Office of the Chief Minister of the Imperial Cabinet.

Luke, who had been busy late at night, asked his subordinates to get a blanket and prepare to rest for the night on the sofa bed in the lounge in the side room, waiting for a few hours for dawn to go to the palace to see Queen Christina.

Agatha should also go to the palace to report the results of today's arrest.

Luke, who was lying down wrapped in a blanket, snapped his fingers, the magic lamp went out, and the room became dark. In the silence, the footsteps of patrolling guards outside could be heard, as well as the ticking of the pendulum of the clock.

Fatigue caused Luke to quickly fall into the lake of confusion before falling asleep, and he heard some sounds that were vaguely like a dream.

"long……"

"Shh... It's already very late at night, don't make such a loud noise. Have you rested, Sir?"

"Master Chief Assistant has just gone to bed. Do you need me to inform you?"

"No! Since the chief assistant is asleep, don't disturb him. I... I can just go in and see him."

"Please, Your Highness the Princess."

Following the sound of the door opening, slight footsteps walked in.

Luke felt the blanket on his body being pulled, and then a person got in. Luke didn't open his eyes, but he knew who was coming just by the familiar scent. He hugged the person in his arms and felt his face

There were some tears on my face.

"You cried?"

Agatha finally couldn't hold back her emotions. She hugged Luke tightly, buried her head and cried, but she didn't dare to make a sound for fear that the guards outside the door would hear. The guards stood outside the door of the side room, and the side room was with

The office is not soundproofed.

"I, I just killed a lot of people, more than the people I killed before combined. I tried my best to appear strong on the outside, but I'm not as strong as I thought... I don't know who I should talk to, I just

Thought of you."

Luke touched Agatha's hair: "With me, you don't need to pretend. When you need support, I will always be by your side."

Agatha hugged him tighter. She raised her head and kissed Luke on the lips. She fumbled with her hands to unbutton the buttons on his clothes. The narrow sofa bed made her cautious, and at the same time she had to hold back her breath and dare not make a sound.

Luke responded to Agatha. He threw aside the blanket that was in the way, turned over and held the person in his arms under him.

Outside the door, Kylena approached sleepily with her coat on, and asked the two guards guarding her: "Did someone come just now?"

The guard replied in a low voice: "It's Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. She comes to visit the chief minister."

"Your Highness is here so late? It seems that you have been busy all night. But the Chief Assistant has already rested, so Your Highness came here in vain. Tomorrow morning, don't forget to inform Your Majesty about the visit by Your Highness the Eldest Princess..."

The two guards looked at each other and said with strange expressions: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has entered."

"Your Highness is in there?" Kylena, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up.

And when she was about to ask something more, she heard something being knocked down in the room.

Kylena walked forward gently, put her ear against the door and listened, and then immediately took a step back in shock.

She reprimanded in a low voice: "The chief minister and the eldest princess are discussing state affairs. Can you listen here? Everyone, please step aside... Don't talk nonsense outside."

The two guards were relieved and ran away immediately.

The noise in the room became louder and louder, making Kylena blush with embarrassment. She wanted to leave, but the place couldn't be left unguarded.

Helpless, Kylena could only sit down behind the chief assistant's desk, holding her chin, and waited for the night to pass.

After a night of comfort from Luke, Agatha's mood finally recovered from the gloom. But when she got up and looked at the mess in the house, the broken sofa, and the missing clothes, she felt like she was just waking up from a drunken stupor.

"How do I get out?"

"Of course we are going out." Luke picked up the shirt from the ground and put it on. He came to the door and knocked: "Kylena, go prepare a set of clothes for Her Royal Highness the Princess. We are going to the palace to meet Her Royal Highness the Queen."

Kylena's panicked voice came from outside: "Yes, Lord Chief Assistant! I, I will prepare now."

Luke turned around and couldn't help but stare at the person in front of him.

The morning sun shines in from the window and shines on the woman lying on the sofa. Her golden curls are scattered on her creamy skin. Under the sunlight, the golden color contrasts with the white jade color.

Agatha relieved all her burdens in front of her beloved. She lost the majesty and sharpness of being the eldest princess and the leader of the Secret Service. Her eyes were filled with tenderness as round as the curves of her body. She just looked at Lu

Okay, my eyes gradually became blurry again.

"Your Highness, we are going to the palace."

"Your Highness, Kylena will bring your clothes soon."

"Your Highness, we cannot keep Her Royal Highness the Queen waiting."

"Okay, Your Highness... we can go to the palace after breakfast..."

Luke walked towards Agatha. At this moment, he finally understood what was the reason why "the king did not come to court early".

After breakfast, Agatha changed into the clothes sent by Kylena, walked out of the chief minister's office with Luke without hesitation, and then took the same carriage to the palace.

After entering the palace and meeting Queen Christina, the two finally returned to their respective responsibilities and showed a correct work attitude to discuss with the Queen what to do next.

Yesterday's raid and arrests can be said to have wiped out all the opposition in the imperial capital.

Agatha placed a thick stack of lists on the table between the three of them: "Yesterday, the Imperial Secret Service arrested a total of 564 major criminals and 3,569 subordinates. All major criminals have been convicted.

Among them, 436 people committed suicide out of fear of crime, and the rest signed confessions. These people are not core members, and some of them were deceived into making mistakes. I recommend that they be given a lighter sentence.

As for the coercers, more detailed screening and interrogation by the Secret Intelligence Service are needed."

Queen Christina originally wanted to pick up the list and read it, but when she heard that so many people committed suicide in fear of committing crimes, she paused and took her hand back: "Oh... the blood-stained throne and crown! These should be the last resistance.

?”

Agatha replied: "Yes! We should thank the World Bank. If it weren't for their funding, it would be difficult for the Secret Intelligence Service to accurately gather them together to arrest them. We also have to thank the Chief of Meteorite, if he hadn't suggested that the Secret Service

Even if we check the accounts of the World Bank and Imperial Bank, we can’t follow the capital chain to find them.”

"Yes, we all see the contribution of the chief minister of Meteor Star." Queen Christina said to Luke: "If you come early, you can meet Alec. Before dawn, he came to see you early.

He also had breakfast with me.

This time he expressed to me personally that he was willing to support my ascension to the throne as emperor of the empire.

It can be seen that the action of the Secret Service yesterday frightened him."

Luke said with a smile: "After His Highness Alec returned to the imperial capital, he has been living in seclusion and cut off contact with the former palace officials and ministers. This secret service investigation, without His Highness Alec and Gabriel, the world would be

Evidence of bank collusion.

Whether he sincerely supports us or holds back, it proves his maturity.

This is a good thing for the empire."

"Yes, it is a good thing!" Queen Christina agreed with Luke's point of view: "You have time to see Alec and explain our purpose to him. I am determined not to marry for life, and the empire will eventually be handed over to Augustine.

Family."

Luke nodded and agreed: "I will visit Alec today."

Queen Christina smiled and said: "Your wedding will be after the celebration. Have you set a time?"

Agatha looked at Luke.

Instead, Luke said sheepishly: "I plan to propose to Her Majesty the Eldest Princess after Her Majesty the Queen ascends the throne. As for the time for the wedding, I want to wait until I come back from hell to decide."

Hearing that Luke was going to hell, Agatha couldn't help but asked nervously: "What happened in hell? You need to go in person!"

Luke replied: "The City of Raging Waves has been secretly involved in arms trade with Hell. With the help of our agent demon, Raging Waves City can obtain high-quality minerals from Hell at very low prices. This is why Raging Waves City's industrial products can keep the cost very low.

One of the reasons for the low.

It's just that I just received news from hell. There is another force that is also providing weapons to hell, and the price of shipment is very low. If Raging Wave City does not respond as soon as possible, it will affect the acquisition of hell's minerals.

The demons in hell are all very difficult to deal with, and I don’t trust others to deal with them.”

Agatha stopped her and said, "But that's hell. You also know that the devil is difficult and fickle. It's too dangerous. I can't let you take such a big risk."

Luke comforted Agatha: "Hell is not as dangerous as you think, and this time there is a demon tyrant following me, and there are demon red flames on the other side of hell to support me. I have weapons in my hands that all demons want, and they dare not easily

What did he do to me."

"But..." Agatha was still reluctant to give up.

Luke held Agatha's hand: "You have to believe in me, just like before."

Agatha looked at Luke: "Okay, okay..."

"Ahem!" Queen Christina reminded what the occasion was: "Let's talk about the next stage of the war against the Art County United. It has always been the Art County United's attack and the empire's defense. This time the opponent is more

It penetrated deep into the mainland of the empire.

Intelligence shows that the World Bank is rapidly arming the Yate County Alliance. I think the empire can no longer wait for the enemy to attack, and should take the initiative and place the battlefield on the territory of the Yate County Alliance."

Luke and Agatha took back their hands at the same time, and their eyes were glued together.

"I'm sorry, Her Majesty the Queen." Luke apologized and regained his position in the meeting: "I agree to take the initiative to attack, but we still have to control the scale of the war. I plan to rectify the grassroots official system of the empire after you ascend the throne.

, eliminate corrupt and incompetent officials, and improve the efficiency of grassroots government affairs.

Unleash the potential of the empire's long coastline, speed up exchanges with the Emerald Forest and the Dragon Kingdom, and continue to accumulate the empire's war potential.

The war against the Yate County Alliance should continue to follow the strategy we specified before, taking advantage of the empire's national strength to consume the County Alliance's war potential and economic system. This will force the World Bank to continue to provide blood transfusions to the Yate County Alliance, thus reducing the risk from
To be continued...