Quinna Marne's vow-like words echoed through the gazebo, turning the otherwise relaxed atmosphere into seriousness all at once.

"Huh!"

But then Pedy's chuckle dispelled the solemnity, and he laughed as he washed his hands with the help of the maid, while winking at Benedict with his head sideways.

After a brief hand wash, Pedi grabbed a wet towel to wipe the sweat from his face, sat down casually on a stone bench, looked at Kunna-Marne and asked, "Haven't you made a mistake?"

"I've made a lot of mistakes, so I'm trying to make him never make them again!"

"Anyone makes mistakes. Peddy deliberately showed a serious expression of respect when Quinna Marne spoke, but when he spoke, the deliberate seriousness of his expression retreated, "I used to be naïve enough to think that I couldn't make mistakes, but I did make a lot of mistakes... So, it's not important to make mistakes, it's important not to stay on them. ”

Benedict suddenly stopped crying for some reason, but he was still sobbing. After Pedi finished speaking to Quinna-Marne, he didn't wait for the other party to respond, then looked at Benedict and said, "Do you know why Mother hit you just now?"

Benedict looked at his uncle curiously, but did not answer the question. After all, children at this age do not know right and wrong at all, in their subconscious everything they do is right, and all parents can do at this time is to guide them to establish correct values.

Pedi only asked one question, and didn't think that Benedict would be able to answer it. His gaze lingered on the silent Benedict for a few seconds, then he looked at the maid nearby and waved the wheat porridge on the table and ordered, "Bring me this." ”

Irene Fielder watched the maid prepare the porridge for her husband, smiled and cut off a piece of bread with a knife and expertly spread honey and pushed it next to her husband.

Kunna Marne didn't continue the conversation anymore, she looked at her son, who was clutching his hands full of quiches, shaking her head and picking up a spoon with the soaked cereal and feeding him slowly.

Pedy looked up at Benedict, who refused to be fed by his mother, and picked up the documents on the table that had been presented by various government agencies. This is a habit he has formed recently, and it should be a forced habit, because there are so many things that he needs to deal with every day lately, and he really can't find time to read these documents, so he can only sacrifice breakfast time.

Soon, Pedi's mind was completely absorbed in the papers in his hands. The maids around consciously withdrew from the gazebo, and the conversation between Erin Fil and Quinna Marne was as quiet as possible, and little Benny had long forgotten the unhappiness just now, and his two hands were concentrated on the food on the table, but there was very little food that he actually put in his mouth.

After breakfast, Quinna Marne and little Benny left the garden building and returned to the west building, which was specially prepared for them by Pethai to Eileen.

Ten minutes before the daily office meeting, Pedi put down the report he was reading. Maybe there was some bad news in this morning's report, and he had a subtle hint of annoyance on his face.

"What's going on?" Irene Fil felt her husband's slight mood swings, "Are you worried about things on the Suke Plains?"

"Elves, dwarves, highland grasslands, mage towers, goblins, and... Orcs, all support my war against the Suke Plains, it's nothing to worry about. Pedi shook his head, "What I'm really worried about is the internal problems of the kingdom, some merchants and nobles feel that I no longer guarantee their rights, and they are all thinking of pulling me down from the throne. ”

"These people are hard to deal with?"

"It's more of a headache than the war on the Sook Plains. Pedi sighed, "Because I can't be sure who my enemies are, or who will be on my side, and the only Saike-Marat has been assassinated by them." ”

"Since they can assassinate, so can we. "There is a special sense of penetration when such a beautiful woman as Irene Fil says such things.

"Enough people have been killed... They are like locusts in a wheat field, they can't kill them all, and this matter cannot be solved by killing a few people. Pedi took two more sips of the already cooled cereal, "Besides, the laws I made myself can't be violated by me, everything... It all needs to be taken step by step. ”

"Since everything depends on the law, why don't you make a set of laws to protect your throne. Erin Phier blinked.

Peidi looked at his wife very seriously, he was surprised that the other party could say such a thing, but then he smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "I also have such thoughts, but the composition of a set of laws is not just a few years. ”

Erin Phil frowned, "That is... We don't have the slightest way to deal with those people now?"

"If I really want to be a tyrant, I can put them all in a dungeon for a week, but I don't have any proof of their crimes. Pedi suddenly let out a very special laugh, as if he was laughing at himself, as if he was laughing at this ridiculous thing, "Of course, I can go and imitate some evidence... But this kind of thing can only be done once in a while, and if you do too much, it really becomes a joke. ”

"Although they are unhappy with some of my decisions now, they still admit the crown on my head from the bottom of their hearts and believe in me. "However, if I exercise the royal power unscrupulously, I will completely lose their trust, and the king's laws will become a pile of waste paper in the city at that time, and the police officers and ministers of the kingdom will be arbitrarily compiling evidence for my mistakes and investigating anyone they want." ”

"It's horrible!" murmured Erin Phier.

"Yes, it's terrible, so we're going to try to avoid something like that from happening. Pedi stood up and walked to the entrance of the gazebo, looking at the flowers outside that had already bloomed in the summer for several rounds, "I sometimes even wonder that the existence of these people is not harmful, otherwise wouldn't the police officers at the police station have to be idle?"

Hearing this, Irene Phier was stunned, and slowly walked up to her husband and asked, "Although they covet the throne, they are also supporters of the throne?"

"That's a good description, that's what I want to say. Pedi smiled as she stared at the flower clusters in front of her, "However, some people have gone too far and crossed the line... For these people who don't understand the rules, we don't have to talk too much about the rules. ”

"You've rarely talked to me about these things before. Erin Phier turned her head and frowned slightly at her husband's side face, "You want me to do this?"

"Yes!" Pedi did not deny, "you are my queen, and you can exercise the king's power in my place." ”

"If I do something wrong, can you still stand up and correct my mistakes?"

"If you don't want to, just because I didn't say it. ”

"I am your wife, and I am the queen of this country, and it is my duty... Do you think I'm going to shirk my duties?" Erinphier chuckled to dispel the coldness on her face, "I hope this is more interesting than my magic experiments." ”

"Those people were very cautious, and I even sent out the castle agents to investigate them, and tried to get as close to them as carefully as possible, but still could not find anything useful. Pei Di said softly: "Although Baron Aemond, who has just arrived in Harrence Province, is working smoothly in the reform of the government, the secret investigation of smuggling and corruption cases is still in place. ”

Erin Feier subconsciously said: "I think this is very good, maybe your series of arrangements will make those enemies in the shadows stop by themselves." ”

"Have you ever seen a cat that has been stealing a fishy and is going vegetarian again?"

"But the cat is most afraid of pain, and as long as it hurts, it will know what to eat and what not to eat. ”

Pedi walked out of the gazebo and said, "I like cats, but I only like them when they are quiet and obedient, and I hate when they are vexatious." ”

"Me too. ”

"Since they like to be cats, then I, the cat owner, will leave for a while, and these scared cats should come out of their hiding place, right?"

"Do you mean you're about to go on your expedition to the El Luk Territory?"

Pedi nodded, "Since the assassination of Seke-Marat, the entire kingdom has become very quiet, and the security is so good that it doesn't need to be closed at night. ”

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"It's a good thing, but it's scary!" Pedi's tone suddenly became serious.

"Does this mean that anyone is more useful than patrolling at the police station?" Erin Phier also smiled, "Do you know who this person is?"

"I probably know, but I can't touch him right now. ”

"Jersey-Marne?"

"This name doesn't just represent himself now, he represents—" Pedi's words came to an abrupt halt, and then his tone changed, "From tomorrow onwards, Mother and Son Kunna Marne don't have to come again. ”

"How long are you going to let them stay in the castle?"

"They're going to stay here until it's over. ”

...

In the office of King Kawalburg, today's regular meeting was held half an hour late.

However, there was nothing particularly important today, and just as the regular meeting was held, the head of military intelligence, Danmen Green, hurried to ask for an audience, and he brought the news of the defeat of the Norma Fort army in Suke City.

"Looks like I'm going to have to write another letter to congratulate my sister. Pedi has long been able to face such news calmly.

No one responded to the ridicule from the king.

After a long silence, Sira Marne couldn't help but say, "Mondstadt-Jean has been defeated too much, according to intelligence, the 20,000 soldiers in his hands are all elite, plus the noble private soldiers recruited from all over the country, why didn't he hold out for even a month?"

"So Her Highness Penny has basically mastered the entire territory of the Suker Plains by now?" the old orc Morinda suggested after saying a bit of nonsense, "I propose to declare war on the so-called 'Federation State' of the Suke Plains immediately in the name of the kingdom, on the grounds that they are destroying Allied relations. ”

"I agree!" Drahir immediately agreed.

Hanina followed suit and said: "I also agree, after all, the Suker Plain is the ancestral land, and His Royal Highness Penny has a nominal advantage, if we can't seize the opportunity, I'm afraid that even if our army occupies the Suk Plain, we won't be able to rule it quickly." ”

Syrah-Marne nodded, "Just like our previous war against the mountain people of Kru Ling, although we were victorious, we still fought local wars with the mountain people for nearly fifty years in a row. "As a member of the Marne family, she has fought more deeply against her ancestors and mountain people than anyone else.

"Well—" Pedi looked down at the information in his hand, and after a moment of silence after the crowd's suggestion, he asked, "How is Sir Bipp's affairs in Iruk?"

"It's going well for now, but Kove-Rambo asks the kingdom to revert to the nobility of the old empire for some of the people in its territory. Morinda replied, "Moreover, Cove-Rambo has taken the territory of Elluk as his personal domain, and he wants the kingdom to pay for his land." ”

"How much money does he want?"

"Two hundred thousand crowns!" Morinda said slowly, "although the price is very reasonable, it is not the same as the terms we have negotiated before. ”

"Haha!" Pedy's laughter echoed through the office, and when everyone looked up at him, the laughter stopped abruptly, "Kove-Rambo is a clever man, during the Orc War, he took advantage of the merchant's careful thinking to break out of the empire and establish the so-called 'free and equal' Duchy of Suluk. ”

"Now, he has taken advantage of our war against the undead to force Fippert-Bob and the people who support Fipert-Bob out of Iruk City, and Elok has become his personal belongings again. Pedi casually leaned back in his office chair and chuckled as if talking about something ordinary, "With the current situation in the Suke Plains, I have to pay him this again." ”

"Are you going to pay this money?" Morinda wanted to confirm.

"Give it to him, 200,000 crowns, and I can afford it. "Their titles of nobility have all been agreed, but the nobles of the Eluk clan must migrate to Crewe City." ”

"With the temperament of the Rambo family and the Elok Leader, they may ask you for the cost of the journey. Hannina seemed to think of something funny, and showed a rare smile.

Pedi said disapprehantly, "As long as they are willing to move, I can give them this money now." ”

"But... Your Majesty, blind concessions may make Cove-Rambo and others even more demanding more generous benefits. Collier voiced his concerns, the old mage had been busy with the academy lately, and the look of exhaustion on his face was obvious.

"Cove-Rambo is smart and knows when to ask what conditions. Pedi stood up, "This matter is so decided, tell Sir Bipp to make a joint announcement of the annexation of the Krurian Kingdom to the Eloke Lords as soon as possible... Also, the person who will lead the supreme minister of Elok will draw up a copy for my reference. ”

Without waiting for the ministers to answer, Peidi waved his hand, "If it's okay, today's regular meeting will be here first." He walked first to the door of the office, turned to look at Sira Marne, and said, "Sir Marne is with me." ”