Marquis Brad Bott was in a panic recently.
As an old hereditary noble of the empire, he had inherited the title of Marquis from his father for more than 20 years. Following the family teachings of the Bott family, he had always been cautious in his words and actions, carefully managing his family's business. He was also considered an overlord in the Hanging Axe Fort.
However, he did not expect the situation to change in the past six months. His Majesty Victor died, Prince Girard succeeded, Prince Girard went to war, Lord Cross died, Prince Girard was imprisoned, the conspiracy of the Dark Serpent was uncovered, Prince Girard abdicated, Empress Olina became the queen, and Empress Olina married Tang En, the Lord of Ellington. Tang En became the Regent, and Tang En took back the two territories of Abarlon and Matanni …
When Brad received the news, he was full of curses. Why? Because when he was running the Hanging Axe Fort, he was quite close to Cross. If Regent Tang En was unhappy and wanted to play a game of harvest, wouldn't his head fall to the ground?
What was even more outrageous was that Regent Tang En really did a great purge. The entire old aristocratic family of Alinx was wiped out. Now, they were all going to meet the Grim Reaper, and the family's wealth was all plundered!
Although Brad was not a member of the aristocratic party, how could he not panic when Tang En did something so cruel to the aristocratic party?
Recently, Brad had been praying in his heart every day, hoping that Regent Tang En would not pay attention to the Hanging Axe Fort and him.
The effect of his prayers seemed to be very good. It had been more than half a month since Regent Tang En succeeded the throne. After those aristocratic party members were killed, no one came to do anything to him.
In the past two days, Brad could finally breathe a sigh of relief and sleep well.
"Report!"
On this day, Brad had just finished his morning tea and was about to sit by the window and enjoy the feeling of the spring breeze caressing his face. His guards rushed in with a panicked expression.
"Calm down! What a scandal! "
Brad's face darkened, and he scolded, "If outsiders see this, the Bott family's face will be lost because of you!"
"Marquis! This is an emergency! "
The guard stuttered as he explained, "His … His Majesty and Her Majesty the Queen are here …"
"What did you say?!"
Brad fell to the ground, his head instantly covered in a layer of cold sweat.
Damn it! Was it finally here?!
He panicked, Brad panicked again!
"What's the expression on His Majesty's face? How many people did they have!? Are you armed? "
Bullard asked while cursing Alinx's intelligence personnel. His Majesty the Prince Regent had come to the Hanging Axe Fort, but he still had no news. How could he have a good time?
"His Majesty is expressionless. He doesn't seem to want to make a move …"
Kabir calmed down a little, but the guard's next sentence scared him out of his wits. "But he brought more than a hundred fully armed warriors, and the swords on their backs look terrifying!"
F * ck your grandpa! Why didn't you say something so important earlier?!
Over a hundred fully-armed soldiers! To be able to be brought along by His Majesty the Regent, they were definitely the best of the best. One might not be able to fight against a hundred, but one against ten would definitely not be a problem!
With the strength of the Bodi family's manor, how could they resist?!
No, that's not right!
Brad suddenly came back to his senses. If His Majesty wanted to attack, why would he let the guard inform him? He would've killed his way in!
That meant …
Brad took a deep breath. "Someone, help me change my clothes. I want to welcome His Majesty personally!"
Outside the manor, Tang En and the others waited quietly.
"Why are they so slow?"
Brian frowned. He was a little annoyed by the wait. He looked at Depp with a strange expression. "Is it because you're so aggressive that you scared them?"
After the great battle in Paganis the day before, Ellington's soldiers were still in a state of excitement. Their morale was very high. An ordinary person would've been scared if they saw them.
Depp glared at him. "If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door!"
Tang En smiled. Depp was right. If Brad was really a qualified candidate, he wouldn't have been scared. He would've shown up soon, which meant that his character was still reliable.
But if he was scared by the soldiers now, he might expose some problems. Tang En could solve this problem while he was at it.
The Queen and the Regent had come in person. Brad couldn't let them wait for too long. In just a few minutes, the manor's gate opened. Two rows of servants hurriedly rolled out an expensive wool carpet from the Ryan Empire to the gate. Then, Brad, who was dressed to the nines, rushed out with his wife and son in a panic.
He wasn't scared away. Tang En and Olina looked at each other. It seemed that Brad was still honest.
"Brad Bodi welcomes His Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the Regent!"
Brad ran quickly to Tang En with his wife and son. Because he ran so fast, he almost fell to the ground. He looked very embarrassed.
After he ran to Tang En, he immediately knelt down on one knee and tried to kiss Olina's boots.
Olina frowned slightly and pulled back her feet.
"No need to be so polite. Get up."
Tang En waved his hand and said casually, "We were passing by the Hanging Axe Castle and heard your name, so we came here to have a meal. Did we cause any trouble?"
Have a meal? Have, have, have a meal!?
Brad was dumbfounded. He was so scared that his brain almost exploded. He thought that Tang En was going to kill him. But in the end, he was just here to have a meal!?
Brad roared in his heart, but of course, he didn't dare to say anything. He put on a smile and said, "It's my honor that Your Majesty is willing to have a meal here. Of course, I won't cause any trouble! The food and drinks here are a little rough. As long as Your Majesty doesn't mind, I'll ask the cook to start preparing lunch! "
"Okay."
After Tang En finished speaking, he and Olina went straight forward, and the others followed them into the manor.
There was nothing to say about Brad's manor. It was not much different from the manors of other nobles. The only difference was that some preferences were different. In the banquet hall, Brad introduced his wife and son to Tang En. Tang En saw that the child was well-behaved, so he gave him some trinkets, which made the little guy very happy.
Seeing Twain give something to his son, Brad's hanging heart was finally at ease.
It seemed that His Majesty really didn't come here to settle accounts. Otherwise, how could he be so friendly to his son?
But when he thought of this, Brad secretly regretted that he didn't work hard to have a daughter. If he could seize this precious opportunity to give his daughter to His Majesty the Regent, or let her have a good relationship with Her Majesty the Queen, she might become the Regent's wife in the future. Then, his family wouldn't have to work so hard.
It had to be said that on this point, the nobles of Prandal thought the same as the nobles of the Middle Ages on Earth. They all liked to do business with daughters.
Whether it was a marriage of equal social status, or sending their daughters to the palace, as long as they had a beautiful daughter and married a powerful man, they would be able to make a profit.
After serving tea to Twain and Olina, Bullard stood next to them respectfully and asked cautiously, "May I know why Your Majesty suddenly came to the Hanging Axe Castle? Is there anything you need to do? "
Before Tang En answered, Olina said lightly, "Do we need to report to you in advance where we are going to do something?"
My bad mouth!
Brad wished he could slap himself. Was he supposed to ask these questions? If His Majesty had something important to do, should he help or not after hearing it? If the news was leaked out, he would definitely be blamed!
"You don't have to be so cautious."
Tang En patted Olina's hand and said with a smile, "We are going to Nanilla this time, and we are passing by the Hanging Axe Castle. We just came to see you on the way."
Hearing this, Brad's face suddenly became red. His Majesty said that!
He came to see him on the way!
Although it was just on the way, how many people could receive such treatment?
What did this mean? It meant that His Majesty knew him!
Did it mean that it was his chance to make a meteoric rise!?
Brad became excited. Although he was a hereditary marquis and had a lot of wealth, he didn't have any real power. Usually, he just accumulated his reputation and character in the Hanging Axe Castle. Everyone knew that there was a Marquis Brad, who often did good deeds on the days of prayer in the Vatican. That was all.
For example, Brad was equivalent to a business owner. Everyone in the city knew that he was a Child of Wealth, but if he wanted to do something, he would go to the government. Except for his identity as a nobleman, he had no real power at all. Being a marquis was a shame.
However, if Tang En gave him an official position, he would be giving him real power, which was equivalent to having an official position. He would be a member of the national government. The treatment before and after was completely different.
Brad didn't know that if he didn't often do some charity activities in the name of his family and gained a good reputation, it might not be Tang En who came to see him now.
Perhaps it would be Justin's team that raided his family.
The acting feudal lord, or rather, the acting castellan, Justin, had been frightened by Twain's power during that operation. After becoming the acting castellan, he had made up his mind to stand firmly on the Regent's side. At the same time, in order to show his loyalty, he had begun to attack the bandits in Yabaron.
Since ancient times, what did kings like?
It was nothing more than beautiful women and gold coins.
Justin couldn't do anything about beautiful women, but gold coins …
He didn't have any, but the bandits in Yabaron were all rich.
If it wasn't for Brad's good reputation, he would have been too embarrassed to do anything underhanded. Justin would have already raided his family. At that time, he would have offered the wealth of the Bodi family to His Majesty, which would be a great merit. Perhaps he would have a meteoric rise in the future and enter the central circle.
Bullard still didn't know that he had escaped a great disaster by a freak combination of factors.
As the saying goes, God is watching what people do. Accumulating virtue and doing good deeds often will always be beneficial.
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