Chapter four hundred and ninety-four [tit for tat (below)]
Chapter 494 [Tit for tat (Part 2)]
Grum immediately glanced at Prince Chen, and then said "Hmm". He seemed a little surprised, but fortunately, in desperation, he made a gesture of reaching out to hold his chin, hiding his emotional fluctuations, and said slowly
: "What does Your Majesty want to say?"
Pope Paul XVI smiled slightly: "Is this the announcement about the 'No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament in the World' that was just announced today that shocked the entire imperial capital?"
After hearing this, Prince Du Wei and Prince Chen looked at each other at the same time, and couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that they had made a false alarm? The news of the old emperor's death was not leaked, and the Pope was not here for this matter.
But are you here for the World's Best Martial Arts Tournament?
This time, before Groom could speak, Prince Chen had already spoken first. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that my father is not very clear about this matter. In fact, this matter was proposed by Duke Tulip. In order to promote our
I also approve of the martial arts of the people of Roland Continent. I just don’t know why His Majesty the Pope is interested in this matter?"
Although he had already recognized Paul XVI as his godfather, after calling him "godfather" in the opening scene, Prince Chen still addressed him as "His Majesty the Pope."
When Paul XVI heard this, he glanced at Du Wei with a smile: "Oh, it was brought up by Duke Tulip! This matter is indeed a fantastic idea. There has never been such an official martial arts competition in mainland China for thousands of years.
But Duke Tulip suddenly came up with such an interesting idea."
Prince Chen smiled: "This idea came from Duke Tulip, but I have entrusted the specific matters to the Continental Knights Association. I think, in terms of status, the Knights Association is responsible for handling such matters.
.should be the most suitable.”
After a pause, he asked again: "Your Majesty, is this the reason why you are here today? I really didn't expect that your Majesty would be interested in this kind of thing."
Paul XVI laughed, and a glimmer of light flashed in his cloudy eyes: "It's not that I'm interested. I'm old, and besides, I'm not a warrior. It's just that the people who are interested are those in our church.
What knights!"
As he said that, he turned his eyes to the two knight captains of the Holy Knights sitting below, and then gave Du Wei a meaningful look: "Your Majesty, Duke Tulip, forget about the tournament or something like that. But this'
The title of being the best in the world is really eye-catching! You see, although they are knights in the church, the 'holy knights' are also knights, right? Moreover, whoever practices martial arts...
Are you not interested in the title 'No. 1 in the world'?"
Du Wei immediately glanced at the two holy knights. Sure enough, these two middle-aged knights had solemn expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they were very concerned about this tournament, especially the title of No. 1 in the World!
The holy knight sitting on the left had dark skin on his face. After hearing this, he stood up, took two steps forward, bowed and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty! His Royal Highness the Regent! His Excellency the Duke of Tulip! We
A holy knight is also a knight! And as a warrior, he also has the dignity of a warrior! If we, the holy knights, cannot participate in this world's best martial arts tournament... hmph, if someone wins the championship in the end, he can be crowned.
The title of No. 1 in the World, and the title of No. 1 Warrior in the Continent given by the Prince Regent... If others didn't know this, they might really think that he was invincible in the entire continent! Especially in the Imperial Capital! Who doesn't know the sacredness?
The glory of the Knights! But if there is such a result, people who know it will understand that our Holy Knights did not participate in the competition! But people who don’t know think that even our Holy Knights are not as good as others!"
After hearing this, Du Wei smiled, glanced at the holy knight, and suddenly said: "Uh... Your Excellency, with all due respect, who are you..."
The black-faced knight blushed and whispered: "My name is Stegel. I am currently the Grand Knight Commander of the Holy Knights of the Temple of Light!"
After Du Wei's reminder, this guy realized his impoliteness. When facing the Emperor of the Mainland, he spoke rashly without even reporting his identity. This was simply too rude.
Du Wei asked with a smile: "So, both of you are interested in participating in this martial arts tournament?"
Another eighth-level holy knight next to him immediately stood up and bowed to the emperor on the throne: "Your Majesty, my name is Randall, and I am currently the Grand Knight Commander of the Holy Knights of the Temple of Light! I also ask for your Majesty's permission.
With permission, attend this conference! And..."
"What else?" Prince Chen said calmly.
"Also, we hope that the judgment of this conference can be authoritative and fair!" This Randall looked a little more cunning than the reckless black-faced Stegel. He looked directly into Prince Chen's eyes and slowly said
Said: "Since we are competing for the honor of being the first in the mainland, how can it be a trivial matter! I personally feel that... the strength of the Knights Association alone may not be able to bear the important task of judging such a significant competition!"
Prince Chen sneered twice and was thinking about how to refute it, but what the other party said was quite reasonable. After all, everyone knows the decline of the Knights Association. In terms of the authority of judgment, the weight of the Knights Association is indeed weaker.
.
At this time, Du Wei coughed twice and attracted everyone's attention. After he achieved his goal, he said: "Your Excellency, Knight Randall, what kind of judgment do you think is fair and authoritative?"
Woolen cloth?"
At this time, Paul XVI suddenly smiled warmly and said: "Since we are competing for the title of the No. 1 Warrior on this continent and it is related to the dignity of the empire, then I personally suggest that I should trouble His Majesty the Emperor!" He smiled profoundly.
He said with a quizzical look: "Your Majesty, you have unparalleled military exploits. In the past, you personally led the army to fight in the northwest. Moreover, you are also a warrior. I don't think anyone is more authoritative than you.
!”
After a pause, he looked at Prince Chen who was about to speak. The old pope smiled slyly: "It's just a pity. Your Highness Chen, although you are the regent, unfortunately you are a magician. This competition
Conference, but I can’t be here to judge.”
Prince Chen frowned even more.
Du Wei was also wary!
Why did he end up talking about the old emperor after all this talk? Did he know about this pope or not?
Intentionally or unintentionally?
Du Wei snorted and immediately retorted: "Your Majesty the Pope. I think this suggestion is inappropriate."
"Oh?" The Pope glanced at Du Wei.
Du Wei was confident and was about to start talking.
And at this time, the two children who had been sitting next to each other just now were whispering to each other and discussing something in low voices with each other: Prince Charlie and Princess Karina. The two children suddenly stopped talking, and just in Du
When Wei just finished saying this, Prince Charlie suddenly coughed twice and then stood up.
Although the ten-year-old face is still a little immature, his expression is very calm: "Your Majesty, father... I think what Grand Duke Tulip said is right, it is very inappropriate to do this!"
Prince Chen was slightly startled. Seeing the son he regarded as his successor suddenly spoke with a calm and calm expression, he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. He smiled and said, "Charlie, what do you want to say?"
The little prince seemed to be encouraged. Although his childish voice was not loud, his words were clear. He first bowed and saluted the Pope, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty, father... my grandfather is the emperor of the empire.
! As the emperor of the empire, he maintains the majesty and authority of the empire! And the status of the emperor is so noble, how can he be judged casually? "
Randall immediately retorted: "Your Highness. It is precisely because of His Majesty's noble status that if he is used as a judge, he can highlight his authority!"
Charlie smiled, looked at the holy knight in front of him, and said slowly: "Your Majesty the Grand Knight Commander, let me ask you a question first: In this tournament, is there only one person who will judge?"
"This... naturally can't be just one person. To be fair and objective, I think there should be several authoritative judges..."
"That's it!" Little Prince Charlie looked stern. He interrupted the other party unceremoniously and said coldly: "His Excellency, the Grand Knight Commander! Do you dare to despise the Emperor of the Empire? It's still in your eyes. No.
Do you take the royal family seriously?"
Randall was stunned for a moment. Although he was only facing accusations from a ten-year-old boy, he was a prince after all, and the regent was right in front of him. How could he bear such accusations? He quickly said: "Of course not!
How could I possibly have that thought!"
"But you suggest that His Majesty the Emperor be the judge, and you also think that several people need to be the judge! Huh, Sir Knight Commander! What kind of status is my grandfather! How can the majestic Emperor of the Empire be juxtaposed with other people!! On this continent
, who is qualified to be on an equal footing with the emperor?!"
As expected, Randall was immediately speechless.
Indeed, if there are several judges and one of them is the emperor... wouldn't that mean that the other judges are qualified to be equal to the emperor?
This is a great sin!
Du Wei also looked a little surprised, because what this little Prince Charlie said was exactly what he wanted to say just now!
He was so young as a ten-year-old boy, but he could find such a loophole in the other party's words in just a moment... It was already very difficult!
When Paul XVI looked at this young man with a calm expression, he couldn't help but sigh. He couldn't help thinking: Why can the Augustine family produce so many young talents? Prince Chen is like this, and his son is just like this.
How old do you have to be to have such quick wits! But in my church, there are just a bunch of people... Sigh.
Although he sighed in his heart, the Pope smiled slightly and said warmly: "Your Highness, actually this is not difficult to solve. I think we only need to make some adjustments to the judging, such as a judging panel in the city, and His Majesty the Emperor serves as the chairman of the judging panel.
That’s it.”
Unexpectedly, Prince Charlie had already thought of this proposal. He bowed and saluted the Pope, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the second wrong thing that I just thought of!"
The little prince smiled calmly: "Precisely because my grandfather is the emperor of the empire, I feel that his old man is definitely not suitable for any judgment job! This is not a question of authority or not, but identity!"
The Pope frowned: "The contestants competing for the title of the No. 1 Warrior in the Continent are all knights... Knights have a noble status, and such a competition will not dishonor the status of His Majesty the Emperor."
Unexpectedly, Prince Charlie laughed and said: "Your Majesty the Pope, you are not a knight or a noble, so I am not surprised that you have such wrong ideas."
"Bold!" Prince Chen's expression immediately changed and he reprimanded, but a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.
"Presumptuous!!" The two holy knights next to him also shouted.
Little Prince Charlie bowed his head to his father and said, "Yes, father."
But then he turned to the two holy knights and said coldly: "What did you just say!"
Two dignified eighth-level knights, the Grand Knight Commander of the Holy Knights, seemed to be stunned for a moment when faced with such a ten-year-old boy.
Then I saw little Prince Charlie saying coldly: "You are the ones who are presumptuous! Your Excellencies, two knights, I think you have forgotten your identity! I ask you to remember that this is the palace! And my identity is
I am a child of the royal family, the grandson of His Majesty the Emperor, and the son of the Imperial Regent. I also hold the title of Marquis of the Palace, and I am also an officially canonized prince! I must remind you that I am a noble! I am a noble person.
Nobles! What is your status! When did 'commoners' become qualified to reprimand nobles? I ask you to remember! Before you reprimand others, think about your own status first!"
After hearing this, Du Wei couldn't help but cheer in his heart. Looking at this little Prince Charlie, he suddenly couldn't help but think: Damn it! Could this be the legendary aura of a king? He has a king at a young age.
Qi?
But Du Wei didn't notice that Princess Karina sitting next to her was covering her mouth and snickering, her eyes full of pride and weirdness...