When the envoy sent by the imperial court handed an edict to Elsa.

Elsa, who was facing the edict, closed her eyes slightly, not daring to look at the words on it.

She feared the outcome, as she had expected: the court would not allow the Lucis family to return to the court.

After all, there are too many people who oppose and hate the Lucis family.

But even though there was little hope, Elsa still picked up the edict, opened her eyes wide, and read it carefully, word by word.

Not surprisingly, the first half of the edict is mainly a criticism, stating the sins of the Lucis family, such as "persecuting the emperor", "being domineering", "being too impatient", "not knowing how to compromise", etc., anyway, there are many shortcomings.

But......

The tone of the edict changed, and it came first and then again, and began to state the merits of the Lucis family.

For example, in the process of establishing the empire, the Lucis family made great achievements, and the credit is difficult to erase.

For example, in the course of more than 300 years of governance of the empire, the Lucis family has made many contributions to the prosperity and stability of the empire.

In short, in terms of merit, the Lucis family has made a huge contribution and no one can replace it.

Therefore, at the end of the edict, the emperor said: If the Lucis family can reflect on their mistakes, correct their mistakes, and promise not to make similar mistakes in the future, he is willing to give the Lucis family a chance to allow them to return to the court and participate in court politics.

It's just that the position that the court can give is an ordinary "noble councilor", whose status has been greatly reduced compared to before, and his right to speak is similar to that of an ordinary earl, and the position he stands in the court is not high, and the starting point is much lower than before.

I don't know if it's acceptable?

"It's acceptable, we're okay!"

Elsa was overjoyed and was about to jump up with joy!

"Great!"

"That's great!"

What's so good about that?

There are so many benefits.

First, the imperial court re-accepted the Lucis family, indicating that for the Lucis family, the imperial court is indeed not guilty of the past, and will no longer suppress and contain.

After a few years, Noctis regained his grudge, or the next emperor who is not very generous will continue to implement a policy of suppression against the Lucis family, or even outright extermination.

Now that the Lucis family is allowed to return, it means that the emperor has forgiven the Lucis family, which is basically lifted, and the crisis that the Lucis family may face in the future.

Let the worried hearts of the Lucis family all go back.

Second, after the imperial court re-admits the Lucis family, the Lucis family should also be able to get a piece of the "Imperial Take-off" plan being implemented by the imperial court.

Speaking of which, the Lucis family may not believe it very much, including Elsa herself.

There is an earldom located in the west of the Lucis royal domain, which is very remote from the imperial capital, and last year's territory income was more than that of the Lucis family!

The reason is that the county participated in the "Imperial Shipbuilding Program" and provided a large number of light and tough wood for the manufacture of "floating boats", and the result was that by selling wood frantically, he made 10 million gold tower guilders a year!

What about the Lucis family?

Last year's income was only 8 million gold taps.

As for the income of the imperial treasury for a year, due to the increase in foreign trade caravans, conservative estimates are at least more than 5 billion gold tapats!

In such a comparison, the Lucis family's sense of crisis came out, thinking that if they didn't ease the relationship with the imperial court, and if they didn't catch the last train of the "Empire Take-off" plan, not to mention an earldom in the future, it would be a viscount, and they would be able to beat the Lucis family.

At that time, the Lucis family will probably be a piece of fat, and everyone is looking forward to the Lucis family making mistakes and swallowing it in one bite!

In short, the current Lucis family, even if it is not to cause trouble, be low-key, and live their lives honestly, it is unlikely that they will be able to do so.

It is precisely because of this that Elsa and the others are fighting hard, hoping that the court will accept the Lucis family again.

As for the third, fourth, and fifth benefits, I won't describe them here, anyway, as long as they can return to the court, it will definitely be a great thing for the Lucis family!

It's worth three days!

However, due to the approaching 20th birthday of His Majesty the Emperor, it took a few days to prepare gifts for His Majesty's birthday, and the Lucis family only celebrated for half a day, and then devoted themselves to preparing gifts.

What gift to give to His Majesty the Emperor in order to make him happy and satisfied has become the most heated discussion within the Lucis family, and it is also the most headache.

Elsa was also completely undecided.

Give away gold and silver treasures, it seems too tacky, and it will cost the kingdom a lot of money, and His Majesty the Emperor, who has the wealth of the world, will not feel rare, let alone satisfied...... This gift is excluded.

How about a curiosity or a quirky gadget?

This kind of thing is hard to find, and for His Majesty the Emperor, who likes to invent and create, there is nothing rarer and more interesting than what he has made himself.

So this item is also excluded.

So what should I give?

A retainer gritted his teeth and made a suggestion:

"Your Highness, the minister proposes to send His Majesty the Emperor a beauty!"

"In my kingdom of Lucirotes (the official name of the lord of Lucis), the empire is famous for its many beautiful women, and recently, a large number of foreign ministers and nobles have come to our kingdom to hold beauty contests and select peerless beauties as gifts to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"The minister thinks that the fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, rather than letting the beauty resources in the kingdom be bought by other forces, it is better for us to hold a beauty contest ourselves, select 10 top beauties, and give them to Your Majesty, I believe Your Majesty will like it!"

The retainer's words came out.

The scene was as quiet as death!

Elsa on the throne can already see the displeasure and ugliness on her face.

The other retainers looked at this retainer as if they were looking at a dead man.

"Guard, rip off his official robe, drag it down, and hit him with 100 iron whips!"

Elsa pointed at him, her eyes spewing fire.

"Ah~!"

The retainer was startled, and then knelt down and shouted: "Your Highness, spare your life, spare your life!"

But the curse came from the mouth, and this time, no one could save him.

And that's not all.

Elsa ordered: from now on, ban all beauty contests in the kingdom, expel all ministers, representatives of ministers, merchants and nobles from other places, send an army to rescue those "beauties" who are about to be abducted and sold into the country, and send them back to their parents!

At this moment, Elsa, who had given many orders in a row, didn't understand why she was suddenly so angry?

The retainers also kept silent one by one, not daring to say more.

Only the old minister, stroking his beard, nodded and smiled again and again.

May 27th.

There are only 10 days left before the celebration of His Majesty the Emperor's twentieth birthday.

Elsa, who didn't have so much time to choose gifts, had to pick a few gifts casually according to her own ideas, and then explained some things, so she took a group of retainers and elite guards, boarded a floating boat, and embarked on a trip to the imperial capital.