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Chapter 98

The Tulip Duke’s mansion had been crowded with people, and many luxurious carriages were parked outside the mansion. All the well-known figures in the imperial capital seemed to have come to the Duke’s mansion. This kind of grand occasion has not appeared here for many years since the death of the Duke.

When Roddy brought his entourage from the street from afar, he immediately attracted a large number of people. Finally, the entourage separated everyone, and Roddy struggled to enter the Duke's mansion.

Nicole was already standing at the door with an excited look on her face and looked at Roddy from afar.

Roddy jumped off the horse and walked to Nicole a few steps. He looked at Nicole's thin face and the silent feelings in his eyes. He really wanted to hold Nicole in his arms immediately. Roddy took a deep breath and saw many people around him barely suppressing the excitement in his heart. After all, Nicole is still his "personal sister". It's too outrageous to do it.

He smiled and shouted "Sister", then hugged the other party gently with the interests of the nobles. However, while hugging, he secretly said in Nicole's ear: "I miss you." Nicole took a step back with a red face, calmed down, and said, "Go in quickly, many people are waiting for you!"

When I walked into the hall, I immediately surrounded many high-ranking officials and wanted people. Of course, there were many people who wanted to win over the relationship. There were also a few people who simply came to be matchmakers. Who wouldn’t know that this young master inherited the throne and won the battle in the northwest? With the golden signboard of the Tulip Family, the future is unlimited!!

Roddy barely cheered up and dealt with it. An impatient gaze flashed in her eyes. She looked at Nicole for help. These people were really troublesome. According to Roddy's idea, she really wanted to kick all these people out one by one. Of course, it would be enough to leave Nicole alone.

After all, Nicole is an experienced noble lady. She is calm and calm in response to the flattery of everyone. Finally, she smiled faintly: "Everyone, we were very moved by everyone's enthusiasm, but it is really hard for Site to run all the way. His Majesty will hold a feast tonight. Site has just returned and needs some rest and preparation."

These people were all sensible and immediately said goodbye. Before leaving, several people took Roddy's hand, said a few touching words, squeezed out a few tears, and then reluctantly left.

Seeing that Roddy Nicole was left in the hall, Roddy cleared her throat and whispered: "I have something to say to you, sister."

Nicole nodded: "Go to the study."

The two of them sent the servants around them to the study. Nicole walked in first, turned around and slowly said, "Rody, I already know what you are in Xilin. You are too impatient to handle those things...ah!"

Roddy had already strode behind, turned around and closed the study door first, then ignored Nicole's speech, walked forward and reached out to Nicole's waist, and then pressed down on Nicole's delicate red lips.

Nicole couldn't help but was forced into Roddy's arms. She closed her eyes in panic, and felt the other person's lips look like fire. She felt Roddy's rapid breath spraying on her cheeks, and a strange feeling appeared in her heart.

I don’t know how long it took, but Nicole only felt that all her strength seemed to be sucked by this kiss, and her whole body was floating. When Roddy slowly raised her head and stared at her, Nicole slowly came to her senses, her face flushed, and she whispered: “You, you are really getting bolder and bolder!”

Roddy also turned red on her face, and then said softly: "Be bold, be bold." Just as she was about to go down to taste the delicate blush again, Nicole's face turned red and she gently dodged. She only heard her subtle voice saying, "Okay, don't... be careful that others see it."

Roddy sighed and slowly let go of Nicole. After thinking about it, he immediately asked, "Is there any news about Seit? It's been so long, has your people found him?"

Nicole's face darkened, she slowly shook her head and sighed: "The people I sent were chasing at the sea for several months, but they found nothing. So the bastard didn't know where he ran..."

Roddy frowned: "What should I do? Should I continue to be your brother?! I... I really don't want to be your brother anymore!"

Nicole forced a smile: "Isn't it good to be a duke? What a glory it is to attract thousands of people..."

Roddy sighed: "Is it a Fengguang? This time in the northwest, I have seen too many things. Fengguang... Humph, I don't know how many people's blood were made! I really don't have much interest in these things." He looked into Nicole's eyes and whispered: "I just want to be Roddy, put aside this identity and be with you. Now I am your brother? But what should I do? Should we..."

Seeing Roddy's tone excited, Nicole gently pulled Roddy's hand and said softly: "Roddy, endure it! Should I endure it again?"

Roddy said lightly: "The scenery is infinitely beautiful, but I don't know how much murderous intent and how much dirt is hidden in it! I'm really bored. Nicole, I even want to take you out of here..."

Nicole looked at Roddy for a long time and shook her head slowly and weakly: "No. Roddy, it really can't. I am responsible for the family. Now I have no one except relying on you." Speaking of this, two lines of hot tears flowed in her eyes, and she brushed her face and cried out. Roddy felt ache in her heart and went up to hug her gently. Nicole trembled in her arms, "I want to be more relaxed, and I want to be with you carefree! But it really can't."

Roddy smiled gently, stretched out her finger to take away the tears from Nicole's face, and whispered: "Okay, that's wrong. I'm back and make you sad again. Don't worry, with me, Roddy, I will not fall into the Tulips' house!"

He held the beauty in his arms, and although he was helpless, how could he say it?

Inadvertently, the slender figure in a black robe flashed through my mind, and the sentence sounded: You don’t forget me, I don’t forget you. I remembered that I almost left some with her and went there with her with an impulse that day.

The two of them calmed down and discussed the matter of Xilin Province. Roddy launched a massacre in Xilin this time. Although the people returned to the imperial capital at this moment, they left more than two thousand wolf-fanged troops to sweep the entire Xilin and carefully cleaned the Xilin imperial official system. These days, there were quite a lot of people on the guillotine in Xilin's big and small towns. Although the people were joking, many offended!

Nicole was worried that although Xilin was the fief of the Tulip family, the military, political and taxation and military were nominally belonging to the Tulip family, and within the empire, it was like a small independent kingdom. But after all, those officials were officials of the empire. Such a big thing happened at once, and it was probably not a good thing to kill so many people without waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.

Roddy was very at ease. This time, Abbas XI did not reward him heavily, which made the military very dissatisfied. Even in the imperial capital, there would be some slight remarks. He would never pursue himself for that matter. Besides, Xilin was the fiefdom of the Tulips family, and no matter how much he made trouble, he would just clean up his home. After killing a few people, he would not let the emperor pursue it. Now the emperor was about to pretend to be eager for him, so as to calm the hearts of those military generals! This can be seen from the fact that the emperor had not mentioned anything about Xilin in the hall today.

In the evening, at the celebration dinner in the palace hall, Abbas XI really looked extremely intimate with Roddy. The noble ministers of the empire all toasted Roddy one after another. I didn't know what "young and promising" words were said hundreds of times. In the end, Abbas took his hand intimately and walked out of the hall to receive cheers from all the soldiers.

Roddy thought to himself: "It's just that he fought an unbeatable result in the northwest. The formation he created seemed to have wiped out the mainland. It's too artificial..." But later, after being poured countless glasses of wine by several military generals, he finally became dizzy and drunk.

The next morning, Roddy was still sleeping at home, and the Royal Guards had already come to invite Roddy to enter the palace immediately. It was said that His Majesty was anxious and the ministers in the cabinet discussed important matters.

Roddy was dizzy and scolded the emperor for not being a thing. Now he is just a short duke, and he has no power and no army. What a nonsense to ask him to discuss! Anyway, the emperor and that old guy Carolin have discussed everything. Who else should he show him a discussion?

Although he was heartbroken, he was dressed neatly immediately on the surface. The one who served him was still the beautiful little maid Angel, but now Roddy is no longer that stupid boy who is still moving. He was not so panicked when he saw Angel. He waited for Angel to help him dress up the Duke's noble service, but he just smiled and nodded at her.

Angel blushed, but she whispered: "Young Master... no, Master... You are very different now than you did..."

"What?" Rodic said.

Angel lowered her head: "You seem to have become much more serious and more indifferent."

Roddy nodded, without saying anything, but thought to himself: "Jojo said so, you said so too. Could that Seit really be a slick person? I have to be careful, so don't let people see through it."

He prepared a carriage and brought a few guards. Seeing that the guards at home looked at him, his eyes were very different from before. He no longer showed respect as before, but in fact he had a cold expression. Now, these guards, from his personal bodyguard Rand to others, all looked respectfully towards him.

Well, didn’t the old guys in the military say that they were becoming more and more like the old Duke? Although they were praising themselves, why did they feel so awkward when they sounded?

After getting on the carriage and driving in front of the Royal Guards, Roddy came to a side hall behind the palace hall. Abbas XI and several ministers of the cabinet had already sat there. Seeing Roddy strode in, Abbas XI looked gentle and said loudly: "Duke Rudolph, you don't have to salute you anymore. I came to you to ask you about the Roland Continent."

Then the emperor looked at the old guy Garolin's eyes. The Imperial Military Minister cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Duke, before you came back, your Majesty received your war report, saying that the army of the Roland Continent was discovered in the Great Moon Kingdom. People from the Roland Continent secretly helped Luo Yantar fight against us. After all, you know the most about this matter, so Your Majesty asked you to come over and talk to you."

Roddy thought for a while, then talked about the incident of being intercepted by the Roland Knight on the grassland. Of course, he did not mention a single word when he had caught the other party's Black Veil Saint, but just said that he had caught a knight in the fierce battle and asked about the news.

As for Muse, although I took her back to Watt Fortress, I only took her away for a short day and no one knew her identity. Although there was such a big stir that day, fortunately, the ridiculous things that Seit did in the past were really absurd, so there was no need to explain them. Although it was a violation of military law to provoke women on the front line. But now I am in the limelight. I think no one dares to make me so unlucky in this matter?

Roddy finished his passage slowly, and Abbas XI showed an indignant expression on his face, and said coldly: "The people in the Roland Continent are very brave! I ignore them, they dare to mess with me! What should you do about this matter?"

It was still the Marquis of Carolin who stood up and shouted: "Dear Your Majesty, since the people from the Roland continent dare to offend the empire, they naturally need to teach a lesson! I think General Miro of the Northern Legion can be slightly mobilized and give the other party a little warning. We are unstable in the northwest now, and there are really not many troubles!"

Abbas XI frowned slightly and said coldly: "Would you just forget it? We are across the sea from the Roland continent. If we mobilize our army here, will they really be warned? Humph, they regard our Light Empire as pagans, but in our eyes, do we also regard them as pagans?"

Carolin smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, I think it's better to ask His Majesty the Pope to come and discuss. If a war with the Kingdom of Roland is going to begin, it's not just an empire. If you attack the pagans, your Majesty the Pope will definitely support you! Since it's a holy war against the pagans, His Majesty's Flame Warrior Order, naturally, can't watch..."

When everyone heard the "holy war", they frowned, with responsible eyes in their eyes, and even Abbas XI showed a meditative look on his face.

"Jihad"!

The Empire of Light and the Roland Continent in the north have been given the halo of the great "holy war" of "suppressing pagans" over the past few hundred years. However, under this halo, I don't know how many people have accumulated. Which holy war was not a huge momentum and blood flowed into a river? Millions of people died on the battlefield, and countless people were displaced. The two continents were exhausted, and no one could do anything to each other.

Although the Fire Warrior Order on the Light Continent is amazing, the Holy Knight Order on the Guardian Temple of the Roland Continent is weak?

To fight another "holy war", it would take mobilization of the entire empire to invest. Such a shocking war, it is still a matter of whether the empire can afford it. What's more, Luo Yantar, the prairie wolf, is eyeing it...

Sure enough, Abbas XI thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "A war consumes too much national strength after all, and it is not the time for a jihad."

Marquis Carolin smiled and said, "Since His Majesty also thinks that the declaration of war is not the time, I think it is better to find an important minister of the empire and ask the Pope to send a special envoy to the Kingdom of Sauron to seek justice from them! Criticize them, and let General Miro's northern legion slightly mobilize the other side on the northern border, and I believe the Kingdom of Sauron will not dare to turn against you! As long as they are willing to bow their heads, they can preserve the dignity of the empire!"

Abbas XI lowered his head and thought for a while, frowned.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Roddy felt a little sympathetic to the supreme of the empire.

Thinking back to the time when Emperor Abbas founded the Light Dynasty, the empire had the entire continent, and how powerful it was! Now in the hands of this emperor, the northwest was defeated and the soldiers were damaged and the generals were lost. Internal troubles continued, and the strong enemies in the northern continent were ready to move... This emperor was extremely cowardly.

After all, he couldn't erase his shame. Abbas XI did not immediately decide what his attitude towards Roland Continent was, but just said that this matter would be discussed later by the cabinet. Then the topic turned to the peace talks with the Great Moon Kingdom.

The main person in charge of the negotiations with the other party this time was Earl Mello, the imperial minister of the finance department. He was a middle-aged man with a slender figure and handsome appearance. He had a three-point smile on his face, but his eyes flashed from time to time and his three-point cunning gaze made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Abbas XI tried a few words, then gave Roddy a few words, and then announced that everyone would disperse.

After walking out of the palace hall, Roddy followed Earl Mero and said seriously: "Mr. Mero, your Majesty asked me to assist you in the peace talks of the Great Moon Kingdom... You understand that I don't understand this negotiation matter at a young age, and I don't know what you have in your mind."

Earl Mero smiled slightly: "Duke Rudolph, you are too modest. Although Your Majesty asked me to be the chief of negotiations, who doesn't know your merits in the northwest? It is said that you are the one who assists me. In fact, this negotiation is still dominated by you. I will help you. Without you, I will not be able to suppress the savages in the grassland."

Roddy laughed dryly and cursed in her heart: "Old slick!"

A cunning smile flashed across Earl Mero's face: "Duke, you and my son Didi are friends. I rely on my seniority and may as well be lazy. You should do more work in this matter! There is nothing wrong now, so why not let's find a place to have a good talk, and then go to see the prince from the Great Moon Kingdom together in the evening?"

Roddy thought for a while and agreed. Then he left the palace and got into the carriage of Count Mero, and asked the carriage of the Tulips to go back by himself. His guards rode horses and followed behind.

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