Lorraine, accompanied by Catherine, came to the living room.
The first thing he saw was three people wearing meticulous black uniforms. They had extremely strict etiquette from royal aristocrats, which was almost equivalent to a perverted education. Each of them had straight waists, and their faces were dull, showing no trace of emotion at all.
Sitting on the sofa with an expression.
They saw Catherine and Lorraine walking in and stood up quickly.
The three of them put their hands on their chests at the same time, bowed gracefully, saluted Catherine, and said, "Meet the eldest princess."
At this time, Catherine had completely lost her usual arrogance. Her pretty face was straight, her delicate chin was slightly raised, and then she gently raised her left hand and said: "Without courtesy, you are welcome."
The three of them replied in unison: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Then he stood up straight.
One of the middle-aged men took a step forward, bowed to her again, and then said: "Your Highness, on your Majesty's order, we ask Your Majesty to go to the Imperial City with the Count of Lorraine."
He paused, then looked at Lorraine, nodded slightly, and said with a straight face: "Here, let's first congratulate Count Lorraine. Your Excellency, the young hero, can be regarded as a model for the young nobles of our Ruman Empire."
Lorraine looked at his expressionless face and wondered if these guys were wearing human skin masks. But looking at the contemptuous looks in the eyes of the three of them, it was obvious that they were saying: This damn pretty boy
, it’s really fast to climb up~!
He smiled, nodded to the three people, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, sir, please come here in person. We are ready to leave now. I would like to express my gratitude to you all."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.
At that moment, three attendants came to them holding a tray and placed three ornately decorated small wooden boxes at the door.
The three people glanced at each other lightly, and immediately stared straight in their eyes. They could no longer look away.
Although they are trained in strict royal etiquette, you must know that identifying jewelry is also part of the training. Therefore, they are all quite knowledgeable.
Everyone just took a look and immediately knew that this kind of box could only contain one thing - jewelry.
The leading middle-aged man stared at the box closely, his face twisted, and he said reluctantly: "This... this is against the rules, what do you think..."
Catherine immediately waved her hand and said: "Just take what is given to you, and there is no need to be polite to him. There will be many opportunities for us to deal with him in the future."
After hearing this, these people did not refuse immediately, and said in unison: "Your Highness Princess Xie, Count of Lorraine."
Then he reached out and in the blink of an eye, the jewelry disappeared.
Judging from their calm and calm expressions when receiving gifts, as well as their skillful techniques, it can be seen that everyone's gift-receiving techniques have also been trained by the royal family.
Catherine nodded and said: "Don't wait, everyone, let's go change clothes and set off."
The three people said in unison: "Your Highness, you can do whatever you want."
Catherine and Lorraine turned around and walked out of the living room. Before the door was closed, Lorraine heard the exclamations of these people.
Catherine was stunned, then pulled Lorraine's clothes, and then asked: "What good things did you give them?"
"Diamonds, you should pick the rest." Lorraine shrugged and said nonchalantly: "This can be regarded as one of the only ways for Sir Wei to get promoted and make a fortune."
Catherine rolled her eyes when she heard what he said about her idol, Lord Wei, and wanted to teach him a few words, but when she saw Lorraine, she looked like she was not ashamed but proud of it, but she also knew that for Lorraine
It's all in vain.
She opened her mouth, and finally sighed helplessly and said: "Okay, okay, I guess I know now that you caused trouble in the Ministry of Military Affairs, and I don't dare to mess with you anymore. Now you'd better clean up your donkey."
temper."
After hearing her words, Lorraine just snorted nonchalantly as an answer.
Although Lorraine and the others had received the news a long time ago, just like Lorraine's previous era, according to the empire's practice, everyone still had to pretend not to know, in order to show the noble family's due attitude when facing this surprise.
He should be calm and leisurely. Only in this way can he be considered to be in line with the style that nobles should have.
Although they were just as happy as Fan Xiaojin who had won the exam, in this society that lacked mobility, everyone had played hooligans. If Fan Xiaojin, who had followed the poor and lower-middle peasants and suddenly jumped into the powerful class, would have gone crazy with joy.
This is a big loss for a person. Not only himself, but also his descendants will be ridiculed.
Although Lorraine was very disdainful of this hypocritical behavior, he didn't want to be laughed at like a country bumpkin. He returned to the room, put on the appropriate clothes that Catherine had chosen for him, and then came out.
Because Lorraine's current status is that he is still a quasi-officer of the Ruman Empire waiting to be assigned. Therefore, he changed into an imperial officer uniform without a military rank, a black half-length coat with a golden eagle emblem embroidered on it, and a fist-wide waistband.
The cowhide belt complemented Lorraine's tall figure. Adele and Vera, who were helping to change clothes next to her, had stars in their eyes. If Lorraine hadn't been waiting to set off, Adele would have gone straight up and wiped her body.
Catherine was dressed in a gorgeous lavender palace dress, with her long golden hair tied on top of her head, showing her noble and elegant style.
After the two came out, Lorraine found that the three people obviously respected her a lot. At that moment, she couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Sir Wei's method of opening the way was really universal.
Although you go out from the back door of the Grand Duke's Palace, there is a secret alley that leads directly to the palace. When Leo was fine, he took Melina from there, and the two of them ran to the palace to clean up the palace.
But Lorraine also formally summoned him at this time. Therefore, Lorraine and the two got on the carriage, and the three people also got on their own carriages, and then led the way in front and drove along the avenue towards the palace.
Speaking of which, this is Lorraine's first time entering the palace. Although the outer wall of Rumain Palace can be seen from the Grand Duke's residence, those guards standing guard next to the tall gold-inlaid gate.
But it didn't attract Lorraine's interest. Of course, if there were no guards standing guard by the gate, that would be a different story.
Following the carriage in front, Lorraine and Catherine's carriage drove through the strict palace gate, and under the cold eyes of the guards on both sides, drove into the thousand-year-old imperial city of the Ruman Empire.
There is a wide stone road, at least a mile long. At the end of the road is a magnificent castle-like building. On the left and right sides, about five or six hundred feet away from the road, are neat rows of white three-story buildings.
There are green lawns in between, and you can have a panoramic view of the entire front square of the palace.
Right in front is a huge rectangular pool. The water is obviously cast by some kind of purification magic. The water surface is unusually clear and calm, like a mirror, which can clearly reflect people's shadows.
On both sides of the rectangular pool, countless huge statues carved from white marble were lined up on both sides.
Behind that is the tall and majestic main hall of the palace, which towers into the sky.
The main hall of the palace is a castle based on the style of the Age of Gods. It is built from neat blocks of marble. Only the eight pillars on the front that can be hugged by four people already show the majesty and majesty of the Ruman royal family.
The triangular roof is propped up high, and the upper door is full of life-size sculptures. The most majestic one in the middle is the statue of the founder of the Ruman Empire.
The main hall shrinks and rises layer by layer, and the top door is the spire with the flag of the Ruman Empire.
The side halls extend from both sides of the main hall, with floor-to-ceiling windows one after another, reflecting the dazzling sunlight.
Groups of tall and burly guards wearing gorgeous armor completely protected the entire palace. The place was surrounded by water.
Lorraine originally thought the car would stop, but was surprised to find that the convoy just turned a corner, bypassed the main hall of the palace, and drove towards the back of the main hall.
Catherine looked at Lorraine's puzzled gaze, smiled softly, and then said: "Except for some large-scale celebrations, the main palace is rarely used. Most of the emperors in the past have worked in several garden palaces at the back."
Lorraine nodded clearly and said, "It seems that no matter where you are, the main hall will always be for viewing."
Catherine shrugged her shoulders and said: "The image project is used to deceive the people. It's actually not comfortable in there. The hall is too deep. Although the light is good at the door, the stairs are so high that everyone just has to climb up.
I'm just vomiting blood, so I don't have time to help His Majesty handle government affairs."
Lorraine curled her lips and said nothing.
The main hall was almost two hundred feet wide. The carriage walked for a while, bypassed a large lake, and stopped in front of a three-story white palace beside the lake.
The palace servant stepped forward and opened the door, respectfully waiting for Catherine and Lorraine to get off the carriage.
Palace chamberlains and maids in twos and threes shuttled between the palaces along the garden-like road.
Lorraine and Catherine followed the chambermaid into the main building.
In front of a black door, the chamberlain stopped and the guard guarding the door turned around and opened the door.
Directly opposite Lorraine is a wide hall. In the middle of the hall is a large oval table. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ruman Empire is sitting on the top of the table, leaning lazily on a large soft chair, with his hands
His fingers were crossed on the armrests of the chair, and his two thumbs were twirling in circles. It was obvious that His Majesty was very bored now.
Sitting on both sides of the long table were important officials from the core authority of the Ruman Empire.
Prime Minister Russell was on the emperor's right, sitting on a chair with a serious expression. Looking at his dark face, it seemed as if everyone here owed his boss a sum of money.
Opposite Russell was Chief of Military Affairs Padres, but it looked like he was dozing off, with one hand resting on the armrest of the chair and pressing his cheek.
Under their two military and political leaders, there should be the chiefs and deputy chiefs of each department.
Lorena's father, Baron Rocund, is sitting in the middle. From a political perspective, Baron Rocund holds a high position in the empire. (This is not just our ancestors.
In nn years BC, on this earth, when everyone held a meeting, they knew their seats very clearly. Even now, in the Oval Office, the President’s seat belongs to the President, and the Secretary of State’s seat belongs to the Secretary of State.)
Seeing the door open, everyone at the conference table immediately focused their attention on the door.
Even though Lorraine prides herself on being bold and has seen a lot of the market, under the gaze of these giants, Lorraine still felt a feeling of being squeezed and breathless, and her scalp was numb.
These are the people who rule the most powerful country on this continent. To put it in a very domineering way, they rule the most powerful armed force in human history.
(Shepard’s sentence in Mission 6: We are the most powerful army in human history. It sounds very domineering. Silly Rice feels so good about himself. But I don’t know, when they look at their debts,
Does this feel good too?)
Although her heartbeat was racing and her breathing was heavy, Lorraine could still control her expression.
Lorraine gave a military salute to the emperor with a solemn expression, while Catherine gracefully performed a palace salute.
Emperor Julunde stood up from the table, nodded to Catherine, and said: "Nicole is here, come and sit down."
Seeing that the emperor stood up, his important ministers did not dare to neglect, and they all stood up as well.
A gray-haired chamberlain walked behind the emperor and placed a chair beside the emperor, between the emperor and Russell.
Another chamberlain placed a chair at the bottom of the conference table, which was obviously for Lorraine.
Lorraine wondered in her heart: How come this royal ceremony with the emperor, the princess, and the chief ministers is over? Catherine is still complaining about the cumbersome court etiquette. If she knew how the slaves were shown in those braided dramas, she would not
Catherine was disgusted to death.
Catherine nodded to the important ministers who stood up and walked to her seat. Lorraine followed Catherine into the conference room.
After the emperor and Catherine sat down, Lorraine and the group of ministers took their seats one after another.
Emperor Julunde looked around at the people below and said: "Everyone, I want to announce something here. I will appoint Count Reims Lorraine as the governor of Naian Province."
Some of the ministers below had already known the news, while many others had no idea. Even though these people had come out of the country in a storm, after hearing what Emperor Rulunde said, everyone below still exclaimed.
They came out, but only for a moment. These people remained silent again, and then looked at the people at the front of the table with wide eyes.
But when everyone looked at Lorraine, there was admiration, jealousy, and envy, but most of them were still disdainful: This pretty boy~! Even if he has some skills, he is still a pretty boy with some abilities~!
Lorraine looked at everyone's eyes but could only smile secretly.
Because no matter how talented a person is, even if he is Li Bai and Du Fu, a figure that only comes out every five thousand years, if there is no good father, no money, no good brother-in-law, or being a good brother-in-law, etc.
Etc., etc., things that best illustrate a person's comprehensive quality in all aspects, are also impossible to climb.
Emperor Julunde glanced back and forth at the people below. Russell curled his lips, but said nothing. The military chief touched his smooth and bright forehead, with a smile of unknown meaning appearing on his face.
Lorena's father, Rocund, made no secret of his position, smiled and nodded to Lorraine to congratulate him.
Seeing that Emperor Rulunde and the two leaders above were silent, the people below knew that the matter had been finalized, and they all turned to look at Lorraine, who was sitting upright with a calm face.
These people thought to themselves: What a lucky young man. They were silently weighing the significance of this appointment and the consequences it would have.
Even "Du Lala's Promotion" and "The King of Guns" have clearly told everyone that when your overall ability is not good enough, if you want to get promoted and make a fortune, you have to sleep with your boss~!
Emperor Rulund coughed slightly, and then said: "Everyone, I would like to ask if there is any objection? If so, please raise it."
Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.
Are you kidding me, although there are quite a few brother-in-laws here who have climbed up through nepotism. But after so many years of experience, they have become quite sensible.
The bosses have all agreed, but now I jump out to object. Isn't that the same as sucking to death?
His Majesty Emperor Julunde saw that no one among the people below raised any objection, and immediately nodded to Russell.
Russell pulled out a piece of paper from the document at hand, picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on it, and then pushed the document to the military chief opposite.
The Chief of Military Affairs took the document and brushed it twice before placing it in front of the emperor.
Emperor Julunde picked up Lorraine's appointment certificate and looked at it, then smiled slightly and signed his name at the door. The old chamberlain held the seal and placed it in the emperor's hand.
Emperor Rulund picked up the seal and stamped the flying eagle emblem of the Ruman Empire on the upper door.
Emperor Rulunde raised his head and waved to Lorraine, saying: "Lorraine, come here."
Lorraine stood up and walked to Emperor Julunde. Remembering Catherine's instructions, she knelt on the ground with one knee and put her hands together on the knee of her left leg.
Emperor Julund looked at Lorraine beside Lorraine, put his left hand on Lorraine's shoulder, and said: "Lance Lorraine, I now appoint you as the governor of Naian Province.
You must remember your obligations and work hard for the prosperity of the empire.
You have to remember your duty and protect your people.
You must use your power humbly, remembering that power is always a double-edged sword.
You must face your enemies bravely and make anyone who invades the empire pay a price he cannot bear."
Lorraine nodded and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Julunde patted Lorraine on the shoulder and handed the appointment letter to Lorraine.
Lorraine took the thin piece of paper and became excited thinking about the hard work over the past year.
Emperor Julunde said: "Okay, let's break up the meeting. Nicole and Lorraine will stay and have lunch with me. Oh, Russell will come too."
Emperor Rulunde stood up, waved to everyone in front of him, and, accompanied by the old chamberlain, turned and walked out of the conference room.
The ministers below stood up and watched Emperor Julunde walk out of the conference room. They all turned to look at Lorraine and whispered to each other.
The Chief of Military Affairs took Lorraine's arm, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Work hard, remember, don't be afraid of making mistakes, but you must correct them immediately after making them."