I don't know why, but the fatigue in his eyes seemed much more relaxed.

Beatrice whispered, "Father, Lord York is trustworthy."

The emperor on the throne hummed, then smiled and said, "It's up to you to decide how to deal with it. My daughter has grown into a qualified crown prince."

"Ahem, father, Louis is still here!"

Beatrice coughed hypocritically.

Iron Guard Rudolf showed an ambiguous smile on his face and left the bedroom quietly.

As the bedroom door slowly closed, Louis suddenly realized a problem.

He is meeting his father-in-law now.

——And they met in a way he had never expected.

Previously, because most of his attention was on the situation of the Marquis of York, he completely forgot that there was more than one person who needed to be tried in the palace.

He is also the one who needs to be tested.

Ahhhhh!

Louis let out a series of woodchuck growls inside.

Beibei, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were going to meet your father-in-law tonight?! I haven't even prepared my gift yet!

Speaking of this, Louis finally understood why Beatrice said that there was no need to prepare a gift for the emperor.

Given the emperor's current situation, any gift would be useless! Perhaps sensing that Louis was a little nervous, the emperor smiled and said, "Well, my good son-in-law, my daughter is quite likable, isn't she?"

Louis nodded subconsciously and said directly: "Beatrice is very powerful."

"Of course. After all, she is my daughter. Haha. It seems that we have reached an agreement on this point at least."

"Since you are so nervous, I will ask you a question today."

Louis nodded and said, "You go ahead."

He could already imagine what questions the Emperor would ask.

Those who are more serious might ask, "Are you confident that you can train my daughter to be the best empress?"

Louis would pat his chest and promise, "I will be her strongest support."

A more moderate question might be "Have you thought about what you plan to do in the future?"

Louis would definitely say sincerely:

"On the basis of protecting Beatrice, make yourself and the empire stronger."

For a moment, all kinds of tricky questions flashed through his mind, and he quickly came up with a pretty good explanation.

However, just when he was about to accept the challenge, the Emperor laughed and said:

"When will you officially get married? When will you have children? How many children will they have?"

Louis' mind went blank, with questions he had never thought of before.

Before he could figure out how to respond, his mouth moved on its own:

"Look at her!"

"The sooner the better!!"

"Give birth to ten!!!"

"Ahhhh, at the critical moment, the social terror turns into a suicide tank!"

Louis' brain shut down immediately.

For a moment, he wanted to give up and not think about it anymore.

As for Beatrice, who had a blank expression on her face, it looked as if she hadn't heard anything.

——The prerequisite is to ignore the blush that quickly spread across her face from her collarbone.

My brain... my brain won't work anymore.

Hearing this, the emperor laughed loudly and said:

"Okay, okay, expand our royal family as soon as possible."

Beatrice scolded, "Father!"

At this moment, Beatrice finally couldn't help herself and revealed a little girl's expression.

The Emperor said nothing more.

Before leaving, he just asked them to take good care of the little swan.

Louis and Beatrice accepted it as a matter of course.

This is something that does not require any hesitation at all.

The little swan was so silly, how adorable! But for some reason, Louis always felt that the emperor looked at him with a meaningful expression.

It wasn't a look that contained any malicious intent.

Louis, who didn't quite understand, followed Beatrice out of the bedroom in a daze, ending his audience with the emperor.

On the way back.

William went home with his grandfather.

Female official Qian sat outside the carriage and drove it.

There were only two people left in the carriage, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"No, this is so embarrassing. I really want to go home."

Lu Bachelor Yi swore on his experience of two lifetimes that this was the first time he had encountered a situation like this when meeting his father-in-law.

Especially, he even made such outrageous remarks at the scene.

Would Beatrice mistakenly think that I was after her? Wait, for him now, it didn't seem like a misunderstanding!

It’s over, it’s over, I can’t explain it clearly.

So he decisively chose to change the subject: "Beatrice."

"Um?"

"Do you think the Marquis of York is as loyal to the Emperor as you think?"

Beatrice nodded and said:

"No one can lie in front of my father. That is the effect of my father's domain [Emperor]."

Louis rubbed his brow and said, "But I always have a feeling..."

"Hmm? What does it feel like?"

He hesitated for a moment, but continued, "Although the Abyss Church was involved in the granary where the dust explosion occurred, based on my understanding of the Marquis of York..."

"The Marquis of York is really that kind of old noble who is very strict and demanding of himself."

"Coming from the grain storage department and having been highly praised by every regional director, I don't believe he would be a mediocre person."

"Will such a person really ignore the possible risks of dust explosion?"

"Is there a possibility? I'm just saying it's a possibility. The Marquis of York deliberately left a loophole in this matter, waiting for someone to foolishly jump into the trap."

"After all, judging from his meeting with the Emperor today, he really wants to know what the Emperor's current condition is."

Beatrice narrowed her eyes into slits, looking like a little fox: "Maybe he thought that I might have taken advantage of my father's unconsciousness to imprison him and seize power."

"After all, my father hasn't handled government affairs for 20 years, so it's normal for people to be uneasy."

"As long as we make sure that he is still loyal to his father and the empire, we can simply ignore that possibility."

"Compared to this, I am actually more curious about one thing."

Louis tilted his head and said, "What's up?"

Beatrice suddenly stood up, leaned forward, lowered her head and said in Louis' ear: "Do you remember what I just said?"

"No one can lie in front of the Emperor."

"Then, my dear prince..."

Beatrice's voice was filled with soft charm: "Are you really so anxious to marry me and have ten children?"

Louis: ??? It was a boomerang that hit me in the face.

Oh no, he was teased by Beatrice again.

…

【Location: Outside the Imperial Palace】

The Marquis of York got into the carriage.

The carriage creaked and pulled him towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The person driving his carriage was a guard who had hidden behind the royal guards and city guards and dared not step forward when Louis was cracking the scene of the dust explosion.

(See the end of Chapter 60 for details) The Marquis of York's expression in the carriage had returned to calm again.

The bad news: the emperor he revered the most was now unable to stand up.

The good news: It’s not that the emperor didn’t want to manage the empire in the past twenty years, but that he couldn’t.

But no matter what, he knew the result he wanted to know.

Looking at the dusky city of Tino, the Marquis of York said sadly:

"Emperor, for something like this, it would be better to just drag other countries and major Orthodox churches into it."

"Why do you have to bear this endless killing alone?"

"You are so... arrogant!"

(End of this chapter)