"Hmm!" King Furyk answered, and then, accompanied by King Luo Khan, he led the princes into the main hall.

After he slowly sat on the throne, he slowly spoke: "You don't have to be polite, everyone should get up and take their seats." ”

This king seems to be very good at checks and balances, and he doesn't care about the two dukes in the kingdom attacking each other, and he just asks Connor why he is angry, but he looks at Cook next to Fox and asks, "Bah, this kid is so neatly dressed." Fawkes, is this your Earl's Court child? ”

The first time he brought Cook into the palace, the king, who never left the palace, naturally didn't know Cook. Fawkes stood up and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the only child in my family, and his name is Cook." ”

"Oh!" The king nodded in realization, and happily took out a ruby from the box beside him.

The king, who seemed to be very fond of children, shook the jewel in his hand and coaxed Cook and said, "Little Cook come quickly, I will give you a beautiful gem as a little gift for the first meeting!" ”

Cook didn't know any palace rules, and replied very innocently: "Do you want to give a gift when you meet for the first time?" But I don't have a gift ready, so let's give it to each other when I have a gift next time! ”

After Cook finished speaking, everyone in the hall was stunned.

Who would dare not want the king's reward? But Cook didn't know this, and he refused.

The third prince, Bruce, was furious, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Cook and shouted: "Presumptuous, you dare to refuse Your Majesty's reward and seek death!" ”

After hearing this, Fox immediately pulled Cook to his knees with him.

The king glanced at Fawkes on the ground, saw that he was respectfully silent, and then turned his head to look at the third prince Bruce behind him.

The king's eyes were full of anger, and Prince Bruce bowed his head in fright, not daring to say anything more.

Then the king smiled at Cook and said, "Hehe, it seems that little Cook is a very particular child." Okay, we'll talk about it next time you bring a gift, hahaha. ”

After saying this, the king and the others laughed together, and the king laughed and stretched out his hand to signal Fawkes to take Cook up and take a seat, acting very approachable.

But the king was not as easy-going as he appeared, and when they laughed, he secretly observed everyone's expressions keenly, and those sharp eyes seemed to be able to read people's minds.

Twenty years ago, Furyk was not a king, he was in the prime of life at the age of twenty-seven, and he was the third prince of the kingdom.

Among the many princes, Freck was more righteous, and he was concerned about the people of the country, and was busy assisting the eldest prince in the affairs of the kingdom every day, while his brothers only knew how to eat, drink, and be merry all day long. It stands to reason that he is the only prince of the kingdom who is the most suitable, but ten years ago, the position of prince was already obtained by the eldest prince, and the old king never had other ideas.

He had no ambitions, and many of his political ideals could not be realized, because in the kingdom, the king and the prince were in charge of everything, and he had no part in speaking.

However, Furyk did not accept this arrangement, and secretly befriended the important ministers of the kingdom, and also co-opted his two own younger brothers, and secretly cultivated his own power. Fox is a master of power tricks, and in just a few years he almost controlled the royal capital. He used the oath of the knights to use the interests of the people as an excuse to gain the support of Connor, Thatcher, and Fawkes's father.

Because of the great movement of Furyk, he soon made a report, and when the old king learned of it, he sent the palace guards to arrest him.

The chief of guard guarding the palace was Fawkes's father, and he was the first to know the news! In order to protect Furyk, Fawkes's father hurried to Furyke's residence to ventilate and inform Furyk to flee quickly.

When the matter was revealed, Furyk decided to launch a coup d'état, and immediately rushed to the east of the city to have his brother Frank lead the knights to besiege the palace.

Furyk then begins to move under the protection of Fawkes's father, but on the way he encounters the palace guards who have come to capture him. Fawkes's father was left alone to fight, in exchange for time for Faureck to get to the east of the city.

Later, in the company of his brother Frank, Furyk stormed the palace with a thousand knights, killing the eldest prince and the old king, and then the other princes and many ministers. Then a notice was posted saying that the eldest prince was disobedient and tried to kill the old king and the other princes, and then ascended the throne himself as king early.

After the loss of the king and prince, the kingdom was in chaos. In order to ensure a smooth transition of power, Connor stepped forward and called on the people to elect Furyk as the new king. Later, Connor personally led the Knights, went to various territories to suppress various opposition, and finally secured the throne of Furyk.

Connor was soon promoted to the rank of First Duke of the Kingdom and rewarded him with the most fertile of the Victorious Domains. Fawkes's father died in battle to protect Furyk, so Fawkes was unusually promoted to the rank of Earl of the Kingdom, and was given the Earldom and the western side of the royal capital. Frank was the most meritorious, so he was named King of Knight and was in charge of all the armies of the kingdom.

Furyk is a very shrewd man, he knows that his throne is not right, so he has always worried that he will be overthrown by someone else, just like his father. He felt that his biggest threat now was his brother Frank, who was in charge of the kingdom's army, and that King Knight's name was too ostentatious, and he had only had to do so in the first place. And this Frank has a rough personality, and when he is drunk, he often misses some words, and his words have a slight meaning of counting Freic, and he feels that he is the most powerful person in the kingdom.

At the time of the coup, another prince escaped this fate, and he was stationed at Luo Khan, and this person was another brother of Furyk, Salde.

In order to eradicate the arrogant Frank, Furyk secretly summoned Salde and Dragon City hero Thatcher to the royal capital at the same time! Furyk cried in front of the two of them, pretending that Frank was plotting a coup d'état and that he couldn't do anything about it. Enraged, Salde and Thatcher joined forces and led the knights into Frank's palace and killed him on the spot. Subsequently, Salde was named King Luo Khan, gave the territory Luo Khan, and led the main force of the kingdom army to continue to garrison Luo Khan. Thatcher was named the second duke of the kingdom and gave the territory of Dragon City.

After Furyke's careful adjustment, his henchman became the first and second duke of the kingdom, and after Fawkes won the position of chief instructor, Furyk gained the loyalty of all the knights through Fawkes, and the kingdom officially ushered in the era of Furyke's rule.

In the balance of the various factions in the kingdom, Connor is a chess piece carefully arranged by Furyk, and Connor resolves the disputes of various territorial affairs for him, and all the resentments arising from this are only directed against Connor. In terms of the balance of the kingdom's army, Salde and Thatcher are the other two pawns arranged by Furyk, allowing them to occupy the east and west sides, while counteracting Connor's influence in the army. Supporting Duke Thatcher to set up a knight training camp in Dragon City is also to balance Fox in the royal capital and prevent him from dominating his prestige.

Today, King Furyk has been using this method to weigh the powers! Connor was very righteous and handled things very fairly, almost winning the hearts of the people. But in the eyes of the king, it was not enough to do too well, so he allowed the dukes such as Cologne and Acedo to do mischief, in order to prevent Connor from becoming too powerful, so he acquiesced in their private opposition to Connor. During the banquet, the king deliberately treated Cook specially, because the power of Dragon City had grown too rapidly over the years, and Fawkes's influence was gradually fading, so he intended to improve Fawkes's status in the kingdom.

After being a king for so many years, he once had countless beautiful ideals, but now they have become a dream of the past. For Furyk, ideals are always unrealistic, and a true ruler only needs to be able to control everything and continue to maintain his rule. Therefore, the biggest feature of Fox's administration is his trade-off policy.

Despite his cunning, Freic played no role in the development and unity of the kingdom, and he had no idea what would happen in the end.

Several major forces in the kingdom were formed with his acquiescence, and the open and secret struggle between the various factions intensified! In order to survive, the nobles chose different camps, constantly looting the people, desperately currying favor with the princes and kings of various factions, which made the internal conflict of the kingdom more and more intense. The most sorrowful thing for the current king is that the taxes of the kingdom are falling every year, and the major lords are always prevaricating with various excuses. In fact, the major lords did not have that much money to pay enough taxes, because a large part of the money was used for internal friction.

Far from being worried, the king was glad that the lords could not maintain more knights without enough money, so that the kingdom would have as few rebellions as possible.

In fact, in the twenty years that King Furyk has been in power, the major forces have checked and balanced each other, the benefits have been reasonably distributed, and there has indeed been no rebellion in the kingdom. Furyk's shrewdness kept the kingdom quiet for twenty years, and although he didn't make any breakthroughs in his reign compared to his predecessors, it was enough for him to be the king of the kingdom.

However, he still doesn't feel very at ease with the major nobles, worried that these nobles will plot something in private, so he always can't help but secretly observe everyone's expressions and reactions. In terms of reading people, Furyk can be said to be the number one master in the kingdom, and with a gesture and a smile, he can see what the other party is thinking in his heart.

However, the king was always deliberately easy-going, and he used this disguise very well.

The king sat on his throne and said in a very flattering voice: "I am very happy that you have traveled long distances and traveled tirelessly from all the great realms to spend this annual palace feast together. I am very pleased that the kingdom has been relatively stable this year, and that the people have lived a prosperous life, all of which depends on your loyalty to the kingdom. ”

After speaking, he pretended to hesitate, pretended to ask for a moment, and then said in a worried tone: "At present, there are still many deficiencies in our kingdom, such as the annual reduction of taxes, the life of the people everywhere is still miserable, bandits and bandits are still rampant, and the border also seems to be a little unstable. We still have to find a way to solve these problems, and we must not take them lightly, but must take them seriously. ”

Everyone nodded together and responded, "Yes!" ”

The king looked around for a week, then smiled and said, "I hope that everyone will lead by example in the future, be loyal to their duties, and jointly maintain the inheritance left to us by our ancestors!" If you have any civil affairs in your territory, you must report it to First Duke Connor as soon as possible, and Duke Connor will handle it for you, so you can rest assured. In matters related to the border, I asked King Luo Khan and the Duke of Longcheng for help, listened to their opinions, and responded truthfully and obeyed the dispatch. If the matter is urgent, you can also come directly to the royal capital to meet me, I am waiting for you at any time. ”

For this kind of false words, everyone listens to them every year, and after hearing too much, they don't think so, and they just say perfunctorily together: "Follow Your Majesty's teachings!" ”

The king also walked out of form, because there was really nothing else to say. Furyk looked a little hungry, and then he gave the order, and the dinner began at once.