Cosma Empire

Birthdays of royal princesses were definitely not a trivial matter in the past. In the feudal period, whenever the birthdays of royal family members came, it was time for the nobles to cut their flesh. As few as dozens of gold coins and as many as thousands of gold coins were sent to the palace, so that in some bad seasons, the income of the royal family was not as much as the birthday gifts received by the direct members of the royal family. one of the reasons. It is said that after a certain emperor found out that he could get tens of thousands of gold coins every time he celebrated his birthday, he began to make a big deal for the birthdays of the royal family members and invited nobles.

Later, after the prime minister came to power, he ordered the royal family to reduce the request to plunder wealth from the nobles in the name of birthday banquets, etc., and in the name of tricking the emperor into organizing banquets and extorting ministers, he beheaded some royal family branches, so that the royal family made a big fuss The momentum of holding various banquets has cooled down. After Magus came to power, some new requirements were added on the basis of these decrees. For example, adult members of the royal family are not allowed to organize large-scale banquets to receive gifts. Only minor members of the royal family who are still important Many rules, such as birthdays, have completely shattered the way for the royal family to make money through "court banquets".

If Magus hadn't formulated these regulations, maybe even today, the palace would be like a hotel, where you can come in and hold various banquets as long as you spend money.

This time is the princess's coming-of-age birthday, so of course she has to take care of it. After all, this is the last time she can celebrate her birthday under the spotlight. The current financial problems of the royal family are a bit serious, and it is no longer possible to provide these children who are not valued enough to maintain luxury. life. This also means that from today onwards, Her Royal Highness the Princess will have to rely on her own efforts for part of her expenses.

Blame Muggs, this is the consensus of the royal family, without Muggs everything would not be what it is today.

Maggs, who was deeply hated by the royal family, was smoking with Du Lin outside the banquet hall at this time. Of course, if they insisted on smoking in the palace, no one would say anything, but it was about education and decency, so they took the initiative leave the palace.

Magus looked at Du Lin with a calm face, and asked with a smile, "Do you feel nervous?"

Du Lin glanced back at him, flicked the cigarette ash with his head down, slapped his pants, and then raised his head and answered, "Nervous? What's that?"

"you know what I mean!"

Du Lin smiled, shook his head and said, "No, although she is a princess, I'm not nervous. It's not that I'm too arrogant. I don't think that among my peers, including those who are younger or older, there will be no one They are worse than me, those people should be nervous, they have a better foundation than me, but their current achievements are far inferior to mine, they should be nervous, not me.", He took a deep breath of cigarette , the hidden fire on the cigarette butt became brighter, he said with a smile while exhaling the smoke, "Besides, I don't plan to marry a royal princess."

His answer aroused some interest in Magus,

He couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say you wanted me to introduce you to the royal princess last time?"

"Yes, I did." Du Lin casually inserted the cigarette butt in his hand into the white fine sand beside him which is specially used to extinguish cigarette butts. Gus unbuttoned his jacket, he was a little hot, "I'm just joking, now that everyone knows that the ship of the royal family has sunk, do you think I'll still be on board?"

Maggs sighed, "Why are you always so realistic? Wouldn't it be better to be a little romantic, just take it as a lie to me, an old guy?"

The current royal family is no longer the royal family of the past. Magus cut off most of the royal family’s sources of income, and did not give them an overly relaxed environment, making them face financial difficulties all the time, so that they would not There will be time and money to play some ridiculous tricks. Secondly, the royal family has no real power in their hands. They have completely become the mascots of the empire, and they cannot even command the guards in the palace. This is a battleship that has been completely sunk in the long river of history. Even if it was extremely brilliant and shining in the past, it is also sunk at this time.

People don't have much interest in shipwrecks, and there's no treasure on board.

Now the only thing that the royal family can afford is the name "royal family". In recent years, most members of the royal family have left the palace, left the imperial capital, and went out to find a life by themselves. As long as these people have no brain problems and are not so greedy, they can live a good life. According to information statistics from a department dedicated to managing royal family members, most of the royal family members who have left during these years are engaged in education. Many of them have the title of honorary director or honorary principal of an educational enterprise, and live a pretty good life.

People... especially the middle class yearning for nobility is almost deeply rooted in their bones. When they hear that the honorary director or principal of a certain noble school is a member of the royal family that can be found out, none of them blink Just paid a huge amount of tuition fees, and then stuffed the child in to study. In fact, most of these aristocratic schools are very young, and the only things that can be sold may be the decoration of the school and the members of the royal family.

Others live a life of poverty. Not every member of the royal family can still live so well after leaving the royal family's wings.

Magus promoted the reform of the royal family's gritted teeth, which greatly reduced the size of the royal family, and even some new generations, that is, some members of the royal family who are the grandchildren of the current emperor's grandchildren, are all under the request and persuasion of their parents. Give up to register your identity. In the feudal era, the status of the royal family was a kind of honor, but in this increasingly competitive society, sometimes the background of the royal family will not only not give these people any necessary and powerful help, but will become a burden for their promotion.

Compared with the hundreds of members of the royal family who could be gathered casually in the past, the total number of members of the royal family of Yaoxing Empire is less than fifty, including the grandparents and grandpa's fathers.

After smoking their cigarettes, the two turned and walked back to the palace. After waiting for a while, Her Royal Highness the Princess appeared on the stage.

The bright gemstone crown shone with a charming luster under the light, but it is said that this crown was specially rented from the jewelry company for today's birthday party. Originally, there were two crowns used by the royal family, but they were later taken I went to the auction, after all, the life of the royal family has not been easy these years.

The princess's appearance was amazing, especially the pair of white and tender melons, which almost squeezed out from the round neck, but her waist was very thin. Aristocrats have some inexplicable aesthetics. For example, they prefer girls with thin waists, but they are required to be very plump, and they also need to have a sufficiently qualified body, so there is such a thing as a waist. Squeeze most of your upper body up to your chest, while making sure you don't have excess fat around your waist.

Feminist organizations called for the abandonment of this bad habit, and some ladies, including Mrs. Vivienne, agreed with this very much, and abandoned this unequal dress standard-in their opinion, such dress was not intended to make I am more beautiful, but it is exclusively used to please men, so this is a bad habit, it is unequal, it is a discriminatory thing, and it should be eliminated.

Du Lin rubbed his nose and blinked his eyes, making sure that this was definitely not what he wanted.

The entire birthday party was carried out according to the procedure, and the queen appeared once during the period. Compared with the princess's youthful appearance, Du Lin felt that the queen was in line with his aesthetics. What made Du Lin even more interesting was that he found that Magus It seems that there is still something between the queen and the queen. From the queen's appearance, to her cordial and simple communication with the nobles, to the time she left, she never spoke to Magus, or even looked at him. Similarly, when the queen appeared, Magus became a little silent and talked a lot less. He also didn't look at the queen once.

When two people ignore each other, then there must be a problem between the two people.

It's not hate, it's love.

A philosopher once said that hate is an alternative way of expressing love, so there is only love left between two people. In addition, it is said that the queen was introduced by Magus to His Majesty the Emperor. If there is no problem in this, he would not believe it even if Du Lin was killed!

When Du Lin looked at Magus, there was something else in his eyes. This is the winner in life.

When the birthday party is at the end, it is the link for everyone to give gifts. Because of the existence of Magus and his decrees, people no longer simply send money to show their respect for the royal family, and they will not compare who sent things The value is higher, and now they are very clear that what they give today may appear in a second-hand store tomorrow, so no matter how good the gift is, it is meaningless. Instead of putting your love for the princess on the price of the gift, it is better to give something meaningful, such as a vase, or a beautiful sterling silver mirror, or some other small, meaningful and inexpensive things.

What Du Lin chose was a book.

"This is your gift?"

A young man beside Du Lin suddenly interjected, and he glanced at the other party. He was a very ordinary young man. Of course, this ordinary is only relatively speaking, how many ordinary people can enter the palace to attend the princess's birthday party? Facing this abrupt and curious question, Du Lin nodded, and then explained with a smile, "Books are a precious medium for recording knowledge. Knowledge is priceless and will benefit people for life."

"It's not like money, which is gone when it's used up, and it's not like a piece of clothing, which always fades."

"It will always be a precious treasure and will accompany people's life. Whenever you need it, you will find how meaningful it is to have read a book you need."

The young man nodded and asked, "So that's why you gave me a pornographic novel?"