Mrs. Agnes panicked and was incoherent for a moment: "I, the town, don't..."
The king frowned and looked at her with some disgust: "When you mentioned magic and magic weapons just now, weren't you very articulate? Why can't you even speak now?"
Mrs. Agnes took a deep breath, lowered her head, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I want to obey your orders as soon as possible, but I don't have a town. Even if I want to give it to the eldest prince, there is nothing I can do."
The king's eyes still showed disgust: "Didn't I just say that if you can't do it, you can ask your father to help you."
For a moment, no one dared to make a sound or even make a small movement, because such a scene was so rare. No one could have imagined that the king would let Duke Darke send the eldest prince to a small town.
Of course, the ones who were most panicked were the Dak father and daughter.
"Wait, wait, Your Majesty, although my daughter's servant has made a mistake, you don't want me to help her repay it, right?" Although it is winter now, Duke Dark is already sweating profusely. He didn't expect that he has always been beaten by the king.
There were times when his favor failed, and he knew that this time he and Agnes really made the king angry.
"Your daughter has nothing to offer, so I asked you to help her." There seemed to be a little anger in the king's eyes, but it was not obvious, making it impossible to detect what his mood was at the moment.
Duke Dark didn't dare to really disobey the king. He was afraid that he would have to offer something this time before the king would give up. But he didn't want to really give away a town.
He had to suppress a smile and bargained with the king: "Your Majesty, I don't have a suitable town there, so why don't I give you a thousand gold coins."
"No, no, no." The king waved his fingers and said, "We will also give gold coins to Werther, and not just one thousand, but two thousand gold coins, and a crystal box to hold the gold coins."
Duke Dark was extremely shocked. Two thousand gold coins was already a lot, and it was most of his savings!
The king asked in confusion: "Why, you don't want to take it out?"
He calmed down and continued to say with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will definitely give the eldest prince two thousand gold coins, and I will use a crystal box, but the town really can't afford it."
When the king heard this, he immediately stared at him: "Dak City is a nice town with many shops, fertile fields, and beautiful scenery. There is nothing you can't do with it, unless you are reluctant to part with it."
Duke Dark was complaining in his heart. Of course I couldn't bear to part with it. Although the town is not big, it is still my fiefdom! He said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, regarding the question of whether to give my town to the eldest prince,
Can I think about it again?"
The king immediately became angry, pointed at his nose and said loudly: "What? I am the king! Do you still think about my orders?"
He was so frightened that he quickly changed his words: "I made a slip of the tongue just now and made Your Majesty angry. I really deserve to die."
The king stared hard at Duke Duck and said expressionlessly: "If you are not willing to give up the prosperous town, give the less prosperous town to Werther. That's it, don't refute, otherwise I will hang you.
You stayed on the roof for three days and three nights, and even sent people to move all your gold and silver treasures to my palace."
Duke Dark made a swallowing motion, his face turned pale with fright, sweat flowed down his cheeks to his chin, and then dripped to the ground: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will give Night Town to the eldest prince now, and send someone after I return.
Send me another crystal box filled with two thousand gold coins."
"That's pretty much it." The king nodded with his eyes closed.
Werther was stunned when he heard this, and was so surprised that he was speechless. Unexpectedly, not only did he escape the trap this time,
I dispelled some of my father's doubts about me, and also got the town, gold coins, and a crystal box. With Nightfall Town, my fiefdom has doubled in size. This is really surprising, he thought to himself.
At this time, the voice of the parchment came: "Congratulations, the king's fear has been reduced, and at the same time, the fiefdom has been increased to Night Town."
It was great. Werther was delighted, but he soon discovered something was wrong. Didn't he get gold coins and a crystal box? Why was it not mentioned in the parchment? Just as Werther was confused, the king turned to look at him and patted him.
shoulder, smiled mysteriously, and pulled him to a corner away from the crowd.
"Son, Duke Dark gave you these on behalf of Alice. It is considered as an apology to you. Are you satisfied?"
"Of course I am satisfied, father." Werther smiled.
"Then why do your eyes look different from before?" The king moved his face closer and stared into his eyes.
"I'm just so surprised. I didn't expect my father to love me so much." Werther saluted the king again.
"Haha~" The king patted him hard on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You are my son, I should love you."
For some reason, when the king said these words, Werther always felt that something was not right, as if things were not that simple. This premonition became stronger and stronger. He carefully observed the king, closed his mouth tightly, breathed lightly, and did not dare to say anything.
sound.
After a while, the king opened his mouth again, with a mysterious look, and whispered: "Son, thank you very much."
Werther raised his head in shock, his hair trembling: "Father, what do you mean?"
"Actually, I want these two thousand gold coins and the crystal box myself, but as a king, I am embarrassed to express this idea. I can only get the money through you. Will you send someone to deliver them?
My palace?"
"Huh?" Werther twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly and broke into a cold sweat. It turned out that the money and crystals were what his father wanted. Of course he did not dare to disobey, so he had to agree, "Of course I will, father."
king."
"Well, my son, I found that you have changed a lot, and I can see that you are very filial." The king nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you very much, Father, for the compliment."
"Well, we will have dinner at your castle in the evening. Remember to ask your servants to make the dinner sumptuous, using the best ingredients, including wild vegetable pies and new varieties of bread."
"Will everyone dine in my castle?"
"But, I'm afraid the dining room of my castle can't seat so many people. How about letting some people have dinner in the tavern?"
"Son, that guy Dak has made me very angry today. Please don't disobey me anymore. Otherwise, I will order someone to hang you on the castle and let everyone eat delicacies in front of you, but you
You can only eat black bread, and I will bring people to take the opportunity to move all the things in your castle." The king's tone was decisive, making it impossible to refute.
"Obey, obey, father."
Werther glanced at the dozens of people behind the king in shock, and thought to himself, God, if so many people are dining in the castle, and the ingredients must be the best, then I am afraid it will cost more than ten gold coins today! Alas, but,
I got Night Town today, no matter what, I should be happy.
Thinking of this, he felt much more relaxed.
However, the king said to him again: "Son, I have put all my money and jewelry in the box recently, and I don't have a single iron coin in my hand, so I want to get some money from you."
Werther was very shocked: "Huh? Father, haven't you already received two thousand gold coins?"
"But it will take many days for those two thousand gold coins
The talent is in my hands, and now I am in a hurry to use the money to buy something."
"Father, do you really have no money at all?"
"Really, nothing."
The king turned his pockets out and jumped on the ground to further prove that he had no money on him. He thought there was nothing, but unexpectedly a few gold coins fell from the interlayer of the crown.
When Werther saw this, he immediately turned his head and pretended not to see anything. But he was really amazed in his heart that his father actually made a compartment for hiding gold coins in the crown...
Maier was shocked when he saw the fallen gold coins not far away. Oh my god, I remember checking the crown for the king before setting off from the palace. There was nothing in it at that time! And the king himself told me this
, and stored all the gold coins in the box. Then where did I get these gold coins? They couldn't have taken them from other nobles when I wasn't paying attention. It's really embarrassing!
"Ahem." The king blushed and coughed a few times. He quickly picked up the gold coins on the ground and put them back in the mezzanine. He lied to Werther at the same time, "Actually, that's your stepmother's money. I really have an iron coin."
None, you should sympathize with your poor father. You don’t disbelieve me, do you, son?”
Werther pretended to smile nonchalantly: "Of course I believe you. Father, how many gold coins do you want?"
"Well, two hundred is enough." The king said sheepishly.
"But, father, I don't have that much. Can I give you two?"
"You son, why are you so stingy? Otherwise, give me twenty. If you dare to disobey me again, I will have you hung on the castle to blow the cold wind, and then let others drink around the campfire in front of you.
hot coffee."
Werther didn't know what to say at this time. He wanted to cover up his sad mood with a smile, but he couldn't make a happy expression.
"Son, why do you look unhappy?"
"No, father, I am very happy now. I will go back to get you gold coins and let my servants prepare dinner."
"Haha, you are such a sensible and good son!"
Hearing what the king said, Werther felt a little relieved. At least my father's favor with me has improved, which is very beneficial to my current situation.
Mrs. Agnes grabbed the servant's ear and pulled him to the other side of the winery. She put her hands on her hips and angrily scolded: "You useless thing, what on earth is going on with that stone brick?"
The servant's expression was extremely disappointed, and he rubbed his ears and replied: "Madam, the brick I brought fell into the hole in the roof, and I couldn't get it out for a while. I happened to see a stone brick next to it, so I took it out.
After using it, who knew that the stone bricks were used to pull up the windows."
"Damn it, it's all your fault, we failed completely this time!" Mrs. Agnes stamped her feet angrily, "Don't let me find out that you might betray me, otherwise, I will lock you in the cellar!"
"Madam, I will never betray you and Duke Dark."
"Oh, I hope my father will continue to give me gold coins in the future." Mrs. Agnes showed an aggrieved expression.
She suddenly heard footsteps behind her and turned around to see that it was Duke Dark.
Duke Dark's expression could be said to be furious. He pointed at Agnes and reprimanded: "You idiot, you didn't get rid of the eldest prince, but you also caused me to lose Nightfall Town and most of my savings. You can't even think about it again."
I got some money and stuff in my hand!"
"But, father, what am I going to do for a living?"
"Don't you still have farmland? The crops there are enough to feed you and your servants. You can also use your savings to run a shop. Anyway, don't bother me anymore!"