When Uther and the lord's wife returned to the castle, they saw three carriages parked at the entrance of the castle, with more than a dozen royal infantry guarding around him. "He was a little confused: "This is too small. I remember that there are usually more than a hundred royal infantry following him."

"Maybe this is a simple envoy." The city lord's wife didn't think there was anything strange about it.

The two of them walked up with dozens of cavalrymen, and a smiling fat man came down from the carriage in the middle. He shouted: "This is the noble Lord of the Winter City. I am the royal envoy, Kira Orphen, and I come to declare the royal edict."

"Hahaha, I am the city lord Uther, this is my wife Sophia." Uther dismounted, then walked to the fat envoy, and after saluting symbolically, he hugged the other person's shoulder and smiled rudely: "Grand, you are here just right. I haven't been to the royal city for a long time. Come on, let's have a drink in the castle together. We will talk about the imperial decree later."

Fatty Kira seemed not used to the other party's enthusiasm, and he stumbled: "Be gentle, be gentle, Lord, I am an ordinary person, but I can't stand the troubles of you professionals."

Uther let go of Kira with a sorry look and then pulled him into the castle. After that, the master Huan Binyi, the fat man seemed easy to talk to and had a wide range of knowledge. He talked at the table but did not make people feel annoying. After both parties had drunk more than a dozen glasses of wine, he put down a piece of squeak paper with a blushing face, and then went up to the third floor to rest with the maid's support.

The city lord and his wife looked at Kira side by side and then they came to the study on the second floor. Uther closed the window, sat on a chair, opened the imperial edict and threw it to his wife, and said, "The old emperor asked us to continue to guard the border, but he finally said, if we can open up the territory, there will be a reward? I am now the lord of a city, and the throne of the earl. If I reward you again, can I be promoted to the duke? This is not simple. We, Holevin, have always been in only six of the duke. If I promote it again, will Kai be no longer seven? This is not consistent with the tradition of history. What is the old emperor thinking?"

The city lord's wife opened the order and looked at it for a while, then sat next to her husband, leaned against his body and said, "If the emerging aristocrats want to gain a foothold, they must fight with the old aristocrats. Is the old emperor tempting us to commit suicide?"

"The old emperor is already very old, aren't he confused..." Uther suddenly stood up in a daze: "I understand, the old emperor is about to die, his deadline is coming, so he is forcing our Langman family to take the lead."

After hearing what my husband said, the city lord and the city people also understood: "If we follow the tradition, the eldest prince should be the one who can inherit the throne, but the old emperor has never liked the eldest prince. He liked the third brother. But the eldest prince was very close to the four earls, and the third brother had only two earls to support it. So the old emperor hinted that if we could support the third brother, we would be promoted to dukes. Opening the territory... Letting the third brother sit on the throne is inconsistent with the tradition, and it is indeed considered opening the territory."

"This is a good opportunity, but our Langman family is not strong enough." Uther slapped his thigh in annoyance: "If we wait for more than ten years and Babala becomes a great magician and Kyle can stand alone, we will definitely not let this opportunity go, but now..."

The city lord's wife also sighed. The Duke's position has been controlled by the six major families of Holewen for hundreds of years. Now that the emperor has allowed a position, they have no way to grasp it. This is really uncomfortable. However, the city lord's wife had a sudden inspiration and said, "How about we find a way to pull Beta into our camp? I think he is very strong and has a trust in his character."

"He is a special bloodline holder. Even if his strength is worse, his effect is quite great." Uther said with a yearning emotion: "You don't know that when I enter the thick fog, looking at the enemy's direction, every move is in my control, and the other party can't see us very much. The feeling of being in control of everything, I think every general who leads troops will never forget it once. If I have this ability, I will dare to attack enemies below 5,000 with one thousand cavalry."

As a battle-hardened general, Uther understands the real use of the "Mist-Driving" skill.

The city lord's wife smiled and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a second daughter, otherwise we would never let that kid go. By the way, that kid's willpower is very firm, and my blood charming ability has no effect on him at all. Even if we can pull him into our family, we cannot guarantee that he is 100% loyal. Just like Carl, he has always had a good relationship with us, but he did not expect that he would betray us in the end."

Uther said: "If we can guarantee that Beta will not betray us within a few years, it doesn't matter. The old emperor is already sixty-nine, and he was injured too much when he was young. It seems that it will not last long, and it will never last more than two years, otherwise he will not give us such an edict. So as long as Beta does not betray us within two years, we will have more resources and wealth once we become the Duke. It should not be difficult to satisfy his appetite."

In the eyes of these competent nobles, anyone can buy it. If the other party does not agree, it means that the purchase price is not enough or the method is incorrect.

"This is a rare opportunity for us. If we miss it, we may never have such luck in hundreds of years." The city lord's wife pressed her Alpine snow mountain with a look of sacrifice: "If it really doesn't work, let's plant a drop of charming blood quietly. In this way, we should be able to slightly activate his view of us. It should not be difficult to convince him to join us at that time."

If Liang Lidong is here, he will know the origin of the Blood of Charm, which is the special ability of the creature in the demon world, the succubus. Occasionally, the succubus will be accidentally teleported to the main plane by space storm, and then leave blood on the main plane. Such bloodlines have some of the special specialties of the Succubus, among which the Blood of Charm is one of them.

Uther didn't agree: "But that way, you won't feel good either."

"It's okay, I can control my will." The lord's wife gently stroked the man's cheek: "Or or do you don't believe in my ability?"

Uther wanted to say something, and then there was a knock on the door, the two separated, and then he shouted, "Come in."

The person who came was a soldier. He walked in with breathlessness and sweating, half-kneeling on the ground, but because of the violent breathing, he could not speak for the time being.

Seeing that his appearance was very familiar, Uther thought for a while, then frowned and said, "You are not the captain of the gold mine. What happened? You need to go down the mountain to report?"

The soldier gasped for a few times, and then he said what happened. Halfway through hearing, Uther jumped up and almost slashed people. Fortunately, he was stopped by the city lord's wife. After the soldier said the incident completely, he said in shock: "Fortunately, Lord Beta is there to calm down the situation, otherwise the gold mine will have to change hands."

The city lord's wife said angrily: "I didn't expect that this ambassador was so despicable and deliberately led us back. Looking at his face as a good man, I was really out of sight."

"Since those royal infantry have been captured, I won't go up. Sophia, please take people to deal with it. I have to stay and stare at the fat man, so that he will make any tricks."

The lord's wife nodded and immediately walked out. Uther shouted from behind: "Take more cavalry up."

When she arrived outside the castle, the lord's wife rushed towards the direction of the gold mine. When she arrived at the mine, it was already evening. She went to see the captured royal infantry and also saw Robin Clement. The latter's eyes lit up when he saw her and said a lot of praise, but she kicked her in the face.

Then the city lord's wife went down to the basement of the tunnel and met Liang Lidong, who was continuing to draw a magic circle.

Hearing someone coming in, Liang Lidong raised his head, then lowered his head to continue his work, and said, "Why, you are the only one here, the city lord didn't come?"

"Thank you this time. Lord Beta." The city lord gave a lady gift to Liang Lidong very seriously.

"You're welcome!" Liang Lidong waved his hand: "After all, I also have half of the profits of gold mines, and this is just for myself. Don't blame me for commanding your soldiers blindly."
Chapter completed!