A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

A few days after Elson's little princess came to the palace, Prime Minister Zuo entered the palace early in the morning.

But he didn't go to see King Garlan, but came to the temple of Shamash and met the high priest Shemuer.

Because the two of them made the servants who were serving around them retreat outside, so no one knew what the two of them were talking about.

It was only faintly heard outside the house. At first the high priest seemed to be angry, and the two quarreled a few words, but their voices quickly fell down again.

The two stayed in the room, not knowing whether they were talking or arguing all morning, and finally they seemed to have reached an agreement.

……

Although she was rejected by Garlan, the little princess still ran to Garlan from time to time, but she stopped talking about the child.

During the day, she wandered around the palace, looking around.

She inquired about the decrees that Garlan had implemented in the past few years since she came to power, and then went to the relevant areas and buildings where the decrees were implemented to see with her own eyes.

If you don't understand, just write it down in your heart, and go to Garlan to ask at night.

Garlan had nothing to hide about this publicly implemented government order, and patiently answered every question the little princess had.

He could see that the little princess wanted to learn the way of governing from him.

What the little princess is most interested in is the trade bureau established by Garlan.

Five years have passed, and today, in Aaron Landis, basically all large cities have established trade bureaus, and some small and medium-sized cities with convenient locations just pass by the newly built Aaron Landis Avenue, these As a result, small and medium-sized cities are flourishing day by day.

Garlan's road map for building new avenues all centered on the cities directly under the royal court, and deliberately avoided those cities where the city lords and nobles held power.Therefore, in those cities without wide roads and convenient trade bureaus, commerce has gradually declined, much worse than it was five years ago.

With this ebb and flow, the power of those city lords is already extremely weak.

They had little influence on the royal court any more.

The city lords of some small cities have good foresight, and simply take the initiative to find an excuse to hand over power to the royal court in exchange for huge wealth and special care promised by the royal court, and then try their best to train their own family's children to become officials or enter the army to obtain meritorious service as generals. The family slowly grew.

And those short-sighted city lords, embracing the glory and power of their ancestors, refused to relax, and would rather stay in a city than make any changes.Although it can still barely maintain the dignity of the nobility, it may decline in a few generations.

It can be said that it took Garlan five years to almost complete the centralization of power in Aaron Landis.

Moreover, after the successful implementation of the separation of powers system by the Commerce and Trade Administration, he gradually developed the system to the state power.

Now in the royal court, there has been a tripartite confrontation of ministers of the royal court, the Shamash Temple and the Nanna Temple. In addition, there is an intelligence department in charge of Tal who is hidden in the dark.

Garlan's complete control over the state power and military power, coupled with the support of a large amount of wealth, allowed him to carry out drastic reforms and implement various policies smoothly.

During his five years in power, Aaron Landis has undergone rapid changes. It can be said that the changes are visible to the naked eye, and the national power has grown rapidly.

In fact, Queen Eilson let the princess Emma go to Aaron Landis as an envoy this time, and she also planned to let the princess learn from Aaron Landis.

Due to the many differences between Aaron Landis and Aaron Landis, many of the decrees that can be implemented in Aaron Landis are actually not suitable for Aaron Landis.However, for Eilson, whose main economy is maritime commerce, the Department of Commerce and Trade is a very practical department.

Therefore, most of the questions that the little princess asked Garlan were related to the Commerce and Trade Department's decrees.

And she also frankly told Garlan that Queen Eilson had already planned to imitate Aaron Landis's Commerce and Trade Department and establish a similar business and trade center organization in the royal city.

After several days passed like this, Kehuos returned to the royal city from the western region.

In a few days it will be the Gods Festival, so he will naturally rush back to Wangcheng to participate in this grand sacrifice day.

Novi happened to be there when Kehoes came to the palace to meet Garlan.

Since that day, I was probably worried that Garlan would be accidentally given by that shameless Princess Eilson... So Novi, who rarely came to the door unless Garlan summoned him, came here very frequently these days, almost It is to stand by Garlan's side every day, ready to fight, especially when the little princess comes over.

If the little princess didn't leave, he wouldn't leave either. He guarded Garlan firmly, and didn't give the little princess any chance to take advantage of it.

The cold look in his eyes, as if guarding against a thief, made the little princess very angry.

Kaihos, who knew that Novi didn't like coming to the palace, was surprised when he saw Novi here.

However, Garlan felt that it was just right, so he directly confessed to Kaihos.

After the festival of the gods was over, when he returned to the battlefield in the western region, he took Novi along with him.

Keyhos didn't care about this, and nodded casually.

What he is most interested in now is what happened at the Hanao Festival not long ago.

At that time, he happened to be engaged in a small-scale war with the Gastadians and failed to make it back.

The Riding Sun Knight, who always likes to linger in the flowers, deeply regrets that he could not see the feast where beautiful ladies from all over the world and even other countries gathered together to compete with the flowers.

However, it's okay to regret it.

What made him most curious was the declaration that Garlan made at the end of the Huayu Festival dinner.

Just when he was about to let Novy leave first and ask Garlan about the situation at that time in private, a large group of people came to the government affairs room in a mighty manner.

Shemul, the high priest of Shamash.

Sogar, High Priest of Nannar.

Sago, head of the Royal Knights.

Zuo Sixiang, the aging You Sixiang, and several important ministers in the royal court.

It can be said that the several big figures who have a pivotal position in Aaron Landis are all present.

Garlan froze for a moment, revealing a thoughtful expression.

After a while, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose.

Seeing the dozen or so big figures suddenly rushing in, Nuo Wei was stunned for a moment. He thought that there was something important, so he turned his head to look at Garlan, waiting for his instructions.

Seeing that Garlan didn't intend to let him back down, he thought about it, but he didn't back down.

Kaihos glanced over the crowd, then turned to look at Garlan.

But when he looked back, all he saw was the back of his majesty.

Garlan, who was originally standing, turned around, walked up to the throne above, and then turned around and sat down.

The moment he sat down, the white cloak behind him curled up a little, and then spread softly over the emerald green malachite throne.

The young king sat on the throne, staring at the people below with bright golden eyes.

His expression seemed calm and composed.

But Kaihos, who was closer to him, could clearly see that the corners of Garlan's eyes were slightly curved, and he looked at everyone with a smile.

worse.

The prince is at it again.

Seeing that familiar smile, the back of the blond knight's neck instinctively shuddered.

As Garlan's guardian knight, Kaihos, who has always been by his side, knew that since childhood, whenever the prince showed this kind of smile, it meant that someone was going to be in trouble.

...You know, the reputation of that young girl connoisseur had followed him for a long time, and it took a long time to get rid of it.

The slightly curved corners of the eyes, and the smile in the eyes flashed by, and Garlan on the throne looked at everyone calmly.

He raised his hand to signal the people who saluted him to stand up.

"You came here together, are you looking for me for something important?"

Suojia, who was almost coerced, looked at his nose, his nose and his heart, standing on the spot and putting on a sculpture.

I hope that before he came, he sent someone to secretly inform the lord of the matter, so that he could make him a crime.

Shemuer pursed her lips and looked a little unhappy, and seemed to have no intention of speaking.

But Zuo Sixiang was pondering, as if he was brewing words.

After being quiet for a few seconds, the blunt-tempered Captain Sage saw that no one was speaking, so he took a step forward and spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, since you are unwilling to lower your request to marry the princess, we can only follow your wishes."

Words, he said, go right to the heart of purpose.

"However, it doesn't matter if you don't marry the princess. In any case, please give birth to an heir as soon as possible so that someone can succeed you on the throne."

The young king didn't answer, but just watched the crowd calmly.

"King Garlan, since Eilson's princess intends to give birth to an heir for you, we think this is a good thing."

Zuo Sixiang looked up at Garlan and said seriously.

"If a girl is born, she will become the future Queen Eilson. In this way, she will be half of your blood, which will definitely ensure the friendship between Aaron Landis and Eilson from generation to generation."

"If you give birth to a boy and bring him up in the palace, then neither I nor the many people in Aaron Landis will have to worry about the successor to the throne. In this way, even if you don't want to marry the princess , and we have nothing else to say."

"Your Majesty, no matter how you look at it, this is extremely beneficial to Aaron Landis. Please think about it."

Just as Zuo Sixiang was saying these words, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside, approaching from far away.

The black-haired man and the brown-haired girl came here almost front and back, and they just listened to Zuo Sixiang's words.

Heymos's originally fast pace suddenly paused, and then slowed down.

The little princess who originally came in behind him passed him a few steps and walked in front of him.

When passing by, Emma subconsciously looked back at Heymos.

Of course she knew Heymos.

It's just that her impression of Heymos was really not very good five years ago. Before parting, she was still a child and wanted to have a parting kiss with Garland at that time, but this man stopped her.

The way this man looked at Garlan, as well as the extremely obvious possessive desire in his behavior made her very unhappy.

Therefore, when she reunited with Garlan a few days ago, even if she saw this man beside her, she pretended not to see him and ignored him.

However, the way this man looked at her at that time was very strange...

While thinking in her heart, Emma walked in quickly and looked up at Garlan.

Although she has been very well-behaved since that night, she never brought up the topic of children to Garlan again.

However, she didn't give up just yet.

The female warrior Elson is very tenacious in every aspect, how could she give up so easily?

She just wanted to ask more experienced people for advice after returning home, and then come to Garlan again.

But now... there seems to be a turning point?

Maybe she can get her wish this time?

On the throne, Garlan shook his head.

"No, I won't agree to this."

He said.

Sixiang Zuo wanted to say something, but the high priest standing aside suddenly raised his hand and stopped him.

Shemuer, who had been silent all this time, raised his head.

"King Garlan."

He looked at Garlan sharply.

"You should be enough, even if you are willful, there should be a limit."

The high priest frowned deeply.

"Those words said at the Hanao Festival banquet are just an excuse."

He says,

"King Garlan, it is your responsibility as a king to marry and have children, and to give birth to a successor to the throne. In my opinion, you are not the kind of irresponsible king."

"But why have you been finding all kinds of excuses to evade this responsibility?"

Clenching the heavy golden scepter in his hand, Shemuer took a step forward, staring at Garlan.

"King Garlan, can you answer me?"

Garlan's eyes met those of his High Priest for a moment.

He lowered his eyes and smiled slightly.

Indeed, others may not understand him, but Xie Muer, who has watched him grow up, cannot fail to guess that what he did at the Hua Yu Festival dinner was just a farce.

Garlan raised his eyes and looked to the side of the room.

Of all the people in the room, Heymos stood furthest from him.

The man stood there silently.

The fine black forehead hair fell down, and the shadow covered the man's eyes, making him unable to see the expression in Heymos' eyes at the moment.

But he could see Heymos's hand hanging by his side, clenched tightly.

The man is patient.

For him, he forcibly suppressed his pride and fierceness.

...is enough.

Garlan lowered his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That man has done enough for him.

So, it was his turn to do something.

"Heymos."

King Garlan's cry made everyone turn their heads instinctively, and their eyes fell on the black knight standing behind them.

Heymos raised his head and looked at Garlan from afar.

Garlan raised his hand and gently waved at him.

Lowering his eyes to cover the darkness in his eyes, and pursing his thin lips a little, Heymos walked towards Garlan.

Passing past the little princess, past the crowd, and Kayhos standing under the high platform, he walked up the steps and walked up to Garlan who was sitting on the throne.

The eyes of the two have been looking at each other.

The air seemed to be scorching hot, as if an invisible flame was burning and boiling little by little.

"Ximuer and the others hope that I can conceive a child with Princess Eilson."

Garlan looked at Heymos and asked calmly.

"Heymos, what do you want me to do?"

Heymos stood in front of Garlan.

He stared deeply at Garlan, as if a storm was raging deep in his eyes.

He thought he had reached the limit of his patience.

He felt that he no longer wanted to endure it any longer.

Obviously the one he loves is right in front of his eyes, within his arm's reach, but he is so far away from him.

He couldn't touch it, couldn't catch it.

Heymos bent down slowly, and with his outstretched right hand, he firmly grasped Garlan's left wrist which was placed on the armrest of the throne.

"reject."

He said in a low voice, with a long-suppressed hostility.

The scar on the handsome side of his face exuded more and more fierceness of the Black Knight's recovery.

He clenched Garlan's hand tightly, and said in a cold tone, "Then, let them go."

Garlan raised his head to meet Heymos' gloomy eyes, and suddenly the corners of his eyes slightly curved.

"I'm not letting them back down."

Garland said.

A smile appeared in his eyes.

"They have to stay here, I have something to announce to them."

After finishing speaking, before Heymos could understand what he meant, Garlan raised his hand.

His right hand held Heymos' jaw.

He smiled at Heymos again.

Then, before Heymos could react, his hands were violent, and he pulled Heymos' face towards him.

in front of everyone

In full view

Garlan raised his head and kissed Heymos's lips forcefully.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Novi, who had just rushed up to the high platform, instantly petrified.

The blond knight under the high platform let out a soft wow, with such an expression on his face.

Suo Jia held his forehead, and secretly glanced at the person next to him.

The head of Sage was stunned.

Zuo Sixiang was bewildered.

boom.

A dull bang.

That was the sound made by the high priest Shamash's never-leaving golden scepter hitting the ground heavily.