Chapter 56: The Council of Lords
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the meeting of the lords of the three clans.
Early in the morning, Mei Yi put on the viscount dress, put on the coat of arms, and rushed to the palace. Yesterday, Sakura Mai informed him that His Majesty the King would hold a formal feud ceremony for all the nobles of the three clans on the first day of the Council of Lords of the Three Clans, and that the fief title deeds would be issued.
Mei Yi is still very happy to have her own piece of land in the elf kingdom.
After entering the palace, the protocol officer who was guarding the door asked the female official to lead him to the east side of the palace. On the east side, there is a huge island in the middle of Lake Melohia, which is connected to the royal palace by a road about three meters wide. There is a tall tower on the island. The sealing ceremony was held in the open space in front of the building.
The tall, erect but sickly looking king personally read out the edict and handed the fief certificate to each of the new nobles. The king had only two counts, seven viscounts, and fourteen barons.
Dressed in a long green dress and black cloak, Princess Agilu stood a little behind the king, coldly looking at the ecstatic new nobleman in front of her, gloating at Mei Yi.
Mei Yi received the fief certificate handed over to him by the king himself, and he was still quite excited. After he went down, he couldn't wait to take a look at the location of his fiefdom.
It's okay not to look at it, but I'm dumbfounded when I see it, it's actually Luoshui County in the northeast of Hualing City.
Judging from the map attached to the fief certificate, Luoshui County is next to the Luoshui River, the largest river in the north of the kingdom, the fief of the elven lord in the east, the vast fairy forest in the southeast, the Tianlu Mountains in the north, and the fief of the old enemy Istin's father in the south.
Mei Yi learned from the book that the elves, goblins and a small number of humans in Luoshui County lived together, and there were constant contradictions and conflicts, and it had become a three-regardless area.
Ai Qilu saw Meiyi, who couldn't cry or laugh, and a sly smile appeared on her face.
After the ceremony, the royal fiefdom committee preached to the new nobles about their responsibilities as lords, and announced that a grand ball would be held in the banquet hall of the royal palace this evening, asking the new nobles to attend on time.
In the afternoon, it was the most crucial meeting of the three clan lords.
When Mei Yi walked out of the palace, she found that many people had spontaneously gathered in the goddess square in front of the palace, praying that the lord king would recover, that Princess Aiqilu would become the crown prince smoothly, and that the lords of the three clans would unite to deal with the monsters.
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Akilu sat on the second top floor of the tower in the middle of the lake, anxious and restless waiting for her father's call. The queen held her hand tightly and kept comforting her so that she would not be nervous and anxious.
The king and eleven of the great lords of the country were meeting in secret in the heavily guarded rooftop room. Even through the thick floor, Agiro could hear the fierce arguing of the Great Lords.
After about two hours, the brawl stopped. The clerk knocked on the door and said, "Princess, His Majesty has adjourned the meeting for the time being, and I would like you to go upstairs to the conference room in five minutes." ”
After the clerk left, the queen said to Agilu, "Are you ready?" ”
Ai Qilu said: "Mom, what will happen if I am also rejected by them? ”
The queen held Ai Qilu's face in both hands, looked at her golden eyes, and said lovingly: "Ai Qilu, don't think about this, remember Teacher Meiyi's words, you will definitely become a great queen in the history of the Elven Kingdom." Do you remember everything he wrote in the book he wrote to you? ”
Agiro nodded.
The queen smiled and said, "I really admire Teacher Meiyi, he has only been teaching you for a few days, and he said that you must not be willing to show weakness in front of the great lord." Let them take a good look, our Ai family does not have children who are not unsuccessful. ”
After Ai Qilu walked into the conference room, she immediately felt the oppressive atmosphere in the conference room. The eyes of all the Great Lords were focused on her, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
The king stood up, pulled Akilu to his side, and said, "Lords, this is my daughter Akilu. I have recently relapsed from an old illness and my health is difficult to support state affairs, so I would like to ask your opinion on the appointment of Ai Qilu as the crown prince. ”
After Ai Qilu sat down, she looked at the cloudy sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window opposite and the sky trees dozens of meters high, put away the arrogance and indifference on her usual face, and smiled slightly: "Hello lords, please ask me if you need to know." ”
Somehow, all the lords on the scene felt a heavy coercion, and even it was a little difficult to breathe.
The lords at the scene were not polite, and Duke Christine, the great lord of Sombra City, said with a smile: "I have heard a lot of stories about the princess in the past few days, and the princess and her teacher made a bet on whether the cake shop could be brought back to life in three days, but the princess's teacher just changed the slogan from a six-fold discount to buy a catty and get half a catty and win." The princess thought that buying a pound and getting half a pound free was a 50% discount, but I don't know if there is such a thing. ”
Christine's meaning couldn't be more obvious: the princess is a fool who doesn't know how to learn.
Many of the lords at the scene were confused, thinking: Isn't this a five-fold discount? What's the point of this old bastard Christine?
Ai Qilu smiled faintly and said, "It's like this, I'm not very good at math. It seems that Master Christine is very interested in mathematics, and my teacher gave me a problem, 'buy one pound and get half a pound' or 'five copper coins for fifteen copper coins', which degree of promotion is more discounted? I don't know what your answer is, my lord. ”
Christine was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course, buy a pound and get half a pound free!" ”
Ai Qilu smiled: "I can understand your thoughts, because buying one catty and getting half a catty is half the price reduction, and reducing five copper coins from fifteen copper coins is a one-third price reduction, right?" ”
Kristen saw the mysterious smile on the Fairy Princess's face and the sarcasm on Akilu's face, and didn't know whether to say it right or wrong. After a long time, he blushed and said, "That's right." ”