"Your Highness, no, you can't do this. I strongly object to this decision of yours!" Fatty Shi jumped up.
Fatty Shi was carrying a large pile of documents for Lollister to sign. After putting down the documents, he went to the wine cabinet and opened a bottle of fruit wine. As soon as he sat down, he heard Lollister tell him about the decision he had made. He was so shocked that he jumped up and loudly objected.
This was because Lollister had said that he had decided to marry Princess Sylvia. He had requested that Fatty Shi be in charge of preparing a grand wedding ceremony that would take place in half a year. Lollister estimated that half a year's time should be enough for Silvia to heal the trauma in her heart. Her body would also recover, and she would not be as skinny as she was now. However, he did not expect to be opposed the first time he revealed his decision to Fatty Shi.
"Why? Weren't you all in favor of this before? " Lollister was a little angry.
"Your Highness, times have changed. Right now, the Fisablen family is our enemy. I believe that Princess Silvia's character is enough to become the Duchess of the Norton family, but she still carries the Fisablen surname. We cannot accept this." Fatty Shi explained.
Lollister shook his head. "This is my personal matter. Other than her, I will not take anyone else as my wife. As for whether you accept it or not, it is none of my business. I have already decided. Do as I say. "
"No!" Fatty Shi panicked. "This is selfless! Your Highness, you are not only representing yourself. You are also representing the entire Norton Family and the 1.6 million citizens of the Northern Lands. You are also representing us, the loyal family knights! You must think of the reputation of the entire Norton family! "
"Haha, is that so? So I represent so many things. Why didn't I know? Have you asked others if they are willing to be represented by me? " Laurist's face darkened. "Do I need the approval of loyal knights like you to marry and take a wife? You are against me not being able to be with the person I love? What do you think I am? A puppet in front? Everything is at your mercy, isn't it … "
"Uh …" Fatty Shi finally realized that he had said something wrong because he was in a hurry. "Your Highness, you understand that I just said something wrong. I didn't mean what you said at all. No one dares to treat you as a puppet. You are the Grand Duke of the Northern Lands. This is a fact that everyone admits. What I object to is your decision to marry Princess Silvia. In the past we have agreed because the House of Fisablon is not yet our enemy, and your marriage with Princess Silvia will add a powerful ally to our House.
Now, not only has the Fisablon family become our family's enemy, but they've also suffered a great loss at our hands. They've already become our mortal enemy. Most importantly, the Fisablund Family had been defeated by our armed forces and were suppressed in their family's territory. Our soldiers are mocking and ridiculing them, and no one cares about them anymore. We're even preparing to take revenge for the defeat of the Hunting Cavalry in Munohara Province … At such a time, is it really appropriate for you to marry Princess Silvia of the Fisablon family?
Your Highness, think about the rumors circulating in the family territories. You were angered by Grand Duke Fisabulon's rejection of your marriage proposal to Princess Silvia. You had only mobilized your army to attack the Fisabulon family. Also, Duke Kempis had jokingly said that the three families' armed forces had become Grand Duke Fisabulon's enemies in order to help you steal his wife. If you were to marry Princess Silvia now, these rumors would be true. What do you think the relatives of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives will think? Did their relatives die in battle for the sake of your wife?
If Princess Silvia becomes the Duchess of the Norton Family, how do you expect us knights and soldiers to treat the Fisablon family? Treat them as in-laws? If the armed forces of the Fisablon family attack us again, I suspect that our soldiers won't know whether they should pick up their weapons and fight back. Your Highness, this rash decision of yours will cause chaos in the hearts of the family. I believe that no one in the family will support your decision. “
"No one is as stupid as you make them out to be. They don't know how to retaliate when the enemy is right in front of them …" Laurist said resentfully. "So what if I marry Sylvia? The fact that the Fisablund Family is our enemy has not changed."
Alright, Fatty Shi's righteous words did make sense. This was something that Laurist hadn't considered. As the head of the powerful North's number one family, he really had to consider these effects. However, Laurist had already made up his mind. He didn't want to change his mind. He had to give Princess Silvia, who loved him deeply, a perfect home.
"You don't know, but Duke Fisablon allowed Silvia to come to our family as an envoy. This is just a name. He told Silvia that she doesn't need to go back. Didn't you notice that Silvia didn't even bring any guards this time? She only brought two of her personal maids, and someone else is preparing to negotiate. Do you understand what this means? That old man is humiliating our love, so I have to give Silvia an explanation. I want to marry her, "Laurist insisted.
"F * ck, this old man is so evil …" Fatty Shi suddenly realized why Laurist was so insistent on marrying Silvia. Fatty Shi remembered something that happened when he was young. The grocery store on the street where his family lived had bought a batch of puppets. Among them, there was a clown puppet with a long nose. It was very colorful and beautiful, and it was also the most expensive. Fatty Shi really wanted this clown puppet, so he begged his father to buy it for him. His father said that Fatty Shi needed to save money to buy it himself, and that he should work for the family to earn money.
At that time, Fatty Shi, who wasn't even ten years old, had saved money one copper at a time in order to buy this clown puppet. Days passed, and when Fatty Shi finally saved enough money to buy it, he found that the owner of the grocery store was having a big sale. It was said that he was going back to his hometown and wouldn't open his store again. Seeing Fatty Shi come over, the owner smiled and said, "You still want to buy that clown puppet? If you don't, I'll give it to you. It's not worth much anyway, so just treat it as a parting gift. "
That was the thing that left the deepest impression on Fatty Shi. The thing that he yearned for day and night was thrown away like a worn out shoe in someone else's eyes. Looking at the small bag of copper coins that he had worked hard for three to four months, and then looking at the clown puppet that the owner threw to him without a care, Fatty Shi's heart couldn't help but feel terrible. After returning home, he threw the clown puppet into a corner and never played with it again.
Now, the situation that Laurist was facing was similar to when he was young. It was even worse. Duke Fisabulon gave Princess Sylvia to Laurist as a gift. On the surface, it seemed like he was admitting defeat to the Norton family. Look, didn't you start the war because of her? Anyway, that's what the rumors say. Then the Fisabulon family will admit defeat and give her to you. Please let our family go. But in reality, Duke Fisabulon didn't care about the feelings of the two people involved. Or, as Laurist said, he was humiliating them. Don't you want to be together? Alright, you don't have to propose, and you don't have to pay such a big price. I'll give Princess Sylvia to you. You can decide whether she lives or dies. Are you satisfied now?
"Your Highness, if that's the case, then you can be together first. After a few years, when things have calmed down, we'll hold a wedding for you. There's no need to invite too many people. Try to minimize the impact. What do you think? Anyway, you can make Princess Sylvia the matriarch of the Norton family now. It's just a temporary title. " Fatty Shi thought for a while and made a suggestion. In his opinion, this was the best solution at the moment.
"No …" Laurist rejected the suggestion. "I can't let Sylvia live with me like this. What's the difference between that and making her my concubine? I know you're thinking about the family, but Baron Shredder, have you considered Sylvia's feelings? Being abandoned by her family was already very painful for her. If I treated her like that, then she would really become a gift that was given away. I must give her a grand wedding so that I wouldn't disappoint her love for me.
At the same time, I'll give that old Duke Fisabulon a hard slap in the face. Does he really think that I'll treat Sylvia like a slave? I'll make Sylvia my bride, the matriarch of the Norton family, and the duchess of the Duke of the North. Everyone will envy her, and the Fisabulon family will regret what they've done. I believe that after becoming my bride, Sylvia will forget the surname Fisabulon and will only be proud of the great Norton family name … "
"But, but, Your Highness, how are we going to explain this to our armed soldiers …"
"It's alright. It's very simple. I'll express my gratitude to all the soldiers of our armed family. I'm thankful for their bravery, and they finally forced the Fisabulon family to bow their heads and offer Princess Sylvia to us. All of this is thanks to our soldiers' great victory …"
Laurist had taken the initiative to confirm the rumor that he had attacked the Fisabulon family and destroyed the Iberian Kingdom for the sake of Princess Sylvia. Laurist had turned from passive to active. This way, he had covered up the purpose of the two families fighting for supremacy in the northeast region. After this legendary excuse, he believed that the gossip lovers would love to spread this story of war for love.
"Our family's soldiers will be proud of this legendary excuse. When they are old, they can sit at the wine table and brag to their descendants proudly, saying that back in the day, we helped the Grand Duke of the Northern Region snatch the wife of the Grand Duke of the Northern Region and defeated the Fisablon Family completely. In the end, they had no choice but to hand over the beautiful Princess Silvia, allowing her to marry the Grand Duke of the Northern Region. Lovers finally get married … This way, the Fisablon Family will become the villain. Hahaha, this is a good idea."
"That's right. Our family has already occupied the Golden Ridge Gold Mine and seized gold products worth more than two million Gold Fords. I think we can use this gold to forge a batch of gold medals as commemorative. We can engrave my and Sylvia's names on them, and engrave the words' lovers will finally be together 'below them. Then, we can give them to all the soldiers who participated in the conquest of the Iberian Kingdom as commemorative medals. Whether it's the soldiers of our Norton family or the three allied families, as long as they participated, they will be given one. This way, I believe that none of the soldiers will have any complaints about helping me steal my wife and go to war. "
Laurist proudly propped his feet on the desk and applauded for his own idea.
"Your Highness, isn't this a little too shameless …" Fatty Shi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Those who achieve great things don't bother with trifles." Laurist replied lazily. He placed his feet on the desk and leaned back against the chair. He actually felt like sleeping. That's right. After sitting by the bed with Sylvia for the whole night, it was normal for him to want to sleep.
"Baron Shredder, I'll leave the wedding preparations to you. When the time comes, come up with a budget list and the wedding procedures for me. There's still half a year left, and it's scheduled to be around November. Don't forget the guest list. " Laurist thought about it. There was nothing to forget. "I want this to be a grand wedding. Do you understand? If there's nothing else, you can leave first. I'm going to take a nap … "
"Hey, wait. I came here for official business. There are so many documents that you have to sign, and they're urgently needed. In the end, you dragged me away for half a day for the wedding … Shihuard, get a basin of cold water for His Highness to wash his face and wake him up. Shihuard, Shihuard, where is he? "Fatty Shi called out for a long time, but no one responded.
"Stop calling, he's not here. He should have gone to North Sea City to pick up his junior brother." Laurist remembered what he said to Shihuard last night. "Also, Baron Shredder, I'm not dragging you along with me when I say the wedding. That's official business."
"Got it. I'll take care of it for you. Don't worry. Sign these documents first. You can touch your face first. I'll get someone to bring you a basin of water. "Fatty Shi went out and called for a guard to bring a basin of cold water.
"What do you think happened when Shihuard went to North Sea City to pick up his junior brother?" After a while, Shihuard brought over a basin of cold water for Laurist to wash his face.
"Have you forgotten what I said before about taking Senbarwood's eldest son as my disciple? Now that the kid is 16 and has awakened qi, Senbarwood wrote a letter to remind me in a roundabout way not to forget the promise from back then. I asked Shihuard to go to North Sea City to pick up his eldest son and let him be a servant by my side in the future. Let's see if he can be trained. " Laurist immersed his entire face in the basin of cold water to drive away his sleepiness and wake himself up.
"I heard you mention it once before. Isn't Senbarwood's eldest son the big silly guy who always follows him around?" Fatty Shi still had some impression of the big guy who followed Senbarwood every time he came to the family to report on the affairs of the Maritime Legion.
"Yes." Laurist picked up the stack of documents Fatty Shi had brought over and asked, "What's so important about this? Why is there such a big stack?"
"It's the documents related to the reorganization and expansion of the royal guard corps. This is the establishment and distribution of armaments, as well as the logistics of the garrison. I'll need your signature before the arrangements can be made. You'll also need to appoint the commanders of the other four corps … "
This time, the royal guard corps would be divided into four corps. Four battalions would form a corps, and four corps would form a corps. Each corps would have a full complement of 48,000 men. The newly recruited soldiers would be from over a hundred thousand prisoners of war from the former Madras Principality. These prisoners had already served two years of hard labor, and were the main labor force in the construction of Delemark's water supply and transportation facilities. They would be freed at the end of the year. According to the traditions of the Norton Family, they were most used to recruiting soldiers from these prisoners of war who were about to be freed.
"How about this. Call back Baron Freya and Baron Beruk and have them take charge of the reorganization of the royal guard corps. You should focus on the wedding preparations first," Laurist said as he signed.
"Alright, as you wish, Your Highness." Fatty Shi shrugged helplessly.
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