Not only because the core area of their rule, the Plains of Asia Minor, is the hardest hit area of the Holy See, but also because the largest stop of St. George in the Plains of Asia Minor is the royal capital Valesta, and according to the speed of the opponent's advance, he will arrive at the royal capital in less than a month.

Before he arrived, the believers of the entire royal capital, as if they had already made an uproar, spontaneously organized themselves to hold a sermon on an unprecedented scale in the royal capital Valesta, so as to be worthy of the name of the royal capital.

If it had been the past, the Lancelot royal family would have taken countermeasures long ago.

Either hold secret talks with the top brass of the Holy Aether Holy See and control the situation, so that the Holy See will have a light on its face, but also let the royal family not lose face, and the royal capital will not fall into too much chaos.

Either the royal family directly intervenes to obstruct it, so that the Holy See does not make too many moves here, so that everyone knows who is the master of this city, even if the Holy See is a strong dragon crossing the river, it has to be honestly coiled here.

When Princess Regent Sophia was in charge, she would definitely choose the second option, because she had always had a strong attitude towards the Holy See.

Not only will this not change because the Holy See has changed with a new pope, but on the contrary, the attitude should be tougher than usual, because this is the first confrontation between the royal family and the new pope.

But this time, the royal family was slow to react, instead showing a hint of acquiescence.

Because the owner of the royal capital Valesta has been changed from the regent Princess Sophilia to Prince Laurie, although there are still more than four months before his enthronement ceremony, but as the central core of the Lancelot royal family, the ruling power here, Sophilia has been completely transferred, in order to avoid suspicion, she has been involved in the government affairs here as little as possible.

But after the snowflakes of news came, Sophia still couldn't sit still after all.

"Sister Wang, why do you have time to come? Since Count Augustine came to the royal capital, it has been difficult to see you. Prince Laurie laughed as soon as they met.

Life is a maturation.

This sentence could not be more appropriate for Prince Laurie.

He began to officially take over the reins, only one short year.

but made him transform from a hairy boy into a man.

This kind of maturity is not just because of the deliberate storage of beards, so that his face looks older.

Rather, it is reflected in ordinary words and deeds, especially in self-confidence.

Experienced people can tell at a glance.

The other biggest change, that is, the fear of the princess regent, is far less heavy than before, and Prince Laurie would never have dared to make such a joke before.

This became especially strong after getting closer to Enid.

I don't know if it was Enid who influenced him, or if love made his maturity faster.

It's an open secret that Sophia and Sean are closer, and Prince Laurie knows it very well.

He is happy to see this happen.

Especially in the name of participating in the scholars' conference, after going around the Eternal Night Army.

In public and private, he has no reason to stop it.

Yu Gong, the Eternal Night Commander is developing rapidly, although the population is a little sparse, but the territory is only a lot more than other military leaders, if it can be married to it, if the Byron Alliance has an additional military leader out of thin air, this kind of bond can be much more reliable than a verbal oath.

Even if there is no regent princess Sophia, in order to entrap the Eternal Night Commander, sooner or later she will take this step in the future.

Now that Sophia has a personal relationship with Sean, the creator of the Eternal Night Warlord, it would be great.

Another advantage is that the Eternal Night Warlord has just risen to prominence, and although it is ambitious and enterprising, it is vast and sparsely populated.

In the short term, it should be based on building its own territory, and it will not peep into the territory of the Lancelot royal family, and then threaten Prince Laurie's rule.

In private, over the years, the Eternal Night Army Leader has done everything in his way, and although Prince Laurie and Sean have not met much, they have left an overall good impression and some personal feelings.

Prince Laurie also wants his sister to have a good home.

"Your Highness the Princess. The girl beside Prince Laurie saluted the princess regent with great courtesy, and this person was none other than Enid Brian, the holy daughter of the Holy Aether Holy See and the princess of the Brian family, the ruler of the Flower Language Plateau.

"Hmm!" the princess regent, who was still smiling a little at Prince Laurie, was an out-and-out cold face when she arrived at Enid's side, and she almost wrote three words of dislike on her face.

In terms of politics, the princess regent who has been fighting with the old fox and the little fox of the major families for many years has already honed her ability to talk to people and talk nonsense, and she can even drink and talk with the enemy, and rarely lose control of her emotions.

"If there's nothing to do, I'll take my leave and come back another day. "Enid is also a human spirit, and knows that she is not treated by Sophia, so she avoids it every time, anyway, in the spirit of one idea, as long as you get Prince Laurie, what can you do with an expired regent princess?

Even if Prince Laurie was indeed raised by you, it will never change the fact that you are only his sister, not his parents, and there is no way to help him make decisions about many things.

Enid's appearance of neither humble nor arrogant, full of etiquette, made the princess regent a little unreasonable.

After Enid walked away, Prince Laurie immediately expressed his dissatisfaction and said, "Sister Wang is a little harsh on Miss Enid, this is not like your usual style of acting. ”

"You know why I did it. Sophia said with a straight face, "I'm not here to argue with you about this, about the recent changes in the Holy See, you should have already received the news, what measures are you going to take about the new pope coming to the royal capital to preach?"

"Why does Sister Wang always want to push the royal family and the Holy See to the opposite side?" Prince Laurie did not directly answer the question of Princess Regent Sophielia, and said with a little helplessness on his face, "The royal family and the Holy See have been developing in the same land for so many years, it is difficult to separate each other, and the result of the competition between the two is not only harmful to the interests of both sides, but also to the interests of the people below, why not find a way to coexist peacefully and develop together?"

"Peaceful coexistence, common development?" said the princess regent, frowning, "is this your idea? or was it instilled in you by that Miss Enid? You are no longer a child, and you believe in this naïve idea?

Most of the royal ancestors were more lenient in their policies towards the Holy See, and as a result, they took advantage of the tax exemption granted to them by the royal family, blatantly embezzled the royal land, and helped the believers under their rule to evade taxes.

When all the land is in the name of the Holy See and no more taxes are paid to the royal family, how much say will the royal family have in this land?

The sum of the output of this land is certain, either in the hands of you and me, or in his hands, and it is a joke that the two sides want to develop together. ”

When Princess Regent Sophilia gave a tirade, a trace of impatience flashed on Prince Laurie's face, and he tried to interrupt several times, but he couldn't hold back.

Obviously, this is a rehash of the same old tune, and Sophia doesn't know how many times she has said it, and his ears are almost calloused, and he obviously doesn't agree with this point of view.

Patiently waited until Sophia finished speaking, Prince Laurie said: "What Sister Wang said is in the past, just now Miss Enid, I was discussing this issue, St. George Pope is different from Pope Delt, because the true God they have been waiting for has sent a messenger, what they need is the faith of believers, this kind of thing is useless to our royal family, St. George Pope is willing to take the initiative to cooperate with the royal family to carry out the second inventory of the Holy See's land, and return all the excess land occupied by the Holy See in previous years to the royal family." ”

"What about the conditions?" Princess Regent Sophia's beautiful face not only did not show any joy, but tightened even more.

She didn't believe that the new pope was so kind to give away the benefits in his hands, and he was not afraid of causing the believers below to rebel, which involved huge interests.

The obstacles to her inventory of the papal lands were as strong as the resistance to Pope St. George's was at that time.

It is not only the lowest level of the lords who are involved, they all belong to the petty profits, and the real big heads are those lords and nobles, who are listed under the Holy See in the form of entire estates and entire villages and towns to avoid the taxes that need to be paid to the royal family.

A trace of hesitation flashed on Prince Laurie's face, and finally he stubbornly said: "I need to be baptized by Pope St. George in public, respect the Holy See as the state religion, and help them develop believers in the whole alliance, when the time comes, all faith will be to the God of truth, and all believers will be to the royal family." ”

"What?" Princess Regent Sophia finally changed color, "Are you going to recognize a man as a father?"

Baptism is a very sacred event in the Holy See, not an initiation ceremony in the conventional sense.

Rather, it is the soul guarantee and soul shelter ceremony presided over by the high priest, which mostly happens to the lords and nobles.

The relationship between the celebrant and the baptized person in terms of soul is somewhat similar to the relationship between father and son, so it will be defined by godfather and godson.

Therefore, it has a more unique political significance.

It was in this way that the Grand Duke of Patlem established a relationship with the Holy See and introduced St. George into the Politburo of the Manyu Army.

St. George, who is now Pope, is just repeating the same trick, only this time with a higher standard, no longer an incompetent Grand Duke, but the nominal common king of the Byron Union.

Sophia knew that Prince Laurie had changed a lot during this time, and that he had an excessive favorability of the Holy See, which was a very bad phenomenon for the future ruler of the Lancelot royal family.

But it was only to marry the Holy Lady of the Holy See, and in the future, there was a tendency towards the policies of the Holy See.

When he matures and senses the threat to the throne from the Holy See, his attitude will naturally change and he will understand that everything he says is correct.

But he never imagined that Prince Laurie would be so charmed and influenced that he was ready to merge the Lancelot royal family with the Holy See.

"What Sister Wang said is too serious, it's just a superficial ceremony. When Prince Laurie said this, he was obviously a little weak-hearted, but he was overwhelmed by the bright prospect in an instant, "Although there is some effort in this process, but the gain is greater, this is by no means as simple as one plus one equals two, but far greater than two, the royal family and the Holy See together, it will be easier to control the other military lords." ”

Princess Regent Sophilia forcibly restrained the anger in her heart, and used Prince Laurie's assumption to fight back: "The idea is indeed very beautiful, but you first answer me a fundamental question, when the time comes, will the royal power be great, or will the divine power be great, and when the two conflict, will the divine power obey the royal power, or will the royal power bow to the divine power?"

Faced with this question that went straight to the core, Prince Laurie was obviously stunned, and then said with a smile: "Didn't I already say it just now? Faith is the responsibility of the Holy See, and human rights are the responsibility of the king, as long as this point is strictly adhered to, what Sister Wang is worried about will not happen." ”

"The human heart is far more complicated than you think, you think so, and the people you don't see think too, what I'm worried about will not only happen, but it will happen. Princess Regent said in an affirmative tone, "And how do you divide faith and royal power, you do this to make the two more unclear, and it will be more difficult to rule in the future, putting this issue aside for the time being, once the Holy See is established as the state religion, how are you going to deal with the pressure from the Witches' Order and the Twin Peninsula? Is it possible that you still expect them to obediently submit and let the Holy See erode and suppress?"

Prince Laurie said disapprerovingly, "The Twin Peninsula has long been the private land of the Witches' Secret Society, where they are the dominant family, except for the pitiful amount of materials sent to the Broken Blood Castle every year to maintain relations, have they ever ignored the royal family's half-orders? Why should Sister Wang care about their attitude? If you want me to say, this is an opportunity to put pressure on them, unless they dare to provoke a war, otherwise, they can only take the initiative to win over the royal family." ”

Sophia's brows were already twisted into a pimple and said, "Aren't you afraid of involving the entire alliance in the flames of war?"

"War is never a one-sided affair, and if no one else is afraid, what can we fear? Prince Laurie replied lightly.

Prince Laurie's answer made the princess regent a little suffocated, and in his mouth, war was as simple as drinking cold boiled water, lacking the most basic sense of awe.

"This matter is not child's play, it will involve the century-old foundation of the royal family, and it will also involve the interests of countless people. Princess Regent Sophia saw that Prince Laurie looked more and more determined the more she spoke, so she could only take a roundabout policy, "And Pope Delt's death is not clear, before talking to the new pope, it was fine, after talking, he died violently on the spot, except for the new pope, there is no one else at the scene, this matter is not simple no matter how you look at it, you must not fall into a catastrophe because of credulity in others." ”

"I am not a child, I know how to grasp the proportions in this, and this matter is only conjecture, not yet fully finalized, before that, Pope St. George will send a special envoy to the royal capital to negotiate this matter. Prince Laurie replied with a smile, "No matter how bad the situation is, there is still Sister Wang behind to help me carry it!"

Prince Laurie's last half-joking words made Princess Regent Sophilia silent for a while, and only after a while did she speak: " From the moment you take over the throne, the royal family will become your responsibility, no longer mine, you have your choice, I have my life, I can't help you carry it without limit, no matter what choice you make in the end, what the consequences are, you need to bear it yourself, before making any decisions, please think carefully, you are not a prince now, but the king of the Lancelot royal family, every major decision you make, not only yourself, but also the people under your rule, when you no longer think about them, they will no longer be loyal to you。 ”

After saying this, Princess Regent Sophia did not even say goodbye, turned away, and ignored Prince Laurie's repeated greetings.

When Princess Regent Sophia walked away, Enid appeared beside Prince Laurie like a ghost, and said expressionlessly: "It seems that Her Royal Highness really doesn't like the Holy See, and I don't like to see you entangled too deeply with the Holy See." ”