A week later, the imperial capital Hualin.

In the morning, inside the Palace Council Chamber.

The eldest prince, Robert, sat on the chair at the top of the hall, and the ministers stood in two rows below. At this moment, everyone's eyes in this hall were focused on one person, this person was none other than Situ Jin, who had just returned from Tias to the emperor.

Actually, Situ Jin only returned to the imperial capital Hualin last night, and he didn't bring anyone with him this time, only himself, and because of this, he came back quickly.

Originally, Situ Jin thought that the eldest prince Robert would summon him in a few days, but he didn't expect that he had just arrived last night, and the eldest prince was going to see him today, and it was still above the early dynasty.

At this time, Situ Jin was standing at the bottom of the steps in the hall in a military uniform, facing the direction where the eldest prince was sitting on the steps, and the eldest prince just kept looking at him, as if he was secretly looking at him.

Not far to Situ Jin's left, Situ Nan stood at the head of the ministers on the left, he bowed his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. And the ministers standing around him would faintly show a look of envy whenever they caught a glimpse of him.

In fact, the intention of the eldest prince to summon Situ Jin to the court at this moment is obvious, the ministers present are not stupid, Situ Jin has made such a great contribution to the empire this time, if the empire does not make a little expression, it will not be reasonable, and Situ Jin's popularity in the empire is also very high now, and rewarding him is also in line with the will of the people.

In everyone's opinion, the Situ family is already prominent enough, Situ Nan is the deputy commander-in-chief of the imperial military department, but in fact, he is the highest military commander other than the emperor, whether it is above the court or under the Tang Dynasty, he is worthy of the name of one person and above ten thousand people.

And Situ Nan's second son, Situ Kai, is also well-known in the empire, and he was carefully cultivated by Situ Nan at a very young age, although his current identity is only a joint venture commander, but his future is definitely limitless.

Anyone with a heart can see that Situ Nan has actually been cultivating his son to the position of the next deputy commander-in-chief of the empire's army.

Originally, I heard that Situ Nan didn't like his eldest son, but many people in the imperial capital speculated that his eldest son's qualifications were too poor, so he was not favored by Situ Nan and kept it on the side.

Some people who don't like Situ Nan secretly laugh at Situ Nan for this.

No matter how wise Situ Nan is, it seems that the sons he gave birth to are not all as shrewd as him, and they are indeed nine sons born to dragons, each of which is different! I really don't know how bad his eldest son is, so that Situ Nan can't take it so hard! If this is not the case, how can a father be so unkind to his son?!

Yes, everybody has always thought so. However, after the Tias crisis, there are very few people who still see it this way.

Originally, I thought that Situ Nan's eldest son was so bad, but now everyone understands that this guy was hidden by his father, and if it is a fluke that the enemy can retreat without wasting a single soldier, then what about going deep into the territory of Uta to kill Randall? Is it also a fluke?

Forget it, how can there be so many lucks!

Everyone is just envious of Situ Nan now, looking at how other people have sons, each one is better than the other, and then looking at their own children, they really can't bear to look at it directly.

Originally, the Situ family was already the first family of the empire, and now there is another powerful figure in this family, Situ Jin, it can be predicted that in the future, except for the royal family, there will be no family in the empire that can compare with the Situ family.

The eldest prince sat on it and looked at Situ Jin for a while, then smiled slightly and said: "Situ Jin, this time you single-handedly let the enemy's 100,000 troops retreat from Tias, and also killed the enemy's main general Randall, which is really a great contribution to the empire!"

Situ Jin bowed slightly, and before he could speak, the eldest prince said again: "Say, you have made such a great contribution, what reward do you want?"

Only then did Situ Jin speak: "Back to Your Highness, it is my duty to protect Tias City, and I don't think I need any rewards. ”

Situ Jin's words were half polite and half his true thoughts, before he was transferred to Tias, the order was written to let him assist in the city defense, everything he did was just what he thought he should do, he never thought of asking for any reward.

And to be honest, there is nothing in the empire that interests him. Money? He's really not bad for money right now! Power? He's not interested at all! As for fame, he doesn't care about that anymore.

Hearing Situ Jin's words, the eldest prince squinted at Situ Jin, as if trying to distinguish whether what Situ Jin had just said was true or false.

Situ Jin raised his head and looked at the eldest prince with a calm face.

After a while, the eldest prince smiled and said, "You have made such a great contribution to the empire, if I don't reward you, won't the outside world say that I, Robert, deliberately suppressed talents?"

"That's it!" the eldest prince muttered: "I remember that my father said at your engagement banquet with my imperial sister that I will give you a piece of land when you become an adult, and I will fulfill this promise to you in advance for my father and emperor!"

Hearing the words of the eldest prince, all the ministers looked at Situ Jin with envy, in the past hundred years, the empire has rarely divided its territory into fiefdoms.

Although the area of the territory divided each time is not large, it is his own private and exclusive territory, and the lord has the supreme right in the territory, and all the manpower, material resources, and financial resources in the territory are completely controlled by the lord, which is similar to a small king, who doesn't want to live this kind of life?

The eldest prince's gaze swept over the entire hall, taking in the expressions of all the ministers, and then a subtle strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What do you think of Erland Island?"

As soon as the eldest prince said this, all the ministers in the hall were stunned for a moment, and then, a strange smile appeared on the faces of these ministers, as if they had heard some big joke, and their eyes kept looking at Situ Nan and Situ Jin.

"Öland Island?is it Öland Island, the island abandoned by the Empire?!"

"What did I hear? The eldest prince is actually going to give Erland Island to that kid! Hahaha!

"I'd rather stay at home in that place?"

"It seems that the relationship between the eldest prince and Situ Nan is not as normal as it seems on the surface!"

"I'm going to keep a little distance from Situ Nan in the future!"

The eldest prince's fluttering words have been regarded as a subtle signal by the ministers, and everyone's hearts suddenly came alive, some gloating, some watching the excitement, and more are considering the deep meaning of the eldest prince's doing.

Öland Island, what is the difference between going to that place and sending a frontier?

(To be continued.) )