Chapter 1159 Father and Son (Seeking Monthly Pass)
?Original Crown Princess Cadmus had a straight face and stepped on the carpet in the corridor, making a "dong dong" sound. It was obvious that the Crown Princess herself was in a very bad mood at the moment.
When the attendants coming and going in the palace saw the Crown Prince in person, they were frightened and immediately stopped and hid in panic on both sides of the corridor.-- .
Looking at the respectful eyes of the palace attendants beside her, Princess Cadmus suddenly felt bored from the bottom of her heart.
He knew clearly that the way these attendants looked at him was different from the way they looked at Caerlion IV.
When they looked at Caerleon IV, their eyes were full of flattery and compliments, just like a pet dog fawning over its master.
But when they looked at themselves, there was only flinch and fear in their eyes. Some even had a trace of unconcealable ridicule and contempt in their eyes.
This difference made Princess Cadmus extremely uncomfortable, as if they were always reminding him that he was not the master of this country or theirs.
The more Princess Cadmus thought about it, the angrier she became, and her originally handsome face darkened, like dark clouds before a storm.
He suddenly grabbed an attendant who was standing with his hands hanging against the wall, and then he saw the fear in the other person's eyes, and suddenly he came to his senses again.
As the heir to the throne, getting angry with important ministers because of some important national event is a sign of the emperor's domineering attitude.
But if you get angry at the attendants because of a trivial matter, it is a sign of incompetence.
With the self-control he had developed over the years, he successfully suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a low voice, "Where is your father now?"
At this time, the young palace attendant was frightened, his face turned pale, and his whole body was trembling.
He calmed down and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you are... in the garden."
Emperor Cadmus snorted coldly. He threw away the attendants, clapped his palms as if they were stained with dust, kicked open the door beside him with a strong kick, and walked in angrily.
The attendant stared blankly at his back disappearing outside the door. After regaining consciousness, he reached out and touched his neck, feeling a wave of fear - he had just seen the ferocious face of the Queen. He thought he was dead.
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Princess Cadmus took long strides, walked through the palace, and turned into the back garden very familiarly. Then she found herself in a sea of lush plants and colorful flowers.
The winter climate in Asselas is mild, and the gardens in the palace are a beautiful scene of blooming flowers.
Not only the plants from the Elf Kingdom, but also the precious flowers and trees from the human continent from south to north can be seen here.
In order to take care of these delicate plants, there are not only experienced gardeners, but also several high-level mages serving here.
And those young and beautiful maids in their prime were walking leisurely among the flowers in twos and threes, and they complemented each other with the delicate flowers. They formed a scene that was far more beautiful than the pictures.
However, at this moment, Princess Cadmus felt that their figures were particularly annoying.
He turned his head and glanced briefly, and then discovered the figure of King Caerion IV under a huge oak tree not far away.
The emperor was just like Caesar in the human epic. He was reclining leisurely in a lounge chair. Next to him, a beautiful maid carefully peeled the fruit and fed it to his mouth in small pieces. And in
There was also a maid on the other side who would bring the wine glass in her hand to his lips from time to time.
Moreover, not far from him, there was a young woman wearing a red silk robe, with long pale golden hair hanging down like a waterfall, skin as white as pure snow, a beautiful face, and big eyes with
Charming smile.
She was sitting cross-legged on the grass, holding a six-stringed harp in her arms, talking and singing, and her voice was ethereal and melodious, like the sounds of nature.
Behind her there was a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old musicians playing various musical instruments. The music was so melodious that people couldn't help but dance along with it.
The sun shone on the girl's graceful body, coating her with a dazzling golden light, which firmly caught the eye of Princess Cadmus and could hardly look away.
But then, Emperor Cadmus reacted, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he forced himself to move his eyes away.
Carlion IV closed his eyes and lay on the chair, patting the armrests with his thin hands, a satisfied smile on his lips, as if he was enjoying himself.
Seeing the king's appearance, the corners of Princess Cadmus' mouth twitched slightly, revealing a disgusted look in her eyes. Such a beautiful flower was actually inserted into a tree that was about to wither.
Emperor Cadmus felt regretful secretly, then put on a respectful expression and said: "Father."
Carlion IV seemed not to hear it, and had no reaction at all. He still enjoyed the beautiful music wholeheartedly.
The Queen Mother had to increase her voice and shouted: "Father~!"
Carion IV raised his palm and made a silent gesture to the Crown Prince.
Princess Cadmus was so angry that she secretly gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and stood motionless beside him.
Until the end of the song, King Carlion IV stood up from his chair, clapped his hands and applauded, and said with a smile: "Tretis's voice is getting better and better. I really can't live without you for a day."
The young woman playing the piano had a blush on her fair cheeks, and said shyly: "I hate your majesty, how can I be so good?"
King Caerlion IV laughed heartily, then waved his hand and said: "You go down first. Come and have dinner with me at noon."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Tridis' smile was like a spring breeze. She stood up gracefully, gathered up her clothes and nodded to Cadmus. Then she hugged Qin and left the garden. When passing by the Crown Prince, she was extremely polite.
He bowed slightly and bowed.
Cadmus nodded expressionlessly, turned to watch them disappear behind the flowers, and then said impatiently: "Father, humans are so rude. I ask for your permission, let's stop..."
Kallion IV raised his eyes and looked at the Crown Prince displeased, waved his hand to stop him from talking, and said: "I heard everything that happened this morning. I asked you to negotiate with them, why don't you continue the negotiation?"
Huang Tai hesitated. Then he hurriedly explained: "It's not that I didn't want to talk. I just walked in without saying a few words, but that Lorraine threw her hands away in an extremely rude manner."
Carion IV gave him a strange look and said, "Cadmus, you even have grandchildren, right?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment and said without knowing what was going on: "Little Louis is just six months old."
Carlion IV looked at him dissatisfied and said in a stern tone: "You are such a big man, don't you even know how to speak?"
"I..." Huang Tai's face turned red instantly and hesitantly said: "I just said that I wanted to discuss the details."
King Carlion IV sighed and said: "They are just here for the alliance treaty, how can you come up like this and say no?
Don’t you understand diplomatic rhetoric?”
When he said the latter sentence, he couldn't help but raise his voice, showing the annoyance in his heart.
The Queen pursed her lips and said nothing. After thinking for a moment, she slowly said: "The alliance treaty was not approved by the Council of Elders."
"The Presbyterian Church... Huh~!" King Carlion IV sneered, with a look of disdain on his face.
The emperor said: "Besides, humans are too arrogant. I only said that there are still details that need to be considered. They turned around and left. They obviously don't take the dignity of our kingdom into consideration."
Carlion IV looked at the emperor's wife with strange eyes, shook his head and said: "Then you took their dignity into account last night when you blocked people and shouted slogans for humans to get lost?"
Huang Tai said anxiously: "No..."
Carion IV stared at his son with sharp eyes.
Cadmus couldn't help but hesitated for a moment, Carion's eyes were so sharp, it seemed that he could see the dark corners of his heart.
He couldn't help but lower his head and swallowed his words of defense.
"I'm not dead yet~!" Kallion IV said angrily, slapping the table.
The emperor was so frightened that he trembled and looked at his father timidly.
Carlion IV sighed in disappointment and said: "What is diplomatic etiquette? Fist fighting is the biggest diplomatic etiquette. Everything else is fake."
The Queen Mother whispered: "But our kingdom is not weak either."
Kalion IV patted his forehead and shook his head feebly. He waved his hand and said, "Go back and think about it. Come to see me again after you have figured out why we and the Human Alliance have figured it out. You are not allowed to go out until you figure it out."
"Yes," Huang Tai curled her lips in agreement, turned around and walked out of the garden in disgrace.
Behind him, I heard King Carion IV speaking softly to his attendants: "Go and call my cute little birds back."
Princess Cadmus couldn't help but clenched her fists in anger: This damn old thing~!
No wonder people secretly called him a traitor behind his back - he only thought about surrendering and making concessions to humans all day long so that he could live his own life, and never had the interests of the Elf Kingdom at heart.
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After Lorraine turned around and walked out of the palace, she jumped on the carriage and ordered them to go to the commercial street, taking her girlfriends to continue the cleaning work that was not completed last night.
It was so painful that I dragged my exhausted body back to the hotel at night.
At this time, there was already a thin elf tribesman waiting in the hall. When he saw Lorraine and Leo, he immediately jumped up from the sofa, bowed deeply and said: "Chairman."
Leo waved his white and tender hands, then spread out on the sofa, threw off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the sofa, rubbed the soles of his feet, and said lazily: "I'm so tired. Hello, Manager Pandlio.
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Lorraine also nodded to him. This man was the manager of the Elf Kingdom Branch of the Flying Eagle Group, and he was also a regional manager. Although he was an Elf, he was also a pure Naian.
The elves say that tens of thousands of years ago, the entire continent belonged to a unified elven empire with a developed magical civilization. At that time, humans were still uncivilized primitives living in caves and hunting wild boars with stone axes.
But later, the emperor of the empire tried to become a god, angered the gods, and caused natural disasters to destroy the entire empire. Therefore, the elves spread all over the continent, and people were originally the masters of the continent.
This legend is exactly the same as the story of the great goblin empire, which is believed by their own people and scorned by humans.
But no matter what the reason is, the elves are widely distributed on the continent, but their numbers are sparse. The manager in front of him was rescued by Lorraine during his crackdown on the slave trade. He was promoted to a high position because of his loyalty, reliability, and shrewdness.
Pandlio's hair is more than half less than when Lorraine sent him out, which shows that the manager is under a lot of pressure.
He carefully opened the briefcase he had been holding in his arms. He took out a pile of documents and put them on the table, saying, "I have prepared what you ordered."
"Thank you for your hard work," Lorraine praised with a smile, admiring his caution. He couldn't help but be careless. If the contents inside were known to people in the Elf Kingdom, many people would want his life.
"Cadmus, Burns, Jacopoly..." Lorraine read the names on the paper and said, "Why do they oppose the alliance?"
Pandlio immediately explained: "The Great Elder Burns is a big landowner and a big grain merchant in the country. Jacopoly is the commander of the Central Fleet. He is also Burns' son-in-law. He hopes to become the commander of the navy in the future. They are opposed to it."
Forming an alliance is, to put it bluntly, for one's own benefit."
Lorraine nodded. For the country's largest landowners and grain merchants, once a war breaks out and the elves become neutral, the grain trade with humans will be cut off, and he will make huge profits from it.
Maybe we can also sell food to humans in the war. In any case, it is a huge profit.
Pandrio said: "They represent the interests of domestic businessmen. They want to make war profits and are unwilling to raise taxes. They are very smart in their calculations."
"What's going on with Mrs. Wang?" Lorraine asked, "Why does he object too?"
Pandlio pondered for a moment and said: "Although there is no evidence to explain the reason, but..."
Lorraine encouraged him: "It doesn't hurt to just say it."
Pandrio licked his tongue nervously and said: "I personally estimate that it is because the king is too ambitious. He probably wants to benefit from both sides in the war and expand the power of the Elf Kingdom."
Lorraine and Leo looked at each other, thinking that if they were determined to take advantage, it would be difficult to convince them, and then said: "Is there any basis for this?"
Pandelio spread his hands and said: "This is just my speculation. When Tai Wang served in the navy when he was young, he was known for his radical bravery. He once led a fleet deep into the ocean to destroy pirate bases. Later, he continued to pursue an active forward strategy and occupied a large area of the sea.
Uninhabited island.”
Lorraine smiled slightly. As expected, it was always for their own interests and ambitions. Then he chuckled and said: "Ambition exceeds strength, and the final result can only be tragedy."
Just like the little Big Empire of the Rising Sun, his appetite is bigger than his own. Not only did he stretch himself to death, but he also challenged the giant with his short body without overestimating his ability. As a result, he has now become a domestic slave raised by others. Not only does he have to go to bed with his master
, and have to grind it for the landlord’s family.
Leo patted his belly and laughed and said, "Maybe he still wants to rebuild the Elf Empire."
This is a common joke in the human continent, and is often mentioned when mocking the elves for their arrogance.
Pandrio paused for a moment and said naa: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Leo stopped laughing for a moment, scratched his head stupidly, looked at Lorraine and said, "Is this guy having a twitch?"
Pandrio said: "There is currently a popular saying in the Elf Navy that the Elf Kingdom should not be limited to the ocean, but should have a broad vision. It has won the support of some young officers."
Lorraine shook the document in his hand, looked up at the ceiling, and said: "In the eyes of the elves, this is really possible."
Humans and the undead are fighting to the death, and when there is no time for others to care, it is not difficult for the Elf Kingdom to gain a piece of territory on the mainland. What is difficult is how to hold it in the future.
No matter who frees up his hands, he will attack the Elf Kingdom that takes advantage.
It is the normal state of human beings to pursue immediate interests without regard to the long term.
Leo shook his head and said, "They are too wishful thinking."
Pandrio nodded and said: "The chairman is right. People in the Elf Kingdom are very wishful thinking. I am also very distressed when dealing with them. These guys are arrogant and stubborn and think they are always right."
After finishing speaking, he spoke helplessly. It was obvious that the general manager was a little disappointed with his compatriots.
"Culturally, we are half a step ahead of human beings. We live a prosperous life, but at the same time we have been closed off for too long. This has gradually led to this kind of mentality. We are stuck in our own arrogance and arrogant." Lorraine commented.
Pandlio slapped his thigh and said: "My lord has said a lot, that's what happened."
At this time, a maid who accompanied Catherine and the others appeared outside the door and said with a strange expression: "Sir, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the palace manager of the Elf Kingdom asking for an audience."
Lorraine and Leo looked at each other, and Catherine stretched her waist and murmured: "Here he is, I guess he's not too stupid yet."
"Invite him in." Lorraine flipped all the documents upside down on the table and said.
After a while, Steward Legos, dressed in formal clothes and meticulous in issuing and managing affairs, appeared in front of the door. He bowed slightly to Lorraine with aristocratic etiquette that was impeccable even to Catherine's, and said in a bright voice: "See Deputy Lorraine
Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, may you be blessed and safe."
This is what I said to Hilmeria.
Then he continued: "See His Royal Highness Leo, His Royal Highness Princess Catherine, Miss Adele..."
He greeted everyone with greetings and shouted out a long list of names and titles without losing breath, without even a single syllable being wrong.
He even nodded to Pandlio and said hello: "Hello, Mr. General Manager."
It is just a greeting, but it is done in every aspect, without leakage. The etiquette is impeccable. It fully displays the aristocratic temperament of a perfect palace steward.
Compared with him, Lord Luo found that he had been destined to be a commoner all his life, and he could not learn this way of speaking.
Lorraine stood up to greet Legos and said with a smile: "I wonder what business the steward has here?"
Legos' expression was solemn but not too solemn, and his tone was cordial as he said: "His Majesty the King invites His Majesty the Deputy Commander-in-Chief to have dinner with him."
"What is supposed to come will always come," Lorraine secretly laughed and said, "It's a great honor."
Catherine stood up and said, "Wait a minute, let's go put on makeup."
Manager Legos looked embarrassed, with an expression of regret, helplessness and regret, and said: "This is a private dinner, and His Majesty only invited His Majesty the Deputy Commander-in-Chief."
The expression on his face seemed to make him feel more regretful than Catherine and the others.
"What?" Catherine and the other women looked at each other, and they all saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes.
Legos bowed to them apologetically, feeling very embarrassed.
Lorraine, with a serious expression on her face, said: "Business matters are important. I'll be back soon."
Adele walked up to her, raised her rosy-white arms, and straightened Lorraine's collar, looking like a good wife and loving mother, with the expression of reluctance and admiration on her face that a wife would have when sending her husband off.
She said affectionately: "We will check it tonight. If you dare to fool around with any old pervert, just prepare to sleep on the sofa."
Lorraine quickly shook her head and whispered: "I promise not to."
Watching Lorraine and Legos walk out of the room, Adele said thoughtfully: "That old guy must have bad intentions."
Leo and the girls nodded at the same time.
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