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"This bastard daughter!" Calvin, Duke of the North, grabbed the tea cup on the table and wanted to throw it to the ground, and stopped halfway. He was really reluctant.
After thinking about it for a long time, I slowly retracted my hand and put the cup back in its original position.
This feeling of worrying about gains and losses made him even more depressed.
The letter from Edith was spread out on the table. He never thought that His Majesty would directly take back the power of all the nobles, and what was even more unexpected was that his daughter, who always took advantage of him, would agree to it. His Majesty's conditions, he also persuaded himself to recognize the situation and not to stubbornly resist.
Look at the wording, it sounds like he's a criminal!
The Duke thought bitterly, is this her daughter turning her elbow out!
"Sir, what happened?" The guard outside the door probably heard the sound and asked with a probe.
"Go away, don't bother me!"
Reluctant to vent his anger on the cup, Calvin immediately vented his anger on the bodyguard, the door was quickly closed, and he gasped for a long time before returning his eyes to the letter paper.
If you follow His Majesty the King, you will no longer be the master of the North, at least it is impossible to say the same thing as you are now. The Hoth family and the Lista family have just been cleaned up, and I can finally enjoy the feeling of being in charge of the whole world. I didn't expect to return to the original point soon. It should be a step back than the original point.
Then why not follow His Majesty
The letter says it clearly.
Then it's over for me and Cole, and he'll be imprisoned forever, like the Duke of Lane's heir. And my end will only be worse. How do you think the former fourth prince will treat a duke's daughter who can't resist? I can think of no less than a hundred ways to humiliate a man with excitement. When he gets bored, I'll be thrown into a dungeon or barracks, and your Northland pearls will be dusted.
But don't worry about me, because you're not much better, father. His army will soon be in the city, I bet your vassals and knights can't hold it for a long time, let alone dukes, even ordinary civilians can't do it. How, would you make such a choice
The familiar tone Calvin could even imagine Edith's sneering expression when she wrote the letter. Whenever she talked about failure, she would always describe her end in a very calm tone, as if she had been waiting for this day all the time. As long as his daughter opens his mouth to lead in this direction, it will be difficult for him to resist. It is obviously a threat, but Calvin has never been able to scold him.
After all, Edith Kant was his biological daughter, and the only crystallization between him and his first wife.
Although her tone was quite exaggerated, it was indeed impossible to deny the possibility.
And he has often heard about the reputation of the fourth prince.
Thinking of this, the Duke gradually calmed down.
But then again, are those dark steel machines really as magical as she said
In the three pieces of letter paper, the daughter used an entire page to describe what she had seen and heard in Border Town, and what she had seen and heard in Neverwinter City.
It was twice as much as His Majesty Roland.
She said that they have unimaginable power and can easily do things that ordinary people can't achieve. As long as they take refuge in the new king, the Northland can introduce these black iron giants that can bring earth-shaking changes to the territory.
It can be seen that Edith attaches great importance to this thing.
Finally, she also suggested that he issue a formal oath to His Majesty to express the surrender of the North, and at the same time send some literate servants to learn the regulations and administrative methods of the city hall, so as not to have nothing to do with the emerging system. Know.
Also, I hope you can clearly instruct Cole to stay in Neverwinter, instead of letting him come back in a moment of softheartedness that doesn't do him any good. If you can, send Lance over when he's an adult. Under the circumstances that the title cannot be inherited, only those who adapt to His Majesty's New Deal can continue the Kant family.
Your daughter, Edith.
Calvin sighed, put away the letter, and spread out a new white sheet.
Now that Edith has made a decision, he has no choice but to believe her plan and write a letter to His Majesty to show allegiance to the new capital.
But as a duke, he must make the final effort in his own way. If the interests of the two families can be tightly tied together, Calvin will undoubtedly feel much more at ease.
For example... make a daughter a queen.
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The border area of Neverwinter City, next to the Chishui River.
The sun was setting little by little between the mountains, and the afterglow through the mountains dyed the river a brilliant gold.
The smoke from the cooking repeatedly rose from the front of the shack, and the smell of porridge made Snake Teeth salivate.
Getting close, he even smelled a hint of meat.
"I'm here!" As soon as he entered the camp, Tiger Claw saw him, "Come here!"
Snake Tooth quickly walked to him, "Why, there is meat today?"
"Yeah, you came back too late and missed the notice. This is a reward from the lord."
Snake Tooth rubbed his slightly sore shoulders, "What is the reward? The residential area over there is far from being completed, right?"
"It's the completion of the Kingdom Avenue!" Someone nearby shouted, "The Border District and Changge District are finally connected. I heard from them that it originally took three days to travel, but now it only takes one day to reach by horse!"
It turns out that, Sheya nodded. Whenever a major project is completed, they can drink a bowl of meat porridge. As advertised in the square, they came to the border area for two months, and the construction team has not less than a copy Food and no pay deductions. Now he has accumulated fourteen silver wolves in his hands, and by the end of this month, there will be seven more.
If he can make up a golden dragon, he can get a house at the city hall and become an official resident of Neverwinter, no longer a nameless mouse.
But to actually buy that house, he would have to work for at least twenty years.
Of course, Snake Fang is confident that he will find a higher-paying job in the future... such as a kiln worker, or a masonry worker.
Everything seems to be really turning for the better.
The only regret is that he still has not seen the blank paper.
"After you get the meat porridge, remember to eat quickly," Tiger Claw whispered in his ear, "Otherwise, you won't be able to grab a good spot."
"What... the location?" Snake Fang asked in confusion.
"To celebrate the completion of Kingdom Avenue, there will be a new play in the square tonight. I heard that it is called "City of Love", and the Star of the West will also appear. Oh my god... I can't wait!"
"Go find someone else," he said with little interest. "I feel a little tired. I don't want to move today."
"That's right, but today is the premiere," Tiger Claw smiled mysteriously, "The locals know that when the Star Flower Troupe premieres, Lord Lord will also show up with witches, maybe you can see White Paper! "(., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 17-02-06 11:18:01