Chapter 96 Celebration and Undercurrent
At the cabinet meeting, there is another important thing: the Queen of Eternal Night ordered to prepare a grand triumphal celebration.
The victory of the first foreign war after the establishment of the empire, no matter from which point of view, is worth celebrating.
In three days, from the Xinghan Palace to the mysterious capital, the whole city will have a carnival.
After the bloody night in the capital, the citizens were always depressed.
Now that the culprit of the bloody night has been killed, even the country where he was located has been flattened. While everyone praised the wisdom and martial arts of the Queen of Eternal Night, they also needed such a release.
Say goodbye to the haze of the past, put down your burdens and welcome a new life.
People always have to look forward. No matter how much they lose, they cannot always sink into sadness.
Right Prime Minister Angelina was arranged to coordinate the triumphal celebration of nobles with a grand banquet and dance.
And this time, the Queen of Eternal Night will attend in person.
The news spread in the aristocratic circle and everyone went crazy.
You must know that the Queen of Eternal Night has not personally participated in such things as balls for many years.
At most, just like when Roger was knighted, she used projections to cheer everyone up.
Compared with the infinitely mysterious magic, the vulgar enjoyment of the nobles cannot arouse the interest of the Queen of Eternal Night.
Everyone was surprised but they were choked by the unusual announcement that she would be participating in the dance.
Don't ask, asking is self-indulgent. With Her Majesty's character, it's normal to have fun with everyone!
Everyone thinks that the queen likes to fight and is invincible.
The fact that she held back for three years is a big victory. And, at the speed of light, she's now pretending to be united with everyone...
Ahem, that's called sharing the joy of victory!
On the civilian side, a city-wide buffet is impossible and the supplies of the empire are not that extravagant.
But Angelina also did her best to raise money, arranging to distribute meat and drinks to every citizen, to ensure that all citizens could feel the joy of the Queen's victory.
In addition, there will be a grand magic fireworks show and the wonderful scene of this war against the orc tribe will be broadcast over the palace, which is enough to shield the lack of entertainment in this era, and people also look forward to the arrival of the triumphal celebration.
And the news that the Queen is going to personally participate in the celebration dance came. Many nobles and wealthy businessmen outside the secret capital, and some citizens with spare capacity, also chose to bring their families and children to the imperial capital and waited for the opportunity to see her with their own eyes.
Therefore, the entire city of mysteries became the liveliest it has been.
The influx of people from outside is too large, the city defense army said that the pressure on public security has increased greatly, and they have applied for more support from other troops.
After all, Afford City still has trouble with the Tianming Army!
Although the Queen didn't report this matter, the city defense army had to guard against it.
If something goes wrong on such a big day as the Triumph Celebration, they will have to start from scratch with their reputation just raised by Lord Dio and all kinds of extra subsidies.
The new chief of the city defense was ready to fight, with the determination to fight a big battle, and personally supervised the security of the whole city.
But not everyone is happy.
Anyone who has studied the empire's previous wars will find that the holding of triumphal celebrations is a signal that the Queen of Eternal Night is not ready to conduct large-scale wars in the short term.
Although the Queen has not publicly announced the truce, as soon as the news of the celebration came out, many nobles who were eager to contribute to their careers expressed strong condemnation of the Queen's failure to pursue victory and dominate the mainland.
These condemnations reached the Queen's ears through some channels.
But unlike in the past, when the rumor was passed on to her like it was a rock sinking into the sea, the queen didn't respond.
The Queen of Eternal Night no longer cares about the opinions of the nobles. Naturally, it will not be the same as before. Because they were chattering in her ears, she used to change the strategy she had set to earn back their praises.
Now that she has changed, the perspective and vision with which she's looking at the problem are naturally different.
The Queen of Eternal Night has already figured out that she cannot satisfy the demands of all the social classes at the same time.
In the past, she wanted to build "everyone's ideal country", but now she just wants to build her own ideal country.
This is also the embodiment of her ultimate self.
And after understanding that she should strive to build her ideal world, her motivation to go to court has greatly increased, instead of being pushed by responsibility as in the past.
Every time she faced a problem in the empire, she would think about the balance between the various forces and, every time, the distribution after a fair victory had been a headache for her.
How to issue a decree that makes all parties satisfied and happy is a protracted and painstaking top-level torture.
In contrast, the Queen of Eternal Night found that now she only needs to consider whether she is satisfied with the strategy of governing the country...
It's super simple!
It turns out that ruling a country doesn't require everyone to agree with her ideas.
Just use violence to get everyone to follow her orders.
This is more efficient, reduces intrigue, reduces football, and reduces the probability of making wedding dresses for others.
If Roger's standard was used, the Queen of Eternal Night would be as flat as him.
She used to be surrounded by the demands of the nobles and the people. She looked strong, but as Margaret said in a rage, she was living as a powerful thug working for the nobles.
It wasn't until she understood the way of the ultimate self that she realized that she could make this empire serve her, become an extension of her own will, and take her ideal shape.
Such a future is very bright.
No matter how much she has to pay, the queen is willing.
Of course, the Queen of Eternal Night has only just realized the second step of doing things her way. There is still a huge gap between ideals and reality. She has not yet found a specific way to realize her dream.
Someone will help her with trial and error, which may be a good thing.
These greedy nobles have not realized that the change of the Queen of Eternal Night is fundamental, they just think it is the willfulness of the little girl.
The Queen of Eternal Night has been smooth sailing for a long time, and she has won another battle. She has swelled into a period of rebelliousness and expressed her thoughts. It is normal for her self-consciousness to be too high.
After all, she was only in her twenties, so she was still a child in the eyes of her elders.
If the child is disobedient, it is enough to discipline her properly.
It has to be said that these nobles of the empire live a comfortable life of lying down and winning, but they are way too greedy. They stretch their hands longer and longer, and they still think that the queen is a remote control speaker for them to exploit the empire.
They saw their situation, but they didn't understand it.
A single person can be terrifying when they give it their all. If an unparalleled empress doesn't care about other people's evaluations and what will be written in history books, what kind of energy will burst out?
But greed will still blind the eyes, many people are eager to move, and many ancient families visit more.
The people of the Church of the Seven Gods also took the opportunity to be active. They frequently visited the palaces of the imperial aristocrats and dignitaries, peddling the chips they could provide, and arranging what kind of agreement was finally reached.
Nightingale and Sparrow watched everything secretly, wrote it down in a small notebook, and then kept a file in Fengling Moon Shadow Palace.
Maybe some people just want to use possible options as a bargaining chip to threaten the queen, hoping that she will not keep on thinking about those pariahs and become once again a thug who protects the interests of the nobles.
For example, what's with this growth spell, these state farms; for example, what's with her killing the nobles of the Seventeen Nations and nationalizing the recovered territories rather than dividing them between the imperial nobles?
Since ancient times, there has been no such thing!
The queen can't do this, wantonly, and violate the ancestral system, it must be stopped!
On the eve of the celebration, the people were lively and joyful, the carnival igniting their emotions.
But under this bright beauty, the torrents roared, and more and more nobles reached an agreement.
They want the Queen to make concessions, and they want the Empire to start more wars.
The triumphal celebration was in full swing, but the voices of the great nobles also gathered.
The news came from Nightingale. It is expected that there will be major events before and after the triumphal celebration. Please, Your Majesty, please deal with the emotions of the nobles in advance.
But the Queen of Eternal Night didn't seem to have received the news, and she still went her way, leading the Secret Law Society to do new experiments in alchemy, and perfecting the field of inner demons as a "magician's camp".
Everyone underestimated her determination to centralize power with an iron fist and advance the path of magic industrialization.
No matter how many thorns and storms there are, she will go on resolutely.
This is her empire, and she wants it to look like her ideal.
God block can still kill gods, let alone some nobles.
She knows very well that she and the empire don't have much time. How could she give in to that stupid greed and delay the precious development time of the empire?
Those cabinets closest to her didn't see this determination too much. Under Her Majesty's smiling appearance, there is a more ruthless and hard heart than before.
Because she has ideals in her heart, she will not hesitate, and she is prepared to pay the price.
Only Angelina, who grew up with the Queen of Eternal Night, vaguely sensed that the queen, who had returned from the front line, was different.
She is more relaxed, yet firm at the same time.
The two temperaments that should be said to be contradictory are perfectly coordinated in her, and she doesn't feel any violation.
Angelina had only heard that she had fallen into the inner demon realm of the Eris worm, but she didn't know what she experienced in it.
But now she's a lot more cheerful, and Angelina is also happy for the queen.
And what the Queen of Eternal Night wants to advance is the same as Angelina's idea of governing the country.
Although the Charles is one of the oldest noble family in the Empire, Angelina sympathizes with the bottom, and she also thinks that it is a good thing to properly restrain the rights and interests of the nobles...
But she never imagined that what the Queen of Eternal Night would do next would not necessarily be a "restraint".
Some flesh is completely sick, rotten, and spoilt. If you can't find a way to cure it, you might as well just cut it off.
Although it is painful, it will make the body stronger after recovery.
The Queen of Eternal Night didn't reserve the position of a revolutionary in the court, because she already had an idea in her heart, and she would lead the Empire to make drastic changes unimaginable by contemporary rulers.
Some of these thoughts were what she had been thinking all along, and some were fragments that she heard from Roger's inner dialogue.
Of course, even in this upper-level contest, only a very few of them are qualified to participate and worry.
Most of them are ignorant and unaware, waiting to enjoy the triumphal celebration and shouting hello.
The peace and joy of ordinary people are that someone walks forward with a heavy burden.
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Fengling Moon Shadow Palace.
"Your Majesty, the dress for the celebration is ready." Mrs. Mosconi came to the underground laboratory and bowed to inform the Queen of Eternal Night.
The Queen of Eternal Night rarely looked away from the alchemy instrument newly sent by the Secret Law Society and moved to the cloakroom.
In the middle were several sets of dresses suitable for a ball inspired by Roger and made in a rush by the Queen's special tailoring team.
The Queen of Eternal Night looked back and forth, and finally selected a set of black cheongsam with intricate golden dark patterns and a lot of black tulle decorations.
"That's it. I'll take this one and this one. I'll make another set for Anjie and Mary according to this style."
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
The queen took off the clothes she had chosen, touched the soft and smooth fabrics, and suddenly looked forward to the moment when she would wear this outfit and appear in the public eye.
And, when she would appear in front of that guy.
She deliberately made changes to the pictures in the guy's mind. For example, the slits up to the crotch were corrected by her, because it was shameful.
Although this canary cheongsam looks good, it is her last stubbornness to make it reach the foot of her thigh.
But this is, after all, a fashion style and style different from this era.
Will the coward find out that he is broadcasting his thoughts because of this?
The Queen of Eternal Night is worried, but also curious and looking forward to it.
She is naturally worried that she will not be able to hear his voice in the future, that she will have to pay extra for copying his homework, and that that guy might even refuse to let her copy it!
She is curious to know what kind of expression he will have when he discovers that all his unscrupulous brain supplements have a silent observer...
It will definitely be very fun, right?
The Queen of Eternal Night felt that there was always a solution to the problem of not copying homework. After all, Ms. Tybella said that men are like toothpaste, there is always a way to squeeze them.
But there is only one chance to appreciate the show, and it must not be missed...
So, she suddenly looks forward to this triumphal celebration~
This is the real reason why the Queen of Eternal Night is willing to attend the ball.
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The Charles' House.
Roger came back from a military meeting and had dinner with his sister.
At the dining table, there was only one topic the two of them chatted about, and that was...
"Be careful of Margaret"!
At the cabinet meeting, she heard that Margaret had proposed to execute her brother. No matter how busy Angelina was, she had to take time to remind Roger.
Roger heard that Margaret's way of playing was so wild that she went to the Queen to have him executed. It was a bit of a surprise, but it wasn't a complete surprise.
For demons, murder has no psychological burden.
"Sister, you don't have to worry. Margaret has not shown any hostility towards me for the time being. She has new goals."
Thinking of what he had seen at the military today, Roger's expression was a little strange, a little glad.
He thought she would play a pressure game with him, maybe he would encounter unlimited military training at the banquet.
In the end, what happened to him was "ignorance".
Margaret's attention was focused on Tasika. Occasionally, she glanced at him, but he didn't know why she was so arrogant and proud. Her small breasts were tall and high, but she didn't pay any more attention to him afterwards.
Feeling a good atmosphere, Roger couldn't help but wonder, is it possible for a queen's loyal dog like her to be empathetic?
The white-haired, red-eyed dragon also attacked the little devil.
Angelina was a little surprised after hearing what he said.
But she still warned him, "She didn't directly target you, but there must be other plans, you have to be careful."
"I know, sister, you have to be careful too, this celebration will not be peaceful."
Roger also reminded Angelina of this.
After dinner with his sister, Roger returned to his room.
He is a conscientious person. Too many things have happened recently. He needs to sort out his situation, instead of just enjoying the fruits of victory...
And there is another important thing tonight that deserves him to stay up until midnight.
"Ding, the lying flat system detected that the host was emotionally stable yesterday, and obtained a random treasure chest (100% guaranteed), do you want to open it?"
Roger looked at the shining 100%, and he was the first to guarantee the bottom line. "Mind" + "Defense" were not crossed out. What big treasure could he get?
