In the last month of the continental calendar year 3874, the situation in the Lampali Kingdom once again took a surprising turn.
On December 3, Duke Stark suddenly made a public statement, expressing his surrender to Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, recognizing Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny's right to inherit the throne, and supporting her to become the next Her Majesty the Queen of the Lampali Kingdom.
On December 8, Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny led her personal guards into the private domain of the Stark family and accepted Duke Stark's surrender.
On December 9, Duke Stark was found in his bedroom and had committed suicide by taking poison.
On December 10, Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny issued a statement stating that the crime committed by Duke Starr was unforgivable. The Stark family participated in the rebellion and also committed a major crime. However, in view of the fact that the Stark family has treated Lampali Kingdom since its founding, The kingdom has made an outstanding contribution and decided to forgive some of the Stark family's crimes.
After half a month of trial, the Kingdom Parliament finally designated eleven leaders of the Stark family, including Duke Stark, as well as some of the nobles who also participated in the rebellion as traitors. A serious crime punishable by death.
The Kingdom Council also seized most of the territories of the nobles who participated in the rebellion, led by the Stark family, but to everyone's surprise, it did not kill these families, but left some of their bloodlines. Let it keep the blood of the family alive. The Kingdom Council even left some territories and industries to these families, ensuring that even if they could no longer enjoy the same glory in the kingdom as before, they could still have enough food and clothing, and their living conditions would still be far better than those of ordinary civilians.
This kind of fate. For those families involved in the sin of rebellion. Already extremely superior.
So within the kingdom of Lampali. Many people have greatly praised Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny for her kindness, and some newspapers even declared Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny to be the most merciful and sage king in the history of the Lampali Kingdom.
Her Majesty Queen Sevini will definitely lead the Lampali Kingdom to become strong and powerful rapidly.
Of course, some people were very dissatisfied with Sevigny's kind treatment of the traitors.
Xu Yi is one of them.
"Although retaining the blood of those nobles is a kind approach, doesn't it obviously leave them with the possibility of revenge in the future?" Xu Yi looked at the big red invitation in his hand, frowned and said to the messenger sent by Sevini opposite. "Don't your Highness the Queen understand this?"
The envoy smiled and replied: "Of course your Highness understands this truth, but His Highness is considering the stability of the kingdom. That's why he accepted this condition." "I knew this was the reason." Xu Yi shrugged, indicating that he understood.
In fact, Xu Yi couldn't understand Sevini's approach.
If Sevini is given enough time and conditions, Xu Yi believes that no matter how kind-hearted and kind-hearted she is, she will never be merciful to the nobles who participated in the rebellion.
This kind of matter is not a personal grudge, but a major matter related to the survival of the entire Lampali Kingdom, and there is no room for any kindness.
Sevini did this undoubtedly in order to quell the civil strife in the Lampali Kingdom as soon as possible, so that the Lampali Kingdom would suffer minimal losses and avoid serious damage to its vitality. Others took advantage of it.
According to intelligence, the Sak Kingdom has been strengthening its military strength on the northern border. It is obvious that they are eyeing the Lampali Kingdom.
If the civil strife in the Lampali Kingdom lasts too long, causing the entire kingdom to fall into chaos and its national strength to decline significantly, then the Sak Kingdom will definitely choose to take advantage of this good opportunity to invade without hesitation.
If this happens, the situation in the Lampali Kingdom will be really precarious.
It was precisely because of this consideration that Sevigny chose to negotiate with Duke Stark when he had an absolute advantage, and finally accepted the surrender on some favorable terms.
Although this will leave some hidden dangers in the Lampali Kingdom, compared to the current crisis the kingdom is facing, it is not worth mentioning at all.
Seeing that Xu Yi seemed to have recovered from his deep thoughts, the messenger quickly pointed to the invitation with an extremely beautiful cover in Xu Yi's hand, and said cautiously: "President Xu, since you have already read this invitation, then when the time comes Please go to Anvilmar as promised, His Highness will be very happy to see you."
Xu Yi lowered his head and looked at the invitation in his hand.
The content of this invitation is to invite Xu Yi to go to Anvilmar City, the capital of the Lampali Kingdom, on December 25, the legendary birth day of the god of heaven, to participate in the coronation ceremony of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, and to witness Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny with his own eyes. Become the new Queen of Lampali Kingdom.
Whether it is because of the personal relationship between Sevini and Xu Yi, or because of the strong support of Sevini from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is natural for Sevini to extend this invitation to Xu Yi, and based on the contribution of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to Sevini in quelling the civil strife in the kingdom. With such a significant contribution, Xu Yi could even be considered one of the final guests at the coronation ceremony.
However, after Xu Yi thought for a moment, he shook his head: "No, this is Her Majesty the Queen's coronation ceremony. I, an ordinary businessman, am not qualified to participate."
The messenger was stunned, and quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, President Xu, you are a distinguished guest personally invited by His Highness, how could you not be qualified? Look, the signature on this invitation was written by His Highness himself. . Apart from you, there are less than ten invitations signed by His Highness himself, which shows your important status in His Highness’s mind. If you are not qualified to participate, there will be too many people who are not qualified to participate in this ceremony. !”
Xu Yi smiled and continued to shake his head: "Please tell Her Royal Highness the Queen for me. Although I really want to witness her ascension to the throne, I just can't spare the time that day. Please say sorry to her for me."
The messenger frowned: "President Xu, what is more important for you than attending His Majesty's coronation ceremony?"
Xu Yi glanced at him and said calmly: "This has nothing to do with you."
The envoy choked and felt a little angry in his heart, but thinking of what Her Royal Highness Princess Sevini had said before coming, he could only endure it and continued to persuade Xu Yi.
However, Xu Yi seemed to have made up his mind. No matter what he says. Just refused to agree.
Seeing that Xu Yi is extremely determined. In the end, the messenger had no choice but to sigh deeply: "President Xu, Her Royal Highness is very much looking forward to you being able to witness her coronation ceremony. She told me that without your support and encouragement, she would never have become a coronation ceremony." Her Majesty the Queen of Lampali. So she would be very disappointed if you don’t go.”
"I said, I also hope to witness this great moment with my own eyes. But..." Xu Yi suddenly frowned. After thinking for a moment, he sighed softly and continued: "Okay, I won't tell those useless lies. Tell Her Highness the Queen for me that the reason why I don't want to participate in her coronation ceremony is because I feel that once she becomes Her Majesty, I want to be such a good friend. If I don’t attend, I can still lie to myself.”
The messenger looked at Xu Yi in shock.
From Xu Yi's words, he could tell that the personal relationship between Xu Yi and Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny was probably much deeper than he had thought before.
otherwise. Xu Yi would definitely not express such emotion.
And then recalling Her Royal Highness's expression every time she mentioned Xu Yi, a trace of shock suddenly flashed across the envoy's face.
Could it be that... Her Royal Highness and Xu Yi... have a relationship that goes far beyond friendship
Xu Yi didn't know that the messenger had already thought about a very far away place in his mind. After a pause, he continued seriously: "In addition, tell Her Royal Highness the Queen for me. No matter what, my support for her will not change, and our New Flying Chamber of Commerce's support for the Lampali Kingdom will not change either. Wait until the Kingdom After the situation stabilizes, we will have many opportunities to meet in the future, so she shouldn’t be too disappointed.”…
The envoy glanced at Xu Yi with a strange expression, stopped persuading him, and after discussing some other details with Xu Yi, announced his departure.
Looking at the messenger's leaving figure, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again.
Whether he is willing or not, now that Sevini has truly become Her Majesty the Queen of the Lampali Kingdom, the relationship between the two can no longer be as pure as it was when she was just a princess.
The deeper the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lampali Kingdom, the more involved they are, and the more complicated the relationship between the two will be.
In the end, it was an anomaly that the two could maintain the most basic friendship.
This is not something that the two of them can decide on their own, because behind them are the Lampali Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce respectively, which also carry the expectations of countless people.
Thinking of the various complicated situations that may arise in the future, Xu Yi smiled bitterly, shook his head vigorously, shook off all these negative emotions, and focused his thoughts on another matter that was even more crucial to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. .
The situation in the Lampali Kingdom has come to a conclusion in less than three months. Now the entire Lampali Kingdom has gradually stabilized due to Sevini's sudden burst of strength and ability.
The Principality of Standing is just the opposite.
Lord Weilun's crazy expansion in the north of the Principality of Standing finally triggered a backlash from other noble lords.
In the middle of the Principality of Standing, a lord adjacent to the newly occupied territory of Lord Weilun suddenly united with three other lords. While Lord Weilun had not yet established a foothold in the newly occupied territory, they launched an all-out attack on Wei Lun. Lun Lord.
The men of these four lords also have some military magic machines purchased from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Although their individual combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Lord Weilun's men for the time being, they are not much different, and their number is more than half. So the two sides started fighting, but because Lord Weilun's footing was not stable and supplies could not be replenished quickly, they were eventually defeated.
This is the first time Lord Wei Lun has suffered a defeat since he started attacking other lords.
After the failure, Lord Weilun was furious and went directly to Xu Yi and made a clear request to Xu Yi, asking the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not to sell military magic machinery to other lords in the Principality of Standing.
Otherwise, he will take back the private land that was previously divided to Xu Yi and take all the properties of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as his own.
Xu Yi did not immediately agree to his request, but he also did not refuse it immediately.
However, Lord Wei Lun did not intend to give Xu Yi more time to think about it, and gave him three days to think clearly.
It is this issue that Xu Yi is seriously considering now.
If you agree to Lord Wei Lun's request, it will mean that the Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce will fully support Lord Wei Lun, which will put the Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce against all the other lords of the Principality of Standing, and even cause dissatisfaction with Grand Duke Standing.
But if you don't agree, you will have to face the wrath of Lord Wei Lun.
Lord Weylon's threat was no joke.
Xu Yi has been considering this issue since he accepted the ultimatum from Lord Wei Lun the day before yesterday. He has been thinking about it for two full days now. During this period, he has considered all the gains and losses clearly. Now he only needs a final decision.
Xu Yi was still a little hesitant at first, but after receiving the news from the messenger today that Sevini was about to ascend the throne and be crowned, it seemed that a door had opened in his heart.
"I have already given in long enough before. This time... I'm afraid I can't give in again."
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