Emperor Henry's small abacus crackled, wanting to play the trick of fighting between the snipe and the clam to consume the strength of the principalities with a protracted war, and then find opportunities to break each one, the power maniacs of the Saxon family have always wanted to weaken the power of the ancient German clan principalities and establish a centralized rule similar to that of the Eastern Roman Emperor, and they have worked tirelessly for generations.

Emperor Henry paused, his sharp gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and the nobles who were watching seemed to be facing a scorching coal, hurriedly bowing their heads to dodge, His Majesty shook his head in disappointment, and then continued with his own words:

"I know that everyone is in difficulty, and no one can bear the battle for so long, and the same is true of the royal family, but there is one person among us, who not only ignores the military orders, but also openly and secretly manipulates prices through the chamber of commerce under his control, greedily sucks flesh and blood from everyone, and completely ignores the sacred rules of knighthood!"

"IQ minus one, with such a clumsy and straightforward statement, it seems that it is really forced." I frowned and waited for Emperor Henry to finish speaking, it was a complete fool to jump out in a hurry at this time, he was about to take you under the knife, and sending it to the door by himself would save Your Majesty a lot of trouble, which was tantamount to looking for abuse.

As soon as Emperor Henry's voice was closed, he found that the nobles present still did not help, and his face was purple with anger, and I also shook my head frequently in my heart, these stupid people don't know whether they are really stupid or pretending to be stupid, thinking that no one can be offended if they don't speak, but in fact, it is very wrong, just like hanging me in the air and not touching the ground, I will definitely fall half to death if I accidentally fall, and I will watch a good show with all my stomach holding back, I nodded thoughtfully, and I have a plan in my heart.

"Mistress Randy, you're really calm, how about you, tell me what you think?" Emperor Henry was tired of talking to himself, and began to speak by name, the first one to cut me down, first get a big fish, and the rest of the shrimp soldiers and crabs will naturally be no problem.

The nobles peeked at the situation, the corners of their mouths tightened, don't look at the expressions are normal, maybe the faces under the masks are gloating.

"Your Majesty, I humbly accept all your criticisms, and as your vassal, I have not fulfilled my obligations, which is indeed an undoubted mistake."

I put on a sincere look, and said with superb emotion: "I also accept the disobedience to the military order, Nijmegen did not participate in the Bohemian campaign, but burned the nest of the Poles in the opposite direction, which is not beneficial to the overall situation, please punish me severely, as for the depression of prices, I confess that I have indeed profited greatly from the trade of the Chamber of Investment, but all the profits are dedicated to the church of Utrecht and the bishop of Cologne, as a humble believer in the service of God's heart, Although the Holy See did not bother to take payment from the dirty dealings of the world, in order to defend Christ, to proclaim the teachings of God to the heathen, and to bathe more barbarians in the glory of the kingdom of heaven, it was necessary to arm a strong army, so His Holiness the Pope reluctantly accepted the money and entrusted me with carte blanche to take care of the matter...... Your Majesty, do you mean that I am wrong in doing so? ”

My eyes widened in horror, and tears seemed to swirl in the corners of my watery eyes, fully demonstrating the confusion of a devout believer.

"This ......"

Although the Holy See is under the protection of the Empire, no emperor dares to pat his chest and say that he does not take God and the Pope in his eyes, Emperor Henry was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to stumble and say: "Maybe the messenger is lazy, I don't know about it, since this is the case, I won't pursue it, then again, you admit that you violated the assembly order and took the initiative to ask for punishment." ”

"That's right, Your Majesty, please punish me!"

I leaned out of the wooden table with both hands, and I was so sincere that I had lied to myself: "Nijmegen has no complaints!" ”

"Good." Emperor Henry squinted, very pleased that I had suddenly become so honest, and pinched his chin as he weighed the severity of the punishment.

"Your Majesty, until then, allow me to offer you, the Supreme Emperor of the German Empire, the finest spoils of war that I have taken back from Poland." I smiled and pushed my chair away and stood up, clapping my hands on my back, and Kohler, who had been waiting outside the tent for a long time, took Figura by the arm and brought her in.

"A woman?"

Emperor Henry raised his eyebrows, his sensitive nerves pricked by me, and there was a faint dissatisfaction in his tone.

His Majesty, who was twenty-eight years old at the time, had been married for ten years to Empress Kunigund, who was born in Luxembourg, but had not yet produced children, and the aristocratic circles privately ridiculed him for his white body, and there were even rumors that the emperor suffered from gallstone disease and was likely to be infertile for life, but there were also rumors that pointed the finger at the empress, who frequented the church, claiming that she had an affair with a certain disorderly clergyman, was punished by God, and could never get pregnant again.

These rumors have been circulating in the market for a long time, especially after Henry ascended the throne of the emperor, the issue of succession has become more and more important, and sterility has become another big laughing stock of Emperor Henry in addition to lameness, but in order to win the support of the queen's huge family in Lower Lorraine, His Majesty has not expressed his position, and Empress Kunigund has also reduced the number of times she goes to church to express her piety, and the two sides are safe.

"Let me introduce you, this is the jewel of Grand Duke Mieszko, the honorable Princess Figura."

I gave up my seat, pulled my arm and almost dragged Figula to the emperor, she pouted stubbornly, as if she was still angry with me, but the angry beauty was more like a fiery red thorny rose, successfully hooking the naked greedy eyes of every nobleman present, including of course His Majesty Henry, who was silent in the center, he had long been fascinated by Figura's hot and delicate curves, and his eyes were blurred so that I couldn't find the focus.

"You have been frightened, Your Highness Princess, please accept my sincere apologies."

Emperor Henry froze and turned his face to me: "Isn't it a blasphemy against the principle that knights do not bully women and children by bringing back your delicate princess?" I need an explanation, Master Randy. ”

began to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and wanted to support the field in front of beautiful women, then I simply accompanied you to do enough tricks, just now I suddenly had an idea, instigating Emperor Henry to leave Kunigund and marry Figura, on the surface, he can win over the Grand Duke of Poland to become his own family and strengthen his ruling strength, but in fact, he not only offended the Luxembourg family in Lower Lorraine, but also made Grand Duke Mieszko, who married his daughter a second room, feel humiliated, and then the splint will be enough for him.

Having made up my mind, I hurriedly said: "It is really a war between the two countries, I am afraid that the sword will hurt Her Royal Highness the princess without an eye, so I have to send someone to protect her, and I want to wait until the end of the war to send Her Royal Highness back to China, but Your Majesty's summoning order is too urgent, so I can only take Her Royal Highness the princess with me." I frowned in distress and spread my hands out as if I was helpless.

"Nonsense!"

Emperor Henry slapped the table angrily, pointed at my nose and scolded: "Don't make excuses for yourself, your name as a despicable person has long been called well, and your filthy behavior is obvious to all, and you even use Her Royal Highness the noble princess as a shield!" ”

Your Majesty gasped for breath, as if something great had happened, and I squinted at Figura, who scoffed at the Emperor's clumsy performance as much as I did, but as clever as she vaguely guessed what I wanted to circumvent, she stared at me with her eyes, as if to say, "Ya is insidious enough, and whoever messes with the mandarin duck score will let me to the neurotic dwarf cripple!"

"I'm sorry Your Majesty, please forgive me for my stupid behavior."

I lowered my head and rubbed my fingers uneasily: "Nijmegen will bear all the expenses of this expedition, and the proceeds of the expedition to Poland will be presented as trophies for everyone, and as for any punishment you may have, I will accept it all." ”

Before I could finish speaking, the nobles whispered to each other, gasping in surprise, and Emperor Henry temporarily turned his gaze from Figura to me, moving his mouth but saying nothing.

I watched everyone's reactions with satisfaction, knowing that I had escaped again.

The double temptation of money and beauty, Rao is His Majesty the Emperor is embarrassed, and it is not good to pick bones in the eggs, the most important thing is that I admit my mistake with a very correct attitude, give him enough face, and also make a good start for the next step to find other reasons to treat the nobles who do not work hard, Emperor Henry stepped down comfortably and beautifully.

"Since the Duke has the courage to take responsibility, then this matter will be done."

The Emperor instructed his attendants to invite Princess Figura to rest, after all, it was inconvenient for outsiders to be present at the internal meetings of the Empire.

His approach can be regarded as acquiescing in the fact that I sacrificed Figura, as for the fact that the two of them are lonely in the dead of night, there will inevitably be some exchanges, and how it will develop is not something I can control, as far as everyone can see, the Duke of Nijmegen did not do anything out of the ordinary, let alone get involved in the private life of His Majesty the Emperor, but only fulfilled the obligation of the vassals to dedicate the most noble captives to the feudal monarch.

"Master Randy, given that you are sensible, I have an idea."

After Emperor Henry lowered the curtain of the tent with his attendants, he turned his face around with a smile, tapped his fingers on the table as if considering his own words, and said with a smile:

"Since you are very good at dealing with barbarians, and you have been appointed by His Holiness the Pope to undertake the task of organizing a cathar army, then, the royal family has a small property near the sea in the border district of Billenmarco, and let it be allocated to you as the property of the Church Army, and the Saxons have always spared no effort in serving God ......"

Playing yin, right? Knowing that I had offended the Slavic tribes along the Elbe, I deliberately gave a small fief that hung alone outside the territory, and the territory was not far from the land of the Danish pirates and the Poles, and the angry Grand Duke Mieszko must have blocked the door every day to live up to me, and there was absolutely no good fruit to eat, but it was still a religious crime to lose, and it was a hurdle to advance and retreat, and Ya's intentions were sinister!

(End of chapter)