According to the past traditions of Doguland, one event is indispensable on the 30th of Huixue every year, and that is the palace New Year's banquet and Solandel's birthday.

During the reign of Perseus, the New Year's banquet was always lively and lively. Ministers from the six major provinces came together to attend the banquet hall.

The princess celebrated her birthday and drank until dawn.

However, after Solandel came to power, this tradition has been canceled by her, because the New Year's banquet takes up a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is actually of no benefit. To put it bluntly, it means that everyone has made an appointment to get together.

Use public funds to eat, drink and have fun.

Instead of forcing people to come and spend extravagantly, it is better to let everyone go back and spend more time with their families on New Year's Eve. If they really want to get together, just get together privately.

As for birthdays, she hasn't held a special party for so many years. For several years, she even forgot that Huixue's 30th was her birthday. She only remembered when Chino gave her a cake.

On the 30th day of Huixue in the 525th year of the Huoyao Calendar, after the turmoil during the day when the statue of the Sun King was toppled, the royal city had returned to its usual New Year atmosphere at night, with thousands of people's houses lit up and the streets filled with the aroma of wine and laughter.

In the palace, although the New Year's banquet is no longer held, the ministers still gather in private, and tonight's banquet hall has gathered a group of truly high-ranking people.

There is a long solid wood table in the center of the banquet hall, with seven crystal tablewares arranged in order. The mysterious incense from the Feiyuan Province lingers in the air, and the dim candlelight adds a sense of mystery to the atmosphere.

Waiters came and went, constantly bringing exquisite food and wine, and a bandstand was specially arranged in the corner. The luthier trained by the Prince Regent himself sat in front of the piano, playing the song "To the Little Princess" with concentration, with melodious and elegant music.

It kept echoing in the hall.

Kino sat at the main seat of the dining table and looked indifferently at the six governors sitting on both sides. The atmosphere seemed a little subtle for some reason.

Chino: "You know? At this time of year, I usually buy cakes and flowers and place them in front of Solandelle to wish her a happy birthday, instead of sitting here eating and drinking with six elderly people."

"So, you'd better not waste my time by inviting me here."

With a smile on his face, Jashan picked up his wine glass and said respectfully: "Thanks to the regent's continued protection this year, our people will be able to enjoy a happy life. We wish you."

"Tuk-tuk-tuk." Before Jashan finished speaking, Kino tapped his knuckles on the table three times.

Meaning: Stop talking nonsense.

Jashan quickly apologized, put down his wine glass, and glanced at the luthier in the corner intentionally or unintentionally.

Kino looked sideways, and the luthier understood, finished playing and walked away.

There were only seven of them left in the restaurant. An anxious look finally appeared on Jashan's face, and he said solemnly: "Sir, we never want to take up your private time, but we do have something to ask for this time."

"We all have children, as you know. Children. Sometimes we go out to drink together. When we drink too much, we tend to be impulsive and do stupid things."

Jashan each glanced at the two governors beside him, his face flushed a little, but he did not dare to be secretive anymore, and went straight to the point and said: "The children of the three of us were arrested yesterday because of some things. Please regent.

Mr. Wang can be merciful and let the three of them go."

"Yesterday." Chino thought about it in his mind and quickly squinted his eyes, "You mean, the three teenagers who stabbed someone to death in the tavern?"

Jashan and others wiped the sweat from their faces and said shamefully: "Yes"

The origin of this incident is not complicated——

Yesterday, three governor's sons followed their father to the royal city for the New Year's Eve. Because the New Year's banquet was canceled and the young men had their own circles, they did not stay with their fathers, but went to the tavern to drink together.

Later, these three people drank too much and got into an argument with the civilians at the next table. They started arguing and started to fight. They even took out knives to attack each other and killed them on the spot. In the end, they were captured by the suicidal bird who came over.

He is now in jail awaiting trial.

If this had been the case during the reign of Perseus, or in the earlier period of the previous kings, it would not have been a problem for the son of a governor from a noble background to kill civilians. There were ten thousand ways to solve the problem. Whether the security soldiers dared to arrest people was a question.

.

But the death bird is different. These androids only have instructions implanted by Chino in their minds.

Not to mention arresting the governor's son, if the three teenagers drank a little more yesterday and went crazy and resisted arrest, the death bird defense mechanism would be triggered and the three of them would be shot on the spot.

Yesterday, they were quite lucky. When they saw the death bird, they were so frightened that they sobered up. They didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting and captured him obediently. Otherwise, he would have been a corpse in a pool of blood.

When their son is arrested, fathers such as Jashan will definitely not be able to sit still and will try their best to preserve their own flesh and blood.

After all, hacking someone to death in the street requires death according to the law.

If Solandel were to take charge, the three young men would definitely die.

Under the New Deal, the only person who could shake the code was the regent, so Jashan and others hurriedly came to Kino to plead for mercy.

After listening to the request, Kino shrugged: "I don't know if there is any flexibility here. Killing for life is a very simple principle, isn't it?"

Jashan was sweating profusely and said in a low voice: "Sir, they have not yet passed their adult ceremony, they are all children! Children drink too much and are not sensible. They already know that they are wrong! Please treat them lightly."

Kino: "Generally speaking, young people can be given lighter punishments. But unfortunately, according to the code, vicious incidents such as intentional homicide will not have lighter punishments because of their age."

The faces of Jashan and others suddenly turned whiter than paper, their eyes were dull and they were speechless.

If Kino is not protected, no one in this world can save their son.

Just when Jashan and others were desperate, Kino stood up. Everyone thought he was going to leave abruptly, but they found that the regent had picked up the wine glass and walked behind them.

Kino shook the wine glass gently, looked at the fine wine rippling in the glass, and said lightly: "There are no outsiders here, so we might as well talk to each other."

"If you go to any judge in the kingdom, they will tell you that the code is supreme and cannot be violated. But let me tell you, what they say is all false and empty nonsense."

"Because Doguland does not have a code that determines everything. There is only one being who can control the fate of others, and that is me - not the code, not the queen, not anyone, but me."

"I am very happy that you can come to me to plead for mercy today, because you have subconsciously recognized this matter. But the question is - why should I help you?"

"Or put the question another way, after helping me, what can you give me?"
Chapter completed!