West Sacramento, the capital, Golovin, the heavenly palace.


    In the middle of the sky in the hot summer, amid the leisurely bell of the cathedral, a group of tired nobles are crowding out from the stairs in front of the gate of the sky palace. As they walk, they don''t forget to whisper and discuss something. Their faces are either nervous, excited or ambitious.


    Everything looks no different from the end of the former Parliament of the heavenly palace once a week... But only the participants really know that everything will be very different after today''s meeting.


    Especially some people who hold the "inside story"


    On the balcony somewhere in the palace, Brandon de sallion, the leisurely "disgraced Prince", looked at the aristocratic parliamentarians streaming out below while playing chess with the long princess, with an uninhibited smile on his lips.


    The left hand lifting the chess piece is suspended on the chessboard, and the right hand holding the letter is carried behind, covered with the letter stamp of a "Wizard consultant".


    "Hey, it''s your turn to go." the expressionless female Knight "kind" reminded.


    "Don''t worry, don''t worry, I''d better have a look... I can''t go back after I drop the chess." Brandon grinned and kept playing the military chess in his hand.


    Playing chess with sister-in-law fillonay is a very special feeling for Brandon.


    Although the sword is superb, and has a look at the characteristics of what others think, but the royal highness of the royal highness of chess is surprisingly bad, and after many years of practice, it has not changed much, and has always been straight forward. "Naive" is like a four or five year old child coming out.


    Therefore, playing chess with fillonay has become Brandon''s favorite entertainment - from easily defeating his sister-in-law at the beginning, to deliberately releasing water, and finally winning and losing if you want to win, or even molesting his simple sister-in-law wantonly on the chessboard, performing all kinds of "great anti killing"... Has become their daily life recently.


    Glancing at the meditating sister-in-law phillanai from the corner of his eye, Brandon''s radian in the corner of his mouth deepened a bit, and took no time to send the chess to the sister-in-law''s Knight.


    Within three steps, my sister-in-law will eat the chess piece; After five steps, she will attack... After 20 steps, her king chess will take the initiative to send it to herself, waiting to be eaten.


    Oh, what a hesitation; Would it be better to eat it immediately or tease her for a while? If you continue to play like this, there seems to be a perceived risk


    "Your saliva is about to drip on the chessboard."


    "Hmm? Yes?"


    The hurried "disgraced Prince" was shocked and quickly wiped his face. He didn''t find anything except his stiff dimple.


    "I mean... ''quick'' drops on the chessboard." her voice is calm and indifferent, without waves and full of quiet power: "see you smile so happy, what''s happy?"


    "Happy? No, no, no... As a member of the former cabinet of the father emperor and the host of the house of Lords, I am devastated!"


    As he spoke, Brandon, who couldn''t open his eyes and grinned to the back of his teeth, pretended to sigh and said in a sad voice: "today''s meeting is all about Bain red blood castle from beginning to end. It''s really worrying."


    "Oh, really?" phillanai looked at him sarcastically. "Some people really have an empire and don''t gloat at at all."


    "Of course, after all, I am also the second successor of the Empire, and it is natural to consider the future of the Empire." Brandon immediately showed a serious expression:


    "As a symbol of the Empire in Byrne, he is also the great aristocrat of Western saxoland and represents the authority of the sky palace. His Excellency Gaspar Wayne, governor of Byrne, is a heretic who secretly believes in evil gods!"


    "Not only that, he also instigated the local nobles in the red blood castle, secretly established a large-scale Heretical Cult centered on the governor''s office of Bain, elevated the count of the red blood castle, wantonly killed and persecuted the local civilians and churches, and did not forget to block the intelligence. Relying on the remoteness of Bain and the imperial capital, he thought that no one could know what he did."


    Brandon shook his head contemptuously and looked worried: "if there is still room for recovery at this step, it will be a certainty that he led the heretic church to raid Bain Cathedral!"


    "The cathedral was destroyed, the Archbishop himself was killed in the altar, and more than three figures of church members were persecuted to death... This is irreparable and destructive damage to the majesty and credibility of the Empire and the heavenly palace!"


    "As the son of the father emperor, at this time, I must stand up and restore the reputation of the Empire. At least I can''t let Byrne''s nobles be completely disappointed in the Empire." putting down the chess pieces in my hand, the prince leaned forward and said, "with justice and dignity":


    "Sister phillanai, it''s time to test whether we are united enough!"


    The long faced princess looked very slightly, indicating that she didn''t want to talk to him at all.


    "I''m serious, really." Brandon shrugged lazily and was helpless to the unmoved princess. "And my tongue is almost dry. Is my sister-in-law going to do it?"


    "Yes, let''s see how long a complacent guy can be complacent."


    Fillonay stopped the chess game in his hand and looked up without waves: "I guess your wizard consultant told you all this. Did he even tell you how to deal with the former cabinet and the Royal brother... Your father?"


    "On the contrary! Apart from constantly complaining about trouble, he just threw me everything." Brandon rolled his eyes and tilted the corner of his mouth, very angry:


    "I let him go to red blood castle to solve my problems, not to create more problems for me!"


    Fillonay''s eyes were still fixed on him: "so?"


    "Therefore, the troubles of the red blood castle and the Principality of Bain must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the Archduke will ask the sky palace to give them an explanation - at present, we only need to deal with a furious countess, not six principalities ready to attack!"


    "Really, but how much does it have to do with you?"


    "No one is an island, no one can live alone, so don''t ask for whom the death knell tolls... This is the original words of my dear wizard consultant, although I think he should have copied it from where, because it''s not quite like what he would say."


    Brandon sighed, "if I''m going to stay away, the death knell is for me!"


    Fillonet''s eyes flickered slightly, and the smoke flowing eyes seemed to have seen through Brandon''s thoughts.


    "Are you going to meddle in Byrne''s affairs?"


    "Yes, I''ve been ready for a long time." his hands crossed his fingers, and a sudden smile appeared on the disgraced Prince''s face: "although I don''t know who did the good thing, it did give me a great opportunity."


    "As we all know, Gaspar Vern is a loyal dogleg of brother Connor. His loss of power in Bain means a great loss of brother Connor''s reputation - most importantly, because of this, I''m afraid the empire can no longer install another governor in Bain, and the Earls will attack it."


    "At this time, the key is to stabilize the situation in Bain, so that the Earls of the principality can restore their confidence in the Empire as soon as possible, and select a Duke who is loyal and trusted enough to the Empire to ensure that there will be no rebellion and terrible civil war!"


    Brandon smiled brightly: "there is no doubt that the person who can solve this matter needs enough prestige and identity - the father and Emperor must not come forward, because his majesty should not be held responsible; and the emperor''s brother can''t, because it is well known that Gaspar is his man."


    "Then who else can solve this trouble in the sky palace and the Empire at this time? Who else can cheer up and make the Principality of Byrne rise again and become the loyal help of the Empire?"


    "You are so confident that the former cabinet will choose you?" phillanai looked at him contemptuously.


    "It''s not confidence, but they don''t have a choice; by contrast, isn''t it a good choice for me to become the Savior of the Empire?" Brandon smiled triumphantly, picked up his knight and tapped on the chessboard:


    "General --!"