Brando regained his senses in a daze. He stared at the natural orb in his hand that exuded soft light and glow, and turned his head to find that Delphine's eyes had fallen on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, Lord Lord." Delphine shook his head lightly, and then looked away, but the color of loneliness was still clearly visible between her eyebrows.
Brando couldn't help but sigh when she saw this. Although the prime minister's thoughts were extreme, she was not a victim herself. What's more, in comparison, although she planned many things behind her back, there were not many people who really suffered as a result. Compared with the coldness of the Queen of Silver, which caused countless people to fall into war and disaster, it is better to say that it is just a kind of willfulness. With paranoia.
Seriously speaking, the only person who is really to blame for her is Roman. But what happened to the merchant eldest lady is not inevitable. Brando is actually very clear in his mind that the plan of the Twilight Dragon over the past several eras can be changed because of a mere mortal
In fact, he knew all of this in his mind, but when Delphine raised the matter again in a contemptuous tone, he still involuntarily developed a mentality of anger.
"Really no problem?" Brando asked, "Do you want to take a break?"
"No need," Delphine hesitated for a moment: "I just had a dream."
"A dream?"
"Hmm... I dreamed of something from my childhood." She smiled reluctantly, her eyes full of nostalgia: "Lord Lord, I lived in Lowinburg until I was five years old, in the suburbs of South Bank. It’s my father’s territory. When I was a kid, I was a kid, and I had a group of friends, most of whom were orphans adopted by the Silver Lily Orphanage—Do you know Silver Lily?"
Brando looked a little surprised: "Civilian?"
Delphine nodded.
"Surprised? You think I, such a rich lady from a noble family, would actually hand it over and mix with the commoners?"
"I didn't see it," Brando replied. Of course he knew that the Cruz Empire was hierarchical, and the nobles rarely even deal with civilians, let alone make friends.
The descendants of aristocrats are more strict with family education. They are often taught by an excellent lady before they reach adulthood, and they will not mix with the children of common people. Not to mention common people, even ordinary little nobles rarely enter them. 'Dharma Eye'.
In fact, just look at the first time he dealt with Faina to know how proud and domineering the little princess was.
If it were someone else, Brando might still be able to believe a little bit, but he looked at Delphine, and he couldn't see how the prime minister's daughter, who never did his every move with strict aristocratic etiquette, would be such a rebellious person.
"Hehe, if my father and grandfather are told about this, I'm afraid they will be furious."
"I'm afraid it's more than just getting angry." Brando thought, what kind of family is the Niederwen family in the empire? What is the status of the old prime minister Niederven in the empire? Let him know that his eldest granddaughter, the eldest daughter of the family, and a group of dirty poor boys have been mixed up all day long, even if there is an earthquake in the Niedervin family.
He asked, "So, did you dream about what happened at that time?"
Brando never expected that the words he asked casually made Delphine start to shed tears, and he watched two lines of crystal tears roll down from the face of the prime minister's daughter.
Brando was dumbfounded all of a sudden.
Since he met the prime minister's daughter-no matter how much damage and shock she suffered, even when she was almost disfigured by Long Yan that day-she was hysterical, but she had never shown such an emotional out of control scene.
"Miss De, Delphine...?"
"My lord, do you think someone who has betrayed his beliefs and oaths is really worth redemption?" Delphine suddenly asked.
"...?"
"After my fifth birthday, I have to go to Mechotofin. Before leaving, I met my friends for the last time. I remember it was in a barn. I swear to each of them that one day I will Looking back at them, I will never forget my promises and my companions because of the change in their identities—"
"Like any tomboy, I fisted with Rowan, and Demi gave me her favorite straw terrier doll," Delphine clenched his fist tightly, and Brando saw her The knuckles were so white that the nails were almost pinched into the flesh, and the pinching bleeding came: "However, I have forgotten everything, this shameful, snake-hearted woman, has forgotten all her vows, and her companions..."
"... When she returns to Luo Yin again, when she returns there..."
"Cloak Bay disaster." Brando sighed slightly, already understanding everything.
It was a riot in the year 358 of the First Era. Thirty-seven years after the end of the second holy war in the year of star gathering, and 18 years after the Great Purge of the East Metz region, the Cape Bay and surrounding areas experienced continuous drought. With the locust plague, however, the empire actually increased the taxation of the region according to the newly promulgated law at that moment. In the spring of the following year, under the agitation of dissatisfied pagans who remained after the Great Purge, large-scale refugee riots broke out in Luoyin, Bangluor, and Karas.
However, the riots soon led to the double suppression of the Empire and the Temple of Flame. According to historical records, blood flowed into rivers in these areas after the suppression, and the countryside became a wilderness and uninhabited. It was not until the period of Zhu that it gradually recovered. angry.
But whose fault is this
Brando thought.
A child is naturally easy to forget some things, but when one day, she remembers her promise again and returns to the homeland of her childhood, she finds that everything has long been completely different.
"...Did you dream of the past scenes in your dream?" Brando asked.
Delphine took a breath, and fell silent suddenly.
She wiped away her tears in silence, and finally regained control of her emotions, and replied faintly: "In the year 279 of the First Age, the year of the ears, the empire promulgated a law-the "Herosto Covenant Law." , The tax reform re-enacted in accordance with the provisions of the law, exempted farmers in the provinces of the empire from religious taxes and 13 other miscellaneous taxes—"
"That is the follow-up to the reforms in the Golden Years," Brando looked at the girl and replied softly: "Your grandfather presided over the reforms. In this reform, the Temple of Flames was mainly deprived of the control of the farmers, and The exploitation of farmers was eased. Soon after that, the empire entered the so-called twenty-year prosperous period, which was also the beginning of the glorious era—"
The prime minister's daughter silently raised her head and glanced at him, slightly surprised in her purple eyes.
"In the 331st year of the First Era, my grandfather left the political arena of the empire. Because of the backlash between the temple and the old aristocratic power, the "Herostoyo Act" was abolished, but the new French that was subsequently inherited inherited most of the "covenant". "
"That's because Her Majesty's foothold is not stable, and she doesn't want to see the temple sit up again. As far as I know, the new French paper is actually the product of the competition and compromise between the two sides." Brando pondered for a moment, slightly confused in his heart. , I don't understand why Delphine would talk about this suddenly.
"But the good times didn't last long. Your Majesty quickly showed a strong side. With the support of the dragon and the Buga, she quickly became full of wings, and the temple was no longer her opponent. At this time, she We have to start with the aristocratic political forces that are intricately rooted in the empire."
Delphine replied coldly: "She first supported the Palut family, and then promulgated "Tnipani French". This French, in fact, was to eliminate my grandfather’s influence in the imperial politics and suppress Born of the Niedervan family."
Hearing this, Brando suddenly understood what she was going to say.
The prime minister’s daughter’s eyes are reddish: “The following year, according to this French, the Empire imposed heavy taxes on the Luoyin, Bangalore, and Karas regions. This tax is nominally to supplement the expenditure of the Imperial Navy’s newly docked ships, but in fact it is His Majesty suppressed the Niedervan family and gave the Cecil family a sweet move-hoping to support his Majesty’s motion for the Palut family’s relocation."
"That year, there were continuous droughts and locust plagues in the northern part of Cape Bay. According to the tradition of the empire, taxes in the area should be reduced or exempted. However, the struggle between Your Majesty and the old aristocratic political forces is reaching a fierce stage, so she will never compromise at this time. After April, the taxes in Loyin, Bangalore, and Karas have indeed increased—"
Having said this quietly, Delphine fell silent.
"In the spring of 359, I received a letter in Lazer. After that, I quietly went to Karas, but before I could see Rowan for the last time, their army ran out of ammunition and food in the hills north of Cloak Bay. , When I arrived, they had been surrounded and wiped out by General Mangrove—"
After a long period of silence, the girl's voice sounded slightly calmly:
"After that, I took an oath-one day, I will regain the reforms of the shining year, so that my grandfather's long-cherished wish will be fulfilled; Doing that, I understand that I must reproduce the influence of the Niedervan family on the empire in its heyday."
Brando looked at her, but sighed heavily in his heart.
He never expected that this paranoid lady would have such a lofty ideal in her heart. However, she chose a wrong path. The Niedervan family was able to reach such a position in history purely because with the help of the game between royal power and religious power, he realized the supremacy of the monarchy for the Great Emperor. The long-cherished wish became an indispensable and important part of the three legs of the empire of that era. Therefore, his life was extremely human and prominent, and the Niedervan family also became the power of the empire.
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