Royal Capital, Brandon.

Princess Victoria stood there, the hands of several old servants walking up and down beside her, adding thimbles, fastening belts, and fastening buttons.

Even her neck was half-held in place by a wooden frame, and someone from behind helped comb her hair and put an ointment on it to set it.

The princess is actually naturally beautiful, and she usually doesn't need to dress up so much, but today is not an ordinary day, and she must also change her traditional image and appear in a new look.

At this moment, the sound of a few words of communication and answering was heard outside the door, and then a middle-aged woman walked into the room and reported something in the princess's ear.

The old servants did not change their faces, did not deliberately listen or avoid suspicion, nor were they distracted by this. They were all old men who had followed the Grand Duchess for many years, and at this moment they continued their work very calmly.

Reading Luo Ming's name silently in her heart, the princess's mood was a little complicated.

Originally, Luo Ming, a new nobleman who only became a knight three years ago, was not worthy of too much attention from Princess Victoria, who is now the regent of the principality.

felt that he was rising too fast, so he gave him the false name of a viscount, and then threw him the burden of the barbarians of Carlow Mountain, and afterwards sent Charlotte to investigate the situation after returning home, which was already a rare attention.

But now she found herself underestimating him.

There is nothing strange about the self-proclaimed "Northwest Guardian General". In troubled times, the aristocracy would often give themselves a high-sounding name and then begin to expand.

Although the centralization of the principality is relatively strong, if it has just recovered from the chaos, it is difficult to exert the strength to go around and make them vomit all the benefits they have eaten.

Sometimes it is even necessary to temporarily admit those names, to unite them, to prevent them from being forced into the enemy's camp, and to settle down after the war.

However, the meaning of the title "Northwest Guardian General" is more ambiguous, and it can be said that it can be said to protect the mountain road in the northwest corner of Van Shei County, and it can also be said to protect the northwest direction of the entire principality, which can be flexibly changed, which may reflect the greater ambition of Rakmin, which needs to be noted.

And what is more important than the name is the strength.

According to the report, Lomin first led a small number of soldiers to join the Vanchyshire coalition army, and then the coalition army, mainly under his leadership, held off the nearly 10,000 Beran army for more than a day, causing many casualties.

He then successfully fended off the siege of the Thunder Carts in his own territory, and with a near-perfect night attack, he routed Beran's army of more than 4,000 men and strewn the ground with corpses (the report does not mention the defeat of Beran's 1,600 men in the north).

In fact, there are many armies in the principality that can do these things, but Luo Ming has only been a nobleman for less than three and a half years, and he has this power, so that Princess Victoria has to re-examine him.

First of all, it is certain that the mountain people are completely deceitful to cause him trouble and drag his feet, and Charlotte, who went to investigate the situation in the first place, was fooled. Maybe now the mountain people have returned to their hearts and served him.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain where Luo Ming got so much military power from.

Next, the princess thought about it a little and found a very key problem - the only powerful faction in the county of Van Shee County was the Luo Ming family, except for the enemy army of Belan.

Just yesterday, when the Earl of Conlehill's residence was about to be breached, the old Earl fought desperately, leading his elite soldiers out of the city through the side gate to raid and try to destroy the Benleicha.

However, he was betrayed by his own men, and the enemy set up a solid defense there, and then another cavalry circled and cut off his retreat, and finally the old man died tragically in battle, and the rest were either killed in battle or surrendered.

Next, the defenders of the castle elected one of the old earls' nephews to proclaim themselves the new earls, and signed a humiliating treaty with the Beran army.

Although Princess Victoria didn't know that the old earl had entrusted her grandson to Luo Ming, she also knew that now the whole of Fanxi County was in a state of losing the county guard, and Luo Ming was the only force with the strength and reputation to be the county guard.

Even if this battle is won, it is impossible for the royal family to create a new powerful aristocratic family to serve as the county guard out of thin air, and the so-called "new earl" is equivalent to a usurper, and he has compromised with the Belan invading army, and he has to be liquidated after the war, so naturally they can't let their family continue to serve as the county guard.

And Luo Ming is already so fierce now, if he becomes the county guard, won't he suddenly rise to become another hill in the principality?

But if you look closely, it seems that the only people who can prevent Luo Ming from becoming the county guard are the Belans......

No matter how much she hates the aristocratic mountains in the country, it is impossible for the princess to easily turn to support the invaders, this is not just a matter of personal feelings, but once she does this, she will lose a lot of points politically.

Supporting the enemy and weakening friendly forces at a time when it should be propaganda that the whole country should be united to resist the enemy?

After thinking about it for a moment, the princess decided to choose to take the big picture into account.

The so-called "only the weak can take care of the overall situation", that is actually too extreme an idea.

It seems that the strong can destroy the overall situation to gain their own benefit, but that is only a one-time benefit. Since he is a strong man, then there is a part of the overall situation that belongs to him, and maintaining the overall situation is naturally to safeguard his own long-term interests.

As the established heir of the Grand Duke, she will become the monarch of this principality in a few years, and naturally she is also the strongest force in the whole principality, and there is no one.

As the strongest, maintaining the overall situation is itself maintaining the ruling order of the principality and safeguarding the interests of the royal family, which is equivalent to safeguarding oneself.

It is also inevitable that some people will get a part of the benefits.

But as long as the overall situation is maintained, it will be stronger for the stronger.

No matter how much Luo Ming jumps now, he is also fighting the Belan people, which contains Belan's forces for the royal family and relieves some of the pressure.

In peacetime, the royal family controls millions of people, and the annual tax is hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and it can accumulate more advantages every year.

Luoming District is a new hill that has just reached the county level, and it is good to survive without indigestion, how can it catch up with the overall prosperity of the principality?

"Cheap for you. ”

Princess Victoria muttered quietly, and then quickly adjusted her mind.

Next, it was time to give a speech to the military and civilians and all kinds of nobles, not to mention what Luo Ming had in mind, but his example could be used just in time.

Dressed in a military uniform and with her long hair tied up for ease of movement, she stepped on a long sword and walked out of the room.