Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

When the Pope said this, he turned his attention to the direction of Daxia on the map: "If we can make the Kingdom of Xia a part of the church, then there will be many more outstanding paladins and executioners in mankind, and even holy The number of disciples will far exceed our imagination."

"You are full of longing for this country, Your Majesty."

"It's not yearning, it's hope," the Pope said in a low voice. "The Lord's voice has always guided me. The success or failure of the Xia Kingdom will determine the fate of mankind. However, the process of obtaining it is a long-term process after all. If this hope is really realized, then, under the glory of the Lord, I think human beings will definitely become a force that cannot be ignored in the intelligent race."

"May the Lord protect us, Your Majesty."

"Yeah," the Pope sighed, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I heard that the two bishops went to make deals with the elves without permission, right?"

"Yes...Your Majesty, they said that they wanted to confirm whether the gods believed by the elves were the Holy Lord... They said that they were just going to preach, not making a deal."

"It doesn't matter." The pope's tone became a little cold. "The assumption that the elves believe in is really our Holy Lord, so they won't always close the way of communication with us. The arrogance of these elves is absolutely incredible. It is not owned by believers of the Holy Lord, so I think you know what crimes those two bishops committed, right?"

"...Yes, I will handle this properly."

"Trouble you, oh, there is also the matter of the Weixi Empire, what their emperor did, you send a few more people to warn them, the Lord will certainly not blame a human being at will, but this is not what they and reason for our enemies to communicate."

"I see."

The cardinal left, and the pope sat on the ground casually.

He was holding the book in his hand, but the picture that made him unable to find peace in his dreams kept flashing in his mind.

A scene like hell.

My time is running out, but it is still too slow.

Is there really enough time for him?

He already has the pieces that should be mastered, but one of the most critical pieces is not in his hands at all, and two of the remaining key pieces are trying to get rid of his control.

They don't even have all the chess pieces. If things go on like this, what kind of incomplete camp will they use to face those alien species who are just about to fight?

"Lord, it would be nice to give your devout servant more time..."

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"These are our results from last year."

Xia Yuxiao confirmed the last batch of bills, and then she was so tired that she lay down on the table regardless of her image, and didn't care what Qin Ji's expression was on the other side.

"This surprised me, Your Majesty. I thought that the treasury should have posted money last year."

Qin Ji expressed his surprise at this. Last year, the country made so many big moves, but at the end of the calculation, there was still a slight surplus. Including the small treasury that Xia Yuxiao frankly said before, the treasury now seems to be still Can hit a dozen.

"The main reason is to harvest those big guys who are usually full of food and drink this year." Xia Yuxiao waved her hand, "Don't expect to have so much extra money every year. In short, it's pretty good to have a surplus this year. Well, it can be regarded as you and my monarch and ministers are able to govern the country well."

"Your Majesty, you are really immodest sometimes."

"Why, it's the end of the year, and I'm not allowed to be proud?"

Chapter 95 Promises without gold

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qin Ji poured tea from Xia Yuxiao's teapot into his teacup, but found that the tea in the teapot had run out, so he simply stood up and looked around for boiling water.

"what happened?"

"You worked hard last year."

When he said this, he didn't look at Xia Yuxiao, as if he just mentioned it casually.

Xia Yuxiao was taken aback for a moment, then she chuckled lightly:

"Ha, I thought you were going to say something. It's nothing, this is what I should do. I have to thank you for helping me reduce a lot of work burden."

"To be honest, at first, I thought you were a difficult person to get in touch with, Your Majesty, or at least on the surface. But now it seems, Your Majesty, if possible, I hope to continue like this with you. "

"It's the new year and you start to praise me? Don't you think you put enough pressure on me last year?"

"That's to correct some of your problems, Your Majesty, although most of the time you make wise decisions."

Qin Ji poured tea for himself, and then made up some tea for Xia Yuxiao.

"Qin Ji, do you know? I have always doubted you, and up to now, I have been wary of you," Xia Yuxiao approached Qin Ji's position, and then continued, "I have a heavy responsibility, I dare not, and I can't Trust anyone. Therefore, my trust is very precious, and I don’t give it to ordinary people.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, you cannot trust others casually."

When Qin Ji said this, he couldn't bear it any longer.

I said, Your Majesty, let's just talk, can you stop making moves?

Why do you speak so seriously, and people get closer and closer?

"Qin Ji."

"Ok?"

"Will you...betray me?"

Xia Yuxiao asked.

This question has actually been asked many times.

From the beginning when she asked Qin Ji such a question before she ascended the throne, she has asked it many times until now.Every inquiry is so disturbing.

And Qin Ji's answer is negative every time.

Xia Yuxiao naturally wouldn't believe this kind of denial, but she would still ask frequently, as if she would feel a little more at ease after hearing him deny this question personally.

"No. But what about Your Majesty?"

This time, Qin Ji still gave an answer, which was the same as before, not completely sincere - although it was more reliable than the previous Qin Ji.

However, instead of ending such a topic as usual, he asked a rhetorical question that he had never asked before.

"Huh? What?"

Xia Yuxiao didn't expect Qin Ji to ask back at all, she looked at him suspiciously, and stopped the movement of her hands.

"Your Majesty, will you betray me?"

"..."

Xia Yuxiao was silent for a short while.

Such is the case with the creature Emperor.

The emperor doesn't want you to betray, but he never made a promise not to betray you.When you are not needed, you will be executed quickly with a paper order, and when you are needed...even when you are needed most, the emperor will never make real, guaranteed Will not betray your promise.

This is an unequal promise.

After being silent, Xia Yuxiao shook her head:

"No, I don't want to betray our relationship."

"Then so do I."

Two people who were not capable of making such a promise at all, but in the end both made promises that they knew in their hearts that they could not be taken seriously.

It doesn't matter, anyway, they are all one type of people.

"Generally, the atmosphere is so hot, shouldn't it be logical to kiss?"

Although Xia Yuxiao is not good at these things between men and women, she has read some related literature and dramas anyway, so she has a little understanding.

"Do you want to do it, Your Majesty?"

"Do you want to do it?"

"It's not impossible to do it hard..."

You said that the atmosphere has reached this point, but the relationship between these two people obviously has not reached this point.If it were an ordinary couple, it would really be time to start here, but Qin Ji knew very well that they couldn't even believe the vows they made, so how could they have the heart to use their feelings to do it.

"That's fine."

Xia Yuxiao smiled helplessly.

Dependence, there is some, but the distance between the two is getting closer, but not so close.

Acting is tiring.

If so, it's fine.I guess so.

"What kind of wedding do you want to choose? I have an idea. It is likely that many domestic and foreign leaders will be invited. I want to invite people from the church."

"Your Majesty, are you not afraid that they will assassinate you on the spot?"

"Then come on," Xia Yuxiao resumed her calculating appearance before, "I don't mind if I trade my life for the church to turn upside down. In our country, we are not afraid of stimulation, but we are afraid that your stimulation will not be in place. .If you really give me a ruthless one, even if I die, this country will continue to rely on that madness. See if his church has the guts."

"Too."

Qin Ji, as the highest military official, was naturally aware of this.There is a strong cohesion within Daxia, and this kind of cohesion has lasted for thousands of years and penetrated into the blood of every Daxia person.

If the church really dared to do this, Daxia would certainly fall into chaos, but in the chaos, Daxia would use the last wave of madness to tear the order that the church had painstakingly established over the years into chaos.

Therefore, even if they really wanted to assassinate, they just called a blood mercenary to come over and assassinate him.If you succeed, you can find a way to share the blame, and if you lose, it won't affect anything.Obviously, the church didn't plan to spend much effort on this at all, they just hoped that the assassination would more or less affect part of the order in Great Xia.

"At present, the wedding is going to get rid of those unnecessary links as much as possible. For example, those redundant tours of the counties and the like, forget it, and the trouble will cost money. There is also the laying of the 'Celebration Road' in Tai'an City. It was cut off by me, this is too wasteful, the laying of Qingdao requires a lot of flowers and cloth..."

Xia Yuxiao said.

Hearing that Xia Yuxiao cut out all kinds of redundant steps that cost energy and money, Qin Ji couldn't help but feel very strange.

Daxia is a country that is very respectful of etiquette. Naturally, the emperor's wedding day should be handled more solemnly. Of course, Qin Ji is very happy to abolish many steps. After all, it saves money and energy.But, is Xia Yuxiao really okay?

Fortunately, although Qin Ji thought so in his heart, he didn't ask clearly.Otherwise, I'm afraid Xia Yuxiao will stare at her again.

As for why Xia Yuxiao would roll her eyes at him, there is naturally a good reason, and the reason is very simple——

"Didn't you say you wanted something simpler?"

Chapter 96 The Bloodline's Apology

The return of the blood clan came quickly.

Since Xia Yuxiao conveyed the previous letter to the blood race, the other party quickly responded. Presumably, for the blood race whose race continuation has become a problem, it is a matter of offending a non-ecclesiastical country, which is rare among human beings. They definitely don't want to.

Therefore, the blood clan punished the blood clan mercenary. According to their own statement, it was a kind of punishment of blood devouring. Xia Yuxiao didn't know what kind of criminal law this was, but according to Qin Ji's explanation, this It is probably similar to a punishment that starves people to the point of madness. For human beings, it is acceptable to bear hunger, but for vampires, if the thirst for blood cannot be satisfied, it is a very painful process.

Xia Yuxiao didn't verify whether the other party really punished the assassin in this way, and it was impossible for her to send someone to check the actual situation. However, the other party said that such a punishment was adopted, but in fact, the meaning of the other party's statement was far greater than the meaning of punishment.

And in order to express that he has no intention of infringing on Daxia, the fourth true ancestor of the blood clan communicated with Daxia, and the blood clan gave Daxia a unique secret method. What a strange spell, but the blood race judged that its effect should play a very important role in the human country, so they chose to pass on this secret method.