"What do you mean?"

Earl Hester looked at the king with an evil look.

He was not the only one, all the nobles in the hall were filled with anger because of the king's provocation.

Except for a few.

Thales held down his slightly trembling fists and looked at King Charman's terrifying eyes.

What on earth does he want to do?

Revealing Selma's identity at this time...does she not even want to be the king?

Thinking of this, Thales glared at King Charman, his eyes full of warning.

King Charman noticed Thales' gaze.

In front of the angry or confused expressions of the nobles in the hall, the king hummed with unknown meaning.

No.

Seeing this scene, the prince suddenly realized something.

In Thales's eyes, King Charman scanned the people at the top of Longxiao City, Thelma, Lisban, Nazer...

The king took in all their expressions and smiled mysteriously.

Thales said to himself: No, it doesn't look like he wants to defeat both sides.

Looking at Thelma who was confused and nervous on the steps, Thales forcibly resisted the desire to interrupt by speaking. He has a sensitive identity, and if he says too much, he will make many mistakes, which will arouse unnecessary suspicion.

"Because the sixth person left is not the Grand Duke..." King Charman said coldly, but his words stopped here strangely.

At that second, every face in the hall reflected the king's eyes.

After a few seconds, King Charmaine showed a satisfied expression, and he changed the subject just right:

"...but a female Grand Duchess."

Thelma frowned, not knowing how to react.

It felt like a person who was usually so serious that his jaw dropped from the cold suddenly tried to be humorous.

Thales finally let go of his clenched heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, the young prince swore that, except for himself, there were at least four breaths of different speeds in the extraordinary hearing given to him by the crime of Hell River. After the king's words, he exhaled a breath imperceptibly.

Selma, Lisbon, Nicolai...

Wait, who is the other one?

But Thales' attention was immediately caught by another thing.

Lumba, he is not trying to show off, but he is testing the entire Longxiao City, and he is even warning me.

The nobles' disdainful snorts rang out in the hall, showing their dissatisfaction with the king's boring joke.

The Grand Duchess stared at the king stiffly, her lips and teeth trembling slightly, but she finally fell silent.

"The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess?"

"This joke is not funny," Count Linna said with a gloomy expression, "It only shows that our king lacks respect for the bloodline of the hero Nekaru."

"Be careful, Charmaine," Regent Lisban had been keeping a cold face just now. As the most suitable person to speak at the moment, he retorted unceremoniously: "If you joke too much..."

"You will one day die because of one of them."

"Girl, as the first female lord in the history of the North," King Charmaine gently rubbed the hilt of the sword beside him. He was obviously speaking to Thelma, but he glanced at Thales intentionally or unintentionally:

"You are on an unprecedented road. Every word, every move, every move will shock Northland and Exeter."

Ian, who was immersed in failure, couldn't help but raise his head, and many people frowned.

The king said calmly: "As the Grand Duke of Longxiao City, your marriage is an unusual Grand Duke's marriage, which involves the succession of many families and is related to the balance of power in Exeter."

Thales looked at the king in confusion, but in just a few seconds, he figured out the king's purpose.

The prince tried his best to hide his worry and looked at the Grand Duchess with an indifferent expression.

The king looked at countless people and said meaningfully: "For example, this time, the Viscount of Qiyuan City came all the way to propose marriage. This makes me very worried..."

"What if you marry someone you shouldn't marry... This will be a major event that can shake Exeter's foundation."

The six earls of Longxiao City looked at each other several times without worry.

Thelma took a slow breath and spoke with a cold face.

"I have declined Sir Ian's request," the Grand Duke said coldly, "You can rest assured."

King Charman sneered disapprovingly.

"I don't think you understand what I mean, girl."

"I heard a lot of rumors on the way here," the king sneered and waved his hand in Thales' direction: "For example, how you protected this star prince for six years, accompanying each other and helping each other..."

"You lived and grew up under the same roof as him..."

"We even ate together and went to class together..."

The Grand Duchess showed a look of astonishment.

Thales kept a straight face and stared at Thelma.

Hold on, Selma, hold on.

Think about what I said.

Selma!

The next moment, the king squinted his eyes and whispered softly: "You and him, you..."

"Are they still sleeping together?"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence.

The Grand Duchess's lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say a word. She just gritted her teeth in shame and anger.

until

"Rumba!"

Amidst the sudden change in everyone's expressions, the first person to react was the former commander of the White Blade Guards who was responsible for protecting the Grand Duchess.

Seeing that Nicolai did not care about the honorific title of the king, he could no longer restrain his hatred for Lombard, and shouted angrily: "You shameless coward! This is the end of the presumptuousness on the day of the government. I and my

Brothers are happy to..."

But he was severely stopped by Lisban with a cold look on his face.

"Calm down," His Excellency the Regent suppressed his anger: "Any act of anger is meaningless."

Not only that, the originally quiet hall exploded again.

"What did you say?"

"Duel him, my lords!"

"Bullshit! Can the king do whatever he wants!"

Under the strange looks of countless people, Thales tried his best to keep his expression unchanged, but his hands under his sleeves tightly grasped his knees, with his knuckles protruding.

Among the princes of Longxiao City, Earl Hester's golden beard trembled violently as he gasped for breath. He couldn't bear it anymore.

"In the name of Brooking Hester, Earl of Iron County," Hester jumped up from his chair angrily, looking at Lombard with hatred in his eyes: "For the honor of the lady, Charmaine Lombard

, I challenge you to a holy duel!"

He waved his arms, pointed angrily at the king's nose and cursed: "Let the blood wash away the shame you have brought to us, parricide!"

This sentence made everyone in the angry hall even more excited!

It was probably Lomba's words that aroused public outrage. Even the Grand Duke's personal guards stared at him angrily, showing no intention of protecting the king.

Chloe's face froze, she dutifully held down her weapon and stopped in front of King Charman.

Viscount Cambida also frowned and wanted to step forward, but she pushed him back.

But King Charmaine just snorted heavily.

It was as if there was nothing in front of him.

The king simply threw out his left arm and pointed at the emotional Hester from a distance!

It seems to respond to the latter’s challenge!

The bustling crowd in the hall suddenly fell silent.

However, the next second, the king gently retracted his arm, pushed away Croache in front of him, and pushed back the sword that was a few inches out of its sheath.

"In the name of the King of Exeter and the Grand Duke of Black Sands, Charmaine Lombard," the king looked at the trembling Hearst coldly, and spoke calmly and calmly: "I use the power of the king to reject you.

A pointless challenge, Hurst."

He then put down his arms and looked at the Grand Duchess again without any nervousness.
To be continued...