The dinner party has begun, the Snow Night Emperor smiled slightly, raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, "Everyone has worked hard, let's start the dinner." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone immediately started the dinner in front of them.

Everyone in the room held the utensils in the air with their elbows in their hands, and began to eat one by one, but their movements seemed rather casual, as if they had been experienced thousands of times.

Even Lu Qingqing was eating at the moment, after all, she had already entered the palace before this and had held many palace banquets.

Not only her, but even Lu Yuan and Lu Qingqing's parents, Lu Qing and Mana, have been invited to the palace many times by the Snow Night Emperor to hold family banquets, so they are very familiar with this set of eating etiquette.

Not to mention the other people present, all of them were born nobles, and all of them were royalty.

But there are also surprises, such as...... Lu Yuan.

I saw that Lu Yuan did not deliberately follow the others present, handling those silver tableware one by one, but cutting and eating food at will and comfortably with himself.

"Lu Yuan is ......," Seeing this, the Snow Night Emperor said with some tears and laughter, "It's a bit rash." ”

"The minister was born recklessly, and I hope you will forgive me." Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows indifferently and said with a smile.

"Where, where...... Duke Celestial Shadow, this is his true temperament. Sen Luohou on the side suddenly smiled and spoke for Lu Yuan.

The Snowy Night Emperor thought for half a second, and then chuckled, "You too, tonight's dinner is to celebrate the heroes of this great victory, why be so disciplined and restrained?" It's better to be like Lu Yuan, just be reckless. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Suddenly, everyone in the audience let go a little, and leaned their elbows lightly on the table.

After all, according to the standard aristocratic eating etiquette, this is really uncomfortable.

Lu Yuan smiled even more when he heard this, this is the privilege of the strong.

If he wasn't a strong man, he would be ridiculed by the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire here because he didn't understand the etiquette of the nobles, and he would even be held accountable by the Snow Night Emperor.

And it is precisely because he has the strength to make people adapt to him in turn that he will be said to be "spontaneous" and "true temperament", and even the Snow Night Emperor has made an exception for others to adapt to him.

"Besides, let's go with you tonight." The Snowy Night Emperor smiled lightly, then looked at Kunsim, the new king of the Barak Kingdom below Lu Yuan, and said, "Virtuous nephew, you are the new king of the Barak Kingdom." ”

Quinsim hurriedly stopped what he was doing and responded, "Quinsim of the Barak Kingdom has seen Your Majesty. ”

The Snowy Night Emperor waved his hand and said with a smile, "You don't need to see each other like this, your father and I are brothers, it's just a pity...... I never saw him again in my lifetime. ”

Speaking of this, there happened to be a look of regret in his eyes.

In fact, he and Kundera, the deceased king of the Barak Kingdom, have no deep brotherhood, they are just acting.

Quinsim suddenly said, "I hope Your Majesty will not be too sad, in fact, my father also passed away safely, and it can be regarded as leaving the land without any pain, which is a happy thing, and my father's spirit in the sky does not want to see Your Majesty too sad for him......"

"Yes, the dead are gone, and we living people will continue to live." The Snowy Night Emperor said with emotion, "It's a virtuous nephew, I remember that I should have studied in Heaven Dou City before. ”

"Yes, twenty years ago, with the grace of the Empire, I was lucky enough to study in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for five years, and I was a classmate of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a few years." "It's also my pleasure. ”

In fact, this is also a means of ruling the Heaven Dou Empire over the many kingdoms and principalities under its rule, allowing each generation of heirs of each kingdom and principality to go to Heaven Dou City to study and get closer to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Every ten years, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy welcomes many heirs from kingdoms and principalities, which is also tacitly approved by the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Yes, my Heaven Dou Royal Academy is a top school in the entire Douluo Continent, and if your heirs can come to study, it can be regarded as an improvement." The Snowy Night Emperor smiled slightly and said.

Since the last continent-wide soul master advanced competition, Lu Yuan led the team to defeat the academies of the Star Luo Empire and the Martial Spirit Hall and won the championship of the competition, and he can be regarded as able to say that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is a top school.

And when he says that, no one will think that there is anything wrong with it.

After all, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was the champion team in the last competition, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was not a top school, so what other academy on the continent was?

The Snowy Night Emperor was very confident, and then changed his words, looked at the kings of the four kingdoms, and said with a smile, "I remember that you all have children, and you are at school age. ”

The four kings all chuckled in their hearts, and they all understood the meaning of the Snow Night Emperor's words.

Letting the heirs of the Four Kingdoms come to Heaven Dou City to study is to knock on their Four Kingdoms, warn them not to have different intentions, and to make their future heirs closer to the Heaven Dou Empire.

However, soon, Kunsim, the former of the Barak Kingdom, took the lead in saying, "What Your Majesty said is exact, in fact, I just wanted to ask Your Majesty's permission to let my unsuccessful son enter the imperial capital to study next year, and now Your Majesty has just fulfilled the minister, and the minister has thanked Your Majesty!" ”

The Snowy Night Emperor nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the other three kings, "What do you think?" ”

"We think so too, thank you Your Majesty for fulfilling it." The three kings had no choice but to smirk.

The Snowy Night Emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "In this war, each of you has contributed to the empire, and you have worked hard, but the empire will not forget your merits, and you will definitely be rewarded." ”

Isn't the theme of tonight's dinner a reward for meritorious deeds after a great victory in the war?

They fought desperately for the Heaven Dou Empire, in addition to protecting their families and the country, their personal honors and rewards were indispensable.

"First of all, your four kingdoms and many principalities have done a lot for the empire, including relocating people and implementing the strategy of clearing the wilderness and fortifying the walls, and later you will fight bravely for the empire." The Snowy Night Emperor said slowly, "You have given a lot, and the Empire will not let you down. ”

"Since before this year, your four kingdoms and other principalities can not pay the annual tribute for the next three years, and at the same time, each of your four kingdoms will be rewarded with 300,000 gold soul coins, each principality will be rewarded with 100,000 gold soul coins, and ......."

The Snowy Night Emperor gave a bunch of things to the four kingdoms and principalities, but the most important thing was to waive the three-year annual tribute.

Since the four kingdoms and many principalities were not directly ruled by the Heaven Dou Empire, they did not have to pay taxes every year like the major provinces, that is, they directly handed over a part of the grain, grass and money to Heaven Dou City.

But they need to go into the city every year to pay tribute to the Heaven Dou Empire, mainly treasures and property, but the Heaven Dou Empire will occasionally reward them with some things, but the Heaven Dou Empire is not so stupid, and the things rewarded are better and more than the ones that come up from the Year Tribute.

The annual tribute given by the Four Kingdoms to the Heaven Dou Empire is similar to the annual tribute given to Liaojin by the Great Emperor, which is quite generous.

And the Heaven Dou Empire's rewards are basically only equivalent to a part of the annual tribute from the four kingdoms.

The main thing is to see if the four kingdoms are good that year, if they are not good, they will return a little more, and if they are very comfortable, they will basically not give rewards.

And this three years without paying tribute is indeed a happy event for the four kingdoms and several principalities.

Not to mention that there were many practical rewards, and suddenly the kings of the four kingdoms all showed joy to the Snow Night Emperor and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

The Snowy Night Emperor nodded slightly, how to reward this was actually discussed a few days ago when the good news came back to Heaven Dou City.

This will definitely satisfy most people, and at the same time, the treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire can support it.

Then, he looked at the Marquis of Fengwu, the Marquis of the Wind and the others, and said with a smile, "I know that your battle is the hardest, and the empire will definitely not let the meritorious ministers chill." ”

"For the Empire." The five major military marquis such as the Marquis of Fengwu and the Marquis of the Wind hurriedly said, "The ministers and others will go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not give up." ”

The Snowy Night Emperor immediately smiled and said, "Very good, then you will be promoted to a first class, exempt from the tax of your fief for three years, and you will be demoted from the title since the third generation, and at the same time reward you with 500,000 gold soul coins, 300 pairs of iron armor, and ...... war horses."

It is also a series of practical rewards, the five military marquis are directly promoted to the first rank, from marquis to duke, or from three generations to the knighthood, that is, their son can still be a duke, until the grandson is demoted to the marquis again, this is indeed an extremely rich reward.

At this time, even Andrew, who has always been serious and unsmiling, now showed a smile.

The five great military marquis immediately said to the Snow Night Emperor in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Next, the Snowy Night Emperor looked at Ge Long again, and this time he said with a smile, "Ge Long, as the Imperial Marshal, you bear the first responsibility, do you have anything you want?" ”

At this time, everyone present was stunned for a moment when they heard the words of the Snow Night Emperor, and Ge Long bore the blame...... This merit should be Lu Yuan's, right, but Ge Long is the marshal of this war after all, and he can barely say it.

So everyone can accept it.

Ge Long pondered for a long time, and then said, "The ministers dare not be greedy, and the credit for this battle is not entirely mine, but thanks to the cooperation and conspiracy of the generals, as well as the strength of the army and the soldiers' lives. ”

The Snowy Night Emperor smiled and nodded, "Since that's the case, then make you the King of Nine Lives!" The three generations of Fang surrendered to the lord, and at the same time the royal title was 'Shenlong General', he could mobilize the army of Heaven Dou City at any time, and reward 1 million gold soul coins, 1,000 pairs of iron armor, and 3,000 war horses......"

Everyone was shocked at once, Ge Long was actually made a king, although everyone knew that this "Nine Lives King" was not the kind of king who split the earth and sealed the king, but just a king with no fiefdom.

But this can still be shocking, after all, it has been a long time since the Heaven Dou Empire has appeared a prince.

It was just that five hundred years ago, Yan Xian's ancestor, who was promoted to the title of Douluo Agni General, was not crowned a king, but was only favored at that time, of course, it was also because the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire had not declined to this extent at that time.

But this is enough to prove how rare the prince is.

Although this prince will also be demoted to the earl for three generations, that is, the grandson of Goron will be reduced back to the earl from the beginning to continue the inheritance.

After listening to the reward of the Snow Night Emperor, Ge Long hurriedly solemnly clenched his fists, "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" ”

The Snowy Night Emperor smiled slightly, "This is what you deserve. ”

At this time, the Marquis of Xuanwu, the Marquis of Agni and the others looked at Lu Yuan with some impatience.

Now, only Lu Yuan is left who has not been rewarded by the Snow Night Emperor for his meritorious deeds, and Ge Long has been crowned king because of this, so what reward will Lu Yuan, who put forward the combat strategy, execute the strategy, and plan the victory for this big war, get?

At the very least, you have to tear the earth and seal the king, although it is impossible to be hereditary and reckless, but Ge Long has been crowned king, and Lu Yuan will definitely not be far behind.

At least before that, Xue Ye's attitude towards Lu Yuan so closely, it was obviously impossible to reward too little.

However......

The Snowy Night Emperor looked at Lu Yuan, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then he said with a smile, "Lu Yuan...... There is also merit this time, but I remember that you and Qingqing's parents don't have a knighthood yet, right? ”

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and Lu Yuan also heard this, showing some doubts in his eyes, but he still nodded, "Back to Your Majesty, my father and mother are ordinary people, and they really don't have a knighthood yet." ”

"Then reward your father Lu Qingwei...... Loyal Marquis, his mother Mana was crowned as the Marquis of Cide and Mrs. Cide, hereditary disregard, rewarded two mansions, 100,000 gold soul coins, 50 fine gems, 10,000 fine silks, 300 vases for the palace, 500 palace attendants, and 1,000 guards......"

The Snowy Night Emperor smiled and said a series of rewards, even more than Andrew, Shi Shan and the others and Ge Long, and then gave Lu Yuan a reward in everyone's surprised eyes...... That's it.

You know, these rewards are all very illusory rewards, such as two mansions, who doesn't know that Lu Qing and Mana have lived in the Seven Treasure Glazed Glass Sect for a long time, what is the use of the rewards of those two mansions?

The second is silk, gems, vases, attendants, and guards, don't Lu Qing and Manna have these things in the Seven Treasure Liuli Sect?

The most important thing is the title, if it is really on the surface, Lu Yuan originally had a hereditary disregard for the Duke of Celestial Shadow, and Lu Qing and Mana were marquises, that is, one family, one duke and two marquis, and they were all hereditary and disregarded.

In this way, it is really a great honor.

But the problem is that the two titles of Lu Qing and Mana are obviously in name only, and they are fictitious titles.

And the most important thing is that Lu Qing and Manna have no other children except for Lu Yuan and Lu Qingqing.

Lu Yuan has her own title of Duke of Tianying, Lu Qingqing is the crown princess, and after "Xue Qinghe" ascends the throne in the future, her children will all be the prince's sons and grandsons, and it is even more likely that she will be the emperor.

Then who will inherit the titles of Lu Qing and Mana?

So in the end, this one family, one duke and two marquis is still a dukedom.

"Let's go ahead and eat." The Snowy Night Emperor said with a smile as if he was completely unaware of the cold and suffocating atmosphere.

This is also to tell everyone that the reward session is over.

Right now......

"Your Majesty!" It was Sen Luo Hou Yi Lusen who spoke, and he said in a deep voice, "The minister thinks that this reward is a little inappropriate......