Chapter 45: Sleepless Nights (1) (during the six-frequency period, leave a message)
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Aritusa Palace.
The firewood in the stove crackled, dispelling the wet and coldness of the night in Sinnied Island. The fire illuminated half of the dark room and made a man's side face look orange-red.
Enhill was leaning against a gorgeous upholstered wooden chair.
Vatir stood beside him, his tall and thin body almost hidden in the shadows.
After leaving Yinlu Hotel, the emperor returned directly to the palace on Xiannid Island under the protection of the imperial guards.
Thinking of what had just happened, his face twitched unconsciously and his masseurs tense.
The spy chief next to him could only remain silent.
The emperor rarely showed painful expressions. Perhaps he would perform some emotions when he was young, but his career in the past decade has completely turned him into a person with a heart-hearted heart and a cold and serious appearance.
Enhill stroked his black hair that had not been completely killed and looked down, his wet palms reflected the flames in the fireplace.
He had just taken off his clothes in front of everyone and walked into the bathhouse honestly.
What's the difference between that and a maid?
If conditions permit, he would definitely peel and cramp the black-haired young man and bury him alive under the Royal Ballroom.
But he knew in his heart that now is definitely not the time to act emotionally.
That mage was too powerful, even much more powerful than Vigofortz.
If he had not obeyed the order at that time, he would have definitely died in Yinlu Hotel.
And the black-haired young man also had much more demands than Weigofortez.
Wigofortz just wanted to be a governor of the North.
This wizard actually asked the entire Niphgad Empire to surrender to his will.
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In Yinlu Hotel.
Everyone has returned to their room.
Geralt sent the hotel owner who came to visit the room. The man looked flattering from beginning to end, asking what else he needed, but he didn't mention that his bathhouse had just been demolished.
Geralt closed the door and lay back on the comfortable soft bed.
Yennefa was sitting in front of the mirror carefully combed his waterfall-like black hair, and was wrapped in a towel all over his body.
Both of them remained silent.
The conversation that just happened in the bathing ground left them in shock.
The ruthless Emperor Niphgad gave in, just like a little girl?
The scene when Zach crushed the demon-blocking gold really scared everyone present.
His strength was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and Enhill was also a person who could bend and stretch. It was understandable that he swallowed his anger to survive.
But that doesn't mean that Nifgaard must surrender.
If someone like Enhill is vengeful, he will turn aside when he walks out of the hotel and then settles the score later.
But the emperor did bow his head.
What really made him put down his posture was Zach's last sentence:
‘I don’t care who is stronger or smarter. I just need the most obedient child.’
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"The most obedient child..." the emperor muttered to himself.
He knew who the other party was talking about.
That guy has arrived on the island.
There is a reason why Enhill was anxious to see the mage tonight.
He must be ahead.
He thought that the mage had only been in this world for less than a month, and the asymmetry of information would make him let him control it.
But the information that the young man knew was shocking. He was like a nobleman who had been living in the palace of Nifgad for his whole life, and knew the political situation within the entire empire.
The emperor did not gain the advantage of preconceivedity, but was directly pointed out to the dilemma - his throne was already in danger.
He is not an emperor who can save the people and kill all the people by mistake.
In fact, since he returned to his homeland ten years ago, launched a coup and regained the throne, his throne has not been firmly settled for a day.
As soon as he ascended the throne, he was surrounded by covettors.
After a period of cruel political struggle, the final outcome of these opponents was all the same - death.
Afterwards, Enhill dug out all the headstones of his political enemies and paved them into the dance hall floor.
People have since called him "the white flame dancing on the enemy's grave"
It’s not that he is so cruel by nature, but that the bad situation forces him to act extremes.
The internal conflict between the emperor and the nobles was too intense.
Although Niphgaard is called the "imperial", it is essentially a political system that mixes feudalism and monarchy.
The emperor was the supreme ruler of the empire and the supreme commander of the army. Some areas of the empire would be centralized as "province" governors appointed by the emperor. At the same time, the emperor would also divide the land to the nobles for feudal rule.
Therefore, Enhill did not enjoy absolute monarchy, and his rule could not be separated from the support of the nobles.
The emperor and the nobles constrained each other and barely maintained a fragile balance. Even his own path to restoration was based on the support of some nobles.
What's worse is that Nifgaard's rise was too fast and an effective and stable system of inheritance of the throne had not been established. Each dynasty change is often accompanied by coups and assassinations.
His father and himself are the best examples.
Now, all forces in Niphga Germany have become mixed up, with royal families, royalists and nobles fighting each other.
The Nifgaard Merchant Association represents the interests of the nobles.
In order to check and balance the nobles, Enshire personally supported the imperial intelligence agency led by Vatir.
On the other hand, he continued to launch the Northern Expedition to divert internal conflicts, and at the same time he also tried to accumulate his prestige and strengthen his control over the army.
But all of this is just a temporary measure.
What he needs most is a heir of direct blood.
Only when the throne is bound to blood can his dynasty be continued and the handover of rights can be stable.
Since Xili was given to Geralt because of an accident, Enshire, who had no direct descendants, felt more and more undercurrents around him and was constantly tightening his neck.
In order to temporarily suppress all the forces in the country that were about to move, he had no choice but to succumb to the Nifgad Chamber of Commerce.
He even gave up the future throne and gave it to the agent launched by the Chamber of Commerce.
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"So what Zach said was Morfan Furis?" Bai Lang finally asked the question in his heart.
"It should be." The sorcerer responded.
The white wolf frowned.
He knew Moerfan and even had some friendship with him.
When I met Enhill a year ago, Moerfan was sent to ask "a few irrelevant questions."
At that time, Geralt did not know how noble this person was in Nifgaard.
With his stereotype of the nobles of Nifgaard, Geralt did not give Morfan a good face at all.
But Moerfan showed great tolerance and kindness.
Later Geralt learned that Morfan was the crown prince of the Nifgad Empire, almost the second-person of the entire empire.
He is so noble but polite to everyone, and even later provided some help to himself.
The two also competed together. He lost to Geralt, but he was not as stingy as an ordinary nobleman. Instead, he highly praised the riding skills of the witch hunter and gave his saddle to Geralt.
If Bai Lang describes this person, it is elegant, calm and calm.
To be fair, he likes Morfan quite a bit.
He even thought Morfan would become a better emperor than Anhill.
When he learned that Moerfan was Xili's future husband, he did not feel it was wrong as Xili's adoptive father, and even showed the kindness of his father-in-law to a certain extent.
Now Zach hints that he will become Enhill's enemy?
"It's that Nifgaard's crown prince?" Geralt was still a little unbelievable.
"Yes for the time being." Yennifar responded, her hands kept moving, but her eyes were a little absent-minded.
She had been in the palace of Nifgaard for a while and had already seen the undercurrents there, and her political sense was much more sensitive than that of the witch hunter.
The sorcerer pondered for a moment and said slowly:
Chapter completed!