she had to go.

After thinking about it, the empress shook the small card in her hand and said: "Since you want to go, take me back to the palace. I have to change my clothes, and then send a carriage to pick you up at the guest house. The way you use the flash technique is too scary , it’s better to walk in a normal way so that people won’t find fault. The banquet is tonight."

Lin was startled and asked, "What a rush! Is this kind of invitation speed normal?"

"If you ask me to say it, everything is abnormal." Alegria gave his own evaluation directly. He added: "And I have a bad premonition. I also have the feeling that I have to go to this banquet. No matter which feeling is true, you will have to go to know what happened."

After thinking for a while, the empress said: "It's best that these feelings are just false alarms. I haven't felt this kind of fear in a long time."