Kingdom’s Bloodline

The moment Nazel uttered the last word, the entire Hall of Heroes fell into a strange atmosphere:

It is neither the half-dead silence, nor the turbulent excitement, but the nobles on the side of the hall whispering and whispering in twos and threes. Amid the seemingly indistinct buzzing, they raised their heads from time to time, with strange and alienated gazes. He glanced at the Grand Duchess sitting on the seat. m. The mobile phone saves the most traffic and has no advertisements.

It's like thousands of insects and ants, hiding in the tall and solid beams of wood everywhere. The sound of gnawing and eating the beams makes people feel irritable. trace.

In the Grand Duke's throne, Thelma's expression froze on her face.

Although the girl had expected it in the eerie atmosphere of the last hearing day and the reminders of Lisbane and Thales' outspoken remonstrance or insinuation, but when this moment actually came, the Grand Duchess couldn't help but tense up all over.

It was like a veil of concealment, which was finally ruthlessly lifted off.

Listening to the whispers in his ear and seeing the girl's expression, Thales felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

Lisban, who was sitting under the Grand Duchess, had a gloomy face, his eyelids drooped slightly, and there was a trace of coldness in it, as if he was about to smash the eaves of ice.

"Earl Nazar," after a long while, the expressionless girl finally let out a clear but cold voice: "This is your suggestion? My marriage? For Dragon Clouds City?"

The moment she opened her mouth, the whispers in the Hall of Heroes disappeared instantly.

Like ants that stop biting and hide.

Nazer quietly looked at the girl who looked at him with a cold face, without any fluctuation in her eyes.

"This is what it should be," the old earl said lightly, "You know, Walton's bloodline must continue, just like the marriage of the hero Sarah and Princess Renee, which continued the rule of Dragon Clouds."

"The Walton family also needs a legal and orthodox heir and male heir, to comfort the restless vassals and deter our opponents—to tell the outside world: Dragon Clouds City is under sufficient protection and is as stable as ever. .”

Nazel was still calm and calm, but every time he said a word, the whispers in the hall would be reduced by one point, and the girl's face would also turn paler.

"For this reason, I suggest that you choose a young and promising man who is worthy of heavy responsibilities as your husband from among the vassals and their equally noble and loyal families."

Earl Nazel said solemnly: "As the father of your future child, as the father of the nobles of the Dragonlance family in the future."

The Grand Duchess did not answer immediately.

But Thales felt that the girl's eyes subconsciously shifted towards him, but stopped abruptly halfway, focusing on the floor tiles in the center of the hall.

Those are the floor tiles belonging to the Palace of Heroes, and they are still solid after thousands of years.

"So, you think, as a woman," Thelma said softly, "In fact, I am not qualified to sit in this seat and inherit everything from the Grand Duke of Dragon Clouds City?"

Her voice gradually faded away from the panic and discomfort, but there was a trace of bitterness and desolation consistent with her master:

"So you ask me to marry early and give birth to a real, qualified and entitled heir to Dragon Clouds City?"

The hall fell completely silent, and the vassals who had been loyal to the Walton family for generations no longer whispered to each other, but raised their heads one after another, waiting for the development of the situation in the hall.

The five earls looked different, but Qi Qi watched their female lord silently.

Lisbane's eyes were fixed on Count Nazer, but the latter didn't realize it.

Seeing this, Thales sighed, but Ian beside him shrugged.

"On the contrary."

"It is precisely because you have the qualifications to lead Dragon Clouds City as a descendant of Walton," Nazel's voice came again, and his words were steady and powerful compared to the grand duchess's lightness and even coldness: "That's why This is even more so—as the closest direct blood descendant in the family, it is your unshirkable responsibility to continue the Walton family."

Thelma dropped her eyelids,

His eyes stopped on the long skirt on his knees.

At that moment, Thales, who was silently watching this scene, suddenly realized that it was both unfortunate and lucky for him to stay away from the turbulent court for six years.

Finally, a deep and angry cold shout resounded in the hall:

"As far as I know, we're talking about answering a lady's call."

"It's a matter of sending troops to the Liberty Alliance." The voice of the Regent of Lisbane was like a blizzard, which instantly wiped away the last trace of smiles on the faces of the nobles in the hall. Disrespectfully interfering in a lady's private affairs."

"It's no different from forcing the palace to rebel."

Lisbane ended his speech coldly.

Opposite him, Nazer turned his head and turned to Lisbane, as if this was his greatest enemy today, as if the earnest teaching to the Grand Duchess just now was just a casual reminder.

The old earl stared firmly at the regent, his eyes fixed for a long time.

"We are talking about the future of Dragon Clouds City, Lisban." In the next second, Nazer seemed to be deliberately against Lisban, and in the most calm and peaceful language, he said something that made Lisban's face change suddenly: " It is related to the fate of Dragon Clouds City, do you think we will be so stupid as to let it be controlled by some power minister with ulterior motives?"

Apart from the two of them, the other four earls also reacted slightly: among them, Linna and Curtson each gave a cold snort unabashedly.

Only the Grand Duchess remained silent, staring at the long skirt between her legs.

It seems that the pattern on it is very nice.

Lisbane looked back at Nazer, no longer hiding his displeasure.

Only the regent sneered: "So, you force the Grand Duchess to marry the person you like?"

"If you firmly hold Longxiao City in your own hands, you won't be called 'faint', right?"

The dispute between the two adults reverberated in the hall, but no one dared to interrupt.

Thales listened to their conversation coldly.

Lisbane and Nazel, two of the same long histories, in terms of achievements, even the Northland family that is not inferior to the "Nine Knights of Nakaru", have been the right-hand men of the Walton family since the era of the dragon knight king , and jointly supported the flag of Yunzhong Dragon Spear flying in Dragon Clouds City.

And now...

A second later, Nazer and Lisbane looked away from each other's complicated eyes.

"No one has ever been able to force a grand duke to do anything, even the king," Nazel said in a lower voice, and changed his tone: "But the reason why the grand dukes are qualified to stand in this position to accept the allegiance of the ministers is because Precisely because he knows his responsibility."

Nazer no longer looked at Lisbane. Instead, he was staring at Thelma, whose face was blushing and whose eyes were frozen, with strange eyes.

"Ma'am, remember, you are not just yourself, you are not just Ms. Selma, and you are not just a girl from the Walton family," Earl Nazel snorted lightly:

"You are even more - Dragon Clouds City."

His articulation is exceptionally clear, and his accent is clear and unmistakable.

"Yes, don't always think about yourself, ma'am," Nazel said solemnly: "More importantly, think about Dragon Clouds."

Selma's already clenched teeth couldn't help but move.

"I am," she repeated with difficulty, "I am... Dragon Clouds City?"

Nazer remained silent, and Lisbane's face was ashen.

In the hall, the whispers of the other dozen vassals sounded again.

Bigger, more arrogant, and presumptuous than the previous few times.

Nikolai frowned, he wanted to raise his hand several times, reaching for the weapon behind his back, but he put it down abruptly every time.

Thales bit his lower lip, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

In his peripheral vision, the former little slippery head was lowered, trembling slightly.

Ian gave him a strange look, and whispered: "Hey, don't be distracted, when are we going?"

But Thales just pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Ian soon stopped paying attention to Thales.

Because the next moment was almost beyond everyone's expectations...

The girl suddenly raised her head!

"What if I say no?"

The Grand Duchess's usually clear but weak voice, with a short breath that is not often seen, sounded suddenly.

Slight shock appeared on the faces in the hall one after another.

With a tone full of rejection, Thelma's eyes flashed with anger that she hadn't seen for a long time, and she looked around the entire hall.

Especially the six earls.

Thales was surprised.

On the Grand Duke's throne, the girl revealed a beautiful but indifferent face, and said sonorously, "What if I say... I don't want to?"

As soon as this remark was made, the six earls including Lisbane frowned!

The hall seemed to have been thrown into a lake of stones again, and the disturbing whispers were rippling again.

Many people subconsciously looked at Earl Lisbane, but the latter only frowned slightly.

"What are you doing?"

"Again? Last time when the political day was held, did this little girl also..."

"I really don't understand... A little girl who doesn't understand a fart dares to lose her temper on the throne of the Grand Duke..."

"Damn it, Longxiao City can't go on like this..."

"Hey, guess what, when she's a year older, will she snarl and order us to find her a nice dress?"

"As I said, she owes a whip to her husband just like any other woman..."

"Look at her slender arms, she probably can't even lift a sword, dare to..."

The voices in the hall were mixed, one after another, and the noise forced Nicolai to speak seriously again to maintain order.

Listening to the rumors in his ears, Thales gradually frowned.

But Thelma still held her head high and looked at her vassals without showing any weakness. She glanced in a certain direction in the hall and took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind.

"What if I insist?"

Thelma glanced at Hester in a complicated way, then took a hard look at the aggressive Earl Linna, and then cleared her throat, "If I persist in the name of the Grand Duchess of Dragon Clouds... No, I order: I Your marriage will not be here, and will not be decided because of it."

In an inconspicuous corner, Thales raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Yes.

It was the little lioness with puffed cheeks, blushing face, lifted her skirt, and kicked his leg bone hard.

I don't know when...

"Everyone, if this is the case..."

The voice of the Grand Duchess echoed in the hall: "What will happen to you?"

As soon as this remark came out, there seemed to be no change in the hall for a while.

But Thales inexplicably felt that the temperature around the six seats beside the Grand Duke seemed to drop suddenly!

All the counts turned their heads in unison, and their eyes were fixed on one person.

Regency of Lisbane.

As if he was the source of everything.

But the Grand Duchess once again exceeded their expectations.

"Please don't look at Shire again, everyone," Thelma's voice trembled slightly, like a branch moved by snow in the cold wind: "He never taught me to say this sentence."

Lisbane was taken aback.

Earl Nazer's eyes slowly froze in mid-air, on the hand of the Grand Duchess holding the seat arm.

"Very good," he said softly after a few seconds, "You surprised me."

Thelma took a deep breath, only to feel that Nazel's strange gaze had a magic power that penetrated people's hearts.

But the strange look in Nazel's eyes only lasted for a short while, before returning to the original seriousness and indifference, as if the accident brought by the Grand Duchess just now was really just a random accident.

Count Linna beside him snorted softly.

"You are the Grand Duchess, and in Longxiao City, your power is inherently supreme."

"But the question is, are you really ready?" Earl Linna's tone was emotionless, but to the point: "You must be here, and you must abandon your vassals because of this matter, and be alone , rule the entire Dragon Clouds City?"

Turn your back on your vassals...

lonely...

These words made the atmosphere in the hall even more tense.

But Earl Linna still looked at the Grand Duchess on the steps expressionlessly.

Selma's face turned pale, and she gritted her teeth: "Count Linna, what are you..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Earl Hester, who had always been friendly, spoke up.

He raised his hands towards both sides, and spoke first as if trying to persuade a fight: "Ma'am, Count Linna, I think we should all be cold..."

This time, Earl Hearst was interrupted by Linna's ruthless words:

"We all know how crazy you are, Earl Hurst!"

"But don't 'teach me' how to do it anymore—that power belongs only to the late King Nuln."

Thales sighed: Although Linna said this to Earl Hearst, his eyes remained on the Grand Duchess.

The pressure on Thelma became heavier.

Hirst's golden beard flicked.

A few seconds later, the Earl of Iron County, who had eaten the nail, turned cold and didn't answer any more.

The hall returned to calm.

Only Thales and Ian followed the development of the situation with completely different moods.

The Grand Duchess's face sank like water.

The vassals looked like swords.

Soon, Count Nazer sighed and rejoined the conversation:

"That's a real pity, ma'am."

"Of course, as an earl, I am powerless to oppose or even block your decision."

Like a slightly disappointed old man, Nazer shook his head and said softly: "But I—of course it's just me—will still advise you, and even use actions to persuade you. Facing the crisis of the Freedom Alliance, in this prayer In the confrontation between Yuancheng and Heishaling——we'd better play it safe."

Selma unconsciously held her breath and frowned.

"Suggestion? Action? Safeguard yourself?" The Grand Duchess stiffened her arms: "What do you mean?"

Nazel looked at her indifferently and didn't answer.

Thales exhaled from his nose unknowingly.

Well done, Thelma.

We are close.

close.

In this game, complete the most important connections:

wars, and marriages.

We won.

Lisban on the opposite side chuckled disdainfully: "So, you, Nazer—even many vassals who are dissatisfied with not being able to intervene in the marriage of the monarch, before the crisis of the Freedom Alliance, you must refuse the lady's call , refused to call up your army, and even..."

"Like many vassals in the Black Sand Territory, and the grand dukes in other territories, like they rebelled against King Charmain, refusing to pay taxes to the lady?"

Nazer paid him no attention.

Earl Cotson, who was always straightforward, narrowed his eyes, looked at the Grand Duchess, raised his brows and said, "Of course I hope it won't become like that, ma'am."

"But a lot of times, we can't help ourselves."

Thelma's face changed.

"Send troops to the Liberty Alliance—that is to protect the honor of the Walton family, and it is the object to which your ancestors swore allegiance to the death."

"If we stand by and watch the battle of the Freedom Alliance and refuse Qiyuan City's request for help, then we, whether I am the Grand Duchess of Dragon Clouds City or you, the princes of Dragon Clouds City..." The Grand Duchess gritted her teeth, coldly typical:

"We will all become laughing stocks: whether it is a weak girl who can't even defend the name of her father and grandfather, or a cowardly and cowardly Beidi who dare not face the defeated generals of the year!"

The other four earls, whether it was the merciless Kirtsen, the cruel Linner, the taciturn Kierkegaard, or the gentle and polite Hearst, all turned their eyes away from Seth. Erma's gaze.

Only Earl Nazel looked at the Grand Duchess intently, and sighed helplessly: "During the six years of internal friction and disasters, Dragon Clouds City is already on the verge of collapse—refusing to send troops may damage the Walton family. And our reputation, but it's a good way to keep us from sinking in this maelstrom."

Lisban on the side snorted coldly, quite disdainfully.

The Grand Duchess gritted her teeth: "You know, Earl Nazel, and you, you all know that we must send troops! Even if it's not for the Dragon Spear family, not to assist Qiyuan City, but just to suppress the king's ambition, Don't let us float and sink in the vortex inside the kingdom!"

"This is also for Dragon Clouds City!"

But the next moment, Old Nazel's voice suddenly increased, interrupting Selma's words!

"Then, for Dragon Clouds City, why can't you understand?"

Thelma flinched.

Offstage, Thales' fists loosened and tightened.

near.

It's near, Thelma.

Just one step away!

Count Nazer looked at the Grand Duchess with a sharp look in his eyes:

"If you can choose your husband enlightenedly and soberly, and re-stabilize the future of the Dragon Spear family, then all problems can be easily solved."

"At that time, as the Grand Duchess, you will sit in Dragon Clouds City, raise Walton's flag of honor, and order to send aid to Qiyuan City."

"The husband who is with you in the Walton family led the army and joined us vassals in conquering the west and cleaning up the chaos of the Freedom Alliance."

The earl said coldly: "To revive the family's prestige, while safeguarding the honor of Dragon Clouds City, it can also win the alliance of Qiyuan City, and even defeat the king's arrogance, demonstrating our existence and strength. Isn't that true?" Isn't there a better solution?"

The Grand Duchess bit her lower lip, and seemed a little flustered in front of more than twenty vassals.

At this moment, the regent of Selma, the Earl of Lisbane, spoke in a timely manner.

"Against the king? Really?" The Regent of Lisbane snorted softly: "At this moment when Qiyuan City is playing against the king, you deliberately use the lord's marriage as a hindrance... What, the sweetness that Heisha received, Charmain Are the bones left by the king so easy to lick?"

At that moment, Nazer turned his head suddenly and stared at Lisbane like a beast whose tail had been stepped on.

"Be careful, old friend."

"Rumba did come to look for me," Earl Nazel's words were cold, as if he and Lisbane had an unresolvable enmity: "But the Nazel family in Dragon Clouds City is not his kind who kills relatives and seizes the throne." A rotten bastard can give orders—no matter how eloquent and sinister he may be.”

"But please believe me, ma'am, this is purely my own decision, because I think this is the best future for Dragon Clouds City."

Nazel's words continued: "Your rights will not be interfered with in any way: as long as you are a noble and handsome man in Dragon Clouds City, how to choose and which one to be your husband is still your wish. It belongs to Dragon Clouds City..."

Lisbon, who couldn't bear it anymore, shouted angrily again.

"Enough, Nazer!"

The Lord Regent said coldly: "You just talk about 'for Dragon Clouds City'."

"However, let the Grand Duchess marry one of you? Is this your solution?"

Lisban shook his head slowly, his eyes seemed to shoot sharp knives: "Do you really know what this will bring to Dragon Clouds City?"

The center of the gladiatorial battle seemed to be back between the two earls.

"certainly."

"Ma'am," Nazel's voice lowered, but his eyes never left Lisbon: "I know what Charles...the Earl of Lisbon has told you, nothing more than 'The Grand Duchess must check and balance and maintain Long Xiao The balance of power in the city', 'The lord rashly married his vassals, which is not conducive to the internal governance of Dragon Clouds City', 'You cannot entrust your identity and power to the interior of Dragon Clouds City' and other excuses, as your reasons for refusing to marry."

"Indeed, there is reason - I have worked with Charles for many years, and I know better than anyone that he is not a fool, and there is a real concern."

Nazer looked at Lisbane with complicated eyes, but when he turned to the Grand Duchess, his eyes became even more strange.

"I didn't want to say the following, ma'am," Nazel said softly, "but you and I just realized that maybe you shouldn't be treated like a young child who doesn't know anything—you are the Grand Duchess after all. "

Selma's heart skipped a beat.

Lisbane frowned.

"So, do you think that your marriage is really just like some people said, just to tie the power of the Walton family to a certain family in Dragon Clouds City and grab it into our hands?"

"No."

Earl Nazer said softly with a little fatigue, "This is for a higher and more important purpose."