In the castle hall of Duke Mason, the palace members gathered together, and they were discussing why the Duke summoned them at this time. The voices of the courtiers made the whole hall buzzing. Duke Mason entered the hall and slowly walked to his lord seat and sat down with the help of his son Sir Eble. The Duke was getting older and in poor health. This made everyone's attitude towards Sir Eble became more and more charming and attentive. Soon a servant placed a seat on the left side of the Duke's lord seat. Sir Eble sat calmly on the left side of the Duke's lord.

"Please give advice from the Count of Mecklenburg." Duke Mason wore his duke's golden crown, his silver-like hair draped over his shoulders. He was wearing a luxurious double-breasted noble robe and a circle of precious gold pendant around his neck. The pendant was an emerald the size of a dove egg, which shone brightly in the sun, setting off the nobility of the duke.

"Wow~~~~~." The court officials had heard about this morning that the landless count Arod took the Slavs' Mecklenburg County. At first they thought it was the nonsense of the civilians, but now it seemed true. The hall suddenly lost order. They could not believe that a low-class rural noble child could do the task of seizing a county. Without the strong support of the family or the widespread connections and reputation, how could he defeat the bloodthirsty and terrible Slavs? Or that the Slavs now have become weak and bullied.

"Crack, bang~~~." After the door of the hall was opened, it was closed by the guards. An envoy dressed in a black lion's coat strode in. His right hand was holding a sheepskin letter, which was sealed with red wax. The court officials stood in a separate way and left aisle. The envoy walked over to Duke Mason with his head held high, and knelt down on one knee, and raised the sheepskin envelope in his right hand.

"The most noble, famous, God's most loyal people, the elder among the nobles, the ruler of the Principality of Mason. Lord Mason, I bring the news about the Earl of Mecklenburg." The messenger knelt on one knee before the Duke of Mason and said loudly to the Duke.

"Take it up." Duke Mason raised his finger and pointed to the messenger in front of him. His eyes were unpredictable.

"Ba~~~." A servant took the letter from the messenger and handed it to Duke Mason. The duke gently broke it with his hand. The red wax seal was split in half. When he opened the letter, Arod was enthusiastic about praise and flattering Duke Mason. However, the experienced Duke Mason found that Arod did not call him the monarch in the letter, but only used the neutral word with your lord, which made Duke Mason feel very uncomfortable. Arod's title was given by him. From a legal perspective, he has the right to take back this title.

"Congratulations to Arod for taking the pagan territory. This is the glory of the Lord, right, Archbishop Liss." Duke Mason had a hypocritical smile on his face, and he said to Archbishop Liss, who was standing on his left hand and wearing a archbishop's costume.

"Yes, this is the glory of the Lord. I hope Lord Arod will not forget to build a bishop in the territory. If there is no suitable bishop candidate, I can recommend some for Lord Arod." Archbishop Rist showed a passionate smile on his white and fat face. He said kindly to the messenger, and pointed his hand at the messenger and drew a cross.

"Hmph, old fox, I haven't been loyal to me yet, I have set my own plans first." Duke Mason snorted gently in his nose, and was worried that Archbishop Rist had refused to support him in his war with Duke Saxony. However, Archbishop Rist played a great role among the vassals of the Principal of Mason, which made Duke Mason unable to shake it, and could only endure it.

"Mr. Arod, why don't you be loyal to my father, Duke Mason? Are you planning to be independent?" Sir Eble took the letter handed over by Duke Mason. He also discovered the problem in the letter, so Yangyang said to the messenger.

"It's such a Lord Sir Eble. If you want Lord Arod to swear allegiance to Duke Mason, it depends first on your attitude." When the messenger came, he had already been instructed by Arod, and he basically said according to Arod's original words.

"Oh? What's going on?" Duke Mason and the courtiers were very curious. They looked at Sir Eble, which made Sir Eble a little embarrassed.

"Unless Sir Eble lifted his oath to Lord Arod, then Lord Arod can swear allegiance to Lord Mason," the messenger explained to everyone.

"Oh, so that's it." The court officials suddenly realized that Arod had sworn allegiance to Sir Eble early on. Although Sir Eble was the first heir to Duke Mason, he was not a duke at present. It was indeed not in line with feudal law to have an earl's minister as a jazz.

"I will ask my son to lift Lord Arod's oath, that's fine." Duke Mason accepted the reason why Arod refused to take the oath. It would be a bit inappropriate to blame his son. After all, Arod was not an earl when he took the oath, so he could not blame Arod for his rebelliousness. However, when he awarded the title of Count Arod, Eble did not tell him that there was such a thing, which made Duke Mason a little angry.

"Who can know that he really captured Mecklenburg County?" Sir Eble could only smile bitterly, thinking helplessly. It seemed that this Earl Arod was really dissatisfied with him and could not express his suffering.

"I will send envoys and gifts to congratulate Lord Arod on becoming the supreme ruler of Mecklenburg County, recognize him as an honorable earl, and hope that he will protect Christians under the guidance of God." Duke Mason's vassal was weak, and the more vassals meant the strength of the priest's power and the rich manpower and material resources that could be mobilized. Since Arod was willing to accept his protection, he also planned to establish a good relationship with this young earl. At this time, this young Arod was no longer the child of the country noble when he first arrived at Mason Castle. He already had important power and could make Duke Mason look at him differently.

Just as Duke Mason was about to send an envoy and choose gifts to congratulate Arod, Sir Eble was walking in the courtyard with his frown frown. Arod's dissatisfaction was undoubtedly revealed through the letter. At present, Earl Lauziz was in the court of Duke Mason to contact the court officials. It was obvious that Duke Mason had exhausted his energy and tried to get involved in the inheritance of the duke. Faced with Earl Lauziz's aggressiveness, Sir Eble urgently needed the help of foreign players, which made him regret his previous short-sightedness. But at that time he could not help himself, and all kinds of thoughts gathered together in Sir Eble's mind, making him almost mentally collapsed. At this moment, he saw his sister Josie in the courtyard sitting in the pavilion with the maids.

"Hi, my brother, why are you frowning?" Josie was wearing a long white dress and a braided headdress circulating from Normandy. She was extremely beautiful surrounded by the maids. Seeing Sir Eble's arrival, the maids stood up and saluted the first heir.

"Ha, my sister, what are you doing?" Sir Eble walked into the pavilion and sat down to Josie and asked.

"We are telling the princess about the deeds of Lord Arod, Mecklenburg." At this time, a maid in a blue dress, said with a shy smile after bowing to Sir Eble.

"Oh, I remember you are the daughter of the leader of the guild, Lan Bo." Sir Eble often met the maid's father, the important leader of the blacksmith guild. It is said that he spent a lot of money to let his daughter enter the castle and become Josie's maid.

"Yes, my name is Natalie." Natalie looked at Eble, who was handsome and noble in front of her, and felt that she had difficulty breathing. Her complexion seemed to be hot. Entering Mason's court made her feel that everything was so fresh.

"Tsk, a commoner's daughter dared to speak first." But Natalie's behavior was rolled by other maids. Among these maids, most of them were the daughters of court officials, and even had distant relatives of vassals. In their opinion, it was very extraordinary for a civilian to become a princess, but this civilian maid was actually very bold and reckless.

"It's not a lady to talk about others behind their backs." Although the maids lowered their voices and whispered, they were still heard by Josie and Natalie. Natalie's face suddenly became uncomfortable. These maids born from noble nobles on weekdays embarrass her a lot, but Princess Josie's righteous words touched Natalie very much.

"Haha, Arud has been in the limelight recently." Sir Eble said with a deep sense of meaning to Josie.

"Ahem, you all go down." Princess Qiaoxi's cheeks were slightly red. She stretched out her right hand and waved her hand, asking the maids to go down.

"Yes." The maids all bowed their knees and retreated from the pavilion with their skirts. As one of the important priests of the empire, Duke Mason's court etiquette was also very complete. Before entering the palace, the maids would learn advanced court etiquette from the south.

"What do you mean?" Princess Josie saw that the maids had left the pavilion, then pouted and said to Sir Eble with dissatisfaction.
Chapter completed!