On the second day after the king returned to the throne, at nine o'clock in the morning, he went to the palace.
Huggins, who was walking with a slight limp, adjusted his clothes, locked the door, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I'm here."
There was no response from behind the door.
He knocked harder and Huggins raised the volume by another three points.
Still no one answered.
After apologizing, Huggins opened the door and looked into the huge king's bedroom.
Empty.
Huggins walked to the bed and saw that the bed was still as clean as new, with no trace of use.
Then he turned his attention to the corner of the room, where a simple bed made of quilts was placed at the base of the wall.
After exiting the room, Huggins found the maid on duty and asked, "Have you seen His Majesty?"
The latter pointed to the garden outside the window.
When they reached the entrance of the royal garden, to Huggins' surprise, Cumberland was sitting in the pavilion early, looking attentively ahead.
Walking into the pavilion, Huggins followed Cumberland's line of sight. Todd, whose upper body was naked, raised his sword high and then swung it down hard, repeating the process, the sword wind was fierce.
"The posture and way of using the sword seems a bit like it comes from the northern barbarian country." Huggins looked at it for a while and said.
Cumberland snorted: "Instead of learning serious swordsmanship, you have to practice this barbaric technique!"
Huggins closed his mouth and smiled bitterly. Among the people, the one who reacted most violently to the king's departure without saying goodbye half a year ago was the old knight Cumberland.
Although Todd immediately contacted all officials after running away, Cumberland was still determined to find the king as soon as possible.
During that time, the old man seemed to be in a daze, riding a war horse, rain or shine, leaving the city in the early morning and returning at sunset, not letting go of any possible information, and traveling almost all over the Yuexi Plain.
And to this day, although the king has returned, Cumberland's face is still worried for some reason.
After finishing the daily training exercises, Todd held the long sword and walked towards the two watching people with a smile.
Throwing the weapon in his hand to Huggins, Todd sat down at the stone table in the pavilion and stretched out his hand to motion for the others to sit down.
"Tomorrow night, the envoys from the Holy Acropolis will come to the palace as guests." Todd reached for the wet cloth handed by the maid, wiped his face and neck, and said to Huggins: "How are the dinner arrangements?"
Huggins nodded and said: "We have hired twenty-two of the top chefs in Muxi City. Each of them has a specialty dish that is famous throughout the country. We guarantee that tomorrow night's dishes will be delicious but unique."
"In addition, I have notified the first-class theater company Golden Skylark, asking them to cancel all announcements and to present the performance at their best tomorrow night. Of course, the popular star in Twilight City - Miss Barbara,
He will also show up on time.”
Hearing this, Todd nodded with satisfaction: "Receiving the Holy Acropolis envoy is the first diplomatic event of the kingdom, and it should be well prepared."
While Huggins responded, he took out a list from his arms and handed it to the king: "Your Majesty, I have drafted a list of guests attending tomorrow night. Please take a look."
While Todd was reading the directory, Huggins glanced at Cumberland, who had his eyes closed and was silent, and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is a person. I am not sure whether I should invite her to the banquet. I hope you can
Can make decisions."
Todd looked away from the paper and asked strangely: "Who?"
"Lady Mary."
"Why can't she come to the banquet tomorrow night..." At this point, Todd finally realized the problem.
When Mary was a girl, she married from the Holy Acropolis City to the Yinhuan City. Although the fundamental reason was that the King of Yinhuan believed the slander and had to defect from the Yinhuan Kingdom, after all, she was once the princess of the Holy Acropolis City. The Muxi Kingdom is
It would indeed be a rather embarrassing situation for Mary to be present when she received the mission from the Holy Acropolis for the first time.
Looking at Cumberland from the corner of his eye, Todd found that the old knight was secretly observing his actions. He must have wanted to see his attitude regarding Mary's matter.
"Write her name down first, and I will confirm it with her personally." Todd tapped his fingers on the table and said to Huggins in a deep voice.
After confirming a series of relevant details of the banquet, and seeing that the king had no other explanations, Huggins stood up and said goodbye, leaving his alone time to the old man, the young man, the king and the minister.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Todd, who could clearly feel Cumberland's resentment, was about to speak softly, but unexpectedly the other party spoke first.
"I heard that Your Majesty, you are only going out this time with the woman named Rachel?"
Todd was stunned and nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, you should know Rachel's identity very well, right?"
Although he might have expected Cumberland's words, Todd still planned to defend Rachel: "I know that she was once a member of the Presbyterian Dispute Legion, but she has long since betrayed that organization. Now, she is loyal
Be loyal to the kingdom and be loyal to me..."
Cumberland didn't seem to have much resonance with this statement: "Your Majesty, are you absolutely sure? Can you say that there is no ulterior secret hidden behind this woman?!"
Todd rubbed his temples and said sadly: "She saved my life! More than once!"
"What's the matter?!" Cumberland glared and blew his beard: "In a chess game, in order to protect a valuable chess piece, the flag bearer often sacrifices some secondary chess pieces, but this does not mean that this
If you have a valuable chess piece, you will definitely be the king!"
Todd felt the blood vessels on his head swell suddenly, and his words began to be filled with anger: "You can't imagine what I have experienced in the past six months! I survived under the scythe of death and struggled in endless hell!
Without Rachel, I would have been dead!"
"As you wish, Your Majesty, do you want to make her your queen?"
Todd was shocked and speechless for a moment by Cumberland's sudden question.
Later, he frowned and shouted loudly: "These are completely two different things! They cannot be confused!"
"The trait of extraordinary intelligence is a country's good fortune when it is placed in a king; but when it is placed in a queen, it is the king's misfortune!"
These words made Todd's face turn red. He grabbed the hem of the stone table with both hands, and the iron scales on his arms slowly emerged.
After spending a long time and using the anger management methods from his previous life, Todd finally calmed down a little. He said to Cumberland in an unusually cold tone: "Originally, I invited you here to ask some questions about the Holy Acropolis.
Customs and details, but now it seems that we all need time to think about some more important issues."
To Todd's surprise, the old knight Cumberland suddenly knelt down on one knee, performed a standard knightly salute to the king, and said this sincerely: "Your Majesty, as the lord of a country, between you and your ministers
There should be no personal feelings or righteousness. After all, we are your ministers first, and your family second."
Todd closed his eyes, held his forehead with his palms, and waved his hands to indicate that he wanted to be alone.
After waiting for Cumberland to go away, Todd, whose mind was in confusion, called the attendants in the palace.
"Prepare a carriage. I'm going to Liliel's clothing store now."