The musicians are playing beautiful music.

On the dance floor, Claudia is dancing.

She is now enjoying dancing and music, immersed in the joy of dancing and music, dancing tirelessly, and impressing everyone around her with her perfect dance posture.

For Claudia, her favorite part of the course is dancing, and after a morning of etiquette training, she is very happy to be able to fully move her body in dance, not to mention that she has also found that dance can effectively improve the flexibility of her body and improve her martial arts skills.

In the middle of the crowd, Shannie looked at the girl's dancing posture with satisfaction, the training of the past few days has come to an end, Claudia's improvement has exceeded her imagination, after going through the etiquette temperament development course and serious makeup, now her original shortcomings have become her plus points, every move, smile and smile are extremely charming, elegant and charming, no one can associate her with the rough girl more than a week ago.

And in terms of dance, Claudia showed great enthusiasm and talent, and her learning progress improved by leaps and bounds, which amazed everyone around her.

"Ms. Pina, what do you think of this student?" Shirley looked at the lady next to her, who was Claudia's dance teacher.

Pina did not hesitate to praise her: "I have nothing left to teach her, and it seems to me that she has even reached the level of my prime." ”

Shanny smiled and nodded, in the past few days, her attitude towards Claudia has changed greatly, and she has begun to like this girl from the bottom of her heart, which is not only due to the girl's progress, but also from the girl's attitude.

In Shuni's opinion, with Claudia's identity and prestige, if she is unwilling to cooperate, there is really no one to force her to do anything, but she trains extremely seriously every day, and her attitude towards the female officers and maids is also extremely friendly, approachable and polite, and she is often afraid that the female sparring officer will take the initiative to let the female officer rest and train by herself, so that the female officials are full of good feelings for the future queen.

Of course, although Claudia has no problem behaving after a few days of training, with Shini's shrewdness, it can naturally be seen that the girl is just hiding her wildness deeper, but Shanny's original requirements are not so high, as long as Claudia doesn't have problems in public, and for now, the first important occasion to face next is the engagement ceremony in three months, which can be easily handled by Claudia's level in Shunie's opinion.

The engagement ceremony was scheduled for three months later, and this was mainly Claudia's intention, she wanted to leave plenty of time to invite some members of the Northern Church of the Holy Light to attend, and others were fine, but Claudia very much wanted her mentor Maxwell Tyrossos to accompany her, in her opinion, Maxwell was not only her mentor, but also her father to a large extent.

Varian didn't object, in fact, no matter when the engagement ceremony took place, the official wedding could not take place until a year later, mainly due to the customs of the Stormwind Kingdom.

In Stormwind Kingdom customs, a woman is not allowed to accept gifts other than jewelry from a man before marriage, especially clothes, and the woman must spend her own money to prepare the new clothes that she will wear after marrying the man for a year.

It takes more than eight months to order dozens of new clothes, during which it takes countless times to choose fabrics, tailor-made, styles, and try on clothes, Claudia is like this, the new clothes she needs to prepare are all top-level custom dresses, and it has been Mr. Poliro's best efforts to be ready in a year.

Outside the palace, the news quickly spread through the streets of Stormwind.

"I heard that Miss Claudia has accepted His Majesty's proposal, and the engagement will take place in three months' time."

"What, is that the Light-blessed Lord Claudia?"

"Yes, it was the Lord Claudia who was chosen by the Holy Light, I didn't expect Your Majesty to win her heart so quickly."

"Hahaha, it's really worthy of Your Majesty, praise the Holy Light, and toast to the marriage between Your Majesty and Lord Claudia."

"Bless Your Majesty and Miss Claudia in their marriage, cheers."

……

In the tavern, the red-faced commoners talked about the king's new marriage and raised their glasses in celebration.

The Storm royal family has always been very popular with the people, and Varian, who won the war and defended the people, is loved by everyone, and Claudia is the darling of the Holy Light in the hearts of the locals, and the civilians in exile in the north regard Claudia as their savior, so she has also won the heartfelt support of the civilians, and the marriage between the two has reaped the blessings of all the civilians.

However, unlike the commoners, the attitude of the nobles was divided, and the exiled nobles from the north were rejoicing, and many of the local nobles were secretly resentful.

"Lord Bores, we all know what that means, why don't we do nothing and watch those Northerners get proud?"

Duke Bores Visak's face was not very good-looking, but he still persuaded: "Raglan, I understand your feelings, but it is better not to disobey Your Majesty's will in this matter, Baron Serberchel is not only Your Majesty's favorite, but now that the church and the common people are already on her side, we can't stand out." ”

"Ignorant civilians." Raglan muttered, and he was also jealous in his heart, regardless of the political influence of the common people, but two and a half of the three pillars of the kingdom, the royal family, the nobility, and the church, had an unprecedented unprecedentedly unanimous position, and no matter who came forward to oppose it, it was just asking for trouble.

……

"This group of native nobles," Varian looked at the information in his hand, shook his head, threw the paper aside, and asked the person in front of him instead, "Madias, what do you think?" ”

Matthias rarely expressed his opinion on politics, and today was no exception, bowing and saying ambiguously: "This is your Majesty's private matter. ”

"Well," Varian said unimpressed by Madias's attitude, "Is there any progress on the group of pirates in Treasure Bay who were received by Rivigaz?" ”

"It has been established that the pirates are indeed from the Wild West, but the specifics need to be further clarified."

Varian nodded, continuing to talk to Matthias about business.

A moment later, Madias departed, and Varian looked at the paper with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

Of course, he knew the contradictions between the native nobles and the exiled nobles in the north, and he also knew that this wedding would make the native nobles dissatisfied, but in fact, even regardless of Claudia's own factors, Varian could not succumb to the likes and dislikes of the native nobles, and he had made up his mind from the beginning to reuse the exiled nobles in the north, and Claudia's matter was just a smooth sailing.

You must know that for the king, it is never a specific group of people that are needed, whether the other party is from a northern aristocracy, a local nobleman or a commoner, as long as he can serve the royal power, he is the person the king needs.

But if Varian was to choose, under the same conditions, he would definitely give priority to the commoners, followed by the exiled nobles of the north, and finally the native nobles.

Among these three classes, the commoners have no foundation and cannot do without Varian, so they are the most loyal to the king and the most handy, but unfortunately the commoners are not educated enough, and there are too few talents.

Although there are many local aristocratic talents, they also have the strongest foundation, and because their interests can be protected in most cases, they also take Varian the least seriously, and the nobles often criticized Varian in public ten years ago, and it has gradually decreased in the past two years.

Only the exiled nobles of the North, with their large talents and the wealth left over from the destruction of their homeland, are the best partners for the king at the moment, they need the king's appreciation to secure their position, and Varian needs the knowledge and strength they provide to make the kingdom strong.

But Varian will not rely too much on the northern nobility, after all, on the one hand, the royal power should never depend on a specific group, and on the other hand, the kingdom cannot function without the support of the local nobility, so it should not be too irritating to them.

Stormwind is in a semi-centralized state, although the garrison and magistrate appointed by Stormwind have replaced the management of the local area by the nobles' cronies, the establishment of the standing army has made Stormwind no longer rely on the private soldiers of the local nobles, and the legislation strictly limits the size of the noble guard, but a large part of the financial power is still in the hands of the nobles.

Varian was pondering, and Claudia was looking forward to it, as she could finally go home and clean up her sister, who had been waiting for this moment for more than a week.

And in order to prevent Partris from running to her best friend's house in advance after learning the news, Claudia specially did not let her family know when she would return, but directly asked the female officials to prepare a carriage for her, intending to give her sister a "surprise".

Sure enough, Claudia's strategy was very successful, and when she saw Paltris, her sister clearly did not expect her sister to come home suddenly, and forced a smile as she stepped back:

"Sister, why did you come back all of a sudden?"

Claudia smiled brightly: "To show you the results of these days' training, dear little sister. ”

Paltris shuddered and looked around quickly, only to find that the maids had all turned their backs far away, and Segrina, who was usually responsible for her safety, had long since lost sight of where she had gone.

Paltris blinked, changed her strategy, showed a beautiful smile, and tried to divert Claudia's attention: "Sister, congratulations, I heard that Your Majesty has proposed to you. ”

Claudia's footsteps did not stop, and her smile was still the same: "Little sister, you can put other things on hold for a while." ”

Partris was forced into a corner, swallowed her saliva secretly, and cried in a pitiful manner: "Sister, I was wrong, is it okay to spare me this time." ”

Claudia's heart was already dark, but her face was unmoved: "Little sister, give up the struggle." ”

"You're going to bully me again, I'm not going to succumb to violence!" All else failed, and a flash of light flashed through Paltris, and Claudia pounced.

But a few seconds later, she was subdued by Claudia, tied up and down in chains of golden light, and dragged into Claudia's room.