From the very beginning, the three of them made up their minds not to have any negotiations with Meiyi.

Mei Yi didn't care, he soon became very familiar with the future cardinals - Liuluo, Lofia, Angelia, and Estralda, and little Kalio Bi liked to come to him and pester him with stories.

Life in the temple was very hard, and there was no special treatment for the high lord. However, these kind priests often bring Mei Yi something delicious when they go out occasionally, which makes Mei Yi very moved.

Mei Yi said in her heart: The future cardinals are basically gathered, and now only Illya is still in Ice and Snow City, she said that she wants to devote herself to the priesthood, and there is a high probability that she will also come to the main temple.

Lofia is still studying at the True Spirit Academy, and when she went to school, she told Esther that she was in the main temple, and Esther also disguised herself as a priest, and secretly came in to meet Meiyi, bringing him a lot of delicious food.

In short, Meiyi has a good time here.

Those three great lords are not having a good time.

How could they sleep under the harassment of the red-haired fox?

After three days, the three of them had collapsed.

Prince said, "Why don't we talk to him?" ”

As a result, now Meiyi refuses to talk about it.

Just kidding, Luo Luoqi and Liuluo were his closest relatives before, and they had endless words every day, who would like to talk about what conditions with those few people who wanted to die?

Behind the main shrine was a large open space, with mountains, rivers, grasslands, woods, ancient fortresses, and so on, and he often took his sword and took little Callobie and Little Veil on adventures, and he kept telling her about the bastard deeds of Viscount Interno.

Good boy, don't be deceived by scum like Inraj in the future.

Although his father is most likely not arrogant at that time.

Another three days passed.

After a week, these pampered lords were on the verge of collapse.

As a result, Pope Clepeossu couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Mei Yi and Kaliobi and the veil back from the open space, and persuaded Mei Yi to hurry back to the negotiating table.

Meiyi dragged on for another two days before she sat down at the negotiating table.

At this time, Feng Qi and the others were almost unconscious, and they were completely in a hallucination.

In the presence of Pope Clepeosus, Mei Yi and Feng Qi and others negotiated cordially and amicably, and it only took an hour to sign the thick "Peace Treaty of the Main Temple of Emilia".

Krapeozus then sent the peace treaty to the palace.

In the sunny garden, the king and queen looked at the peace treaty and were almost stupid.

They turned their inquiring gaze to Pope Carppeossu.

"Don't worry, they did sign it voluntarily. However, I fell asleep just after signing it. I don't know what's going on, they follow the devil one by one, their expressions are in a trance, their spirits are sluggish, they don't want to talk about it, and they can't wait to sign the peace contract immediately. Mei Yi patiently explained to them for an hour, and they were so anxious that they wanted to hit someone. ”

The king said, "Then let's announce it at the right time." The happiest except for us, I'm afraid it's Liuxi. How is Meiyi? ”

Clepeosu said helplessly: "He simply treats the main temple as his home, telling stories to the priests every day, and taking the little priests to explore behind the main temple. Our little priests liked him very much, and when they finally went out, they would bring him snacks with the copper coins they had saved so hard. If this guy is a bad guy, then it's really troublesome. ”

The queen smiled dumbly and said, "Don't worry, Pope. If this guy was really a scourge, he wouldn't be alone in his twenties. Looking at the terms of the peace treaty, you can also see that he is loyal and patriotic. All in all, it's great that things worked out so smoothly. ”

Fourteen days later, the palace held a supreme council, where all the great lords, high-ranking officials, and celebrities gathered in the palace.

The protocol officer read: "Ladies and gentlemen, not long ago, the Marquis of Meiyi in Ice City, Duke Christine of Sombra City, Duke Fengqi of Southern Fairy Forest, and Duke Prince of Giant Wood City signed the Peace of the Four Cities in the presence of Pope Carppeosus, and the main contents of the Treaty of the Four Cities are read out as follows:

First, the Kingdom and the Main Temple sent investigation teams to the three places to monitor the ceasefire, investigate the causes of the conflict, and strictly hold those responsible accountable. During the investigation, the lords of the three places were suspended from performing their duties.

Second, Ice and Snow City will dispatch economic and trade working groups to the three places to help and guide the three places to restore economic and living order, and restore the freedom of all residents who are actually in a state of enslavement.

Thirdly, the establishment of the Southern Fairy Forest Consular District will be abolished, and the royal reservation between the Southern Fairy Forest and the North and South Fairy Forest will be changed to a free city, and everyone can live and operate in it freely. The wind rises and recalls the true spirit, and appoints another person according to the situation.

In addition, His Majesty the King has decided to approve the Marquis of Meiyi's decision to give Ice City to Princess Agiro as a birthday gift.

After His Majesty's research and decision, the city of freedom will be given to the eldest princess of Hualing, Agilu, as a fief, and Esther will be canonized as the Duke of Liberty City.

After His Majesty's research and decision, Mei Yi had been quite disrespectful to the great lord and ministers in his words, and specially reduced his title to viscount, and severely reprimanded him, and he was not allowed to leave the ice and snow city without an edict. Canonized his assistant Jiuli as an earl and ruled Ice and Snow City.

During the reading of the peace treaty and the king's decision by the protocol officer, the lords and ministers of the court were amazed.

The Northern Fairy Forest's Liuxi was happy, the Southern Fairy Forest was revoked, and Feng Yu was arrested, and the separatist forces of the Fairy Forest were severely hit, and it was basically out of the climate.

Lady Alicia of the Flower Spirit was also pleased, and Esther was canonized as the Duke of Freedom City, and her family controlled the richest areas in both the north and south of the kingdom.

His Majesty the King was also pleased, and as a result, the three southern regions basically could not set off a big storm and waves, and the full restoration of peace in the country was in sight.

Although the conservatives were not happy, they also understood the king's intentions, and the kingdom and the main temple came out to investigate the three places, hoping to deal with the incident coldly. The wind rose twice, and the wind exploded in the aftermath, so it couldn't be saved.

Besides, the elven nobles were not very interested in the wind.

The most pleasing thing is that Mei Yi was demoted to a viscount.

Although everyone knows, Ice City is still up to him.

* * *

Esther was taking classes at the True Spirit Academy, and was thinking about where she and Meiyi would go to dinner in the evening.

Unexpectedly, the people of the royal palace suddenly came and announced that Esther had been canonized as the Duke of Freedom City.

Esther took the canonization book and looked at it, put it on the ground, and then practiced spiritual magic.

Her classmates couldn't believe their eyes.

Although Esther has always been calm, this is also too calm, right?

Esther explained: "My dad is a duke, my mom is a duke, and sooner or later I will be a duke, and that's nothing surprising. ”

The other students felt their faces being slapped mercilessly.

Except for the boys who pursued Esther, who investigated her family, the others did not know Esther's background.

At noon, Lady Alicia came to visit her eldest daughter at the Academy of True Spirits.

When Lady Alicia congratulated Esther, Esther said, "Mother, don't say such polite words between you and me. How's Meiyi doing? ”

Alicia said: "I was demoted to a viscount by the king, and I was severely reprimanded in public. His assistant Jiuli was made an earl and took over Ice City. Ice City gave it to Agilu. ”

Esther sighed, "He doesn't look down on the Elven Kingdom at all, and he doesn't look down on us at all. ”

Alicia was surprised, "Why do you think that?" ”

Esther said: "If we are trustworthy and dare to uphold justice, how can he use such a grievance method? Not to mention His Majesty the King, everyone knows that the lords of the three southern regions collude with the ministers of the True Spirit, and it is only a matter of time before they rebel. He cut off the financial resources of the rebellion in the three places at once, and ended up being demoted. ”

Alicia was silent.

Esther said, "Where is Meiyi now?" ”

Alicia said, "I have been driven back to Ice City by the king to reflect." ”

Esther said: "He is famous now, and people of insight in the elven kingdom will run to Ice and Snow City." The royal family saved face, reaped benefits, appeased the nobility, and lost people's hearts. ”

Alicia said, "What about you, what are you going to do?" Now that you have been made a duke, you have your own fiefdom, and you are independent. I can't stop you from doing anything now. ”

Esther said lightly: "Mom, don't talk like that anymore." The Duke title may be the perfect end you have envisioned for my life, but it is really worthless in my heart. I can listen to you for anything, but if you say anything about marriage or anything like that, we won't have to see each other again. ”

Speaking of this, Esther ignored Alicia's angry look and said, "Mother, please believe me, I have tried my best to get along with you. But I found that we really didn't get along. The life you envisioned for me felt like a fairy tale, and I saw nothing but a harsh reality that I couldn't ignore. I'm going to drop out of school and go to the fiefdom, where I can't learn anything. ”

With that, Esther bravely looked directly into Alicia's eyes.

Alicia's eyes were red and she said, "Esther, you still hate me because of what happened before, and it's not fair to me. I didn't force you to marry a conservative in this plane, and I never had the idea of doing so. I try to understand the world between you, respect your decision, and accept Meiyi, but it is not easy. ”

Esther said, "Mom, when Meiyi appeared in front of you before, you had almost lost everything. This time, he came back with his memories and saved Aunt Luoqin's family, Hua Ling, and you. ”

Alicia said: "I have seen some things from him before, without his help, although Luo Qin and Yiqi will die, but the flower spirit has not been broken, and nothing happened to me and your father." I don't owe him anything. ”

Esther suddenly became angry: "That's because he didn't know a lot of things 1500 years ago. Hua Ling was besieged by the conservative nobles, and you exchanged me for the conservative retreat. Do you know why I'm called a spiritual genius? Because since I overheard the news, I have been practicing spiritual magic day and night, eager to gain great power and get rid of the bad luck you have imposed on me! At that time, I was only ten years old! Ten years old! Ten years old! ”

Looking at the stunned Alicia, Esther said: "Mom, there is no pain of loss, you are just a little woman who likes to be suspicious, not the respectable Lady Alicia." Don't worry, I won't marry Meiyi privately, he always cares too much about your feelings, and doesn't want me to not get my mother's blessing. Tomorrow I'll head to the city of freedom. Take care of Avril and wait for Mei Yi to come and save her. ”

With that, Esther hugged Alicia and turned to leave.

Alicia felt her heart empty.

She tried to stop Esther, but the pride in her heart prevented her from doing so.

Let's go.

No matter what I do, I won't be able to keep you after all.