In the last month of the year 3874, the situation in the kingdom of Lampari took another astonishing turn.

On December 3rd, the Duke of Stark suddenly made a public statement expressing his submission to Her Royal Highness the Queen of Severny, recognizing Her Royal Highness the right to inherit the throne and supporting her as the next Queen of the Lampari Kingdom.

On 8 December, Her Royal Highness Princess Severny led a personal guard into the private estate of the Stark family and accepted the surrender of the Duke of Stark.

On 9 December, Duke Stark was found guilty of poisoning himself in his bedroom.

On 10 December, Her Royal Highness Princess Severny issued a statement stating that the crimes committed by the Duke of Starr were unforgivable, and that the Stark family had also committed a great crime by participating in the rebellion, but that in view of the outstanding contribution made by the Stark family to the kingdom since the founding of the Lampari Kingdom, it was decided to forgive some of the Stark family's crimes.

After half a month of trial, the Kingdom Council finally convicted a total of eleven leaders of the Stark family, including Duke Stark, and some of the nobles who also participated in the rebellion as treason and sentenced them to death.

At the same time, the Council of the Kingdom confiscated most of the territories of the nobles who participated in the rebellion, led by the Stark family, but to everyone's surprise, it did not put these families to death, but left them part of their bloodline, allowing them to keep the bloodline alive.

Even the kingdom council left some of the territories and estates to these families, ensuring that even if they could no longer enjoy the same scenery in the kingdom as before, they would still be able to live in a situation far superior to that of ordinary commoners.

This kind of end. For the families who participated in the rebellion against the grave crime. Already extremely superior.

So in the Lampari Kingdom. Many people praised Her Royal Highness the kindness of Her Royal Highness Severny, and some newspapers even announced that Her Royal Highness the Queen of Severny was the most merciful and holy king in the history of the Lampari Kingdom.

Her Majesty Queen Sevinj will definitely lead the Lampari Kingdom to become strong and prosperous rapidly.

Of course, there are some who are very unimpressed by Sevigny's benevolent treatment of those traitors.

Xu is one of them.

"Although it is a benevolent practice to keep the blood of those nobles, doesn't this clearly leave them with the possibility of revenge in the future?" Xu Yi looked at the big red invitation card in his hand, frowned and said to the messenger sent by Sevigny on the other side. "Doesn't Her Royal Highness understand this?"

The messenger smiled and replied, "Of course Your Highness understands this truth, but Your Highness is thinking about the stability of the kingdom. That's why you accept this condition. ”

"I knew it was the reason. Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and said he understood.

In fact, Xu Yi is not incomprehensible about Sevigny's approach.

If Sevini was given enough time and conditions, Xu Yi believed that no matter how kind and merciful she was, she would never be merciful to these nobles who participated in the rebellion.

This kind of thing is not a personal grudge, but a major matter related to the survival of the entire Lampari Kingdom, and there is no room for the slightest mercy.

Sevini did this undoubtedly in order to be able to quell the civil strife in the Lampari Kingdom as much as possible, so that the Lampari Kingdom would suffer minimal losses in order to avoid a major loss of vitality. Being taken advantage of by others.

According to intelligence, the Kingdom of Sark has been strengthening its military on the northern border. It's clear that the kingdom of Lampari is eyeing it.

If the civil strife in the Kingdom of Lampari lasts for too long, causing the entire kingdom to fall into chaos and greatly reduce its national strength, then the Kingdom of Sark will definitely choose to take advantage of this great opportunity to invade without hesitation.

If this is the case, the situation in the Lampari Kingdom will be really precarious.

It was because of this consideration that Severny chose to negotiate with the Duke of Stark in an overwhelming advantage, and finally accepted the surrender on some favorable terms.

Although this will leave some hidden dangers in the kingdom of Lampari, it is not worth mentioning compared to the current crisis that the kingdom is facing.

Seeing that Xu Yi seemed to have recovered from deep thought, the envoy hurriedly pointed to the invitation card with an extremely beautiful cover in Xu Yi's hand, and said cautiously: "President Xu, since you have already read this invitation, then when the time comes, please go to Anweimar as promised, Your Highness will be very happy to see you." ”

Xu Yi looked down at the invitation card in his hand.

The content of this invitation is to invite Xu Yi to attend the coronation ceremony of Her Royal Highness Queen Sevigny on December 25, the day of the birth of the legendary gods, to attend the coronation ceremony of Her Royal Highness Queen Sevigny as the new Queen of the Lampari Kingdom.

Whether it is because of the personal relationship between Severny and Xu Yi, or because of the strong support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for Seviny, it is natural for Severny to issue this invitation to Xu Yi, and with the important contribution of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the pacification of the civil strife in the kingdom, Xu Yi can even be regarded as one of the final guests at the coronation ceremony.

However, after Xu Yi pondered for a moment, he shook his head: "No, this is the coronation ceremony of Her Majesty the Queen, and I, an ordinary businessman, am not qualified to participate." ”

The envoy was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, President Xu, you are a distinguished guest personally invited by His Highness, how can you not be qualified? You see, the signature on this invitation was written by His Highness himself. In addition to you, there are less than ten other invitations that will be signed by His Highness himself, which shows your important position in His Highness's heart. If you don't qualify, there are too many people at this ceremony who are not qualified to attend!"

Xu Yi smiled and continued to shake his head: "Please tell Her Royal Highness for me, although I very much want to witness her ascend the throne as king, but I really can't spare time that day, please apologize to her for me." ”

The envoy frowned: "President Xu, what would be more important to you than attending His Majesty's coronation ceremony?"

Xu Yi glanced at him and said lightly: "This has nothing to do with you." ”

The envoy was stunned, and he was a little angry in his heart, but when he thought of the explanation of His Royal Highness Queen Severny before he came, he could only endure it and continue to persuade Xu Yi.

However, Xu Yi seemed to have made up his mind. No matter what he says. I just wouldn't say yes.

Seeing that Xu Yi was extremely determined. In the end, the envoy was helpless, and could only let out a long sigh: "President Xu, Her Royal Highness is very much looking forward to your being able to witness her coronation, and she said to me that without your support and encouragement, she would not have become the queen of the Lampari Kingdom at all." So she would very much like to be able to ascend to the throne in front of your own eyes. If you don't go, she's going to be very disappointed. ”

"As I said, I'd love to see this great moment for myself. But......" Xu Yi suddenly frowned. After thinking for a moment, he sighed lightly and continued: "Okay, I won't tell those useless lies. Tell Her Royal Highness on my behalf, that the reason why I don't want to attend her coronation is that I just think that once she becomes Her Majesty, I will have to go to such a good friend as her. If I don't attend, I can still lie to myself. ”

The messenger looked at Xu Yi in astonishment.

From Xu Yi's words, he heard that Xu Yi's personal relationship with Her Royal Highness Queen Severny was probably much deeper than he had thought before.

Otherwise. Xu Yi will certainly not have such feelings.

And recalling the demeanor of Her Royal Highness the princess every time he mentioned Xu Yi, a trace of shock suddenly flashed across the envoy's face.

Could it be ...... Her Royal Highness is actually ...... Xu Yi A relationship that goes far beyond friendship?

Xu Yi didn't know that the envoy had already thought far away in his heart. After a pause, he continued: "In addition, I will tell Her Royal Highness the princess for me." Let's just say that no matter what, my support for her will not change, and our support for the Lampari Kingdom will not change. When the situation in the kingdom stabilizes, we will have many opportunities to meet in the future, and she should not be too disappointed. ”

The envoy glanced at Xu Yi with a strange face, no longer continued to persuade, and discussed some other details with Xu Yi before announcing his farewell.

Looking at the back of the messenger leaving, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again.

Whether he wants it or not, since Sevini has really become the queen of the Lampari Kingdom, the relationship between the two can no longer be as pure as when she was just a royal highness before.

The deeper the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lampari Kingdom, the more involved it becomes, the more complicated the relationship between the two will be.

In the end, the two can maintain the most basic friendship is already an outlier.

This is not something that the two of them can decide on their own, because behind them are the Lampari Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which also carry the expectations of countless people.

Thinking of the various complicated situations that may arise in the future, Xu Yi smiled bitterly, shook his head vigorously, threw out all these negative feelings, and focused his thoughts on another thing that was more important to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

The situation in the Lampari Kingdom has been clarified in less than three months, and now the entire Lampari Kingdom has gradually stabilized under the sudden burst of strength and ability from Sevigny.

The Duchy of Stantin, on the other hand, is the opposite.

The frenzied expansion of the Lord of Veron in the north of the Duchy of Stantin finally provoked a backlash from the other noble lords.

In the middle of the Duchy of Stantin, a lord adjacent to the newly seized territory of the Lord of Weilun suddenly united with the other three lords, and attacked the Lord of Weilun with all his strength while the Lord of Weilun had not yet gained a foothold in the newly occupied territory.

These four lords' subordinates also have some military magic machinery purchased from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, although the individual combat power is not as good as that of Lord Weilun for the time being, but it is not much different, but in terms of numbers, it is a full half, so the two sides started a war, because Lord Weilun was not firmly established, and the supplies could not be replenished quickly, and the result was finally defeated.

This was the first time that Lord Weilun had suffered defeat since he began to attack other lords.

After the defeat, the Lord of Weilun was furious, directly found Xu Yi, and made a clear request to Xu Yi, asking the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not to sell military magic machinery to other lords in the Duchy of Stantin.

Otherwise, he will take back the private territory that was previously divided to Xu Yi, and take all the properties of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as his own.

Xu Yi did not agree to his request at the first time, but he did not refuse at the first time.

However, Lord Weilun didn't intend to give Xu Yi more time to think about it, and gave him three days to think it through.

It is this question that Xu Yi is seriously considering now.

If you agree to Lord Weilun's request, it means that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will fully support Lord Weilun, which is equivalent to putting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the opposite side of all the other lords of the Duchy of Stantin, and even cause the dissatisfaction of the Grand Duke of Stantin.

But if you don't agree, you'll have to face the wrath of Lord Velon.

Lord Velon's threat is no joke.

Xu Yi had been thinking about this issue since he accepted Lord Weilun's ultimatum the day before yesterday, and now he has been thinking about it for two days, during which he has considered all the gains and losses very clearly, and now he only owes a final decision.

Originally, Xu Yi was still a little hesitant, but after receiving the news of Severny's upcoming coronation brought by the envoy today, it seemed that a door had opened in his heart.

"I've backed down long enough, and this time...... I'm afraid I can't back down again. (To be continued......)