Bam! The precious Purple Gold Threaded Black Pottery was thrown away by the furious Marquis Krilos. It shattered into pieces of various sizes on the hard floor tiles. A treasure worth nearly a thousand gold coins was gone just like that. Marquis Krilos did not forget to bring this Purple Gold Threaded Black Pottery when he left the Trade Union on that chaotic night. It never left his side, and he would play with it from time to time. But now, he had smashed his beloved item on the ground. One could imagine how angry he was …
Today was the 10th of August, 1783 in the Galinthia Continent's general calendar. It was the day that the Andenac Kingdom regained its former name of Christen Empire. It was also the auspicious day that the Andenac Kingdom's King, Ogseiro I, would bid farewell to the throne and ascend to the throne. From today onwards, Ogseiro I would become Christen IX, or Emperor Ogseiro. His unlucky father, the late King Andenac I, would be conferred the title of Christen VIII …
The whole imperial city was filled with a joyous and festive atmosphere. The streets echoed with joyful songs and the noise of gongs and drums. There was an endless stream of floats and processions. The residents of the imperial city had performed their duty to celebrate the ascension of the great Emperor. The great, kind, and generous Emperor also announced that all the residents of the imperial city would be rewarded with free meat and wine. Simply put, they could eat and drink to their heart's content and cheer as much as they wanted. Today was a good day to eat to their heart's content …
From time to time, cheers of "Long live the Emperor" and "Long live the Christen Empire" could be heard from the streets. To Marquis Krilos, the celebration of his enemy was the source of all his pain. The physical pain could not even compare to the bursts of grief in his heart. After escaping from the Trade Union, he finally arrived at the imperial capital after a few twists and turns. According to his plan, he smoothly got to know Earl Weixas and used his outstanding intelligence to get Earl Weixas to recruit him, turning himself into the Earl's advisor who listened to everything he said.
At that time, Earl Wyksas was only a knight. Because he had offended the Norton Family, he was stripped of his position as the acting city guard of the imperial city. It was also the most frustrating time for him. When the second prince returned, he decided to confer the title of earl on his illegitimate son, with a territory in the faraway province of Magick, and strictly ordered the earl to return to his own territory immediately.
At this crucial moment, it was Marquis Krilos who stopped Count Weixas from going to the territory. He made Count Weixas go to the palace and beg bitterly in front of the second prince. In the end, he moved the second prince with familial love and retracted the order, allowing Count Weixas to continue to stay in the imperial capital. After all, Count Weixas had spent his entire life in the streets of the imperial capital and had never traveled far. It was indeed a bit too heartless to send him to his territory in the province of Magick.
He remembered what Marquis Krilos said to Earl Weixas at that time. Once he left the imperial capital, it meant that he would no longer have a share of that throne. If he stayed in the imperial capital, he might still have a chance to sit on that throne. Although His Majesty had another son, it would still take more than ten years for this legitimate son to grow up. Anything could happen in such a long period of time …
Count Weixas listened to the teachings of Marquis Krilos and went to the palace to beg in the name of his dead mother in front of the second prince. In the end, he got what he wanted and stayed in the imperial capital. With the help of Marquis Krilos, he opened the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and regained the trust and support of the second prince by using the excuse of doing business to earn money for the royal family. He obtained the sales rights of several mineral deposits in the kingdom.
Another wave of pain came, and Marquis Krilos' body trembled again. The two scars on his pale face that stretched from his forehead to his chin were twisted into abstract shapes. At this moment, Marquis Krilos' expression was so hideous and ugly, like a demon.
However, he was the only one in the room. For revenge, Marquis Krilos personally made these two scars on his face and destroyed his handsome face. Because of this, he could move freely in the imperial capital without worrying about being recognized. He used to be the special envoy of the Commerce Alliance, Marquis Krilos.
Perhaps I shouldn't have placed my hopes on Weixas. Marquis Krilos trembled as he took out a small tube of blue potion from his pocket. He twisted open the pine cork on the top of the potion bottle and slowly poured the blue potion down his throat. As the potion entered his stomach, Marquis Krilos' expression finally returned to normal. He slowly sat down on the chair and reached for the purple-gold threaded black pottery that he was used to holding when he was thinking. However, his hand grasped empty air. Only then did he remember that he had thrown his beloved object away when he was angry …
Marquis Krilos looked at the fragments on the ground with pity. He began to think calmly about what had happened. Why did Grand Duke Norton, the Sword Sage of the Kingdom, and the three Grand Dukes of the Northern Lands, who had already fallen out with the second prince, appear at the second prince's coronation ceremony as if nothing had happened? It was as if the king and his subjects were living in harmony …
Two days ago, it was said that Grand Duke Norton and the second prince had a falling out in the palace hall in front of many nobles of the kingdom. They kicked open the doors of the hall and left. Then, they left the imperial capital with the families of the four Grand Dukes and their armed forces, as well as nearly 5,000 servants and maids, to return to their family territory.
Marquis Krilos was ecstatic when he first heard the news. The four Northern Lands Alliance was the number one noble force in the Andinac Kingdom. The Norton Family's armed forces were known as the strongest army in the Galinthia Continent, and the Commerce Alliance's armed forces could be said to have been defeated by them. Coupled with the Sword Sage of the Kingdom, the Grand Duke of the Northern Lands, it would be great news for Marquis Krilos if he could break ties with the second prince and start a war again.
Even though his Gold-tier Swordsman, Michaux, and more than 40 loyal Silver-tier Swordsmen who served as guards of the Chamber of Commerce had fallen on the street and were slaughtered by Grand Duke Norton and his guards, Marquis Krilos believed that as long as he could stir up conflict between the Norton Family and the second prince, and cause them to break ties, then the sacrifice of these loyal subordinates would be worth it, because there would be hope for his revenge.
In fact, Loriste had misunderstood the second prince when he suspected that the second prince was the mastermind behind the Antec Chamber of Commerce and the mastermind behind the assassination of Duke Gammus. Whether it was the level-one Great Swordsman who tried to assassinate Duke Gammus, the Gold-tier Swordsman who died under the sword of the Ferocious Tiger Ross, or the Silver-tier Guards of the Antec Chamber of Commerce, they were all Marquis Krilos's subordinates. Even the 100,000 gold fords that the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce and the Antec Chamber of Commerce lost due to the competition for the kingdom's salt market was Marquis Krilos's own money.
And Loriste thought that all of this was paid by the second prince for his illegitimate son, Count Wyksas. But he did not know that Marquis Krilos had his own difficulties and had no choice but to do so. This was because the second prince's illegitimate son, Count Wyksas, was really useless. If he did not come out to clean up the mess that Count Wyksas had done, he was afraid that Count Wyksas would soon be driven back to his territory in the province of Magick by the second prince. By then, Marquis Krilos's revenge against the second prince would be far away.
Two nights ago, the families and armed forces of Grand Duke Norton and the other three Grand Dukes did not return to the capital. This was witnessed by the trusted aide that Marquis Krilos had sent to the city gate. At that time, he only heard that the second prince personally led a few dozen cavalry to chase after them. After a while, the other nobles of the kingdom also rushed to ask them to stay, but in the end, the families and armed forces of the four Grand Dukes still did not return. When the second prince and his entourage returned to the city, their faces were dark. Last night, there was news that the four Grand Dukes had arrived at the Port of Qilin and were about to board the ship.
But what was going on with Grand Duke Norton and the three Grand Dukes who appeared at the coronation ceremony today? And where did the 1,000 soldiers of the Norton Family come from? They were waving the flag of the Norton Family's Furious Bear Family as they marched through the parade, shouting "Long live the Empire! Long live the Emperor!" Not only the Norton Family's armed forces, but even the armed forces of the three Grand Dukes from the four-family alliance were the same. Three thousand men followed closely behind the Norton Family's armed forces and were inspected by the second prince, shouting the slogan of loyalty to the Emperor and the Empire as they walked to the streets of the capital …
When Marquis Krilos was overjoyed at the fall out between the four-family alliance and the second prince, looking forward to the resumption of war in the Andinac Kingdom, and gloating at the farce of the second prince's coronation ceremony, he did not expect to see Grand Duke Norton and the other three Grand Dukes appear beside the second prince at the coronation ceremony today, as if the murder incident two days ago had never happened. This unexpectedly harmonious scene almost drove the Marquis of Krilos crazy. As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Realizing that his wishes had failed, the Marquis of Krilos returned to his residence and began to smash things.
The door was pushed open with a bang, and a figure nimbly entered the room, turned around, and closed the door. Then, he leaned against the door, panting, and said with his hand on his chest, "That scared the hell out of me. I almost bumped into Grand Duke Norton. Luckily I ran fast. Otherwise, you would never see me again, Serig. "
Serig was the alias of Marquis Krilos. He told Count Vixas that he was the young master of a chamber of commerce in the Romon Empire in the south of the continent, and because he offended a Grand Duke of the empire, he ended up in the capital of the Andinac Kingdom. He was preparing to reopen a chamber of commerce in the capital, so he invited Count Vixas to work with him to make money.
I might have found a stupid teammate … Marquis Krilos helplessly touched his forehead. The person who entered his room without a greeting was Count Vixas. In the eyes of Marquis Krilos, the illegitimate son of the second prince, apart from inheriting his father's handsome appearance, was in fact a big idiot. Count Vixas, who grew up in the streets, could accurately be described as a qualified gangster and hooligan.
Perhaps he was not even qualified to be a hooligan. If it wasn't for his adoptive father, the old knight, who laid a good foundation for Vixas from an early age, allowing him to awaken his combat energy at the age of sixteen, then he would have passed away. Perhaps Vixas, who had not awakened his combat energy, could not survive the war and famine in the capital and reported to the kingdom of the God of War. It was precisely because of his combat energy that Vixas survived until he was found by the people sent by the second prince.
In the eyes of Marquis Krilos, Count Vixas did not have any merits, let alone the knowledge and cultivation of a noble. He was greedy, lustful, rash, impulsive, and so on. He was almost useless. Of course, Count Vixas was still very loyal, but his loyalty was generally expressed in not forgetting to pull his friends up when he fell into a pit, and pulling his friends into the pit with him to share the joys and sorrows. Like Marquis Krilos, who had already been cheated twice in less than a year …
The first time was the competition with the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. As everyone knew, the nobles of the Galinthea Continent habitually ate rock salt. Sea salt was bitter and cheap, and was generally eaten by civilians. Although the salt of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce was as white as snow, it was extracted from sea salt after all, and for some nobles, it was a substitute when there was no rock salt.
Marquis Krilos got the sales rights of three rock salt mines from the second prince through Count Vixas, or in a sense, he had already monopolized the rock salt industry of the kingdom. He was going to start with the circle of nobles and push rock salt onto the dining tables of the nobles of the kingdom, becoming a high-end condiment. It was just that rock salt needed to be processed many times before it could become refined salt. Because Marquis Krilos was unwell, he handed over these matters and the work of going out to Count Vixas.
In Marquis Krilos' view, as long as Count Vixas used the name of the second prince to visit the nobles of the kingdom and sell rock salt, it would be easy to achieve results. But what he didn't expect was that when Count Vixas found out that the profit of a small bottle of rock salt was less than a small silver coin, he felt that it was too hard to earn this money, so he took the advice of a friend and bought a large batch of snow salt, mixed it with rock salt, and then sold it. This way, the profit was increased several times at once.
Count Vixas proudly thought that this was a brilliant plan, but he forgot that the nobles of the kingdom were not fools. To be precise, snow salt was white, rock salt was a little green, and Count Vixas's green and white salt soon became a joke. Marquis Krilos could only silently take out his private money to fill in the huge hole in the production, storage, and processing costs of rock salt. After calculating the accounts, he lost nearly a hundred thousand gold fords. By the way, the friend who gave Count Vixas the idea received a thousand gold fords from Count Kemus in return …
The second big hole was that Marquis Krilos suggested that Count Vixas rope in the kingdom's nobles, build up his connections and reputation, and hold more banquets and balls. As for the expenses, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce would naturally pay. Count Vixas was very satisfied with this suggestion. Indulging in debauchery was his favorite thing to do. He even liked it so much that he began to forcibly send invitations to the noble ladies who went to the Royal Avenue to shop. Because of the power of the second prince, the nobles of the kingdom who knew that he was the illegitimate son of His Majesty the King could only swallow their anger and compromise with him.
Until they ran into the Norton Family, the so-called invitation to the ball became another big hole. This hole caused Marquis Krilos's personal bodyguard, the Gold-tier swordsman Michaux, and more than forty Silver-tier guards to fall into it. Even half of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce was destroyed, and the losses were huge. One had to know that when Marquis Krilos came to the Imperial Capital, he brought less than a hundred bodyguards with him, and now half of them were gone …
"Wow, why did you throw this treasure away? It's such a pity. The last time Miss Belise said that if I gave this to her, she would be willing to spend three wonderful romantic nights with me … If I knew this would happen, I would have given it to her last time … "Count Vixas discovered the fragments on the ground and made a fuss about it.
"You …" Marquis Krilos was furious, but he had to explain, "I accidentally dropped it and broke it. By the way, do you know why Duke Norton appeared at the ceremony today? Didn't you say that he had a falling out with His Majesty and left the Imperial Capital with his family and armed forces? "
"Oh, about that. Didn't my Royal Father go after him? In the end, he convinced him and came back. However, he and the three Grand Dukes only brought a dozen or so bodyguards back, and they stayed in the courtyard next to the Imperial Palace for the past two days. Today, their armed forces were all impersonated by the Royal Guards, "Count Vixas answered nonchalantly.
"Then why didn't you say so earlier?" Count Krilos was very angry. He was happy for nothing.
"What's the point of telling you? Didn't you see that I've been hiding for the past two days? I almost ran into Duke Norton just now. "
Marquis Krilos was speechless. Speaking of which, he sometimes had to admire Count Vixas' good luck. Just like this time, Count Vixas could be considered the main culprit in offending the Norton Family. He even went to complain to the second prince and distorted the truth. In the end, the second prince and Lollister almost had a falling out. After the second prince investigated the incident, he was in a hurry to chase after Lollister and his men, so he didn't have time to settle the score with Count Vixas.
Because Lollister refused to let his family and armed forces return to the Imperial Capital, the second prince was sulking. When he returned to the Imperial Capital, he could only send the Royal Guards to pretend to be the armed forces of the four Grand Dukes and check on the preparations for the ceremony. And the four Grand Dukes of Lollister pretended to be low-key, hiding in the courtyard and not going out. In the end, they forgot about Count Vixas. Count Vixas was still wandering around these two days, and even mingled with the nobles of the Kingdom to participate in today's coronation ceremony …
"Sir Count, as your friend, I have to advise you that if you still want to sit on that throne, you should change your bad habits and become a true noble. Only then will you be able to obtain the sincere support of the nobles of the Kingdom and become a great monarch in the future …" Marquis Krilos began to persuade him again.
"Alright, Selig, I understand. Stop nagging. I will definitely become the heir of the Royal Family …" Count Vixas replied impatiently. "Oh right, do you still have this Purple Gold Silk Black Pottery? If you do, give it to me for safekeeping, lest you accidentally break it again. "
Marquis Krilos was speechless.
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