Forty-four chapters turn

Ruk acted extremely quickly. On the afternoon when he made the decision, he packed up and left with a small team.

It must be noted that Ruke is a person with extensive friendship and originally had his own network of relationships in St. Gene. This time he had money as a lubricant, so a few days after he arrived in Loren City, he won him an opportunity to meet Princess Irina.

Princess Irina met him in the reception room, but was not alone: ​​in Princess Irina's deputy, there was a beautiful girl sitting. A few minutes later, Ruke decided that the girl was Little Rowling - the court supervisor, the daughter of Countess Rowling, a stupid girl wrapped in a beautiful skin but in her mind. The appearance of this girl really surprised Ruke.

"You are Ruke, Ryan's messenger?" Irina took a minute or two to look at the gift list. However, Ruke believed that she had not finished reading the gift list, but she just looked through a few pages very briefly.

"The messenger of Ryan's 'Duke'." Luke bowed humbly and replied.

"I never remember that I had conferred a duke!" Irina's voice immediately became stern. "This is a naked betrayal! Ryan actually dared to call himself a duke, and he raised the long-sword flag of the scorching sun that could only be raised by the Casillos royal family! I will never accept this action, if he betrayed..."

"Your Highness Princess, please allow me to explain a little." Luke patiently waited for the princess to get angry, and then spoke. "Your Highness Princess, please believe me. Lord Ryan has no intention of betraying His Highness Princess. The reason why he calls himself a duke is entirely to serve His Highness better. The most obvious evidence is that as long as His Highness Princess is willing, he can remove this self-proclaimed 'duke' at any time."

"Will Ryan do this?" Irina asked with some doubts. In fact, the topic about Ryan is a focus of discussion in the near future. Some ministers believe that this is an obvious betrayal. When they break through the Paro's defense line, they immediately use all means, including war, to quickly resolve Ryan and his troops. Others believe that if this happens, it will be a tragedy of killing each other. After all, Princess Irina is the undisputed owner of the throne of Casillos. All the Casillos knights should be the princess' ministers, and internal killing can only make their relatives happy. An experienced diplomat, full of skilled negotiations and appropriate comfort means are the best way to solve this problem.

Everyone argued over this issue. Irina didn't know what to do for a while. However, Irina stood on her own and of course did not want the Saint Gene army and Casilos army to fight on the battlefield. No matter who wins and loses in this kind of battle, the dead will be her subjects.

"It's always possible if you want," Ruke replied. "I said that Ryan did this entirely to serve you better. You know, in order to get the support of the Casillos Knights and gather an army, he must need a name for righteousness, right?"

"Is this the opinion of General Thomas?" asked Irina. She still remembered the combat plan she told at the meeting before Thomas' expedition, which included this part. Of course, Thomas did not say anything like the duke at the meeting. And it turned out that Thomas' plan was conservative, or the Paros were far from as powerful as expected. Thomas did not need to do so to defeat the Paros.

"General Thomas has no clear opinion, but he said that he could respond flexibly according to the actual situation." Luke answered immediately. How long Thomas could live is the only thing he could not determine at the moment. The only thing he could be sure of was that Thomas could no longer return to Loren City, but after all, Irina could still send a Pegasus Knight as a messenger and use what he said to compete with Thomas.

Irina didn't speak for a moment, but Rowling said little. "So, will Duke Ryan abandon his title as Duke? What should those knights who follow him do?"

The pretty stupid woman laughed, and Ruk laughed too.

"As long as the princess sends someone who can replace Ryan in terms of bloodline and reputation," Luke replied cleverly. If King Lanjill was here, this sentence might have angered the king directly. But Princess Irina - as Luke expected - did not understand how real power should be used, nor did she know when to compromise and when to be tough.

In fact, when he saw Rowling being present, Ruk had a chance of winning with eight or nine points. Among the closest people around Princess Irina, there was no such person at all. The only Thomas was far away from Paro, and he was injured and could not live long. In fact, Thomas could not come back alive. If Thomas still had hope of recovery, then Ashu Rufate would send him back directly, or at least stay in Wolfkou Castle to rest in peace. Ashu Rufate held Thomas' flag to continue attacking Paro's land, which itself shows that he was squeezing Thomas' last use value.

It doesn't matter, let Ash Rufate be proud for the time being, sooner or later he will find a way to deal with it.

Ruk noticed that Princess Irina was pondering, but as far as he knew, Princess Irina's court was too pure, all composed of Saint Genes - thanks to Paro, who was not suitable for her direct ministers.

This is the most dangerous level. Ruk knew that as long as Irina defaulted to the position of Ryan as a duke at this moment, she would not be able to deprive her of the future without sufficient reasons. However, if Irina was a determined and visionary person, then she would definitely have one or more prestigious knights in Casillos as candidates in her mind (after all, the two countries have been together for a long time). If this happens, Ruk could only admit that she was unlucky.

It's impossible, our princess is not so far-sighted! It's impossible for a girl to think so much... Ruke smiled, not revealing even a trace of the uneasiness deep in her heart.

Irina continued to think.

"Your Highness Princess Irina." Luke suddenly spoke. He couldn't let the princess think about it anymore. The fool would have a lot of thoughts.

"Oh?" Irina was stunned for a moment.

"I wonder if you have noticed that there are some special gifts in the things Lord Ryan gave you."

Irina picked up the gift list again. Ruk made a "four" gesture with his hand, so Irina turned to the fourth page and looked at it one by one.

Her body trembled for a moment, and countless complex expressions flashed across her face, and finally turned into sadness.

These are all items used by the Casillos royal family selected by Ruk. As the saying goes, "Look at things and think of people." Princess Irina and her grandfather are not getting along well, so she will naturally miss other family members. Although she has long accepted the fact that "all family members have died", when she sees these things, she will unconsciously recall the past, her parents and brothers who have lived happily together.

Irina wiped her hand at the corner of her eyes. After doing this instinctive action, she realized her instinctive behavior.

"You go down first." She turned her head so that Luke would not see the changes in her expression. But in fact, Luke had long seen all the subtle changes.

"So, about Lord Ryan..."

"I will think about it carefully." Irina replied.

"I am waiting for your reply. On behalf of Lord Ryan, I promise that as long as you send a suitable person who can be accepted by the Casillos Knights, he will be very happy to hand over the army and all powers..." Ruke ended the meeting with a generous and humble speech, and then exited the room.

Of course, he could not leave just now. A few minutes later, he saw Little Rowling also come out. As he expected, in this case, Princess Irina just wanted to stay alone and mourn her lost family.

Manipulating people's hearts is a very skillful and challenging game, but Ruke is a natural player.

Rook immediately followed Rowling. Because he had met just now, Rowling did not refuse to go side by side with Ruke. Rook used clever and attractive words and some experiences in front-line wars to quickly get a chance to meet the girl again.

"So, Lord Ruk, we will see you at night." The beautiful girl waved goodbye to him. Ruk did not delay for a minute and immediately returned to his residence as fast as possible.

"Come the best shoemakers, jewelers and tailors in the city!" he told the servants. "The sooner the better."

"Sir, aren't you scheduled to see Sir Lem?" his servant reminded. "You will meet four more lords in the afternoon."

"Of course, these people still have to meet. But this matter cannot be left behind. Let these people come to see me at lunch time." Luke replied. "Are the gifts for those lords ready?"

"Everything was prepared as you asked... But sir, why are the gifts you prepared for them so different? Some are generous gifts, and some are just small gifts?"

"What can be bought is of course a generous gift, and what cannot be bought is just a expression of your feelings. Don't ask them to speak for us, just ask them not to be an obstacle." Luke thought for a while, "I will write a few pieces. If the shoemaker, jeweler and tailor arrive, but I am not here, then give them the pieces. Remember to emphasize to them that the price is never a problem!"

After the busy day, Ruk met Little Rowling again at night. After they had a few words together, Ruk immediately stated that he wanted to give this "the most beautiful and charming girl he has ever seen" several gifts.

Ruk clapped his palms, and several servants walked in. One servant was holding a box in his hand, containing a set of exquisite diamond gestures, including hair accessories, necklaces, bracelets and pins. The second servant was holding a pair of shoes. The moment he saw the shoes, Rowling opened his mouth wide. This was the latest trendy style, and the upper was inlaid with huge rubies, making the shoes look very cute. The gift in the third servant might not be so dazzling, but it could definitely shock people. It was a silver fox scarf with no hair all over.

"You...you...you want to give me these precious gifts?" Little Rowling couldn't even speak. Her original goal was to listen to the rumors on the front line. Fortunately, there was a good topic when chatting with her friends, "For...Why?"
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