From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 688 Are You Really My Biological Daughter?
Agnes, the Imperial Princess, had thought of many possible scenarios that might occur after Amber's meeting with the Regent, and was even prepared to hear the news that the guards had used force to rescue Amber.

But in any case, she didn't expect to hear this news now.

Amber soon recounted the details of her meeting with the Regent, including the Regent's sudden loss of control of his emotions, his inexplicable calm afterwards, and her confusion at not finding anything unusual with her psychic powers of mind reading.

After listening to this, Agnes frowned slightly, and a trace of deep thought flashed in her eyes: "Mr. Amber, considering that I have been competing with the Regent for such a long time, he has always been scheming and must have his own considerations. He will not do something easily. He deliberately pushed the two of us together. There must be some reason or conspiracy behind this."

"So what do you think the Regent is planning?" Amber asked.

"Haha. If Mr. Amber came to ask for my opinion, my conclusion would be the same as what I just said. After all, I have always assumed the greatest malice towards Norton II."

Agnes opened the small fan in her hand and smiled softly.

"But even if there really is a conspiracy, we don't have to worry about it. I have my own plan to deal with it, so I hope he won't act rashly."

"Your Highness, didn't we agree to talk more casually? I can't relax when you keep calling me 'this palace'."

".OK"

Agnes's eyes twitched, obviously she was not used to Amber's unfocused thinking.

Amber nodded, and then continued to analyze: "Your Highness, I do think that the Regent's behavior is extremely abnormal. What he mentioned, 'The stability of the empire cannot be threatened', is more like an excuse to cover up his real purpose. But his emotional changes are too difficult to understand. If he is pretending, I don't know what the meaning of his pretending is. But if he is not pretending, then we may not be able to look at it so simply."

Agnes pondered for a while, then smiled softly, her eyes sharp but unusually calm: "Do you think that Norton II has some other intention in doing this?"

"That's right." Amber nodded. "Just like you always assume the worst about Norton II, I always consider the most complicated and worst-case scenarios for everything."

Agnes: "If it's like what you said, then our cooperation will actually be beneficial to him? Or will we all become his pawns and be manipulated by him? Mr. Amber, what do you think Norton II wants to do?"

Amber pondered for a moment and spoke slowly: "Your Highness, the only possibility I can think of now is that he has buried some tricks and is waiting for the right time to defeat us in one fell swoop! After all, he has always regarded you as a thorn in his side. But this also shows that the path we are taking is correct, and he has already felt threatened."

"So what do you think we should do now, Mr. Amber?"

“Just keep doing what we need to do, move forward with our collaboration, and then wait and see what happens.”
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After communicating with Agnes, Amber quickly pulled Isabel and others to discuss, and contacted the "Dawn". Finally, they decided to extend the visit to the imperial capital and let some people from the financial business center on the "Dawn" come down.

These people were originally intended to stay in the imperial capital to pave the way after reaching a cooperation with the Princess Party, and to build up the staff of the Atlas office, but now it seems that they can start work ahead of time.

The princess was naturally very happy with Amber's decision, especially Baron BASF, whose face had more and more wrinkles from smiling in recent days.

The initial cooperation reached by both parties is mainly in the areas of technology introduction and some conventional business projects. Atlas will introduce some of the group's leading new technologies to the Star Dragon Empire, while the nobles of the Princess Party will use the influence of the Atlas Group to sell some empire-specific products to the Federation and the Thousand Star Empire. In addition, the top priority of this cooperation is actually in the military field.

Agnes will ask the Imperial Academy of Military Science to take the lead in evaluating some of the Atlas Group's flagship products to see if there is any possibility of introducing them.

Especially in terms of land warfare equipment, Atlas Military's series of products have undergone a lot of actual combat tests, and various performance indicators have been proven to be not false, but are actually ahead of the active equipment of the Federation and the Empire. They are even constantly improving, and their lead is not just a little bit.

As a radical "hawkish" princess, Agnes had actually long wanted to carry out drastic reforms on the Star Dragon Empire's current equipment - especially those much-criticized "gorgeous designs", which, apart from being flashy and eye-catching, did not provide any substantial help on the battlefield.

Of course, Agnes also knew that the ancestral laws could not be changed, and she could not let others cut into the interests of some great nobles.

So she didn't plan to "cut it all off", but to strike a balance between "gorgeous appearance" and "low-key combat". This idea also requires the Atlas Group's equipment to be redesigned and improved. And for Amber and others, the "custom design fee" will naturally not be reduced.

Just as the cooperation between the two parties was progressing smoothly under the watchful eyes of all the nobles in the imperial capital, and just when these aristocratic forces who were watching were also planning to make contact with the Atlas Group, something unexpected happened.
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"You mean the Archbishop and Duke Soren went to see the Regent in person?"

After hearing what Agnes said about the 'accident', Amber asked in surprise.

"Yes, according to my people's observation of the Regent's residence, their meeting lasted a long time."

Agnes, who was always able to keep calm, looked unhappy at this moment. It was obvious that this incident had a significant impact on her.

"And after the meeting, a rumor began to spread among the imperial capital's aristocratic circles: 'Her Royal Highness the Princess is still inexperienced, and will still need the assistance of the Regent after ascending the throne.'"

"Ah, this. May I ask if the actions of Duke Soran and the Archbishop represent the will of His Majesty?"

"That's right. Especially Archbishop Jules, you can regard him as the spokesperson for my father. So Mr. Amber, what do you think about this?"

In response to Agnes' question, Amber said without hesitation, "Your Highness, forgive me for being so presumptuous, but are you really the emperor's biological daughter? Why is His Majesty still siding with outsiders?"

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For the first time, Agnes was speechless at what Amber said.

She also never thought that something like this would happen. Although she knew that her father had always been worried about her and even a little wary of her, they were all members of the royal family of the Star Dragon Empire after all, so when facing the threat posed by Norton II, they would definitely stand together.

But now, it seems that his father has begun to flirt with the enemies of the royal family?
This made Agnes feel confused, "I am ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?", and the focus of her and Amber finally came to the somewhat "sensitive" topic of the old Emperor Frederick.

(End of this chapter)