The domain of Baron Wendell of Fort Lida, which is usually a closed self-sufficient barony, and now because of the wedding of the baron's son Yve, the narrow door of Fort Lida is opened to welcome guests from all sides to celebrate, and the housekeeper Andrea of Fort Lida is busy directing the servants to arrange the wedding venue, Fort Lida is a compound building of manor and small fortress, there is no shortage of venues for banquets, people vacate a warehouse in the manor, and put wooden tables and chairs in it, enough to accommodate more than 100 people to dine at the same time.

At this time, snowflakes began to fall in the sky, and if it was summer, you could hold a garden tour in the courtyard, but the thick snow on the ground made the children play very happily, and even some noble ladies played happily, and the Wendell family, as the hosts, just prepared hot water and food, and when the guests were tired of playing, let them wash their hands with hot water to warm their cold hands and feet.

"Auntie, this is our gift to the newlyweds." Relatives from afar of the Wendell family came to bless Eve's wedding, Mrs. Eva sat in the living room of Fort Lida, the room supported by arched stone pillars looked a little low, but in the eyes of the distant relatives of the Wendell family, this was already a very rich performance, the cabinet with the wall on the east side of the room was full of all kinds of pottery, Mrs. Eva was wearing a blue long dress with an open collar, smiling on a wooden chair to receive the blessings of relatives, and her little daughter Lena was wearing a small blue dress. The little hand grabbed her mother's knee and stared curiously at the people around her with a pair of round blue eyes.

"Thank you for coming all the way." Mrs. Eva accepted the small box that had been sent, and inside was a silver cross pendant. Although it is very ordinary, but Mrs. Eva still politely asked the servant to take the guests to the guest room to rest, the relatives of the Wendell family are not rich, it can be said that there are many village gentry, and now I see that the Wendell family is developed, of course, they all come to take refuge, in fact, this is also the custom of the Germanic people, when you are down, you can go to the rich relatives, and when you are developed, you must accept relatives and friends who come to take refuge.

"Mother, Sir Ivan has arrived." At this moment, a servant came in and reported to Lady Eva. Hearing the servant's report, Mrs. Eva got up and walked out of the drawing-room. Sure enough, Sir Ivan was seeing Sir Ivan riding a horse leading several of his servants into Fort Lida, and Baron Wendell walked over with Yves to meet him.

"Ha Luha, Sir Ivan." Baron Wendell is wearing a fine linen top today and a tight jumpsuit underneath. The coat is a brand new fur cardigan. He wears a gold headband on his head. When he saw Sir Ivan, he greeted him with a smile.

"Ah, dear baron, my dear son-in-law." Sir Ivan dismounted with difficulty with the help of his attendants. The knight looked at the beautiful Fort Lidda, and was glad that his daughter had been able to marry into such a wealthy family.

"Welcome, Sir." Yves was also dressed in a new dress, the clothes on his body cost enough to be busy for an ordinary farmer's family for a busy year, blue shirt and velvet coat, and all kinds of necklaces and decorations, even the rude movements of the past seemed to disappear, and on this happy day, Ive's face had a happy and cheerful look.

"My dear son-in-law, you look like the most valiant knight in the entire principality." Sir Ivan looked at Yves and exclaimed, but he felt a little regretful in his heart, how could he have looked away at Baron Wendell's other son Arrod, who thought that Arrod, who was the second son, had the greatest achievement in his life but was only a knight, but he didn't expect to conquer the territory of the Baltic Sea coast and become a pivotal earl, I heard that not only Duke Mason and his heir, Count Ebel, are now trying their best to win over, even the royal family is also paying frequent attention to Arrod, if his daughter marries Arold, Then Josephine was a countess and not a knight.

"Thank you for your compliment, sir, and I swear to God and Our Lady that I will make Josephine happy." Ive's face was flushed with excitement, and even in the freezing center, he tried to straighten up and swore to his father-in-law.

"Hehe, this kid." Baron Wendell and Sir Evan's Haldame laughed, and were very pleased with their marriage, and Sir Evan, who celebrated his daughter's wedding, accompanied him with a dowry of four barrels of olive oil, three barrels of wine, three trained men and three maids, and a thousand silver houses.

"By the way, what about your youngest son, Lord Count Arrod?" Sir Ivan walked with Baron Wendell in the courtyard of Fort Lida, creaking with the snow under his feet, and it was the dream of every low-ranking nobleman to have a courtyard, and servants shuttled from their side, bringing fragrant food from the kitchen to the warehouse.

"Arold had set out from his territory a few days earlier, and the squire he had sent had arrived at Fort Lida yesterday and told us that it might be there today. You also know that he had just fought a battle with the Slavs, and that his army had even remained in Rostock to fight, so he had to come to his brother's wedding. Baron Wendell said with a proud look that his two sons were very good, especially Arrod, who had become an important earl in the Duchy of Mason.

"Really? Your Excellency, after Ive's wedding, you will be on your way to Mason Castle to take up your duties as military governor. Sir Ivan nodded, but his double chin could only be seen shaking the fat on his body a few times.

"That's right, Lord Earl Abel has already sent the letter of appointment, along with the letter of appointment from Arrod." Baron Wendell smiled and said that being able to hold a key position in Duke Mason's court was something he had never imagined before.

"What? Arold's appointment? Sir Ivan was stunned, as a low-level nobleman, he didn't know the rumors, he couldn't believe it, although Arold was already the earl of a county, but he was so young, how could he get an important position in the Duchy's court, you must know that if those old qualified vassals knew about it, they would not sit idly by.

"Gong Xiang, his position is Gong Xiang." Baron Wendell said to Sir Evan, his tone was such a mixture of joy and apprehension, and he was also very worried that Arold would not be able to subdue the old vassals and courtiers, which was simply roasting Arold on the fire.

"Palace, palace phase, unheard of." Sir Ivan was completely shocked, what is the position of the palace minister? He was the Grand Steward of the Duchy, who controlled the finances of the entire Duchy, and was the most important position in the court, which only the most powerful and trusted by the Duke could hold.

"yes." Baron Wendell was also embarrassed, who would have thought that the once declining Wendell family would have two ministers, and the military and financial power would fall on the head of his family.

"Is this simply the rebirth of the dwarf Piping father and son?" Sir Ivan thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, if this was known by others, I was afraid that it would bring trouble to the Wendell family, the former great nobleman of the Frankish kingdom, Pepin and his son successively served as the palace minister, and then the short Pepin simply abolished the cowardly and incompetent king and set himself up as king, this kind of power is the envy of other nobles, but also to create a brilliant and powerful dynasty, this experience is the dream of any ambitious aristocratic family.

"Hey, Sir Ivan, are you hot?" Baron Wendell saw Sir Evan's sleeve stretched out and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and felt very strange, it was really strange that Sir Evan's forehead was sweating in this cold season.

"Ha Luha, yes, it's really a little hot after running all the way." Sir Ivan said with a quick smile.

"This is my negligence, you have come so far away, and I will at once have the servants take you to your room, where the fireplace is already blazing, so that you can rest well." Baron Wendell apologized for his negligence as they heard the voice of a soldier coming from the watchtower above the city gates.

"A group of men is coming to us."

"Who is it?" Baron Wendell felt very strange when he heard this, at this time, Mason County was safe and sound, and there was no war in the principality, how could a large group of people come.

"I saw it, it's the banner of Lord Arrod, yes, they're coming." The soldier stood on the watchtower, covered his hand over the helmet, and looked carefully at the procession coming from the forest path, and saw a knight of the inner province in the lead, with a black lion banner in his hand, and a group of knights on horseback and servants on foot, and several baggage wagons, and among the knights a young nobleman wearing a tweed fur cardigan, a cloak made of black velvet, and a soft hat with white feathers on his head, riding a horse, they walked slowly through the snow to Lidaburg.

"Oh, my little son is here at last." Baron Wendell proudly walked towards the city gate, and Sir Ivan did not care to rest and hurriedly followed behind the baron, hearing the noise outside the city gate, the neighing of horses, and the creaking of wheels against the snow on the ground, and many other people also looked curiously from the windows and cloisters.

"Arrod~~." When Baron Wendell saw Arold surrounded by knights in bright armor, he shouted to them with joy, and when he saw Baron Wendell's tired face, he knocked the belly of his horse under his crotch, trotted towards the baron, and when he was a few steps away from the city gate, he jumped off his horse, and the knights of the inner palace hurried after him.

"Father, it's been a long time." Arold's handsome face was a little red from the cold, but he was warmed by the warmth of his own relatives in Lidaburg, and he finally returned to his home. (To be continued......)