Facts have proved that Cassius is indeed worthy of his reputation. Before the first ray of sunlight in the early morning appeared on the horizon, the mysterious phenomenon of the stopping of the guide force was completely eliminated, and Cassius also successfully returned from the underground ruins with the unconscious Colonel Richard. So far, the turmoil that affected the entire kingdom has finally come to an end.

But for Fang Zheng...he still has to apologize.

"I am so sorry, Your Majesty."

Fang Zheng pressed down the head of Xiao Hei beside him.

"I'm sorry. My little black man really didn't know how to control his strength and damaged the Gransel Royal City... Please forgive me. Of course, as an apology, we at Starlight Technology are willing to bear all the repair costs of the Royal City."

"Haha, Mr. Fang Zheng, please don't say such things."

Queen Alicia, who was sitting in front of Fang Zheng, also smiled and shook her head, then stood up and lowered her head towards Fang Zheng.

"I should be the one thanking you. If it weren't for your decisive action, Mr. Fang Zheng, I'm afraid this coup would not have ended so easily."

Queen Alicia's thanks were sincere. The Intelligence Department suddenly launched an attack only two or three days ago. They first imprisoned Chloë, then raided the Chase Central Workshop, and then used this as an excuse to investigate the Royal Guards, arresting them when they were caught off guard. Then they threatened Chloë's life and put Queen Alicia under house arrest.

Since the military leaders were all held hostage by the intelligence department, and the incident happened suddenly, Queen Alicia had no idea what to do. In fact, according to Colonel Richard's approach, he wanted Queen Alicia to abdicate and let Duke Dunan inherit the throne.

Queen Alicia was also worried at the time. She also hoped to break this situation, but she had no way to do it. If Fang Zheng had not acted decisively, the possibility of defeating Richard again would have been greatly reduced after he completed his plan. Moreover, by that time, the Intelligence Department would have a certain amount of military power, and it might turn into civil strife in the kingdom. If this happened, it would be hard to guarantee that the Republic and the Empire would not take advantage of the situation.

It was precisely because Fang Zheng captured the Abel Palace within a day that Colonel Richard, realizing that something was wrong, rushed into the underground restricted area and tried to implement his plan. This was also the reason why a flaw was created, leading to the Intelligence Department's special forces being completely suppressed by the Royal Guards.

Otherwise, if Colonel Richard, the central commander, were still there, it would probably take a lot of effort to recapture the Queen.

"Mr. Fang Zheng and your Starlight Technology played a great role in defeating Colonel Richard's coup plot. We, the Liberl Royal Family, will never forget everything you have done. As for compensation, let's not talk about it anymore. If it weren't for the efforts of these two lovely girls beside you, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to escape safely."

"I can guarantee that."

At this time, Sherazade also stood up and nodded vigorously.

"The strength of Lieutenant Lawrence at that time was far beyond my imagination. Even if I, Estelle and Princess Clotia joined forces, it would be difficult to defeat him. If it weren't for Miss Xiaohei and Miss Illya holding Lieutenant Lawrence, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to rescue the queen safely."

"No, no, I was just impulsive..."

"No, I heard from Tida and the others that when Mr. Fang Zheng received the intelligence from the capital, he immediately suspected that it might be a coup and took corresponding actions. He also quickly found out that we were imprisoned in the Abel Palace... In any case, it was all thanks to you, Mr. Fang Zheng."

Chloë also hurriedly stood up and thanked him.

"Well, actually I just did some minor work... By the way, I'm very curious, why did Colonel Richard launch a coup? Was he bored?"

Fang Zheng obviously didn't intend to waste time on this kind of business flattery, so he simply changed the subject. In fact, he was really curious about this question.

Although you can get the answer by using "Whispering Chapter", it's just like reading a walkthrough while playing a game, which is very boring.

"In fact, Colonel Richard is a very talented soldier."

When this question was mentioned, Queen Alicia's expression looked a little complicated.

"He is loyal to the Kingdom of Liberl and has always hoped to make the country stronger... In fact, after the previous 'Hundred Days War', some people believed that having a woman as king would weaken the country. They believed that more radical strategies should be adopted to protect the Kingdom of Liberl. After I decided to pass the throne to Clotia, this opposition reached its peak... So..."

"Excuse me, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Cassius also stood up.

"I have something I wish to tell you."

"What's up?"

"Regarding Richard's matter, actually when I was interrogating him, I found something fishy."

"…Strange?"

"Yes, I asked Colonel Richard why he wanted to launch a coup. His answer was that he wanted to unlock the ancient seal of Liberl's secret treasure and use the power of the secret treasure to make Liberl stronger and resist the threats from the Empire and the Republic."

"...Secret treasure?"

Hearing this, Queen Alicia and Chlos exchanged puzzled looks.

"Is there anything like that down there?"

"Hey? Don't you know?"

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the queen and the princess, Xiao Hei asked curiously, and Queen Alicia slowly shook her head.

"To be honest, this underground restricted area existed a long, long time ago... almost as far back as the Kingdom of Liberl during the ancient Semlia civilization. The information left by our ancestors at that time only said that this was a sealed forbidden area and that we must protect it forever and no one is allowed to enter. As for what is inside... we don't really know."

"Oh, this is really interesting."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng also raised his eyebrows.

"How did Colonel Richard know this secret that even the Liberl royal family didn't know? Did he buy a small book that was circulated thousands of years ago from a street vendor?"

"That's the problem. He himself doesn't know how he knew it."

“…Huh?”

Upon hearing Cassius's answer, everyone present looked at each other in astonishment.

"What does this mean?"

“That’s what it means.”

Cassius also frowned and spoke.

"According to my interrogation of Richard, he was very sure that there was a powerful secret treasure sealed in the underground restricted area, so he wanted to launch a coup, seize control of the castle from the royal family, and then open up the road to the underground restricted area to remove the seal of the secret treasure. But he couldn't explain clearly where he got this information from..."

"This is really interesting..."

Fang Zheng stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes, while Cassius continued speaking.

"That's not all. We also asked him what the mysterious black force guide was, but he couldn't tell us. He only knew that the black force guide could be used to remove the seal of the treasure, and it was very important. But where did he get the black force guide? What exactly is it? Richard didn't know anything about that either."

"this……"

After hearing Cassius' report, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

Is there such a ridiculous thing?

You even launched a coup for this, and now you tell me you don't even know how you knew it?

"In fact, Colonel Richard is not the only one who has this situation."

At this moment, Lieutenant Yulia also stood up and made a report.

"Before this, we had imprisoned Mayor Delmon of Luan, but he was the same at that time. When he was arrested, Mayor Delmon suddenly fell into a coma. After he woke up, he had no memory of what he had done before. Mayor Delmon only had a vague impression of what he had done, but as for why he did it, he had no impression at all. We suspect that it is very likely that someone manipulated their memories and used their thoughts to act."

"So... this coup is just the beginning?"

Hearing this, Queen Alicia's expression also became serious.

"Behind them, are there more dangerous enemies?"

“That’s right at the moment.”

"So what's down there, Mr. Cassius?"

Fang Zheng asked curiously.

"It looks like there's no secret treasure down there at least?"

"Dr. Russell is currently investigating, but I don't know what it is. The only thing we can be sure of is that there is some kind of device sealed underneath, and the black guide is the switch used to activate this device. When we arrived there, we only saw Colonel Richard and a powerful guide machine that seemed to be responsible for protecting the device. Although we eventually succeeded in defeating those guards, we still don't know what the mysterious device is used for."

"I see...it looks like this isn't over yet."

Having said that, Queen Alicia sighed.

"But no matter what, now that the matter has come to an end, everyone should take a good rest. By the way... Mr. Fang Zheng..."

Having said this, Queen Alicia looked at Fang Zheng with a smile on her face.

"For your heroic deeds, we intend to award you the Kingdom Medal of Honor..."

"It's my pleasure."

"Haha, by the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you, Mr. Fang Zheng, do you... have a lover?"

"Why?"

Hearing Queen Alicia's question, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, while Chlos lowered her head with a red face.

At the same time, Xiao Hei said with a smile.

"Of course, big brother has so many lovers."

"You're the only one who talks too much."

Fang Zheng slapped Xiao Hei on the head, interrupting her words, and Queen Alicia looked at Fang Zheng in surprise.

"Really? Mr. Founder?"

"Yes, just like what Hei said, I already have a lover... Is there any problem?"

"No, I'm just asking."

Queen Alicia quickly regained her composure.

"After all, Mr. Fang Zheng is so young and promising, it's not surprising that he has a lover...right? Chloë?"

"Ah... yes, yes."

Hearing Queen Alicia's question, Chlos nodded slightly, but this time her expression was a little lost and looked very gloomy.

In this regard, Fang Zheng could only pretend...that he saw nothing.

Soon, the impromptu meeting ended. After all, there were still a lot of things to do. Since Queen Alicia did not seek compensation, Fang Zheng naturally left... Of course, he did not forget to take the troublemaker away.

"Hey, hey, how's it going? Big brother, I'll take over the conversation, okay?"

Back on the spaceship, Xiao Hei looked at Fang Zheng proudly, and the latter touched her little head.

"Well done. It's worth my while to bring you there."

"Brother, what are you talking about? I've seen this kind of routine many times. It's nothing more than being jealous of your people or skills, and then wanting to form a marriage alliance... Isn't it just another Euphemia?"

At this point, Xiao Hei winked at Fang Zheng.

"how?"

"Very good, I love you so much."

Facing Xiao Hei's words, Fang Zheng gave a thumbs up. It should be said that Xiao Hei is indeed the person who is most in tune with him in Tiandao Palace. In fact, Fang Zheng brought Xiao Hei with him, openly to apologize, but secretly to prevent such things. After all, if the queen asks you to find a partner, it will be embarrassing for the other party if you personally refuse. But Xiao Hei is different. As the saying goes, children speak without restraint.

So when Xiao Hei told her directly that he had a girlfriend, she would naturally give up the idea. After all, there was only one princess in this country, Chloë, and Queen Alicia had also appointed her, so it was impossible for her to be someone else's concubine.

"So should I be given some reward?"

"I'm going to punish you. I asked you to help, not to destroy the house! You just don't care about anything when you're in the mood for fighting? Are you a husky?"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng grabbed Xiao Hei's ears.

"Come here!"

Then he pulled Xiao Hei into the next room and closed the door.

After a while, Ling from the other side of the corridor poked her head out and looked over here. Then she walked over quietly and put her ear to the crack of the door.

Soon, Ling heard intermittent sounds coming from inside.

"Ah... Big Brother, that won't work..."

"Stop talking nonsense. Don't you like it this way?"

Along with Fang Zheng's voice, there were occasional "pa pa pa" sounds and Xiao Hei's screams of pain.

"No, big brother, help me, please let me go. Ugh...ah, so hard..."

"This is a punishment, just accept it obediently! Don't move!"

“No, it really isn’t working over there, ah… No, it’s going to break down, it’s going to break down, I don’t know what to do anymore, ahhhhhh!!”

Hearing this, Ling nodded with satisfaction, then left the crack in the door and walked back to the control room with a sly smile.

"Hahaha, Theo, that idiot is in trouble."

"What's wrong? Ling?"

Hearing Ling's words, Theo turned around and looked at her in confusion, while the latter proudly puffed out her chest and raised her head.

"Hehehe, Xiao Hei got into trouble, and now big brother is punishing her by spanking her. I heard the 'pa pa pa' sounds coming from inside, as well as the crying of that idiot. Humph! She deserves it, it's her fault for being disobedient! Now she's getting spanked!"

"Hey? Hey hey hey!!!"

However, when Theo heard Ling's words, he didn't react. Instead, Illya, who was sitting next to him in a daze, jumped up and shouted.

"Really?"

"Of course, I heard it clearly. She was crying and yelling, asking big brother to stop, and then big brother hit her hard, with no intention of showing mercy at all."

"Yes, is that so..."

Looking at Ling who was talking excitedly, Illya sat back down with a red face and turned to look out the window.

"Yeah, that's right... Xiao Hei is too naughty, he should be punished..."

Then, she looked at the scenery outside the window aimlessly and muttered to herself.