Chapter 132: The Prince's Astonishing Request!
Chapter 132: The Prince's Astonishing Request!
Because of the usual seclusion in previous years. Du Wei was not familiar with the other wealthy and aristocratic children in the imperial capital. Although he came from a wealthy family, because of the "reputation" since he was a child, he was almost locked up at home and did not see outsiders. This phenomenon is very rare in aristocratic circles, even the daughters of wealthy families will have one or two close friends.
Du Wei, on the other hand, never participated in any gathering of noble children, nor did he mix with that circle. The power struggle in the aristocratic upper circle, or the hook-and-heart, which families are allies and which families are political enemies, these things Du Wei never inquired about, and naturally no one would tell this idiot young master who lived deep at home. Therefore, he didn't recognize the young prince in front of him at all, and even his name seemed to be very strange.
However, His Royal Highness seems to be too young, right?
The current Emperor of the Empire, His Majesty Augustine VI, is a relatively accomplished guy in recent generations of the Empire. Although this old man is considered by many ministers to be a typical "good and happy" guy. But I have to say that compared to those dim kings in history, he is not bad.
It's just that His Majesty Augustine VI is probably over seventy this year, right? This old man who has made great achievements has become more and more irritable in recent years, and his behavior has become more and more absurd. As he grew older, he gradually showed some faintness. It is a pity that as long as he does not die for a day, the throne of this throne still belongs to this irascible old man in his seventies.
At this age... This guy in front of him, who is at most in his early twenties, is the son of the emperor in his seventies?
I have to say that after all, Du Wei has lived too closed since he was a child. Du Wei, who has wanted to get rid of those troubled power circles since he was a child, only wants to live a free rice worm life, and lacks understanding of the power circles in the imperial capital.
This Chen-Augustine is the youngest son of His Majesty the current Emperor Augustine VI. The old emperor is now seventy-five years old. Under his rule, the empire made many expeditions to the South Seas and opened up countless maritime territories, although the later expeditionary behavior has degenerated into a flashy and happy show of force, often the harvest of the expedition, and even the military expenditure can not be recovered, and the triumphal ceremony is more and more grand every time.
The eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor. The fifty-two-year-old eldest prince was originally designated as the crown prince. After that, His Majesty the Emperor gave birth to nine daughters in one breath. Let Augustine VI, who was full of hope to have another son, be furious, and even personally killed several imperial princesses to kill their own women because they could not give birth to sons, such an emperor is also unique in the history of the Roland Empire. And when he was in his fifties, the old emperor, who was bent on seeking a son, was finally favored by the gods again and gave birth to this "Chen" prince. Grow old and get a son. The old emperor, who finally got his wish, almost spoiled his youngest son to the extreme for more than twenty years!
Even, royal land. All men learn the martial arts and fighting spirit handed down by the Augustinian family from an early age. However, this prince Chen had no intention of learning martial arts, but he was extremely interested in magic, and this kind of deviating from tradition was approved by the old emperor. He even let a great magician in the court personally teach this Prince Chen!
Even legends. A few years ago, at the old emperor's seventieth birthday dinner, the old emperor once revealed that he wanted to regain the meaning of the crown prince, but it was opposed by many ministers at that time, which was reluctantly suppressed...
Of course, these things, Du Wei still does not know at the moment. Du Wei, who has been outside of these things since he was a child, does not even know the origin of His Royal Highness Prince Chen in front of him.
But. Du Wei reacted very quickly, and after listening to the other party's self-introduction, he immediately owed a body, a standard aristocratic etiquette. However, the handsome prince smiled kindly, stretched out his hand to support Du Wei, and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, Your Excellency Du Wei... Don't forget, you're a Bachelor of Magic. Magicians don't have to salute nobles. Even if it's royalty. Meet
a prince inside the Magic Guild. It had to make Du Wei a little puzzled. The royal family and the magic union do not have a good relationship. Du Wei knew at least a little about this. Within the empire, the royal family represents the orthodox ruling clique. The temple represents the religious group of the earth, and the magician power represented by the magic union, which has always been three forces that rarely interact with each other.
As if he didn't notice Du Wei's doubts, this Prince Chen smiled very easily, and even gently pulled Du Wei, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Du Wei, I have been curious about you for a long time. Well, originally I just heard that Gabri kid from the Rollin family was a genius. But recently, your name has often been mentioned in my ears. It is a real honor to see you here today. I wonder if I have the honor of inviting you, His Excellency a magician, to dinner? Huh
?
Du Wei looked at the strange prince cautiously.
"Oh, please forgive my presumptuous invitation." Prince Chen still smiled so gently, in fact, this kind of invitation between nobles, so face-to-face proposal is indeed a little presumptuous, in the noble circle, let alone an invitation to dinner, even if you invite the other party to drink a lunch together, you must send an invitation at least a day in advance, but Prince Chen's demeanor is indeed not picky, even when apologizing, the smile on his face seems to make people feel like a spring breeze: "I have only been very interested in the field of magic since I was a child, and you are a noble son of the imperial capital, But there has never been a magician, and it is a young genius magician like you. This
kind of invitation from His Royal Highness is not easy to refuse. Du Wei thought about it and also smiled: "It's an honor."
When Du Wei and Prince Chen walked out of the magic union side by side, the face of the Alpha Guard Chief who was waiting outside immediately became extremely ugly in that instant! However, the ugly face of this chief guard only flashed away, and then greeted him, first bending down to Prince Chen and making a standard samurai salute.
"Oh, Your Excellency Alpha Samurai." Prince Chen seemed a little surprised: "I actually saw you here." Did you personally accompany Du Wei here? It's rare to see you go out lately. There
was a pause. Prince Chen smiled softly and said, "I was about to talk about something with Du Wei, and I want to trouble you to go back and inform Lord Count."
Alpha didn't say anything, just nodded silently.
Du Wei was on the side, although he had no understanding of the situation in the imperial capital, but at this moment, looking at the unnaturalness that flashed on the face of the Alpha Guard Chief instantly, he immediately guessed a little: It seems that the Alpha Guard Chief is very jealous of this Prince Chen?
Almost silently, a carriage with extremely beautiful makeup slowly walked to the side of several people. The outside of the carport of this carriage was actually inlaid with a thin layer of pure gold, under the sun. It looks like a golden wall. The wheel hubs of the carriage, in Du Wei's opinion, are made of the finest stainless steel, and around the carport, there are pillars carved with ornate thorn vines, and several blue gemstones are inlaid on them.
The horses pulling the cart, in Du Wei's eyes, are all high-grade horses. Such a horse, even if it was no worse than those high-grade war horses in his Luolin family, was used by Prince Chen to pull carts... What a waste.
What surprised Du Wei the most was that on the side of this carriage, some finely polished magic crystals were actually used. A miniature wind magic array is arranged!
This magic array cleverly uses the wind to reduce the weight of the carriage, so that the carriage can greatly reduce the degree of bumps and increase the speed when driving.
Meantime. This carriage is also the most popular open-top carriage style in the imperial capital recently.
The cost of this carriage alone may be able to buy all of Du Wei's current business in the Rollin Plain!
Extravagant! It's not an ordinary luxury!
Of course, Du Wei did not know that the exquisite carvings on the carriage were all the handwriting of a famous art master in the imperial capital, and they were simply those flashy carvings, and the price was paidWorth tens of thousands of gold coins!
Quietly. Quietly, I don't know when, just around where Du Wei and Prince Chen were standing, four thin figures appeared silently. The robes worn by these four people were obviously magicians, but their robes were different from any mage robes in the magic union, and the bright red mage robes were as red as the juice of rose flowers. On the top of the head on a pointy high hat. But with the totem of thorn flowers.
Court magician?
Du Wei immediately thought of the legendary batch of animals raised in the palace in small quantities. It began in the Aragonese era and was passed down internally from generation to generation, loyal only to the royal court magicians. These four guys are obviously court magicians!
It's just that these four guys' eyes are very cold, and when their sharp gazes sweep at will, even Du Wei can't help but feel a chill in his heart! In particular, when the eyes of these four guys swept over the magicians in the magic union in the distance, they all carried an indescribable defiance and disdain.
"Your Highness, please get into the carriage."
A thick voice was a coachman sitting in front of the carriage. Du Wei only found out that this coachman is probably not a simple character! This guy is thin and tall, dressed in gray cotton clothes, but it is the style of a court attendant, a pair of eyes in the gaze deep and steady, although there are several court magicians around, and warrior powerhouses like Alpha are present, his temperament is still indifferent and calm, from the outline of his strong arms hidden under thin clothes, and the thin body seems to be a little incongruous, I am afraid that he is still a master in the court!
Sure enough, when Alpha saw this coachman, he suddenly smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency Chick, when did you become a coachman?"
This coachman named Chick was obviously an old acquaintance of Alpha's guard, he glanced at Alpha coldly, and said lightly: "I made a mistake, and His Highness's punishment for me is to serve as a coachman for one month." But you, Your Excellency Alpha, have not seen you for a long time, it seems that two years have passed since the year before last, right? The
eyes of the two met and immediately seemed to flash a series of sparks in the air!
It seems that the two may still have a little grudge.
Du Wei thought to himself.
The atmosphere seemed to condense a little for a while, but Prince Chen immediately smiled appropriately: "Okay, it's not early, Your Excellency Du Wei, please get into the carriage."
The horseman named Cheek then withdrew his gaze, lowered his head, and stopped talking.
Du Wei frowned secretly. As Prince Chen got into the carriage, the carriage moved slowly, Du Wei looked back at Alpha who was standing in place, but he seemed to see a flash of essence in Alpha's eyes!
Earl's House.
Earl Ray Meng's study.
"Is His Highness Tatsumi really appearing in the Magic Guild? Also took Du Wei? The count frowned, his eyes full of haze.
"Yes." Alpha nodded: "I suspect this is probably not a chance encounter." And also... I saw that Cheek actually acted as a horseman of His Highness Chen.
"Cheek? Groom? Lord Count smiled: "Is that the court warrior Chick who defeated you in the big competition two years ago?" Hum... It seems that the situation is a little bad. His Highness Chen has been dormant for many years, and now he is starting to show his fangs?
Alpha shook his head: "Lord Count, I'm worried about one thing... Cheek was a court warrior. And it belongs to the inner court! The inner court is a mysterious force in the royal family! Now it seems that Cheek actually served as Prince Chen's subordinate... I'm worried, I'm afraid His Majesty is confused and actually handed over the inner court to Prince Chen! Moreover, what is even more worrying is that Chik is a very good samurai in the inner court, but he seems to be very submissive to Prince Chen, I am afraid. Prince Chen has successfully controlled the power of the inner court! This matter..."
"Of course this is not good for us." Lord Count sighed, he seemed to age a few years in an instant, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Prince Chen's intelligence is far better than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... He has been on good terms with the mysterious guys of the court magicians since he was a child. Now it seems that His Majesty not only handed over the court magician team to him. Even the inner court was handed over to him ... The situation is not good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Well... Let's think about it, His Highness Tatsumi appeared in the Magic Guild... Hmph, did he go for that too? Yago Doug, this old fox, what idea did he fight? Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a moment. Now he has made public friends with His Highness Chen..."
"I think this matter is probably not good for us." Alpha shook his head: "The point is... His Highness Chen took Young Master Du Wei away... Lord Count, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what would he think if he learned the news? Young Master Du Wei is your son, and before he returned to the imperial capital, he had a relationship with the magic union. Right now... and befriended His Highness Chen... I'm afraid that in this way, your situation will be a little embarrassing.
Count
Raymond stood up, and he suddenly straightened his waist. Wei An's figure seemed to regain a momentum, as if at this moment, this famous general of the emperor ** Fang, who was already a little old, revealed the arrogance of the army that commanded the fleet back then!
"Hmph! Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has any ideas there, so what! Although he now has more chips in his hands, there are few who can play the final key role! Without the support of our Luolin family, what would he take to fight with Prince Chen? The military is here and is now willing to be on his side. Only mine. Everyone else is watching. Without me Raymond. Out of the imperial capital, he couldn't even mobilize a single soldier!
Alpha nodded. He also had a relieved expression on his face, but then, the loyal chief guard still whispered, "The crown prince, I'm not worried... Now the most troublesome thing is the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty has not spoken recently, but it seems that he has allowed the actions of his two sons... And, my lord, be careful, Your Majesty may do something to you! After all... Historically, before the death of His Majesty the Emperor and the succession of the throne, everyone will suppress a group of important military ministers to pave a stable situation for their successors! Now it seems that I am afraid that His Majesty will target us. Count
Raymond put his hand on the table, listening to Alpha's words, he was silent, and after a long time, he smiled faintly: "Suppress it, suppress it, this is the practice of the past, as long as we survive this level, the crown prince will succeed to the throne in the future, he will have to rely on our Luolin family!" Hum... Moreover, if His Majesty really wants to take the Rollin family, he should also weigh it well!
Saying that, he suddenly slapped on the table, a faint golden fighting qi flashed, and he heard a crisp crack, and the thick desk exploded into two halves!
The carriage gradually drove towards the outside of the imperial capital, and when they left the imperial capital gate just now, the city guards saw Prince Chen's carriage from a distance, and immediately cleared the road and let it go.
On the carriage, facing Du Wei's doubts, Prince Chen smiled lightly: "What fun is there in the imperial capital?" Hmph, there are people from the military staring, there are people from my eldest brother staring, and there are people from my father staring ... Where else is there to be fun? Your Excellency Du Wei, I will take you to an interesting place outside the city, and I think you will love it.
In line with the policy of talking less and making fewer mistakes, Du Wei just nodded and did not answer.
"That's right." Prince Chen suddenly looked at Du Wei as if he had thought of something, and smiled: "I heard that you made a flying thing on the Luolin Plain... That thing is called a hot air balloon, right? Saying that, this Prince Chen stared at Du Wei with deep meaning for a while, and then said softly in a calm tone: "That's a good thing!" If it is used to transport troops and quietly transport one or two thousand elites from all over the world to the imperial capital, I am afraid that they will not know it, even if the city guard is well defended, it will not be able to defend the sky.
Du Wei's body shook!
Quietly transport troops inImperial capital? That's a slander to say! Why did this prince squeeze himself with such scrupulous words?
Du Wei thought for a while and said with a smile: "Your Highness, that's just a gadget, and I only have a dozen of that kind of hot air balloon in my hand, and it's very troublesome to manufacture, and the transportation capacity is also very limited." It's just enough to transport a little cargo on a regular basis. If you want to transport an army, the weight of the soldier plus the armor weapon, let alone one or two thousand, it is already the limit to transport one or two hundred people. You are kidding.
"Oh..."
Prince Chen nodded casually, and then turned his head and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road.
The imperial capital is located in the central plain of the Roland Continent, and there is also the Lancang Grand Canal, at this moment it is close to evening, looking at the plains, villages, farms on both sides of the wide road, at this moment it is close to summer, the trees in the wild have been dyed with a layer of thick green...
Suddenly, Prince Chen turned his head and looked at Du Wei carefully:
"If... Do I want you to help me carry things? Like what... Shipping people?
Du Wei was shocked in his heart...