Quadruple split.

Chapter 256 The Hall of Zijiu
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The Southeast Continent, the Violet Empire, the capital of Salamune

Royal Quarter, in front of the Hall of the Purple Nine

A young woman with ice-blue long hair stopped in her tracks. She took off the decorative saber from her waist, and handed it to an old man in a gray robe who was dressed in plain clothes behind her, and said softly: " Please wait for me here, Uncle Deku."

The latter stretched out his hands to take the saber, and bowed slightly.

Emmeline stroked her hair in annoyance, then raised her hand and muttered something, and soon, a blue mirror of water elements appeared half a meter in front of her...

Emmeline carefully looked at herself in the mirror, her long hair was well-groomed, her large silver cloak was spotless, and her bronzing gown that looked a bit threatening to wear looked quite similar, although The not-so-beautiful but heroic face is also satisfying, and even the pair of obsidian high-heeled shoes...

No, this is really unbearable!
She stomped her feet vigorously and broke the heels of the shoes that she would not wear once in a few years, looking much more satisfied.

Emmeline, who appeared at the most important place in the Royal Quarter, didn't wear any family crest or anything to prove her identity, but His Majesty Clever's private guards obviously didn't forget the youngest female Grand Duke in history, so she The road was not hindered in the slightest, and no one was even seen.

【However, if another person appeared here, he would have been torn to pieces by those shadow guards long ago...】

Emmeline Wolfe Krystal turned her head and smiled mischievously at the bitter-looking old housekeeper, then lightly pressed her right hand on the door of the Purple Nine Hall. Slowly opened.

She walked in, walked through a long corridor covered with murals on both sides, and soon came to a spacious hall. There were no complicated decorations here, only an unknown texture The long white table was placed in the center, and there was only one empty seat left.

Emmeline found that she was indeed the last one to come, but she didn't pay too much attention to it, she just bowed to the old man who was facing her, and said in a deep voice: "Dear Your Majesty, The Duke of Crystal Wolf, Emmeline Wolfkrystal is invited to come."

"Thank you for coming, my dear Amy." The emperor on the chair and the current patriarch of the Violet family, Clever Blaisen, smiled gently: "If possible, I prefer to hear you call me Uncle Clever."

Emmeline smiled slightly: "If Your Majesty is going to invite me to have a light meal in the Three-color Courtyard later, and catch up with Aunt Susan by the way, I will call you that at that time."

Clever blinked lovingly: "Of course I would."

"Cough cough~"

A middle-aged man next to the long table suddenly coughed lightly, he glanced at Emmeline, and knocked on the table impatiently: "You are late, Grand Duke Crystal Wolf, so can you hurry back to your room?" What about the seats? None of us have much time to waste, do we?"

Of course Emmeline knew this thin, mean man with a big hooked nose. His name was Scorpius Hussein, that is, Grand Duke Hussein, one of the nine lords of the Violet Empire. bordering Hussein Territory.

Although she only met the Grand Duke Hussein a few times, Emmeline couldn't help herself not to hate him. This man is greedy, cunning, mean, and has never given the slightest attention to his own subjects (except for tax collection. When the army was recruited), Scorpius is a very rich man, he is getting richer every second, even Grand Duke Crystal Wolf who hates him has to admit that Scorpius Hussein He is indeed very good at making money. The capital he inherited, the power in his hands, the force under his command, and his unscrupulous character are all invincible. You must know that this guy only used it for a few decades after inheriting the family. Let Hussein become the richest surname in the Violet Empire, not one of them...

But only the Hussein 'family' is rich. As far as Emmeline knows, among the nine territories of the Violet Empire, including the royal family, the people in the Hussein domain are the poorest, and the reason is self-evident.

"I came to Salamune within the time requested by His Majesty." Emmeline did not obediently return to her seat, she just glanced at Scorpius jokingly, and said coldly: "I am also making regulations I came to the Hall of Purple Nine within the time limit. Of course, if your so-called lateness means 'arriving at the latest', I am more than happy to accept this responsibility. After all, there will always be someone who is 'late', right, Hussein because?"

Scorpius narrowed his eyes dangerously, and asked coldly in his soft voice, "Did your late father tell you to call me Uncle Scorpius?"

"No." Emmeline shook her head obediently, then blinked her eyes as if recalling, and said leisurely: "But he seems to often mention the nickname 'that sly old dog', of course, my lord father It didn't make me say the same, and I think we should maintain the minimum courtesy to the elders, so...you don't mind if I call you by your surname instead of your nickname?"

A dangerous light flashed in Scorpius' eyes, and he clenched his right hand that was tucked into his sleeve tightly, as if he was planning to teach this unruly little girl a lesson, but after a few seconds, he just showed his With a hypocritical smile, he shrugged and said, "I'm sorry, Emmeline, you may not know that some annoying little problems occurred in my territory a while ago. Although it has been solved, it is still very annoying. Forgive me Let's go~"

"I……"

Just as the young Grand Duke Crystal Wolf was about to say something, he caught a glimpse of the tiredness and helplessness in Emperor Clever's eyes. She nodded slightly to Clever as if she was concealing it, and then turned her head to face him. Korpi smiled: "I was just joking, Uncle Scorpius."

Then he walked to the only vacant seat at the long table and sat down.

"Being late is a lady's privilege." The square-faced man sitting on Emmeline's right smiled heartily and winked at her: "Of course, this is just a metaphor. I know very well that you are not late."

Emmeline smiled heartfeltly at the former: "Thank you, Uncle Vernon."

Grand Duke Vernon Barocca is a tall and strong knight... At least he was a tall and strong knight when he was young. He is the ruler of Baroca and one of the few lords who are close to Emmeline. However, because of the territory of the two They are far apart, and the number of times they meet each other is actually not much, but the correspondence is quite frequent. Vernon is always very enthusiastic to provide Emmeline with some experience of the lord, which are all good suggestions.

He is a passionate, straightforward, fair, and kind person. Although Emmeline thinks that these are not good qualities for a lord, they make her feel respect from the bottom of her heart.

Grand Duke Crystal Wolf looked around and was relieved to find that he could recognize most of these people.

In addition to Emperor Clever, Grand Duke Vernon Baroca, and Grand Duke Scorpius Hussein, Emmeline also saw the gray-haired, always smiling Grand Duke Dantes; Archduke Fernand, a dwarf who is low and hardly possesses his own racial traits; Archduke Ximu Simon, a dark elf who is unsmiling and strict in everything he does; Archduke Buffy Marshall, who is very popular and approachable; and...

【Who is that? ! 】

Emmeline looked at the orange-haired girl dozing off next to Clever with some doubts. She was petite and wore round black-rimmed glasses. Wearing anything that reminds him of his identity, it seems that he is closing his eyes and resting... provided that no one can hear the thin, almost imperceptible snoring...

[She is definitely not a rhino blood axe! 】

Emmeline decisively made a judgment in her heart, the reason was very simple, although she felt that the Grand Duke of Fire Claw, whom she had never met, would not be as tall as the rumors said, eight feet tall, with a hideous face, three More than [-] catties, loves to eat children, can breathe fire, but...

[The great chief of the fire claw collar is absolutely impossible to be less than [-] meters, and she can't be an orc! 】

Grand Duke Crystal Wolf looked at the sleeping girl with great interest. She was curious, admired and kind. She was curious about the other party's identity and admired the other party's courage to take a nap in the Purple Nine Hall. As for the intimacy The source... is just because the other party is a beautiful girl.

But Emmeline didn't think for too long, because Clever had already stood up slowly...

"I am very glad that everyone has the opportunity to gather together. I still remember that the last time I sat around the same table with eight grand dukes was seven years ago." Sighing: "In fact, I really hope that you can meet more often on occasions other than preparing to face threats. Of course, I also know that everyone is very busy..."

Clever paused here for a moment, giving Scorpius a chance to interrupt himself.

"You are right, Your Majesty." The Grand Duke Hussein stood up and gave a pretentious salute, then sat back down and played with a gold coin that looked quite old: "Everyone They are all busy, and everyone knows that you are the hardest, so can we get to the topic quickly?"

Grand Duke Vernon Baroca glared at him: "Scorpius, you have to know that you are talking to the emperor, you need to correct your attitude, he is our majesty!"

"Of course he is our majesty." Scorpius said slowly, he laughed exaggeratedly, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Our majesty has to deal with a lot of things, time is precious, and I am working hard for Your Majesty earns money, and time is also very precious, your time... I also think it is very precious, so I hope your Majesty can start talking about business as soon as possible."

To be honest, if Scorpius was a grand duke or lord of the Chauvin Empire, if he dared to talk to William Bohe like that, the corpse would probably be cold by now, but this is Violet, a country called 'Empire' But it is not a country where the imperial power is supreme, so Scorpius Hussein, one of the eight Dukes, dared to speak to Clever like this...

Although the superficial respect is maintained, the attitude is not that between a courtier and a king.

Perhaps Scorpius' performance was indeed a bit blatant, but except for Grand Duke Baroka, the young Grand Duke Crystal Wolf didn't have much respect for the Violet Royal Family and His Majesty the Emperor.

In the eyes of these people, everyone just fulfills their duties and keeps their responsibilities.

Futaba, who was snoring slightly, muttered, "Well, it's disgusting..."

"What did you say?!" Scorpius glared at her immediately, with a very gloomy tone: "Who are you?"

There was a loud smacking sound in response to him, and Futaba muttered something vaguely again, making everyone feel like she was eating delicious food in a dream.

"I think she can only be the representative of Grand Duke Fireclaw." Grand Duke Simon said indifferently: "Your Majesty mentioned it in the summons before."

Buffy Marshall smiled politely: "Okay, Scorpius, we already know how bad your mood is, so please be quiet for a while, and let our Majesty continue."

Scorpius nodded, and really didn't say anything, but his eyes still didn't leave Futaba.

"Then, Your Majesty Clever." The kind-hearted Grand Duke Dantis smiled and stroked his gray hair: "Can we talk about that... um, that plague?"

Clever nodded pleasantly: "Of course, old man, I was just about to talk~"

"Excuse me, Your Majesty." Grand Duke Fernand pointed to Futaba who was still dozing off, and asked with the characteristic shrill voice of a dwarf, "Is it time for the representative of Grand Duke Fireclaw to get up?"

The next second, Futaba opened her eyes, and nodded to Fernand energetically: "I'm listening, Master Mediterranean."

Grand Duke Fernand was slightly taken aback: "What sea?"

"Mediterranean." Futaba smiled gracefully, and then explained incisively: "It is the state before baldness, which mainly refers to the fact that although there is still a certain distance from the egg, part of the head has become bright and smooth. This phenomenon is really enviable.”

Grand Duke Fernand was stunned at that moment.

"Let me introduce you." Clever stretched out his hand to Futaba, and said with a smile, "This is the representative of Grand Duke Fireclaw Xiluoxuexue, and Futaba, the senior advisor of the Fireclaw leader, is the one who brought us Information about the plague, Ms. Futaba... Please forgive me, but Ms. Futaba herself was also one of the victims of this disaster, so please forgive this brave girl. She has not systematically studied nobles etiquette."

Scorpius' face became a little ugly, he knew very well that the little girl not far away did it on purpose, she must not have fallen asleep!

"Yes, please be considerate of me."

Futaba showed a smile of unknown meaning, and took out a stack of thick parchment...

"From various angles~"

Chapter [-]: The End

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