The Baselisa of the Seven Hills Empire, Ella Cornelius Scipio, is also full of majesty today.
She was wearing a purple robe and sitting on the throne, with a crown made of pure gold on her head. Six priceless emeralds were decorated in the six corners of the crown, and more than 200 small pearls were inlaid around the gems. There are four pearl tassels hanging from the crown, decorating her rare and beautiful blond hair.
"So, you still haven't found out the source of the Aemilius family's funds?"
Ella asked with a frown.
Prime Minister Hartmann is sixty-seven years old. He is usually flexible, sophisticated and meticulous in handling matters, but now he can only reply: "Your Majesty... We have not found anything suspicious so far."
Aemilius was an ancient family in the Republic of Seven Hills, but gradually declined after the Republic of Seven Hills became the Empire of Seven Hills. Their descendants managed only a small piece of land near Brusis. They had not obtained any official position in the court for nearly a hundred years, and they became increasingly poor. But recently, they suddenly became rich for unknown reasons. They acquired and annexed a lot of land near Brusis, built a city wall outside their manor, built a small castle, and even raised private soldiers. Brusis is only one to two days' drive from Constantiniya, the capital of the Empire of the Seven Hills, and the sudden revival of this ancient family is like a thorn in Ella's throat. She sent people to investigate the source of funds of the Aemilius family for a year, but found nothing.
Ella patted the throne: "I've had enough of your sneaky investigations. There must be problems with their source of funds. Can't we forcefully break into their manor and conduct a search?"
Hartmann replied meaningfully: "Your Majesty, you should know the consequences of doing this."
Ella took a long breath of exasperation. He knew what Hartmann was referring to. The political power of the Qiqiu Empire has changed frequently in the past few hundred years. Governors and generals in various parts of the empire have their own private soldiers. "The one with strong soldiers and horses is king" seems to be a potential inheritance law. And she has only been on the throne for a year, is still young, and is a woman. If she conducts a forcible search without evidence, she will definitely be considered a tyrant. At that time, not only would she lose her throne, but her life would also be at risk.
"Then let's not mention this matter today. You continue to do your investigation." She waved her hand weakly to signal Hartmann to step back. But showing weakness in front of the ministers like this was unacceptable to her. She glanced at Berengar standing on the side of the palace, changed the topic, and said:
"I heard that the merchants on the street are talking about it, saying that a group of fierce pirates have attacked several nearby cities one after another and are approaching the capital. Why haven't I received the report?"
Berengar, the commander of the Imperial Guard, has commanded the army for the Seven Hills Empire since Ella's father was still alive. He has commanded more than thirty battles, large and small, without losing a single one, and has a very high prestige in the army. The 10,000 Imperial Guards in his hands are the only elite legion of the classical structure that has been preserved in the Qiqiu Empire. They are much more elite than the field armies, border guards and "Barbarian Alliance" troops in various places.
Upon hearing Ella's question, Berengar, the commander of the Guards, knelt down quickly and replied:
"Your Majesty, those are not ordinary pirates. They are the lord of the Pirate Kingdom, Hestein, nicknamed the 'King of Beasts'. They come and go quickly, and every time they are gone before our army arrives. They escaped by boat. Their ships were more advanced than ours, and our ships couldn't catch up with them. But I think, in terms of combat capabilities, they are just a bunch of rabble. If they dare to attack the capital, I will let them know how powerful we are!"
Berengar was the commander of the army. His words were tantamount to placing all the responsibility on the Navy. The commander-in-chief of the navy, Aulus Junius Brutus, is a member of the Brutus family, which is currently the largest family in the Seven Hills Empire except Scipio. He has been away for a long time, and even if Ella wants to blame him, there is no one to blame. .
Ella tilted her head and thought for a while: "Then, can we let those pirates fight for us? We will fight against the Tianfang Empire in the future, and the more troops the better."
"Ella, pirates are just pirates after all. According to the laws of the empire, they should all be hanged."
One person stood up and dismissed Ella's opinion. The man who called Ella by her first name was Su. Cornelius Scipio. He was Ella's uncle and was currently the steward of the palace. After Ella's parents died unexpectedly, he helped the young Ella stabilize the various noble factions in the country and stabilize the throne until Ella came of age, and gained Ella's trust.
Now that his uncle said so, Ella could only sigh and said: "Since the law says so, then forget it."
The two consecutive concessions made Ella feel extremely unhappy. She was thinking about ways to shock these ministers. She remembered another rumor, suddenly her face sank, and she scanned everyone present with what she thought was the sharpest gaze:
"I also heard an interesting thing - the ambassador sent by the Tianfang Empire arrived in the capital yesterday and is currently visiting the Prime Minister's residence. Hartmann, is this true?"
Tianfang Empire and Qiqiu Empire have been fighting for hundreds of years and are the old enemies of Qiqiu Empire. As soon as Ella said this, everyone in the audience was shocked, and they all turned their attention to Hartmann. Hartmann hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, I am preparing to report this matter. The Tianfang Empire's army is much stronger than ours, and it also has several powerful magicians. And we...since the death of the late king and queen, There will never be an 'elf' level magician again. I think since they are willing to send envoys here, we must seize this opportunity..."
Seeing Hartmann's shivering appearance, Ella finally felt proud. She waved her hand with great courage and ordered: "Put out the eyes of that messenger and throw them back to the Tianfang Empire!"
Hartmann was startled by Ella's words and said in a trembling voice: "Dear Baselisa... That is currently the most powerful country on the Hetra Yi continent, and we... are no longer eight hundred years old. The former powerful Qiqiu Empire!"
"Hartman, do you still remember how the late king and queen died?"
Ella's scolding frightened Hartmann and quickly lowered his head.
"Hartman, raise your head! Answer me, how did the late king and queen die?"
"Yes... I was invited to the Tianfang Empire to negotiate trade, but was imprisoned and executed for no reason!"
"We are no longer the Seven Hills Empire eight hundred years ago. Why?"
"Yes...it was invaded by the Tianfang Empire, which left the country empty of power, and was taken advantage of by the northern barbarians. It eventually fell apart! But Your Majesty, we couldn't stop the Tianfang Empire hundreds of years ago. Now we..."
"Okay, then just keep his eyes."
Hartman was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Ella pouting and saying "hum" and continued:
"Let's castrate him instead!"
Leaving behind the shivering Hartmann, Ella Cornelius Scipio strode out of the meeting hall under the escort of the imperial guards.
Escorting Ella were six tall and powerful guards. Each of them is a warrior carefully selected from the Colosseum by Ella's uncle, and each of them is said to have won the championship of the competitive competition. They are loyal and guard their queen even for a moment.
Ella's destination was her bedroom.
The guards escorting her stopped far away in the corridor leading to the bedroom, and the two maids opened the bedroom door for her. Beyond the gate is an extremely luxurious room, decorated with porphyry columns and hung with purple silk.
As soon as Ella entered the door, she threw the crown on the bed, threw herself into the pile of books that almost filled the room, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Her Majesty the Queen looks so tired. She must have been quarreling with those ministers in the cabinet again, right?"
"Who makes them ignore me at all? I am also Baselisa after all, but I feel that I am not even as good as the chief of the United Emirates of Alemany." Ella muttered. Then she turned over and looked at the source of the sound - her personal maid, Amy.
"Also, how many times have I told you, don't call me queen in private, call me princess! Queen, queen, this word sounds like an older aunt!"
"Even if Her Majesty the Queen says so, Her Majesty has been the Queen five years ago, and she came of age last year. In addition, today is His Majesty's birthday, which means that Her Majesty the Queen is one year older..."
"Enough! Enough! I don't need you to remind me of my own age! I count it by the hour!" Ella scratched her hair in distress, rolled around in the pile of books like a child, and then suddenly He sat up with his upper body and pointed at Amy with an unhappy face: "Amy, I want to punish you! I want to order you to reduce your bust size by ten centimeters with the authority of Baselisa!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please don't say such impossible things!" Amy was startled and finally pulled the "Queen" out of front of "Your Majesty".
"How is it impossible! Don't think that I don't know that you relied on 'Aphrodite's protection' to become this... this... so big!"
Although she is the same age as Ella, Amy's body is extremely plump. In comparison, Ella's body is like an undeveloped chick.
"No, not yet. Just shrinking by ten centimeters will have no effect on you at all. Shrink it by twenty...thirty...no, shrink it by one hundred and fifty centimeters before I can relieve my anger!"
"You're going to get trapped in that way!" Amy screamed: "And Your Majesty, 'Aphrodite's Protection' doesn't have this function at all!"
"No... no?" Ella seemed to be greatly shocked, hugging her legs and shivering in the corner: "I... I thought that as long as I successfully learned magic and obtained the protection of Aphrodite, I could be with him. As big as Amy..."
Baselisa of the Empire of the Seven Hills—Ella Cornelius Scipio suddenly lost her dream.
