The next day, at noon.
Richard returned to the reception desk, and Honorary Duke Cyril Sack had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time. He quickly greeted him and asked when he met: "Lord Richard, where have you been?"
Richard glanced at Cyril Sack, but did not answer the other party's words. He guessed something and asked, "It's His Majesty the Emperor. Have you set a time to meet me?" This was the only time Cyril Sack could be anxious. thing.
Cyril Sack was stunned for a moment, then nodded without denying: "Yes."
"Then don't tell me. Your Majesty's scheduled time is today."
"Not really, it's not in such a hurry." Cyril Sack shook his head, "His Majesty has set a time for the morning of the day after tomorrow. I just want to confirm that Lord Richard, you will participate on time, but don't disappear suddenly again. By the way, , what on earth did you go to, I asked almost everyone at the reception, but they didn’t know where you were.”
"I just wandered around the city of Charia." Richard said calmly, "Okay, Duke Cyril Sack, I can assure you that I will not go out again when I come back this time. I will wait until I meet with His Majesty. ,how?"
"Thank you so much, Lord Richard." Cyril Sack breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll pick you up later in the morning?"
"Good work."
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Cyril Sack left.
Richard looked at Cyril Sack's back and blinked.
Afterwards, Richard kept his promise and did not leave the reception desk again until the day after tomorrow.
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The day after tomorrow, early in the morning.
Not long after getting up and having breakfast, the honorary Duke Cyril Sack arrived in a carriage.
Richard didn't hesitate, he got on the carriage with the other party and drove towards the palace.
After arriving at the location more than 20 minutes later, Richard got off the carriage and, led by Cyril Sack, walked through the palace gate and walked into the depths. As Richard walked, he observed the changes in the palace.
Speaking of which, he had been to the palace before, only twice in total.
The first time was to meet the previous Emperor of the Alliance, Peter Romanov.
The second time was to participate in the succession ceremony of the eldest prince, Div Romanov, and witness the tragic death of the eldest prince on the spot, which then triggered the alliance's struggle for the throne and caused the entire alliance to be in chaos for several years.
Compared with the time when I participated in the eldest prince's succession ceremony, the palace as a whole has changed a lot in more than three years.
For example, the outer city wall has been thickened many times, the city gate has changed from red to the current gold, and the thickness has also increased.
The stone slabs underfoot are all newly paved, and several palaces are also newly built.
The reason is that the emperor who was not in the alliance liked the new and disliked the old, and wasted the people and money for his own selfish desires. According to the intelligence, this is because in the past three years, there have been more than one battle inside and outside the palace, and wizards participated, turning the palace into a battlefield. The damage caused was quite serious and had to be repaired.
Speaking of which, the many people who were fighting inside and outside the palace probably never thought that despite their desperate efforts, none of them would succeed to the throne. Instead, someone who had never paid attention to him would step forward... Richard looked at the new palace. Xiu's palace was a little sighing.
Sighing, he walked through the palace and continued deeper.
Along the road, I saw more and more palace servants, most of whom were working quietly. When they saw him approaching Cyril Sack, they immediately bowed respectfully - but did not say anything, because the new Alliance Emperor hated noise, so All the palace servants tried their best to live like ghosts.
This has led to rumors from the outside world that the current Soma Alliance palace may be the quietest place in the entire main continent.
In silence, Richard and Cyril Sack passed several newly built palaces and arrived at a square.
On the other side of the square, an extremely majestic palace stood. The palace door opened, and many palace officials stood inside, as if waiting specifically.
This scene is indeed grand... Richard moved his eyebrows.
Cyril Sack, who was next to him, came here and subconsciously lowered his voice, urging: "Lord Richard, it seems that His Majesty and everyone are waiting for us. Let's hurry up."
Richard glanced at Cyril Sack and said, "Mr. Duke, are you sure? If I want, the next time you take a breath, I can cross this square and enter the palace to pay homage to His Majesty. Just... can you keep up?"
Cyril Sack was stunned for a moment, and the flesh on his face twisted. He obviously did not expect Richard to have this answer. After two seconds, he said: "Then... Lord Richard, you'd better go slower. Wait for me. Just get a few points faster now."
"Okay." Richard quickened his pace slightly, walked across the square with Cyril Sack, climbed the steps, and entered the palace gate.
The moment they entered the palace, nearly a hundred palace officials waiting in the palace turned to look, and the new alliance emperor on the throne in the innermost part of the palace also cast a glance.
Speaking of which, the new emperor of the Alliance who succeeded today is really an anomaly.
In the past battles for the throne, many successors were regarded as the best candidates for the new emperor, such as the second prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince.
Even the third prince, who is seriously ill and can only move around in a wheelchair, is no different and has even received more attention. Many people speculate that the third prince is hiding his clumsiness and using his physical flaws to deceive others. He will suddenly appear at a critical moment. Take action and become the new king of the alliance.
In fact, the third prince really did this. When the fight between the second prince and the fourth prince was at its most intense, he suddenly sent out his elite forces that had been hidden for many years to join the fight, winning a huge advantage. At the most successful moment, Li Li He was only one step away from taking the throne.
But at this step, the third prince did not take it - he was pulled down by the sixth prince, and the entire force was "pressed to death".
The sixth prince also did not get a good result. After "pressing to death" the third prince's power, his heart expanded, and he surrendered the fifth prince's power that had been severely damaged before in a high-profile manner, trying to establish victory in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the fifth prince pretended to surrender, but suddenly turned against him in the middle, and a precise "stab in the back" caused the sixth prince's power to fall apart.
In this way, in the past three years, the situation in Xiaya has been constantly changing, and various forces have emerged one after another. In the end, what no one expected was that a very ordinary existence quietly defeated all competitors and became the final winner.
That is the Tenth Prince—Byron Romanoff.
Speaking of which, the Tenth Prince is not a very weak being. He is ninth in the succession order and has a certain status. But the Tenth Prince is too ordinary - so ordinary that he has no special characteristics. He will do what others do, and he will definitely not be special if others don't do anything.