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"Welcome to you, dearest friends of the empire, I am very happy that the chief deacon of our empire is here to receive the monarchs of Genoa. You have worked hard along the way."

In the palace hall in Rusnina's imperial city, the important ministers of Epirus, headed by Nikifrus, received the Genoa mission from afar. But such a high-level courtesy did not receive a warm response from the Genoese. On the contrary, the attitude of the arrogant Italians who stood in front of the hall was very cold, which made Epirus very dissatisfied for the next time.

But when I remembered that the empire wanted these Genoese people, they had no choice but to swallow their anger before the emperor came back, and try to keep their peace with these foreign Italians as much as possible.

On the other hand, as the chief deacon Nikifrus who presided over this welcoming ceremony, his enthusiastic gesture just now was ignored by the Genoese Embassy. It doesn’t matter if you don’t let it down, it doesn’t matter if you let it down. The atmosphere changed for a while. It was very embarrassing. Obviously, the Genoese were very dissatisfied that the emperor did not appear in person, and saw that Mikhail Ducas was deliberately neglecting.

Finally, I don't know how long it has been. Among the cold attitude of the mission, an old man finally walked out slowly and glanced at the Epirus nobles present with a faint gaze and said:

"Thank you for your warm welcome. I am the head of the Genoa Mission, Constance Doria. I don't need to say any more. You should already know what the purpose of our visit this time is. But since It is such an important matter, I wonder why our respected Emperor is not here."

The old man’s peaceful voice was like hiding an invisible power, which immediately suppressed the undercurrent of potential dissatisfaction. After listening, the nobles of Epirus were also shocked. Constance Doria thinks that this time Genoa is really sentimental. What an incredible character! This makes everyone more at ease about the alliance between the two countries. But at this moment, faced with such questions, the Greek nobles couldn’t help being a little flustered. Their emperor still hadn’t returned from outside the palace. Although he was dissatisfied with the arrogance of the Genoese, Emperor Mikhail deliberately left it aside. Suppress the spirit of the Genoese mission, but no one hopes that this will cause a diplomatic accident, cause unhappiness and eventually make the alliance of the two countries die.

As a result, as Mikhail Dukas’s most trusted confidant, the Alliance of Nikki Fruskadius happily explained: “Please forgive me, Lord Constance. Our emperor naturally takes this time seriously. The alliance with your country is just that today’s mass ceremonies must be attended by His Majesty the Emperor in person, so the time was wasted. Because of this, His Majesty arranged for us to welcome you. I also hope that Genoa’s monarchs will not take it to heart. Come on." Nikifrus, who had expected such a meeting, had already prepared excuses, and the mass ceremony on Mars Square was also held by him indicating that the Patriarch of Epirus would hold it. Even if the Genoese do not believe it, at least there are enough reasons to prevaricate.

"Oh, it turned out to be like this." After a meaningful look at the other person, Constance did not say much, he naturally knew what the intentions of the Greeks were in front of him. It's nothing more than some tricks between the two countries' diplomacy. It's normal to suppress each other's arrogance, but it would be ridiculous to want to use this method to gain the initiative in negotiations.

While all the Genoese nobles were uncomfortable with the attitude of the Epirus nobles, outside the palace, heavily armed guards came in and shouted towards the inside and outside of the palace:

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

Everyone, whether it was the noble ministers of Epirus or the envoys of Genoa, were awaiting the arrival of the nominal Roman emperor.

Under the royal honor guard, the eunuchs slowly walked in with the emperor wearing a purple crown, and with his arrival, the entire palace up and down suddenly became quiet and majestic.

He was the ruler of Epirus, and now the co-emperor Mikhail Dukas of the Roman Empire.

Among the Genoese, there is a pair of eyes watching all this quietly, silently. Deliberately not standing in a prominent place, Andrea Doria watched coldly. This is why the Greeks always like to show the so-called majesty and the influence of religion. It is a pity that this set of them suppressed those ignorant barbarians in the past. It may be useful, but it seems ridiculous to Genoese like them. Today's "Rome" does not even have Constantinople they are proud of, and the weakness in it is unprecedented, and it is useless to face them with such a card.

But even so, they still need to satisfy the vanity of these Greeks after all, so the envoys of Genoa slowly bowed on one knee before the "emperor".

"Meet your majesty the emperor~www.ltnovel.com~ Both the ministers of Epirus or the envoys of Genoa said in unison, standing respectfully on both sides of the palace, and a moment ago, there was still some tension in the atmosphere. Nothing exists at this moment.

The belated Emperor Mikhail looked like a torch, like a goshawk, scanned everything around him, looked at the Genoese mission that came, smiled, and slowly spoke with an extremely majestic but cold voice. Road:

"I'm late, how are you guys, Genoa!"

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On the other side, Helena was brought to the guard's side, alone following the man who appeared suddenly, Justinian and the other side walked into a small alley together, and finally left the crowded square, which was unnecessary to attract people's attention. Only then could he breathe a long sigh of relief, when the man who had been walking in front of him suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter?" Looking at the man standing motionless in front of him, Justinian asked with some confusion. Shouldn't the other party have something to tell him, how did he stop when he brought him here. There was an ominous hunch that spontaneously made him vigilant.

However, at this moment, the man standing there suddenly opened his mouth and shouted in a deep voice, "Master Charles, I brought people here." After all, the man jumped out with a neat figure. Justinian's sight immediately separated from Justinian.

As soon as his voice fell, a group of people appeared from the darkness in the quiet alley, surrounding Justinian before and after.