Chapter 146 Chapter 132 The Prince's Surprising Request!

Because of the consistent reclusive life in the past few years.Du Wei was not familiar with the other rich and noble children in the imperial capital.Although he came from a wealthy family, but because of his "fame" since he was a child, he was almost always locked up at home without seeing outsiders.This kind of phenomenon is very rare in the aristocratic circle. Even the daughters of those wealthy families will have one or two close friends in their boudoirs. As for Du Wei, he never participated in any gatherings of noble children, nor did he mix in that circle.Du Wei never inquired about the power struggles in the upper circles of the aristocracy, or intrigues, which families were allies and which families were political enemies, and naturally no one would tell this idiot young master who lived deep at home.So he didn't recognize the young prince in front of him at all, and even his name seemed strange.

However, His Royal Highness seems to be too young, right? The current imperial emperor, His Majesty Augustine VI, is a guy who has been a little more accomplished in recent generations of the empire.Although this old man is considered by many ministers as a typical "great success" guy behind his back.But I have to say that compared to those stupid kings in history, he is not bad. It's just that His Majesty Augustine VI is probably over 70 years old this year, right?This overjoyed old man has become more and more irritable in recent years, and his behavior has become more and more absurd.As he got older, he also gradually showed some faintness.It's a pity that as long as he doesn't die, the throne of the throne still belongs to this violent old man in his seventies.

According to this age... this guy in his early twenties in front of him is the son of the emperor in his seventies? I have to say that after all, Du Wei lived a very closed life when he was a child.Du Wei, who wanted to get rid of those troubled power circles since he was a child, only wanted to live a free rice insect life, and he lacked understanding of the power circles in the imperial capital. This Chen Augustine is the youngest son of the current emperor, His Majesty Augustine VI.The old emperor is now seventy-five years old, and he lived a glorious life. Under his rule, the empire has made many expeditions to the South Seas and opened up countless sea territories—although the later expeditions have become a kind of flashy The great feats of showing off their military power, often the harvest of the expedition, and even the military expenses spent cannot be recovered, but the triumphant ceremony is more grand every time.

The eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor, the fifty-two-year-old eldest prince was originally designated as the crown prince.After that, His Majesty the Emperor gave birth to nine more daughters in one breath.Augustine VI, who was full of hope to have another son, was furious, and even killed several of his concubines with his own hands—the woman who killed his own woman because he could not give birth to a son. Such an emperor is unique in the history of the Roland Empire up.And when he was in his fifties, the old emperor who was seeking a son was finally favored by the gods again and gave birth to the "Chen" prince.Having a son again when he was old, the old emperor who finally got his wish, for the next twenty years or so, loved his youngest son almost to the extreme!

Even the children of the royal family, all men, have learned the martial arts fighting qi passed down from the Augustine family since childhood.However, this Prince Chen has no intention of learning martial arts, but is extremely interested in magic—this kind of behavior that deviates from tradition has been approved by the old emperor.He even asked a great magician in the court to personally teach this Prince Chen! It is even rumored that a few years ago, at the old emperor's 70th birthday dinner, the old emperor once expressed his intention to return to the crown prince, but was opposed by many ministers at the time, so he reluctantly suppressed it...

Of course, Du Wei still doesn't know these things right now.Du Wei, who has drifted away from these things since he was a child, doesn't even know the origin of the Prince Chen in front of him. However, Du Wei reacted very quickly. After listening to the other party's self-introduction, he immediately bowed his body, a standard aristocratic etiquette.But the dazzlingly handsome prince smiled kindly, stretched out his hand to support Du Wei, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be so polite, Your Excellency Du Wei... Don't forget, you are a bachelor of magic. Magicians don't need to salute nobles , even the royal family.”

Seeing a prince inside the Magic Union had to make Du Wei a little puzzled.The relationship between the royal family and the magic union is not very good.Du Wei at least knew a little about this.In the empire, the orthodox ruling group represented by the royal family, the religious group represented by the temple, and the power of magicians represented by the magic union have always been three forces that rarely interact with each other. Seemingly unaware of Du Wei's doubts, the Prince Chen smiled easily, and even gently pulled Radu Wei, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Du Wei, I have been curious about you for a long time. Well, originally I just listened to It is said that Gabriel of the Luo Lin family is a genius. But recently, your name is often mentioned in my ears. It is really an honor to meet you here today. I don’t know if I am honored. May I invite you, a sorcerer, to dinner?"

Ok? Du Wei carefully looked at the strange prince. "Oh, please forgive my presumptuous invitation." Prince Chen still smiled so gently. In fact, it is a bit presumptuous to propose this kind of invitation between nobles in person. In the aristocratic circle, let alone an invitation to dinner, even If you invite the other party to have an afternoon tea together, you have to send out the invitation at least one day in advance, but Prince Chen's demeanor is indeed impeccable, even when he apologizes, the smile on his face seems to make people feel like a spring breeze: "I just loved you since childhood. I am very interested in the field of magic, but you, among the noble children of the imperial capital, have never produced a magician, and you are still a young and talented magician like you."

This kind of invitation from His Royal Highness is not easy to refuse.Du Wei thought for a while, and smiled: "It's a great honor." ... When Du Wei and Prince Chen walked out of the magic guild side by side, the face of the alpha bodyguard who was waiting outside became extremely ugly in that instant!However, the ugly face of the head of the guard just disappeared in a flash, and then he came up to greet him, and first bowed to Prince Chen and made a standard warrior salute. "Oh, Your Excellency Alpha Warrior." Prince Chen seemed a little surprised: "I actually saw you here. Did you personally accompany Du Wei here? It's rare to see you go out recently."

After a pause, Prince Chen smiled lightly and said, "I'm about to chat with Du Wei about something, and I would like to trouble you to go back and inform the Earl." Alpha couldn't say anything, just nodded silently. Du Wei was at the side. Although he didn't know much about the situation in the imperial capital, but seeing the unnatural flash across the face of Alpha's bodyguard at the moment, he immediately guessed something: It seems that Alpha's bodyguard is very afraid of this Prince Chen? Almost without a sound, an extremely ornately decorated carriage slowly approached them.The outside of the carriage shed of this carriage is actually inlaid with a thin layer of pure gold, which looks golden under the sun.As for the wheels and hubs of the carriage, in Du Wei's opinion, they are all made of the best stainless steel, and around the shed, there are dead roots carved with gorgeous thorns and vines, and several blue gemstones are inlaid on them. .

From Du Wei's point of view, the horses that pull the cart are all top-grade horses. Such horses are no worse than the top-notch war horses in Luo Lin's family, but they are used by Prince Chen to pull the cart... ...what a waste. What surprised Du Wei the most was that on the side of the carriage, there were actually some finely polished magic crystals arranged in a circle of miniature wind magic circles! This magic circle cleverly used the wind force to reduce the weight of the carriage, so that the carriage could greatly reduce the degree of bumps and increase the speed when driving. At the same time, this carriage is also the most popular style of open carriage in the imperial capital recently. The cost of this carriage alone may be able to buy all of Du Wei's current businesses in Luolin Plain! luxury!Not ordinary luxury! Of course, Du Wei didn't know that the exquisite carvings on the carriage were all written by a famous artist in the imperial capital. Those flashy carvings were worth tens of thousands of gold coins! Quietly, quietly, without knowing when, around the place where Du Wei and Prince Chen were standing, four thin people appeared silently.The robes worn by these four people are obviously magicians, but their robes are different from any mage robes in the magic guild. The bright red mage robes are as red as the juice of rose flowers, and the pointed tips on the top of their heads On the tall hat, there is a totem of thorns. Court magician? Du Wei immediately thought of the legend that a small number of animals raised in the palace began in the Aragon era, passed down from generation to generation internally, and were only loyal to the royal court magician team.These four guys are obviously court magicians! It's just that the eyes of these four guys are very indifferent. When the sharp eyes glanced casually, even Du Wei couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!In particular, when the eyes of these four guys glanced at the magicians in the magic union in the distance around them, they all carried an indescribable rebellion and disdain. "Your Highness, please get into the carriage." A thick voice came from a driver sitting in front of the carriage.It was only then that Du Wei discovered that this coachman might not be a simple character either!This guy is tall and thin, dressed in gray cotton clothes, but he looks like a court servant, with deep and steady gazes in his eyes, although there are several court magicians and strong warriors like Alpha around, he His demeanor is still indifferent and calm, judging from the outline of his strong arms hidden under the thin clothes, which seem to be somewhat incongruous with the thin body, he is probably a master in the court! Sure enough, when Alpha saw the coachman, he suddenly smiled wryly: "Your Excellency Chick, when did you become a coachman?" The coachman named Chike is obviously an old acquaintance of Alpha's bodyguard chief. He gave Alpha a cold look and said indifferently: "I made a mistake. Your Highness punished me by serving as a coachman for a month. But you, Alpha Your Excellency, it's been a long time, it seems that two years have passed since the last year's competition, right?" The eyes of the two intersected, and immediately it seemed as if a series of sparks flashed in the air! It seems that the two may still have a little grudge. Du Wei thought to himself. The atmosphere seemed to freeze for a moment, but Prince Chen immediately smiled appropriately: "Okay, it's getting late, Your Excellency Du Wei, please get in the carriage." The groom named Chick then looked away, lowered his head, and stopped talking. Du Wei frowned secretly, and after Prince Chen got into the carriage, the carriage drove slowly. Du Wei turned his head to look at Alpha standing there, but seemed to see a flash of light in Alpha's eyes! ... Earl's Court. Count Raymond's study. "His Royal Highness Chen really appeared in the Magic Union? Did he take Du Wei away?" The earl frowned, his eyes full of gloom. "Yes." Alpha nodded: "I suspect that this may not be a chance encounter. Also... I saw that Chick actually acted as His Royal Highness Chen's groom." "Chick? Groom?" The Earl smiled, "It's that court warrior Chick who fought against you in the competition two years ago? Hmph... It seems that the situation is not good. Chen. Your Highness has been dormant for many years, are you going to show your fangs now?" Alpha shook his head: "My lord, I'm worried about one thing... Chick is a court warrior, and belongs to the inner court! The inner court is a mysterious force in the royal family! Now it seems that Chick actually served as Prince Chen's My subordinates... I'm worried, I'm afraid His Majesty is too confused, and actually handed over the inner court to Prince Chen! Moreover, what is even more worrying is that Chick is a very outstanding warrior in the inner court, but he seems to be right Prince Chen is very obedient, I'm afraid, Prince Chen has successfully controlled the power of the inner court! This matter..." "Of course this matter is not good for us." The Earl sighed, as if he had aged a few years in an instant, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "Prince Chen's intelligence and intelligence are far superior to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... He has been with the court since he was a child. Those mysterious fellows of the magician have a good relationship. Now it seems that His Majesty not only handed over the palace magician team to him, but even the inner court... The situation is not good for His Royal Highness. Hmm... Let's think about it , His Highness Chen appeared in the Magic Guild... Hmph, did he go there for that too? Yago Doug, an old fox, what's his idea? He showed his favor to His Highness the Crown Prince for a while, and now he is making friends with His Highness Chen publicly... " "I think this matter may not be good for us." Alpha shook his head: "The key is...His Highness Chen took Master Du Wei away...My Lord Earl, if His Highness the Crown Prince heard the news, what would you think? Du Young Master Wei is your son, and before he returned to the imperial capital, he had a relationship with the Magic Union. Now...he is making friends with His Highness Chen again...I am worried that this will put you in a bit of an embarrassing situation." Earl Raymond stood up, and suddenly he straightened his waist. His stalwart figure seemed to regain his aura. It seemed that at such a moment, this already somewhat old imperial military general showed his strength when he was in command of the fleet. The pride of galloping the ocean! "Hmph! Even if His Highness the Crown Prince has any ideas, so what! Although he has a lot of chips in his hand, there are few who can play the final key role! If there is no support from our Luo Lin family, what will he do to fight with Chen?" Prince fighting? Here in the military, the only one who is willing to stand on his side now is mine. Everyone else is watching. Without me, Lei Meng, he can't even mobilize a single soldier when he leaves the imperial capital!" Alpha nodded, with a relieved expression on his face, but then, the loyal chief guard still whispered: "I'm not worried about the Crown Prince... the most troublesome thing now is His Majesty's intentions! His Majesty has been silent recently, but seems to be letting his two sons do things... And, my lord, you must be careful, your Majesty may do something to you! After all... Historically, every Emperor His Majesty passed away before passing on the throne. , will first suppress a group of important military officials to pave the way for a stable situation for his successor! Now it seems that His Majesty may target us." Earl Raymond put his hand on the table, and after hearing Alpha's words, he was silent. After a long time, he smiled faintly: "Suppress it, just suppress it. This is the practice of the past generations. As long as we survive this test, the crown prince will succeed to the throne in the future." , he has to rely on our Luo Lin family! Hmph...Besides, if His Majesty really wants to take the Luo Lin family into action, he should weigh it carefully!" As he said that, he suddenly slapped the table, a faint golden dou qi flashed, and there was a crisp crack, and the thick desk suddenly split into two halves! ... The carriage gradually drove towards the outside of the imperial capital. When they left the gate of the imperial capital just now, the city guards saw Prince Chen's carriage from a distance, and immediately cleared the road to let it pass. On the carriage, faced with Du Wei's doubts, Prince Chen smiled lightly and said, "What fun is there in the imperial capital? Hmph, people from the military are watching, people from my elder brother are watching, and my father is watching... ...Where is there anything interesting? Your Excellency Du Wei, I will take you to an interesting place outside the city, I think you will like it there." In line with the policy of talking less and making fewer mistakes, Du Wei just nodded and didn't answer. "That's right." Prince Chen suddenly seemed to think of something, looked at Du Wei and said with a smile: "I heard that you made a flying thing on the Luolin Plain... that thing is called a hot air balloon, is it Right?" As he said, the Prince Chen stared at Du Wei meaningfully for a while, then said softly, "That's a good thing! If it's used to transport troops, it should be transported from various places quietly. If one or two thousand elites arrive at the imperial capital, they will probably be unnoticed, no matter how tight the defenses of the city guards are, they will still be unable to guard against the sky." Du Wei was shocked! Quietly transporting troops into the imperial capital?This is a heartbreaking statement!Why is this prince squeezing himself with such cruel words? Du Wei thought for a while and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's just a gadget, and I only have a dozen of that kind of hot air balloons in my hand now, and it's very troublesome to make, and the delivery capacity is very limited. I usually deliver a little That’s all for cargo. If you want to transport an army, the weight of the soldiers plus the armor and weapons, let alone one or two thousand, is already the limit to transport one or two hundred people. You are kidding.” "Oh……" Prince Chen nodded as if casually, then turned his head and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road. The imperial capital is located in the central plain of the Roland Continent, and it is also close to the Lancang Grand Canal. It is approaching evening at this moment. Looking at the plains, villages, and farms on both sides of the wide road, it is approaching summer at this moment, and the trees in the wild have already been dyed with thick thick green... Suddenly, Prince Chen turned his head and looked at Du Wei carefully: "What if... I want you to help me transport things? For example... transport people?" Du Wei was shocked...