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"Who are you talking about?" Zaolu couldn't help but ask with a smile, pointing at the two people on the ground.

"I'll tell on whoever is as drunk as a ball of mud." Lin Dong couldn't help but smile a little deeper.

However, after looking at each other, Lin Dong and Zao Lu couldn't help but laugh. Unconsciously, a certain barrier between the two seemed to be slowly dissipating.

"Natalia, I know that you and I didn't get along well before. Although we are both members of the student union, we both know that we have many differences."

"But this time, we are comrades-in-arms. We are all here for our own purpose. We hope to change this country and we hope that our tragedy will not continue."

"- Even if our expectations for this country are ultimately different, at this moment, we hope that we can fight side by side."

Lin Dong spoke word by word to Zao Lu in front of her. She said a lot, and all her words added up probably exceeded the total amount of words Lin Dong said on any other day during the many days they had been together.

Lin Dong and Zao Lu were not in the same camp. There was a gap between them and there were many differences between them.

Lindong was born in an ordinary working-class family, while Zaolu was a noble. Even if she was a fallen noble, she was not someone Lindong could marry.

The two have many differences, however, they are standing together at this moment. Lin Dong could not have thought of this before, but now, she must face this reality.

"...Sonia, how do you think this country should change?"

However, at this moment, Zaolu couldn't help but become a little serious after hearing this, and asked Lin Dong:

"If, if it were you, how do you think this country should be changed?"

"...As long as he and others like them remain, Ursus will not change."

However, Lin Dong was slightly stunned when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said to Zao Lu:

"Natalia, I've said before, I'm not a reformist, and even less an aristocrat. I look down on both factions."

"If I have to say where I stand, I'm a 'revolutionary'!"

"If Ursus wants to change, it must initiate a real change from beginning to end. Everything must be changed. We must break it down and piece it together again to create an Ursus that belongs to everyone."

"...It will be very difficult." Zaolu's eyes dimmed slightly after hearing that. She shook her head and said to Lin Dong, "I don't know if I can hold on until that day."

"Of course you don't know, because you have never suffered real hardship." Lin Dong said to Zao Lu calmly. After feeling Zao Lu's body slightly startled, she said calmly:

"Chen Qi once told me, 'People cannot empathize with each other unless they have highly similar experiences.'"

"Natalia, you haven't experienced what I've experienced, and we see a lot of things differently."

"But don't think I'm worrying too much. I really feel that way."

"——As long as there is still a little hope for this country, I will not choose to give up on her."

Every word that Lin Dong said slowly hit Zao Lu's heart. It was not heavy, but it made Zao Lu's heart feel heavy.

"...Of course, it's too early to say that now." Lin Dong shook his head upon hearing that, and said to Zao Lu with a slight smile: "Just think that I'm drunk because of the smell of alcohol, and forget it."

"Natalia, no matter what, we are fighting side by side now, and I hope we can trust each other."

"——I also hope that you can always stand firmly on our side."

"I won't betray you." Zaolu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she said to Lin Dong very seriously: "I swear."

"...That's good."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong smiled and nodded. Zao Lu responded with a faint smile, and the two reached a consensus on this.

No matter what, even though the two of them have completely different ideas, they are standing on the same side at this moment, so they naturally trust each other without reservation.

"… So, what should we do with these two?"

"It's impossible for a servant to sleep with the emperor, right? Besides, aren't we being punished? It's not easy to leave here..."

"Ah... this is really a headache..."

Chapter 182: Partners on Guard Against Each Other

The next morning, the huge palace began to regain its vitality. Although the palace had never been completely idle, it was only when the morning came that it was truly full of vitality.

At this moment, as the warm morning sun shone into the chaotic bedroom, a figure finally woke up from his sleep...

"Ouch... I... my head hurts so much..."

The moment Emperor Nicholas regained his clarity of mind, he felt an unprecedented dizziness. The swelling and pain in his head made him feel a slight pain, and waves of discomfort and weakness spread all over his body.

The unprecedented experience reminded Nicholas of the time when he was eleven or twelve years old and went hunting in the snowy plains with his father. He got lost accidentally and encountered a black bear. He fought a desperate battle with the black bear and fell asleep on the snowy plains for an unknown amount of time.

——No, this feeling is even worse than that time. At least I woke up after receiving emergency treatment from the royal physician. Although I felt weak all over, I didn't feel much pain.

This time, my head was aching so badly - what disease did I catch?

"Someone... pass the order... bring me a bowl of hot soup... to calm down the cold..."

After struggling to get up, Nicholas felt as if he was not sleeping in a bed. The pain in his back made him feel very uncomfortable.

However, when his palm suddenly touched something beside him, Emperor Nicholas finally paused.

Suddenly, thousands of memories came back to his brain, and the scenes from last night began to emerge in Nicholas' mind...

"Hahahaha! I am the most outstanding emperor of the Ursus royal family in the past three hundred years!"

"Xiao, Xiao Chen, if you join forces with me, I will make you a general! Hahahahaha!"

……

"Chen... Although I don't remember your name, I still remember this title."

Nicholas slowly regained consciousness and looked at the boy who had drunk happily with him yesterday and was now lying beside him, still sleeping soundly.

At this moment, he was completely defenseless, and his vigilance was so lax that it seemed as if someone could take his life in an instant.

Thinking of what he did yesterday, Nicholas' expression gradually returned to calm from the initial embarrassment. He looked at Chen Qi who was sleeping at the moment, with a gloomy and uncertain look flashing in his eyes.

This was the third time that Nicholas wanted to kill the young man.

And this time, it's stronger than any other time before.

The first two times he was simply afraid of the other party's ability and skills, and if it was still a joke, then this time, Nikola really felt the threat from this young man.

Chen... I don't know if this is a name or a form. However, this name is extremely rare in Ursus. There are very few Ursus people who use this word as their name.

Well, if it's not the first name... then it's the last name.

Considering that the boy did not look like an Ursus, Nicholas boldly guessed that the boy should be a Yan person.

The surname Chen is not common in Ursus, but in Yan Country... it is a big surname.

Nicholas was at least 70% sure that the young man in front of him was a Yan countryman. When he thought that a Yan countryman could actually play around in the Ursus royal family and play with both factions like playing with hawks and dogs, Nicholas couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He wanted to get rid of this young man. He knew too much. If he was allowed to return to Yan Country alive... Nicholas couldn't imagine what would happen to the Ursus Empire in the future.

At that time, we really drove away the jackals, but attracted the tigers...

That’s the Yan Kingdom... the most low-key existence in all of Terra. No one knows how much strength the Yan Kingdom actually has. This country, which has extremely strong national strength but is not keen on expanding its territory, is truly an extremely mysterious existence.

"..." Nicholas stared at the face of the young man who was still sleeping for a long time. After a long time, the murderous intent that was slowly rising in his heart began to subside unconsciously.

...You can't kill him yet.

At least, I can't kill him now.

Nicholas knew that he still needed the young man to cooperate with him to resist the increasingly arrogant Grand Marshal. Now that everything was just beginning to develop in a good direction, Nicholas could not let all his previous efforts go to waste.

If he were killed at this moment, the Grand Marshal would definitely take this opportunity to greatly increase the security forces "guarding" the emperor. At that time, it would be even more difficult for Nicholas to touch the Grand Marshal.

For Yan State, the threat from the Grand Marshal is even more imminent, and Yan State does not have a strong desire for external expansion. Instead of worrying about a well-fed sleeping tiger, it is better to... fight the tiger first and kill the hungry and greedy jackal in front of it.

Although this goes against Nicholas' principle as the Emperor of Ursus, which is to prioritize unity against foreign enemies, but now... the situation is different.

If the power of the Grand Marshal is not curbed, the Ursus royal family might really have to change their surname.

Nicholas would protect the honor of the royal family and everything belonging to the royal family - he would not hand it over to anyone.

Even if he was a great marshal who had fought on the battlefield for Ursus and made great achievements.

Whoever dares to touch the interests of the Ursus royal family - Nicholas will be the first one to not be spared.

Thinking of this, Nicholas finally suppressed the murderous aura that was slowly emerging from him. Looking at the young man beside him who had been drinking with him, the emperor, the whole night last night, and they even seemed to have developed a close relationship, Nicholas found it a little funny for no reason.

Being on good terms with an emperor who was suspected to be an assassin from an enemy country... Nicholas felt that he was probably the first emperor in the 300 years of Ursus royal rule to have such a strange experience.

...Okay, Nicholas also admitted that from an emotional point of view, he didn't want to kill the boy.

It wasn't because he could drink with the emperor until they had to sleep under the table. Although it was an old culture for Ursus people to make friends over wine, and they would admire people who could drink, but that was not the reason why Nicholas was soft-hearted.

"...If you really follow me, then being a general... is nothing."

"My Lord, I would let you be my Prime Minister. It's a pity that you are not from Ursus after all."

With such regret, Nicholas sighed slowly. He just felt that fate was really playing tricks on him. Ursus was now facing internal and external troubles, and it was a critical moment for life and death. He finally found someone who might be able to take up the responsibility, but - he was actually a foreigner.

Foreigners cannot be trusted. This is the tenet of the Ursus royal family. Nicholas dared not touch this taboo, otherwise, not to mention the people in the royal family, even the saliva of those ministers would spray him to death.

As an emperor, you really can't act on impulse from the very beginning.

Nicholas slowly stood up and left, probably to attend the morning court. Of course, he would definitely order the servants and maids not to approach his bedroom, as he did not want the fun here to be known to the entire palace.

It would be interesting if some joke came out at that time, and the dignity of Emperor Nicholas would be destroyed.

However, not long after Nicholas left, Chen Qi, who was originally sleeping on the ground, twitched his eyes slightly and the corners of his mouth also twitched slightly.

"...It seems that the emperor of this country is not as bad as I thought."

"It's not that bad. In other words, we can try to spend more time with each other and get more information?"

Chen Qi had been awake from beginning to end. He had woken up from the moment Nicholas started to want to kill him.

His [Emotional Infection] is extremely sensitive to every slight change in emotions. This Originium skill makes Chen Qi's mental senses extremely sharp, especially murderous intent, which can be sensed almost instantly.

But Chen Qi did not attack Nikola.

On the one hand, although he could summon Chi Xiao to kill Nikola in an instant, the strength of this emperor was unknown, and Chen Qi was not absolutely sure that he could kill the emperor.

By then, if the emperor called in the attendants, or even the inner guards... then Chen Qi would be in big trouble. Moreover, the plan to kill the Grand Marshal would not be realized, and the loss would outweigh the gain.

On the other hand... Chen Qi actually knew that if Nicholas was really a wise ruler, he would not choose to kill him now.

That's right. At least, not now.

"He's an ally that I have to both guard against and help." Chen Qi couldn't help but mutter to himself. The situation at the moment was developing in the expected direction, but the emperor must have been wary of them.

Whether the cooperation can continue as before... probably depends on the attitude of this emperor...

Chapter 183: Catching a turtle in a jar

The situation in the palace is now very clear. As expected, nothing about the affair between Chen Qi and Emperor Nicholas was leaked out. This was within Chen Qi's expectations, but he still breathed a sigh of relief.

This shows that Emperor Nicholas still has some weight in the royal family. He asked everyone to leave, and indeed no one dared to stay in his bedroom to observe. Even if there were, they must be people Nicholas trusts very much, probably members of the emperor's inner guards.

However, what Chen Qi knew was that Nicholas definitely had the "Emperor's Inner Guards" around him, but what Chen Qi didn't know was whether Nicholas knew that the "Emperor's Inner Guards" had already split.

Chen Qi will never forget that when Rimsky was executed in front of Chernobyl, there were almost two hands of the "Emperor's Inner Guards" who were there to stop him.

Chen Qi was not quite sure how the Ursus royal family trained the "Emperor's Inner Guards", nor did he know what these Inner Guards were. Were they powerful people, or transformed, or simply "monsters" trained by some secret manual? Chen Qi knew nothing.

Even though he had defeated the Inner Guards before, Chen Qi had never successfully recovered their bodies. They all had a magical self-destructing device in their bodies, and after death, everyone would decay at a very fast rate until they were completely turned into a pile of ash.

The only thing that Chen Qi was unsure about was that, although some of these "Emperor's Inner Guards" had definitely fallen into the hands of Marshal Markolov, were they really turned against the government, or were they simply just temporarily obeying Markolov's orders?

If these internal guards were really turned, how many of them were turned? Some of them, or the majority?

These were things that Chen Qi was unsure about. He had a hunch that these emperor's internal guards might become the biggest variable in his and Nicholas' next plan.

After all, the strength of these inner guards could be described as terrifying. No one knew how many inner guards the emperor had, but Chen Qi had already experienced their terror.

However, Chen Qi could not go to Emperor Nicholas to ask these questions clearly, as the other party would not reveal them. Moreover, if Chen Qi even asked about the emperor's internal guards, he might really bring disaster upon himself.

Nicholas is not a kind king. He is ambitious and capable. He just becomes very good at assessing the situation because of the current environment. How can Nicholas, who rules the Ursus Empire, be a soft-hearted person?

He kept Chen Qi not only because he felt it was a pity to kill Chen Qi, but more importantly, he needed Chen Qi, Lin Dong and Zao Lu to stabilize the situation. After all, the threat from the Grand Marshal was already within reach.

"Do you think I will still feel scared?"

However, at this moment, in the bedroom, Nicholas was holding a small knife in his hand, cutting the meat of the suckling pig that was being roasted by charcoal fire from time to time, and asked Chen Qi.

What Nicholas ate today was a little special. This was also the first time Chen Qi saw the royal barbecue method. It was a little different from what he imagined. They moved the barbecue directly from the wild to the palace and lit a charcoal fire on the ground of the palace. This rough barbecue method was quite in line with the character of the Ursus people.

This way of eating while grilling is quite flavorful, but this time Nicholas did not call Lindong and Zaolu. He only asked Chen Qi to come and accompany him to enjoy this "barbecue dinner". The main dish was this whole roasted suckling pig.

"I am just like you. I always have a plan in mind before I take action. Don't impose your petty ideas on me." Nicholas said to Chen Qi without even raising his head, as if he had no worries.