Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Deputy Speaker
Ambra's Royal Palace sits in the very heart of the capital. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info It's not so magnificent, it's majestic. The area occupied is also not large, and the political symbolism is more significant than the nature of the residence.
The emperor of the empire died more than a decade ago. The new heir is not an adult, so the position of emperor, the symbol of Ambra's supreme power, has been vacant for years.
However, this does not affect the development of the Ambra Empire, and the members of the noble council have their own responsibilities. Focusing on the development of the economy, the military, and the people's livelihood, they are carrying out their own work in an orderly manner. It seems that he has become accustomed to the days without the emperor, and since the emperor needs to concurrently serve as the speaker, he has been carrying out various tasks headed by the deputy speaker for many years. The Deputy Speaker is a conservative member of the Imperial faction, and in terms of blood relations, he can be regarded as Nina's uncle.
The biggest reason why the Ambra royal family has real power is that the emperor has military dominance. Any Ambra emperor must first and foremost be the commander-in-chief of Ambra's entire army, responsible for the military power of the entire country. However, at the moment this position is vacant.
Nina is the most maverick heir in the history of the Ambra Empire. She grew up in the palace at an early age, and then went to the Sword Emperor Nien to learn and cultivate. It was not until recently that he returned to the palace and officially settled in as an heir.
This is a must-do. Nina is 17 years old and will soon be an adult. According to Ambra's law, when she came of age, she had to fulfill the duties of an emperor and become the seventh empress in Ambra's history.
Deputy Speaker Roncik finally breathed a sigh of relief. Over the years, he has conscientiously guarded the royal foundation, and it is not in vain. At least to protect the authority of the royal family, he kept the seats of the royal family members in the noble council. Now Nina's return is a shot in the arm for the royals in the parliament. Ambra was able to continue without any turmoil.
No country is free of noise. It's just a matter of size. The most basic education in the empire will cultivate citizens' loyalty to the royal family, so there is no need to worry about support. But the major nobles are not necessarily, the long-term imperial position is vacant, and the heir is nowhere to be found. This is a very disturbing situation. The great nobles lack control, and they will give birth to their own thoughts and do some restless behavior.
When Nina never returned, these small actions were handled by Roncik as Deputy Speaker without a name. And now that Longsik is finally able to do it, in less than a month, he has cleaned up more than 170 members of the nobility from the marquis to the lord in various names. Some are punished for crimes, while others are sent to remote areas for political needs.
He walked into the palace with a large stack of papers and a smile on his face. The first is to find Her Royal Highness Nina to report and sign for confirmation. Second, he hadn't seen this little niece for a long time. Recalling Nina's cute appearance when she was a child, Roncik smiled knowingly.
To reach the residence of the heirs in the palace, you need to walk through the royal gardens. It was a clearing full of flowers and plants, all well-known from all over Ambra. As soon as you enter here, you will smell sweet and greasy. There are not too many facilities and buildings, and only two pavilions are built around the garden dedicated to cherry blossom viewing, where the royal family loves to have afternoon tea and enjoy the day.
As soon as Roncik entered, he felt a little strange, usually this morning, there were few people in the pavilion, but now looking over, there were many sons of great nobles and royal knights standing. Roncik frowned and walked over with a slight dissatisfaction.
"What are you doing? You should have something to do!" Roncik was an elder and a deputy speaker. As soon as his words spoke, he carried the prestige that he had cultivated over the years, and his slightly angry attitude strengthened this point.
"Vice-Chairwoman!" exclaimed the nobles in the pavilion, and then these people came to say hello in twos and threes, but none of them were ready to leave.
Roncik became more and more dissatisfied, he stared at the only noble girl in the pavilion who ignored him and said, "Fiona! What are you doing here?!"
"Shhhhhh
What's the key?," Roncik froze, then his eyes followed the direction Fiona was pointing. It's in the middle of the garden.
A man and a woman are facing each other.
It was Her Royal Highness Nina!Roncik recognized it at a glance, although he hadn't seen it for a long time, but his clear eyes and fairy-like appearance made Roncik instantly find the queen's shadow.
But who is that man?
Before anyone could explain his doubts, he saw the sword in Nina's hand stab, and the magnificent battle aura burst out, turning into a substantial sword, attacking towards the man!
However, the man's reaction was not unpleasant, and in the face of Nina's almost unannounced attack, the knight's sword in front of him swung in a burst, easily blocking all the attacks, and even had the strength to fight back.
Roncik almost screamed in horror. Was this an attack in the palace?! But he soon realized that something was wrong, if it was an assassin, how could these nobles and the knights in the palace be indifferent and let His Highness Nina fight alone?
He fixed his eyes and saw that although the man had never seen it before, he was wearing Ambra's royal knight's uniform, and he was clearly a royal knight. And this style is not the ordinary royal knight's clothing, but the knight's uniform that only the guardian knight is qualified to wear!
"Who is this man?" Roncik wondered, he didn't know that Nina had appointed the new Guardian Knight.
"The one who is training with His Highness is the guardian knight Egret. A flattering nobleman replied quickly.
"Egret?" Roncik had never heard the name before, and his face was full of doubt.
Fiona was looking at it vigorously, but was interrupted by the discussion behind her, and said impatiently: "I said Uncle Longsik, you don't care too much about Her Highness Nina, haven't you even known about the knight she personally selected?
Garden Trials?!Chief Ambra Knight?!
The first time Roncik knew about this, he knew that the training and selection of the Garden Trial was over, but he didn't know who had become the representative. And this knight is still the guardian knight chosen by Nina herself?Lonsik carefully looked at the egret and found that even in battle, this knight still maintained a unique demeanor, with an elegant and gentle posture, and even a smile in the battle.
This is really a good knight!" Roncik judged in his heart, the knight's posture and state even reminded him of the knight's general when he was young.
Even in the face of Nina's stormy attack, the egret on the field is still graceful and seems to be embarrassed. Long Sik clearly knew that His Royal Highness Nina was already an elite professional in the realm stage, and he was also the inheritor of the special weapon projection sword. Being able to hold on for so many rounds under Nina's hands is enough to prove the strength of the knight in front of him.
However, the gap is the gap, and the difference between Egret and Nina is two levels, which is not something that energy can make up. Even if the egret's current combat spirit has surpassed Nina, there is still a world of difference between it and Nina in terms of use.
Nina's sword turned to the sky, and several hanging projection swords combined with the attack. The egret was like a person facing an elite professional whose seven realms surpassed him, and he was very reluctant to resist. If it weren't for Nina's beckoning to keep her hand, I'm afraid that the egret would have been seriously injured and fell to the ground now, even if it didn't die.
With the combo of the sword body, the egret did not escape the doom in the end, and was slashed on the hilt by Nina's sword, and the sword body slammed into the egret's hand, so that he could not hold the war knife and was picked off by a blow.
Then Nina put away her sword and spoke, "I've grown a lot, but I'm still too naΓ―ve in terms of technique. β
"That's His Highness's technique, it's too superb. Bai Lu smiled, "The only person who can independently face such a martial art as His Highness is a master-level professional." β
Nina blinked her eyes and sighed: "I'm still not used to your appearance, people are a lot more energetic, but their manners seem to have changed." β
"It's all the result of the training. The egret was still smiling, but in his heart he recalled the meticulous education and discipline during the etiquette training, and a chill arose all over his body. Even with an assistive system, the experience had put his mind and body through enough to be called hell.
Seeing that the battle was over, Long Sik stepped forward, "It really deserves to be the pearl of Ambra, this kind of strength is enough to make the military nobles of the martial arts faction safe and obedient." Roncik greets Her Royal Highness the Princess. β
Nina's eyes lit up: "Uncle Longsik?!" Then Nina bowed, which was a junior salute for members of the royal family, greeting Longsik as an elder.
"I haven't seen each other in years. Nina said softly, "Just to see off the egret, why don't you join your uncle at the lunchtime banquet?" I have a lot of things to ask you about. β
"Luncheon?" Roncik frowned with a headache, he had so many things on his agenda that it was difficult to spare enough time to attend the banquet. But in front of her is the future Empress Ambra! or her little niece whom she hasn't seen in years!
it! Roncik thought fiercely in his heart, it's a big deal to work a few more shifts to get the rest done. "Then I am very honored to be invited by Your Highness to attend this luncheon. β
"For this one. Roncik took a closer look at the egret and smiled. "Your Guardian Knight practiced. β