Warhammer Throne

Meeting with the emperor made Su Liya exhausted physically and mentally. After lunch, the queen immediately arranged for someone to take a bath. After a short nap in the afternoon, she regained her energy.

The bear child Devin Hill was taken to the equestrian class. After Su Liya got up, she asked the maid Sylvia and Olica to arrange afternoon tea.

Afternoon tea was passed down from the high elves. At the earliest, when the high elves were colonizing in the old world, afternoon tea began to appear among the wives of the elves and nobles. The old world is not as warm in winter and cool in summer as Osuan. There will be climate changes, and the elves and nobles like to drink tea in the warm sunshine in the afternoon, eat snacks, and drink some drinks.

This habit once disappeared in successive wars, but as the high elves drove the dark elves out of Osuan and defeated the main force of Malekis in the butcher king Tessiris, after peace was achieved, afternoon tea resumed again, and the poet The period of King Isis reached its peak, and everyone had a thunderous afternoon tea time.

After Finnuba opened the trade route, the atmosphere of natural afternoon tea gradually spread to the human world.

Su Liya is a loyal lover of afternoon tea. As long as the female knight has the opportunity, she must enjoy afternoon tea. As Su Liya's reputation and influence in the Knight Kingdom and the old world continue to break new heights, nobles The habit of the ladies holding afternoon tea has become a new fashion in the whole old world. As far as Kislev in the north and Arabi in the south, the noble ladies will sit together to drink tea and chat and enjoy life at around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Along the hallway of the palace, Sulia walked in front, Olica followed, and the winter sun reflected from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hallway to the queen and the dark fairy maid. The dark elf’s voice was full of jealousy: "Foster father The adults really like you, and you are lucky, madam, you have little Devonhill, he is so cute."

"You look so rare, Olica." Su Liya said without looking back, but with a faint sense of pleasure in the queen's voice: "If you want to have a child for Ryan, I don't object. ."

"Heh." Olica sneered, and the dark elf's tone was contemptuous: "Madam, if I can have children with my master so easily, do you believe that I have already lived a polo team with the master?"

The expression on Su Liya's face changed slightly, and the queen stopped. Until now, there is only one seedling with Ryan, which makes Su Liya worry about it in the depths of her heart: "Really? Olica, do you have any secret recipes? ? So sure?"

"Ma'am, do you know Marus-Black Blade? Champion of the Witch King?" Olica stopped at the same time, she said casually. There are two older sisters, two younger brothers, and three younger sisters. Eight of them survived to adulthood. Don’t question Duruzzi’s fertility. In Nagaroth, which family does not have more than seven or eight children? A dozen is not uncommon, really Think we are like our weak cousins? Fira is unbearable!"

The dark spirit is really capable! Su Liya felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this, but the queen immediately found a point of counterattack: "It seems, dear Olica, the medicine of the elves does not work on humans."

"Oh? Really?" Olica chuckled and shook her head. Her long black hair fluttered behind her. She glanced at Su Liya unconvincedly: "Madam, do you think if I were a human, you would still Is there a chance to give birth to Devon Hill?"

"What do you mean?" Su Liya's face changed.

Olica took out a small bottle with a pink mist of gas and liquid swirling in it. The dark elf smiled sweetly: "Hydra Hydra’s venom, just a little bit, pour it in from below. It can make people never be a mother, madam, do you want to try? It hurts a little bit!"

"You..." Su Liya's face suddenly became ugly, and the queen took a step back in fear, as if Olica was holding something terrifying.

"Don't worry." Olica smiled sweeter, and the dark elf put away the small bottle: "The old man has already admitted that you are a daughter-in-law. I will not be so much. He knows everything. I finally left it to him. A good impression, I will not do such stupid things, I love the master, I will not make him sad and sad."

"Old man?" Su Liya couldn't help laughing: "Why would you call him the old man?"

"He is not the youngest enough?" Olica asked back: "Madam, do you think about what the red-haired one-eyed Oglin said?"

"Long live long live fifty thousand live? Is he fifty thousand years old?"

"But for Asu Yan, he is just a child, maybe this child is better than him, but his arrogance will not change."

After speaking, the two women looked at each other and smiled. Finally, the atmosphere became relaxed.

"Does Nagaroth have afternoon tea, too?" Su Liya asked with interest.

"Why does Madam like afternoon tea?" Olica turned away.

"Black tea will warm you when it is cold, black tea will cool you when it is hot, black tea will invigorate you when you are down, and black tea will calm you when you are excited." Su Liya gave her own answer.

"Forget it, let me tell Madam why the high elves have tea time." Olica finally said.

The dark elves told the Queen of Knights why their group of Fera's unbearable cousins ​​liked afternoon tea so much.

The reason is simple, because the tea time is included in the working hours of the high elves.

As mentioned in the previous article, when the poet King Isis was in power, social vitality declined, the upper-class aristocracy indulged in pleasure, severe social involution, and structural unemployment led to the economic crisis.

How did Isis respond? At the suggestion of the Prime Minister of Phoenix King (actually an undercover agent), Isis officially announced a six-hour work schedule with a maximum of 35 hours per week. Phoenix King feels that more jobs can be created in this way, you see. As the working hours are reduced, the number of employees will be forced to increase, and more jobs can be created.

At the same time, Isis also announced that "tea time is sacred and inviolable." Since then, the afternoon tea time at 3 pm has also been included in the working hours, usually from 2:30 to 3:30, and the legal working hours continue every day. Compressed to five hours.

If there is a chance to be lazy, the whole people will have afternoon tea. This unhealthy wind blows for a long time, until the reckless king Moville announced that afternoon tea time cannot be included in the working hours, and the golden age of afternoon tea is over.

"The Witch King's strategy is really dark enough." Su Liya sighed, Olica smiled and said nothing, Gao Jing has formed the habit of afternoon tea, and cousins ​​are continuing to fall.

But Su Liya is not the kind of woman who indulges in enjoyment. The Queen of Knights likes afternoon tea is just a means. She really realized her "afternoon tea ruling" strategy through afternoon tea as a way of meeting guests. Brittany The nobles and court ministers of Suri are often summoned at afternoon tea gatherings to discuss national policies and administrative matters with the queen of knights. Su Liya and his husband Ryan have always liked to listen to the opinions of all classes. At Su Liya’s tea party, even Even the cheapest mud-legged serfs and merchants can also get the opportunity to participate and speak.

Now, under the warm winter sun, three shelves have been placed on the table in the afternoon tea banquet hall.

On the bottom shelf are a variety of delicious sandwiches, using cucumber, charcoal-grilled salmon, cream cheese, and omelette.

The second shelf is scones. This Bretonian specialty is smeared with cream and strawberry jam. It is a little sweet and greasy and needs to be used with tea.

On the top shelf are the three highest grade desserts, the high elf mousse, cherry fruit **** and macarons.

Orika served the famous Darjeeling black tea.

This black tea is picked from Far East India and has the best quality. It is known as the "champagne in black tea". The tea soup is orange-yellow and red, and has a fragrant and elegant smell. Favorite black tea.

After everything was seated, Su Liya signaled that it was okay, and the court attendants outside opened the door.

Beria, the political commissar of the Northern Front Army Corps, dressed in brand-new military uniforms and newly oiled military boots, strode in from the outside: "Knock to your Majesty the Queen."

"No gift, get up." Su Liya is going to meet with Beria, who has rushed back this afternoon. opinion.

"Come all the way, it's a hard work." Su Liya motioned to the maids to deliver the exact same afternoon tea: "Hungry, right?"

Beria looked at Queen Suria, who was sitting about five meters away, enjoying afternoon tea under the service of the sun and the maid, and couldn't help feeling excited. Isn't this what he wants? Get ahead and enter the power center of the kingdom?

The Urgols were always gloomy and unsmiling, but Beria was ecstatic to get this level of meeting.

What does this show? This shows that he has begun to be truly recognized and has entered the circle of the knight king's court!

It is inevitable to make mistakes when emotionally excited. In addition, the Urgoers are not very proficient in court afternoon tea etiquette. When the black tea is stirred with a silver spoon, it makes a crisp sound at the bottom of the cup, as well as adding sugar and milk. The order was wrong. The maids and attendants next to him kept laughing while watching this scene, while Beria was flushed, and the Urgols were cruel. When the matter was finished, he had to invite a etiquette teacher to teach him. How to drink afternoon tea by yourself!

Fortunately, Suria didn't care about this. The queen of knights began to ask about the defense of Olengrad one by one, Beria knew everything without saying anything.

I learned from Beria that the remnants of Olengrad’s army were about 10,000 regular troops and about 20,000 conscripts, plus more than 30,000 Mrs. Kiesler (basically female) who were willing to come to Bretania to seek a living. That is, there are almost 70,000 people, and most of the remaining hundreds of thousands still hope to live in the empire. Beria did not force this, because the elite has already been selected, and the rest are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled.

"How is Karad's situation now?" This was estimated before, and Su Liya didn't say much, he was concerned about Karad's situation.

"His Excellency Calade was seriously injured, but there is no major problem. It takes about four months to half a year to fully recover." Beria said earnestly: "The epic Olengrad victory and the killing of North The great achievements of the King of Cards will become a magnificent epic that will be passed down forever. Your Excellency Kalad is the composer, and I am just one of the notes."

"No, Marshal Rokosovsky is the composer, and Karad is the player." Su Liya smiled and corrected Beria's mistake. The queen knight gently lifted the black tea and asked gracefully: " But I heard that when Luo Shuai made this thrilling symphony, Beria, you resolutely opposed it?"

The Ugol people suddenly sweated all over, and he hurriedly left his seat and knelt down regardless of his image: "Everything is my responsibility. I am stupid and do not understand military affairs. If it were not for the insistence of Lord Kalad, we would have almost missed a major military aircraft, please, Your Majesty Punish!"

"I have to punish you." Su Liya shook her head and motioned to Beria to get up: "Actually, your idea at the time was not without reason. This military plan was too risky and could not tolerate anything. Mistakes, the requirements for soldiers are also very demanding. I remember that at least 30% of the soldiers who participated in Operation Bagration suffered frostbite of varying degrees, right? Calad was injured like this... The difficulty of this championship matchup can be imagined. We in Brittany almost lost this holy grail knight."

"Thank your Majesty for understanding!" Beria breathed a sigh of relief. He thought about it, and then said tentatively: "Operation Bagration ended successfully. After the withdrawal to Orengrad, more than 80% of the soldiers stood there. I couldn’t stand up anymore. Most of the knights and soldiers were wrapped in blankets and warmed to the fire. After two or three days of rest, they were relieved. I can hardly imagine what would happen if something went wrong. The horses died in large numbers. Olengrad was too much. It's cold, you deserve to be the Queen, the sun, moon and stars are in your hands, Madam Suria, and you can't hide anything from you."

Sure enough, even if it was a military bureaucrat, Beria was still bureaucratic in nature. Su Liya nodded lightly, she knew everything.

There is a fundamental difference between the military bureaucrats of Beria and the military merits of Calad.

What is Karad's goal? To win the war, to perform meritorious service, to honor and to believe, to get the promotion of status and material rewards.

Where is Beria? Of course, this guy is also eager to do meritorious service and get rewards, but Beria’s most important goal is to complete the tasks arranged by Ryan and Suria. What he hopes most is not victory, but "not making mistakes." He instinctively refused. The risk comes from this, but when such a risky plan was proposed, Beria’s instinct was to oppose. The first reason was that he was unwilling to risk his political life, and the second reason was that he clearly opposed it. After that, if there is a problem with the action, he will naturally not be responsible.

Therefore, no matter whether he agrees in his heart or not, he will definitely oppose Bagration's action. If he wins, he will not lose his credit, and he will not take the blame if he loses.

Cunning guy, as cunning as Talleyrand, Su Liya thought in her heart, very capable and very scheming. In addition to their superior personal abilities, these two guys are also at the level of answering, flattering and trying to figure out the liking of the monarch. top.

Suria’s silence made Beria a little uneasy. The Urgols returned to their positions, only feeling that the sandwiches in their mouths were not fragrant, and the Darjeelings in the cups did not taste anymore, Beria carefully recalled Su Liya hurriedly recruited the reason for her return, and then went through all the conversation just now in her mind, thinking for a long time, and said nothing.

"Beria, I am calling you back this time. There is something for you to come up with." When Su Liya saw that Beria was silent, knowing that he was waiting for her to speak, the queen knight put down the tea cup and said softly. Unpredictable: "Guess what? What's the matter?"

"But... Your Majesty Catalyn has come here for someone?" Beria immediately realized that he had to show his importance, and he took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty feels embarrassed?"

"Yes, Ryan wrote a letter saying that Katalin asked Rokosovsky's army to go to the Imperial King Qin immediately." Su Liya nodded slightly, she took out Ryan's letter, and the maid handed it to Beria: " Take a look."

Beria didn’t make any excuses this time. He immediately took the letter. After reading it carefully twice, he immediately gave his opinion: "Your Majesty, I don’t think you can let Constance and His army will go to King Qin of the Empire, and their ending will be very miserable. Constance Dante’s execution order has not been cancelled until now, which shows the attitude of His Majesty Catalyn."

"I also know, but in any case, she sent her credential as the Tsar." Su Liya nodded: "This is not easy to do. Now the entire old world is fighting the chaotic frenzy with all its strength. Why should we stop it? Mrs. Kesler will go back to save their own country?"

"Your Majesty, it's better to leave this matter to me to deal with, I'll talk to Your Majesty Catalyn, how about it?" Beria thought for a while, intending to take the matter on its own initiative.

"How are you going to talk?"

"I'm planning to……"