On the second floor, the office of the Count of Onno.

At this time, Count Aonuo, who was sitting at the desk, was immersed in reviewing the documents, and recently he had intensified his crackdown on the smuggling of nobles, which was unanimously supported by the people, but in fact, the reason why Count Auno cracked down on them was entirely because they hindered the smuggling interests of their Xilie family, which caused the price of minerals and other contraband to fall seriously.

And under such a powerful blow, the appearance of one person made Count Onno a great surprise.

At this moment, there was a noisy noise outside the door, and it seemed that someone had an argument.

Count Auror, who was reading the documents, naturally knew who was outside the door, after all, it was he who ordered it, so he immediately said loudly: "Let him in!"

After a few breaths, the door opened, and a man with a tired face and extremely disheveled clothes walked in, under the gaze of the judicial gendarme.

"Yo, who is this? Why is this virtue?" said Count Aono with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Of course, this guy in front of him, Count Aonuo, knows Chris Amas, a descendant of the Armas family, and he is also the eldest son of Feng Buti Amas, the dean of the four major academies in the capital of the Cold Moon Empire.

This morning, Chris's home was seized by the judicial gendarmes by Count Ionno, and all his property was seized at the same time, not even the clothes that Chris brought out, and the reason why he was so cruel to him was not entirely because he was suspected of smuggling, but more importantly, because he was the son of Feng Buti, the dean of the Cultivator Academy.

A few years ago, Feng Buti and a few other shameless old guys slapped him in the face because of Hua Long's admission, this hatred, Count Ao Nuo has always remembered, it's not that he didn't report it, but the time has not come, and now, since this Feng Buti son fell into his hands, he should naturally treat him well, although there are many things he deliberately arranged.

"Lord Earl, ...... you" Seeing Count Auno, Chris suddenly looked decadent, but he was also a little surprised, and he wanted to speak and stopped.

"I made them do it! Is there any problem?" said Count Auno again with his pen and bowed his head to review the papers, looking indifferent.

"My lord, didn't you promise me that I could mine silver mines, and besides, I would give you a lot of benefits every year!" Chris's voice trembled slightly, and his body trembled slightly with fear and anger, "Lord Earl!"

Count Onno was stunned, then put down the document in his hand, raised his head slightly and looked at Chris again, and said, "Chris, you should understand that there is no agreement between us. Yes, I may have given you the so-called promise verbally, but you must know that it is now Marshal Ron's men who denounce you, and they have enough evidence on hand to accuse you and your petty nobles of mining and smuggling silver mines privately!"

Von Butti is the person of Prime Minister Rongte, which Count Ionno has long investigated, and perhaps it is precisely for this reason that Marshal Ron will take Chris this guy, which can be regarded as a gift to Count Auno.

"My lord, Lord Earl!" Chris looked angry, but from his clenched fists, it could be seen that he was trying to restrain his emotions at this time, "600,000 or 600,000 gold coins a year!

Hearing this, Count Onno still seemed very calm, and said calmly: "Your subordinates have been arrested and imprisoned today, so why do you think you can still enter and exit here freely now?Lord Chris?" After a pause, Count Onno's tone suddenly hardened: "If it weren't for the sake of these gold coins, I am afraid that those things you committed would have been imprisoned and executed a long time ago!" Speaking of this, he took out a copy of the document and threw it directly in front of Chris!

Picking up the document, Chris clearly saw His Majesty's sentence against him, and in the last paragraph, His Majesty wrote: Deprive the nobles, demote them to commoners, and drive them out of the capital immediately!

Chris who felt powerless suddenly sat down on the carpet, at this time he had lost everything, there was nothing, originally he thought that the Count of Onno would let him go for the sake of the gold coins and the Armas family, but now it seems that it is impossible at all, after all, His Majesty has personally decreed the Holy Judgment, even his father may not be able to return to the sky.

But after a moment, Chris seemed to remember something: "Lord Earl, Lord Earl!" He knelt down to the desk again, "Don't you want my daughter Ziyue to marry Young Master Hualong......?" I promise you, as long as you can keep my nobility, as long as you can keep my nobility!"

Chris was a little hysterical, as a hereditary nobleman, he knew very well what it meant to him to lose his nobility, he didn't want to live the kind of life that he had to go out to work every day in exchange for rough food and food, that kind of life was not human at all, for him it was no different from death.

"Your daughter?" Count Auno suddenly laughed, "then how dare you? Our Hualong has a bad character, and the whole thing is a child, I'm afraid I can't climb high!" Count Aurno's words had a clear mocking tone, in fact, he wanted to tell Chris that he and his daughter were already untouchables, and they didn't deserve it at all!

Of course, if it was before yesterday, maybe Count Aor would still consider Chris's proposal, after all, as long as His Majesty takes back the Holy Judgment, then Chris's family will still be noble, so if his daughter is married to Hua Long, there will not be much of a problem, which is why he mentioned this matter to Chris a few years ago, but now, even Prime Minister Rong Te wants to win him over and promise to marry his granddaughter to Hua Long, so Chris's proposal is not attractive to the current Count of Auror.

"It's okay to be a concubine, it's okay to be a concubine, Lord Earl! as long as you can let me go!" Chris burst into tears, his last hope was to let Ziyue marry Hua Long, if he could conceive a man and a woman in the future, then there was still hope for him Chris to return to the ranks of the nobility.

However, Count Onno just snorted coldly, "Pay attention to your identity Chris, if it was before, your daughter might still be a concubine, but now she can only be a subordinate at most!"

"You ......" was rejected and humiliated so harshly that the last of Klaas's dignity was destroyed, "Is there no room for turnaround?"

"This is a bill for a hundred gold coins, don't say that I treat you badly!" Count Onno rolled the gold coin bill into a paper ball and threw it in front of Klaas, and said slowly: "This money is enough to save your expenses for ten years, I am busy with official business, so I have no time to greet you, you can go!"

"Hmph...... Nobles!......" Klaas laughed maniacally, picked up the bill with a shudder, glanced once more at Count Aonno, who had reviewed the papers, and staggered out.

The door closed in the next moment.

Looking in the direction of the door, Count Onno stopped his pen and muttered: "Chris, you can't afford to play this game, you may have lost everything, but you have something more precious than others, that is, the lives of you and your daughter!"

In the next moment, Count Onno suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, he didn't want to let Chris go, but yesterday Prime Minister Rongte personally came over and promised the family business, so that Count Onno had to give him a thin face no matter what, which allowed this Chris to escape with his life, as for whether this is a blessing or a curse for Chris, it is not something he can manage.

"Knock knock!"

In the next second, there was a knock on the door!

"Lord Earl, I am Luce. ”

Luce André is a viscount, with brown hair and black eyes, and a tall figure, at the age of thirty-seven, he is the judicial assistant of the Earl of Auno, responsible for all daily affairs, because of his shrewdness and ability, the Count of Auno will consult with him on some important decisions, and the most reassuring thing for the Earl is that Luce is the queen mother's person.

"Come in!" Count Onno set aside the papers that had been approved, and took a sip of his tea, which was clearly cold.

"Lord Earl, these are the invitations sent today, sixty-seven in all, most of them inviting you to the dinner!" Luce put the invitations down.

Looking at the thick stack, Count Auno was very bored, for in recent years he had received such invitations almost every day, "Help me politely push it off!" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but say to himself, "Should I also hold a large banquet to entertain these people?"

Perhaps hearing the earl's words, Luce said: "My lord, it is better to have a ball after the competition in front of the royal family, of course, this is based on the premise that Young Master Huayun wins!"

"Well, that's right!" Count Onno was pleased at first, but soon he calmed down again: "Can Hua Yun definitely win?

"Lord Earl, please rest assured, the Queen Mother said that Young Master Huayun will definitely win!"

Seeing the smile on the corner of Luce's mouth, Count Auno immediately understood the meaning of his words, so he immediately said: "Since this is the case, don't hesitate, you go and prepare the invitation, I will invite all the well-known nobles to participate!"

"Yes, sir!"

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