"Your Majesty, Welf requests an audience." Faller walked in and bowed to William.

"Call him in." William nodded slightly, and commanded at Faller.

"Yes." Faller took his leave, and soon after, he took Maurice with him. Welf came.

"Morris. Welf, knock to your majesty. Welf knelt down on one knee in front of William and bowed respectfully.

William remembered that he had sent Welf to Tuscany, Italy, and had only returned in the past few days, and that it was not good to rest at home, and that it was something urgent to come to him to meet him.

With such a question, William spoke: "Welf, I remember that you have just returned from Italy, what are you doing here?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a reluctant request, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Welf looked up at William and pleaded.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I beg your understanding that at the invitation of Empress Agnes of Poitou, I am preparing to leave the Norman Kingdom for the Holy Roman Empire to assist the young Emperor Henry IV." Welf hesitated for a moment, but still spoke what was in his mind.

Hearing Welf's answer, William couldn't help frowning, he asked himself if he was still a good use of Welf, and gave him the title of Duke of Dehebas and two pieces of Earl territory in the Welsh region, which can be regarded as reviving the family reputation of the Welf family, why did he still give up his allegiance to himself and run to his opponent to serve, which made William both puzzled and a little annoyed.

"Welf, what good has Empress Agnes of Poitou promised you that you should abandon your oath of allegiance to me and serve my rival, the Holy Roman Emperor?" William said in a deep voice, with some irritation in his tone.

"Your Majesty, I beg your pardon." Welf bowed deeply, and then said apologetically: "I have made up my mind, but I do not want to live up to your love for me, and I am willing to return to you the title of Duke of Dehebas and the two territories of Deved and Glamorgan." ”

With that, Welf escaped from the canonization document and the duke's crown that William had previously bestowed upon him, and presented it to William with both hands.

William shook his head and said in a gentle tone: "Welf, you and I have been kings and ministers for many years, even if it has been eight years, and I also know that your long-cherished wish in your heart is to revive the Welf family and let all the noble families remember the greatness of the Welf family.

There are still many places where you can be used in the future against Italy, and this is your chance to make a name for yourself in the Welf family.

As long as you are willing to stay, the title and territory of the Duke of Verona, which originally belonged to your family, will be yours in the future! ”

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind, and I beg your pardon." Welf still insisted.

After several attempts to persuade William to no avail, he finally lost his patience, and he became furious and asked, "Are you going to be my enemy?" Welf! ”

"Your Majesty, as your courtier, I always remember your gift to me, but you do not understand my desire to restore the glory of my family.

Originating in Germany, the Welf family held two crowns in Burgundy and Italy, and also ruled Bavaria and Verona.

The glory of the revival family was not in remote Wales, but in Germany, in Bavaria.

The Empress Dowager Agnes wishes to grant me the counts of Nuremberg and Lower Bavaria on the north bank of the Danube, as well as the territories of these two counts.

This is the place where the Welf family has owned for generations, and the future revival of the Welf family should start here. ”

In the face of William's questioning, Welf simply opened up and made it clear what he thought in front of William.

As Welf said, William did not let go of the pride in his heart and carefully cared about the wishes of his courtiers, which is a point that William must admit.

William was a little contemptuous of Welf, he always regarded Welf as a pawn and pedal in Italy, but now William has his daughter-in-law Archduchess Matilda and her Tuscan Archduchess, Welf's position in his heart has suddenly decreased, perhaps Welf also felt this, so he accepted the invitation of Empress Agnes of Poitou of the HRE Empire to go to the HRE Empire to accept the canonization and become the Duke of Nuremberg and Lower Bavaria in Bavaria.

In addition, although William often talked about reviving the House of Normandy, as if he attached great importance to family glory, in fact, he did not have the same deep understanding of the family as other medieval nobles.

William's desire to revive the House of Normandy was always derived from the expectations of his late father, Robert, rather than the goal of reviving the House of Normandy.

Therefore, William was not interested in Welf's frequent talk about reviving the glory of the Welf family, and in addition to his noble vassals, in fact, except for Welf's noble Welf family, there was no prominent family history, and the nobles of the Norman kingdom did not pay attention to these at first.

Reviving the glory of the Welf family was Welf's lifelong goal, but it was not understood and valued by his monarch William, so he made up his mind to accept the invitation of the Empress Dowager Agnes of the HRE Empire.

"Let's go, let's go, for the sake of you and my monarch and ministers, I won't embarrass you." William shook his head and waved his hand to back down.

"Your Majesty agreed, and Welf said goodbye."

After saying this, he respectfully knelt on the ground again, bowed to William, and then returned the canonization paper, the duke's crown, and the ring representing the command of the army to William, and then turned and took his leave.

Looking at these on the table, William couldn't help but feel a little frustrated in his heart, the Norman kingdom was newly built, and there was a chance to rise, why did Welf leave, even if William had this point in his heart, he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

Picking up the duke's crown on the table, William said to Faller, who was standing beside him: "Faller, you are my most trusted person, who has followed me for so many years, and who has worked so hard, I grant you the title of Duke of Dehebas, and bestow upon you the land of Deweed and Glamorgan.

At the same time, I give you the name of William, and I give you the surname of Beriol. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Phaleosborne was almost speechless with emotion, he had served William for so many years, and he had only received the title of an earl, and now he was finally able to become a noble duke, even if this duke's territory was smaller, it was enough to squeeze him into the top high society of the Norman kingdom.

What made him even more excited was that William had given him the name "William" and the surname Beriool, knowing that Fitz/Phale Osborne meant son of Osborne, and having the glorious name of William was enough to bring great glory to his family.