Donovan's matter is actually easy to solve. It is nothing more than a small family. There is no big difference between accepting the care of the Wall family and seeking the Catherine side. After Catherine's short explanation, he accepted the fact that the matter of Ferna is no longer able to change. In any case, although Mrs. Catherine himself is not very powerful on the surface, the royal identity is unshakable. If she seeks the Yvelit side, she may be retaliated. However, if she seeks the Royal family, the Wall family will have to give some face no matter what. This is also known by Mr. Viscount, who has been in the palace for decades.

The Central Highway incident ended with Atroca's side suffering a great loss, and then Selingge made a little concession. In the next four or five days, the tit-for-tat confrontation between finance and military in the palace became more and more intense. Although on the actual level, the major events of the entire empire were actually decided by the top leaders of the three major families in private, some powers were always delegated, whether these aspects were big or small. When Mrs. Catherine used her tricks and first seized some of the resources needed, the dissatisfaction of the military and political parties had obviously exploded. Several noble elders representing the top financial leaders were intimidated, and even Tang Yi, who only showed her strength in the negotiations, was stopped by some senior old nobles several times and said some harsh words.

However, when this happened to happen at the gate of the palace for the third time, and the elder was almost disabled by Felix, who happened to be rushed to the scene, no such thing happened again. Felix, no one even formally protested or rebuked.

Because at this time, some secrets were already spreading in private. Felix, who showed his sharpness and was able to use the martial arts of three great imperial clans at the same time, was the grandson of Bucknarossard and the orphan of his favorite second son Gabriel.

No matter at any time, no one dares to touch the name Bucknaross in an empire.

Although the people in the military headquarters have been protesting, in fact, the resources of the entire empire have been given priority to military use, and the elders who are not in a good position continue to protest. But relatively speaking, the economic side is even more in a difficult situation. Many things that must be used in military use have made concessions, but many small resources that should be distributed to finance based on the principle of balanced development have been forcibly occupied by the other party without any grace. Speaking of which, the Wall family now accounts for the majority of the military headquarters. Over the years, the Yvelit family has invested most of its power in the economic side, and this situation is also a reciprocal situation between the two major families. With the acquiesce to the Light God Palace and the Wall family, which is usually a solid foundation and steady foundation, undoubtedly has a considerable advantage at this time.

On the other hand, there may not be no similar situation within the delegation and the political system, but compared with Atroka, the other country is undoubtedly much more united and can utilize more resources. In the next few days of negotiations, Atroka's side was at a disadvantage. Daisy was proud and Tang Yi's side seemed a little frustrated. No matter how good the means and eloquence were, they could not change the weakness of their strength. When they returned to the deep level of the central department and hid in the dark to discuss, the resentment became more and more obvious.

"What are you doing? We will give in first what we should give in. Whether the military personnel have the brains, we should not give in next. Let's just do it in a tit-for-tat way!"

"Although we have two departments, they should also think about whether it is good or not. On the one hand, they only care about themselves, and on the other hand, they also ask us to provide their resource guarantees unconditionally. What's that?"

"Okay, I tried to steal so much land, but in fact, most of them were still in the pockets of the senior management. In this way, I might as well break up. Is there anyone in the senior management of the military that has not embezzled? We have detailed bills for the embezzlement of various legions in the past thirty years. Now it's time to let them pay!"

This statement is actually not practical. As everyone said, under the premise that some basic resources need to be in place, the rest are actually fought for by the senior military leaders as the concept of "welfare". That is to say, once they are obtained, except for a small amount of distribution, everyone actually wants to take advantage of the current military and take the opportunity to make a fortune. At this time, one side of the central government cannot really tear the face, because once chaos arises, the forces of the Guangshen Palace, which were originally supervising on the side, will inevitably intervene strongly. Although nominally, any country on the mainland is a "vassal state" of the Guangshen Palace, if the military and political aspects are really infiltrated by another force, it will be intolerable to any country.

Under such circumstances, he seemed to be leisurely running to the King Snake City to play the piano, participate in elite competitions, palace councils, and argued with Daisy on various formal occasions every day. But in fact, Tang Yi was upset with a lot of things. Although the negotiations are still in a stalemate, even if there is not much loss, he is also a 20-year-old boy with high spirits. Since he participated in one thing, he thought about doing it well. Such a embarrassing situation also made him quite sad. Every day, he received depressing news from the four-person group of the central department. Occasionally, when he participated in the discussion of the large staff at night, he also thought about raising his hand and shouting "Let's tear off the face."

However, it is impossible. As a "advisor", he is a second person besides Catherine to some extent. In this sense, Catherine can speak angry words, but it is absolutely impossible. Before this, he had thought about the difficulties that might be encountered when he came to the emperor this time, but imagination was just imagination after all. He even thought about writing more than a dozen plans to make Atroca the most powerful country in the mainland within decades. However, in reality, the road ahead is still long.

In this case, before going to bed every day, he also felt a sense of insomnia. When the villa was silent, he wore pajamas and held a magic candle to go to the platform on the third floor of the villa. At this time, Mrs. Catherine, who had a migraine attack, often stared at daze here.

The platform on the top floor of the villa is actually quite gorgeous. The ceiling is built with a beautiful transparent glass tiles, a warm swimming pool maintained by magic, a white jade-like fence, exquisite potted plants and small sculptures on all sides of the fence. However, in the night of rain in late spring, these things cannot be seen clearly, only the swimming pool reflects a slightly hazy sky light. Looking out from this dark platform, the light in the imperial capital is dotted with hazy, giving people a sense of prosperity but distantness.

Remember a few days ago when he came up with a magic candle, Katherine was leaning against a gray nightgown

On the bench next to it, the candlelight showed her slender legs and slender feet, which were long and decorated. She was sprinkled with a shawl, and her elegant appearance with a veil was scattered. She rubbed her fingers gently on the forehead, and a small bottle of medicinal oil was placed on the edge of the bench. At that moment, even Tang Yi, who was indifferent to beauty, could not help but feel a palpitation and touch.

At that moment, he suddenly understood the reason why Catherine usually wore a veil. Or maybe it was not because she wanted to deliberately keep a distance from others, but also to cover up the haggardness and weakness on her face.

"Well, can't you sleep either? Sorry, you shouldn't have been exposed to so many things..."

"...I'll help you with professional standards."

"……Thanks."

Without answering Catherine's apology, Tang Yi just picked up the small bottle of medicinal oil. After this brief conversation, the platform in the darkness became the private secret of the two. Every night, the two would sit here for a while, talk for a while, and then leave each other.

"...Is it better? Don't think about anything too much. Let yourself calm down. Don't think about it... Listen to the quiet sounds around you. Just listen to me, of course... it's a bit boring..."

Let Catherine lie peacefully on the bench. Tang Yi sat behind her and rubbed the cool medicinal oil on her forehead. Then, he gently rubbed his fingers across his forehead, ears, eyes and arteries on the snow-white neck. He leaned against her ears and spoke softly like hypnosis. Since even the magic candlestick had been extinguished, only the gentle sound was slowly flowing in the space around him...

"... Speaking of which, the only person who was close to me when I was young was my grandfather. Because of some relationships, I was very distant from my parents... My grandfather has a lot of things every day and it was also a migraine. I learned this massage method for my grandfather, but it was not used much. Now, I only counted it three or four times, but the feeling of being praised is really good, great..."

"... But speaking of this, I don't brag about it. My massage techniques are praised by the teachers... In these messy aspects, whether they are interested or not, I seem to be able to learn well. As long as others teach me, as long as someone asks me to learn, I can accurately master it after a period of time, whether it is massage, flute, piano, harmonica, dancing, calligraphy and chess... They said that I have good qualifications inherited from my parents, that is, no matter what others give me, I can easily follow it up. Next, I am such a versatile talent, excellent to the point of perfect..."

"... Speaking of which, I was once happy and proud of such things in private, but after a while, I felt a little bored... Haha, don't talk about unhappy things, how do you say it? The so-called massage is actually a kind of psychology. A good masseur must be a doctor who can accurately grasp the other person's psychology, grasp the other person's thoughts and make the other person believe in himself, so that the massage will be effective. Of course, it is different from spiritual magic. In the final analysis, people's psychology is very contradictory. They long for similar contact deep in their hearts and at the same time instinctively reject such things. Of course, there is no conflict between the two psychology. What we need to grasp is just that degree. Otherwise, no matter how clever the technique is, it can only make others jump up with a smile..."

As the boundless whisper gradually weakened, thinned, and the massage gradually completed. The blood vessels tensed on Catherine's forehead gradually relaxed. Tang Yi stopped and left his fingers on his smooth forehead, feeling the steady pulse. Lady Catherine was very different from others. If she were an ordinary person, she would fall asleep after so many words. When the woman in front of her would slowly open her eyes as soon as her fingers left, she would slowly open her eyes, sometimes saying thank you, and sometimes she would remain silent. As Tang Yi, she could only feel a faint pity in her heart.

These days, it is always drizzling at night, and the sound of raindrops falling on the glazed tiles is vague, just like a light sound that occurs on the other side of the soul. The two of them quietly look at the hazy night view of the imperial capital, but occasionally there are some topics. Of course, most of them do not involve the "big events" that are underway.

"I heard that you and Felix are about to pass the semifinals, right?"

"Well, I actually didn't give up any strength. It was all the efforts of Felix and Kna."

"Ha, what, Al, don't tease me, Kna is just being taken care of..."

"Where, speaking of it, in our group, except Felix, Kna is the strongest!"

"...By the way, I heard that after the semi-finals, there will be a military defense this time, right?"

"Well, it was probably something that Guangshen Palace and the military headquarters had done together. After all, the focus of this time was actually on military affairs, but compared with the ring competition, the military strategy competition still seemed much inferior. In order to avoid the regret of being left behind, every group will draw people to participate in the military defense after the semi-finals. For those who do not have the ability to get a ranking but are interested in climbing up, as long as they have a certain level of military strategy, this time it will be an opportunity..."

"Yes, many middle and lower-level officers who will participate in the war in the future will appear here. Al, who will decide who to go?"

"Well, everyone is not interested in this, so they finally pushed it to me. I have also seen a lot of military stuff recently."

"Ha, Princess Daisy is giving you a headache, right?"

"That's not true. I think the person behind her is a headache. After seeing her agreeing to something several times, the next day, he found various reasons to regret it. There are also very difficult people on their side. When the resources in various aspects are initially defined, I look forward to meeting that person. At that time... all resources are determined and we should not lose too much..."

"Don't think too much. I don't want you to be like me. Before you grow old, your head starts to hurt every day..."

"Oh……"

Those dark and deep Spring Festival Gala seemed to have some kind of insolvent magic, gradually diluting the unhappiness that had happened on the ship. The apology I originally wanted to say could not be expressed in any case, but she should have felt it, Tang Yi was thinking like this.
Chapter completed!