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Jielin nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, my lord, I will remember your repentance.

Padres smiled and said, "Okay, just remember."

Go there and do it, kill people and set fires or something, you have done it too, no need for me to talk more, in a word. We've got you covered."

Lorraine was stunned, but he knew. Although these words may sound a little prosaic, they carry a lot of weight.

With his words, the time comes. Once the situation is unstable, as long as you give an order, not only the troops of your own provinces, but even the armies of other provinces, you can mobilize them at will, such as resisting the invasion of the external orcs in time, or engaging in suppression, but it is extremely convenient.

Lorraine looked at the old man with great gratitude, and said sincerely, "Thank you, sir." ”

Padres didn't speak, just laughed twice and sat back down.

Cardinal Russell watched Lorraine quietly from the side.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh and said, "Lorraine, although Your Majesty has given you an appropriation, you have to be clear. The money was given to the Governor of Nai'an.

Every penny you spend on the construction of Nai'an, and if I know that you are wasting public money, I will stop this appropriation at any time and recover it with interest. ”

As soon as Catherine heard Russell's words, her pretty face tensed and she snorted heavily at him.

Padres meets the photo. At this good time for promotion and wealth, pouring cold water on the side and sweeping everyone's interest is also extremely unhappy.

He glanced at Russell faintly and said, "The family emblem of the Lorraine family is the Dragon Cliff Grass, what does the Dragon Cliff Grass represent? Justice, valor. I think everyone knows that.

Would someone from this family do that kind of thing?"

When he said this, the corner of his eye suddenly saw the strange looks on the faces of the people next to him, and he couldn't help but froze. At that moment, I also remembered the rumors about Lord Lorraine scraping the ground, the sky is three feet high, and the ground is seven points thin, and I immediately sweated quietly.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides, he doesn't owe you any money, is it worth your appearance as a goblin merchant?"

Russell smiled wryly. Said seriously: "Your Excellency, every money in the empire is for a purpose, and such a temporary large amount of appropriation has disrupted my plan. This year's fiscal expenditure is going to be a big cut. Maybe it will affect military spending next year. ”

Padres listened to the meaning of his words, and actually wanted to use his own money, as if he had poked his lungs. "Old, the tiger's body was shocked. snorted angrily, slapped the case, and said, "You move and try, see if Lao Tzu will fight with you, a dead bald donkey."

Even though Russell is in a high position and has the power of the world, but in the face of this old guy who relies on his seniority as a veteran of the two dynasties, he can't move at every turn, and he blows his beard and stares at the old guy who is also extremely beautiful.

An old guy like this can't be scolded, I have to say, as long as you are a little less than him, or you will encourage the officers under him to make trouble.

Or the aristocratic elders who pulled a large number of votes ran to the Holy Spirit Temple, and then recorded their clothes, revealing scars all over their bodies. And then go into tears.

While crying, he shouted to the heroes of the former emperor enshrined in it, "I have shed blood for the empire, I have been wounded for His Majesty, and I have made countless military exploits for Ruman, but now I am being bullied by a group of traitors,"

Then there was a large group of people watching the excitement next to it. As for saying that they don't know the truth, are blinded, and have bright eyes, it depends on which side everyone's ass is sitting on.

Can't wait for the next day, the whole empire. Even the whole world will know that Lord Russell is not doing his job and is using the power in his hands. Bullying those loyal old courtiers who have dedicated their lives to the empire.

Although His Majesty trusts himself, the guys in the Imperial Senate are like a pack of coyotes, and they still want to find trouble for themselves, and when it comes, under the pressure of public opinion, they will jump out and jump up and down desperately, tossing themselves.

Thinking of this, he spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, I just said that it is very possible. ”

When Padres saw him back down, he was not relieved at the moment.

He snorted coldly, sat down slowly, and then rolled his eyes, and put on a self-talking appearance, as if he had lowered his voice, but it was enough for everyone in the room to hear, and said, "No money?" There are so many corrupt officials under your command, just copy two of them, don't you have them all." Moreover, it can also pull the gross national economy hard. ”

Russell looked at Padres. I could only shake my head helplessly.

Baron Rokunde couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that they were done discussing business and began to argue like a child again, because as the deputy finance minister, he had a lot of work to do, and he didn't have the time for the demons to chat with these old guys.

He stood up, walked over to Lorraine, and said to him with a smile, "Good son." Well done. Congratulations. I won't say anything else, but before you leave, you must come to my house and have a drink with me. ”

Lorraine did not dare to slack off on this distant relative who took good care of herself.

He grinned, and then said, "Yes, my lord, I will definitely go." ”

The other officials present were not very familiar with Lorraine, but for this white-faced governor who had been in the Imperial Feudal Officials Club at a young age and became the eldest princess, and the future was also quite limitless, they also wanted to come forward and make friends.

But looking at the presence of a group of bigwigs, I also knew that it was not my turn to step forward and pat myself. Now I have to move forward. Several bigwigs nodded and said hello. Then they left the conference room

Russell looked at Lorraine and wanted to say a few words and give him a good beating, but Padres next to him was afraid that Lorraine would suffer, and still kept sneering.

Russell had no choice but to give up, and after greeting everyone, he also left

Padres saw that he was the only one left in the room, Lorraine and Catherine. He smiled at the moment, stood up, and said, "I'd better not be annoyed here, and leave time for you young people to celebrate." ”

As he spoke, he also left the conference room.

In No's large room, only Catherine and Lorraine were left, and now there was not even a single attendant

Catherine let out a long breath, walked up to Lorraine, and snatched the letter of appointment from Lorraine's hand.

She narrowed her eyes and spread them. Then he took a closer look at the last and the next look, and at the end, he hugged Lorraine and said with a smile: "Okay, these things are in hand, now we can show our skills."

Lorraine was stunned and said, "Let?"

Catherine gave him a strange look. "Of course. ”

Immediately after, she thought of something, raised her eyebrows like willow leaves slightly, and said coldly: "What? Do you still want to find someone else?"

Lorraine shivered at the sight that shot out of her eyes like ice and snow, enough to completely freeze people. sighed in my heart: Nicole's current queen momentum is getting stronger and stronger!

He hurriedly waved it and explained, "No, no. I mean, you're not already the governor of the Eastern Province, so you're interested in this Naian Province. ”

Catherine snorted coldly and said, "Oriental Province, so what? No matter how good I do, I am also working for the old man in the family, and I will give him all the money I earn." But every time I ask him for a little more money for cosmetics, it hurts like a tooth extraction. This is different, this province is for us to do it ourselves. ”

If it had been the presence of Archduke Julius who had listened to her words, he would have burst into tears. sighed that "the woman is not staying, and staying until the end will become an enemy." The correctness of this old saying.

Lorraine is also stagnant.

He froze, then patted Catherine on the back and comforted, "Okay, I see. But now this is just the beginning, and we don't know how to go next."

Catherine straightened up her breasts, smiled proudly, and said, "With your intelligence and our support, there is no problem that cannot be handled."

Lorraine smiled and said, "That's what you said. Being an official, there is nothing simpler in these circles than being an official. (Note: It seems to be Li Hongzhang, Li Zhongtang said.) ）”

Catherine smiled lightly at the moment, took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, kissed Lorraine on the cheek, and said, "Let's go, there is still time, I will take you around the palace." ”

The royal palaces of the Ruman Empire were enormous. With a large garden in the back, one person can't turn around for two days.

Catherine only took Lorraine for a walk along the great lake in the palace.

Look at this gorgeous but empty imperial city. Lorraine felt a little sympathetic to the emperor, who lived alone in such a big house, and all he could see all day was the faces of these attendants and palace maids. Listen to their monotonous "Yes, Majesty." Good. 陛xià. It's no wonder if it's not boring.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Lorraine was able to meet His Majesty the Emperor in the rose garden.

Although he is the supreme and has unlimited power, he is extremely lonely. I don't even have a friend who can talk to me and talk casually.

If Leo lived here. place, according to these rules in the palace all day long, meet and salute first, go out and salute again, according to the hooligan likes to be lively, beat dogs and chickens all day long, and cause trouble with his frizzy temper, this must be driven crazy.

Lorraine himself thinks it's inside the Grand Duke's Palace. Every day, a large family gets together to have a good meal, and it is still extremely pleasant.

Although the atmosphere at Lorraine's table has never been normal, the heroic Vera, chattering, and always being bullied by Catherine, but still happy Leo.

Catherine, who is always absent-minded, has her working hours starting with breakfast every day.

Playing some ambiguous moves with Lorraine under the dining table, fascinating the death-loving Adele.

Always watching the excitement of the Lorraine family. Rolina, who often laughs like a fox who stole a fat chicken, Lorraine has always wondered if Lorraine is gathering material to write a Persona of Lorraine's tablea.

There is also the only one who is the most mature and normal Melina girl at the table, but Lorraine is now Melina who has become more and more like Catherine recently, for which Lorraine has always had a gloating attitude, he himself has a strong wife, of course, he can't see others better, poor Dao is dead, and Daoist friends had better follow.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Catherine waved to the chamberlains who were far behind them, and several chamberlains hurried to Lorraine and Catherine's side.

Catherine then ordered them to prepare the carriage. Go to the sleeping quarters of Emperor Jolunde, where he lived his daily life.

The two of them, led by their attendants, walked into the dining room in the palace of Emperor Jolunde.

Lorraine present, the layout of this palace. Different from the place where the meeting was held just now, the decoration here is according to the standard of comfort, and the interior decoration is actually very simple style.

Lorraine looked at it and said to Catherine, "Your Majesty is not luxurious, is it?"

Catherine said, "If you grew up in a pile of jewels, would you still take some things as treasures? Only those homes here,:. With wood, they are all suitable from extremely dirty places, and they are equivalent to the same volume of yellow content.

Lorraine looked at the furniture in the dining room, "Huh." He took a cool breath.

At the same time, he secretly scolded those dragons for not knowing the goods, and only had gold and precious stones in their hearts, and those guys were going to dump the relics. It's been a long time ago, when Vera comes home, let her pull up the bits and pieces of her house, maybe they can be sold for a lot of money.

Catherine didn't know Lorraine's thoughts, so she took a recipe from the waiter's hand at this moment, and talked to the attendant beside her while reading it.

In a moment, the Emperor's personal attendant pushed open the door of the dining room, and Emperor Julund walked in.

As soon as Emperor Jolund came in, he waved his hand to Catherine and Lorraine, and said, "Family banquet, don't be polite. ”

Catherine only owes herself, and Lorraine bows too.

Emperor Jolund sat down at the table, smiled and said to Catherine and Lorraine, "Pick what you like, let's have dinner."

According to the table manners of the Ruman aristocracy, it is not allowed to talk about it during the main meal, and everyone must concentrate on the food on their plates.

After the main meal, there will be refreshments, and this is the time for conversation.

Emperor Jolund took the teacup, blew on the hot air, and said, "Lorraine." ”

Lorraine leaned over and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"I heard that when you were in your hometown, you had an encounter with a lich and a dragon, tell me about the curiosity of Emperor Jolund at this time, and that look is comparable to that of Leo.

Lorraine told the story again according to the version recorded by the mages, this time also using great effort to tell the story in vivid words.

Emperor Zhulunde was very happy to hear it, showed a fascinated expression, and said unconsciously: "Actually, my ideal was to be a ranger. ”

The emperor spoke out. Catherine and Lorraine were stunned.

Catherine asked, "Uncle?."

Only then did Emperor Zhulunde feel speechless, let out an "ah", and then laughed

The emperor waved his hand and said, "How many years have passed, does Nicole know your father's ideals when he was young?"

Catherine shook her head, and Emperor Jolund smiled and said, "I'm going to be a painter." ”

"Ah," exclaimed Catherine.

Lorraine said that if people on the mainland knew that the Grand Duke, who is now known as the Bloody Hand Butcher, would actually want to be an artist, his jaw would not drop in shock. But then again, there don't seem to be many good people who aspire to be painters, such as Hee, Churchill and the like, who are Van Gogh's classmates today. is still a madman who can even cut off his own ears.

Emperor Jolund said: "Okay, let's not talk about this, Lorraine, since you and our family Catherine are going to be a family, then I ask you, when are you going to get engaged." I'm ready to get married. ”

Now it was Lorraine's turn to be stunned.

Catherine also said "ah", and then her face turned red with shame.

Emperor Zhulunde said curiously: "Why, do you think that our royal family is all poor? When the royal daughters are married, of course the dowry must be sufficient."

Lorraine's eyes were red at the moment, and she almost cried out with happiness. Now he finally realized the benefits of this feudal era.

This era is completely different from his place. Like mother-in-law and the like, it will only push up housing prices, where is it like here, which can make men live so comfortably.

It's like what Yan Hui, who suddenly had a descendant possessed in a certain movie, said, if you can't change the house price. Let's change the mother-in-law. If you can't change your mother-in-law, you can change your father-in-law, if you can't change it, you can change the world! ）

Lorraine glanced at Catherine, and when she saw that Catherine was looking at her with happiness on her face, Lorraine could only say, "Obey Your Majesty's orders." ”

Emperor Rulunde snorted and said, "The previous rules, money, things, don't talk about these, I know you are not short of money."

After speaking, Emperor Zhulunde glanced at the huge diamond ring in his hand with great satisfaction, and then said: "But then again, the royal family is not given away for nothing to marry a daughter. That also shows that our royal family is too worthless. ”

Lorraine chuckled in her heart.

I listened to Emperor Zhulunde continue: "We want you to use meritorious deeds as a dowry, I remember that when my aunt got married, she gave dowries in three cities, and I don't ask you how much you want, but at this level." If you can earn the empire the size of three medium-sized cities, or have the same amount of land as tax, we will marry Catherine to you. ”

To this point. What else can Lorraine say, he can only cry out in his heart, but at the same time, he is also very clear in his heart, under Catherine's concerned gaze, he can't show it, otherwise it will be a fire in the backyard again, and there will be no good fruit to eat.

At that moment, he desperately squeezed a smile on his face and said happily: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely do it." ”

Catherine was very moved at the moment, and looked at Lorraine tenderly, with sweetness in her eyes.

Emperor Rulunde nodded with satisfaction and said, "Young man, work hard, I'm very optimistic about you." ”

Lorraine only sighed in her heart, and said in her heart, work hard, this is Catherine's, and Adele's share, which has to be equivalent to this one, these two girls, no matter who they treat, can toss Ye Lin to death. (To be continued)