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I really don't know what to say......

It's really shameless.

Thank you to my friends who still want to smash me to death with rotten eggs.

Didn't dare to promise anything. I think there's only one thing I can say right now.

I'm sorry!

November 6, 4123 A.D. This was destined to be an important date to be recorded by the historians of the kingdom of Sachchenia. Because today is the day when Crown Prince Lenya Landis Severia, the regent plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sachania, attended the Royal Court for the first time on behalf of King Lloyd Sévea Carthus.

Simply put, it was the first day that Linya replaced Lloyd as the de facto ruler of the kingdom.

"Uh...... Mother, I seem to be a little uncomfortable, can I not go?" Looking out the window, more and more people gathered in the central square in front of the castle, Linya couldn't help but retreat, put on a pitiful appearance of pity and sorrow, and began to make a sixth attempt.

"No!" Queen Isabel apparently refused to accept her, and for the sixth time categorically refused to dismiss her daughter's intentions, while urging Namia and the maids to dress up the little princess carefully. It was a special and monumental occasion when the baby girl would be the future king for the first time in public and face ordinary people for the first time. Therefore, it must be the most solemn, the most perfect, and must leave the deepest impression on people.

Linya sighed, and could only be honest and let others fiddle with her like a doll. Under Princess Isabel's construction, the maids dressed Linya in a silver-white one-piece princess dress, pink mink high boots, a jade jade belt, and a princess gold crown. Trying the perfect combination and style over and over again. In fact, this process has been going on for more than an hour now.

Looking at the sweet, delicate, and cute doll in the mirror that seemed to run out of a fairy tale world and seemed not so real, Linya suddenly had a very strange feeling. Is this me? Is this me? Is this the little girl a real thing?

Thinking of the upcoming court meeting, Linya couldn't help but grow even bigger. Fortunately, my mother said that when the time comes, I can actually do nothing and say nothing. Because naturally there will be someone else to solve all the troubles.

Empress Isabel finally nodded in satisfaction, and when it was done, Linya could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Royal Palace is located directly north of the central square. The council hall is located directly south of the square, so Linya and her party must also cross the King's Road in the center of the square to reach the council hall. In fact, the King's Avenue was designed to give the King a chance to be admired and cheered on.

When the long-awaited extremely beautiful figure of Princess Linya finally appeared, the crowd in the square suddenly became agitated, cheering and screaming one after another. Loud and loud. Of course, Aven's princess guards had already replaced the original palace guards, and lined up on both sides of the King's Road. It also separates a buffer distance from the crowd. You don't have to worry about security.

Linya felt that she seemed to gradually get used to and like this feeling of being in the limelight and always the focus of attention. Although reason stubbornly reminds itself that this is not good, as a male soul is not to love vanity...... But the senses tell me how pleasant and enjoyable it is.

Alas, it seems to be thinking too much again. Linya straightened her chest and tried to put on a haughty posture, walking through the crowd in the best possible image.

All the members of the ruling cabinet of the Kingdom of Sachonia had been waiting in front of the council hall for a long time when they saw Princess Linya arrive. Hurriedly stepped forward one by one to salute and greet. The current Prime Minister appointed by King Royd is the Duke of Delada, and the actual power holder of this kingdom is, of course, under the premise that King Royd and the current Princess Linya do not interfere in the affairs of the country.

In addition, there are the Earl of Harleton, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lord Rhodes, the Minister of the Interior, the Earl of Hallbert, the Minister of War, and the Lord Hilgrad, the Minister of Finance. The cabinet composed of these five people is the core of power in the Kingdom of Sachnea. In the past few days, they have seen each other several times, but now they don't see each other. In fact, there is also an "invisible" cabinet member, Viscount Victor, the Minister of Intelligence, but he has never appeared in public, so he will not appear now.

Linya solemnly returned the salute with everyone one by one, and under the support of everyone, she walked into the council hall with the guidance of the ceremonial officer. This council chamber, like the royal palace, is of course much smaller than Raea. But the decoration is not bad. Linya walked to the south platform with Isabel half-embraced and half-helped, and sat down on a silver throne with a gold trim in the middle.

The throne is huge. This was Linya's first feeling. This is true for Linya's delicate little body. The throne is very high, and you can overlook the whole audience when you sit on it, which is quite kingly. It's not as good as Linya's heart at the moment, but she is a little fluttering like a deer, and it must be a lie to say that she is not nervous. Linya turned her head to look at her mother, but fortunately, Queen Isabel had already sat down in the seat on the lower right, right next to her, which made her feel a lot more relieved.

Then there is the Prime Minister, the Duke of Derada, who sits in the lower left seat. The remaining four cabinet members also sat down in turn, forming a small semicircle in front of the throne. Below was the cordon of the guards, then there were many officials in the middle, and finally there were as many as three or four hundred people of all colors who entered the council hall one after another. But there were only about 100 people with seats, and most of them could only stand on either side. This situation is somewhat like the rudimentary meaning of the council of later generations.

At the order of the ceremonial officer, everyone, along with those seated, stood up and bowed to Linya again, even Queen Isabel. Linya hurriedly got up again and returned the salute, took her seat after the ceremony, and the meeting officially began.

Alas, what a trouble! All this red tape is a complete waste of time! However, Linya can only secretly complain in her heart, and she must always have that eternally sweet smile on her face—how tired it is to be a king! And it is not fun at all!

Linya had long regretted that Cohen had come. I hope the next meeting will be interesting.

But the truth will disappoint Linya. The first to appear is a pair of two noble lords who have become enemies, the cause of the matter originated from a hunt, the noble children of the two families in order to compete for the heart of a lady, in the hunting ground, they all want to suppress each other. I didn't want the last two of them to shoot a horned deer one after another, and both of them claimed that it was their prey, so the conflict naturally escalated into a joust, and then, the two sons and brothers were seriously injured. People on both sides were angry with each other, so the dispute naturally escalated into a group fight on both sides, and then ...... The lords of both sides, one dead and one disabled, were red-eyed. The army was summoned and fought. The magistrate couldn't stop it, and he couldn't hide it when it was a big trouble, so he had to come to the throne with the aristocratic representatives of the two lords to accuse each other.

Ahem, what kind of thing is this? Who can blame you for fighting and being jealous and fighting and killing and injuring people? I deserve it! Linya slandered these boring guys, feeling that one head has two big. This kind of trivial thing is actually brought to the king to waste time, and they are really full and have nothing to do!

Speaking of which, though. The entire country has a population of more than a million people. How many big things can be. Moreover, this was a conflict between the two nobles, and even caused a small war. It's also a "big" thing.

But Linya didn't plan to pay attention to these boring guys, and she didn't bother to say a word by remembering her mother's words. I want to be sleepy in this boring time, but on this high throne, any action that damages the prestige of the royal family will be seen by the crowd below. So you have to sit upright all the time. Alas, what a sin!

This should be the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing that Linya had not said anything, the Duke of Drada asked Lord Rhodes, the Minister of the Interior, for his opinion. Actually, until now. The cause of the incident is no longer important, and it is a violation of the laws of the kingdom for the two sides to fight their own armies in their own territory without reasonable reason. If the person is already dead and disabled, and has been punished, he is exempt from responsibility for the brawl. Considering that important family members on both sides were disabled, the guilt of the two lords for raising troops without permission was also lightly punished, and fines were substituted for imprisonment or seizure of land. In addition, since it is an unjustified war, both sides shall compensate the other for the death and wounded and pay the same fine to the national treasury. Rhodes thought for a moment and offered his own advice on how to deal with it, and the Minister of War, Halbert, proposed precautionary measures to avoid the situation from worsening, such as prohibiting soldiers and armies from entering each other's territory.

This...... Isn't it just playing 30 boards with thin mud and adding 30 boards?

The Prime Minister, Duke Derada, consulted with the members of the Cabinet and made a slight amendment, which was considered qualitative. In normal times, it is natural that Dradada will make the final decision, and afterwards the magistrate will write a report and submit it to the king. But that was when Lloyd wasn't there. Now that Linya is present, Drada will of course have to ask Linya for the final ruling. Linya pursed her lips and nodded in agreement, and the matter was settled.

Actually, this kind of thing has already been reported to the Cabinet, and the Cabinet has decided on it after discussion in advance. The present table at the Imperial Council is nothing more than a formality of the Cabinet in front of the public. Linya also knew. After all, the time at the court meeting is limited, so how can there be so much time for discussion. In addition, if outsiders see that the cabinet is not in harmony and argues, it will also have an impact on the image and authority of the cabinet.

The pilgrimage continued. But it's still a non-nutritious topic, and it's all a little thing that doesn't hurt, and of course Linya rarely brings up any interest. Even if there is any major or important state matter, it must be discussed in private, how can it be discussed in such a public place.

It's boring. It's boring. It's boring. But that's it, you have to pretend to listen very carefully, so that you look like a diligent king? Life is a play, but life under this mask is really uncomfortable...... Linya suddenly understood why Uncle Lloyd was willing to leave the throne and run away to live happily.

Being a king is a chore.

Take this one, for example. The noble lords of the two fiefs are adjacent to each other, the viscount is by the river, and the barony is not by the river. An aqueduct passes through the viscounty to reach the barony. The only way for the viscounty to go out of the mountains to the capital city of Cohen was through the barony. First the lords of the viscount decided that the funds for the maintenance of the aqueduct should be paid for by the barony, since they themselves were along the river and did not need it. However, the barony believed that the part of the county should be maintained and dredged by the county itself, as many of the county's agricultural land also needed to be diverted from the canal. The two sides argued, and in the end, the viscount cut off the water source of the aqueduct in a fit of rage, and the baron blocked the road. As a result, the barony's farmland was deprived of water, this year's harvest was halved, and the viscounty's roads for the transportation of goods were blocked. Access was inconvenient, prices skyrocketed, grain rotted and could not be sold, and both sides suffered heavy losses. As a result, the border area was tense and tense. A big fight could happen at any time.

Linya only felt that the black lines in front of her were one after another, and she couldn't cry or laugh. I don't know what to say about them, this man?

Selfish. The original sin of human nature. Harmony can make money, don't you really understand? Slandering these speechless guys, thinking that her subjects would be such a group of people in the future, Linya couldn't help but have a big head.

The fiefdoms of these lords were in fact like small, self-governing kingdoms with high levels of independence, where the peasants toiled and had to hand over most of the harvest to the nobles. And the life of the aristocracy. It is to try to squeeze the peasants in any way. for them to enjoy luxury. Eat, drink, and be merry, compare with each other, and be powerful, but they don't care about the lives of the people...... As for the infrastructure of people's livelihood, such as building roads and digging canals, it has never been in their consideration.

For the next council, Linya became more interested. Thinking of the difficult life of the people at the bottom in this era, Linya doesn't feel a little sad. Before, she was a proud princess who was high up. Every day brocade food, of course, I never thought about this kind of profound truth. But when I think that I will become such a big leader of the ruling class in the future, that feeling is ...... It's really unpleasant.

However, it is impossible to change the system or anything. Needless to say, all the nations of the world will see themselves as enemies and attack and destroy them, and even the nobility of this country will be the first to rebel.

Linya's thoughts flew wildly again, and the difficult time passed little by little.

It seemed like a whole century had passed, and time had finally reluctantly come to noon. Although there are still some business affairs that have not been taken care of, this will not prevent the end of the Imperial Council, as everyone needs to rest.

This is especially true of the little princess Linya, who has been suffering on the throne for a long time. With a shout from the ceremonial officer, the future king's work, the showman's time, finally came to an end. With the help of Queen Isabel, Linya finally left this boring place. The people retreated to both sides, stooping down and bowing their heads to see the princess off.

At lunchtime, Linya couldn't help but complain and confide in her mother about all kinds of grievances.

"These people are too much!"

"Isn't this harming others and yourself?"

"No wonder Uncle Lloyd is running away!"

"Linya, don't say that! I know it's hard to be a good king, but you can't be as willful as your Uncle Lloyd!

"Really, I'm going to die!"

"It's good to get used to it. ”

"......" Linya could only pout. "Still used to ......"

While she was complaining, Suzanne walked in and whispered in Linya's ear: "Your Royal Highness, Viscount Victor, Minister of Intelligence, has been waiting outside the door for a while, as if she has something to say. ”

"Then let him in. ”

Viscount Victor followed Suzanne into the dining room, saluted the two princesses, and said, "Dear Princess Isabelle, Her Royal Highness Princess Linya, I'm sorry to disturb your lunch. But the news I just received, I think you should be interested to know. ”

Linya raised her hand and said, "Your Excellency, please get up." Susanna, please prepare a seat for His Excellency the Viscount. I wonder what good news His Excellency Viscount has brought?"

"I'm afraid it's not good news, Your Highness Princess. ”

Linya was stunned for a moment. "Please, Lord Viscount. ”

"I wonder which one Her Highness wants to hear first, is it the bad one, or the worse one?"

“...... Let's start with the bad one. ”

"Emperor Maurice of the Caiyun Empire is getting sicker. As before, the doctors were at a loss for what Emperor Maurice was doing, and could not even find the cause of his illness. ”

Linya had a very bad feeling. "And what about the second bad news?"

"No, Your Highness Princess. This is just the first small part of the first piece of bad news. The second small part is that part of the army of the Caiyun Empire is secretly gathering around Luyun City. ”

"Is there any news about Sister Alice?" asked Linya quickly.

"Yes. After Princess Alice returned to Luyun City to take over the Duke of Luyun City, in less than ten days after the news came, she had already encountered two assassinations. That's all there is to the first piece of bad news. ”

Linya's heart sank. She certainly understood what that meant. It's not going to be good with Sister Alice.

After a moment of silence, Linya suddenly remembered that the Queen Mother and the Viscount were still waiting, and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper." Your Excellency, please tell me the second piece of bad news. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. The speedboat sent to find the battleship Swift has returned. It found the location where the Swift had sunk to the bottom of the sea, along with several corpses. ”

"The Swift?"

"The Swift is a large battleship with one hundred and twenty soldiers on board. A week ago, while pursuing unknown pirates who often plundered fishermen and merchant ships in the nearby waters, contact with the missing fishing and merchant ships was lost. The speedboat just found the location of its sinking this morning. There were only broken shipwrecks, no survivors, and not even a few bodies were found. Victor's voice was low and gloomy.

"Who did that? were the pirates?" Linya stood up angrily. "Can't even a battleship beat them?"

"Who did it, I'm afraid it's not the point, Your Highness Princess. Victor's voice grew even colder.

"That'...... What's the key?"

"The remains recovered confirmed to be the sailors on the Swift. But...... It can be seen that they were brutally abused before they died. And the cause of their death was ......"

Victor paused to calm his somewhat trembling voice, took a deep breath, and then said:

"The blood in their bodies was sucked dry before they died. ”B