Earl Hall crossed his hands in front of him, his thumbs and thumbs pressed together, and said with a serious expression: "You can understand the vicious traps hidden behind the words. In order not to let these traps harm your brother, you must stand up and expose it. Therefore, you will become the spell consultant of the kingdom, after all, you are both a saint and a wizard."
"Consultant? It seems that I always come across this position." Feiqi's eyes rolled around and said with a smile: "If you wish Shani and I a blessing for my wedding, I would be happy to take on this position."
"Do you think it's more important to marry a civilian woman than to help your brother get through the difficulties? Is this exchangeable?" Earl Hall looked at Feige, and his tone was quite unhappy. "As a man of the Hall family, you have the responsibility to marry other nobles for the sake of the family. A civilian is not worth your waste of this opportunity."
"No, you should think from a different perspective." Feige still kept a smile. "No matter what happens, I will definitely help Andrew, and of course Langdon, Sheila... I will help him through the difficulties that may arise, settle enemies and troubles, but the position of Spell Consultant will cost me a lot of personal time and freedom, so I think I should get a little compensation. As for marriage? I don't think there are problems in this world that require me to marry. First of all, the family is not that weak, and secondly, I have always opposed the idea of ​​treating marriage as a hostage exchange."
"If it weren't for marriage, could your brother become king?"
"If there is no marriage and Andrew wants to be the king..." Feiqi snorted, keeping a smile while saying terrifying words: "Then I will help him become the king, even if he fights out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood to the throne. There are many aspects to test a king, will, determination, ability, character, diligence and justice, but never one is the ability to find a wife."
"You've thought things too simple."
"You think things too complicated," Fitch said. "Father, not everything will be done according to your ideas. You will often get unexpected gains with your own nature. You haven't thought I would become a saint?"
Earl Hall's face turned red and he tried to hold it up, "It's true." He turned his eyes to Langdon, probably thinking about the possibility of letting Langdon take over the heavy responsibility of marriage. Feige patted Langdon on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do you have a girlfriend now? If not, it seems that you can't escape."
"Yes, Feich doesn't want to do it, then you, anyway, there's no problem with age." Earl Hall then said to Feich: "That's it, if your mother agrees, then I won't say anything anymore. It's just for you that Marquis Mississ' second daughter is a recognized beauty, gentle and dignified and very virtuous."
"Haha." Feiqi refused to comment. However, he obviously felt that Langdon Hall was a little excited, and his breathing and heartbeat accelerated slightly. It seemed that the "recognition" also included the "certification" of this younger brother. In other words, Langdon should have met that girl? Perhaps the count arranged for Langdon to marry at the beginning, and went around him just to ask himself to propose exchange conditions, and then happily took office as a spell consultant? If so, then the count's calculations were still very good!
"What do spell consultants usually do? Is there any bad clues or is there an enemy emerging?"
"No." The Count shook his head: "I'm just preparing for the future, and it's more convenient to enter and exit the castle after giving you this title. After all, it is one of the twelve people in the king's inner court. Usually, except for the people in the inner court, others need to request or be summoned to enter the palace."
"Who are the other ten people in the inner court?"
"The other ten? No, I'm not in the inner court." Earl Hall's answer surprised Feich a little. "Entering and leaving the palace every day is not the best choice. If you three manage the family territory well, you three have stronger backings. Andrew, the king is just a hat, and wearing it on your head does not mean that your body must be strong enough."
Feiqi nodded. This sentence is right at all. The source of the king's power has never been the circle inlaid with jewelry on the top of his head, whether it is made of gold, platinum or pure gold. Judging from the current situation, Andrew's control ability cannot even cover the entire capital, so let alone further distance.
"What is the current state of the Joint Council of Nobles? Are they restricting it?"
"Not. If the nobles' union is making trouble, then it will not be necessary for it to exist for a long time." Earl Hall looked at Fitch with praise, and then said, "Have you started to raise your alertness? This is very good. At the aristocratic level, at least there are not many problems on the surface. Andrew can already govern the country through the inner court, but he always feels that the results are very little. So I hope you help Andrew stabilize the inner court, and I will go back to the territory to see the actual situation. It is not only Aria who fights on the front line all day, but we must not repeat the mistakes of Aria."
The problem with Aria is that it is military and even the nobles who may receive compensation for new territory and spoils cannot bear it, let alone ordinary people. The living standards of the entire country have been declining, which is why almost no one missed Aria after his death.
Feiqi had many ideas to say in the inner court, and now he needed to listen to the Count's father's introduction to the situation of the court. There were seven members of the nobles' Union Parliament in the inner court, and their positions were all "king consultants". The remaining five were treasury, construction, intelligence, law and magic consultants. They must not have come out of the nobles' Union, and their abilities and qualifications must be assessed.
Among these five "directed consultants", the spell consultant is the most important one, mainly because people in this position need to communicate and coordinate with the Goddess Church, which has long penetrated into all aspects of kingdom life. According to my father's introduction, the most favorable competitors for this position were the bishop I saw in the Throne Hall before, and even he himself thought he was sure to win. However, Feich's title of "saint" shines golden, and the title recognized by the goddess is more convincing than the bishop name chosen by believers. In addition, the count chose to withdraw from the inner court, from the perspective of political balance, Feich would also be more popular with other inner court members than a young and ambitious bishop.
However, in this way, it will become more difficult to deal with things between the church. In the final analysis, Fitch is just a fake pastor certified by the goddess and has no influence in the church. Think about it carefully, all the church members he knows are not as large as the basic magic runes!
Take one step at a time, maybe I am worried here that other members of the inner court are powerful big shots, but in fact, others think they are more powerful? There is no need for people to scare themselves. Anyway, if it is about the ability to turn the table, the other eleven people in the inner court of the king will be no match for Feiqi.
"I'm reckless when I encounter something, my task is to make trouble anyway."
When Earl Hall was holding her three sons for a meeting, only one person in the world could interfere with the activity. The Countess came here to disturb her and said that she would drag everyone to dinner together. The Countess wanted to interrupt her and was interrupted several times by her, so she had to take the lead in walking towards the restaurant. The Countess deliberately fell behind a few steps behind and came to Feige, lowering her voice and said to him.
"I saw it. She looks very exotic and beautiful. But I'm very worried. What will your children look like? Will their hair be snakes?"
"I don't know this, but there is indeed such a possibility." Feiqi took the Countess' hand and comforted her: "I think, first of all, you should like each other, right? I promise you this is absolutely fine. As for bloodline, I will take one step at a time, and I also know people who are very good at bloodline research, which can be solved even if they encounter problems."
"Is there such a person? The child's problem is very important, and you can't trust others."
"Liz, the high priest of the Tibetan girl, is someone who has received the blessing of the goddess himself, so don't worry." Feiqi lowered his voice and said, "I have fought for it. As long as you agree, my father will not object."
"He didn't agree to him when he heard you call him father instead of Lord Earl. Of course, don't say that this is what I told you." The Countess made a gesture of silence and said in a low voice: "I agree to yours and Shani! But you have to make a little more necklace, and it's awkward to see only the veil all day long."
"I'll work hard, I'll cheer up."
In the palace, the servants were doing their final preparations, and there were busy figures everywhere. Andrew asked to be as frugal as possible so that more funds could be left to rebuild the kingdom and help the poor, but some necessary ritual decorations could not be saved. So, the gifts from the nobles from the kingdom were opened "early" and placed in various places in the castle according to the style. Most of these were statues, tapestries, paintings, and gorgeous armor inlaid with gems. They were moved into the warehouse a month ago and were expected to be opened two weeks ago. Although the throne ceremony was postponed, there was no need to postpone their regaining time.
"When the throne ceremony is completed, we will be busy for a while, and then we will be relatively calm." Andrew's wife should have become a queen in terms of bloodline inheritance, but she gave the throne to her husband. The current Queen Carol invites everyone to the seat. "The seafood in Tawugang City is better, but I am not good at craftsmanship, so I forgive you."
"What you made in person? It should be these fried fish, right?" Andrew looked carefully and said with great certainty: "That's right, it must be this one. Let me have one first."
A young servant came over and according to his duties, he would try it before the king. Originally, this work would be done in the kitchen, but after Carroll finished cooking, he brought the dishes over himself, and no servant dared to steal things from the queen. Seeing that the servant reached out, Feiqi grabbed him directly. "It's okay, there are not many people at all, I'm more stingy, so I won't give it to you."
He took a fried fish and threw it into his mouth, frowned while chewing it: "There is too much salt, really. The fish itself has been marinated, and then salt is also added to the batter outside, right?"
"Is that so? I only remember putting it once. Isn't it delicious? I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, Andrew is a Paladin anyway, and his body is tough, so this little salt is nothing." Feiqi picked up the plate and poured most of the fish directly into the king's plate. "Hurry up, whether to eat, or toast quickly. I ate nothing along the way, and I was really hungry."
The servant who was about to try it just now frowned and said to Fitch: "It is disrespectful to call His Majesty the King, rather than just using his name."
"Well, you're right, but I won't listen." Feichi laughed, obviously entering the role of "I'm a thorn head". But he knew very well that this role was aimed at outsiders and would never happen within his own home.
The dinner was just an ordinary home-cooked meal. The main reason was that everyone did not know that Feichi would arrive today, so it was impossible to prepare in advance. Queen Carroll suggested that a formal banquet tomorrow, but Feichi refused. "I just need to eat the banquet on the day of the throne ceremony, and there is no need to make extra effort. By the way, why are there no potatoes in the home-cooked meal? Aria... No, has potato cultivation not started in the United Kingdom?"
"I have this intention. After all, Minas Ishir's grain production is improved by potatoes. So many immigrants have not eaten up and can maintain output. I have always seen this." Andrew said: "But there are still many concerns about growing potatoes, and people are still worried about the curse of underground plants."
"No curse," said Feiqi. "The earliest potatoes were stained with some hell aura, which may have affected the planters. However, this hell aura had disappeared long ago and had not been transmitted to other crops. I have reported this to the church."
Andrew nodded. He knew about this. After all, he also wanted to gain the recognition of the church. Fortunately, the lighthouse also planted potatoes. "But the church has not confirmed your statement, and I don't have enough people to hold purification ceremonies, so it was forbidden to plant."
"The church asked me to find evidence from the records to support the statement. But..." Feiqi shook his head: "Is there any problem with the potato? Just pick it up and you will know that this is what happened at this moment. I have to find the records of the past and read through the piles of old papers? Do I have to prove that I am alive now and I have to read through the books?"
Sheila laughed: "Well said, brother, there is nothing good about those books!"
"You should still read more. You can't just ride a horse, right?" The Countess looked at her only pearl in her hand, saying, "And you said you want to win the horse riding championship. Don't say such nonsense in the future, do you know?"
"What's the best thing to ride a horse? You can study hard and fly. You won't want to ride a horse at that time."
"Really?" Mira blinked mischievously: "But why did a servant report to me just now that the donkey you rode when you came, which was originally placed at the foot of the mountain, is now sent to the palace? Hehehe, can you really fly? Or is it better for donkeys than horses?"
Feiqi snapped his fingers, sent Mira into the air, flew around the restaurant and then put it back on his seat. The little girl was heartless and happy. Her mother was still shocked and complained that Feiqi was not good at being a brother. Only Andrew and the Earl were thinking about this.
Chapter completed!