When Sarlayan and Jaina entered the living room under the leadership of the palace maid, Calia had already sorted out her mood and put on a calm smile to welcome their arrival.
"Grand Duke Deep Shadow and Councilor Proudmoore, welcome to Lordaeron, but there are state affairs that need to be discussed?"
"Okay, Sister Calia."
Seeing the maids quickly closing the heavy palace hall door, Jaina smiled and walked over to Calia and took her hand.
"There are no outsiders here, so don't be so serious. We are here just for personal reasons. There are no state affairs to discuss, so just relax."
"Speaking of which, you have heavy dark circles under your eyes. Did you stay up late last night?"
Even under the exquisite makeup, Gianna could still see obvious dark circles on Calia's face, and her expression also looked quite tired.
"Hey, Sharlayan and Jaina, long time no see."
Looking at Gianna's fair face full of collagen, which was close to Chi Chi, Calia subconsciously touched her cheek and sighed with a very complicated mood.
"There is no way. It's my responsibility. Lordaeron is full of waste and needs to be revitalized. There are many things that must be decided by me personally."
Sarlayan interrupted and said: "How can you be a king like you? You have to do everything. What are the ministers below doing?"
Calia smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I also want to change the status quo. I have been working hard to implement the cabinet system of Quel'Thalas recently, but... you also know that there are still many opponents in Lordaeron who are desperately holding back, and they can't
It’s all done in one go.”
Calia's ascension... Strictly speaking, it was a bit against the rules, because at that time Terenas had clearly designated Arthas as the heir.
After a long period of competition for the throne, Calia finally defeated the young and impulsive Alsace with her more mature and steady governing skills.
Later, Arthas went too far and joined the Scourge in an attempt to overthrow the regime of Lordaeron with the help of the undead army, which proved that the choices made by Lordaeron officials at that time were correct.
To this day, there are still many Lordaeron nobles who still have lingering aspirations.
They were glad that they had not followed Alsace in the rebellion, and the bones of the opposition nobles who were cruelly tricked and killed by him are still fresh to this day.
But even so, due to different political philosophies, some powerful people in Lordaeron still criticized Calia's conservative governance policy, and they always voted against Calia when she tried to reform the political system.
Sarlayan had no interest in meddling in other countries' internal affairs, but he admired Calia's determination to abandon outdated systems and pursue reforms.
The political system of Lordaeron is the classic king-parliament dual system, which is essentially the most commonly used method in feudal dynasties where the royal family and the nobles rule the world together.
However, unlike Quel'Thalas back then, the center of power in the Kingdom of Lordaeron has always been in the hands of the king.
Theoretically, Lordaeron should be more suitable to implement a cabinet system with the king as the main body than Quel'Thalas, which has a large number of domestic nobles.
However, due to the battle between Calia and Alsace, the powerful nobles on different sides took the opportunity to gain considerable power and troops in their hands.
After the turmoil subsided, Calia naturally wanted to regain these rights that belonged to the royal family, but those with vested interests obviously would not easily give up the cake that was already in their mouths.
At the same time, Quel'Thalas took the opportunity to drastically reduce the power of the nobles to complete preliminary reforms. Seeing the neighboring countries' national power growing, Calia would certainly be tempted by the results of the reforms.
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Salayan believes that Calia, who was taught by him personally, will be able to convince the opposition to complete the reform sooner or later. However, Salayan cannot guarantee how long it will take.
So, Calia deliberately conveyed the signal through Luo Ning, and also had plans to use the power of the rising Shadow Archduke to subdue the domestic opposition nobles?】
The abacus is a good one. The Battle of Haishan has only ended less than a year ago. At this juncture, no one dares to jump on Sarlayan’s head to show off.】
If Calia can achieve a nominal marriage with the Grand Duchy affiliated with Sarlayan, as Little Star said, she can boldly carry out reforms in the country without worrying about anyone daring to jump out and act like a monster again.】
Indeed, as long as the two parties reach this political marriage, if there is a rebellion in Lordaeron due to the implementation of reforms, Sarlayan can theoretically send troops to suppress it as the prince of Lordaeron.】
Not to mention the army that Sarlayan can control, just his personal strength... The top leaders of various countries also know it clearly. Who dares to stand up to a strong man with a demigod level? It is no joke to destroy an army by one person.
ah.】
This time, Sarlayan finally saw the rational analysis of the barrage, and he also believed that Calia, who was becoming more and more sophisticated in political skills, might indeed have such a plan.
While Calia was chatting and reminiscing with her best friend Jaina, she glanced at Sharlayan with a slightly resentful look from time to time.
Gianna, who saw everything with her eyes, had already expected this, but she just didn't take the initiative to ask, and deliberately chatted in circles with Calia.
"Why……"
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, I didn't say I wouldn't help you, but let's forget about the marriage. You also know that my family's situation... is not suitable."
Jaina curled her lips vaguely and watched Calia's expression changes with interest.
After getting the answer clearly from Sarlayan, Calia still seemed a little confused even though she was prepared in her heart.
But she was the king of Lordaeron after all, and she couldn't just care about her children's personal affairs. She quickly regained her composure, looked at Sarlayan with piercing eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"
Sarlayan shrugged and said: "Send a signal to let everyone know that I have a deep friendship with you, so that those who oppose you will not dare to jump out and seek death easily."
Calia: "What's the specific plan?"
Sarlayan raised his right hand with a serious expression, mobilizing his life source to gather in his palm.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Under the surprised gaze of Calia and the head maid, the potted plants used to decorate the scenery in the living room began to grow crazily.
This was not Sarlayan's intention, it was just a side effect of the pure and huge life force escaping outward.
As the source of life continued to be output, Sarlayan's face became a little pale.
When it was estimated that the recovery time would be almost exactly one year, Sarlayan stopped his original output and suddenly teleported in front of Calia. Before she could react, he separated the emerald green light ball full of life in his hand from the air.
Press it into her chest.
Calia: "This..."
When the head maid, whose face changed color, tried to call for the guards, Calia subconsciously raised her hand to stop her movement, and slapped her seemingly normal chest several times with a surprised expression.
"Salayan, what is this?"
"call"
After outputting a large amount of life essence at once, Sarlayan looked obviously a little weak. With the help of a worried-looking Jaina, he took a few deep breaths before regaining his ability to move.
"The unique life blessing of the red dragon clan."
Sarlayan, whose face was still a little pale, explained slowly: "This blessing will not cause immediate changes. It will slowly release vitality according to your physical condition, greatly strengthen your physical fitness, and extend your ultimate lifespan.
.”
"Oh, by the way, there is also eternal youth, which women may be more concerned about."
Calia: “!
"
The first half of Sarlayan's explanation was enough to make Calia feel happy and grateful, and the addition that came to her mind made her expression change drastically.
“Young forever?!”
Calia subconsciously touched her cheeks that had long been pickled by cosmetics.
Although she is not yet 30 years old, due to her busy daily work and often staying up late, Calia is self-aware that her skin condition is not optimistic and is far from comparable to that of Gianna, who has just turned 20 and has always been pampered.
This is still compared with Jaina, who is also a human, not to mention those long-lived high elves and dragons.
"Isn't this gift... too expensive?"
Although Sarlayan said that the blessing would not take effect immediately, but whether it was a psychological effect, Calia felt that her facial skin seemed to become smoother and more elastic.
"Your Majesty, you have dark circles under your eyes..."
After being reminded by the head maid with a look of astonishment on her face, Calia immediately picked up a mirror from the table.
From the glass mirror that was as clean as new, Jialia could clearly see that the dark circles under her eyes were gradually fading and disappearing.
Sarlayan said with a smile: "Just think of it as a graduation gift from me, the teacher."
Calia's ecstatic expression suddenly paused, and then she sighed softly: "Teacher..."
Jaina nudged Sarlayan's waist with her elbow angrily. When Sarlayan turned his eyes to her in confusion, Jaina ignored him and said something meaningful for Calia.
A hope.
"The blessing of life left by Sarlayan can extend your life for at least 200 years. As for the future... we still have a long time, so there is no need to rush, right? Sister Calia."
Sarlayan: '...Whose side are you from? Aren't you afraid of being hung up and spanked by Valeela when you go back?'