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Receiving the blessing of the Archbishop of Mainz, Arold stood up, and he followed Prince Otto and others into the church, which had a deliberately elongated spire, and Arold certainly knew this way of construction, although not as elaborate and sharp as later generations had seen, but already had all the characteristics of Gothic architecture. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Huh?" Although Arold followed Prince Otto into the church, he wondered why Prince Otto had mysteriously brought him here instead of taking him into the inner city.

"Boom." Suddenly, the door of the church was pushed shut by two court attendants, and when the door of the church was closed, the hustle and bustle outside seemed to be in another world.

"Lord Duke, you may wonder why I am no longer entertaining you in the court?" Prince Otto stood in front of the altar with a smile on his face, dressed in a Frankish robe and wearing a sparkling tiara on his head.

"Your Royal Highness, if you have any orders, just say it!" Arold looked at Prince Otto and the Archbishop of Mainz, he knew that His Royal Highness the prince must have something very confidential to say, otherwise he would not have intercepted himself here, and let the archbishop bless and arrange the welcome ceremony.

"Well, Lord Duke, we have been close friends for a long time, our friendship is unbreakable, and you are also dutiful for the sake of the royal family, so when I ascend the throne, I want you to take the honorary position of palace minister." Prince Otto said to Arrod with a smile.

"Gong Xiang? However, as far as I know, when the new king ascends the throne, only the Grand Dukes of the tribes are qualified to hold court positions. Arold also knew that when the new king ascended the throne, he would arrange for the most powerful dukes in the kingdom to serve as honorary court ministers, of course, this was just an honor, and letting Arold serve as the palace minister did not really let him perform his duties and manage the court instead of Prince Otto.

"Lord Duke, you have laid down for His Majesty the King, Karshstadt, who has always been disobedient to the royal authority, and as the ruler of the Mecklenburg clan, you are fully qualified to serve as the ruler." The Archbishop of Mainz said to Arold with a smile on his face, his face wrinkled like that of an old dog.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I will dedicate my sword and army to you, Your Highness." Arold hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Prince Otto, this kind of honor is not available to all nobles, Prince Otto had previously granted Arold the title of royal advisor, but it was only a personal appointment of the prince, but the title of the king's court minister, it was different, to some extent, it was acting on behalf of the king.

"Well, there's really something that needs your help, Lord Duke." Prince Otto and Archbishop Mainz looked at each other, and the two smiled and nodded, and then said to Arold.

"What's the matter?" Arold asked curiously.

"Basically all the Dukes agreed to attend the coronation ceremony of His Royal Highness, but some were instigated by Donkmar, and the Dukes of Bavaria and Franconia refused to attend." Archbishop Mainz said to Arryd.

"Oh, so what does His Royal Highness want me to do?" Arrode's brows furrowed slightly, you must know that the Duke of Bavaria and his son Duke Eberhard, who is also the Duke of Franconia, are both perennial opponents of the royal family, how can a new vassal order them?

"Don't get me wrong, I certainly can't embarrass you, in fact I want to borrow you some Teutonic knights and ask them to give gifts to the Duke of Bavaria and the Duke of Franken." Prince Otto saw Arrod's hesitant look, of course he knew Arrod's thoughts, and he hurriedly explained to Arrod.

In fact, Prince Otto already knew about the Teutonic knights under Arrod from many sources, but he didn't think so at first, because the princes would build up some personal defense armies, but the level of ability was uneven.

However, when the spies told Prince Otto about the Teutonian knights' performance at Karlstadt, and when they witnessed the might of the Teutonic knights, Prince Otto suddenly felt that such an armed force could be invincible in the world.

"I see." Arold nodded slightly, he somewhat understood Prince Otto's approach, if he simply gave a gift to the Duke of Bavaria, I am afraid that the self-righteous old stubborn would think that the royal family was soft, but if the Teutonic knights were added, this was both grace and power, implying that the Duke of Bavaria would either swallow the gift or be ready to swallow the iron fist.

"In addition to this, there is another very important thing that I don't think anyone can do except you, the Duke." Prince Otto's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said to Arold with a serious face.

Just as Arold and Prince Otto entered the church, Yves and the others waited outside the church, and although they wondered why the door of the church was closed, they were not worried about it, and at this moment from the inner city, Havina and Count Ron accompanied Princess Josie out, and a nurse carried little William.

"Ron, Harvey." Count Yves was boredly touching his beard, and when he saw Josie and the others coming out, he hurriedly greeted him loudly.

"Ive-sama." Ron hurriedly stepped forward to take Yve's hand, but Havina rolled her eyes.

"Count Yve, I've changed my name, please call me Havina in the future."

"What, Havena?" Yifu was puzzled by the second monk when he heard this, and opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

"What about Arrod?" Princess Josie asked curiously, holding the edge of her long skirt.

Seeing Princess Josie coming to the front, Eves and the others hurriedly bowed to her slightly, this noble princess is not only Arold's wife, she is also the daughter of Duke Mason.

"The Duke and Prince Otto are in the church, there should be some confidential matter!" Yves said.

"By the way, Harvey, ah, Havena, what's your news?" Ron said to Havina beside him, you must know that Havina is the spy leader of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, and Arold arranged her in Quedlinburg because he also wanted to lay out the king's court.

"There are many people who are dissatisfied with Prince Otto's accession to the throne, such as the Donkmar, as far as I know, is moving around." Havina said.

"Donkmaar is Prince Otto's half-brother and has always been extremely ambitious, but Prince Otto's ascension to the throne as king is the most important national policy of King Henry in his later years, and it is not at all something that Donkmaar can stop.

Donkmar was sulking in his manor, his hair was scattered, and he held a Germanic longbow in his hand, and a hundred meters away stood a servant with an apple on his head, and the servant looked at Donkmar who was about to draw his bow and shoot arrows.

"Squeak~~." Donkmar stared at his target, but no one knew if he was aiming at the Apple or the servant.

"Woo." The servant looked at Donkemar, who had drawn his bow, and his legs went limp.

"Whoosh~~." The arrow flew out, and it hit the apple, and the arrow with the apple flew backwards to the ground, and the servant was paralyzed on the ground, and he was afraid that if he did not fall to the ground, he was afraid that the arrow would penetrate his throat.

"Damn the one, take him down and lash him." When Donkmar saw the servant collapse to the ground, he immediately ordered in annoyance, and immediately two strong soldiers dragged him down.

"My lord, I heard that Prince Otto is entertaining the Duke of Mecklenburg at Quedlinburg." Also sitting in the courtyard were several Saxon nobles, all of whom were friends of Donkmar.

"Just a Duke of Mecklenburg." Donquemar lowered his bow, and he reached the wooden table, where an attendant with a flask in his hand immediately poured him wine from Burgundy sweetness.

"But I heard that he conquered Karlstadt, which is a large city, and I don't know how much treasure he has gained." Another Saxon nobleman salivated.

"Yes, Karlstadt is a rich city, so why did His Majesty send an obscure nouveau riche instead of us loyal Saxon nobles to this task?" The rest of the Saxon aristocrats shouted.

"Hmph, my father is old and confused, not only has he abandoned the Carolingian tradition, but he has also handed over such a rich city to the hairy boy of little Henry." Donkmar drank the wine from his glass, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

"That's right, if you want to inherit the throne, your lord, you are the most capable and qualified." The Saxon aristocracy said flatteringly.

"Is there any news from the Duke of Bavaria?" Don Kemal asked.

"It has been contacted, and he and the Duke of Franconia have decided not to attend Otto's enthronement and refuse to accept the palace position."

"Well, without the support of the top two principalities in the kingdom, I see how Otto can be this king." Donkmar nodded slightly, in a much better mood.

"What about that Duke of Mecklenburg, who looks like a sycophant for Prince Otto."

"Hmph, send someone to tell him that my manor has been washed away by a great flood and that many fields and buildings have been destroyed, and that he should hand over the spoils he has plundered from Karshstadt, and that I borrowed him, and that if he were wise, he should know what to do." Donkmar stroked the beard on his chin and said to the Saxon nobles.

"Haha, forgive him for being a little vassal and don't dare to offend you, I will obediently send the money." The Saxon aristocracy laughed, they really didn't think of a small frontier duchy like Mecklenburg.

"What if he refuses?" Some people also asked.

"If he refuses, then don't blame me for being rude." Donkmar gave a fierce gaze, he pulled out a dagger made of ivory handle from his waist, and slammed the dagger into the wooden table, the sharp dagger emitted a snowy light, and the Saxon nobles looked at each other, and they also drew their short swords from their waists and stuck them on the wooden table.