The four of them first came to the emperor, and soon the rest of the noble children who participated in the review stood behind the four of them, and they all gave a noble salute to the emperor.

Emperor Charlie looked at these young men with a smile on his face, and encouraged: "You are the future of the empire, and I am proud of you. ”

As soon as Charlie's words fell, the hall once again burst into warm applause, and everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty." "Each goes back to its place. Lin Xia also returned to Antonio's side.

Charlie raised his glass and shouted, "Long live the Empire." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and shouted in unison, "Long live the Empire." And they drank it all.

The banquet officially began, and the nobles each found someone they knew to talk and toast. Only Antonio and Lin Xia didn't move, slightly embarrassed.

As the division commander of the Fifth Army and a major general of the empire, Green inevitably had many small nobles surrounding him to flatter, although he was a little impatient, but he also responded with a smile. And Willy next to him had an impatient face, and he had a straight face on every nobleman who asked him to toast.

Green said to the nobles around him, "I still have some business, let's disperse first." ”

After hearing Green's words, the nobles dispersed and went to other high-ranking officials for flattery.

Green took Willy to Antonio and Lin Xia and said, "Viscount Antonio, I apologize for Willy's last incident in front of the palace. ”

"Viscount Green, it's all a misunderstanding, don't mention it again. Antonio said flatly.

"No, Viscount Antonio, I also want to thank Lin Xia for this child. Willie thinks that with the exception of Rist and Wright, he feels invincible. Thanks to Lin Xia, he knew the truth that there were people outside the world. Green smiled and said, "Lin Xia is only fifteen years old, right?"

"Yes. Antonio replied.

"What a young genius, only fifteen years old, not only cultivated to the fourth level, but also a magician!" Green sighed, and said to Willy, "You now know the truth that there are people outside of people. ”

Before Willy could reply, Philip took Rist, and Ferdinand came over with Wright. Antonio looked at Philip and Ferdinand who came over, and sighed in his heart, these two are both generals of the imperial military, and they are one of the most powerful people in the imperial military, and they are all brought by Lin Xia.

Philip and Ferdinand toasted Antonio one after the other.

Wright secretly said to Lin Xia, "Where are you going to drink at night?"

"Universal Entertainment. Lin Xia said.

"I'll go too. Rist and Willy's voices rang out at the same time.

Lin Xia didn't expect that an ice ballast like Rist would go drinking, and he didn't expect Willy, who had always been estranged from him, to go, but he still said: "Okay, I'll wait for you at Universal Entertainment in the evening, and report my name when I arrive." ”

Emperor Charles also came to Viscount Antonio's side with the Minister of War and the Imperial Chancellor, and everyone hurriedly saluted the Emperor. Antonio attended countless banquets of the Empire, and it was the first time that the Emperor had come to Antonio on his own initiative.

Charlie said to everyone: "You don't need to be polite, you are all the ministers of the humerus of the empire. These four teenagers are really the hope of the empire, especially Lin Xia, you have given me too many surprises. ”

It was the first time that Lin Xia spoke face-to-face with Charlie, and said, "Your Majesty has an overreputation, and the minister is working hard for the empire." ”

When Charlie heard Lin Xia's words, he laughed and raised his glass: "Well said, for the empire." After saying that, he drank it all.

Everyone also raised their glasses and said in unison: "For the Empire." ”

Charlie smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, if I remember correctly, Lin Xia should be the first young genius in the history of the empire to reach level four at the age of fifteen." ”

Everyone pondered for a moment, and Ferdinand said: "I remember that Viscount Antonio reached the fourth level at the age of twenty, and he was already a genius who was shocked by the empire. Unexpectedly, in this review, there was an eighteen-year-old fourth-level genius Riester, and a fifteen-year-old fourth-level genius Lin Xia, and Lin Xia turned out to be a magician. Blue is better than blue, Viscount Antonio, this is the famous quote of Lord Lionheart. After speaking, he said to Lin Xia: "Lin Xia, it can be said that you are already the first genius of the empire. ”

"Lord Ferdinand, I'm not a genius. Lin Xia said calmly.

"You're not a genius like this, young people don't be presumptuous. Emperor Charles interjected.

"It's really not a genius, after all, the servants in my family who are the same age as me are all third-level strength. Lin Xia said.

I am most afraid of the sudden silence of the air......

These people listened to Lin Xia's words, and suddenly they didn't know what to say, you Lin Xia didn't pretend to be like this, and your domestic servant is also a third-level servant, which makes other aristocratic young geniuses live, you must know that the second-level Willie can also be included in the ranks of geniuses in the eyes of everyone.

Others listened to Lin Xia's words, at most they were panicked, but Willy was different, he always thought that he was very high, thinking that among the young people of the empire, except for the two demons of Rist and Wright, no one could compare with himself, and now there is more Lin Xia, after all, he is the descendant of King Lionheart, and it is normal for a miracle to occur. But now you say that the servants are better than yourself, which makes Willy depressed all at once. Keep your head down and don't speak.

Lin Xia saw that he had talked to death, and suddenly felt embarrassed, and he also felt as if he had said the wrong thing, as if he was pretending to be a little too much. Glancing at Charlie, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for." ”

Charlie saw that Lin Xia had something to ask for him, and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I've recently composed a few new tunes, but I'm just a beginner and can't really think of good lyrics. My father told me for a long time that His Majesty's poetry was the first person in the Empire, so he wanted His Majesty to write the lyrics for the new song. ”

Listening to Lin Xia's words, Charlie immediately smiled, looked at Lin Xia and then at Antonio, as if Lin Xia knew him best, the more he watched it, the more he liked it, and said with a smile: "You send the song to the palace, and I will personally fill in the lyrics for you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, tomorrow I will have Mandy come to the palace and sing my new tune for Your Majesty. I would also like to ask Your Majesty to authorize Mandy to sing His Majesty's new songs. Lin Xia said respectfully. Lin Xia directly gave up his composition rights, and directly said that the song belonged to His Majesty.

"The song is made to be sung for everyone, and it doesn't need to be licensed. Charlie didn't think there was any copyright problem, and said directly.

"No, Your Majesty, the ownership of these songs belongs to you, this is your intellectual property, how can we use them casually. Lin Xia continued: "I am willing to pay a copyright fee of one hundred gold coins for each song, please ask Your Majesty for authorization. ”

"What do you mean intellectual property?" asked Charlie.

"Intellectual property means that the song is yours and no one else can use it without your permission. After all, knowledge is the most precious treasure, and no one else has the right to possess it, so please allow me to be cheeky and buy His Majesty's authorization with a hundred gold coins per song. Lin Xia was serious.

Charlie was in an extremely happy mood at this time, he had written countless poems in his life, in addition to being appreciated by poets and ministers, he had never received an income, and when he heard that Lin Xia was willing to buy a song at the price of one hundred gold coins each, how could he not make him happy, and said with a smile: "You are right, knowledge also has property rights, and I will sell you the license." ”

"If other people's songs are not allowed to be sung if they don't buy the copyright? Lin Xia asked again.

"Of course. Charlie laughed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. "Lin Xia is sincerely grateful this time, this solves the problem of other people's piracy at will, who sings in his own field in the future, then I'm sorry, a song is a hundred gold coins, and you don't want to pay? Then you don't sing, you don't accept it? Yes, you go to Your Majesty.

After chatting for a while, after the emperor and the ministers dispersed, the other minor nobles saw that the emperor had come in person, and hurried to toast Antonio and express their intimacy, only Bruce and his son Sam looked at Antonio with a gloomy face. Bruce was scolded by Antonio for being a dog last time, and Sam was beaten into shock by Lin Xia's trick and lost face.

At this time, a waiter took a piece of paper to Charlie, but Charlie didn't look at it, and said directly: "Read it." ”

After the waiter saluted and agreed, he said loudly: "Announce the ranking of the proofreading." ”

The people in the hall were attracted by the voice of the waiter, and they all returned to their positions, and everyone knew that after the rankings were announced, they would arrange official or military positions for these noble children, and they all listened carefully.

The waiter said loudly, "First place, Riester." "Lister's first place is expected by everyone, after all, it is normal for Rist to be the first in riding and shooting, second in martial arts, and first in overall.

The waiter continued, "Second place, Wright. Third place, Willy. 4th place...... Seventh, Steve. ”

The top seven were announced in a row, and there was no name of Lin Xia, which made the emperor very strange, although Lin Xia was not good at riding and shooting, but the competition was the first, no matter how the ranking should be very high. interrupted: "Why is there no Lin Xia's name." ”

The waiter said respectfully: "The eighth place is Lin Xia." ”

"Lin Xia is the first in the competition, even if Lin Xia is a zero ring, he shouldn't be ranked eighth. Charlie looked at Marles, who had drawn up the ranking by War Secretary Mars.

"Your Majesty, Lin Xia's riding and archery is not only Zero Ring, he personally said that he can't ride a horse, so riding and shooting is the penultimate one. Mars glanced at Charlie, saw that Charlie had an angry face, and hurriedly said: "Originally, Lin Xia's results should have been ranked in the middle of the stream, but considering that Lin Xia was the first in the competition, he improved his ranking and ranked eighth." ”

Charlie listened to Mars's point, and did not continue the question. The waiter did not continue to read, because only the top eight were read in each proofreading, and the first eight were assigned by the emperor himself.

Charlie took the ranks, and everyone in the hall looked at the emperor in unison, waiting for him to announce the military positions of these people.

Charlie looked at it for a while and said, "Rist will take the rank of major, so let's go to the southwest." ”

Rist stepped out and said respectfully, "Your Majesty." ”

Lin Xia knew from listening to the military rank of the major that this must have been done by Tang again.

"Wright, with the rank of captain, to serve in the Southeast. Willie held the rank of second lieutenant and served in the northwest. After Charlie set the ranks of the top seven in a row, he looked at Lin Xia, who was in eighth place, and muttered for a moment, and said: "Lin Xia, with the rank of major, to defend the imperial capital, let's go to the Ninth Army." ”

When everyone heard Charlie's appointment, Lin Xia, who was ranked eighth, turned out to be the same rank as Rist, who was in first place, and Lin Xia also defended the imperial capital, which treatment was better than Rist, which of the two of them was the first, which made the second to seventh places think.

"Your Majesty, by all means. Mars took the lead.