Can't I blame you?"

"When a person makes a mistake, aren't others allowed to point it out?"

Pedi stood up and walked to the middle of the tearoom, pointing to the giant bear family crest on the wall, "There are people who are smuggling in Harrence Province in the name of 'you', and they are also scavenging wealth everywhere in the name of a child who is less than three years old! The warehouses of Seka, Baran, Byan, Harrens, and even Crewe are full of goods they have smuggled, do you know what the total value of these goods is?"

"Five hundred thousand kroner!" said Peddy with five fingers outstretched, "Do you know what this money means?" he walked back and forth in front of the coffee table, the solid wooden floor of the room making a "click" sound as he walked.

"My mother!" Pedi snarled, but his voice was muffled, "Do you know what the total budget of the Ministry of Finance is on the battlefield of Elok?"

"It's only 300,000 crowns!" Pedi's tone gradually became cold, "tell me, what do they want to do when they have enough supplies for a battle?

"Do you think I'm doing something wrong?" Seviala deliberately turned his head away from looking at the slightly hideous face of the young son, calmly raised the teacup, raised his voice a little, and said:

"Do you know why this is the way it is? You think I'm making deals with the nobles? Yes, I do make deals with them, but do you know how these deals are made?"

The old lady's calm only lasted for a moment, her emotions slowly became agitated with the words she spoke, and she was so excited that she slapped her beloved coffee table "popping", "When you hang the corpses of hundreds of nobles on the old mulberry tree outside the city, who is busy for you to appease the other angry nobles, do you think that every time you wield a butcher's knife, there is no price?"

"You now sit on a high throne, looking down on all the people of the world like a god, and your every decision can change the fate of thousands. Saviara looked at Pedi very seriously, "I still say the same thing, don't just think about using power to control your ministers, a king is not only to be feared, but also to be grateful." ”

"Do you think that the big merchants, the nobles, and the royal family are all enemies of you, but why should they be enemies of you? Have you talked to these people since you were crowned king? No! Not once, as far as I know, you are always so high-minded. ”

Sai Yala slowly stirred the tea with a silver spoon, "Sometimes, in fact, your enemies may not want to really be your enemy, but you don't give them a chance to explain... Do you not think that you are wise in the whole kingdom, that you alone know what is right and what is wrong?"

"So, I used Baron Aemond. Pedi slowly returned to the couch and sat down, "I'm sure he'll get my message across to everyone... It's a chance for me to give them a choice, and it's the only one chance. ”

"I thought you were demonstrating to me by inviting Baron Aemond here. Seviala calmed down the discomfort of the excitement she had just caused, and her words were filled with a very uncomfortable sense of irony.

"I just wanted to tell you about the decision I made. ”

"If you can give those people a chance, why can't you talk to Penny?" said Saviara.

"I want to talk to her, but she always writes to me in the name of the Speaker of Suke City, why do you think she would do that?" Pedi waved his hand when he saw that his mother was still going on, "Mother, my royal flag is destined to be planted in the Lion Castle, but I can assure you of the safety of Penny and her child. ”

"It seems that I can't change your attention. Saviara sighed, turned her gaze to the faintly hot tea under her eyelids, and poured tea into her young son's empty teacup with a look of unrelieved helplessness.

Pedi didn't say anything more, he tried not to look at his mother's disappointed cousin at the moment, and picked up the teacup that his mother had refilled for him, and smelled the fragrant smell of black tea.

"Phyllis needs you to keep her company, Mother. Parti, who was silent for a while, whispered this.

"When will the battle of the Eluk Territory end?" asked Saviara softly.

"Soon!"

"After the battle of Elok is over, I want to go to Suke City to see Penny, I didn't attend her wedding, I wasn't with her when her baby was born, she... Must be lonely. ”

Pedi frowned, "Phyllis is also your daughter. ”

"Phyllis has got everything she wants, but Penny is still struggling with her chaotic fate. ”

"Don't talk like that in front of Phyllis at the end, or she'll be very sad. Pei Di's tone of voice was unconsciously a little cold, "You'd better not make her sad." ”

"You're more eccentric than I am. Saviara looked at Pedi, "They're all your sisters. ”

"I say it one last time, I don't take sides with anyone, Penny and Phyllis are both my sisters, I would be happy if Penny spoke to me as a sister, and if she wanted the status of Speaker of the City of Suke, I could only talk to him as a king. ”

Hearing Pedy's words, Saviara leaned back, leaned back on the sofa and gently pressed her temples, showing a very serious exhaustion and said, "The Reagan family is so stubborn, your father, your grandfather, your sister, and yourself, don't you know that you each take a step back?"

"Behind me is an abyss, Mother. ”

"Don't tell me these big truths, I'm a woman, I just hope that you brothers and sisters can get along. ”

"I'm still saying that, I'm happy to have a good time with them. ”

“...”

"It seems that we really don't have anything to talk about. Seviala lowered her head and began fiddling with her tea set, "Let's go... You don't have to look at me here, I'll go to the Mage's Tower to take care of Phyllis, after all, this is an order from the king, can I, an old man who has no one to care about, dare to disobey the king's order?"

Pedi frowned and ignored his mother's sarcasm, for he knew very well that some things became more and more unclear the more he explained.

"I'll see you off when you leave..."

Saviara immediately said, "No, if you come to see me off, I won't leave." ”

Pedy's fists clenched subconsciously, but then released again, and he stood up when Saviara's voice landed, and then said firmly: "I have sent an order to Viscount Marne, I will succeed Benedict to Kavarburg, and the blood of the Reagan family should still be taken care of by ourselves." ”

Saviara's lowered head suddenly lifted, and her gaze fell on Pedi's face in an instant.

The mother and son looked at each other in a flash. Then, Saviara continued to put her head down to clean up her tea set, and said in a flat tone, "It's good to take him over... But you have to be careful when dealing with the people of the Marne. ”

"I know what to do. With that, Pedi stood up, and walked towards the door of the tearoom without looking back.

Saviara stopped what she was doing at this time, and looked at her son with a little reluctance in her eyes, she silently opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't spit out a word until Pedi opened the door and disappeared.

...

Covinde Collar,

It is located in the mountains to the eastern part of the Jamich grassland, surrounded by the towering Wellman Mountains, the easternmost coastal region of the mainland.

More than 200 years ago, it was the stronghold of the Barbarians' late wars, when the Reagan family received a royal order to expand their power into the northern coastal region, so they entrusted the task of conquering this area to the Marne.

The Marne family fought for more than half a year, and finally took this land, and in the later partition, the Marne family naturally got this area as they wished.

Due to its unique geographical location, the Kovende Territory has maintained a relatively independent culture for the past two hundred years, a mountain culture similar to the barbarians, and the combination of mountain culture and imperial civilization makes the hoplites in its territory completely comparable to the Cullen Lords and the dwarven hoplites.

Nestled between the mountains and surrounded by the Wellman Mountains, the city of Cowinde is surrounded by waterfalls that run vertically from the belly of the mountains to form a wide river that crosses the city and flows beyond the mountains to Lake Garmic.

For more than 200 years, the city has been like a beacon in the wilderness, witnessing the birth of civilization in this mountainous region.

The symbol of the power of the Marne family, Fort Cowinde is entrenched in the belly of the mountain on the flanks of the falls, and most of its buildings are built on the cantilevers of the mountains.

At this moment in the main hall of the castle, all the great nobles of the city of Covind were gathered here, and the old Viscount Zerodin-Marne had just celebrated his seventieth birthday. The old lord sat on the lord's chair on the high staircase directly north of the hall, staring at a young man standing in the middle of the hall like the other nobles in the hall.

The young man was an emissary from Crewe, who had come here to read orders from King Pedi Reagan.

His order had been read, but Zerodin-Marne, who was sitting upright on the lord's chair, sat there quietly as if he had not heard the order. The nobles sitting around were also silent, and their eyes fell on the messenger with either indifference or smile.

The copper bells hanging on the stone pillars in the "Jingle Bell" hall swayed back and forth under the disturbance of the cool breeze in the mountains, making a crisp sound. Zerodin-Marne's eyelids lifted as the bells rang, and he squinted and beckoned to the emissary, "You come closer, I can't see you clearly." ”

The young envoy felt the pressure of the old man's gaze increase sharply, and he really didn't want to make any more moves in the gaze of these nobles, but he had to take a few steps forward as the old man asked.

"Stomp Pedal Pedal

Although the young envoy was already very careful, his footsteps were still abrupt in the quiet hall at the moment.

"You just said that Your Majesty wants to take my grandson to Fort Kawal?" said Zerodin-Marne, who seemed tired, and his voice was weak in questioning.

"Yes, this is an order from His Majesty. ”

Hearing this, Zero-Rodin Marne leaned back in his chair, and the courtier next to him immediately put a thin blanket on his knees, and his old voice added after the messenger's voice had landed, "But I remember that Your Majesty once assured me that my grandson, Benedict, is under the care of our Marne. ”

"His Majesty did not change his decision, he simply wanted to see His Royal Highness Benedict, after all, His Royal Highness Benedict is His Majesty's own nephew. ”

"That's... How long does Your Majesty intend to let my grandson stay in Fort Kaval?"

"Your Majesty didn't tell me, but I think it should only be a month or two. ”

"A month or two," a very special smile appeared on Zerrodin-Marne's face, "it's been a fun time. The old man looked at the young messenger, and the other stubbornly stared at him. After a few seconds, the old man turned his head to look at one of his close ministers to his left and ordered, "Take Your Majesty's messenger to rest." ”

The young messenger was visibly relieved to hear this, and left the hall with small steps and polite steps, led by Zerodin-Marne's minister.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Sir Bernie Blaise, the commander of the Knight Guard on the left hand side of the Lord's Chair, sat on the chair with no image, "Is Your Majesty finally tempted to take the Covinder Collar under the high platform?"

Bernie Blaise is a native mountain man with half barbarian blood in his blood, and his tall, muscular body can take over entire benches and tables alone.

"No, Your Majesty needs our support now, and I've heard that the battle of the Eluk Territory is not going well. Baron Hill-Osido, Prime Minister of the Court of Covindburg, shook his head, "Besides, His Majesty is unlikely to do anything to us, and taking back the Covind Collar will only make the kingdom's political situation even more chaotic." ”

"Then why did Your Majesty take His Highness Benedict, who is the only heir to our realm. Bernie Blaise frowned, "I think Your Majesty wants us to have no heir to the Covinde Territory, creating a situation where the lords of the various territories are attacking each other, so that he can take the Corvinde Territory from us without a single soldier." ”

"Do you think Your Majesty is as stupid as you?" Hill Osido immediately retorted, "The kingdom's goal now is the Suke Plains, and Your Majesty can choose to endure even the assassination of Saike Marat now, how can he have time to pay attention to us?" He sat across from Bernie Blaitze, instinctively staring at his political opponent with disdain as he spoke," However, even if His Majesty is free now, he will not attack us, because he needs us to guard the Covinde Territory, and he also needs the power in our hands to contain the rising merchant power. ”

Ciel-Osido looked around at the nobles in the hall and said, "The most fundamental reason why the Byan Lord, the Harrens Lord, and the Herion Realm were abolished by His Majesty is that they blocked His Majesty's path. Moreover, with the exception of Bane-Lockton of the Heron Lord, who played himself to death, the Dunner family of the Harrens Leader and the Borg family of the Bean Leader are still intact. ”

He shrugged, "Or rather, the people of these two families are doing better now than before." ”

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