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The news of Ling Xiao's assassination was deliberately concealed by the Duke's Mansion.But it was still known by some interested people, such as the other nine Dukes who have been keeping a wait-and-see attitude towards Ling Xiao becoming the heir of Williams, the Crown Prince who has been keeping an eye on the Duke's Palace, and even some officials of the Alliance .

We can ignore the other nine dukes for the time being, because they are still watching.However, the officials of the alliance hoped that the Williams family would become more chaotic, so that they could take the opportunity to send their own people to take advantage of this chaos to insert into the interior of the empire.

But the crown prince was really angry, not because of Ling Xiao's injury, but because the rights of the royal family were challenged.Ling Xiao was the recognized heir signed by the emperor himself.But Mrs. Kelly slapped the emperor severely in her behavior. She went around saying that Ling Xiao was not the orthodox heir, which meant that the emperor's orders could be ignored.

The crown prince wanted to explode, but he thought of the Marquis' treatment of Mrs. Kelly this time.Although not very satisfactory, it is barely acceptable.Sometimes it is more uncomfortable to live than to die, so he continued to keep silent.However, he also admired the young heir, who almost lost his life in order to save his mother. This kind of selfless and filial sonship deserves to be commended.

So the crown prince asked the minister to draft a document to reward Ling Xiao, and then asked Qi Yu to send it to the emperor for signature.As long as this document is officially issued, then Viscount Ling Xiao will become Earl Ling Xiao, a level up!You can get more salary, and your status is more noticeable.From earl to viscount is a leap from quantity to quality!There are too many viscounts in the empire to count, but the count is more than two-thirds less than the viscount.It can be seen that the earl is still very important in the empire.

So as soon as Ling Xiao was discharged from the hospital and returned to the Duke's Mansion, he received an award from the empire.

"What is this? I seem to have been named a viscount not long ago, right?" Ling Xiao was dumbfounded. When did these noble titles of viscounts and earls start to be worthless, and they were awarded twice in less than half a year.And he also got a small territory, right next to the Williams family's territory, obviously taking Ling Xiao's identity into consideration.

This kind of title with a territory is a hereditary title. Although it will be reduced once a generation, it is still very rare for an imperial hereditary title, so Ling Xiao is very jealous in the aristocratic circle now.There is a huge difference between a title without a territory and a title with a fief.In one's own territory, as long as the taxes stipulated by the empire are paid, the rest belongs to the lord.That is to say, nobles with fiefs don't have to worry about food and clothing.Although nobles without land can live on their annual salary, they are not as comfortable as those with land.

"The emperor must have smoked it! Can this fief be given casually?" Ling Xiao was speechless. Since when did the empire's land start to be worthless?And it's not just a small piece of land, but several planets.

"Son, don't take it for nothing. Since His Majesty has given it to you, we will accept it." Eliza was as optimistic as ever, since it was picked for nothing anyway, no one would have too much fiefdom.

"It's true, let's just accept it!" Ling Xiao was still very happy, which meant that he also had private money.

However, he will go to the Imperial Military Academy in the next few months, and he can't care about the territory!Ling Xiao began to worry.

"Xiao'er, what's the matter? Is your chest hurting again?" Seeing his son's brows furrowed tightly, Errol thought his injury had recurred, so he was so frightened that he called for a doctor directly.

"No! Dad, I'm fine. I'm just thinking about what to do with this territory! I'm going to Emperor Star, and I don't care about the handover and management of the territory!" Ling Xiao hurriedly pulled Ai back. Luo Er, let him continue to yell, and the whole castle will be restless again.

"Hey, that's why! I thought your chest was hurting again!" A false alarm frightened Errol and everyone's heartbeats by several beats.

"That's right, son, you can't scare us anymore." Eliza patted her chest. She said recently that the wind is the rain.

The old duke and marquis also drank water in fright, this grandson really came to test their hearts.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Ling Xiao had no choice but to push the problem onto everyone.

"It's not easy, leave it to your father! One fief is in charge, and two fiefs are also in charge. It doesn't matter if there is one more." Eliza betrayed her husband very shamelessly.

"Huh? When did father manage another fief?" Ling Xiao asked wonderingly, was there anything he didn't know?

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There was a moment of silence, they all forgot that Ling Xiao didn't know everyone's determination.

"No matter how many there are, you are underage now, even if you take over the territory, you have no right to manage it, so this responsibility has to fall into the hands of your guardian." The Marquis hurriedly interrupted, now is not the time for Ling Xiao to worry about these things.

"That's right, so the matter of receiving and managing the territory is left to Errol. Now you just have to play well and have the vitality that a teenager should have." The old duke also agreed, and his grandson is still young It's not too late to talk about responsibilities after he becomes an adult.

The most pitiful would belong to Errol. He already held the domain of the Duke and Marquis, and now he needs to add another Earl.Although it is really not big compared to the first two, can he not do it!But when he turned his head and saw his son's expectant eyes, Errol couldn't say a word 'no'.

"...Leave it to me!" Under his son's almost adoring eyes, Errol said something that made him want to bite off his tongue. In fact, he wanted to hand over Ling Xiao's territory to the management of the old Duke and Marquis .

"Dad, thank you very much. You are so great, even greater than both grandpa and grandpa." Ling Xiao happily threw himself on Errol's back, so that he can ignore the matter of the territory and let him have more There is no reason for Ling Xiao to be unhappy.Of course, it's right to say nice things when you get the benefits, so the old Duke and Marquis were used by Ling Xiao as a magic weapon to make Errol happy, and they wouldn't care about him anyway.

"Just say something nice. After your body fully recovers, you must cook a table of gourmet food to respect me." Errol did not miss this rare opportunity. The chance for his son to cook in the past two months is more come less and less.Although the cooks in the Duke's Mansion can't cook badly, but I always feel that something is missing, not as delicious as the ones made by my son.

Maybe it's the connotation!The chefs don't understand the history of China, so they can't make delicacies that have been brewing for thousands of years.To understand a country, you must first understand its history.

"Okay! Actually, I've recovered a long time ago, it's just that you are overprotective." When he was on Earth, he didn't have the current technology and medical methods of the empire. At that time, as long as he didn't have any major physical problems, he could follow the training as early as possible. , never pull down.

"Aren't you happy?" Eliza asked her son. They also knew that they had done too much, but they also had to understand everyone's feeling that they almost lost their son (grandson).

"No, it's just a little entangled." Ling Xiao doesn't bother to do things that don't know the blessings in the blessings!How could he be dissatisfied with so many people hurting him!

"It's fine if you don't have one. We just want you to be safe and sound. We really scared us that day." Thinking about it now, Eliza felt cold in her body, and she was even afraid that everything now was just her illusion.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to watch you guys have an accident." Comparing his heart to heart, Ling Xiao didn't regret his behavior of pushing away his parents that day.

"Okay, everything is over, what are you talking about?" Errol pulled his wife away, since the son is fine, then the past will be dusty!It's useless to talk too much, it will only remind people of unhappy things.

"Okay, I get it. Xiao'er, go back to your room and rest! I'll let Leon bring dinner to your room." Eliza knew what her husband meant, and although she was not satisfied with his interruption, she agreed his statement.

"Leon, take good care of the little duke." Errol ordered the servant he assigned to his son.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke." After giving a military salute, Leon carefully helped Ling Xiao back to his room.It's not that he didn't see the helpless face of his master, but he had to carry out what the Duke said.And he also felt that the young master should be taken good care of, so he was very happy to carry out this task.

"Actually, Leon, you can be obedient and obedient." Ling Xiao gave Lie the most advice.

"No." He firmly refused.

Boring, "That's right." Ling Xiao walked halfway, then turned around and stopped on the stairs.

"Mom and Dad..."

"What?" Errol and Eliza looked up at their son's cry.

"Thank you for your singing." After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he performed a noble salute, and then left with Leon's support.Although he was unconscious at that time, when the singing sounded, he was on his way to the kingdom of death.It was their love that pulled him back and made him run back desperately, just to survive and not make them sad.

"How does this child know that we are singing?" Eliza was confused, she remembered that Ling Xiao's heart had stopped at that time, right?

"You are stupid, except for Xiao'er in the entire empire, we are the only ones who can sing in the dialect of his hometown. I can't reason it out, isn't Xiao'er worse than those dudes?" His wife is really stupid sometimes. , Obviously a very smart person at ordinary times, why would he short circuit from time to time.

"What did you say? You said I was stupid, are you looking for death?" Eliza quit, this husband deliberately made her trouble, right?

"I didn't say anything, you said it yourself." Errol looked up and looked into the distance, which he learned from his son.This is what the son does every time he gets hit by his son.