Chapter 67: The Emperor’s Promise

Moreover, afterwards, the Clan Head of the Stephen Family, under the instruction of the Magic Saint, personally came to communicate with His Majesty Audley. Not only did he express extremely deep apologies, but he also presented a gift of up to 20,000 Gold Coins. Just based on this, it was enough to make His Majesty Audley calm down.

Moreover, he also knew that even if he didn’t step in, that Magic Saint who always protected his own wouldn’t let that kid off easily. So he went with the flow and expressed understanding. He also magnanimously declared that he would not fuss about the troubles between children.

But he never expected that this morning, he would receive a report from the Secret Agent again, saying that his precious Little Princess was defeated again in a contest with Little Steven. Moreover, she was carried back by her teacher, Rui Li. Her clothes were torn so badly that she looked almost like a beggar. It seemed that her injuries were not light!

This news made His Majesty Audley extremely annoyed. He thought to himself, this Little Steven is really too ignorant. Can’t he just let my precious daughter vent her anger? As a man, especially the fiancé of the Eldest Princess, how can he have no tolerance?

However, although he was angry, because he had spoken first, and this was just a normal contest, he had no way to deal with it. He couldn’t punish Little Steven for this, right? So despite his dissatisfaction, he could only endure it. But at this moment, the Queen brought this up again. Obviously, she had also received the news of her precious daughter being beaten through some channel. As a mother, of course, she felt sorry for her daughter.

“Cough, cough!” His Majesty Audley said helplessly, “Yes, Little Xue did suffer a little grievance. But after all, this is a normal contest between Mages. We can’t just punish the person who won just because our daughter lost, right?”

“But that Little Stephen was too ruthless. How could he beat our delicate Little Princess to… to such an extent? How can Little Xue face people in the future?” When Queen Caroline said this, she could not help but shed tears. Clearly, the words she left unspoken referred to the embarrassing incident of the Little Princess’s urinary incontinence.

His Majesty Audley was already quite depressed. Hearing this, his face immediately darkened. His own daughter was beaten by a brat to the point of urinary incontinence. Let alone being the Emperor, even an ordinary father could not endure this?

“There, there!” His Majesty Audley hurriedly comforted her, “Don’t worry, this matter will not just be let go! Even if I cannot go out conveniently, Little Xue’s teacher, Magic Saint Rui Li, will not let that kid off lightly. She will definitely help the daughter vent her anger.”

Clearly, His Majesty Audley ultimately decided to swallow this anger for the time being, after all, the implications were too great. In fact, Queen Caroline did not really expect her two tears to move the Emperor to deal with Little Stephen. All she wanted to do was to cause some trouble for the Stephen Family. As long as the Emperor’s ill will toward the Stephen Family increased by a fraction, her performance would not be in vain.

Clearly, from His Majesty Audley’s darkened face, Queen Caroline knew she had succeeded this time. She was a smart woman and knew when to stop. So after His Majesty Audley persuaded her, she sensibly stopped crying immediately, lest her weeping appearance arouse the Emperor’s disgust.

“Then alright, I hope Magic Saint Rui Li won’t let us down!” Queen Caroline then smiled faintly at His Majesty Audley, revealing all sorts of charms, mesmerizing His Majesty Audley until his eyes nearly went straight. Only then did she change the subject, “Your Majesty, dear, is there any progress on the matter I asked you about last time?”

“This~” Hearing the Queen mention this, it caused His Majesty Audley to feel a wave of annoyance again.

It turned out that Queen Caroline came from the Augustus Family and was the biological younger sister of the current Clan Head of the Augustus Family. After Old Xie robbed the most important shop of the Augustus Family, the Augustus Family, which suffered heavy losses, launched a crazy investigation. However, no matter how many people they sent out or how high the reward in Gold Coins was, they simply could not find even a single clue.

In fact, the only waiter who had seen Old Xie and the Old Steward that day was turned into an idiot by Old Xie, and afterwards was smashed to death by the collapsing house. This only unusual point was covered up, so where could they find anything?

In desperation, the Augustus Family finally thought of His Majesty the Emperor’s Royal Secret Agents. So, Queen Caroline stepped forward to plead with His Majesty to use the power of the Royal Secret Agents to investigate.

His Majesty Audley would naturally not refuse Queen Caroline’s small request. In fact, he also hated the Robber who arbitrarily robbed the Great Noble of the Empire, and even suspected there was some shady conspiracy. So he had sent a large number of people to investigate early on. But what annoyed His Majesty Audley was that after such a long time, thousands of Royal Secret Agents had almost turned the Empire upside down, yet they hadn’t found a single lead.

This made His Majesty Audley feel very humiliated. You know, the Royal Secret Agents cost at least hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins every year, but when used, they handed him a blank paper. Was all this money spent on raising pigs? Who could tolerate this? The leader of the Secret Agents had already been scolded bloody by His Majesty Audley. If it weren’t for his past merits, he would definitely have been beheaded by the angry His Majesty Audley.

But this couldn’t be the end of it, right? His Majesty Audley gave the leader of the Secret Agents a death order. One month, if the Robber and stolen goods were not found within a month, the leader of the Secret Agents would be beheaded. Actually, the reason His Majesty Audley was so anxious, besides Queen Caroline’s face, was another reason. The Augustus Family had promised him that they only needed to find the Robber and the mastermind behind the scenes; they did not care about the stolen goods. In other words, they were giving up the things worth hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins. As long as His Majesty Audley could find the real culprit, those would be considered the reward.

Hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins was a huge number. Even His Majesty Audley was tempted by it, so he would desperately urge his subordinates, the Secret Agents.

“Cough, cough!” His Majesty Audley coughed awkwardly twice and said, “It has only been a few days since the incident. Since that Robber dared to target your family, he obviously made precise arrangements and definitely left a way out. It won’t be that easy to find him. But rest assured, I have given a death order. The Royal Secret Agents are moving in full force for this. Coupled with the manpower transferred from outside, there are at least ten thousand people running around for this in the Royal Capital alone. Plus the high reward of fifty thousand Gold Coins offered by your family, many Mercenary Groups in the Royal Capital have also been alerted. Adding these people up, I’m afraid there are fifty or sixty thousand. Even a rat won’t be able to escape. I promise you, just give me a little more time, and I will definitely find that detestable fellow!”