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As soon as the chairman's words fell, the members of the council echoed vigorously again, and everyone was passionate, as if Lancaster had really committed some unforgivable crime, and they were here to crusade against him on behalf of justice When people face their own interests being threatened, they will inevitably take some extreme actions. Since ancient times, the conflict of interests has always caused a series of contradictions.

Lancaster sneered in his heart, but remained calm on the face. He glanced at the chairman of the council lightly, and said softly: "I am not the only one who was trained as the next king since I was a child. On the day that comes down, there are variables in everything, and no one can say for sure that what the chairman just said will cause misunderstandings."

Hearing this, the chairman snorted coldly, raised his chin and said in a condescending manner: "Your Highness may not know yet, but the documents about the next king's candidate have been submitted, and I'm not afraid to let you know now." If there are no accidents, you will be the candidate for the next king." He also specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word 'accident', as if to deliberately emphasize something.

In the opinion of the chairman, no one will be so stupid as to give up the duck that has already reached his mouth. Anyone with a little brain can understand what he just said, as long as Lancaster is willing to change a partner , the next king is undoubtedly him, who in the world would be so stupid as to give up such a good thing?

The chairman took it for granted, but it was a pity that Lancaster was not a person who was willing to let others arrange him. He was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at the king, always paying attention to his king's heartbeat, and the eyes of the father and son They collided in mid-air, knowing that a son is like a father. Even with just one glance, the king almost understood the meaning in Lancaster's eyes, and sighed softly in his heart. Sure enough, the next second he saw Lancaster looking backwards. Stretching out his hand, the entourage who followed him immediately stepped forward, put a thin document in Lancaster's hand, and then quickly returned it to its original position.

Lancaster took the document and said calmly: "This is a contract in which I renounce my right to inherit the throne, and I can sign it immediately."

"You—" The chairman's face changed, and his wide eyes were full of disbelief. He couldn't believe that someone would give up the easy-to-get throne for a mere omega. No matter from what point of view, Lan Keith Te's move is undoubtedly extremely stupid.

"Ridiculous!" The chairman finally couldn't help cursing, "How can you decide whether to inherit the throne in such a child's play? It's just a partner, is it worth it for you?"

Lancaster didn't bother to talk to him anymore, put the document on the table, and said coldly: "If the chairman of the council is worried, you can check it first. I can sign it at any time. I have something to do, so I will leave first." Said After finishing, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he turned around and left, leaving behind a group of councilors who were stunned by his anger.

Lancaster's actions have already shown his attitude. The chairman of the council was so angry that he couldn't stop his beard from trembling. For the chairman of the council who occupies a high position and is used to being flattered by everyone, it is really embarrassing for him.

Suppressing the surging anger in his heart, he looked coldly at the king who had been silent all this time, and asked in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, are you going to let His Royal Highness continue like this? Don't you think you should say something?"

Hearing this, the king still had no expression on his face, paused for a moment, and then said calmly: "Since Lancaster has expressed his attitude, the next thing to look at is the attitude of the Congress." In a word, directly throwing the right to speak back to the chairman of the council also indirectly expressed his position.

I don't care about this matter, what do you like!

It is conceivable how ugly the chairman of the council will be when he hears this. He never imagined that one day people from the royal family would dare to yell at him openly. Obviously, whether the throne is stable enough has a lot to do with the support of their congress , if the people of the royal family do anything that violates the interests of the Congress, as long as two-thirds of the members of the Congress vote with a show of hands, they can easily pull down the person on the throne. You know, the people sitting here today Although the number of MPs is less than two-thirds of all members of Congress, basically all MPs who can speak in Congress have already appeared here.

Really, it's too arrogant, is it really that you have been living so comfortably recently that you have gotten a little carried away?

The more I think about it, the more irritable my heart becomes. The chairman's face is really ugly and scary, and the people next to him keep silent with winks. However, if he really offends the chairman of the council, there will be absolutely no good fruit in the future.

After being silent for a while with a sullen face, the chairman of the council said to the king in a cold voice: "In three days, if Prince Lancaster is still unwilling to change his mind, then the next king candidate will be directly replaced by Prince Manston." Ston is the king's eldest prince, and besides Lancaster, he is also the most popular candidate for the next king. Speaking of this, Congress is equivalent to directly expressing its position.

After saying this, the chairman of the council left angrily, and the remaining group of councilors also nodded goodbye to the king one after another, and hurriedly followed in the footsteps of the chairman. In less than a minute, a group of people hurried away Erjing, the king is the only one left in the huge meeting hall.

With a long sigh, the king finally showed a little helplessness on his face. In fact, Lancaster was his favorite candidate for the next king. Among his many sons, Lancaster was the only one. Te is the most similar to him, whether in temperament or appearance, they are very similar to him when he was young, but they are a little different. When he was young, the person he liked happened to be the partner candidate chosen by Congress for him, so from In this regard, he is much luckier than Lancaster.

After learning about Lancaster and Lester Hill, he also asked himself, if the person he liked at the beginning was not the person selected by Congress, but the person who was also opposed by Congress, what would he do? Will he give up the person he likes for the throne, or give up the easy-to-get throne for the person he likes?

He thought for a long time, but still had no answer in his mind. From this point of view, he is a bit different from Lancaster, at least he is not as decisive as Lancaster. Judging from his reaction today, it is not difficult I know how determined Lancaster is in his heart.

It's just that as the supreme leader of Mercury, the king still feels a little pity. No matter from the subjective or objective point of view, Lancaster is undoubtedly the most suitable person to sit in this position. If possible, he really doesn't want to see Lancaster If Lancaster really gave up, it would definitely be a loss for the people of Mercury.

Thinking of this, the king stood up from the throne, his face looked a little dignified, he pondered for a while, and suddenly he raised his voice slightly and called: "Come here."

Hill had a very pleasant two days, and he almost forgot about the company affairs, but that was just about it. He is a very responsible person, and he completely put aside his work to go out with Lancaster. Playing for two days has already broken his usual principles, and now returning to work is naturally to be more attentive to drive out the work that was left behind.

He has always been very attentive in doing things. Although he is in a relationship, he is still very focused on the work that should be done. After he finished the work that has accumulated in the past two days, when he looked up, he found that the sky was about to darken. Looking at the time, it was ten minutes before seven o'clock. Today Lancaster said that he had something to deal with, so he didn't have dinner with him. Hill didn't take it seriously. In order to concentrate on work, He directly switched the communicator to silent mode, turned on the communicator now, and saw several messages from Lancaster, two missed call requests, and a call request from an unknown number.

He was stunned for a while, because the prefix of that strange number was too familiar, it was called from the palace, Hill thought for a while, this number must not be called by Lancaster, Lancaster never He will only call from his own private number.So it was definitely not Lancaster calling.

Since it wasn't Lancaster and it was calling from the palace, Hill could probably guess what it was because of it. After pondering for a while, he gave Lancaster a brief reply to the message, Immediately, he pressed the unfamiliar number to call back, and the person on the other end seemed to be waiting by the side. As soon as Hill got through, the person on the other end immediately picked up.

The fuzzy image flickered in the air for a moment, and it became clear the next moment. Hill recognized the man, the chief guard who had been following His Majesty the whole time. Guess the feeling, not surprised at all.

The chief guard nodded to him, and said respectfully: "Master Hill, His Majesty the King would like to invite you to have a meal together."

After getting off his flying machine, Hill looked up at the private restaurant in front of him. He felt a little surprised. He thought that His Majesty the King would meet him directly at the palace, but he didn't expect that he would set the meeting place at this quiet restaurant. inside.

Waiting at the door for a long time, the chief guard saw Hill getting off the aircraft, and quickly stepped forward, bowed slightly and saluted respectfully: "Master Hill, please come inside, His Majesty the King has been waiting inside for a long time."

Hill couldn't deny it, nodded in response, and walked in. The chief guard brought him to a box with a closed door and stopped, and whispered to him: "Hill Please wait, young master." Then he knocked on the door and went in.

The king was very low-key when he left the palace this time. He only brought a dozen or so plainclothes bodyguards with him, all standing at the door of the box. It is not difficult to imagine that as soon as there is any sound from inside, these plainclothes bodyguards will definitely break in immediately. , Hill was thinking about this boringly while standing aside and waiting for the guard to grow out.

Soon the chief guard came out, stood at the open door and said to Hill, "Master Hill, please come inside."

Hill nodded and stepped in. This box is very big. When Hill entered, he didn't see anyone. He didn't hear the slight sound of water coming from inside until he passed through another door. Er paused for a moment before continuing to walk inside. After passing through another door, he finally saw the king sitting behind the tea table.

Because he left the palace in a low-key manner, the king no longer wore royal robes, but casual clothes, and his hair was not combed as meticulously as usual. He was dressed in light-colored casual clothes, and he looked much younger. It was the first time for Hill to see the king dressed in such a life-like way. The king usually looks very solemn and solemn. Now when he suddenly saw such a king, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment before reacting. Come here, step forward and salute the king.

The king smiled silently, and said gently: "I asked you out today as an elder, so you don't need to be polite, just sit down." He said and put a teacup that had just been scalded with tea on the opposite side of him.

Hearing that Hill raised his eyebrows, he sat down across from the king without flinching. The king skillfully picked up the sea of ​​tea and poured the tea soup into his teacup. The orange tea soup was poured smoothly into the milky white teacup. , Hill put his right index finger and middle finger together, and tapped the table in front of the teacup twice.

Hill said that as a polite junior, it is natural to kowtow respectfully when the elder pours tea for him.

Seeing this, the king smiled slightly, and said, "Taste and see." After speaking, he raised his cup first and took a sip. Hill also picked up the teacup, took a sip, and felt the mellow tea soup spread in his mouth instantly. The aroma and rich taste, the tea that can let the king make it himself, is indeed a good tea.

Hill put down the empty teacup and commented: "Good tea."

The king just smiled and poured him another cup of tea, and watched Hill drink it up with a smile. When Hill put down the teacup again, he finally stopped making tea and asked straight to the point: "You Do you know why I asked you to come here today?"

Hill nodded, "I can probably guess why." He had expected this day, so he wasn't very surprised. He had been waiting for this day since he decided to be with Lancaster. When the day came, it turned out that he didn't think too much about the previous ones, and the road between him and Lancaster was not particularly easy to walk.

The king pondered for a while, but his tone was still very gentle, and he said, "Did you know that the Congress had already approached Lancaster yesterday?"

Hill was silent, Lancaster did not tell him about this matter, if it was yesterday, it would be exactly when they returned from the hot spring villa, that is to say, after Lancaster returned to the palace, he met Those members of Congress.

The king said: "It's normal that Lancaster didn't tell you. He doesn't want you to be embarrassed or shaken after knowing these things."

"Since Lancaster is not willing to let me know, why does His Majesty the King want to let me know?" Hill couldn't help asking. He had never known His Majesty's attitude on this matter, so he just ignored it. It should be assumed that His Majesty the King is also opposed, "Your Majesty the King also disapproves of me being with Lancaster, right? That's why you came to see me?"

Hearing this, the king was a little surprised, looked at Hill and asked, "Why should I disapprove of an excellent daughter-in-law like you?"

Now it was Hill's turn to be stunned. He was a little confused about the purpose of His Majesty the King's visit to him this time. When he received the call from the Chief of Guards, he already took it for granted that His Majesty the King was here to beat the mandarin ducks. He even thought that His Majesty the King must have turned to himself because he hadn't gotten any effect from Lancaster, so now that he heard what His Majesty said, he couldn't react for a while .