What was the news that caused a slight shock in the imperial court?

News about the Lucis family.

The Lucis family sent an envoy to the imperial capital to play in front of the palace, saying that they would return to the imperial court and beg the imperial court for approval.

Of course, the meaning of "submission" here is not the same as the "surrender" that was repeatedly expressed after the defeat of the previous war.

The so-called "submission" is mainly embodied in the word "return".

That is, to return to the court and participate in the imperial government, hoping to occupy a place in the court.

As long as His Majesty the Emperor approves and agrees, the new Lord Lucis will return to the imperial capital to contribute to the various undertakings of the empire, make suggestions, and play the role that the Lucis family has been playing before.

Regarding this request, a large controversy has been caused in the imperial court.

The mainstream opinion of the ministers and nobles was to express opposition.

"The Lucis family has repeatedly rebelled, then assassinated His Majesty, and finally annexed the nobles, committing three unforgivable crimes in a row, and instead of thinking about it, they want to disrupt the government, which is simply delusional!" said Prime Minister Olusconi.

"Now that the court has just stabilized, what are the Lucis families doing again? What are you still fantasizing? The court doesn't need the Lucis family anymore. ”

"I don't want to work with the Lucis family anyway, they will only make trouble, oppose and quarrel, and with the Lucis family, the court can't do anything big. ”

"Your Majesty, please reject the Lucis family's request, let them stay in their own territory, develop well, be a down-to-earth person, and they will not get involved in the affairs of the court. ”

The opinion of most of the ministers is to hope that the Lucis family will be completely out of the game and not return to the court to make trouble.

The same is true of the opinion of most of the aristocratic faction.

And even more fiercely opposed.

"Your Majesty, the minister's fief was ransacked twice by the Lucis family, and the minister's father was also killed by Bruno, and the minister hated the Lucis family so much that he really didn't want to work with them!"

"The Lucis family has a little credit, for hundreds of years, I don't know how many hurtful things have been done, the empire is a bitter Lucis family for a long time!

"Your Majesty, the Lucis family has not yet received the punishment it deserves, but it has made such excessive demands, Your Majesty, the minister feels that it is not good to punish the Lucis family, they still can't see their position clearly, and continue to do excessive things!

"Yes, the Lucis family thinks that they are still very strong, and they still have the capital to negotiate terms with the imperial court, so please give Your Majesty a good beating and let them stop delusional!"

"Your Majesty, please cut half of the Lucis family's fiefdom and demote it to a knighthood!"

The nobles not only opposed the return of the Lucis family to the court, but also hoped that Zhou Ming would severely punish and suppress it!

Hearing the opposition and condemnation in the hall, Zhou Ming pressed his hand.

Shaking his head, he said: "For more than a year, the Lucis family has been honest and responsible, and the financial tribute offered at the beginning of the year has been three times more than in previous years, and this is still taken out after they have just experienced the war, which is enough to prove the sincerity of their submission, how can I punish them for no reason?"

Immediately, a minister stood up: "Your Majesty, the Lucis family's wolf ambitions, this is just a trick for them to bewitch! When they recover, they will still open their mouths and eat people!"

Another nobleman said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, it is better to weaken the Lucis family!"

"Okay, the court governs the country according to the law, and will not be punished without guilt or punishment!"

Zhou Ming directly rejected the proposal of the ministers and nobles.

So, what did Zhou Ming think about the Lucis family's request to "return to the court"?

Is it a good promise?

Or don't say yes?

Zhou Ming pondered for a while, and then said his decision.

Hearing this decision, the ministers and nobles were taken aback and expressed their dissuasion, but seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was more insistent, they had no choice but to agree.

……

The other side.

To the southeast of the imperial capital, in a large city 5,000 miles away.

In the midst of this magnificent and tall palace.

The Lucis family was anxiously waiting for news.

In the main hall of the council.

Surprisingly, sitting on the throne of the head of the family was actually a young and beautiful woman in her 20s, she was wearing a royal robe, with a solemn face, although she had just sat on the throne, but her gestures were already full of the demeanor of a superior person.

Within the Lucis family, her popularity grew, and her position became more and more secure.

She is the new head of the Lucis family, Elsa.

Or you can call it "Lord Elsa".

She became the first female head of the Lucis family to stand out in the more than 300-year history of the family.

Anyway, as a woman, how could she sit in the position of the head of the family?

Especially in a masculine family like Lucis, how did she come to prominence?

There are three main reasons for this:

One, she is a resolute anti-war faction, she begged Bruno not to rebel shortly after the death of the old prince, not to bring the family into a place of no return, her abandonment by the emperor is her business, and the family should not make lives miserable and hundreds of millions of people fall into war for her.

But no one listened to her words, and she was even complained and insulted by many people in the family, and for a while, she was restricted from her freedom and imprisoned in a dark room.

Later, due to the critical situation, after she was released, she was even severely beaten because she continued to oppose the war and her grandfather Bruno's various actions.

Even so, she chattered endlessly, persuading the family not to go against the court, and finally persuaded some people to stand by her side.

Two, after many wars, the male of the Lucis family suffered heavy casualties, and there were no two out of ten.

For example, Prince Bruno died of a gunshot wound.

The two heads of the family, who temporarily ascended the throne, died on the battlefield one after another.

It wasn't until Elsa's father Liszt ascended the throne that he was also hit by a stray bullet in the process of guarding the royal city, and struggled in the hospital bed for two days, without even designating the heir to the throne, so he also hiccuped.

In the end, there were only two candidates left who were eligible to inherit the throne: Elsa and her brother Crunan.

But her brother Crunan is cowardly and irresponsible, and he always thinks about escaping, which is a shame for the Lucis family.

Only Elsa was in danger, presided over the overall situation, and accepted the most dangerous mission, personally went to the imperial capital, and at the last moment, saved the Lucis family.

The three, after successfully saving the family, returned to the royal capital and easily ousted her brother.

But in order to sit on the position of the head of the family, Elsa also had to make a promise: never marry in the future, serve the family wholeheartedly, sacrifice personal happiness, and dedicate herself to the family!

In this way, Elsa eliminated all the voices of criticism and sat on the throne of the head of the family.

In fact, after some tossing, things came to this point, and the Lucis family, which had suffered heavy losses, also had some reflection from top to bottom.

Reflect on what?

Reflecting on the old prince and the prince Bruno, who has been plotting rebellion, did they have a fatal misjudgment of the imperial court?

On the one hand, there was a misjudgment of the strength of the imperial court, which led to heavy losses and defeats on the battlefield.

Another fatal miscalculation is that the Emperor Noctis, the Lucis family, did he have a complete misunderstanding?

A meeting on a certain day.

A retainer analyzed: "Noctis wanted to delay the marriage for some time and get married later, but the old prince saw this as a sign that the emperor regretted his marriage, so he made a big fuss, and he was angry to death, so that the family fell into the abyss." ”

But in fact, we have also seen that during the past two years, Noctis has been single since he married a concubine, which shows that the emperor's procrastination is not his excuse for regretting marriage, but that he really wants to get married later. ”

"But the old prince didn't believe it, and it caused a big disaster!"

"Yes, the old prince really misjudged!"

Another retainer continued: "I heard that in the harem of His Majesty Noctis, more than 3,000 young and beautiful maids were stuffed into the harem by the ministers and nobles, in order to ask His Majesty to be happy, and the result was that he faced 3,000 beauties every day, and under such temptation, His Majesty the Emperor was unmoved, and one was not touched, and he was replaced by other men, which had already been ****." ”

"There are so many beauties, the emperor doesn't touch any of them, let alone the concubine, the emperor's plan to marry late is by no means a fraud, but there is really such a plan!"

"So, the old prince really misjudged. ”

This miscalculation almost led the Lucis family into the abyss from which it will never recover.

Hearing this, everyone's faces, including Elsa, shook their heads again and again, feeling extremely regretful.

If the old prince hadn't miscalculated, how good it would be.

But some people felt that something was wrong and questioned: "Three thousand beauties, and some beauties, the posture is by no means under Elsa, and they can be picked at will, normal men, no matter how good their concentration is, they will never be able to hold it, but Noctis actually does not squint, and he is not moved, so that the whole empire is rumored: only peerless beauties can enter the eyes of His Majesty, so beauty contests have been set off everywhere, and even some ministers have sent people to us here to inquire about the whereabouts of the beauty." ”

"But I think that even if he finds the so-called peerless beauty, the emperor will not be moved, because he is not interested in women at all, what he likes is ......"

"Bang!"

Elsa slammed the back of her chair and sternly warned: "Feldman, you don't want to die! If you spread this, I won't give you the life of your whole family." ”

"The head of the house spares his life!"

Feldman was startled, slapped himself twice in the mouth, and said in a cold sweat: "The villain will never dare to talk nonsense again!"

"Your Highness, I do have a guess as to why His Majesty the Emperor has been delayed in establishing the Empress?" said another elder minister.

"If this speculation doesn't make you lose your head, you can say it. Elsa looked at him expressionlessly.

"I think His Majesty the Emperor is keeping a promise, he is waiting for someone. ”

"What promises, waiting for whom?"

"Keeping the promise of 'Kanaya Zangmei', he is waiting for Your Highness. The old minister said.

Elsa's face turned red.

But immediately he became serious again, shook his head and said, "This can't be!

"But Noctis said that a gentleman is hard to chase after a horse, and what he says will definitely be counted. The old minister said solemnly.

"But I've already said that for the sake of my family, I'll never marry in this life!" Elsa said.

"If His Highness marries Noctis, who in the family will oppose this, and who will ask you to keep your promise?

"Say no more, I've already said it, that's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Elsa shook her head again and again, forcibly ending the topic.

But for some reason, her heart raced.

Even in the next topic of "returning to the court", she agreed: once the court allowed the Lucy family to submit, she would go to the imperial capital in person and live in the imperial capital for a long time as an ordinary courtier!

It's just that the Lucis family has offended too many ministers and nobles, and Elsa doesn't have much hope in her heart about this.

The old minister said with a lot of mouth: "If Noctis agrees to His Highness's return to the imperial capital, it means that the emperor still has a trace of affection for His Highness in his heart, and His Highness still has a chance!"

Elsa's face was as red as blood!

immediately reprimanded the old minister severely.

And in the process of waiting for the court's reply, Elsa was in a nervous mood and anxious, and repeatedly reminded herself: "Elsa, stop being sentimental!

But I don't know why, the old minister's words are always like a spell, often ringing in her ears.

It was in this torment that she waited for a reply from the imperial court on May 20.