When Thales walked out of the stone room with complicated and unspeakable emotions, he already had some guesses about the long ringing of the bell and what was going to happen next.

"Is it today?" He calmly looked at Gilbert and Jinnie, who had been waiting for a long time.

It was so sudden.

Gilbert's eyes were full of sighs and sadness, while Jinnie seemed to have a little more hesitation in her indifferent expression.

Shouldn't they be cheering for joy? Why are they looking like this? Thales thought feebly - his mind was already filled with the stone chamber just now and what was going to happen next.

I don't know why, at this moment, he was obviously feeling heavy, but he could still keep his expression calm on the outside.

This is what is called, happiness and anger cannot be expressed in color.

Gilbert said bitterly: "Please forgive me, this is not my original intention... Exeter's emergency envoy will arrive at Yongxing tonight. Regardless of whether to declare war or compromise, at this time... Your Majesty, he...

"

Gilbert frowned and hesitated to speak, but he still sighed deeply and remained silent.

"Don't waste any more time. The state meeting will be held at three o'clock in the afternoon. Your Majesty has given us a deadline to send him to the waiting room before one o'clock." Jinni interrupted Gilbert with a confused expression.

The former Foreign Minister and the First Class Lady of the Palace have both changed into dark and solemn formal attire. Behind them are eight dull-looking maids, holding eight loaded plates, neatly and quietly lined up on both sides of the corridor.

"Boom!"

The bell rang for the second time.

Jinni walked forward with a complicated expression and led Thales, who was worried, into another room.

Eight maids filed in.

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Fuxing Palace, outer palace wall, first gate.

This place that Thales had just passed last night was maintaining the only order under the shameless scolding and merciless blows of the guards. Nobles, big and small, and people with prestigious status from all walks of life all had different looks on their faces, and the crowd

There was a long queue, vying for a spot to enter the Fuxing Palace.

In front of the Fuxing Palace, at the first heavy and mottled gate, under the strict inspection of nervous guards, qualified participants were let in one by one.

"Me! I am the vice-president of the Iron Smelting Guild! I am qualified to go in and observe! What? There are twenty-five vice-presidents of the Iron Smelting Guild? Hey, you don't understand. They all make up the number. I am the only one.

It's quite special. Let me tell you, look at my black hair and eyes! Do you understand? Our family's craftsmanship is inherited from the Far East. Do you know the Dawn Dynasty? It was before the end of the war... OK, OK! Gentleman speaks.

Don’t do it! Isn’t it okay if I don’t go in?”

"I am Elos Kata, a fabric dealer licensed by the royal family! I can go in! Look! This is the signature of the late King Eddie, and there is the signature of His Highness Midir below!"

"I also have here the invitation that Mindis III sent to our family! Although the history is a little longer, it was only one hundred and fifty years ago - hey, don't do it, I will go by myself! Go by myself!"

"Hey! Punk! Do you remember me? I am Razan, the coroner of the Central Police Department, and we have been colleagues for half a year! Is there still a place in the Hall of Stars now?"

"I'm on duty here, so I don't know. But my cousin who is a palace guard told me that the huge hall is already half full! If you are not a nobleman above the viscount level, you can't get in at all!"

"Then we can only go to Xingju Square and crowd in, listening to the guards pass the news one level at a time, and pass down the decisions of the big shots?"

"Come on, people of our status, even if we enter the Hall of Stars, we will sit at the bottom and outermost level, quietly listening to the speeches of the big shots on the top and innermost levels - it is impossible to interrupt.

!”

"Oh my God - those are the single-winged crow and the twin-tower long sword flag! The convoy of Croma and the Karabiyan family! Get out of the way! If you offend them, there will be no good consequences!"

"What's wrong with the nobles? The nobles must also abide by the Basic Law - no, they must abide by the Star Law!"

"Are you kidding! They are not ordinary nobles. They are granted royal titles. They have more than a thousand private soldiers, a vast territory, and numerous high-ranking vassals... As a coroner, you still need to improve your posture skills.

, do you know about the Thirteen Noble Families? They are talking and laughing with the royal family and six other wealthy families..."

"How do you know so well?"

"Ashamed, ashamed. I used to teach the three sons of their family the martial arts enlightenment at the Kissen family's manor in Dongcheng District..."

Ignoring the crowds pushing around them, Count Del Croma's cavalry and Count Turami Karabiyan's carriage were able to weave through the crowd half an hour after the second ring of the bell.

Go to Fuxing Palace.

As two of the thirteen high-ranking vassals known as the Thirteen Noble Families, second only to the royal family and the six most powerful families in the country, the two Counts Delek Croma and Old Karabiyan only possess the single-winged crow and the twin-tower sword.

With the coat of arms and flag, he passed through the crowd effortlessly, and drove past the first palace wall and gate amid the crowd's pointing and whispering, and the respectful eyes of the guards and palace gate officials.

"There were not so many people before the national conference," Director Luobic in the carriage sighed softly: "In the national conference during the Desert War, only the heads of industry, wealthy businessmen, and those stinky people came.

Of the famous scholars, only two of the six wealthy families were present, and only five of the thirteen famous families were present."

"But it is enough to win His Majesty the war support he wants. Nineteen nobles have to comply with the resolution of the State Council." Karabyan looked solemnly out of the car window as more and more people gathered: "The few who refused to implement the resolution

The noble family was once besieged by the angry people, and even suffered hardships from all walks of life - although they are just vassals of the big family, this is not a good phenomenon."

"Two gentlemen, we should hurry up. Although the nineteen noble families have specific meeting seats, they will not be rushed to the Stars Square under the palace platform to 'listen' to the meeting," said the young Earl of Wing Castle, Dele

· Croma rode close to the car window, his face not very good: "But in a while, we may have to fight for the way with the nouveau riche nobles and common people."

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To the northwest of Fuxing Palace and diagonally below the Hall of Stars, the Star Gathering Square is bustling with people!

The virtuous king's initiative, known as the State Council for all the people, the only State Council where civilians and small nobles can listen to the supreme power game among the stars, will be held in the afternoon! Every issue, every discussion, every discussion in the meeting

The decision will be conveyed all the way to the entire Xingju Square by dedicated personnel, making it known to all residents in the royal capital!

Jennard frowned and looked at the excited crowd in the square - he and his city defense team had just been seconded from Dongcheng District in the morning, and together with the manpower of the Security Department, they maintained order in Xingju Square.

How can this be possible? The Star Gathering Square, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, only relies on more than a thousand of them - even Duke John's Star Legion could not maintain such an order.

People's eyes were focused on the meeting place above their heads, the open-air hall facing the Xingju Square - the Hall of Stars!

The crowds of people were pushing each other, and they were not paying attention. Under the loud scoldings of thousands of guards in the square, and under the huge crossbows on the wall of the Fuxing Palace that were on standby, they exchanged stories about the king's sudden convocation.

News of the meeting.

"I guess it was the big explosion in Red Square Street a month ago! Hey, is it because the Blood Bottle Gang was beaten so badly by the Black Street Brotherhood that it became red-eyed and started to go crazy?"

"How can a small gang fight disturb the big shots above?"

"Where did you get the gossip? There are some serious ones, such as the Blood Bottle Gang, the Black Street Brotherhood, how could there be gangs in the capital? We are a civilized society! How happy life is now! Why do you want to spread it?

These remarks that damage the general environment? Ah? I think you are so cunning, you must be a spy of a foreign power, right?"

"Listen to me, you are right. The Bone Man must have rebelled again! Behind it must be the merchants from the Conmas Alliance who are greedier than vampires! They seized my caravan last month! They want to collect a tithe!

Do you believe it? Five out of ten!"

"Damn the bone bastards! Why are the Legend Wings so soft-handed? You should learn from your majesty and capture them all like the orcs and bury them alive at the altar of the Desert God!"

"Don't insult Lord Legend Wings! He is obviously so handsome - but he can unify the existence of the Western Continent with his face!"

"My aunt works as a maid in a viscount's house in Morningstar District. She told me that something happened to Exeter in the north. By the way, why haven't their envoys arrived yet?"

"How is it possible? The "Fortress Peace Treaty" was signed and is valid for twenty years! Besides, we have the Flower of the Fortress guarding the Broken Dragon Fortress, as well as Allende in the north, Zemuto and Fu

A family as powerful as Reese—there is no way it can be the same as it was twelve years ago..."

"Don't forget that the Wrath of the Kingdom is still in the capital! He alone, with that bow, can destroy 200,000 Exters!"

"The entire army of Exeter doesn't total two hundred thousand, right?"

"That's what it means anyway!"

"I think it's probably the Principality of Sera in the southwest. I have relatives who have come to seek refuge from afar. They say that evil witches have been spreading the plague there recently. The neighboring Principalities of Anrenzo and Norton have both closed their borders - wait, plague.

It won’t reach the stars, right? Didn’t the nobles from the southwest come? Where’s the Tebak family? Where’s Karabiyan and Rasia? Are they all killed by the plague?”

"So the price of herbal medicine will rise? I have to buy it quickly!"

"You are all talking nonsense - my secret source told me that His Majesty will choose one of the six wealthy families to be the next king!"

"What? What about the Bright Star Royal Family? Our family has the royal family's furniture franchise!"

"What else can you do? How can you force His Majesty to have another son?"

"I think Duke Kevin Deere is pretty good! Last year he came to inspect the Grand Bazaar and even shook my hand! With a Duke like him, there's no need to worry about our country not doing well!"

"But I think the young lady from the Teback family is pretty good too! Let's learn from the Principality of Anrenzo. Think about it, a beautiful young queen - God, my heart will melt..."

"Stop joking, it's a countryside like Anrenzo and Allenbia! Our great star is the heir to the empire! How can a woman be the king? I'm not discriminating against women, but we have to admit the objective differences

Well!"

"Sao Nian, stop guessing!"

"I care about politics!"

"I think you're a keyboard--ahem, no, you're a verbal warrior!"

"You have to believe in the country, your Majesty, and the Imperial Council! How can they not know what you already know?"

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Thales slowly stood up and looked in the mirror at the young aristocrat with luxurious clothes and a stern expression.

His hair is no longer a mess, but neatly trimmed and combed into a simple but pleasing style, making him look energetic and handsome.

Jinni even ignored his expression and put a slightly reflective crystal earring on his left ear.

The thickened black and blue sparkling long-sleeved jacket with a white lining, pleated sleeves buttoned with crystal buttons, and specially processed fringed shoulders made his originally thin figure appear taller and taller.
To be continued...