Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

The Sun King spoke extremely slowly, so slowly that everyone on the field could hear that the King was hinting at something.

Of course, no one dared to point it out and could only remain silent and watch the development of the situation quietly.

Not until the atmosphere at the dinner table had reached its lowest point did the Sun King finally say something indifferent.

"So as a junior, you must take good care of your father for me. Do you understand?"

This show of power ended.

Heinz was still young, and although he could vaguely hear that the king's words were full of hidden meanings, he didn't dare to speculate as he didn't know the cause, so he could only bow obediently.

"I will obey His Majesty's teachings!"

"Ah."

As the Sun King nodded silently and drank a glass of wine, the air finally resumed flowing and the nobles all breathed a sigh of relief.

They looked at each other in confusion, but could only smile awkwardly and nod, pretending that nothing had happened, which was even a little funny.

But at this moment, Lao Xiaguang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly started coughing again.

He coughed for at least two beats as if he was about to die, and only regained the ability to speak after being patted by his youngest son Heinz.

"Oh, Your Majesty is right. I am indeed old..."

He raised his increasingly cloudy drunken eyes. There was no trace of the heroic spirit he had before when he marched into the capital with his iron hooves and decided life and death with a single word. He was just a tired old man.

The breath trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty, I have eight children in my life. I have already taken care of the first few. The only one I am worried about now is this youngest who will definitely not inherit the title."

An uneasy pause.

"I'm old and can't do it anymore. I just hope that before I die, I can arrange all the important things in his life. Then I, an old guy, can rest in peace..."

Arrangement smooth?

Uh, do you want to arrange a job for me?

The Sun King's eyes flickered, wondering if this old guy didn't want to stay outside the capital anymore and wanted to extend his hand into the capital?

If it were somewhere else, it would probably be a bad thing for the opposition nobles to try to interfere in the core affairs of the kingdom.

But in today's Glowing Kingdom, this is actually a good thing.

Anyway, under the arrangements of successive Sun Kings, the amount of power that was dissipated from the royal power was limited and would neither increase nor decrease.

You want to join in and share the cake? Fine. I have no objection. Just see if your purse, sword and shield agree.

Moreover, he didn't know what Xiaguang's situation was, but he really didn't have many days left. By then, the three families would be busy fighting each other, which would make it easier for the new king to control the situation smoothly.

But just as Old Sun was slowly thinking it over, Xia Guang suddenly changed the subject and continued weakly.

"My little one is good in everything except that he sometimes lacks independent thinking."

"In my opinion, he just needs a good partner who can occasionally help him make decisions, discuss things with him, and take good care of him."

Onlookers: It’s so embarrassing, this is his mother, right?

"I have been thinking about it for a long time, and suddenly I remembered that with the strict family tradition of the royal family, how outstanding the offspring born would be? So..."

Having said this, Duke Xiaguang was helped to stand up by Heinz, who was obviously prepared, and they bowed to the Sun King together.

"I beg your Majesty to grant me the favor. Considering my advanced age and my years of loyalty to the country, please grant me a princess in marriage to Heinz!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.

Although there was no clear law, after the incident twenty years ago, the powerful nobles in Huiguang were unable to marry even a princess from the Sun King, let alone a princess.

Is Duke Xiaguang trying to break this hidden rule and set a new precedent?

Furthermore, so far there are a total of nine royal children who have successfully survived the tribulation and are still alive, including five princesses and four princes. It seems that the princesses have many choices, but three of them have already married.

Therefore, the Sun King did not speak, but turned his gaze to the Duke of Arc Light beside him, with an unsightly smile in his eyes, as if saying.

"Hey, I'm here for your Fia, what do you say?"

"Ah this."

Duke Arclight, who was inexplicably dragged into this, was dumbfounded - what on earth does this old Xiaguang want to do?

Wouldn't it be fatal for me to choose sides in public at a time like this?

Moreover, a young son who is destined not to inherit the family title wants to marry a princess who has a fiefdom and title?

Why do you think Musittin has the title of "the most powerful gigolo in history" and everyone calls him the Prince Consort. Do you really think everyone is making fun of him?

The rice is soft, but the bowl is hard to hold!

Therefore, it was impossible for him to give away his granddaughter, whom he had worked so hard to get to the position of princess, without any reason.

Therefore, Duke Arclight also pretended to be drunk and stood up with the help of the table.

"Old Xiaguang, what you said is not accurate!"

He staggered for several steps before tremblingly picking up the wine glass.

"I've caught you now, huh? I knew that all of you were thinking about my Fia and that you all had bad intentions!"

In this game, the interests of the King, the Money Bag, and the Sword and Shield are the same, so Duke Xiguang also stood up and slammed the table.

"What do you mean by bad intentions? Hey! I'm not saying this, but as a grandfather, your hands are too long. How come you even want to control your granddaughter's marriage?"

"Why can't I take care of it? No, I am the elder of the family after all, why can't I take care of it?"

"Oh, so you can manage it. Then what you said before, that if my grandson asks, you will be willing to bring him together, does that still count?"

Arclight: The Second Coming

No buddy, are you serious or are you trying to change the subject?

But now that things have come to this, we can only grit our teeth and do it.

"When did I say that?"

Lord Xi slammed the table.

"shameless!"

"Hey, you..."

"Just tell me, are you a scoundrel?"

Maybe slapping the table was the pre-casting motion for him. Anyway, Lord Xi slapped the table again and then turned his head.

"Brother Yueguang, please come out and testify for your brother. Didn't he say that at the beginning?"

"Ouch..."

As the oldest guy at the table, the old man's eyes were almost covered by wrinkles, and he looked old, senile and unconscious.

But after all, he was a ruthless man who had fought with Shen Lin in the western border of the kingdom. He knew it very well, so he just waved his hand.

"I do not know!"

Then he tilted his head again.

"I think I did say that?"

Typical attempt to smooth things over!

But what everyone wants now is to smooth things over!

And perhaps it was because of their daily bickering that they had developed a tacit understanding. The Reckless King and the Smiling Tiger sang the same tune and really digressed the topic.

The onlookers: What's the point of proposing for marriage or not? Is it fun to watch old men quarreling?

Wonderful, better do it!

But unfortunately, just when Xiguang and Huguang felt that their performance had reached perfection and they were ready to enter the final scene and prepare to leave.

"What are you making a fuss about? The princess I'm talking about is not yours!"

"what?"

Following Xia Guang's weak words, everyone present fell silent again after being surprised.

Not Fia?

Are there any other princesses of the right age?

Maren, Ava, Keisha, Faye...

Could it be that person?

Now it was Xiguang and Huguang's turn to look at the Sun King.

"Your Majesty, it's for you."

Sun King: "f**k!"

He took a sip of wine to hide his embarrassment.

"Hahaha, Duke Xiaguang is really good at joking. Are you talking about Eleanor?"

Xiaguang nodded as a matter of course.

"Exactly."

What the hell!

Resisting the urge to smash the wine glass in the old man's face, the Sun King controlled his anger again and again.

"Xiaguang, Eleanor is... a bit special. You have to think it through."

Xiaguang did not reply, but turned sideways and raised her chin.

Although Heinz did not cooperate well with his father, he still reacted and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"To be honest, Your Majesty! I have loved Princess Eleanor since the first time I saw her. I think about her day and night. It is really painful. Please help me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only those on the field, but even the little earls at the next table could hardly hold back.

Because of Eleanor's special nature, the little girl has never left Qixia City since she was a child.

Previously, following the Archbishop south to Sunshine City was the first time in my life that I traveled far away. This was a well-known fact in the royal capital.

And this youngest son of the Xiaguang family... well, he is just the last heir.

Maybe he is the illegitimate child of a mistress, a marginal person who is unknown in the aristocratic social circle. This is probably the first time he has entered the royal capital in his life.

Love at first sight...

Dude, let’s not talk about how ridiculous this sentence is, let’s first ask you, have you ever seen this?

But unfortunately, the most powerful weapon in this world is face.

Maybe Heinz is younger, and his face would still blush a little when he plays tricks, but the old thief Xiaguang is completely shameless.

He even sighed in pretended helplessness.

"Alas, Your Majesty, it was only because my little one begged me so much that I had the audacity to ask you to grant me marriage. I hope you can forgive me."

Well, here’s another damn conspiracy – Xiaguang’s famous dish, Grilled Sun King on Skewers.

I'm sorry, but I'm Anton VI, the eldest brother. How can I be so mean to a junior? I have no shame at all.

If he forgave her, it would mean that Anton VI had no objection to the arranged marriage, and it would be difficult for him to refuse it later.

So the Sun King did not answer this question at all, but activated the trap card "I am a barbarian" and jumped into this cesspool fighting arena where only shameless people were worthy of entering.

He also started with a sigh.

"Alas, Duke, you know Eleanor's situation. One move can affect the whole body. There are many things that you and I cannot decide."

"Besides, she is an adult and has her own fiefdom. She has her own opinions. We, as elders, should stop giving her orders."

As it turned out, the Duke of Xiaguang was well prepared and directly launched the "selective answer" strategy, ignoring the Sun King's later words and starting with the previous sentence.

"I understand. Your Majesty is worried about the attitude of Shenlin?"

"Actually, there is no need, because according to the information I received, the Deep Forest people actually participated in tonight's operation..."

The Sun King was almost laughing out of anger. They did it too, right? Then why don’t you say that you did it too?

Unexpectedly, Duke Xiaguang was not talking nonsense this time. He handed a report to Heinz and asked him to tell the thrilling story of last night on his behalf.

The content of the story is basically about how brave and fearless the Xiaguang family's intelligence network was, and how they tried their best to intercept the intelligence of the deep forest spies.

Then he was so smart that he analyzed the possibility that people from Shenlin were involved in last night's incident, and he directly seized the concrete evidence.

"Your Majesty, although I received the news a little late and was unable to resolve the disaster at its source, at least we have definite evidence in our hands."

"Ah this."

In fact, according to the art of weighing, although what happened last night was big, it can be reduced to a small size.

After all, to put it in a broader sense, the entire capital area was in chaos, and the economic losses alone were astronomical. It could be said to be the biggest shame of the Glorious Kingdom since the Changge incident twenty years ago.

But to put it simply, it is an indisputable fact that Deep Forest is strong and Glow is weak. No noble would think that the initiative is on our side. In addition, it is a well-known secret that Deep Forest has many layouts in Glow and has been exerting influence. It is not surprising that such a thing would happen.

Besides, the people from Shenlin at least did their work with their faces covered, which gave face to Huiguang who was stealing behind the scenes.

However, now that Duke Xiaguang has spoken about this matter in public and provided a complete chain of evidence, it is like putting this matter, which could be a big or small matter, on the scale, making it instantly weigh a thousand pounds.

No, it’s more than a thousand pounds.

When it comes to glory and honor, even a million troops cannot stop it!

So, now the Sun King has an opportunity for revenge.

Don't blame me for being unjust because you are unkind. Just tear up the promise you made and make an exception to marry Princess Eleanor to the son of a powerful duke as a revenge.

Why don't you do this?

Now, another dilemma has emerged, and it is a deadly move.

If the Sun King agreed, it would mean that he was publicly admitting his weakness to the Duke of Xiaguang.

It also meant that he, as the king of a country and the source of everyone's power, did not even know the movements of the enemy in the heart of the kingdom.

He actually needed a vassal to help him find one, and then be as diligent as an old nanny to help him come up with a means of revenge.

Are you worthy of being a king?

If you don't agree...

The ministers are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?

Could it be that my emperor is also collaborating with the enemy?

Maybe we can directly create a strong claim for this damn Duke of Xiaguang that is enough to start a rebellion and start a full-scale war within the kingdom.

Then came the classic move of clearing the emperor's side, using the emperor to command the princes, declining three times, and finally changing the country's name to Xiaguangsilk.

Even if it wasn't so exaggerated, the Sun King must immediately come up with a countermeasure, otherwise his dominance and appeal would definitely plummet.

But he couldn't come up with any ideas in such a short time, so he could only try to delay time.

"What the Duke said is true. I have indeed received the news, but the situation is urgent, so I have to deal with state affairs first."

"How about this, let's not act rashly. I will first summon Ambassador Musitin, who is stationed in the capital by Shenlin, to see what they have to say."