Chapter 53: The Ceremony
After Ouyang Yu and the others entered the city, they did not immediately go to find Marquis Simon, but first found a relatively good hotel to live in first, after all, the group of people looked dusty and dusty, and they couldn't even enter the gate of the marquis's house.
After a good meal, he took a shower happily and slept beautifully on the soft bed, Ouyang Yu only hummed comfortably, sometimes happiness is so simple.
After a long day's rest, the five of them changed into their newly purchased silk clothes and boarded a rented carriage to Marquis Simon's castle.
The castle is located at the foot of Mount Kazan not far north of the county town of Kazan, Ouyang Yu combed a men's ponytail, wore a Qingfeng sword at his waist, and rode on a white horse in luxurious and exquisite aristocratic men's clothes.
Yesterday in the hotel in the city, Celine and Ouyang Yu and Ariel, Ciara discussed, Celine left a mind for Ouyang Yu to continue to pretend to be Riches' son, and Ariel and Sila are Celine's daughters, so there are several benefits, first, Rickes is now muddy and can't be a director, Ariel and Cyala are too young and girls have no strength at all to convince the public, Ouyang Yu has a strong strength It is best for her to pretend to be a prince in men's clothes, and second, to conceal the true identities of the two little princesses, after all, people are separated from each other, they are the last two heirs to the throne, it is best to hide them in the shadows, and wait for Riches to regain her power and stabilize her position before showing up, For the time being, Celine's daughter can not only stay by her side in the name of serving Ryches, but also know what happened to Ryches nearby, anyway, only a few people know about Riches' living conditions in the past ten years, and the people who know Riches are almost dead, so you can say anything.
As for Ouyang Yu taking the opportunity to usurp the throne or something, Celine is not worried at all, although Ouyang Yu has not been in contact for a long time, but Celine also has a general understanding of her character, thinking that she will not do such a thing because of her affection, and she is now playing a prince, and her real body is a girl, if she really takes the opportunity to usurp the throne, as long as her identity as a girl is announced, there is no possibility of usurping the throne.
Seeing Ouyang Yu and his party guarding the gate close to the gate of the castle, the guards shouted loudly, "May I ask which adult is visiting?"
Ouyang Yu stopped his horse and sat on the horse, and said in a low voice: "Tell the Marquis, the friends of the former royal capital have come to visit the Marquis. ”
"Please wait. Seeing that Ouyang Yu was dressed beautifully and riding a good horse, the guards did not dare to slack off, and after explaining to his companions, he ran towards the castle, and after a while he came to the gate with an old man who looked like a butler.
The old man, who seemed to be a housekeeper, looked up and down suspiciously, and asked, "May I ask this young master, who is your family?"
Ouyang Yu took out a ring and handed it to him and said, "You will understand when you read it." ”
The housekeeper took the ring and saw that there was a vivid two-headed dragon engraved on the ring, which was the mark of the royal family and the seal of the king, and immediately his face changed greatly and he hurriedly said to the guards around him: "Immediately call the guards to gather to block the road under the mountain, no one can go down the mountain without the warrant of the Marquis, this young master, please inside, I will go to inform the Marquis immediately." ”
"Hmm. Ouyang Yu nodded and rode into the castle.
Not long after being invited into the living room and sitting down, a fat man in his fifties with a white curly wig, a mustache and a small set of eyes on his face, and a formal suit ran in, shouting as he ran: "Your Majesty, where is Your Majesty?"
Although more than ten years had passed, the fat man recognized Riches at a glance after running into the living room, and hurriedly ran to her side, knelt down on one knee, and shouted with an exaggerated expression: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You have finally come to find the old minister Simon! The old minister has been looking forward to His Majesty's coming day and night, and now he has finally got what he wanted! Your Majesty, ah, ......!"
This fat man Rory said a lot of words, and the long-winded Ouyang Yu couldn't wait to sew his most shut, and it took a long time before he realized that something was wrong before the fat man stopped and looked at Riches suspiciously, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"Ahem. Now it was time for Ouyang Yu to appear, she got up from the chair beside Riches, walked to the side of Marquis Simon, gently helped him up, and said, "Mother has received a strong stimulus recently, and now she is a little mentally abnormal. ”
"Mother, may I ask who you are ......?" Simon looked at the handsome young man in front of him suspiciously.
"My name is Andy, Andy Springs Zeger. Ouyang Yu shamelessly used Andy's name, and Springs is the surname of Riches's husband, Zeger is the surname of Riches, according to the rules of the mainland, Riches's status is noble, her husband is just a small baron, the eldest son can only be regarded as a concubine, and the children born can inherit their father's surname, but they can only be ranked behind their mother's surname.
Hearing Ouyang Yu's fake name, Marquis Simon immediately took two steps back, bent down and bowed, and said, "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Prince Andy, and the old minister was rude just now." Then he straightened up and asked, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?"
"Alas....... Ouyang Yu sighed fakely: "Things have to start from a month ago......
Ouyang Yu said the matter half-truths according to the statement he had already made up with Celine: "...... The Dharma Saint released the forbidden spell after sending us away because our relatives were killed for no reason, and then we cautiously came all the way to you. ”
"I see, may our Lord Duke (referring to Reches's husband) rest in the Ancestors. Simon clasped his hands in front of his chest and bowed his head in prayer, then raised his head and asked Ouyang Yu, "Then what are you going to do with Your Highness now?"
"My mother has lived in seclusion for more than ten years with the idea of cannibalism between the same clan, but I can't imagine that the frenzied pseudo-king of Kaul would do such a cruel thing, I am determined to raise an army to fight against the pseudo-king! This is also what my mother meant!" Ouyang Yu looked at Marquis Simon with a resolute face.
Marquis Simon was overjoyed in his heart, he had been waiting for more than ten years to wait for this moment, although he was happy to die, he also had a firm expression on his face, and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, even if the old minister gives up this life, he will seek justice for His Majesty and His Highness!
Ouyang Yu patted him on the shoulder kindly and said in a kind voice: "Marquis Simon, I think your current title and your future status are very unworthy, you should be promoted one level, and the fief is too small and should be bigger, huh...... The timing is not right, and I'll hold a promotion ceremony for you when all the nobles of my mother have finally arrived. ”
"Your Highness Xie!" Isn't helping the former queen just to get promoted and make a fortune, otherwise who would have enough to eat and have nothing to do to compete with the current king, Hearing Ouyang Yu's promise, Marquis Simon finally laughed.
The news that the former queen had been persecuted by the current king and had appeared in Kazan County to raise troops quickly spread throughout the kingdom of Kades, and the "truth" about the town of Bristol became known.
After learning the "truth", the entire Kadesh Kingdom and the surrounding countries were in an uproar, and the king sent troops to slaughter his nobles and citizens without rebellion, what a brutal monarch would do it, and the former queen was not only her niece, but also had been in seclusion for more than ten years and did not express her intention to regain the throne, and she wanted to kill them all, and those who knew the "truth" expressed sympathy for the former queen.
The nobles of the southern part of the Kadesh kingdom did not stand on his side when Kaul usurped the throne at the beginning, so they have been suppressed and excluded, and they have long had no excuse for their rebellion, and now Riches appeared in Kazan County and issued a call to raise troops against Kaur was responded to by the entire southern aristocracy, and the nobles of all sizes went to Kazan County one after another with their own private armies and temporarily recruited farmers.
Kaul did not show weakness either, and as soon as he received the news, he ordered the army to be gathered and the private army of the nobles who supported him.
While both the north and the south were busy deploying troops, a grand ceremony was taking place in the castle of the Marquis of Simon.
The castle hall was newly decorated, and many nobles gathered together, the fat Marquis Simon was kneeling on one knee with a respectful face, Ouyang Yu was wearing a festive costume and holding a knight's sword and stood in the center of the hall with a threatening face and said loudly: "In view of the great contribution made by Marquis Simon to the kingdom, I hereby grant him the title of duke on behalf of my mother, Her Majesty Queen Riches, and the original fief will remain unchanged and then add the title of Laishan County!"
"Bang bang bang ......!" burst into applause in the hall.
After the applause fell, Ouyang Yu continued: "At the same time, Duke Simon is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the crusade army, responsible for all matters related to the crusade against the puppet king Kaul!"
"Bang bang ......!" the hall burst into applause again.
Ouyang Yu helped Simon up and said, "Lord Duke, I hope you can win consecutive battles and defeat the puppet king as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, Your Highness, the old minister will definitely live up to your and Your Majesty's expectations!" Simon said loudly with an excited face.
Ouyang Yu turned to the other nobles below and said, "Everyone, I also hope that you can do your best to serve Her Majesty the Queen, and the day he reascends the throne will be the time to reward his meritorious deeds!"
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"Hahaha...... Let's celebrate the Duke first!"
At the end of the ceremony, Ouyang Yu ordered the dance to begin, and the nobles with higher status suddenly rushed up to surround her, I heard that Queen Ryches was mentally deranged and could not take care of the government, so the "Prince Andy" in front of him It is likely that he will ascend the throne as king after overthrowing Kaul, where would a nobleman who regards interests as everything let go of such a good opportunity, basically all the nobles in addition to the army also brought their daughters of the right age over, and introduced their daughters to her in the hope that Ouyang Yu would be favored by Ouyang Yu, even if they couldn't become concubines, it would be good to be able to become a side room.
Celine had already met Lu and hid the identities of Ariel and Cira when she saw this situation, otherwise the two little girls who didn't know the sinister hearts of Lu Dao would definitely be deceived by others, and it was possible to lose their bodies in a daze.
Ouyang Yu was surrounded by a group of well-dressed girls, listening to the cries of the warblers and Yanyan around him, although he had no tools to commit the crime, he still felt good, smelling this person's hair from time to time, that person's body fragrance, touching the small waist on the left, patting the right buttocks, and looking like a pervert.
Duke Simon, who was surrounded by a group of nobles, saw Ouyang Yu's appearance, and the vigilance and worry in his eyes were reduced a lot, a waste prince who was a foodie and a pervert, he was not worried, and after looking at it twice, he immediately stopped paying attention and concentrated on discussing military matters with some big nobles.
After chatting for a while, the butler walked into his ear and whispered, "My lord, the eldest son of the Marshal of the Vigel Empire, Andy Moon Victor asks to see you." ”
Simon was shocked at how the brightest rising star on the continent had come to him, said sorry to the nobles around him, and turned around and left the hall with the butler for the reception room.