The birthday of a royal princess was definitely not a trivial matter in the past, and in feudal times, whenever the birthday of a member of the royal family came, it was a time for the nobles to cut their meat. As few as dozens of gold coins, as many as thousands of gold coins were sent to the palace, so that in some bad times, the income of the royal family was not as much as the gifts received by the direct members of the royal family on their birthdays, which was one of the reasons why the royal family members were once overflowing. It is said that after a certain emperor found that he could get tens of thousands of gold coins for every birthday, he began to make a big deal about the birthdays of royal family members and invited nobles.

Later, after the prime minister came to power, he ordered the imperial family to reduce the demand for plundering wealth from the nobles in the name of birthday banquets and other items, and in the name of bewitching the emperor to organize banquets and blackmail ministers, he killed some royal branches, so that the momentum of the royal family holding various banquets cooled down. After Maggs came to power, some new requirements were added on the basis of these decrees, such as the fact that adult members of the royal family were not allowed to organize large-scale banquets to receive gifts, and only minor members of the royal family and important birthdays could be operated, and many other rules completely shattered the royal family's way of making money through "palace banquets".

If it weren't for Maggs's rules, the palace would be like a hotel where you could come in and hold all kinds of banquets for a fee.

This is the princess's adult birthday, so it makes sense to do it, after all, this is the last time she will be able to spend her birthday in the spotlight, and the current financial problems of the royal family are a bit serious, and they can no longer provide for these less valued children to maintain a luxurious life. This also means that from today onwards, part of Her Royal Highness Princess's expenses will depend on her own efforts.

It's all the fault of Maggs, it's the consensus of the royals, and without Maggs everything wouldn't be what it is today.

Maggs, who was deeply hated by the royal family, was smoking outside the banquet hall with Durin at this time, of course, if they insisted on smoking in the palace, no one would say anything, but it was about upbringing and decency, so they took the initiative to leave the palace.

Maggs looked at Durin with a calm face and asked with a smile, "Do you feel nervous?"

Durin glanced back at him, flicked his cigarette ash with his head down, and slapped his pants before he raised his head and replied, "Nervous?

"You know what I mean!"

Durin smiled, shook his head, and said, "No, even though she's a princess, I'm not nervous. It's not that I'm too arrogant, I don't think anyone in my age, including the smaller or older people, is better than me, it's the people who should be nervous, they have a better foundation than me, but their achievements are far inferior to mine, they are the ones who should be nervous, not me. He took a deep puff of his cigarette, the hidden fire on the cigarette butt brighter, and he said with a smile as he exhaled the smoke, "And I don't plan to marry a royal princess." ”

His answer intrigued Maggs, and he couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say last time that you wanted me to introduce you to the royal princess?"

"Yes, I did. Duhrin casually inserted the cigarette butt in his hand into the white fine sand that was specially used to extinguish the cigarette butt next to him, the moment he inserted it, there was no longer smoke angry, he reincarnated and looked at Maggs, unbuttoned his shirt, he was a little hot, "I was just talking and playing, now everyone knows that the royal ship has sunk, do you think I will still be on the boat?"

Maggs sighed, "Why are you always so realistic? Isn't it good to be a little romantic, just lie to me, an old fellow?"

The royal family is not the same as it used to be, and Maggs has cut most of the royal family's sources of income, not giving them an overly lenient environment, leaving them with tight financial problems all the time, so that they don't have the time and money to play some ridiculous tricks. Secondly, the royal family has no real power in their hands, they have completely become the mascots of the empire, and even these guards in the palace, they can't call them. This is a battleship that has been completely sunk in the long river of history, even if it was incomparably brilliant and shining in the past, it has sunk at this time.

People won't have much interest in the shipwreck, and there is not much treasure on this ship.

Now the only thing that the royal family can get hold of is the name "royalty". Over the years, most of the members of the royal family have left the palace, left the imperial capital, and went outside to find a life on their own. As long as these people have no problems with their brains and are not so greedy, they all live well. According to statistics from a department dedicated to managing royalty, most of the royals who left during these years were in the education industry. Many of them have the name of an honorary director or honorary principal of an educational enterprise, and they live a fairly good life.

People...... In particular, the middle class's yearning for aristocracy is almost engraved in their bones, and when they hear that the honorary director or principal of a certain aristocratic school is a member of the royal family that can be found in the right way, they pay a huge amount of tuition without blinking an eye, and then stuff their children into school. In fact, most of these aristocratic schools are very young, and the only ones who can handle them may be the decoration of the school and the members of the royal family.

Others live in poverty, and not every member of the royal family can still live so well after leaving the wings of the royal family.

Maggs promoted the reform of the royal family with gritted teeth, which greatly reduced the size of the imperial family, and even some of the new generation, that is, some members of the royal family with royal blood in the grandchildren of His Majesty the Emperor, voluntarily gave up registering their identities at the request and persuasion of their parents. In feudal times, royal status was an honor, but in this increasingly competitive society, sometimes the royal background not only did not give these people any necessary and powerful help, but became a burden to their promotion.

Compared to the past when hundreds of royals could be gathered casually, the total number of royals in the current Shining Star Empire is less than fifty, including grandparents and grandfather's fathers.

After smoking cigarettes, the two turned around and walked back to the palace, and after waiting for a while, Her Royal Highness the princess appeared.

The dazzling jewel crown shimmers in the light, but it is said that this crown was temporarily rented from a jewelry company for today's birthday party, and the crown used by the royal family and two princesses was originally auctioned, after all, the royal family has not had a good time these years.

The princess's appearance was amazing, especially the pair of white and tender melons, which were almost squeezed out of the round neck, but her waist was very thin. The aristocracy has some inexplicable aesthetic aspects, for example, they prefer girls with thin waists, but they are required to be very plump, and at the same time, they also need to have a sufficiently qualified body, so there is such a thing as a corset. Squeeze most of the flesh on your upper body to your chest, while making sure that there is no excess fat on your waist.

Feminist groups have called for the abolition of this bad habit, and some noblewomen, including Lady Vivien, have strongly agreed with this and have rejected this unequal dress standard, which they see as not to make themselves more beautiful, but specifically to please men, so it is a bad habit, unequal, and a discriminatory thing, and should be eliminated.

Durin rubbed his nose and blinked, more sure that this was definitely not what he wanted.

The whole birthday party went according to the process, during which the queen also appeared, compared to the princess's youthful appearance, Durin felt that the queen was in line with his aesthetics, and what made Durin find it even more interesting was that he found that there seemed to be something between Mags and the queen. From the appearance of the Empress, to her cordial and simple communication with the nobles, to her departure, she never spoke to Magus, and did not even look at him directly. In the same way, when the queen appeared, Maggs became a little silent, and he spoke much less, and he did not look at the queen once.

When two people ignore each other, then there must be a problem between these two people.

It's not hate, it's love.

A philosopher once said that hate is an alternative expression of love, and then there is only love left between the two. In addition, it is said that the empress was introduced by Mags to His Majesty the Emperor, and if you want to say that there is no problem, he will not believe it if he kills Durin!

When Durin looked at Mags, there was a little more in his eyes, and this is the winner in life.

When the birthday party is carried out at the end, it is the part of everyone giving gifts, because of the existence of Maggs and the decree he promoted, people are no longer simply sending money to show their respect for the royal family, and they will not compete to see who gives something of higher value, and now they are very clear that what they send today may appear in a second-hand store tomorrow, so no matter how good the thing is, it is meaningless. Instead of putting your heart for the princess on the price of the gift, it is better to give something meaningful, such as a vase, or a mirror that looks good in sterling silver, or something else that is small and meaningful, but not valuable.

Dühring chose a book.

"Is this your gift?"

A young man beside Du Lin suddenly interjected, and he glanced at the other party, it was a very ordinary young man. Of course, this ordinary is only relatively speaking, and how many of them are ordinary people who can enter the palace to attend the princess's birthday party? Facing this abrupt and curious question, Durin nodded, and then explained with the same smile, "Books are a valuable medium used to record knowledge, and knowledge is priceless, and it will benefit people for life." ”

"It's not like money, it's gone when it's used up, and it's not like a piece of clothing, there's always a time to fade. ”

"It's always a treasure that will stay with you throughout your life, and anytime, when you need it, you'll find how meaningful it is to read a book you need. ”

The young man nodded, then asked, "So is that why you gave a copy of Seqing?"