"Xilai, you..."

Thales sighed: "Do you really know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know!"

Xi Lai pressed his moist eyes, his expression returned to seriousness, and his tone was unquestionable:

"I'm talking about marriage, power, interests, situation, politics, the balance of the kingdom, the future of the Emerald City, and even His Majesty's ambition!"

Marriage, power, interests, situation, politics...

Thales felt his heart sinking:

"What about yourself?"

"Myself?"

Hilley was stunned for a moment.

"I'm the right age, in good health, good-looking, and most importantly, able to have children - isn't that enough? People's requirements for a woman as a wife...oh, I understand."

The girl stared at Thales with gray eyes and suddenly realized.

Her expression was stiff for a few seconds, and was soon replaced by a smile:

"What time is it now, Thales, do we still want to talk about the old love and liking, acquaintance and companionship, and the eternal vows of love before the moon and the moon? This is not the story of Emperor Comorra and Princess Elana turning into enemies.

A cliché love story about friends eventually becoming lovers!”

Thales said nothing.

Hilley waved his hands and laughed, as if he was saying the most ridiculous things.

"Deadly Iris, how old are you, Tails? Have you ever taken a political class? Have you memorized the history and overview of the major families in the stars?"

She emphasized her tone, like a mature politician educating an unexperienced child:

"You are the son of the king and I am the sister of the duke. We live in reality and should be higher than those terms that appear in romantic bards and adventure novels!"

But Thales just looked at her faintly and remained silent for a long time.

"Is it true," the prince said with a calm face and deep eyes, "does this choice really make us more...'advanced'?"

He looked at Shilay sincerely, with little doubt or correction in his eyes, but more doubts and inquiries.

Xi Lai's eyes widened, as if he was meeting the person in front of him for the first time.

After a few seconds, she sighed in frustration and buried her face in her gloves.

The meeting hall fell silent, and Thales looked at her with the same complicated mood.

"Is it because of this?"

The eldest lady still lowered her head, but she gently raised her left hand and took off her glove.

"No, no, of course not," Thales looked at the extra little finger on her palm. After a few seconds, he turned around from the unfamiliar visual impact, "This has nothing to do with your hand.

Very good, no problem, really, I like it very much, um, not that kind of thing..."

"What's that for?" Hilley raised his head and interrupted him.

"because……"

"Is it because of Jacques?" Heeley grabbed his gloves and asked step by step, "That perverted monster who plays with people's hearts, did it really scare the shit out of you?"

Thales had a meal.

[Compared to the most terrifying, evil and terrifying existence in the world, compared to the great magic it has invented and perfected over thousands of years... And I wish you defeat it, Your Highness, and become - the evil among evils,

The worst evil!]

Thales thought of Slimani's silly smile, thought that this cold-blooded and cunning defender might have been a kind and kind ordinary person, and thought of what fate—or his soul bone—had done to him.

, I just feel heavy and inexplicably sad.

"I really don't like your 'friend', and I don't really want to see it again," Thales put away his memories and shook his head, "But, no, it's not this either."

"Does that mean you have someone else in your heart? The northern woman in Longxiao City who is known as the 'hot-blooded' woman? Or the so-called duchess of the Teback family who puts on airs and pretends to be a tough guy every day? Oh, or you actually don't like women and can't be with her.

I'm lying on the same bed? It doesn't matter. There are many such marriage pairs in the kingdom. As long as it is not publicized, it will still..."

"No!" Thales, who was immersed in bad memories, denied it flatly, "No, not at all, just, just because..."

"Because..." He thought of something and sighed, but stopped talking.

The sunset.

"Because this is not you." The next second, Xi Lai spoke softly.

Thales was startled and looked at her in surprise.

Heilai was seen looking at his gloves with only five fingertips longingly, with a sad expression.

"I understand, no matter what I say, you will not agree to me, right? Because this is not what you will do at all - just like Zhan will not take the initiative to retreat selflessly."

Thales was stunned.

"You know, my brother said that you are sentimental, inconsistent, fickle, indecisive..."

Hilley put on the gloves gently, slowly, carefully and carefully.

This was the first time that Thales observed her hands up close: the girl moved her fingers one by one, thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger... At the end, with the help of the other hand, she took a deep breath and

My little finger and the slightly trembling, seemingly unwilling little finger were pinched together and stuffed into the same finger cot with difficulty.

She sighed with emotion, and her left hand changed back to five fingers:

"But let me tell you, you are simply the most stubborn, stubborn, closed-minded idiot in the world. You are smelly, stubborn, inflexible, and unreasonable."

Thales was silent.

"Yes. Maybe you are both right."

"You won't live long like this, you know," Hilley smiled. She looked at the door of the meeting hall with the relief engraved with 'The Duke of Xhosa Asks the Government and the People' and said in a daze, "You won't live long."

Thales did not answer immediately, and said silently after a while:

"Really."

The two were silent for a while.

"You said what if..."

Hilley turned his head and smiled sadly.

"If there were no things like these, no things about my brother, no things about your father, no Kongming Palace, no Fuxing Palace, no arbitration, no regent, and no all the annoying things, there would only be me and you," she stared at

He looked at Thales with burning eyes, "Then will you promise me?"

Thales couldn't help but be stunned.

After a few seconds, he turned his head with difficulty, avoiding Xi Lai's sight, and forced a smile:

"Answer, what did you promise?"

Hilley didn't reply, just glanced at him deeply.

The girl thought about something and shook her head with a sarcastic expression.

Thales took a deep breath and felt that the atmosphere in the hall was depressing.

"My father, he told me personally," he spoke before the other party, not knowing whether he really wanted to explain or just to escape the depression and dullness at the moment, "relying on a marriage contract in exchange for allies and loyalty has already been

It’s out of date, the profits are limited, and it can no longer satisfy his appetite.”

The dim light in Ballard's room appeared in front of Thales' eyes:

"What he wants is absolute rule, do you understand?"

absolute.

The prince thought about this and was slightly lost in thought.

And Thales, you have to break a path in his absolute rule full of ruthless karma.

Before he burns the entire kingdom to ashes.

"very good."

Hearing this, Xi Lai's eyes narrowed:

"You finally said something humane."

She raised her arms and sighed softly:

"Instead of some useless bullshit about 'go your own way and don't go other people's'..."

"Your brother will be fine," Thales said with certainty, "for the same reason I helped Federico."

He looked seriously at the stunned Xi Lai.

"If Zhan falls, then my father has won, irreversibly."

Thales took a deep breath, his eyes determined.
To be continued...