Sarren had already guessed that Varian was behind Berval's invitation to the banquet, and he was not surprised to meet the king in civilian clothes.

However, the acting was complete, and on the surface, Salian still pretended to be surprised.

"Your Majesty Varian? How did you end up here? ”

Varian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Speaking of which...... Bolvar, you go back to the venue first to stabilize the situation, and don't let those nobles find out about the anomaly. ”

"Yes."

While Saren was changing clothes, Berval finally noticed that his armor was funny, and hurriedly recruited his servants to help him take off his armor and change into a new dress.

Sallian and Bolval, who were the protagonists of the banquet, left the hall one after another, and the Countess of Presto disappeared without a trace, and if no one went to explain a thing or two, the nobles with a very keen sense of politics would soon notice that something was wrong.

After Bolval walked away quickly, Varian politely motioned for Sarlian to sit down and talk.

In addition to Varian himself, Salian could sense the aura of at least five people in the room, all of whom were hiding in the shadows and hidden, presumably Varian's personal bodyguards.

"Originally, I wanted to ask Count Deepshadow for advice on how Quel'Thalas could deal with the nobles, but now it seems ...... There are more important things to settle in the Stormwind Kingdom. ”

Varian's expression was grim: "First of all, I want to know, how do you know that Countess Presto is a black dragon in disguise?" ”

Sarjan shrugged his shoulders and asked, "I'm also curious, why do the people of the Stormwind Kingdom turn a blind eye to the many disobediences of the fake Countess Presto?" ”

Varian froze for a moment, then touched his chin with a strange expression.

"You say that...... In retrospect, I also thought it was weird, why didn't I find out? ”

There was a thoughtful look in Sarean's eyes: "Could it be some kind of special spell?" ”

The answer is spiritual suggestion.

Onexia can also use psychic hints, and Sarjan has long known the techniques used by Ratania to induce Varian to think for himself.

"Spiritual suggestion ......"

A cold glint flashed in Varian's eyes: "I thought that those people in the Stormwind Fortress were all planted by nobles who didn't know the height of the sky, but now it seems that the truth is not so simple. ”

"Planting men in Stormstormhold?"

Salian paused for a moment: "No, the nobles of the Storm Kingdom are so bold that they dare to intervene beside the king?" ”

"Heh~"

Varian smiled self-deprecatingly, "Otherwise, why do you think I would hide in Berval's house to secretly receive foreign guests?" ”

"If it's a formal meeting in Stormstorm Fortress, believe it or not, the nobles will find out what the two of us are talking about in a matter of minutes."

Varian leaned his head back in his chair and sighed with a complicated expression: "Due to the sudden departure of my father, the high-ranking officials of the Stormwind Kingdom have been in exile in Lordaeron for several years, and the prestige of the Ureon royal family has been severely damaged. ”

"In the entire Stormstorm Fortress now, only a few people can be trusted, including Queen Tiffin, and the others ...... Oh, they are all spies sent in by the nobles on the pretext of filling the royal servants. ”

'Is it so badly infiltrated?' ’

Even without Countess Presto, Varian's problems are far more serious than Quel'Salas's.

This is no longer a simple struggle between the nobles and the royal family for power, but the nobles riding naked on the heads of the royal family and shitting.

Salian's brows furrowed slightly: "Your Majesty Varian, with all due respect. ”

"The situation has developed to this point, and if we don't make a statement, I'm afraid those nobles will still gain an inch."

"Can you still control the military power of the Stormwind Kingdom?"

"Yes."

Varian said with a serious expression: "With Berval and Gavin Rad here, the military power is still firmly in the hands of the royal family. ”

Gavinrad Doom, one of the five original paladins of the Church of the Light, Archbishop Alonthos Fao, and the only one of the five to come from the Stormwind Kingdom.

Of the five original paladins, Tulayan succeeded Anduin Lothar as the Generalissimo of the Alliance, volunteering to stay in Draenor to guard the gates for Azeroth, preventing the demons of the Burning Legion from invading his homeland through the Dark Gate.

Uther and Dasohan were appointed as the chief and deputy chiefs of the Order of the Silver Hand, while the noble-born Fording returned to his own domain, Hearthvale, to manage the affairs.

When Varian decided to leave Lordaeron and return to the Elwyn Forest, Gavinrad resolutely followed the young King Varian back to his homeland, despite Tyrenus's repeated attempts to keep him.

As one of the heroes of the Second Orc War, Gavinrad has a reputation among the armies of the Stormwind Kingdom, and no one can shake his position.

As a member of the original Paladin, Gavinrad kept the dogma of the Paladins in mind and remained loyal to the royal family of Ureon, turning a blind eye to the olive branches thrown by the nobles.

With him in charge, the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom have never been able to reach out to the military, and can only embarrass the young and inexperienced King Varian on a political level.

"That's going to be easy."

Sarenan sneered and suggested, "It's time to teach the nobles who have survived the war a lesson in their lack of knowledge of lethal force." ”

"This ......"

Varian hesitated: "After all, they are still my courtiers, is it really necessary to do this?" ”

Sarjan looked at Varian with a strange expression: "They've all ridden on top of you, can you bear this?" ”

"That's not what I meant."

Varian scratched his head and said depressedly, "I mean to say...... Is there a gentler way to settle those nobles? ”

"Nope."

"People's greed is endless, and once they taste the sweetness, they will kick their noses more and more, and they must be made to experience the great cost of overstepping their power." ”

"At least that's what Quel'Salas did, Your Majesty Varian, you wouldn't think that the previous Sun King would have taken the nobles into custody with Huairou alone, would you?"

“…… Isn't it? ”

Varian asked suspiciously, "I heard that the previous Sun King Anastria did not deal a heavy hand on the nobles, and did not shake Quel'Salas, and easily solved the turmoil of the nobles' infringement of royal power. ”

"I heard?"

Salian smiled meaningfully: "Listen to whom?" Which nobleman? ”

"I can tell you unequivocally that this is fake news."

"It's true that the change of power in Quel'Thallas hasn't fluctuated much, but it's not all smooth from start to finish."

"As you may know, the four nobles of Quel'Salas still exist, but their people have been reduced by more than half."

"Where does His Majesty Varian think they've gone?"

There was a flash of clarity in Valeera's eyes, and then his eyes became gloomy.

"So that's the truth? I thought it was ...... Tut! Those lawless guys. ”

King Ryan left suddenly, although Varian learned a lot of scheming from Tyrenus, how could Tyrenus, who had the heart to unify the seven kingdoms of mankind, teach Varian everything.

Sarean speculated that what Terenus taught Varian was more of an ideological education, boasting that a unified human empire would be better able to gain a foothold in Azeroth and lay the foundation for Lordaeron's annexation of the Stormwind Kingdom in the future.

It's a pity that Lordaeron, who is a big tree, is now too busy to take care of himself, and Sarean can't guarantee how many Dreadlords have infiltrated this strongest country in the human race.

To put it a little more exaggeratedly, perhaps even Tyrenus himself was pretended to be the Dreadlord, and his wit-damning maneuvers were designed to provoke a war between the nations of Azeroth.

This kind of inconsequential conjecture doesn't need to be known to Varian.

The emperor could not learn from his power, and he ascended the throne too hastily, so he failed to train enough henchmen to take charge of the government.

Varian's honeymoon with the nobility lasted until the initial reconstruction of the country was completed, after which he began to fight for power and profit.

In Sarjan's view, Varian, as a contemporary king, is still not ruthless enough and too tolerant of the nobles who try to seize power.

If you go back hundreds or thousands of years, the throne of the House of Urion was also snatched from the descendants of the Emperor Soladin, the House of Lothar.

Now that the royal family of Urion is in decline, other nobles are naturally following the same example, and they are still merciful to them at this time? I'm afraid I don't want to be exiled by the whole family to Northrend to dig potatoes.

[This is the so-called emperor to take turns to do, next year to my house? ] 】

[Isn't this the case with feudal aristocracy? Now that Varian has no heirs, if he dies suddenly, as long as a nobleman can pull the banner and raise a child with the blood of the Wryon family, it will not be easy to put this puppet on the throne? 】

[Is there really one?] Why didn't I hear in the game that Varian had a sister and aunt marrying? 】

[It's impossible to cover all the details in the game, and if you haven't mentioned it, it doesn't exist? The Sunchaser family also has Leanda, a distant relative of the side branch, and many people don't know it. 】