Lord Witch, please don't resurrect me again!

Teves closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened her eyes and said, "Well, of course I will not betray my father."

"I will compete with Leoric!"

"May the royal family prosper and the country last forever!"

When everyone heard Teves' statement, they immediately shouted "Long live!".The dignitaries beamed with joy. Seeing the princess making up her mind, they felt confident. In this way, not to mention defeating Leoric, they would be able to bite off a big piece of fat from him anyway.Mammy also breathed a sigh of relief, and put away the terrible stick.

Only Teves remained silent. She looked at the back mountain outside the window with a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth.

……

After entering the city, Leoric and many generals moved into the palace.After everyone put their luggage down, they came to Leoric's door in unison.Although Leoric humiliated Jonah outside the city gate, everyone is still dissatisfied with this incident-without Leoric and the Crusade, now the dynasty has changed!So what else is there to say about the imperial city and the royal family?If the people from the royal family don't come to give you a blow, it will be considered a face for you, so how can they still come and hit us with a killing stick?

On the other hand, Akkad has done a lot of work these days to make Leoric the new king of the plateau. He not only won the support of many regiment leaders, but also won the support of the mountain people of Shia, Romila And elves, and Korov's murlocs.

Shia originally had the idea of ​​making her husband the king of the plateau (but Shia thought it would be good to be the regent), but she regarded Tevez as an idol and didn't want to turn against Tevez, so she still had to deal with this matter. Some wobbles.Later, General Akkad found her to do some ideological work, and said to her: "Privately speaking, Leoric became the king of the plateau, and you are the queen. The status of the Lei Kui family will also rise and become the king of the royal family." The first family; according to Mr. Yu, Leoric is brave and resourceful, with extraordinary magnanimity, and his martial arts are invincible in the world. If such a person becomes the king of the plateau, why not worry about the country not prospering?" These words made Xi Ya After making up his mind, he joined Akkad's "King King Sect".The joining of Shia means that the two armies of Bronze Hand and Silver Shield will also support Leoric, guaranteeing the position of five thousand friendly troops, which can be said to add a stable ballast stone to this matter.

The elves and murlocs are even simpler. The murlocs thought Leoric was the king of the highlands. As soon as Akkad opened his mouth, the murlocs agreed, saying that they were willing to bleed for King Leoric, even if it was Die of thirst in the desert, it is not hesitating; the elves are the "Leoric shareholders" who got on the boat early, wishing that Leoric would become the king of the plateau, and even wish him to rule the world!Romila was engaged to Leoric again, and was bound to death on a boat long ago.Therefore, the elves and murlocs also joined the "King King Faction".

As for the three demons, there is no need to ask, they are all contracted creatures, in other words, they are Leoric's loyal dogs, and they will have no objections.

Since then, there have been basically no other voices in the Northern Expeditionary Army. Under the integration of Akkad, they have all become extremely steadfast "King Sect" members.

After this period of exploration and observation, the time is now ripe, and it is time to bring the matter of "raising the king" to the table.If everyone in the Northern Expedition Army unanimously supports Leoric as king, then even if Leoric hesitates in his heart, he will make a decision under the pressure of everyone.

At this time, everyone gathered around the door, tacitly knowing about Juwang.Akad coughed dryly, knocked on Leorick's door, and said, "General Leorick, everyone has something to ask for you."

Leoric was meditating in the room, but when he heard Arkad's voice, he opened his eyes and said, "Come in."

Akad smiled and said, "I'd better invite you to come out! There are too many people, you can't stand in the room."

"What?" When Leoric opened the door, he saw people standing in the corridor. He was startled and exclaimed, "What the hell?"

Akkad saluted and said, "Everyone has something to ask you."

Leoric was wearing a shirt right now with his arms open, with messy hair, an unshaven beard, and slippers. He looked like a young man who repairs tires and repairs cars on the streets of the South in summer.Seeing that everyone was so serious, he quickly buttoned up his buttons, combed his hair again, and said, "Did something happen?"

"It's not what happened, but I have something to ask you... Leoric!" Arkad said those words aloud.

The moment he said "Leoric", Arkad felt his heart tremble.

The moment has finally come!

This can be said to be the biggest thing General Akkad has done in his life!Even the barbarians of the Northern Expedition may not be as big as this matter.If Leoric can be supported to the top, then it will no longer be an unattainable dream for the plateau people to recover their homeland.He believed that what happened next would change history!

The old man was very excited, and the boiling blood made his old and dry skin flush instantly. He clasped his fists and saluted, and said loudly:

"Leoric, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, you are also recognized as the God of War of the plateau people. The army supports you, the people support you, and the people of the plateau fanatically pursue your shadow! Leoric, do you have the courage to lead the people of the plateau?" The desire to recover the homeland?"

Leoric looked puzzled, and said: "Recovering the homeland has always been my unshirkable responsibility, of course I am willing."

"Okay, okay!" Akadell said three good words, and said: "Nowadays is a time of chaos. There are barbarians raging in the Middle Earth, and the demons are kings in the north. Even around the swamp, there are countless despicable races and bandits. Robbers, monsters and ghosts...reign as their own kings. Leoric, do you have the determination to subdue the world? Let the troubled times end and create eternal peace?"

"Isn't that what I fought for?" Leoric laughed. "Sooner or later, I'll blow them all up!"

"Boldness!" Arkad praised again, and at this time many generals behind him also showed very satisfied expressions.

Akkad finally asked: "Leoric, you have an extraordinary background and a noble blood. You should inherit the last wish of your ancestors and restore the glory of the people on the plateau! Now the nobles are corrupt, the bureaucrats are fatuous, and the Nashrut royal family is withered. Only Tivi is left. Princess Si can't do anything alone..."

At the critical moment, General Akkad took a deep breath and asked loudly: "Leoric, are you willing to wear the black iron crown and become the new..."

"boom--!"

The old man's words were interrupted by a harsh gong.

Everyone looked in that direction, and saw a man wearing a waiter's robe with a red background and gold pattern and a gilt crown, holding a copper gong in one hand and a golden scroll in the other, walking towards them with strange square steps Come.There are eight people behind him, these eight people are wearing the same clothes, but without the crown, and they also walk with strange steps.

The generals looked at each other and asked each other what these weird guys did.Only General Akkad had seen it here, and said: "This is the king's special envoy, who specially delivered oral instructions in the palace. Seeing them is like seeing the king." After saying that, he gave a chest salute.Everyone followed suit.

A group of special envoys came to Leoric with loud gongs, and the leader was probably a eunuch. He looked like a man with a face but no beard, and he said in a sharp voice: "His Royal Highness orders! Invite General Leoric to the banquet!"

Fuck, where did the eunuch come from?Leoric thought.

Hearing this voice, Akad couldn't continue with the "rebellion declaration" just now, and everyone looked at the eunuch in silence.The eunuch looked proudly at the "mud legs" in front of him, and said, "General Leorick, please take care of your appearance quickly, and follow me to the banquet."

Leoric hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you wait a moment, I not only need to take a shower and change clothes, but also have some things to arrange."

"Then I'll wait here." The eunuch in red said.

Growin on the side frowned and said, "What's the matter with you? We discuss military secrets, and you, the eunuch, can listen to them?"

Hearing this, the red eunuch's eyes widened and he said, "I can't hear you? Why can't I hear? I am the chief steward in red, my ears are the ears of the royal family, and my eyes are also the eyes of the royal family. It's the incarnation of the king. Then, as subjects, do you have to tell the king behind your back? And it's still in the palace!?"

The eunuch's voice was harsh, but what he said made people unable to make sense of it.General Akkad sighed, and said, "Forget it, Leoric, let's go to the banquet first, and we'll talk about that matter when we come back..."

The eunuch suddenly said: "Your Highness only invited General Leorick, but no one else."

Akkad frowned, and said, "Why do you only invite the commander for the celebration banquet? Could it be that other people have no credit? According to the rules, the banquet to reward the three armies needs to invite a commander, [-] generals, and [-] meritorious warriors. Soldiers have to set up floating mats in the open air. Why did the rules change today?"

The eunuch replied: "This banquet is a 'snack banquet', not a formal lunch banquet. When the time comes, I believe His Highness will not neglect all the heroes-here, aren't the stoves and tables outside all set up? The singing and dancing band It's all in rehearsal." He said and pointed out the window.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, a little uncertain, but at this time Leoric waved his hand and said, "Damn! Don't worry, I have friendship with Teves, and the princess is a bold man... ah no , is a heroic female high school hero, and I won’t play tricks on you. Besides, why haven’t I, Leoric, broken into a dragon’s den or a tiger’s lair? Can I still die after eating a meal?”

Since Leoric said so, everyone has no objection.So Leoric asked the eunuch to go back to the house to clean up. Shia and Romila went in to help him wash his face and change his clothes. When he meets the princess today, he doesn’t need to wear silver armor for war. He changed into a black shirt, a golden scarf, tight leather pants and ceremonial riding boots, tied up his hair, and then put on jewelry... Shia dressed her, and Romila shaved and styled him.With the quick operation of the two, Leoric changed from a murderous God of War of the Northern Expedition into an elegant nobleman.Leoric had no objection to his new look, but it always reminded him of the episode before the witcher Geralt went to the palace.

Afterwards, Leoric followed the eunuchs in red and left alone.

After Leoric left, everyone dispersed, leaving only Akkad and Shia.The two exchanged glances tacitly, and then came to an empty room next door, closed the door, and Akkad said to Shia: "Shia, I'm thinking, those royal relatives and other vested interests , because they dare not really tear themselves apart with Leoric—they are stupid and short-sighted, but they are not so stupid. They just want to bite a piece of meat out of our hands, a big piece of meat!"

"Wishful thinking!" Xi Ya sneered, "Our soldiers fought bloody battles to quell the rebellion. What did those dignitaries do? Even the military expenses were paid by the Northern Expeditionary Army themselves! If they paid for it, I will share it with them It's hot, but they don't do anything! So I won't give them a bite of the soup!"

"Well, I like your attitude—I don't know if Leoric is also firm?"

Upon hearing this, Shia laughed and said: "He was a little confused at first, but after I chatted with him for most of the night, I reached a consensus with me. Our bottom line is that the land and royal family seven Three times, seven of us, three of the royal family, and then Leoric has to be an "Marshal of the Empire" who monopolizes the military power. As for the regent, the honorary lord, including the prime minister, they are all empty positions. They have no land, no soldiers, and only a title. , we don’t want these.”

Akkad nodded, and murmured: "It would be good if it could be done like this, but..."

Akkad was meditating, when suddenly there was a knock on the door from a soldier, "Report, someone is asking to see you!" The soldier outside shouted.

"Come in!"

The soldier opened the door and saluted, and said: "Miss Hannah, who came to work earlier, suddenly came, saying that she has something urgent to see, Mrs. Shia and Arkad."

Shia was startled when she heard the name—what?Miss Hannah?Isn't that an alias for Teves?

Why did Princess Tevis suddenly come to us?

Didn't she invite Leoric to a dim sum feast just now?

"Are you sure you read it right!?" Shia stood up and asked loudly.

Yiba ② 17 wives and six

Chapter 210 Six: Prince Consort?No dog!

"Why is Miss Hannah here? Did you see clearly?" Shia asked the soldier.

"I see it clearly, I see it clearly!" The soldier said quickly, "It's exactly the same as when I was in Wild Wolf City. She is a tall and tall shrew. She said that she has something urgent and needs to see you two quickly."

Arkad asked: "Miss Hannah? Who is this?"

Shia said: "Hannah is the alias of Princess Tevis, and she used this name when she visited Wild Wolf City in private..."

What?Princess Tivis privately visits Wolf City?Akkad was dumbfounded.

"Get her here quickly!"

"Yes!"

The messenger ran quickly, and after a while, he heard heavy and hurried footsteps coming from the corridor.Since they are princesses, Akad and Shia can't wait inside the house, they should go outside to meet them.As soon as the two of them went out, they saw a tall woman in maid clothes running towards them, carrying a big snakeskin bag on her back.Good guy!This momentum was comparable to that of heavy cavalry. General Akkad had seen it before, and he couldn't help but feel guilty at this moment, for fear that this woman would not be able to stop the car and kill his old bones.

Akad couldn't help frowning—is this really a princess?Why is it different from the Teves in my memory?I remember her as a very petite girl...at least 20 years ago.

Shia was already used to Tevez's "powerful beauty". She bowed and said, "Your Highness."

Akkad hurriedly saluted, "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

Teves came in front of the two, threw the snakeskin bag to the ground, and said in a low voice, "Excuse me! I came here quietly through the secret passage of the palace! Don't reveal my whereabouts."

"Come into the room and talk!" Shia opened the door.

The three entered the house, and Shia asked her cronies to guard the door.Teves took out a sackcloth handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, and immediately said: "General Akkad, Shia, you two listen to me, Leoric is in trouble, those despicable people set up a trick to punish him... ..."

"Your Highness, wait a moment!" Akkad stopped, and said, "Aren't the civil and military officials and noble scholars in the palace now your people? Or do they also have the evil intention of rebellion?"

Teves took the large bowl of honey herbal tea from Shia, then took a sip, and said, "It can't be called 'disobedience', but these people don't have the same heart as me."

"Who is Her Royal Highness aligned with?" Akad asked.

These words were actually a bit offensive, Shia felt a little harsh, so she gestured to Akkad with her eyes, is it a bit inappropriate to say this?How can a courtier question the king's position?

However, Teves didn't take it seriously, instead she said with a smile: "I only have one heart with the country and the people."

"Okay." A gratified light flashed in the old man's eyes, "Then please tell me, what's going on with Leoric?"

"This matter... is hard to describe." Teves stood up and said, "You two, time is running out, so listen to me while you are doing it! First, Shia, change your clothes; by the way, put Fu shout."

Shia was confused and asked, "Change clothes? What should I change into?"

"Just this one!" Teves said as she opened the snakeskin bag.

"This!" Shia blushed when she saw the clothes.

Inside the snakeskin bag was a wedding dress!

……

Royal Tea Room——

This meal is so boring!Leoric thought.

First of all, the desserts of the royal family are bland and tasteless, whether they should be sweet or not, oily ones should not be oily, and those that should be crispy should not be crispy. Isn't it said that Princess Tivis likes to eat all kinds of desserts the most?Why are all the things that entertained me today the same as the expired food in the supermarket?

Besides, didn't Teves treat me to dinner?Where is my beautiful princess?Why are there only two bad old men and a bunch of uncles and aunts left?I also want to admire the bold and unrestrained mind of Her Royal Highness!

At this time, Leoric was sitting in front of the small round table, eating bland snacks and drinking watery tea.There are two old guys sitting opposite the small round table, one is the emperor's uncle "Jonah Nashrut" who was caught by him earlier, and the other is the old god stick wearing a monk's robe, the Pope of the Seven Gods, His Excellency.

As soon as the two of them came up, they talked nonsense, such as "you have worked hard in the war", "the royal family thank you very much", "the general is really good", "you are worthy of being a loyal minister and good general" and other nonsense.Leoric didn't want to tear himself apart with them, so he dealt with them in a casual manner. He didn't expect that after so long, the other party didn't get to the point, so Leorick would not be bothered, and said: "I, Leoric Let’s not talk about the myriad affairs of the day,” he coughed dryly, “but time is also very precious. I have to train soldiers, arrange battles, and practice martial arts... In short, I can’t waste time on a tea party, let alone a princess without Princess Tevis. tea party."

Both of them laughed -- it was a tacit, polite, disgusting smirk.Immediately, Jonah said: "General Leoric is a warrior who fights, and his temperament is different from us nobles. I didn't take this into consideration. I was negligent. Let's get to the point now."

After saying "Get to the point", all the surrounding nobles cast their gazes over. Leoric felt dozens of pairs of eyes looking at him in an instant, forming an invisible majesty in an instant.If an ordinary person is suddenly stared at by a group of nobles, he must be so nervous that his palms sweat. However, this is a small scene for Leoric, and a hundred thousand troops can come and go freely. look?

Then, Jonah said: "Master Leoric has made great contributions to the country. You conquered the barbarians, captured the wolf city, and quelled the rebellion. You are the only hero among the plateau people in the past 200 years. Regarding this, The royal family must reward you heavily. The princess has discussed with us, and we all feel that you are the Duke of Wild Wolf City. Like, I think you don't like it either. So, I decided to make an exception and promote you as the regent king, and then serve as the prime minister of the empire..."

As soon as the emperor's uncle finished speaking, the Pope immediately interjected, "This Prince Regent is truly exceptionally promoted." His tone was sharp and his voice was tight, without giving Leoric a chance to interject, "You know, since ancient times, So far, the regents of the plateau people can only be members of the royal family. As far as I know, Lord Leoric’s background is not very good, but he can suddenly become the regent from a commoner. En mighty!"

"The emperor's grace is mighty! The emperor's grace is mighty..." The nobles sighed like repeaters.

As soon as the pope shut up, the emperor opened his mouth again, saying: "Being the prime minister broke the practice in history! Both the positions of prime minister and regent hold great power. If one person holds two positions at the same time, it means power." You are above all bureaucrats, and your status is extremely high. It can be said that apart from the king or queen, you are the biggest country! It is precisely because Her Royal Highness and we trust you so much, Li Lord Aurik, I hope you can understand our intentions."

Leoric didn't speak, just drank his tea silently.

The regent and prime minister sound like extremely human ministers, but in the plateau system, both of them work for the royal family!The two positions have no fiefdoms and no soldiers. Although they have power, the orders must be approved by the royal family after all. If the royal family does not approve, it is farting.If you want land but don't have land, you want soldiers and horses but you don't have soldiers and horses, they are two empty jobs.Shia specifically mentioned it a few nights ago, telling me not to fall into their trap, but I didn't expect it to come so soon!Shia, as expected of my good wife!

"Not right!" Leoric said, waving his hand.

The uncle's face darkened, and he said, "Isn't Lord Leoric satisfied with such a high salary? Don't tell me you must be a king?"

Leoric immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense! I don't have the idea of ​​usurping the throne, but I'm a warrior, so I can't do a civil job." This is also what Shia taught him, and it is a high-sounding reason.

The emperor's uncle and the Pope looked at each other, winking, as if they were exchanging some information, and then the Pope raised his hand and said, "Submit it!"

As he said that, a team of strong warriors came outside, and every four people carried a big box, and it seemed that the box was very heavy.Then, with a "bang", four heavy boxes were placed in the center of the field.I saw that the surface of the box was extremely ornately decorated, including precious stones and gilding, and it was also engraved with various runes and blessings, and even sprayed with perfume.Not to mention what is in the box, the box alone is very valuable.

"Open!" said the pope.

Historians pulled out the movable gold bolt on the top of the box twice, and the lid of the big box was affected by the mechanism inside, and it bounced up directly, and the stuff that was full inside also "crashed!" overflowed, and these things exuded dazzling The golden light is all kinds of rare treasures.Among them, gold and silver jewelry are the most inferior, diamond jewelry, sword armor, pearls, coral, silk, antiques... all kinds.Leoric wondered: Didn't these guys say that they don't want to bribe me with money?Why are these things brought up again?

Leoric asked, "What are these things for? Let me tell you first, bribery won't work, I won't take that."

Everyone laughed. At this time, the uncle stroked his gray beard and said, "This is not a bribe! This is a dowry gift for you! General Leoric."

Leoric was startled, and asked, "Bowry gift? What kind of gift?"

The pope read the lines he had prepared a long time ago, and said, "Lord Leoric, you are a new star that everyone is looking forward to, and the world's number one hero. Your bravery, wisdom, martial arts, and beauty are unparalleled in the world, and you are the only one in the world. All the women are proud of your heroic appearance. I heard that you were constantly harassed by mud-legged people, village women and noble girls on the way to triumph, haha... you are indeed Lord Leoric." They all laughed, but Leoric didn't think it was funny--damn it, it wasn't you who were chased and intercepted!Those horny bitches even came to the camp and stole me through my panties, you know how scary it is! ?

After the laughter stopped, the pope continued: "My lord Leoric, as far as I know you are still unmarried. Coincidentally, Her Royal Highness is obsessed with state affairs and has not talked about marriage. Your lord Leoric is not married. Heroes and heroes, if you want to get married, you must not marry an ordinary woman, you must be a noble relative of the emperor; Your Royal Highness is the jewel in the palm of the empire and the heir to the throne, and her husband must also be a dragon and phoenix. Now you The identities of the two are well matched, they are about the same age, and I heard that they have a good relationship. Her Royal Highness seems to have a good impression of you, so we two old men want to be a matchmaker to accomplish this beautiful thing... I don’t know Li Aorui Lord Ke, would you like to be this son-in-law?"

Be a son-in-law?Leoric felt a little tricky.

Shia didn't mention this situation at the time, and Leoric himself didn't expect that Teves would "strike first".This royal son-in-law sounds wonderful, but it is only for ordinary people. If Leoric becomes a son-in-law, it will definitely be a lowering of his own value.Because in the plateau people's concept, a son-in-law is equivalent to marrying a man, and a man's status will naturally be greatly reduced, lower than the royal family everywhere.Moreover, once becoming a consort, it means that personal assets are merged with the royal family. Leoric's property and land are equivalent to "consort's dowry". The land of Wild Wolf City must also be handed over.

So Leoric must refuse, this son-in-law can't be.However, if you refuse in person, it will send a very bad signal-good guy!Even if Her Royal Highness invites you to be her son-in-law, don’t you look down on the royal family?Are you trying to rebel?

Since ancient times, there have been two approaches to conflicts at the negotiating table.