If it was really like what he said, if he didn't want to offend the princess regent, he didn't need to play any neutrality at all, and when he was in the first trial, he gave it directly, and there was no need to call all the academicians to come over to discuss.

At the end of the day, it's not like I've seen the scope for maneuver and want to get some benefits out of it.

I just don't know if the conditions offered by the princess regent are not enough, or she didn't ring this old bell at all, which made the two sides break up.

It should be the former, the regent princess is not very old, but she can also be called a skilled political skill, the situation inside is clear, and she will not do the kind of thing that does not bow her head with her neck in her head, otherwise, she will not be so fearless to canonize first and then register.

The only mistake should be to underestimate the appetite of the old fox in front of him, and failed to feed him directly, and became the current one.

The two pushed for a while, and Kaufman looked embarrassed, opened the finely carved brocade box, and after glancing at it, he closed it quietly, but this time it was not pushed to Johannes, this small brocade box only the size of a fist, in an instant, became heavier than a mountain of gold.

In fact, it was indeed heavier than a mountain of gold, and there were not many things, only four contracts, namely iron, copper, silver, and gold, and possessed fifty years of control over the output of medium-sized ore veins no less than two thousand miners.

Their value is more difficult to measure than money with an exact number, but one thing is for sure, they are worth no less than a million gold coins.

Of course, this is in the context of a 50-year time span.

Kaufman had already scolded the Kingsley family from top to bottom in his heart.

This trick can not be said to be insignificant, the thing is indeed delivered to the mouth, but there is no way to eat it in the stomach immediately, and it can't be reversed, he has no faith on his side, and he doesn't do anything after receiving the benefits, and the other party will also tear his face, and he won't be able to get half of it at that time.

But not eating this meat to the mouth is really uncomfortable.

Coleman's eyes flickered, and he slowly shook his head and said, "This matter still needs to be carefully considered and considered in the long run." ”

As he spoke, he pushed the brocade box back, at the same speed as a snail crawling, and it was obvious that it took a lot of perseverance.

The temptation was great, but it wasn't enough to tear his face with the princess regent, because he had witnessed the iron hand of his great-granddaughter.

Without touching her bottom line, she also adopted a relatively mild attitude towards the members of the Lancelot royal family in exchange for their support.

Once she touches her bottom line, she will show her most ruthless side, when she beheaded her other uncle and grandfather, but she didn't even blink, that year, she was only fifteen years old.

Now she is even more unfathomable, and before the result is out, no one knows if the chess she is playing now has other deep meanings.

In the middle of the night, he always dreamed that he had ended up in a miserable end, and every time he woke up, he would hate his greed and ghostly mind, and he had taken a step to faint.

It's not so easy to make up for it now.

The most important thing is that whenever he faces temptation, he has no way to control the greed that goes deep into the bone marrow, and he has a trace of luck.

Coleman was tempted to eat the fat in his mouth, but the problem was that he was a little unsure of Sophia's attitude towards the Eternal Night Leader.

If you say that the other party doesn't pay attention to this matter, I said hello a long time ago and sent a gift that is not light.

If you pay attention to this matter, since the first trial was rejected by yourself, the other party has no follow-up at all, and he is caught off guard, as long as you are a little interesting, make up for it, and you will take it lightly, why not be annoyed and angry, and make a stupid move, and come to this point, everyone can't get off the stage.

"Your Excellency, please slow down, let me finish my sentence first. John Viney pressed Kaufman's hand and continued," Naturally, we won't make it too difficult for adults, let's take a compromise approach, Your Highness's canonization this time, the most criticized thing is that the whole process violates the old rules of the Byron Alliance, why not let our Royal Highness, summon this future baron, come to the king to accept the canonization, if he is willing to come, let's push the boat down the river, sell the favor of Her Royal Highness the princess, if he refuses to come, then don't blame us for being ruthless, even the call of his lord refuses to obey, which lord is it?"

Kaufman's eyes lit up, and he applauded again and again: "This method is a prudent opinion, why didn't Master John-Winnie bring it up earlier? If it had been brought up earlier, I would have been the first to support it, so why go through these unnecessary processes." ”

He said so, but his hands and feet were not like an old man who was about to do civil engineering, his hand had been withdrawn, and by the way, he put the brocade box into his arms.

Everything goes smoothly, and what is natural can no longer be natural.

He naturally doesn't mind doing this kind of business, and when the time comes, he will not only be able to get an extra benefit, but also save himself from the predicament in front of him.

If the canonization failed because the baron refused to accept the canonization because Valesta, who came in person, then he would not be able to complain about himself.

"Then please take care of Master Kaufman. John Winnie turned a blind eye to the situation and spoke earnestly, as if the other party was really just helping and not doing it for the benefit.

The two who talked happily did not part ways, and had dinner together and listened to an opera before parting ways.

A similar scene is being staged in front of several other heraldic academicians, either bribed with a lot of money, or stated interests, or moved with affection, or understood with reason, some are happy, and some are unhappy.

But when Chief Academician Kalman fell to the other side, it already meant that the scales were out of balance.

Sure enough, by the time Coleman made the proposal at the next day's meeting of academicians.

Not only did the three members of the original opposition fall to this side, but even another academician, who remained neutral, from the Black family, also fell to the side.

Kaufman cast a meaningful glance, people sitting in their seats will not change their position easily, once a relatively big change occurs, there is only one possibility, that is, some kind of interest deal or compromise has been reached behind it, I don't know what the price paid by the Kingsley family this time, another mountain of gold, silver, copper and iron?

"Five to three, according to the usual practice, this matter is so decided, this matter has consumed too much of our energy, we can't continue to consume it like this, inform Her Royal Highness of our final result, and see how she handles it." Kaufman, as the chief academician, clapped.

The three academicians who held the supporting opinion glanced at each other and nodded reluctantly.

Not only are they already at a complete disadvantage, but also because the result of this treatment is not the worst, there is still room for redemption, and if they continue to fight, it will only get worse.

And they also knew very well that the results of their discussions in the heraldic courtyard were not decided in this room, but by more off-the-field factors.

The sudden ninety-degree turn in the attitude of the two neutrals must be due to the fact that they have reached some kind of agreement behind the scenes, and they are now one move away.

After the results came out, the heraldic court acted with unusual agility, and the decision made in the morning was handed over to the regent Princess Sophilia by letter in the afternoon.

"Your Highness the Princess. Princess Regent's personal bodyguard, Chang Biluo, greeted in a low voice.

"Didn't I already tell you, His Royal Highness the Prince is not allowed to disturb me when he is practicing calligraphy. Sophia's smooth and beautiful face flashed a hint of displeasure.

"I'm sorry, I'm going out. White Rose lowered her eyebrows and said in agreement.

"Forget it, it's all said, let's go out and talk about it. The princess regent put down the scroll in her hand, stood up, and was about to walk to the door, when she suddenly turned to her half-brother, Prince Laurie, the future true ruler of the Byron League, and said, "An hour, not a second, I will check it tomorrow." ”

"Got it. The future king, Prince Laurie, replied sickly.

The eldest sister is like a mother.

This is very appropriate for the relationship between the two.

Prince Laurie is an out-and-out posthumous son, his mother was just three months pregnant, his father died violently, and his mother became a tool in the hands of the previous regent, and not long after giving birth to him, he also died violently.

The cause of death has not been accurately determined, and it is said that he died of depression and fright, or that he was murdered by the previous regent.

Anyway, Laurie himself hadn't seen it, and by the time he could remember, he had escaped the control of the previous regent and was sheltered under the sturdy wings of Princess Regent Sophia.

Although the princess regent is his older sister, most of the time, she plays the role of a mother, and wants to train him to be a qualified heir.

For a long time, Laurie was subconsciously afraid of her.

As soon as the princess regent walked away, Prince Laurie threw his pen and jumped up, the scene of life and vitality was very different from the weak in front of him.

A boy of his age sneaked under the window edge and whispered, "Her Royal Highness the princess has gone away. ”

"Come in quickly, change your clothes, change your clothes, and write all the way to page thirteen, not a single word, or my sister won't believe it." Laurie opened the window to let the boy in, quickly ripped off his coat, and urged the boy who was standing stupidly.

"Her Royal Highness the princess has not left the palace, is it too risky to do so?" said the waiter with a bitter face, "If Your Highness knows, he will definitely kill me." ”

"Don't worry, once my sister gets down to business, she forgets the time, and if she can let Biluo come in and interrupt her to supervise my writing, it must be an urgent matter, and she won't turn back so quickly." Laurie looks like he has a pearl of wisdom in his hands, in order to play, he can be said to rack his brains, all kinds of means are in battle, even behavioral analysis, he has no teacher.

Although the boy was reluctant, he couldn't resist Laurie's urging, this is also a bold lord, if he annoys him, he will definitely not have a good life of his own.

The boy changed his clothes, and sat there honestly writing for Prince Laurie, and in one stroke at a time, there were really eighty or ninety percent similarities, even if they were acquaintances, they couldn't easily detect it.

Obviously, this is not the first time they have done this.

Prince Laurie, who had changed his clothes, came out through the window, and he was really a fish leaping and the sky was high for birds to fly, and he was so excited that he almost looked up to the sky and roared, but he was afraid of his sister and forcibly suppressed this impulse.

Princess Regent Sophilia obviously didn't know that her brother was playing with her, and shook her head helplessly as she walked: "Who is Laurie's personality like?

When you were in the Broken Vein Grassland, you didn't ride the fiercest horses or hunt the fiercest beasts.

Out of a strong desire to survive, the white rose fell into his mouth, swallowed it back into his stomach, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is at the age of the most energetic, it is normal to have such a performance, instead of letting him read and write, it is better to let him practice martial arts and exercise his body, and vent his excess energy, we all came over like this, and it would be good to wait until the age is longer and his mind is fully mature." ”

"It's not going to work. The princess regent shook her head and said, "He still spends less time on the power of the first day every day? Once he lets go, it will really be as he wants, completely throw aside the cultural practice, if you want to become a qualified king, it is not enough to have a strong physique, a smart and rational brain and the ability to self-restraint are indispensable, otherwise it will give those villains a chance." ”

"It may be that His Highness's standards are too high. Biluo could only respond like this.

Cultivating an excellent next generation is a topic that has made countless parents scratch their heads, let alone cultivate a king, especially a qualified king, it is not a difficult problem.

After all, the qualified king is a false proposition, the standard is too broad, how can it be considered qualified? In the eyes of others? Or in your own mind?

Maybe Sophia has a standard in mind, but it's too high, so when she looks at Prince Laurie, she is always unqualified.

The princess regent did not dwell on this issue, for she knew that the other party could not give her any advice, and asked, "What is the matter? so urgent?"

"The heraldic courtyard has come out with the results. White Rose Biluo said with a strange expression.

"It's finally out. Princess Regent Sophia didn't notice the strange appearance of her personal guard, "These old immortals, their work efficiency is getting lower and lower, it was originally a matter of one sentence, but it is so complicated, why don't they all tire them to death, is it over, or not?"

That dissatisfaction is palpable.

She really doesn't look down on these old guys who have a rotten smell in their bones.

They may have been the mainstay of this alliance before, they used to fight for it, they shed blood, but now they have become the biggest sore of this alliance, not only hindering its development, but also constantly squeezing its nutrients to enrich themselves.

She knew what they wanted, of course, but she wasn't willing to give them everything.

Because once, there was a second time, and a third time, and she couldn't accept their coercion again and again.

It's just that the situation has become so complicated and delayed for so long, which is a bit unexpected.

"Neither passed nor vetoed. ”

"Neither passed nor vetoed? What is the result? Don't sell it, say it quickly. The princess regent was also confused.

"Those academicians of the Heraldic Academy, stuck in the canonization process and said that the rules did not comply with the rules, returned the registration application we submitted, and asked us to follow the canonization process and go through the royal capital, and they registered immediately. Biluo replied truthfully.

"What the hell are these old fellows doing?" Sophia frowned, when did they take the so-called tradition so seriously, and what was the intention behind it?

"Last night, Academician John Winnie met privately with Academician Kaufman and Academician Gilder. Biluo added.

They have always been in a state of concern about this matter, and the small actions of those academicians in private cannot be hidden from the eyes of their sentinels.