When Xige, Lan Xian'er, and Shante, who were full of wine and food, came out of the restaurant, they only saw the people of the patrol camp lying on the street, there were seventy or eighty people, and the three of them didn't look at it, and got into the carriage directly and went back to their residences!

"Your soldiers are good!" In the carriage, Shante laughed.

"How about comparing to your crusaders?" Higg laughed.

"Almost, there's a fight!" Shante laughed.

"Do you have to fight?" Higg was surprised, "This is the first batch of outstanding officers to graduate from my Fuxing City, General Rogson himself*!" ”

"How many people is there in Fuxing City?" Shante laughed, "How many people is in Aracia?" You have more than a million people in a city, and you can pick out a few hundred in one session, and the entire territory of Alasia has a population of nearly one billion, what is it to pick out tens of thousands of people? ”

"It's a pity that these tens of thousands of people are in Zhuoma City!" Higg shook his head and sighed.

The carriage stopped suddenly.

"City Lord, the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion stopped the car and asked to see you!" One of the guards approached the carriage and said.

"How many of them are there?"

"About two hundred!"

"Can you fight eighteen?"

"It's comparable, but we're afraid that the city lord and lady will make a mistake!"

Higg sneered, "A broken butler would dare to stop my car!" Tell everyone that we don't do it first, but if they do, or get in the way, they'll cripple me all! My wife and I can take care of ourselves! ”

"Yes!"

"Higg, are you really going to make a big deal out of it?" Shante asked worriedly, "This won't do the Fifth Legion any good!" ”

"The housekeepers have all come forward, they must already know who I am!" Higg laughed, "It's for the benefit of the Fifth Legion that I'm going to make a big deal out of it!" ”

The carriage passed slowly, and Higg didn't even lift the curtains.

Under the tense and imminent situation, no one did anything in the end. Maybe the people who are used to being arrogant in the city of Zhuoerma have finally seen what it means to be a person who does not want to die!

Higg, who returned to the residence, had a small talk and laughter with Blue Fairy and Shante in the living room, completely as if what had just happened had not happened.

"City Lord, the Prime Minister's Mansion sent someone to post it, and the Prime Minister invited the City Lord and his wife to the mansion for dinner in the evening!" The guards came to report again.

"Hmph, don't ask me if I have time first when you invite me to dinner!" "Tell the messenger that my wife and I have already made arrangements for the evening!" Then tell him that I am a general who leads the troops outside, and it is inconvenient to have private contact with the courtiers! ”

"Yes!"

Shante smiled: "The reason why you are inconvenient to contact is okay, but if you have to add the previous sentence that has been arranged, it seems that you are going to muddy Zhuoerma City!" ”

"Isn't it good to muddy it?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Zhuoerma City seems to be prosperous, but it is too much stagnant water, and someone needs to stir it up, so that no one will forget where our capital is!" ”

"City lord......" said the guard as he came in again.

"Who is it? I said, no matter who it is, I won't see it, I won't accept the invitation! Higg said angrily.

"City Lord, this time His Majesty sent someone to post and invite the City Lord, Mrs. and General Shante to the palace for a dinner together!" The guard said unhurriedly.

"And me!" Yama was taken aback.

Higg was also stunned, what does it mean that the queen personally invited herself to dinner?

"City Lord, can we answer this post?" The guard asked.

"Of course, unless I want to rebel!" Higg said, then turned around and asked Shante suspiciously, "How did Your Majesty know that you were with me?" ”

Lan Xian'er said with a smile: "I'm afraid, when we landed from Anlai City, our every move was under the monitoring of His Majesty!" A marshal with more than 200,000 troops, and a thriving city lord of Fuxing City, even if there is only one of these two identities, it is enough to attract the attention of His Majesty, not to mention that you also have both identities! ”

Higg looked at Shante suspiciously, and asked, "Is that so?" ”

Shante smiled: "You don't have to doubt me, you know, I won't do such a thing!" There are other departments for this kind of thing to spy on the minister! Just as Lan Xian'er said, it is certain that you are concerned by His Majesty, but why did Your Majesty invite me? ”

"You're so loyal, of course I'm going to invite you to dinner!" Higg laughed.

Seeing the queen is not such a simple matter, Higg doesn't care, just change into a formal attire, but Shante is in a hurry, he doesn't know what he should change, whether it is a crusader uniform or a ceremonial dress, he has never experienced this kind of occasion!

Lan Xian'er is different, this kind of scene can't embarrass Higg, she must be carefully dressed, and the dress she wears must be in line with her identity and cannot be transgressed. After dressing up, you have to choose a gift from the storage ring, and the gift should also be exquisite, not too luxurious, so that it will appear that you are richer and more powerful than the queen, and it can't be too bad, too bad and disrespectful, in short, everything must be in line with your identity

Lan Xian'er tinkered in the bedroom for nearly two hours, and finally finished dressing up, carefully selected three gifts for herself and Higg, and also specially selected one for Shante.

Shante, who was in a panic, was finally finalized by Higg with a dress similar to his own, although he was not very satisfied, but there was no time!

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when he came out of Higg's residence, and the distance to the palace was only about twenty minutes, and it was neither early nor too late to report to the palace at half past four. There are too many rules in the palace, and it is not good to look at it in the morning, and it will be regarded as slacking in the evening.

Despite being only a companion capital, the size of this royal palace is no smaller than that of Scana. The palace building is tall and luxurious, reflecting the majesty of the royal family everywhere, and people in the palace will immediately consciously become solemn. Higg, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, also felt this kind of pressure, and he had never felt this way when he was in the Scana Palace!

You are not allowed to wander around the palace without permission. Higg, Blue Fairy, and Shante followed the maid directly to a side hall, which was supposed to be where Catherine feasted them. Lan Xian'er handed the gift along with the list of gifts to the leading maid, and then sat in the tea room in the side hall. The maids immediately served tea and snacks, and Lan Xian'er rewarded each with a bag of gold coins, and the maids did not shy away from suspicion, and received the gold bags very skillfully.

Waiting was boring, and the Higg didn't know why they were so nervous today, especially Shante, who kept wiping their sweat. Higg told a few little jokes to lighten the mood, but it was completely ineffective, making it even more embarrassing!

After waiting for more than half an hour, the maids began to carry the dishes on their plates. Xige originally thought that the palace feast would definitely open his eyes, but he didn't expect that the dishes on were extremely ordinary home-cooked dishes, and they were not as sumptuous as Lan Xian'er usually cooked for herself, which was a big disappointment.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

Everyone stood and bowed towards the place where Queen Catherine appeared, and the three Higgs were no exception.

"Let's all be exempt!" Queen Catherine said in a majestic voice.

Higg looked up at Catherine slightly, a magnificent evening gown, a long gold-rimmed skirt that dragged a few meters away, a high stand-up collar that seemed to grow from the back, and the golden crown made the totalitarian figure of Erathia even more sacrosanct. Catherine should be about the same age as her father Michael, about sixty years old, but in Higg's opinion, that is, in her early forties, noble temperament and majestic aura, at first glance, people feel that she has to bow her eyebrows in front of this person at the peak of Alasia's power.

Catherine also looked at Higg carefully, and when the two of them touched their eyes, Higg immediately stepped forward in embarrassment and said, "Wechen Higg greets Your Majesty!" ”

Immediately, Lan Xian'er and Shante also stepped forward to salute!

Catherine said with a smile: "This king is afraid that you will be restrained, so people deliberately set up a family banquet, no big table, no big plates, we just sit and chat!" After speaking, he stepped forward and took Lan Xian'er's hand, and said with a smile: "There are no monarchs and ministers today, no hosts and guests, sit casually, Lan Xian'er, you will sit next to this king!" ”

The dining table is rectangular and people on either side sit opposite each other. Catherine and Blue Fairy sit on the left, Catherine on top and Blue Fairy on the bottom; On the right-hand side is Higg at the top and Shante at the bottom.

After taking a seat, Catherine looked at Higg and said with a smile, "What a general, with the demeanor of your father." However, as soon as I arrived in Zhuoerma City, I caused trouble, and if this king didn't invite you here to dine, I don't know how much trouble you would cause! You are not familiar with Zhuoerma City, if something really happens, then the owner of this king will really not look good! ”

Higg smiled: "This little thing worries Your Majesty, it really makes people restless!" Thank you, Your Majesty, for your thoughtfulness! ”

Immediately the maid came up to pour wine and divide the dishes, Catherine herself ate with relish, Blue Fairy and Shante both tasted lightly, and Higg was feasting, and when the maid who divided the dishes did not have time to serve him food, she even shared it for herself, which also made Shante and Blue Fairy gradually lose their previous restraint.

There was only some wine and not much to say, so the meal was not long, and when Catherine put down her knife and fork, the three of them were already sitting and waiting.

After returning to the teahouse, taking a seat and serving tea and fruit to the maids, Catherine said to Higg: "Your father was also a marshal of the Fifth Legion before he was thirty years old, but I didn't expect you to be in charge of the Fifth Legion at a young age, which is really admirable!" ”

Higg hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty may have misunderstood, Marshal Montgoser of the Fifth Legion was assassinated, and Wechen had other tasks as a staff officer of the army at that time, so he did not follow him. After the death of Marshal Montgosa, the Fifth Army fell into crisis, and Wechen was forced to accept the order as a last resort......"

"Needless to say, these kings know it!" Catherine said, "Marshal Montgoser has done a good job, and so have you!" is so young that he is not afraid of hardships and dangers, has the courage to take responsibility, and turns the tide, but unfortunately there are fewer and fewer people like this around this king now! ”

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, this is all the credit of the soldiers of the Fifth Army who are loyal to Your Majesty for taking the lead and hating the enemy!" Higg said, "Although the Fifth Army has jumped out of the encirclement, it is still in danger, and Arad will definitely not be willing to accept the existence of the Fifth Army in the north and hinder his strategy of unifying the north first, so please also ask Your Majesty to appoint a new marshal in time!" ”

"Do you really think so? Aren't you afraid of this sentence? Catherine's eyes flashed, but she still smiled and said, "This king heard that you used your own money to provide material assistance to the Fifth Legion?" ”

"The Fifth Legion from Marshal Montgosset to below, who doesn't know that Weichen and Arad have a grudge against their father and the pain of losing their relatives!" Hig Zhengse said, "As long as it is beneficial to King Qin's army and detrimental to Arad, Weichen is willing to do it, what is it to give some money?" If Your Majesty is worried that Wechen has a covetous heart for the Fifth Legion, then he has really wronged Wechen! ”

"What about coveting?" Catherine said, "As long as you are still in the camp of the King of Diligence and still dealing with Arad, it is more reassuring for the Fifth Legion to be handed over to you than to those who are more coveted but have no ability!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't torture Weichen anymore!" Higg said, "If Your Majesty has any ideas, tell Weichen directly, and Weichen will never say anything!" ”

Catherine smiled and said, "I didn't talk about these things today, but I didn't expect to go around again!" The Fifth Army has been able to hold out until now, Marshal Montgossar and you have contributed a lot, and no one dares to erase this! The Fifth Army was isolated and always loyal to the imperial court, and even in the harsh environment and difficult conditions, it still persisted in fighting without complaint, and achieved brilliant results. To have such a loyal and brave army is really the king's convincing! You don't have to worry about the king's words, you and I can talk like this, so that we can really untie each other's knots and increase each other's trust, right? ”

Higg listened in complete confusion, not knowing what Catherine meant, whether she trusted herself or not, it was difficult to tell.

"This king also knows that Shante and you are friends who share weal and woe!" Catherine continued, "It is indeed a condescension for a man like him to stay with this king, and your Fifth Legion is short of men, so if you wish, it is better to go to the Fifth Legion and serve the battlefield!" ”

Shante was at a loss, but Higg smiled and said: "Your Majesty is willing to endure the pain of parting love, but General Shante is not necessarily willing to leave Your Majesty!" ”

Shante immediately got up and said, "Wechen is willing to obey Your Majesty's arrangement, whether Your Majesty lets Wechen be in the guard camp or go to the front line, Wechen is willing to obey!" ”

"Shante, you are asked to go to the Fifth Army to cooperate with General Higg, and it is also for the sake of your future!" Catherine said, "Which commander of the king's guard battalion is under you?" If you want to stay by my side better, you can get greater military merits for this king, and come back to be the commander of the guard battalion for this king! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to the front line to make meritorious contributions!" Shan Tezhan said tremblingly.

Catherine changed her words and asked Lan Xian'er slowly with a smile on her face: "This king heard that you have erected a statue of Marshal Michael in Fuxing City, but unfortunately the distance is far away, and I can't go to visit!" You have done a great job, both boosting morale and paying tribute to the dead, and I am very pleased! ”

Lan Xian'er didn't know what Catherine meant by these words, and hurriedly said: "Actually, this is all about everyone's brainstorming, joint fundraising, and joint participation in the construction, Higg and I are on the front line, but we really didn't make any efforts!" ”

Catherine nodded, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow is the Qin Wang Army Conference, Lan Xian'er is inconvenient to participate, if you are bored in Zhuoer Ma City, come to the palace to chat with this king!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern!" Lan Xian'er got up and said.

Xige and Shante also hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's hospitality today, Weichen will retire first and not disturb Your Majesty's rest!" ”

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