[Devil's Law] When the Tulips Bloom

The civil war in the Roland Continent that broke out in the spring of 960, the empire had caused headaches for many years. The Northwest Army, the local separatist warlord, fell apart, but there were also various troubles that followed, and the most important one was the court. There was a huge quarrel about whether to rebuild the Northwest Army.

Some people support it and some people oppose it. The reasons are different, and they all sound reasonable.Many ministers were blushing and neck thick, but His Royal Highness the Regent was in a calm mood every day.Du Wei never forgot that when he left the imperial capital, he continued to show his presence in front of Prince Chen. Therefore, after Du Wei won a big victory against the cavalry of the Northwest Army, he sent a report immediately.

Du Wei didn't hide any secrets. In this report, he explained the brilliant results of the hot air balloon team from the beginning to the end, from good to bad, clearly and clearly.Prince Chen's good mood naturally comes from this, but it is not that simple.Because at the same time as Du Wei's report, there was also a secret report sent directly to the regent, which was information obtained by Prince Chen's own monitoring system, and the content of the secret report was exactly the same as what Du Wei described.

Prince Chen couldn't explain why he was in such a good mood because of this incident, and sometimes he couldn't help laughing alone, but who cares about him, anyway, the other party is not in the imperial capital.Prince Chen ignored the group of ministers who were arguing at all, but focused on the soon-to-be-formed Imperial Air Force——Du Wei also provided a list of follow-up matters such as the construction method of the hot air balloon team .

Finally, what Prince Chen needs to consider is the reward for the hero.There are mainly two people that Prince Chen intends to support this time. One is his confidant and direct descendant, Kamisiro. He has been gilded with the old prime minister for a long time, and he has also become the old prime minister's niece and son-in-law. Naturally, there is no need for much future. The other is the nobleman in the south of the empire, and at the same time, General Alpay, who also made military achievements in the just-concluded Northwest War.Prince Chen is well versed in the art of balance between emperors, and it is absolutely impossible to let Du Wei dominate alone, so Du Wei needs an opponent!And this opponent... Considering that during the Northwest War, Du Wei had had some minor conflicts with Alpay, and Alpay was originally his favorite, so he was naturally the most suitable person.

But...Prince Chen sat behind the desk, frowned slightly and looked at the table, but this Alpay was not qualified to be Du Wei's opponent.Of course, he can try his best to make the two people equal in terms of power and status, but there are some things that he can't give, such as background, such as ability...

The Luo Lin family is one of the top aristocratic families in the empire. Du Wei's background is strong enough. Even though the Luo Lin family has collapsed for two years, the background of the Luo Lin family is still not comparable to that of the southern nobles like Alpay.Prince Chen knew very well that the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital was very exclusive to a certain extent. Some wealthy nobles looked down on people from local origins at all. It wasn't that the power and wealth were not in place, but the difference was in their origin.

Alpay wants to gain a firm foothold in the imperial capital, and it will take a long time. Although his own ability is not bad, he is still far behind Du Wei. If Prince Chen did not intend to praise him, Du Wei would The level he is standing at now is simply not comparable to that of Alpay.Therefore, if Prince Chen is really determined to find a political enemy for Du Wei, he needs to give Alpay enough weight. Considering the current situation and future development of the empire, there is a solution that is the easiest.

Marriage.

General Alpay was already in his early thirties and had already married a wife and had children. It was obviously impossible for him to marry a royal princess.But General Alpay has a younger sister named Delly, who is famous for her talents and beauty.As a member of the royal family, Prince Chen has never had any extra expectations for marriage since he was a child, and such things as marriages are even more common.Logically speaking, Prince Chen would not have any extra psychological burden to marry Miss Dai Li as his side concubine.

However, Prince Chen now has a feeling of reluctance for no reason.

Prince Chen sighed, got up and left the study, went for a walk in the garden.Northwest had just won a big victory, and the imperial capital was filled with joy, and so was the palace.Prince Chen waved away the surrounding guards, and walked slowly in the garden by himself.Now the palace garden has changed a bit compared to before. Prince Chen ordered someone to open a garden on a whim one day and planted it full of tulips of various colors.

In fact, Prince Chen has been partial to this kind of flower since he was a child, so such an order was nothing at all.It's just that when Prince Chen gave the order, it happened not long after Du Wei went back to the northwest, which caused all kinds of silent speculations in the palace, and Prince Chen pretended he didn't know anything about it.

Prince Chen is sitting in this tulip garden right now, his whole body is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers, he looked at the bright petals that were so close, and sighed helplessly.Tulip... What did he think at the beginning, but Du Wei was going to be named Duke of Tulip?In fact, it is also possible to just give a duke without a title.

"Brother," the crisp female voice interrupted Prince Chen's thinking. The person who came was Princess Louise. She walked towards Prince Chen briskly, saluted obediently, and sat next to Prince Chen. "Brother, why are you alone?" it's here?"

"Thinking about something." Prince Chen is undoubtedly doting on his only sister Louise, he smiled and stroked Louise's hair, "Well, I remember you said yesterday that there is a banquet tonight ?”

"Well, it's still early, let's go later." Some time ago, Prince Chen was very busy with the Northwest War, and now he finally has some free time. Louise is obviously more willing to spend more time with her brother than any other banquet. Chat, "What is brother thinking? It must be something serious, otherwise brother wouldn't come here to think about it."

Prince Chen smiled, affirming Louise's guess, then looked at Louise, considered his words, and asked, "Louise, if there is one thing you do that will make someone very unhappy, but this The thing itself is correct, will you choose to do it or not?"

"Brother, what is the relationship between the 'someone' you mentioned and 'me'?" Louise is not stupid, although she usually doesn't care about political affairs, but she is a princess of the royal family and Prince Chen's favorite My sister knows everything she should know.Therefore, she didn't ask what "this matter" was, and she intelligently focused on the problem itself.

"Just as..." Prince Chen was at a loss for words for a moment, what's the matter?What is the relationship between him and Du Wei?King and minister?friend?lover?Nothing seemed quite right, "Let's just treat it as a very close relationship."

Louise thought for a while and replied, "If that's the case, then I think even if I did the right thing but made the other party unhappy, the other party should be able to understand."

"Perhaps." Prince Chen was not sure about Du Wei's thoughts. Du Wei made him unable to see through, and he also had a faint feeling that he could not control it. This was one of the reasons why he supported Alpay this time.But to a certain extent, Prince Chen didn't want to test what Du Wei would do under his stimulation. You must know that the rumor storm a year ago has not subsided until now.Prince Chen has no doubts that Du Wei is in a hurry, Du Wei can do anything.But he is the regent of the empire after all, and it is necessary to put the interests of the empire as the top priority.

"Brother?" Seeing that Prince Chen was lost in thought again, Louise couldn't help calling out softly.

Prince Chen came back to his senses, patted Louise on the shoulder, got up and went back to the study.

The next day, another piece of good news came from the court.The current ruler of the empire, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Prince Chen, announced that he will be married—again!Although Prince Chen has not been crowned emperor, legally, Prince Chen's title is already only inferior to the emperor's title.According to imperial law, although he already has a regular wife, he can still marry two more princesses.And the candidate for the future princess is General Alpay's younger sister, Miss Delly.People with a keen sense of politics immediately realized that this would be the rise of another upstart empire.

For a while, Camisiro and Alpay, these two names, became the hottest focus in the imperial capital.Everything is like when Du Wei suddenly rose to become the Duke of Tulip.

When the news reached the Northwest, Du Wei was doing research in his own magic laboratory. When he came out of the laboratory, he ran into Philip with his fastidious eyes, and then he learned the news.Du Wei was stunned for a moment, then nodded to show that he understood.

Philip felt that the duke's reaction was worth studying, so he stared at him for a long time, staring at Du Wei impatiently, and finally Du Wei said directly, "Didn't you mention it to me before? The Regent It is impossible to rely on me alone, this Alpay is obviously chosen by the regent to restrain me, in order to increase his political weight, it is normal for the regent to marry his sister."

"It is indeed normal," Philip said, "but your response is not so normal, my lord duke. With your thoughts on His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, you should not be so calm after knowing this."

Du Wei glared at Philip angrily, "I'm so obvious?" Although Du Wei never concealed anything in front of his confidantes, it was rare for Du Wei to have a little bit of it when Philip made it so straightforward—— Excuse me?

Philip's face was expressionless, "I know everything I need to know." In short, those of them who have followed you for a long time, the Duke, all know that you have an affair with His Royal Highness the Regent of the Empire-not to mention you at this time last year. There was such a big gossip in the imperial capital.

Du Wei coughed, and said thick-skinned, "Okay, don't you think I don't respond? I'll give you a response now."

"What do you want to do, my lord?" Philip suddenly had a bad feeling.

Du Wei smiled smugly and took it for granted, "Of course...I went back to the imperial capital to report on my work."

The author has something to say:

Well, so in fact, Prince Chen will still marry Dai Li, this has nothing to do with personal feelings at all, it is out of an emperor's sense of responsibility and balance of power

As far as the current stage is concerned, it is absolutely impossible for Prince Chen to only rely on Du Wei alone. He is neither at ease nor can he do so. If Prince Chen really gives all the power to Du Wei, it will be no different from killing ╮(╯_╰)╭

However, since Prince Chen already has a high opinion of Du Wei, he will hesitate about getting married, which can be regarded as a big improvement