At the long dining table, the king, queen and grand duke were enjoying the food. The three of them sat far apart and chatted briefly. Twenty-four servants were surrounding them, quietly waiting to provide their services at any time.
The Grand Duke kept chatting about Alice. At one moment he said that she should not marry her to the Gripen Empire, and at another moment he talked about the death of the crown prince. As they chatted, they talked about the current war and his understanding of the circumstances that caused the war.
He vented his bitterness and said that the Creation King took advantage of the current chaos in the world to launch the war.
The Seventeenth Emperor was very unhappy after hearing this and complained: "Grand Duke, now the ministers are arguing about these things in meetings every day. I am almost bored to death. Can you stop talking about these things and talk about it more relaxedly?"
Athena complained: "Alice is in great danger outside now. She is your daughter. Do you still want to relax?"
The Seventeenth Generation was unhappy and said: "I know you don't agree with Alice's marriage. Didn't Alice also end up in the Gripen Empire? Now she doesn't want to come back. If you don't want her to run around outside,
I can send someone to get her back."
Athena forked a piece of fish and ate it: "She was sad. Of course she didn't want to go home. If it were me when I was young, I wouldn't want to go home because of my family."
The seventeenth generation had a sullen face.
The Grand Duke of Black Snake glanced left and right at the king and his wife across from him, and said with a smile: "Are you having a conflict because of little Alice? Haha, young people need to experience more things to be perseverant. Alice will have to face challenges in the future.
As a queen of a great empire, she should be like a flower on a cliff, both beautiful and deeply rooted in the rock formations. Athena, her marriage experience a few years ago was a training for her. People who have not experienced political power
The cold and cruelty cannot cultivate the qualities of Aoxue Lingshuang. However, we still have to take her back and protect her as soon as possible. As the most priority heir of the empire, her fate is related to the future of the empire, right, Your Majesty?"
The seventeenth generation's expression softened a little, and he breathed lightly: "Of course, Alice is my most beloved daughter, and I will not make fun of her."
Grand Duke Black Snake sipped his wine and said: "I heard that the mercenary who kidnapped Alice appeared again, and I thought he was dead. This man is now a dangerous person, and it is not safe for Alice to be with him.
ah."
Athena was handling the food on the plate and said: "I sent people to protect Alice, let her play outside for a while, and then persuade her to come back when she feels relieved."
"Oh, Queen, did you send someone?" The Seventeenth Emperor didn't know about this: "Who is it? Is it reliable?"
Athena said: "She is the daughter of a servant at home. She used to stay with me for a few years. Later, I let her enter the Empire Holy Moon Knights to train for a period of time, and then she improved herself around the world. In the past few years, Veronka
She will go to the World of Warcraft Forest for training, and I will also arrange for her to join the retinue team to protect her secretly."
"Oh, you have joined the Knights of the Holy Moon. How is your strength? Can you protect Alice?"
Athena said: "If it hadn't been for Alice, I originally planned to keep her by my side as my personal bodyguard, or return to the Knights to hold a high-level military position."
"Can one person protect you? It's not enough." The Grand Duke asked.
Athena said: "She is very capable and loyal. I trust her. I asked her to protect her secretly. It is convenient for one person to do things alone. If there are too many people around, Alice will notice it and become resistant. Alice is now in her prime."
During her rebellious period, I'm afraid she hated me and her father's interference with her."
Seventeenth Century handled the food in silence.
After the meal, the Seventeenth Emperor had some state affairs to deal with, so he took the first step. The Grand Duke Black Snake sent him out, and then continued chatting with the Queen in the garden.
The Grand Duke said: "What happened to the children of Christine's family? Their family has a great influence on the empire."
"The Grand Duke is very well-informed. Don't you never care about the powerful and the political situation?"
"So many big things have happened on the mainland this year. Even if I indulge in pleasure, I can still hear the comments of the attendants." The Black Snake Grand Duke lowered his voice and said: "Since Veronka was killed, the seventeenth generation gave birth to him and his mistress.
Several of his illegitimate children have been secretly transferred, but they don’t care about Alice so much. It seems that they have already prepared the next step."
"You know so much."
"This is related to my Yin Xiubei's bloodline and my grandniece's right to inherit the throne. I don't dare to be careless at all."
Athena said coldly: "Huh, he doesn't dare to store it easily."
"Of course he doesn't dare. He doesn't dare to ignore the status of Yin Xiubei's family in Demon Moon. But you can't do nothing. As the current first heir, Alice has only one trusted person to protect her.
You need to send more people. He, Otilette, has a daughter missing, and there are others. Our Yinxiubidi family only has Alice. If you don’t have enough people around you, I have a few people you can trust. For
The family is prosperous and Alice cannot have any problems."
Athena frowned lightly, noncommittal.
Grand Duke Black Snake said again: "How about you take Johnson back?"
"No." Athena refused immediately.
"Why, the seventeenth generation still has a grudge?"
"That's his problem."
Grand Duke Black Snake asked tentatively: "Athena, is Johnson..."
Athena interrupted him and said solemnly: "Of course! I have no habit of having lovers, let alone playing with my emotions and chastity. I am married to Your Majesty because of love, not because of family status and property!"
The Grand Duke Black Snake let out a long sigh: "Johnson was born weak and deformed. It's no wonder that the king doesn't recognize his bloodline. Nothing can happen to Alice!"
Athena said: "A child has died in Christine's family, and there has been a new death recently. If anything happens to Bimoye, I am afraid it will really cause turmoil in the political situation in the imperial capital."
"Queen, do you want turmoil or stability?"
Athena was about to speak when she heard something hidden in his words: "What do you mean?"
The Black Snake Grand Duke smiled: "What a coincidence, I have the pure light!"
…
After coming out of the Grand Duke's mansion, Athena got on the carriage and walked halfway when someone suddenly stopped her carriage.
"Who dares to stop the carriage~!"
The servant waved his whip and was about to step forward to chase the person away when he heard the person shouting: "Please help me restore my country, Your Majesty the Queen~!"
Athena opened the car window, stopped her men, and asked the man to come over: "Who are you?"
This man with a big beard saluted the queen respectfully and said: "I am the king of Ponte Kingdom, Dilmogada. I had the honor to meet your majesty the king and queen in the palace a few years ago."
"Oh, I remembered." Athena said: "You are the person Alice brought back, right? You are still in Theberes."
"Yes." King Ponte said with a sad face: "In the past few years, I have been asking His Majesty the 17th to lend me some troops and horses to help me restore the country, but... But His Majesty has always refused to give it to me.
A clear answer."
Athena said: "Since I haven't given you an answer, you should find another way. It's a long way from the Demon Moon to the Eastern Continent. If I want to help you restore your country, it would be more appropriate to find Disman."
Ponte said: "Disman will not care about this, and I can't ask their consuls."
"Then I can't help you."
"Can you help me talk to His Majesty the King? After the restoration of the country, I promise... promise..."
Athena smiled: "You are the king of a subjugated country, and you can't guarantee anything. Our Demon Moon Empire is too far away from you. Even if you are willing to cede the land, Demon Moon can't get it. If it's for money, it's even more uneconomical.
.Besides, there is a war in the Demon Moon, so I have no time to distract you from helping you restore your country."
Ponte wanted to speak several times, but was interrupted by the queen one by one. He really couldn't get any advantage out of using the Demon Moon to send troops.
"Magic Moon can't help you." Athena looked at him.
Ponte sighed and wanted to say something more, but he couldn't. He could only lower his head secretly: "I know. I'm disturbing your Majesty the Queen." He turned and left.
Athena leaned against the car window, watched him go away, and said leisurely: "Mo Yue can't help you, but I can help you."
This sentence stunned the desperate Ponte. He hurried back and asked with wide eyes: "Your Majesty the Queen, what did you say? I...did I hear you correctly?"
"You heard that right."
Ponte was extremely happy: "With... Your Majesty the Queen's help, I... I, Ponte, will be able to restore the country."
Athena said leisurely: "Don't be happy yet, I have conditions."
"What conditions? No matter what the conditions are, as long as you don't want me to die, I can agree to any conditions, really!"
"Why do I want you to die? If you die, what's the point of me helping you?"
"Then you want to...?"
Athena smiled slightly, did not answer, and asked the coachman to drive the carriage slowly.