Chapter 3: The Council of Nobles (part 2 of 8)
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The Borodia Palace, the main palace used by King Arthur to receive nobles and foreign dignitaries.
The décor is extremely luxurious, with a strong Roman atmosphere.
The Palace of Borodia is divided into four large areas, the banquet area in the center, the fountain decoration area at the front door, the cleaning area at the back door, and the competition area on the right side of the middle gate.
In addition to the well-equipped and luxuriously decorated here, there are also marble buildings and sculptures that are extremely rare in Great Britain.
The central area is lined with passageways with delicate stone statues.
Most are statues of lions, but some are carvings of humans and demons.
Countless candles lit up the hall in the reception area. Among them, a golden chair is the most eye-catching, that is, the legendary Golden Throne, a position that only King Uther and King Arthur are qualified to sit on.
However, the makers of the Golden Throne were not Britons, but Roman masterpieces, just like the builders of the palace and even the city. So in a sense, the Romans really taught these Britons a lot. Of course, they inevitably always look at Britons with superior eyes...... (Char: Ahh
The reception area was already crowded with richly dressed aristocrats, men dressed in the finest silk clothes, with false smiles on their faces and greeting the guests around them.
The aristocratic women showed off their beautiful bodies as much as possible, but they did not do so to seduce or seduce a man. It's purely to show off how favored he is with his master. And the best way to judge how much a woman is pampered is to see how many gems she has......
Among the many aristocratic women, there are two of the most beautiful figures.
That's Buckle's youngest wife, 12-year-old Kelina Howard. She has long hair as blue as the sky, eyes that shine like stars, fair skin, a small nose, and lips as beautiful as cherry blossoms.
The cunning and shrewd, shrewd and a little cold eyes are extremely eye-catching.
Although he was only fourteen years old, he had a high IQ and was not only proficient in the law, but also very good at business and diplomacy. So even though she looks very young, in Char's words, a thousand-year-old fox who disguises herself weak has arrived home.
However, because it has not yet reached the legal limit of 14 years old in Britain. So it will take another two years for Kaelina Howard to marry Buckle. But to be honest, these two years have passed, but for Bakkel, it is just a matter of whether he wants to or not.
However, considering that if Kailina, who is only twelve years old, marries herself, then I am afraid that she will give birth to a descendant at the age of thirteen. According to her petite and frail physique, I am afraid that after giving birth, she will not have half a life left. So for the sake of his future virtuous help, Bakr decided to endure it again......
And completely different from Kailina was another girl with brown curly hair sitting in the center of the venue, with long legs crossed and an indifferent face.
Her appearance is not as dazzling as that of Kelina, and her temperament cannot be compared to Artoria's sharpness. She is not as good as an ordinary soldier in terms of martial arts. But when it comes to ambition and lust for power, the first two together are not as good as one thousandth of her desire.
It is true that the maiden named Gaius Julius Carrasangu was a complete careerist. But she's so good at disguise that no one has ever found out her true colors. It was because of this that she was able to leave Caesar's palace alive and escape alive from the city of Rome to this remote island nation.
With the bride price left by her family, she finally got the position of inspector of the sixteenth mixed regiment of the Roman Empire in the British Isles. Because the Legion Commander was a slave she had saved before, there were many fewer obstacles in mastering the Legion, after three years of business and buying.
Karassanku was already the only supreme commander of the Sixteenth Mixed Legion of the Roman Empire, and she not only occupied the gold production there, but also co-opted the surrounding tribes and lords. Expanding her territory three times in a row, she now has a military town of 10,000 people, three docks to the sea, and a caravan at sea.
However, the most surprising thing is that Karassanku has just turned seventeen this year, and even King Arthur, who is very talented, is sixteen years old this year. But in terms of overall strength, she can only admit defeat.
However, it was not King Arthur's fault, but her early start was too difficult. In our words, King Arthur is a two-level difficult start, and the initial bankroll is basically 0. But Krassanku is a mid-range start, with a banging initial bankroll...... Now she is sitting on a gold mine, three outlets to the sea and a professional sea caravan, and it is estimated that she will not be too bad for a novice player under such conditions.
But Karassanku also had the same big trouble as King Arthur, which was the intervention of internal enemies in the country.
At first, not many people cared about her presence, but in recent times, Karassanku's caravans have been roaming around and making a lot of gold coins by dumping goods back and forth in the Mediterranean. Carassancu used these gold coins to bribe the nobles of Rome, hoping to return to Rome and regain her family's glory.
Unfortunately, the people who had driven her out did not like the return of Karassangu, and now they are complaining to the current Roman Emperor for the revocation of her army and canonization.
Obviously, this move was a fatal blow to Karassanku. And it is for this reason that Karassanku is now not even in the mood to drink, and he is always alone with a gloomy expression.
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"Mistress Curris Howard has arrived!"
With an announcement from the sidelines, Curris led his team into the venue.
However, what is surprising is that Gawain, one of the Knights of the Round Table in his team, and several other Knights of the Round Table of the aristocratic faction are also among them, and it is obvious that they have the consciousness to completely stand in line with Curis this time.
"Oh, you're finally here. ”
When Curris walked into the venue, he saw his father at first sight.
Bakker Lent Howard. This old man, who is in his sixties, walks like a young man. He was unusually tall, almost two meters, with thick and powerful hands. Wearing a golden cloak and a crown of six feathers, he coexisted with nobility and evil. Although it is not full of flesh, it is not angry and arrogant.
His eyes were as wide as a tiger, his essence flickering, and his brow furrowed with a dark aura. Coupled with the power in his hands, the depth of his tentacles penetrates into all areas of the Kingdom of Britain. Even if it's a military forbidden place...... You see, the Knights of the Round Table are all on his side, and you can imagine that he is in the dark with great power.
"Father, it's been a long time. Curris said respectfully.
"Ahahahaha, yes, yes. I have been able to come out alive under the siege of the Phries, who are several times your size, and you have returned with a great victory. I'm so grateful!ahhahahaha!!"
Buckle's confusing words immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding nobles.
After hearing this, these nobles thought that it was Curris who had won the great victory for Great Britain not long ago, and immediately raised their glasses in celebration.
For a while, the entire venue was filled with praise for the Howards.
And the most awe-inspiring thing about Bakr is that he not only plunders money, but more importantly, the more he spends his money, the more things and benefits he can recover. So he has always been stingy with money to buy, and everything is so small that people can't find a bone at all.
Almost all of the more than 100 nobles present here are barons and above, and there are other arrangements below the barons. But that's not the point, the point is that most of the nobles of these countries, who make up four-fifths of the country, have taken refuge in Bakr. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Bakir would have been able to ascend to the throne overnight if he wanted to......
However, no one dared to do so.
Even Bakker was jealous of this.
But it was not the milky King Arthur who they feared and feared, but the mysterious mentor standing behind him, Merlin.
For Merlin's legend, Buckle's generation grew up listening to it. He is even more convinced of the legend of Merlin's ability to communicate with the gods and live forever. Therefore, even though Bakr has his hands and eyes to the sky, he only does not dare to raise the slightest dissent about the throne.
However, as the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures. Buckle did not dare to openly seize power, on the one hand, because he was afraid of Merlin, and on the other hand, he was indeed afraid of King Arthur's appeal among the knights. After all, his other title is the "Knight King", which has absolute authority among more than 2,000 knights in the country, and the strength of knights is universally recognized.
Bakr did not dare to mess with the above two points, but he found another way to gain control of the country by quietly completing the transfer of power. And he did, very beautifully and brilliantly took the financial power from King Uther, and took away four-fifths of the nobility support from King Arthur.
Now Buckle is only one step away from truly reaching the top, and that is to take the last military intervention right in the hands of King Arthur!