"His Majesty the Pope has a high opinion of you. He wants to invite you to Sunset City, but it is convenient for him to speak. If you refuse, he will lose his face. So he asked me to ask you, what? Sometimes I have time." Standing in the confessional next to the main hall of the church, Kandy continued to talk. He seemed to have endless things to say, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you refuse. I don't like Sunset City either. They let me see it all day long. There are all kinds of scriptures and manuscripts. My head is so big that it’s really a scary place... "
While waiting, Kandy kept talking to Du Lin, which once again made Du Lin realize that when a person's talk reaches a certain level, he can continue talking alone even if you ignore him.
Fortunately, the wait is not long. The first chorus of the choir has ended with a smile that is almost stiff. The classic wedding song sounds. Kandy clucks his lips, arranges his clothes with unfinished thoughts, and joins Du Lin left the confessional one after another and walked to the main stage of the church.
Outside the door, Leticia held Ophelia's arm. The two bishops opened the door and slowly walked into the church to the beat of the wedding song.
Originally, Ophelia's father should have done this job, but her father was in very poor health. He had been bedridden all year round and had lost the ability to move. At this time, he could only sit in the first row and watch the ceremony.
It is said that this sickly looking gentleman used to be very handsome and healthy. Many noble ladies were infatuated with him when he was young.
Later, he chose Leticia. At first, the relationship between the couple was close and their life was harmonious. However, after giving birth to Ophelia, the gentleman gradually became decadent.
Magus was unwilling to allow his family to be promoted too easily because of his relationship, and he would not even allow them to enter the officialdom, which made him a little depressed and decadent.
In the following business activities, I lost a lot of money twice in a row. My chances of publicity gradually decreased, my health began to deteriorate, and I ended up lying in a hospital bed.
Many famous doctors in the empire have diagnosed him, and the conclusions are surprisingly consistent. He is suffering from depression. The double failure in politics and business has made him depressed, but he still holds the title of number one in the empire, which has given him an unbearable burden. thing.
Every time he went out, he always felt that others were looking at him with ridicule and ridicule, which made him start to reduce social interaction and isolate himself, which eventually turned into this.
If Ophelia hadn't been his only daughter and made him feel that there was something worth looking forward to in life, his condition might have been even worse than it is now.
The slightly gray eyes brightened obviously when he came into contact with Ophelia, but then turned cloudy again when he saw Leticia.
There must be something happening that is not known to outsiders. Mags sitting next to him caught this detail by coincidence, but this was his sister's family matter, and it was not convenient for him to ask more, especially when the other party was unwilling to take the initiative. and what he said.
The mother and daughter walked slowly through the long road and came to Kandy. Leticia smiled and handed Ophelia's hand to Dulin, "This is my most cherished treasure and my only one." Angel, I hope she can be happy forever!"
Du Lin leaned slightly, "Of course, madam, this is what I hope."
Sighing softly, Leticia turned around and walked back to the bench, sitting between Mags and her husband. With some tears shining in the corners of her eyes, she looked at her daughter and Du Lin standing together, feeling an indescribable feeling. Uncomfortable.
Even though she knew very well that all she needed to see her daughter was a phone call and her daughter would appear in front of her soon, but she still felt a sense of loss, as if she once belonged to herself but now belonged to someone else.
In front of many people, Kandy finally behaved a little more normally. He looked through the lines on the host stage and ended the short process step by step. In the last round, "You can kiss your wife." After that, the wedding ceremony finally ended.
At this time, the voices of the choir gradually subsided, and the guests who came to watch the ceremony stood up one after another to celebrate the young man and woman becoming husband and wife with warm applause.
In fact, getting married is not the most important thing. What is important is to let people who come understand two things. The first thing is that Dulin will become Magus's political spokesperson to a large extent. This is a very important point. information. Even though Maggs has been saying that he will not use Dulin to extend his political life and will never touch power again after his retirement, people all understand that Dulin still represents Maggs in some aspects.
This cannot be completely denied without denying it. Even if it is not true, any action of Dulin will be interpreted as "Magus hopes that he will send a signal in this way", and then try their best to interpret whether Dulin's behavior is Has a deeper meaning.
The second thing is that Kubal, the chairman of the old party committee, the old party whip and others appeared, and then revealed another information to some people. Maggs fully supported the work of the old party, and the old party had no intention of leaving Maggs. There is no displeasure at all about his political legacy and influence. The two sides are not enemies in a pure sense. This is a reasonable, legal and appropriate replacement of the ruling parties, and there are no other problems.
The old party's ability to stand up has created many conspiracy theories, and now people everywhere are talking about the shameless and despicable means the old party used to defeat the new party and gain power.
New versions and new stories appear every day, which is also a problem for the new party in power.
They have obviously become the supreme masters of this empire, but the people are making fun of them and questioning the legitimacy of the power in their hands. However, it doesn't work whether Kubal himself clarifies or just stands up as a party member and accepts scrutiny. People don't believe that.
Therefore, there needs to be someone who is not in the old party camp, who people trust and who has great social influence, to stand up and say something fair for them. This person is Maggs.
As for getting married, as I said before, that’s by the way.
After the wedding, most of the guests left. Kandy invited Dulin many times to go to Sunset City before leaving. He would look forward to Dulin's arrival very much. Later, he "quietly" told Dulin in front of many cardinals that he did not need to take these words seriously. He did this just to let what he said and all his expressions reach the ears of His Majesty the Pope, so that the Pope could Zong Mian was sure that he had done everything he needed to do.
The big shots had left, but Dulin still held a party in the manor to entertain Ophelia's classmates and some of her friends.
This is also a necessary part of social interaction. They will not alienate anyone because they cannot attend a super high-level wedding, but if there is not even a party, there is no need to lick their faces and insist on becoming friends with anyone.
Except for those in the specialty classes, the students in other classes in the Royal Academy still have a bit of backbone.
The party lasted until after one o'clock in the evening. There were enough rooms in the manor to accommodate these students. Almost half of them were descendants of nobles. They would not rent them here, leaving most of the rooms prepared at the beginning unused. .
Du Lin drank some wine in the evening, and Ophelia's classmates frequently asked him to drink. He understood why. The girl also blocked him a few times, and then sat aside drunk.
After arranging for Ophelia to be sent to her room, Du Lin sent away the students who did not stay overnight. After arranging for other students who stayed overnight, he returned to the room drunkenly.
He took a shower and threw himself on the bed.
Newlyweds always make people feel sweet, but neither Ophelia nor Dulin can maintain this sweet life forever. Dulin will eventually go back to Ambiluo to work, and Ophelia also needs to take classes.
The girl shed a few tears as she stood at the station to see Du Lin off. It was not like what was shown in third-rate knight novels. Tears could save the knight, but not Du Lin.
Watching the train disappear from sight, Ophelia sighed, and then a smile appeared on her face. She looked at the colorful gemstone wedding ring on her hand. She didn't feel sad because of Du Lin's departure, but felt even sweeter.
"I've troubled you a lot these days, but I haven't said thank you to you..." Looking at the good sisters beside her, Ophelia said thank you to Melissa very formally.
Especially in the first few days, countless people came to congratulate and send gifts every day. Ophelia would not have any problems with reception and etiquette, but she could not be busy from morning to night.
She was educated at home by a governess until she was sixteen, as most nobles did, and had to look after her ailing father.
In the relatively simple life circle, there have never been so many people and so many gifts as in the past few days. Some of the burden fell on Melissa, and she helped Ophelia a lot.
Melissa's eyes flickered and she repeatedly expressed that this was what she should do, and the two left the station laughing and talking.
On the other hand, as soon as Dulin returned to Ovisto, the capital of Ambiluo, he began to carry out plans for educational reform.
This was the slogan and political platform he shouted during his initial campaign, and it is also a line that cannot be shaken. According to this period, the state Department of Education-the Ministry of Education and Medical Care has been split into separate departments of Education and Medical Security.
In Dulin's view, the past departmental divisions were simply abnormal. Why should education and medical care be merged into one department? Why should science-related responsibilities be put together with the Department of Social Services? All kinds of inexplicable divisions have always annoyed him. It just so happened that this time he became the governor and directly carried out drastic reforms in the state departments and dismantled everything that needed to be dismantled.
This may be regarded as a maverick move in the eyes of some conservative people, but it is very popular among the Ambiluo state government.
Because there are more positions, power has become more purely concentrated, which is a good thing for everyone!
(End of chapter)