"Duke Mecklenburg, come with me, you've caused a lot of trouble this time." Little Henry said to Arrod.

"I was completely forced to act in self-defense." Arold explained to little Henry.

"Forget it, I'll tell you a secret, in fact, I've long seen Donkmar unpleasantly." Little Henry approached Arrod and whispered in his ear.

"Ahem, where are we going? Is it to meet His Royal Highness Prince Otto? Arold coughed lightly, it was obvious that little Henry was very useful to him for losing Donkmar's face, and he was invisibly a little closer to Arold.

"No, let's go to the palace and see my father." Little Henry, under the service of his attendants, got back on his horse, and turned his head to Arrod.

Arold looked at the stone steps in front of him, there was a group of ants carrying this cabbage worm on the steps, he had been standing at the bottom of the steps for most of the day, except for a palace attendant wearing a royal chamberlain standing by the column, the courtiers who came and went only glanced at Arold with their spare eyes.

"Whew." Arold was already a little impatient standing outside the palace, and after waiting outside the palace, little Henry entered the palace with his attendants, but he seemed to have disappeared and no news came out.

"Hehehe~~~." A group of Germanic ladies dressed in fancy flowers walked outside, and when they saw Arrod, who was wearing gorgeous Germanic aristocratic costumes but walking impatiently, they couldn't help but stretch out their hands to cover their mouths and smile, and one of the tall ladies walked towards Arrod.

"Honorable ladies." Arold saluted the noble lady according to the etiquette of the nobles.

"Why are you standing outside the palace?" The young lady asked curiously, her accent tinged with a strong Anglo-Saxon tinge, which Arold could not tell.

"I am a duke from Mecklenburg. Arold. Wendell had accepted the invitation of His Royal Highness Henry the Younger to meet His Majesty the King, but I had been waiting for a long time, and there was no news. Arold had no choice but to tell the young lady the truth.

"Oh, you're the Duke of Mecklenburg, and Webster is not your courtier?" The noblewoman smiled and said to Arrod.

"Webster? Oh. Yes. Arold remembered that he had indeed sent Webster to Prince Otto, and that Webster was said to have been so popular with His Royal Highness that he kept him with him.

"Please don't worry, since His Royal Highness Prince Henry Jr. asked you to wait here, then it must be an order from His Majesty the King, just wait patiently." The noblewoman from Anglo-Saxon bowed to Arold and turned to leave, but Arold stopped her.

"Can I tell Webster that I'm here?" Arold pleaded with the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman.

"Yes, sir." The lady nodded and followed the others into the court, leaving Arold still alone in front of the palace gate.

"Is this punishment for my harsh treatment of Donkmar?" Arold looked at the palace that was closed to him. I couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Arjod was right, in King Henry's bedroom, there was an argument between the members of the royal family over how to treat him, and King Henry spent his time playing chess with a courtier, and Henry, who had just recovered from a serious illness, seemed to be in good spirits.

"Just because Donkmar has been humiliated, are we going to treat a duke so coldly? What is the rationale for this? Little Henry said angrily to King Henry.

"Be quiet, little Henry, my father has just recovered from a serious illness." Prince Otto persuaded from the sidelines.

"Let him continue." King Henry didn't care about it, and picked up a chess piece and placed it in the corner of the chessboard. Forcing courtiers to sacrifice bishops in exchange for the escape of their own king.

"As the king, your orders are inconsistent and I can't understand them?" Little Henry sat down in his chair angrily. Young and vigorous, he felt that people were brought by himself, but the king changed his mind at this time, which made him feel very shameless.

"My order was changed when the dispute between Donkmar and the Duke of Mecklenburg did not take place, and when I became aware of it." King Henry leaned back in his high-backed chair, and he turned to little Henry.

"Okay, okay. Anyway, I don't care about it, I'm going back to my castle. Little Henry stood up, left a word, and left in a rage.

"Father, why did you change your commands?" Prince Otto apparently understood that his father, not a ruler who lightly changed orders. I'm sure there's a reason I don't understand.

"I know that little Henry has always looked down on his half-brother, but Donkmar is your brother with the same blood, one of the members of the royal family." King Henry waved his hand and told the courtiers who were playing chess with him to step back, and then said to Prince Otto, who remained in the bedroom.

"Do you think the Duke of Mecklenburg provoked the royal power?" Prince Otto caught his father's train of thought, and he said with his right hand pinching his chin.

"The Dukes have always refused to submit to the authority of the royal family, which is a Carolingian tradition and a malaise, but we must not allow this malaise to be amplified, and the addition of another arrogant duke is not beneficial to the Saxony dynasty." King Henry said to Prince Otto.

"Are you going to send the Duke of Mecklenburg away?" Prince Otto's brow furrowed, he wanted to have a firm ally in the East, and if King Henry did not accept Arrod's allegiance, then Arold would most likely join the other kingdoms, which would be a great loss for them.

"Hmm." King Henry picked up one of his chess pieces, and he tapped the board rhythmically, as if in deep thought about what to do with it.

Outside the palace as the sky gradually darkened, Arold did not leave, he was waiting for Webster's arrival, and when he finally saw a figure coming out of the palace, he knew that Webster had received news to see him.

"Lord Duke." Webster saw Arold standing like a sculpture outside the palace, and hurriedly trotted in front of Arold.

"Webster told me what the hell was going on inside?" As soon as Arold saw Webster, he dragged him to the other side, and inquired beside the thick trees outside the palace.

"Lord Duke, because you have offended His Highness Donkmar, His Majesty seems to think that you are deliberately provoking the royal family, so they are hesitant to accept you as a vassal." Webster looked left and right, and then replied to Arrod.

"Is it because of this? What about Prince Otto, does he think so too? Arrod's brow furrowed, and he asked.

"Prince Otto did not say anything, His Royal Highness Little Henry did say a few words for you, but to no avail." Webster said to Arold.

"Looks like this is going to fail." Arold shook his head helplessly, if he had the support of the Saxons, he could trade from the Baltic Sea coast to the north coast of East Francia, expand his economic power, and expand his political influence to prepare, but now he was going to be ruined because of a trivial matter.

"Don't worry about Lord Duke, it seems to me that things are not completely out of the way." A mysterious smile appeared on Webster's lips, and he looked at Arold and said.

"What do you mean?" Arold looked at Webster and asked curiously.

"You should be like this, like this~~~." Webster attached himself to Arrod's ear, muttering in a low voice for Arrod's advice, he has been in the Saxon palace for so long, he has not stayed here for nothing, (to be continued......