As soon as it was dawn, the maids and the servants of the court got up.

It's already cool in the early mornings in Aurora, but for those accustomed to the bitter cold of the Northland, a short-sleeved linen-lined jacket over a striped apron for work is sufficient.

This is the place where the hierarchy is strongest in the whole territory of Suomir.

From clothing to speech, to walking posture and even hairstyle, there are strict rules, which are divided by class and cannot be crossed.

The servants of the lowest class were dressed not much differently from the peasant people, and were mostly based on loose linen clothes and trousers that were easy to move around. Women wear long dresses, and the Suomirs wear dark colors such as navy or black, sometimes with white stripes on them. Men tend to wear shorts in the middle of summer, and in autumn, they wear tight wool pants, which are also worn by adventurers and travelers.

In addition, with a simple pullover hat or a Suomir-style men's tricorne, paired with an apron, it became the daily attire of the working class.

Extravagant and inventive dresses and unfashionable hairstyles were not permitted, not only because they caused inconvenience in labor, but also because they infringed on the privileges of the aristocratic class.

Something similar happened to Padrossi after the introduction of commerce a century ago, when wealth began to accumulate.

Commoners yearn for the aristocratic class, so when they have money in hand, they begin to imitate the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the aristocracy, wanting to enter the upper class. It took a century for the Patrosi to merge the two classes as a great power, but in Suomir this was only the beginning.

The small, sparsely populated kingdom is now dedicated to learning from Padrosi, and while overall progress has been made, the pace of change has been slower than optimists had hoped.

Suomir is not Paderossi after all.

Without the size of an empire, it would be difficult for it to let go even if it was reformed. Because as soon as something is really opened up, it is possible that the class relations of the whole country will be subverted.

As one man in the Talva-Suta region at this time, with an entire mountain to pass through Northern Europe, put it – this small historic kingdom was like a mess of threads, a hodgepodge of simmering too long.

There are aristocratic families in various places, and the Suomir royal family has lasted for a long time. On the one hand, they are greedy for the development of the empire next door, and they also want to taste this piece of cake. On the other hand, they are worried that their traditional status will be threatened, so they maintain reservations and hesitate to many things.

The existence of these conservative forces, coupled with the complex history and the relations between the surrounding ethnic groups, has led to the fact that the process of more than 20 years has been somewhat inferior.

Progress is there, but it is not as full swing as Avenella on the other side of the Inland Sea.

It's like the peasant girl who attended the royal ball for the first time in the traditional folk tale of the Suomir people, wearing an unfamiliar long dress that looked restrained and couldn't let go.

There are many things in this long-lasting kingdom that cannot be summed up in a few words.

The class divide manifests itself in all its facets. The servant class got up early to fetch water, cook, take care of livestock, and dispose of toilets and all sorts of things. Wood rose from the smoke room and the bathroom, and there were forty or fifty people in charge of preparing the breakfast and morning baths of the upper class. And these coolies are still the lowest rank, and the requirements for the imperial kitchen and serving the nobles are even higher - in the same way, these people will be more elaborate in their clothing.

The temperature of the bathing water is very high. The traditional bathing method of the Suomir people is a steam sauna, in which cold water is poured over a red-hot stone to fill a closed room. The upper class, however, was very fond of the Laman-style baths, and soaking in the huge stone baths was a morning refreshing activity for many high-ranking Suomir nobles. Therefore, the servants must also prepare from a few hours in advance, and keep the water temperature in the whole bath at the right temperature through the stones, so that their masters are satisfied.

Wash your body with spices and flower petals, and when that's all done, seven or eight more people will be in charge of changing your clothes. Put on your fancy clothes, take care of your appearance, and then slowly walk out the door.

The nobles woke up late in the morning when the servants were busy for two or three hours, and the people in charge of the fire were dried by the smoke, and the sun was finally lazily shining on the ground.

Even the way they get up is exquisite, if they are too impatient and loud, it is a loss of decency, disorder of order, and disrespect to their superiors, and the best result will be put in prison and beaten.

And when these lazy upper classes finally get up, whether it is bathing and changing clothes or eating and traveling, they will not have any need to do it themselves except to eat with a spoon for a whole morning.

After a delicious and short breakfast. The Suomir nobles and royals of Northern Europe often carried a glass of red wine from the Kingdom of West Valier on the other side of the Inland Sea, shook it gently, and then gazed at the endless Heinzworm Meteor Lake and the church of Jetina glittering in the morning sun.

"The miracle of the eternal night, as beautiful as ever—" The words always attract heartfelt praise from the servants, and when your other option is to be flogged, one can always be as sincere as possible.

In Laman's poems and stories, Suomir is portrayed as a fairytale country.

For outsiders, it's a fairytale.

In the eyes of high-level aristocrats, their country of a thousand lakes and a thousand islands is beautiful.

But the servant knew nothing about the beauty of the country.

The beautiful snowy scenery meant that they had to go out and sweat the eaves with a long broom in the cold, and the warm glow of the fire on that winter night was the result of the hard work of collecting firewood during the day.

The upper-class society with leisure and elegance can raise their heads and quietly appreciate this beauty, while the low-level people can only bow their heads, either burying their heads in their work, or expressing their humility in front of their masters.

A social class that has been stabilized over the course of more than a thousand years. The nobles enjoyed this life as a matter of course, but on the other hand blamed the servants for their stupidity, for not knowing how to appreciate the beautiful scenery.

Under this premise. Innocence and willfulness may not be uncommon in the aristocratic circles of this country.

"Wait, Your Majesty!" came a hurried voice from the other end of the hallway, and the servants turned their heads curiously, but immediately lowered their faces to show their humility when they saw the man.

They are not qualified to look directly at the faces of the royal family except for special celebrations, and anyone who dares to rashly set their eyes on the royal family will be arrested and divided by the cane. But it is also not advisable to turn around and leave, which seems to be a very unfortunate act of the royal family as if it were some unavoidable disaster.

So the servants could only remain motionless with their heads down, like scarecrows on the countryside, like walls, like backgrounds.

"I have made up my mind, don't stand in the way, dear Prime Minister. The man who walked in front of him, dressed in fine clothes and accompanied by a high-ranking maid, turned around, and her self-proclaimed self-proclaimed was from the ancient Suomir language, not simply "I" but a compound "we". This is a part of the strict wording, and combined with the title of the old man behind him, there is naturally only one person in the whole country who is worthy of it.

The monarch is the representative of a country, and his position is not that of a single individual, but of the will of the whole country. Therefore, the self-proclaimed use of a double form, not a personal pronoun.

"But Your Majesty, those people are not the ones who can be said in words. They have turned their backs on their homeland, and your Majesty himself has gone there for fear that he will fall prey to the tricks of these cunning men!" The old prime minister had a long white beard, and he spoke earnestly and respectfully, but there was a hint of concern in it.

The prime minister said this, then turned his head to look at the servants on the periphery of the courtyard, and frowned: "Your Majesty, this is not a place to talk—"

"Dear Prime Minister. No—" The queen changed her words in a gentle tone, "O Yu's loyal friend Irma." She used a more intimate tone to indicate a personal relationship: "Yu knows your concerns, but they owe them that." ”

The Queen, now in her forties, said that the Suomyr supreme power figure looked very young for her age. The shorter days in the north gave her white skin, and the tall figure of Suomir blood combined with long black hair made her emerald eyes shine brightly.

"Your Majesty doesn't owe anyone!" said Prime Minister Irma.

"Well, yes, the lord of a nation should not regret any of his deeds, but should exercise his will as a representative of the people and the nobility, and go forward. I don't need you to study again, my dear friend. The queen said with a smile.

"But since Yu and the others call themselves the mother of the country, they should show their proper posture, right? She said this, and the Prime Minister Irma hesitated for a moment, and was about to say something more, when the Queen continued.

"The sword is now a thing of the past, and now that the kingdom and the empire are on good terms, the sword is no longer useful. But expelling them from the land was also a mistake made by the remnants of their youth in the past. ”

"Now that they have returned, they have sent a request for an interview to Yu and the others. Even if the head of a country should not hesitate or regret any of his actions, in the end, Yu Wait does not want to miss this opportunity that may put everything on the right track. ”

"Kramer is the sword that can bring the future to the country, and the swordsmen who wield it, even if they put down their swords because they no longer have to fight with their swords, will surely be the driving force for our country's progress. The Queen's words were loud, and her sparkling emerald green eyes were full of confidence.

But the prime minister still did not give up dissuasion: "Your Majesty doesn't know, ten years and ten years are different, after so many years, these people have left their homes and wandered abroad, but I am afraid that they will come back with a full stomach of resentment." ”

"And there was a foreign attack on Parnilla, the great port of the Empire a few months ago, and they are only afraid to return at such a juncture—" Shut up. The queen suddenly frowned: "Even you, dear Prime Minister, will not allow you to slander the people of our country like this. ”

"I, the Suomir people, will not have that kind of thug!" The majesty of the superior made the prime minister hang his head. "Sincerely, your majesty is angry. He said this verbally, but he pondered the other words and did not give up. But as if she regretted her anger, the queen's tone immediately softened again.

"Irma, dear friend, Yu knows that you are worried, but this concern is really unfounded. ”

"You see, it's been more than a month since they've been back home, and where have they gotten into trouble?" "That's because their goal is—" "You can hide the letter from the rest of the day." The Queen's tone was cold again.

"I've been hiding for more than half a month, if it weren't for the servants in the palace who accidentally found out and handed over the remainder, how long do you plan to hide this matter?"

"Minister......." The prime minister searched for the answer in his mind: "Since Your Majesty has made up your mind, the minister will no longer obstruct it." But recently, it is a folk Halloween event, and according to the Yatina beliefs, the living should make way for the deceased, and they are not suitable for travel. ”

"The duration is the 13th, and it just so happens that the minister will send a letter to Talva-Suta today, ordering the Dragonwing Knight to go north, and Your Majesty will wait for another two weeks, and everything will be ready to go south again, is that good?" said the Prime Minister, bowing his armrest.

He sighed slightly in his heart, seeing that all the obstruction measures had failed, so he had to postpone and then arrange enough troops to escort him to ensure that there were no problems.

"Well, do as you say. The queen nodded, agreeing to his suggestion: "Then please go and send the letter, and wait now to go to dinner." ”

"Honorable. The Prime Minister breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed again and walked to the other side.

The queen walked across the atrium to the other side, surrounded by maids, and after she had left. The prime minister glanced at the servants around him: "Woe comes from the mouth, you all have to remember." He dropped the warning word, and then turned and walked towards the rear. Turn left and right and walk down the long hallway until you reach a tall tower in the back.

"Registrar. Prime Minister Irma frowned. "Your Excellency. The other party gave a salute.

"Write a letter to the south, and, have you figured out the previous investigation?"

"Knowing His Majesty's temperament, how could he have such a big mouth to leak the news!" the prime minister sighed and sat down in his chair.

"Adults think, those people are. "The young clerk was about to speak, he was obviously also in the know, and this 'they' were naturally referring to the returning Great Swordsman.

"Only the gods know what they want to do. The prime minister looked very tired, and he rubbed his temples: "As the biggest obstacle to the development of our country, it is imperative to eliminate them." But this matter is not urgent, and the frog must be boiled in warm water. Her Majesty's sudden declaration forced them to choose between the sword and the country, and the old man cleaned up the mess...... Alas......"

"Now that the grass is alarming, many of those local nobles are also worried that they will be crossed the river and the bridge will be demolished, which will lead to the slow development of our country and be hindered everywhere. It just so happened that the empire was under attack, and potential enemies were ready to move. Our country is now friendly with the Empire, and its position is very awkward. And when they returned at such a juncture, they made a request for negotiation, and the news was learned by His Majesty...... "The prime minister kept rubbing his temples, but the headache was never relieved.

"Adults should pay more attention to their bodies, a pharmacist I know is quite successful in conditioning, so I will introduce it to you later. The clerk ordered his men to write a letter and arrange for it to be delivered, and then took a cup of hot tea from the servant's hand and handed it to the prime minister himself.

"How can I have this spare time. The prime minister waved his hand and refused the tea, and then sighed: "I can't pull away at all." ”

"Fortunately, the old man has delayed His Majesty's travel on the grounds of traditional festivals and religious celebrations, and since it can't be stopped, then at least it must be controlled-" He said this, and before he finished speaking, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

Such behavior is strictly forbidden in the palace, but the person who ran in looked panicked, and immediately spoke before the prime minister could reprimand: "Prime minister, it's not good, Your Majesty, she-"

“.......”

"Irma, my friend, forgive the rest for your deception, but you have always said that the lord of a nation should not regret his decision. Don't worry, they are all trustworthy people of our country, and they will not harm the rest of the people. Duan Li's font reads the same words.

"God—" The prime minister, who had a splitting headache, suddenly covered his forehead with a pale face.

"Prime Minister!"

"Boom-"