For a moment, Lynn thought it might be something like "Marriage Application", after all, the other party's words seemed to be hinting at something, although they looked left and right.

But it's not.

This is a canonization document, signed by the new queen herself, and the main body of it is presumably due to the confirmed death of the "Earl of Blazer", a noble title that will be passed on to Lynn in accordance with the law.

Lynn frowned slightly: "My father, dead?" ”

"I don't know." Erin shook her head and said, "But it's been missing for so long, and it's a bit inappropriate to still stumble on your feet." ”

"Therefore, without knowing his specific traces, you can only inherit this title if you judge his death in writing, and as for whether he is really dead or not, only he himself may know."

“.” Lin En raised the document in his hand, and wondered, "So, whether I sign this or not, what does it have to do with your deal with her." ”

"Absolutely."

Irene said coldly, "Because I want you to stand on her side without becoming a prince and help her put this country in order in a slightly dilapidated post-war state." ”

“？” Lynn still didn't understand, "Why am I here?" ”

If he just wanted to mend the country, he felt that Erin was capable of doing it herself.

But why, let him come?

To this, Erin smiled lightly: "I know why you are confused, because you don't understand Kahlan at all, and you don't understand our family. ”

"Do you think that I staged a coup d'état, pulled down the old king, and installed a new king on the throne in order to use heirs and other means to take away the throne of this country in the future?"

Erin smiled and shook her head: "It is true that for a nobleman, standing at the pinnacle of power is their desired goal, but our original ancestors were not nobles, but an ordinary, united family, and passing on the family name and nobility forever is a tradition that we must adhere to." ”

"If I need to control the affairs of the kingdom, then we will inevitably stand on the high ground of this land, however, the tree is very popular, and although I am confident that this tree will not fall, I cannot ensure that my descendants, the descendants of Karan, will still be able to hold on."

"Therefore, if you want Karan to be stationed on this land forever, in addition to expanding the territory, burying the roots deep is the most important thing to do."

"If Kahlan is to be the king of this country, then in the future, whether it is war, or whatever, it may affect our living environment, but if we just stay in a high point and not a support point, we can sway with the wind."

"So, it's impossible for me to be at the front of the stage." She looked up at Lynn, "That person, it can only be you." ”

Lynn suddenly narrowed his eyes: "The reason why it is me is because while you are rooting, you also want to stretch out your tentacles and reach out, and if you want to reach out, you need a richer soil, but you always want to be only at a critical point, and if you want to improve it, you must let this soil expand." ”

"So, you want the Rheinland to be better, stronger — you think only I can do it here."

"Is that what you mean?"

"That's right." Erin honestly said, "That's exactly what I thought. ”

"After taking over the countdom, you have a ticket to participate in the struggle, and if we make more trouble, some old-fashioned and 'traditional' people will naturally oppose us."

"And then, you're ready to play."

"Blazer doesn't have a good reputation, but there is one thing that everyone agrees on - he is an absolute royalist and only loyal to the royal family."

"No matter how much people insult him, it's an undeniable fact."

"For the 'inner ghosts' like us who are trying to usurp the throne, I think they have no choice but to choose you - who let most of them die when I purge them."

Speaking of this, Erin suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, this war is really good, some people who have long been aware of our intentions have been controlled by us, saying that they also want to rebel, and then take advantage of the situation to clean up." ”

“.”

Lynn looked at the document and didn't pay attention to Erin's muttering.

After a while, he suddenly looked up and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will turn against you in the future?" ”

"Huh?" Erin raised a frown, "Would you do that?" ”

"Yes."

Lynn's voice was soft, but decisive.

"If I stand in that position, then it means that I will be tied to the interests of this country, and what it loses will affect me, so in order to expand what I have, and what is bothering me clearly, your tentacles will definitely stand in front of me."

"When the time comes, I think, I won't be merciful."

"Oh?" Erin squinted slightly, and there was a cold light in her eyes, "I thought you would feel sorry for me, after all, I have done so much for you." ”

"So until then, I'll have to be subject to you, but the favor will always be repaid."

“.”

The silence lasted for a long time, and the girl suddenly sighed: "I really have no conscience." ”

"It's not a matter of bad conscience." "It's something that is inevitable as your stance and perspective change," Lynn said. ”

"Yes." Glancing at him slightly, Erin whispered, "Since it is inevitable, I don't bother to avoid it." ”

"When that day comes, let's be tougher than anyone's wrists."

"But before that."

She held out her index finger and lifted Lynn's chin lightly.

"I feel like I need an heir."

Spring goes to autumn, summer goes to cold.

Soon, God's Christmas is coming.

To celebrate such a festive occasion, Her Majesty the Queen, who had been in office for some time, decided to hold a court banquet.

The aristocrats were intrigued, but they were a little apprehensive.

Because the man who has left his own bloody handprints in various departments of the kingdom in the past few years will also come to the banquet.

"Click-"

The young but increasingly mature Duke of Blazer stepped out of the carriage, and when the nobles outside the court saw him, their eyes were filled with fear and respect.

When the Queen announced that Lynn Blazer would succeed to the title of Earl of Blazer, opposition poured in.

No one wants Blazer to return, so that everyone will always exist in the inexplicable shadow, and there are even nobles who are forced to die, hoping that His Majesty will take back his life.

But, it didn't work.

Not only was it useless, but the queen abandoned her previous placement of Blazer and appointed him secretary to the city's chancellor of finance.

This position doesn't seem very high, after all, it's just a secretary, and he doesn't even have real power, if he puts it in the marginal area, I'm afraid he won't even be able to eat oil and water, but the city where he is stationed is called Catalena.

This time, the opposition was even more turbulent, and everyone generally thought that she was probably crazy about the queen's appointment this time.

Let an executioner manage the money, can he manage it well?

As it turned out, he was really good.

In the early days of Lynn's tenure, he made no noise, as if he had been in hiding from then on, making many people forget that he existed, and they had opposed it together, but after some time he made a proposal to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Catalena.

He demanded the introduction of a power to prohibit merchants from making loans, and the creation of banks under the sole control of the royal family, so that businessmen and ordinary people alike could only obtain mortgages through official channels.

This is a good thing for ordinary people, because everyone knows that businessmen are very black and don't know the bottom line, but businessmen are not happy.

Lending money is much higher than buying things, and selling 10,000 pieces of clothing may not be as good as a single loan, and even many nobles are involved.

This proposal is undoubtedly cutting their flesh, the kind that will take away even the bones.

When the news broke, it was impossible for the merchants to agree and unite against the policy, but it passed the queen's ruling without resistance and carried it out.

At this time, the merchants still wanted to rebel, and even let their own people go on strike to protest, naively believing that the collapse of the economy would bring back this stupid policy.

But alas, none of their goals were achieved.

Not everyone will accept this regulation, and if they don't do it, there will naturally be obedient people to replace it.

People who only have money in their hands and no knives are not qualified to negotiate conditions.

After a bloody storm, Catalena had a new order, new merchants, and nobles with new titles, and a lot of money in the royal treasury.

These benefits are enough to satisfy most people.

Because of this feat, which made Catalena thriving, and most of the newcomers knew how they were promoted, the Count of Blazer, after this turmoil, naturally replaced the stool under his buttocks, entered the cabinet, and successfully squeezed out the secretary of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Rhine, and thus took the position.

In the cabinet, he put forward a number of proposals based on the various circumstances of the Rhine, and tried them with great "imagination", and in just a few years, the economic situation of the Rhine went from the post-war slump all the way to the better, and even inflation was much lowered, and the whole country was thriving.

At this time, he changed positions again.

Originally, people thought that according to this development, he would probably kick the Chancellor of the Exchequer out of his position this time.

But no.

At the behest of the Queen, he created a department called the "Propaganda Department" - before that, he had already used the suppression method that he was very good at, from the dual suppression of economy and power, to control all the birthplaces of public opinion in the Rhine, the newspapers, in his own hands.

Since then, if the Rhine people want to read the newspaper, they can only go through the Rhine Evening News, and other newspapers will enter if they dare to publish something that is not legal or compliant.

And after he succeeded to the throne, the Rhine newspaper, no matter which section, would publish something about the royal family.

The newspaper reported that the queen had censored such and such a place, and the people benefited; The Entertainment Evening News published some anecdotes about the royal family, letting people know that the royal family could be less majestic or even cute.

Beyond that, there is always a vague message in the newspaper.

Newspapers will always replace Rhine with "we".

Without people noticing it, their identity and national identity have further increased, and although there are signs of xenophobia at first, they are more united internally.

Time flickered and a long time passed, when people thought that Lynn would finally not be promoted again because of his lack of merit.

He sat directly in the position of prime minister.

At this time, people are too lazy to object, anyway, it is useless to oppose it, and they have to be unlucky, so they can only bear it honestly and see what he wants to do.

Unexpectedly, this time, instead of starting from what he was familiar with, he took the army into politics.

Strengthen military spending, improve the welfare of soldiers, and vigorously strengthen the research investment in the brilliance of magic props on the battlefield, and for a while, the surrounding regional forces were surging, and everyone thought that Rhine was going to show his fangs.

But no.

Because the last war was so impressive that the catastrophe was almost right in front of their eyes, no one wanted that scene to happen again, so the opposition came again.

This time, the Prime Minister seems to have followed everyone's advice well and did not start a war, but the investment in military spending is still increasing year by year, and the surrounding forces have always been uneasy, and they have to strengthen their own investment.

In short, under the leadership of the prime minister, although the Rhine is gradually growing, it has gradually become the big demon king in the eyes of other places, and even the reputation of the Rhine people in other places has been faintly affected.

And how could Lynn herself, who was the initiator of all this, who had been elevated to the rank of duke, not be feared?

Of course, in addition to fear, as the attention rises, people's attention gradually shifts from his official affairs to his private affairs.

In the Rhine, people marry very early, usually before they reach adulthood, and when they reach adulthood, it's almost time to marry a wife, maybe even earlier.

But this Mr. Duke, as if he didn't mean it, is still single.

There were people who were not afraid of death who secretly teased him about whether he liked the same sex, and then his family was exiled to the northern tundra.

But even if there is a precedent here, one would still want to explore the orientation of this Duke and Gentleman.

At this time, they found that the duke, as if. It's not that honest.

It is said that he has some inseparable relationship with Miss Christine, who has lost everything and has been demoted to viscount, and at the same time, he has a close friendship with the Duchess of Karan, who has broken his engagement with him.

In addition to the nobility, he seems to have a little relationship with the youngest daughter of a merchant family whose position is becoming more and more secure.

Of course, the most outrageous of the rumors is that he may have such a leg with the queen.

All of the above is something that people spontaneously speculate on from the minutiae, the truth of which is unknown, but most people are willing to believe it except for the last one.

For example, he is now serving as a squire who receives the Duke's coat.

"Sir, Miss Christine has instructed you to go to the side hall to find her when you come."

"Oh? I know. ”

Lynn was about to take a step when she heard the attendant say, "Also, Miss Karan has ordered me to tell you that you must meet her in the ball lounge as soon as you come." ”

"Huh?"

At this moment, a silver-armored guard suddenly approached on the side.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is looking for you."

“.”

(End of chapter)