Same light

The next day, in Alfred's villa.

Austin sat across from Alfred, and the two were having a drink on the balcony.

In the cold Xuelixing, the design of the "open-air balcony" is very anti-human, let alone sitting on the balcony and drinking - it is difficult to have any liquid that does not freeze outdoors.

Austin swallowed a sip of the wine with ice slag, and began to suspect that Alfred was beating him for his ineffectiveness.

But then Alfred raised his head and drank a glass, and Austin was not sure again.

After much deliberation, he still took the initiative to say: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I didn't think thoroughly yesterday."

"It's not all your fault, I didn't expect to seal that person's mouth, and, in fact, I shouldn't have asked you to deal with it in the first place, and I should have let someone on the bright side do it." Alfred said, "We all There are some inappropriate considerations, and the crown prince taught us a lesson."

Austin didn't hear his emotions, so he could only follow him: "Yes... then our next step?"

"Austin, have you ever played the kind of card popular in the main star?" Alfred shook the goblet in his hand and said, "The opponent has revealed one of our cards, and the next step is naturally our turn to reveal the opponent's card." card."

"What? Then we..."

Austin was about to ask, but with a "ding", Alfred clinked glasses with him and cut off his words.

"As I said, I asked you to come to enjoy the night view with me. Don't talk about business today, don't spoil my interest."

This villa is located on a very high terrain, and the balcony can overlook the whole city from a distance. If it is not so cold, it is indeed a good place to enjoy the night view.

Seeing that he did not pursue the fact that he exposed his identity and was noticed by the prince last night, Austin was relieved on the one hand, but on the other hand felt that the third prince was unpredictable.

His exposure is equivalent to the exposure of the Stone family behind him, which is currently the most important force in Alfred's hands. The seriousness of being exposed to the prince's party is self-evident, but Alfred doesn't seem to don't care.

Austin is a few years older than Alfred, and they have had a lot of intersections since they were teenagers. Although they are not close friends, at least they hit it off.Later, the Stone family boarded the ship of the third prince, and the two of them deliberately got close to each other, but the relationship quickly became closer, and they have been called brothers for two years.

But when the dormant period passed and Alfred really began to show his sharpness and means, Austin became more and more in awe of him, and gradually he didn't dare to cross the line in front of him.

Now, since Alfred said not to talk about business, even if he wanted to talk about it, he changed the subject abruptly, and said with a smile: "Your Highness left early last night, and it's a pity that I didn't hear Miss Mei's singing. But I want to come to your Highness I have already enjoyed it in private."

"Can he sing?" Alfred said indifferently.

Austin was a little surprised, he said: "Miss Mei's singing voice is simply a godsend. Doesn't Your Highness know?"

The complete resolution of the survival crisis is the matter of the grandfather's generation. It is not too far away. These years, the border has been plagued by rebels, so it is not peaceful. No improvement either.

Singers, dancers, actors, and derivative occupations around these industries are all scarce occupations. The main reason for the scarcity is that they cannot make money, and there are fewer people who appreciate and learn from them.Even though Austin is the son of the Grand Duke, it was the first time in his life to hear such a heavenly singing voice like last night, and he was shocked for a while.For this reason, he was silently jealous of Alfred for a long time last night.

Unexpectedly, Alfred didn't know about it at all.

"Then you must listen to it when you come back. All the guests were conquered by her last night. Originally, there was only one song arranged, but the atmosphere at the scene was enthusiastic. In the end, they sang three songs in a row. Just like that, everyone still has more to say. "

Alfred was not very interested in listening to the music and watching the dance, so he said perfunctorily, "I broke up with him."

Austin choked, and said, "So fast? I heard you mention her at the ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the prince last week."

"The prince hates such unruly things the most, and I mentioned him to anger the prince, don't you know?" Alfred finally got a little interested, and said in retrospect, "Did you see the prince's expression at that time? I almost couldn't hold back, and I couldn't reprimand me in public..."

He stopped talking. In the past, he was probably willing to discuss the manner of the prince with Austin, but after last night, he was no longer willing to share such topics with others.

"If you like listening to May sing," Alfred nonchalantly brought the topic back to May, "he should be officially debuting soon."

Austin's eyes lit up, and he said, "Really? That's great! Uh, did you break up because of this?"

"What? Oh, no." Alfred waved his hand, "Because he is temporarily useless to me."

Yeah... Alfred told him that from the beginning, didn't he?The purpose of having this girlfriend is to numb the outside world, so that the news of the battle two years ago will be released without interference... Now that the plan is going well, this girlfriend is of course useless.

Austin's heart was empty, thinking of the girl who was shining on the stage last night, she was a little worthless for her.Her singing was so clean and clear, and when she stood on the stage, her eyes were so happy and pure. Such a simple girl was drawn into the arena of their intrigue, and kicked away after being used.

He was feeling bad when suddenly the balcony door was knocked twice.

"Come in." Alfred said.

The person who knocked on the door came out in response, and it turned out to be Joshua.

"Good evening, Your Highness, Major Stone." He bowed and saluted.

Austin looked at Joshua contemptuously. It stands to reason that they are of the same generation, but he did not avoid Joshua's greetings, nor did he respond to his greetings.

Both the Stone family and the Bai family have duke titles, and both have been hereditary dukes since the founding of the country. Together with the royal family, they are called the three major clans of the empire.Later, the Bai family was given the honor of hereditary "high priest", which seemed to overwhelm the Stone family. In fact, the title of high priest was just a comfort after the closure of the Holy White Tower. The Bai family had vain honors, but they did not real power.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Stone family and the Bai family kept a distance. Both families had produced many queens and princesses, but the two families never married to show that they would not unite and reassure the royal family.

However, with the completion of the genetic modification program and the decline of the Holy White Pagoda, the Bai family only has the title of "High Priest", and now there is no such taboo. The first wife this high priest married when he was young was named Stone .

This marriage was very short-lived. In less than three years, the originally healthy Miss Stone passed away, leaving no offspring.So instead of being able to form a family, the two families became enemies.

The high priest soon married another second wife, and a few years later gave birth to Joshua, and his wife died of dystocia.

The members of Stone's family naturally hated the high priest, and even hated him, his only son.In the past half a month, Austin and Joshua have never met at Alfred's place. It is obvious that Alfred deliberately separated the two of them.

Austin has always found this approach to be easy to understand.Except that Alfred didn't want his two feuding subordinates to clash, more importantly, he probably didn't trust Joshua enough, and didn't tell Joshua that Austin was working for him.

But now he called Joshua...

"Excuse me, come here and sit next to me." Alfred said to Joshua.

Joshua sat down as promised, and sat on Alfred's two sides with Austin on the left and right.

"I think, since we are all on the same boat, it's time for you to meet formally." Alfred said, "I arranged this night view event, and I hope you two will put aside the old grievances and have peace in the future." work together."

"Yes, Your Highness." Joshua said immediately.

Austin's complexion was very ugly, but he was not an impulsive child, so he quickly said, "Yes."

"That's good." Alfred seemed satisfied, and asked again, "What time is it?"

Austin looked down at the time displayed on his skin. Just as he was about to answer, Joshua said, "There are only 5 minutes left, Your Highness."

Alfred looked out of the railing and said, "Very good, let's enjoy it together."

They were playing charades, and Austin couldn't help but ask, "Why are there 5 minutes left, Your Highness?"

Alfred said: "On the day I was assassinated at school, I asked Joshua to do something... Austin, do you think I'm the kind of person who swallows my anger after being assassinated?" His eyes were cold He got down and said softly: "He wants to kill me, so naturally I want to kill him too."

Austin had a bad premonition, and persuaded: "Your Highness, for such an important matter as assassinating the prince, wouldn't it be better to discuss it with my father..."

"This is a matter for His Highness to decide." Joshua said, "Does the major think that His Highness should listen to Marshal Stone's command instead?"

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They were confronting each other when they suddenly heard a loud bang.

Austin looked in astonishment, and saw an explosion in the distance, and the flames soaring into the sky broke the frozen night of Xuelixing.

He murmured: "That direction is..."

"It's the prince's palace." Joshua followed his words, and saluted Alfred, "Fortunately, Your Highness."

"You've done a good job." Alfred raised the corners of his mouth, staring at the flames and said, "I'm worthy of my trust in you."

Joshua showed joy on his pale face in the cold night, and said reservedly: "I just don't know if the prince is in the palace or not."

Alfred looked at Joshua, suddenly smiled, and said, "If you had informed him, he would naturally be gone."

Joshua's smile froze on his face.