Soon in November, Mei Yi's request to return to the True Spirit to report on her work was finally approved. He arranged the affairs of these two months, and after appointing Elija as the temporary high lord, he drove away from Sombra City in a carriage under the protection of five hundred cavalry.

When he walked out of the lord's mansion, many residents of Sombra City braved the drizzle to spontaneously come over with flowers to see him off, Mei Yi saw his head big and yelled, "Hey, hey, are you sending him off or sending him to the funeral?" I'm just going to the royal capital to report on my work, and I'm not going to ask for a knife! ”

The sorrow of parting was suddenly diluted by the laughter of the city.

Illya has always been very envious of Meiyi's contagion, and ordinary words can always make people quickly resonate and substitute themselves into it.

After more than ten days of bumpy journeys, Mei Yi and his party finally arrived outside the True Spirit City. As soon as he entered the city, he and the chief of the guard, Evelyn, the secretary, and several guards found Loloki, Sakura, Melok, and Akiro waiting for him at the city gate, and quickly jumped off their horses.

Mei Yi picked up Mei Luke, who was rushing towards him, and happily spun in circles. He looked at the giggling Meluko and said with a smile, "Meluko, you have grown up and become pretty." How are you doing? ”

After being intimate with Meilu for a while, Meiyi hugged Luo Luoqi again, shook hands with Sakura Dance, and was just about to salute Ai Qilu, who was disguised as an ordinary female student, Ai Qilu stepped forward, hugged Meiyi, and whispered: "You said you wanted to treat me as a sister, but you couldn't." ”

After appeasing Akilu, Mei Yi got into Akilu's carriage and went to the palace with Sakura and Rose. He and Evelyn and the others agreed to meet in the evening in their small lakeside building.

On the carriage, Mei Yi stroked Mei Luke's hair in her arms, listened to Sakura Mai introduce the political situation in the royal capital, and when she heard that there was another demonic beast invasion near the Tianlu Mountain Range and the heavy losses of the kingdom army, her heart was a little heavy.

However, the heavy heart was soon diluted by the joy of reunion. Meiyi asked, "Princess Aiqilu, have you received my letter?" ”

"Got it, don't worry, I've already told my mom that as long as Dad blames you, she will stand in the way for you." Ai Qilu looked at Mei Yi, who was a little nervous, and felt funny in her heart, "Also, the palace chief of staff Duke Zezong, the minister of lord affairs, Count Feiyi, and the minister of tribal affairs, Liu Xin, who are responsible for reviewing your work, have all said hello, so I won't be too embarrassed for you." ”

When he arrived at the palace, Mei Yi sat for a while, and the protocol officer informed him to go to the king and be questioned.

After entering the king's office, Ye Su bowed to the king and the three senior ministers who had been sitting there for a long time.

When the king saw Mei Yi, who seemed to be much more mature and looked a lot more mature, a warm current surged in his heart, but he quickly controlled himself, put on a straight face, and said sharply: "You have only been in Sombra City for a few months, why do you have to come back to report on your work?" What's the matter, have you managed Sombra City and the surrounding twenty-one counties well? ”

The king has received a lot of news from Sombra City in the past few months, and every time he sees the problems in Sombra City, he feels terrified; After seeing Meiyi's ruling measures, he was even more distracted. This bastard boy actually locked up the lords of the twenty-one counties directly and stripped the titles of the eighteen lords, is this a prelude to the rebellion?

No, I'm going to have to give him a dismissal.

Mei Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, I think I have governed quite well." The floods and food shortages are over, the autumn grain harvest is abundant, and the food supply will be worry-free in the coming years. Taking the opportunity of organizing flood relief efforts, the 21 counties were reorganized. Also, the problem of robbers is basically not a problem anymore......"

"Enough!" The king slammed the materials in his hand on the table, and said in a cold voice, "Your debriefing report has been delivered the day before yesterday, and I will read some of it, so you don't need to say more!" You're not really going to starve eighteen lords to death, are you? ”

Mei Yi's psychology is probably clear, her own treatment of the nobles is a bit excessive, and she must have been sued by some big nobles, and the king has to warn himself - it is true that the real power faction in the kingdom is the major lords, but the influence of these big nobles in the royal court is even more unfathomable.

Mei Yi smiled and said, "How can it? They had been hungry for only a few days, and all the victims had already eaten relief food. ”

The king roared, "Are you still reasonable? Nobility is the foundation of the kingdom! Even if they are guilty, you, as the Great Lord, can abolish their lordship, but you have no right to abuse the nobles! ”

Mei Yi was speechless for a while, and the concept of aristocratic status could not be changed in a short period of time. While he was looking to the right and left, the king said, "Don't waste your efforts! You think I don't know your little tricks? The queen is busy with other things, don't think that someone will come to save you today! ”

Mei Yi muttered a few words: "What's wrong with being hungry for a few days?" I didn't eat for a few days, and I didn't live a good life. Besides, I didn't cut off their water, I drank rainwater, and they drank the mountain spring of Sombra......"

The king and the three ministers were stunned at once. After a long time, Duke Zezong, the chief of staff of the palace, spoke: "Your Majesty, forget it, just teach him a lesson." If it weren't for the great lord of Meiyi who kept carrying out disaster relief work day and night, I am afraid that there would not be thousands of people starving to death this time, but hundreds of thousands of people, and then it would be a civil unrest! ”

The king was speechless for a moment, and waved his hand for the three ministers to speak.

The Minister of the Three Clans said, "Lord Meiyi, your consular district is closely connected to the territorial area of the Great Lord of Qiling. Some people say that you are ruthless to the lords in your jurisdiction, and you have not filled the vacant positions for a long time, in order to introduce human forces. It is true that humans are part of the elven kingdom, but you are a human being, so we don't need to talk about the scene. ”

Mei Yi said: "I am the lord canonized by the king and the future queen, not the lord of Qi Lingfeng. Those key positions are vacant, and they plan to use the opportunity to come back to report on their work to recruit in the major academies of True Spirit and Flower Spirit. Whether it's a goblin, an elf, or a human, as long as there is talent, I want it. ”

The four of them still don't understand what Mei Yi means—there are only a few humans in the ten academies of the Flower Spirit and the True Spirit?

Mei Yi thought for a moment and said, "The rift between humans and elves and goblins is difficult to repair, but this is no longer within my reach. Or otherwise? Anyway, now that the situation in Sombra City is stable, Your Majesty, you can change to an elf or a goblin to be the Great Lord. It's too tiring to be a big lord, so I might as well find a random school to be my teacher......"

When the king heard this, he trembled with anger, slapped the table heavily, and said sharply: "After you became a great lord, you are capable, and you are not allowed to say it?" There is a rift between the three clans, but we old bones haven't given up yet, why did you little devil just give in? ”

Mei Yi argued, "I just want you not to have to deal with this kind of pressure......

The king laughed a few times and said, "What do you little hairy boy know?" Do you think the Great Lord was arbitrarily abolished? I have removed you now, do you believe that Qi Ling will immediately turn against me and run south to establish her own kingdom? There is no need to say any more about it. Two months later, you go back to being your lord! ”

The king and the three ministers asked Mei Yi a great deal of questions, and did not let him go until the sun went down.

Outside the king's office, Mei Yi's voice complaining to the princess clearly reached the ears of the king and the others - "Sister Princess, no, Sister Princess, Your Excellency Queen, didn't you say that everything will be handed over to you?" Will the queen come out to save me? What about people? You see my clothes are all wet. ”

Ai Qilu said strangely: "It's strange, my mother said that she would participate in your debriefing meeting." I didn't hear her say anything else. ”

The king got up and closed the door, and said to the three ministers and the queen who came out from behind the curtain, "Queen, ministers, what do you think of this boy's debriefing today?" ”

Zezong put down the pen in his hand, took off his reading glasses, and said seriously: "For a moment, he reminded me of a person in the history of the Elven Kingdom, to be precise, a human being. ”

"Who?"

"The Master of the Knights of the Royal Palace, Melohia!"

"Zezong, how did you become joking today? You've lifted him too high! Melohia is the founding father of the Elven Kingdom, and she is an almost godlike being written into the teachings of the Goddess Cult! ”

Zezong said solemnly: "No, Your Majesty, I don't like humans very much, and I know that many people call me conservatives behind my back, but I love talents, and it's too late for me to like such a young man." Your Majesty, you must make a decision about Meiyi's marriage, and you must not let the tragedy of Queen Emilia repeat! ”

The king was silent for a while and then said, "I will let the queen do his job." Don't care what other people think, the royal court is just a balance, whether conservative or enlightened, should have their own place in the kingdom. ”