The King's Follower [Rebirth]

Edward decided to let Earl Parkinson hang out for a few days, but he did not waste this time, but spent it on the Liberal Party. He needed to learn as much as possible about the internal situation of the Liberal Party in order to separate a team that could be used own use of power.In this world, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.The Liberal Party cannot be trusted by the king, and politicians such as the party leader and other senior officials in the party have lost their loyalty to the empire and the Lancaster family in political struggles. They don't care who manages the country, they just Care about how much power you can get in your hands.

Edward made a list of Liberal Party officials, and based on the recommendation of Idris and the memory of his previous life, he selected the part that could be used by him.On this point, the interests of Edward and the Green family are mostly the same. Although we must be wary of people from the Green family borrowing their names for their own profit, we must first separate these people before proceeding to the next step. action.

None of these issues can be rushed, and William can take his time when there are still five years before he becomes an adult.

The midsummer holiday in June came as scheduled. The crown prince left his fief and returned to the capital to visit his parents, and William also celebrated his 13th birthday.Edward decided to hold a grand birthday party for him, which was so grand that many people who didn't know it were very dissatisfied.

William is only the king's illegitimate son. It is inconvenient to hold a grand banquet in the palace while the crown prince is still alive. William's birthday party can only be held in the mansion of his uncle, Earl Letterman.Although Letterman's mansion is much smaller than the royal palace, Edward will not reduce the scale of William's birthday banquet because the place is too small.

After gaining the king's consent, Edward invited many nobles to William's birthday party, and the Letterman family naturally had to dispatch all members. Earl Kingson was also on the invitation list.Since the brief interview in the basement of the church, when Earl Parkinson approached Edward several times, he was ignored by Edward.Earl Parkinson also showed the full patience that matched his age, and the humility that Edward wanted. Edward felt that it was almost the same, so he sent him an invitation.

As the crown prince's beloved younger brother and the unknown future heir to the empire, William's birthday party is no longer just a simple birthday party, but an undercurrent of political social interaction.Edward intended to train William, and it was for this reason that he obtained the king's permission to invite so many nobles, so he arranged for the king's officials in Hull, as well as the teachers prepared for the crown prince and William. , ordered them to sort out the information of the guests who were going to visit at the banquet, explain and analyze to William one by one, and use this to sort out the political situation for him, explain some national policy issues, and some tricks of politicians.

Edward himself has also benefited a lot. The king's manpower naturally collected more information than he secretly sorted out, and he also had a more comprehensive view.Although William is still young, many secrets have not been explained to him, but you must know that there are small things as omens and sources for many big events, and Edward has future memories. During the work, a lot of important information can be inferred and used.After all, he actually made good use of the king.

William was very smart. During the first half year in Somerset, Edward asked him to attend various government affairs meetings and make reports at the meetings. He was surrounded by excellent teachers specially arranged by the king to guide him. A clueless country boy turned into a proper royal.It's a pity that William doesn't have much aura in politics, and Edward and the teacher need to do more guidance to figure out many problems, and his political sensitivity is not strong enough, but his military talent is amazing, and his promotion speed is also very fast. Unusually fast, since last year's final assessment, he quickly broke through the fifth level, and now he has broken through the fifth intermediate level, and is steadily and rapidly developing towards the fifth level peak. If this momentum continues, William may be able to become The empire's first orc who became a seventh-level powerhouse when he was a minor.

The king was very happy about this. He was a militant himself, so he naturally hoped that his heir would be like him, be able to serve him, and fulfill his desire to control the country by force.

Edward was also happy for William's outstanding military talent and cultivation talent, because although William was powerful, he was not as belligerent as his father. He has acquired the habit of speaking through force, but unless he feels that he has been bullied and humiliated by others, in other cases he does not like to argue with others, and his personality is very simple. He preferred to stick to Edward's side.This made Edward more and more at ease. Of course, even if William was a militant yearning for dictatorship like the king, he would assist William wholeheartedly, but from his personal emotions, he still hoped that William would not get too far with the king. resemblance.

In late May, Edward set off from Somerset with his servants and a large group of the crown prince's guards, and rushed to the capital.This time, Edward no longer intentionally delayed the time. Although they took the dry road, they arrived at the royal capital very quickly. Amidst the cheers of the people, they crossed half of Leman City and returned to the palace to greet the two most noble people in the empire. Your Majesty, Edward's nominal father and mother.

After learning that Edward was going to prepare a birthday party for William, the queen sent ten letters in a row, reprimanding him for his whims and mischief, and asked him to stop this self-defeating behavior immediately.After being rejected by Edward on the grounds that the king had agreed, she sent more than a dozen letters one after another, as if she wanted to vent her anger completely on Edward.Fortunately, at this time, in the living room of the conference, she always had to be gentle and generous, and she also needed to express her longing for her son and the joy of reunion after a long absence, which allowed Edward to escape.

Edward and the two His Majesties successfully performed filial piety in front of all the members of the royal family, and on the grounds of being tired, they refused the queen's request to take him to the room for a private conversation, and returned to his room early.

The crown prince's room was as luxurious and rich as ever, and it was exactly the same as when he lived in last year. Even the roses in the small vase on the table were generally delicate and bright.But at this moment, even standing here, Edward's mood is quite different.A year later, when he saw the king again in the living room, kneeling at his feet and kissing his ring, Edward found that the resentment, fear, anger, and fear that had haunted his heart had all disappeared. He disappeared without a trace, and now, the man who put him to death is his enemy, an opponent he can look up to.

The war has begun.He said in his heart to his former father, the highest ruler in the empire.I won't be foolish enough to put my life in your hands anymore.

The nobles of the capital, after hearing all kinds of rumors, finally saw with their own eyes how the crown prince loves his younger brother.No matter where the crown prince goes, William will always be with him, and his attitude towards his illegitimate half-brothers and sisters is notoriously indifferent and ignorant.Immediately, everyone began to look forward to William's upcoming birthday party. The king's preference for William was obvious to all. Now even the crown prince favored his younger brother. How could everyone miss such an opportunity to win the favor of the two powerful people?

William's birthday party was ordered by Edward himself, and the queen was so angry that she couldn't hold Edward back at this time, expressing her dissatisfaction too openly, so she could only call Edward to her room from time to time, Criticized to vent his anger.Edward didn't care about this, and the queen's anger was nothing when he had more important things in his mind.

Soon it was William's birthday.At afternoon tea, the Crown Prince's convoy departed from the palace and arrived at Earl Letterman's residence.At this moment, the Letterman mansion has a new look, as if even the walls and floor tiles have been washed, scrubbed and polished ten times. The colors are bright, clean and bright.The path from the gate to the gate of the house has already been decorated with a vault of crystal flowers, and the room is decorated with real flowers everywhere, but it is not yet the time to welcome guests, and the flowers are still placed in the sub-orc man's room. Keep fresh in space.

Edward held William's hand and checked the situation of the entire banquet scene, nodded his head to express his satisfaction, and the Lettermans were relieved, and brought the menu, drink list and ball list to Edward for a final confirmation. On the other hand, the Countess of Letterman began to dress William with a kind of valet.

After another two hours, the guests began to rush to the Letterman mansion one after another, and all the guests arrived before the evening class began.This time, Edward decided to preside over the evening class before the birthday party himself, not to mention how much commotion this caused. Edward did not explain this move to William in advance. Ringing the dragon necklace, standing in front of the crowd and raising his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, William began to shake with excitement, blushing and smiling foolishly at Edward.

Edward didn't know what William was happy about, but he was very relieved to see the sincere admiration and joy in the little orc's eyes. Then he turned serious and ordered everyone to bow their heads and be silent, and follow him in evening class.