Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2749 Hildalanna’s Worries
However, Sha Duo also realized that the banquet specifications should not be a strictly kept secret, otherwise how would Hilda Lanna know?Moreover, the banquet must be notified and prepared in advance, otherwise it will inevitably be too hasty and ruin the reputation of the banquet. In fact, it will ruin Ye Erlan's reputation.

Regarding Sha Duo's doubts, Hildalana also expressed confusion, "Indeed, Ye'erlan already held a big banquet last year. Normally, there won't be another banquet of this size in the next few years.

"I couldn't believe it when I first heard the news, but the preparations for the banquet are difficult to keep in the dark. Although neither the Crown Prince nor the parliament made an official announcement, everyone in our country has already acquiesced that it will be two days later. The Midwinter Supper is a feast.”

"That's it!" Xia Duo thought thoughtfully.

Ye Erlan did not even announce it in his own country, so it is not difficult to understand that he, an outsider, was not notified. However, this matter is still very strange. There is no reason for not announcing it in the last two days of the banquet!

Thinking of this, Sha Duo once again set his sights on Hildalanna. Did the other party invite him here just to remind him of the specifications of the banquet two days later?
Obviously it can't be just this.

So Xia Duo remained silent. Seeing Xia Duo's unmoved look, Hildalanna gritted her teeth and continued: "The external reason for this banquet is to reward the relevant people who have contributed to the Metril incident. .

"I'm worried that King Helion may take the opportunity to attack those of us who were opponents in the past at the banquet, so I want to ask Lord Shado to lend a helping hand at the right time."

Ask for help?

Xia Duo couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Hildalanna, as a powerful person in Erlan, expected herself, an outsider, to help them in their own country's affairs. Isn't it funny?

"Ms. Hildalanna, you may have overestimated my influence in front of King Helion. I'm afraid I can't help you with this request."

Hearing Shado's unhesitating refusal, Hildalanna couldn't help but feel a little angry, and quickly explained: "Lord Shado, the helping hand I mentioned does not require you to confront King Helion head-on. It only needs to be done at an appropriate time. Just say a few words of support for me.

"Please don't underestimate your own influence. Not to mention the master of swordsmanship, the master of arcane arts, the mediator of Adolfel, the destroyer of Toxent, and the creator of the Bactrian Code. These are also in the country of Erlan. A widely circulated title.

"Based on your status as the biggest contributor to the Metril incident, King Helion will give you extra respect."

Well, Shado admitted that what Hildalanna said made sense. Even if it was shown to outsiders, King Helion would respect him and consider his suggestions carefully.

But that wasn't the reason why he helped Hildalanna.

"Crown King Helion wants to take the opportunity to attack the opponents. Is this your guess, or has Crown Prince Helion already taken concrete actions?" Shado changed the topic and at the same time further inquired about the inside story Hildalanna knew.

Of course, this is also an indirect expression of potential rejection.

But Hildalanna seemed not to understand at all, and continued to answer the question raised on the surface, "We haven't found any actions by Crown Prince yet, but not only the Moon Horn family, but also the original opposition have noticed it. ,the most important is--

"Many things cannot be dealt with until they happen. In that case, it is often too late. We need to deal with them in advance."

"Aren't you afraid of self-defeating things? Originally, King Helion Mian was not prepared to do anything to you, but then he saw that you started to connect with each other, so he--"

Xia Duo didn't say the next words, but Hildalana could understand it completely. He explained: "If King Helion just launches some temporary actions, with our voice in the parliament, we are not afraid of confronting him at all. . "But if King Helion is well prepared in advance and we are unprepared, then the situation will be different. Even if we are prepared, we may not be King Helian's opponent. He has the upper hand now.

"It is difficult to stop the trend of King Helion constricting local administrative powers, especially after the Metril incident not long ago. All we can do now is to control the parliament as much as possible, but we still have to worry about the Crown Prince. Wang’s continued infiltration of parliament.”

At present, after Yeerlan has undergone centralization reforms, the first thing that has been centralized is the mysterious authority, or military power, of various places. However, the administrative power to handle specific affairs is still privately owned by local powerful people.

In other words, the current King Mian of Yeerlan cannot freely change the local city lord, but King Mian has reached a compromise with the Gaoshu Council of Elders and ceded legislative and supervisory powers in order to obtain complete administrative and partial military powers.

No matter which camp the local city lord belongs to, he will eventually become the Mianwang camp and directly surrender, or he will be removed and replaced by a new city lord from the Mianwang camp.

Before the Metril incident, the Crown King of Helion gathered power very slowly, but since the Metril incident, the Crown King's speed of gathering power has not changed significantly.

But this has obviously aroused the vigilance of Hildalanna's Moonhorn family.

The Yuejiao family's political spectrum in Yeerlan is undoubtedly a local faction. They have cities completely under their control, and there are even family members who serve as city lords, councilors and other positions in other cities.

But as the domestic reforms in Yeerland advance, these will change.

Comparing Hildalanna's story, Sha Duo also recalled in his mind what he learned about the domestic situation in Yeerlan through other channels, and he naturally made a guess——

Perhaps at this midwinter dinner, King Helion really wanted to do something against the local feudal forces!
Hildalanna's Yuejiao family was not only a local feudal force, but also a staunch opponent of the previous Yerlan Crown Prince reforms.

No wonder Hildalanna is so nervous and anxious!
If it were just local feudal forces, it would not be too sensitive to King Helianmian's conquest of local administrative power.

Administrative power does not equal complete ruling power. They still have enough confidence and ability to be on an equal footing with Mian Wang. It is nothing more than becoming a councilor instead of the city lord. The actual power will not be lost much. On the contrary, they will become more united and stronger because of the unified front.

But if you were a previous opponent, if you encounter the current situation, you really need to worry about King Helion taking advantage of the situation and taking away meat that should not be taken away in the process of consolidating local administrative power.

He even picked out a typical example and suppressed it vigorously.

After all, although the current Gaoshu Council of Elders competes with King Mian in terms of power structure, they may not all be opponents of King Mian.

In other words, the reason why many high-ranking families belonged to different camps was to create the current situation. While completing the centralization of power in Yeerlan, they also gained a long-term and stable dominance.

Even to a certain extent, the parliament with legislative and supervisory powers is the real ruler, not the crown prince who stands on the surface.

If only one of the original opponents of the reform was given up, and from the perspective of the overall interests of Yeerland, the anger that the Mian Wang had previously accumulated could be released, and there would be one less power sharer within the parliament. Doing so might make the domestic political situation in Yeerland more difficult. What a harmony!
(End of this chapter)