Chapter 360: The Reward (86/104)

After Eugen, several more soldiers appeared, and all the members of the ceremonial team walked out.

The attention of all the nobles was focused on the inner palace, and there were two rows of soldiers standing at the entrance of the palace, and the news in the palace would be conveyed by these soldiers, so that everyone knew what was happening in the palace.

As Eugen and the others entered the palace, the meeting officially began, with Charles VI, the Duke of Gian, the Duke of Lorraine, and the sleepy Prince Eugen sitting at the top of the palace, and below stood two rows of high-ranking marquises, foreign envoys, and ministers like Marcus.

Charles VI first stood up, smiled and said a few words of praise to express his joy at the victory, and then he sat down in his place, looking down with a majestic expression.

The representatives of the House of Vetina and the House of Hohenzollern glanced at each other with a bitter look in their eyes, and then they both stepped forward in unison and stood in front of Charles VI.

"Your Majesty, on behalf of the House of Hohenzollern, I apologize to you for offending His Majesty's majesty by the negligence of the Head of the Family, Duke Friedrich, for which the Duke of Friedzollern has now stepped down from the position of Head of the Family, and the House of Hohenzollern will cede the southern part of the Duchy of Prussia to your territory for this offense, along with fifteen million gold coins."

After the representative of the Hohenzollern family, Kyiros, said the same thing, and the representative of the Vetina family, Theresia, also said something about the same, these contracts were all negotiated before, and this time it was only proposed to make things look more formal.

As for the signing of the Edict of State, it is not stated, because they are both part of the Holy Roman Empire, and Charles VI, as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, issued the Edict of State issued by him, and the two great families were obliged to sign, which does not need to be specifically pointed out.

Charles VI did not embarrass them, as the emperor, he naturally had to be more generous, so he accepted the apology of the two big families with a smile.

After this session, Marcus, who was beside Charles VI, made a loud announcement, and the waiters who dragged the tray came up one by one, and on the tray were the Imperial Medals of Honor.

This medal is the highest medal of the Holy Roman Empire, and it also represents the highest honor.

The second step at the beginning of the meeting was to award the medal to the heroes of the war in recognition of their contributions to the Empire.

"Haha, ladies and gentlemen, it was you who preserved the Holy Roman Empire and shattered the conspiracy of Duke Friedrich, Duke of Billund, and you deserve this honor."

So saying, Charles VI stood up, and Eugen, General Ike, and Francis, who were at the entrance of the palace, came up together.

General Ike is in the center, while Francis and Eugen are on the left and right, and on the surface, it seems that General Ike has the most credit and Eugen has the least credit.

Francis was still secretly proud of himself for being able to stand on the left, and even at this time, he did not forget to fight Eugen.

Eugen was amused by this, and strange to say, until now, Eugen had been lightly avoided by Eugen several times behind his back, and Eugen sometimes did not even know that he was threatened.

So until now, he had been wary of Francis, after all, he did not feel a substantial threat from Francis.

As for Francis, he was full of anger at this situation, but he didn't want to have a confrontation with Eugen face to face, so he had to secretly hold back his badness, thinking about overpowering Eugen all the time.

The three of them walked in front of Charles VI, who had been an emperor for decades no matter what he said, and he figured out the minds of several people in front of him at a glance, but he just smiled and didn't say much.

A waiter stepped forward and presented the Medal of Honor to Charles VI, who took the medal and placed it on General Ike's chest, then patted him on the shoulder, his eyes full of appreciation.

General Ike looked excited, and after bowing respectfully to Charles VI, he stepped back and stood aside.

Then Francis took a step forward, first looking up at Eugen triumphantly, and then turning his head to look at Charles VI.

Charles VI didn't say much about it, just smiled, and put an identical medal on Francis's chest.

Eugen's heart was full of helplessness, this ranking of status was just a false name, and he didn't bother to fight with Francis for anything.

Eugen knew very well that in fact he had already taken the greatest advantage, and from this point of view, Francis could not catch up with him even if he was a horse.

After Francis received the medal, he also retreated to the rear, and Eugen took a step forward and stood in front of Charles VI.

Charles VI looked at him with a very kind look in his eyes, like an old man looking at his own child.

He also patted Eugen on the shoulder, and then said softly: "This time, thanks to you." ”

Charles VI said this in a loud voice, as if he was talking normally, but everyone present in the palace heard this sentence clearly, and his face suddenly became strange.

No one knows why Charles VI said this, but they can all see that Charles VI's attitude towards Eugen is clearly different from that of others.

There's too much room for imagination about what this difference means.

Then, Eugen also stood behind with a medal, quietly waiting for the following.

After the award, Charles VI sat back in his seat and waved to Marcus beside him.

The next step is to give these meritorious heroes a reward, the rewards and punishments are clear, this time after such a big victory, in addition to the award of medals, Charles VI will of course give some substantial benefits.

It is these benefits that motivate the soldiers of the empire to serve the empire one after another, to serve Charles VI, and in this way, the empire can be more stable.

He reaped all the benefits by himself, and his subordinates couldn't even drink the soup, so it was naturally impossible for such an emperor to be for a long time.

When Marcus saw Charles VI's movements, he took a step forward, stood in front of the crowd, and at the same time took out an edict and spread it out, and read it.

"In this battle, the generals have made outstanding achievements, especially General Ike, who took the lead and led his soldiers to block the enemy army for many days, and bought a lot of time, so General Ike was awarded the title of Marquis of Ice."

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