The great healer's face was more effective than expected. That afternoon, the owner of Dragon City, the kingdom's third imperial capital, the Red Dragon Grand Duke Salod Maris, came to the Prime Minister's Office.

Chen Xing received the other party in the living room. In fact, this place is very close to the Red Fort. If a legendary strongman is willing, he can get there within a few minutes.

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But in fact, it still took a long time for Archduke Salode to ride in the large carriage pulled by eight dragon-blooded horses - because ordinary carriages could not accommodate Archduke Salode's stout body, which was far larger than ordinary people.

, it is said that it weighs more than 700 kilograms.

The carriage started from the King's Hall of the Red Castle, passed through the castle gate and moat, passed through the entire King's Square, and arrived at the aristocratic residential area where the Prime Minister's Office is located.

"Boy, I heard you are looking for me?"

The other party sat down in a hurry, his extraordinary weight making the leather sofa creak. Then he asked questions in his unique loud voice, with rude words and a dismissive attitude. He called the Prime Minister "boy" without any dignity at all.

See the consciousness of superiors.

Compared with the previous cases of Marquis Hongsang and Marquis Norton coming to ask for an audience, the situation was completely different. The former was a senior official visiting a local area for inspection, while the latter was a normal subordinate meeting his superior.

However, the Red Dragon Principality has a special status in the kingdom. It is one of the four major principalities in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Its territorial area and national power are not comparable to those of medium-sized principalities such as Red Mulberry and Norton. The status of the principal of the kingdom is naturally not the same.

The heads of small and medium-sized principalities generally only have the title of marquis, up to the title of duke. Only the heads of the four major principalities can obtain the title of "grand duke".

The Grand Duke, referred to as "Grand Duke", is the highest hereditary noble title under the royal family, and its number is extremely rare. Over the past thousand years, the kings of the Malan royal family have conferred four titles in total, and there are only four of them, and the Malis royal family is one of them.

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Therefore, Chen Xing did not take Grand Duke Salode's arrogant attitude seriously.

However, since the other party acted like he didn't want to accept his argument, Chen Xing didn't intend to beat around the bush and said straight to the point, "I asked you to come here today because I have something to discuss with you."

Chen Xing was also very particular about his wording. First of all, he did not use any honorifics and did not call the other party "Grand Duke Salode". Secondly, he emphasized that "I asked you to come", not "you came on your own".

"What to discuss?"

Grand Duke Salode leaned forward, casting a shadow towards Chen Xing's position. The giant body of more than 700 kilograms and more than 2.5 meters was like a leaning iron tower, which was very oppressive.

As early as in his previous life, when he was working as a courier in Longshi Town, Chen Xing heard that Salode had an amazing appetite and could eat an adult bull in three days.

Chen Xing knew that the other party wanted to threaten him with his physical advantage and told him, "I can crush your bean sprouts at any time!"

But who is Chen Xing? He has been a man for three generations, and he has never seen big winds and waves. He has ridden a Balrog over four meters high, so he is still afraid of this big wild boar?

"I want to talk to you about the inheritance rights of the Maris royal family." Chen Xing said.

Archduke Salode's eyes contracted violently, and he couldn't help shouting, "What did you say!"

"I mean, I want to talk to you about the separation of your family." Chen Xing repeated with an understatement, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

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ha!"

Touching the taboo of the royal family, Grand Duke Salode felt that he had been greatly offended. His hair suddenly stood up and his head was filled with anger. But the next second, he calmed down and smiled angrily, squeezing out a few words through his rattling teeth.

, "The body of the last person who raised this topic has been dried on the city wall."

"That's such a pity..." Chen Xing spread his hands and was not threatened by the other party at all. He stared at the other party's copper bell-like eyes and said in a calm voice, "We have to repeat this again today, which makes you feel very unhappy.

topic."

Archduke Salode's eyes flashed with cold light. He leaned forward and gradually approached Chen Xing. His clenched fists made loud cracking sounds.

"You do have a way of dealing with women..." The angry man suppressed the anger in his chest and said slowly, "But don't forget..."

"A wild wolf from the countryside, no matter what tricks he relies on, what position he climbs to, what kind of title he holds? Under the skin, he is still a wild wolf."

"A breath of dragon breath can turn it into ashes!"

The coercion belonging to the legendary strong man filled the air, as if the whole house was shaking. The maids around were frightened, and they squatted down and huddled up with their heads in their hands.

Chen Xing concentrated his mind and activated the spiritual energy in his body to resist the mental pressure. His face remained calm and he said in a gentle voice, "If something like this happens..."

"Tomorrow, the Maris royal family will be wiped out by the dual wrath of the Legion of Destruction and the Succubus Legion!"

"You are delusional!" Grand Duke Salode shouted with wide eyes, "He is just a court jester, don't take yourself too seriously!"

Facing the furious Grand Duke, Chen Xing smiled coldly and made a "please" gesture, "You can try."

Grand Duke Salode was so angry that all the hair on his head and face stood up, like a lion with explosive hair.

Chen Xing was not afraid at all, he looked eye to eye, the needle pointed to the edge of the blade, and he never gave in.

The two faced off for a while, and although the red dragon's two big iron bowl-like fists clenched loudly, they finally let go.

I saw him give a heavy meal, causing the whole house to shake, then he snorted coldly, turned around and left in a long stride.

"I know, you all look down on me..."

There was a voice coming from behind, but the Red Dragon Grand Duke ignored it and strode forward.

"I think I'm just a pretty guy who gets his position by deceiving women."

"So no matter what achievements I make, in order to protect your fragile self-esteem, you will pretend not to see it, or find other excuses to convince yourself that it is not that you are too incompetent, but that others are too shameless."

"Is that so? Sarode of the Red Dragon Family!"

Grand Duke Red Dragon stopped, looked back at Chen Xing, and said, "I don't agree with you, not because of what you did, but because I feel..."

"You are a person without a sense of honor!"

"Really?" Chen Xing smiled, "A man with no sense of glory led two hundred people to break through the Seven Layers Mountain."

"And you people with a sense of honor, who lost tens of thousands of soldiers, but couldn't even break the first layer, and still make sour comments on the sidelines, it's all because of luck!

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"Then the person you said had no sense of honor conquered the Silver Claw Principality."

"But when it comes to your mouth, it's still because of luck."

"Immediately afterwards, he conquered the three principalities of Tianqin, Hongsang and Norton."

"Perhaps you have found a new reason, saying that the person commanding the army is a girl from Baiye's family. He is just having fun in the rear, waiting for the god of luck to come."

"Just like in the old folk tale, the soldiers fought bravely on the front line and were bloody on the battlefield, but a group of fat nobles hid in the back, pointing and criticizing the soldiers, thinking that they did not work hard enough and had no sense of honor.

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"Is that so? Grand Duke Salode!"

Facing Chen Xing's questioning and his burning eyes, Salode felt his face heat up and argued, "I, I didn't think about it that way."

"Do you dare to swear?" Chen Xing said loudly, "In the name of the ancestor of the Red Dragon family, do you dare to say that you have never thought of it this way!"

Salode was silent.

Chen Xing did not continue to attack, but returned to his original position and sat down to drink tea.

After a long time, Grand Duke Salode returned to the hall and sat down again.

"Tell me, Prime Minister, what do you have in mind?"

Next, Chen Xing repeated to Grand Duke Salode what he had analyzed with Ye Yang Bailiu before and the stakes involved.

The overall meaning is to let Salode make an early choice to enfeoff one of his eldest son and daughter. According to the tradition of feudal nobles, unless the heir dies, the party who is enfeoffed is equivalent to withdrawing from the struggle for royal power.

As long as the dust settles and everyone has nothing to fight for, they will naturally focus on opening up new territories and gaining military exploits, instead of just waiting and watching each other and losing the chance of victory due to internal friction.

As analyzed by Chen Xing, Grand Duke Salode was very conflicted at the moment. He was indeed torn between his eldest son and his eldest daughter over the choice of successor.

In fact, he also knows that this is not good. It is an invisible harm to the long-term future of the country. But one party is the orthodox heir, and the other party is talented and has unlimited future. Each has its own advantages, so he is hesitant, leading to what he is doing now.

situation.

But as Chen Xing said, if you continue to break up, you will suffer chaos. Such days should end.

It's just that as a father, son and daughter, his palms and backs are full of flesh. No matter who he is wronging, it will make him feel guilty and have trouble sleeping and eating.

After several hours of silence and thinking, Salode finally gave Chen Xing a reply after dinner.

The original words were this, "As long as you can convince Lacey, I'll do whatever you say."

He is indeed an old lizard. Although he has a rough face, he is very cunning and can kick the ball back in one go.

But this is what Chen Xing expected. Between his son and his daughter, the Red Dragon Grand Duke will definitely not play such a bad role.

Let him be the bad guy.
Chapter completed!