The great healer's face works better than expected. In the afternoon of the same day, the owner of Dragon City, the third imperial capital of the kingdom, the Red Dragon Grand Duke Salod Maris came to the Prime Minister's Office.
Chen Xing received the other party in the living room. In fact, it is very close to the Red Keep. If a legendary strongman is willing, he can get there within a few minutes.
But in fact, it still took Archduke Salode a long time. He rode in the large carriage pulled by eight dragon-blooded horses - because ordinary carriages could not accommodate Archduke Salode's stout figure, which was far larger than ordinary people. It was said that it weighed more than 700 kilograms.
The carriage started from the King's Hall of the Red Castle, passed through the castle gate and moat, passed through the entire King's Square, and arrived at the aristocratic residential area where the Prime Minister's Office is located.
"Boy, I heard that you are looking for me?"
The other party sat down smoothly, and the leather sofa creaked under his extraordinary weight. Then he asked questions in his characteristic loud voice, with rude words and a contemptuous attitude. He called the Prime Minister "boy" without any consciousness of meeting his superiors.
Compared with the previous situation when Marquis Hongsang and Marquis Norton came to ask for an audience, they had completely different attitudes. The former is for senior officials to inspect local areas, while the latter is for normal subordinates to meet their superiors.
However, the Red Dragon Principality has a special status in the kingdom. It is one of the four principal principalities in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Its territorial area and national power are not comparable to those of medium-sized principalities such as Red Mulberry and Norton. Naturally, the status of the principal cannot be compared to the same.
The heads of small and medium-sized principalities generally only have the title of marquis, up to the title of duke. Only the heads of the four major principalities can obtain the title of "grand duke".
Grand Duke, referred to as "Grand Duke", is the highest hereditary noble title under the royal family, and its number is extremely rare. Over the past millennium, the kings of the Malan royal family have conferred four titles in total, and there are only four of them, and the Malis royal family is one of them.
Therefore, Chen Xing did not take Grand Duke Salode's arrogant attitude seriously.
However, since the other party acted like he didn't want to accept his argument, Chen Xing didn't intend to beat around the bush and said straight to the point, "I asked you to come here today because I have something to discuss with you."
Chen Xing's wording was also very particular. First of all, he did not use any honorifics and did not call the other party "Grand Duke Salode". Secondly, he emphasized that "I asked you to come", not "you came yourself."
"What's the discussion?"
Grand Duke Salode leaned forward, casting a shadow towards Chen Xing's position. The giant body of more than 700 kilograms and over 2.5 meters was like a leaning iron tower, which was very oppressive.
As early as the last life, when he was working as a courier in Longshi Town, Chen Xing heard that Salode had an amazing appetite and could eat an adult bull in three days.
Chen Xing knew that the other party wanted to threaten him with his physical advantage and told him, "I can crush your bean sprouts at any time!"
But who is Chen Xing? As a human being in three lifetimes, what kind of storms and waves have you never seen? I have ridden a four-meter-tall Balrog, yet I am still afraid of this big wild boar?
"I want to talk to you about the inheritance rights of the Maris royal family." Chen Xing said.
Archduke Salode's eyes contracted violently, and he couldn't help shouting, "What did you say!"
"I mean, I want to talk to you about the separation of your family." Chen Xing repeated with an understatement, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
"Ha ha!"
Touching the royal taboo, Grand Duke Salode felt that he had been greatly offended. His hair suddenly stood up and he was furious. But the next second, he calmed down and smiled angrily. He squeezed out a few words through his rattling teeth. , "The body of the last person who raised this topic has been dried on the city wall."
"That's such a pity..." Chen Xing spread his hands and was not threatened by the other party at all. He stared at the other party's copper bell-like eyes and said in a calm voice, "We have to repeat this again today, which makes you feel very unhappy. topic."
Archduke Salode's eyes burst with cold light. He leaned forward and gradually approached Chen Xing. His clenched fists made a cracking sound.
"You do have a way of dealing with women..." The angry giant man suppressed the anger in his chest and said slowly, "But don't forget..."
"A wild wolf from the countryside, no matter what tricks he relies on, what position he climbs to, what kind of title he holds? Under the skin, he is still a wild wolf."
"One breath of dragon's breath can turn it into ashes!"
The coercion belonging to the legendary strong man filled the air, as if the whole house was trembling. The maids around were frightened and squatted down with their heads in their hands, curling up into a ball.
Chen Xing concentrated his mind and activated the spiritual energy in his body to resist the mental pressure. His face remained calm and he said in a gentle voice, "If something like this happens..."
"Tomorrow, the Maris royal family will be wiped out by the dual wrath of the Legion of Destruction and the Succubus Legion!"
"You are delusional!" Grand Duke Salode shouted with wide eyes, "You are just a court jester, don't take yourself too seriously!"
Facing the furious Grand Duke, Chen Xing smiled coldly and made a "please" gesture, "You can try it."
Grand Duke Salode was so angry that all the hair on his head and face stood up, like a lion with explosive hair.
Chen Xing was not afraid at all, he looked eye to eye, the needle pointed to the tip of the blade, and he never gave in.
The two faced off for a while, and although the red dragon's two big fists were clenching like iron bowls, they finally let go.
I saw him give a heavy meal, and the whole house shook, then he snorted coldly, turned around and walked away in a stride.
"I know, you all look down on me..."
There was a voice coming from behind, but the Red Dragon Grand Duke ignored it and strode forward.
"I feel like I'm just a pretty guy who gets his position by deceiving women."
"So no matter what achievements I make, in order to protect your fragile self-esteem, you will pretend not to see it, or find some other excuses to convince yourself that it is not that you are too incompetent, but that others are too shameless."
"Is that so? Sarode of the Red Dragon Family!"
Grand Duke Red Dragon stopped, looked back at Chen Xing, and said, "I don't agree with you, not because of what you did, but because I feel..."
"You are a person without a sense of honor!"
"Really?" Chen Xing smiled, "A man with no sense of glory led two hundred people to break through the Seven Layers Mountain."
"And you people who have a sense of honor have lost tens of thousands of soldiers, but you can't even break the first layer, and you still make sour comments on the sidelines. It's all because of luck!"
"Then the person you said had no sense of honor conquered the Silver Claw Principality."
"But when it comes to your mouth, it's still because of luck."
"Immediately afterwards, he conquered the three principalities of Tianqin, Hongsang and Norton."
"Perhaps you have found a new reason, saying that the girl commanding the army is a girl from Baiye's family. He is just having fun in the rear, waiting for the god of luck to come."
"Just like in the old folk tale, the soldiers fought bravely on the front line and were bloody on the battlefield, but a group of fat nobles hid in the back, pointing and criticizing the soldiers, thinking that they did not work hard enough and had no sense of honor. .”
"Is that so? Grand Duke Salode!"
Facing Chen Xing's questioning and his burning gaze, Salode felt his face heat up and argued, "I, I didn't think so."
"Do you dare to swear?" Chen Xing said loudly, "Do you dare to say in the name of the ancestor of the Red Dragon family that you have never thought of it this way!"
Salode was silent.
Chen Xing did not continue to attack, but returned to his original position and sat down to drink tea.
After a long time, Archduke Salode returned to the hall and sat down again.
"Tell me, Prime Minister, what do you have in mind?"
Next, Chen Xing repeated to Grand Duke Salode what he had analyzed with Ye Yang Bailiu before and the stakes involved.
The overall meaning is to let Salode make a choice in advance and divide one of the eldest son and eldest daughter. According to the tradition of feudal nobles, unless the heir dies, the party that is enfeoffed is equivalent to withdrawing from the struggle for royal power.
As long as the dust settles and everyone has nothing to fight for, they will naturally focus on opening up territories and gaining military exploits. Instead of waiting and watching each other, the opportunity for victory is lost in internal friction.
As analyzed by Chen Xing, Grand Duke Salode was very tangled in his heart at this moment. He was indeed torn between his eldest son and his eldest daughter as he chose his heir.
In fact, he also knew that this was not good. It is an invisible harm to the long-term future of the country. But one party is the orthodox heir, and the other party has outstanding talents and unlimited future. Each has its own advantages, so he was hesitant, leading to the current situation.
However, as Chen Xing said, if you continue to break things, you will suffer chaos. These days must come to an end.
It's just that as a father, a son and a daughter, his palms and backs are full of flesh. No matter who he is wronging, it will make him feel guilty and have trouble sleeping and eating.
After several hours of silence and thinking, Salode finally gave Chen Xing a reply after dinner.
The original words were this, "As long as you can convince Lacey, I'll do whatever you say."
He is indeed an old lizard. Although he has a rough face, he is very cunning and can kick the ball back in one go.
But this is what Chen Xing expected. Between his son and daughter, the Red Dragon Grand Duke will definitely not play such a bad role.
Let him be the bad guy.
He is quite experienced in dealing with the eldest princess.
