Russell didn't expect to be received by the Empress, and as someone who had gone through the orderly management procedures of his past life, he thought that his approach was only a trivial thing that everyone could do. However, the solution that he thought everyone knew about had subtly created a precedent for the evacuation of people on the continent.

Russell was unaware of his command over his attendants, and the successful evacuation of the rioting crowd was seen by others as an intelligent way to solve the problem. In the past, the phenomenon of crowd stampede in the empire has always been that everyone scattered and fled regardless of the life or death of others, and it was often the great damage that was caused to quell those riots.

What was completely different this time was that under Russell's command, the efficiency of the squires was greatly improved. If there had been no Russell's reminder this time, the squires would have only remembered to protect the Empress and neglected other innocent people, then the result would have ended in tragedy.

Therefore, even Carlos, who was smart, stood by Russell's side at this time and looked at him in amazement, shocked by Russell's wit.

Russell looked at the humble chief of the guard standing in front of him, nodded hurriedly and said to him: "Since it is an invitation from Her Majesty the Empress, of course I can't refuse, then please lead the way." ”

The chief of the guard saluted him and invited, "Please come with me!"

Led by the chief of the guard, Russell and Carlos followed him to the door of the warehouse, where there were two women in palace costumes with a corset, a tall woman in a purple dress standing in the center was naturally Her Majesty the Empress of the Empire, and the woman in blue standing half a step behind her should be the right-hand man of the Empress that Russell had heard of, known as the chief maid Shani.

The chief of the guard led Russell and the others to a distance of about ten paces from the empress and did not move forward, but moved out of the way before Russell's eyes. Russell suddenly realized that it was time for him to salute the empress.

According to Russell's original life trajectory, he will inherit his father's little baronial title in the future, and he will never see the imperial empress for almost the rest of his life. Now that the Empress was standing in front of him, he was a little at a loss.

Russell looked at Carlos on the side with a hint of pleading, and all he could see was Carlos giving him a look, as if to make him hurry up and salute.

Russell took a deep breath and recalled the somewhat forgotten etiquette of the imperial nobility, and then walked all the way to the empress, bowed deeply to her, while brushing his chest with his left hand, and stretched out his right hand parallel to the ground to show his respect for the empress.

Gladys did not correct Russell's mistake in saluting, but nodded slightly, reached out and gently helped Russell, and looked Russell up and down. Russell's handsome appearance was very satisfying to her, and the young man in front of her had extraordinary intelligence and extraordinary command ability, which was what she valued most about Russell.

Gladys said to Russell with a smile on her face, "Very well, no need to salute for the time being, what's your name?"

Russell saw a jewel-covered sleeve reach out in front of his eyes and lifted himself up, and immediately looked up at the Empress without saluting, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, my name is Russell Paul, and I am a freeman of the Empire. ”

Gladys couldn't help but be a little puzzled when she heard Russell's answer, "You said your surname is Paul, but the free people of the Empire don't have the surname of this nobleman?"

Russell couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the empress's inquiry, isn't this a good opportunity to clear my father's grievances? Russell thought about it and pressed his thoughts fiercely, now that it is wartime, where will the empress have time to investigate these matters? It seems that this matter will have to be considered in the long run. can only be vaguely said: "I only have an old relationship with the nobles, so I have this surname." ”

Gladys also understood that Russell didn't want to talk about it, and said to him gently: "Let's not talk about surnames." Russell, you have used your wisdom this time to successfully prevent the occurrence of the crowd riot, I admire you as a young man, as a capable young man, are you willing to be loyal to the royal family, I believe that a wise young man like you will be able to solve your confusion. ”

Russell felt slightly bitter in his heart when he heard this, and just refused the invitation of Viscount Haier, but he didn't expect an invitation from one of the most powerful nobles in the empire. The empress gave herself the opportunity to choose, but in fact she couldn't refuse her invitation at all.

However, Russell thought about it, he was worried that he had no way to find clues, and now that the royal family had thrown an olive branch to him, he had to accept it, and this kind of opportunity was difficult to encounter again. Russell could only show a false smile, and readily agreed to the empress's invitation.

Gladys saw that Russell had agreed to the invitation to be loyal to the royal family, and she said to Russell with a smile in her eyes: "It's wartime, we won't hold the oath of allegiance ceremony from Jane, and when the empire returns triumphantly, I will hold a new allegiance ceremony for you!"