When Lant returned to Yeqi City, it was already dark.
Although Lant went through a brief procedure to meet the emperor in the afternoon, he was given a lecture by the etiquette officer of the Palace Chamber when he went out. He stayed for two full hours to teach him the corresponding etiquette and procedures for meeting the emperor.
"Lord Lant, His Majesty the Emperor is going to personally confer you the title of Duke of the Empire. There will be a complete canonization ceremony at that time. Are you still planning to take your wives out of the magic furnace room?"
The etiquette officer took Lant's words very well, teaching him the distance between steps, training his smile, and finally training him in various salutes.
Compared with the same period last year, the high-level Lant's memory and learning abilities have improved rapidly. With the help of magic nets and magic patterns, he can even set up muscle memory to complete the same actions in a fixed posture, speed and time.
When they returned to Padmila Palace, Wendy and Little Cardinal were waiting outside the portal, and greeted Lant with concern as soon as they saw him.
"Lant, are you okay?"
"You're not hurt, are you?"
The love from the two girls caught Lant off guard: "I'm fine, I'm fine!"
The little red bird checked Lant and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Is everything really okay? This teacher said that you have stabbed the entire bureaucracy?"
"I just went to hand over the money." Lant said with a smile, "I sent a document by the way, which is an old material from 10,000 years ago."
Lant was led to the conference hall upstairs by two girls. To his surprise, three legends, Ben Call, Sarah Neal and Sherman, were waiting there. Ben looked worried, and Sarah Neal Still holding Faneuil in his arms, Sherman took a swig of wine.
"Lant? What happened?" Ben asked anxiously as soon as he saw him.
"Huh? Me? I'm fine. I just went to the Finance Department and paid 2 million gold coins. As for someone who desecrated the Magic Network in the text of the agreement, I can only condemn it on behalf of the Magic Network." Lant said with a smile, But seeing Ben's expression of complete disbelief, he could only tell the truth.
From when he went to the Finance Department to negotiate, to when he entered the palace to maintain the magic furnace, to being summoned by the emperor "by chance", to when the Finance Department "happened" to find out about Jacob's problems, in short, he had a whole series of interactions with the Imperial Household Agency. A good final caliber, official explanation that is both true and false can basically match the actual situation.
"Is this what you really encountered, or is it your explanation?" Sara Nier asked with a smile as soon as Lant finished speaking.
"That's almost it!" Lant said with a smile, acknowledging that this was the final official explanation.
"No, if there was no conflict between you and Frank, why did the Knights of the Imperial City suddenly search the residences of 12 assistant secretaries of the Department of Finance in the evening?" Ben suddenly asked, "Now there are rumors throughout the Imperial Capital that you obtained the information from the orcs. We collected a batch of materials on the collusion between the Finance Department and the Royal Court and presented it to His Majesty the Emperor."
"Twelve..." Lant couldn't bear it anymore. He suddenly thought that if the palace just detained him to learn etiquette, wouldn't it be taking advantage of his loss of contact with the outside world to amplify the impact of his curse?
"Not only that, they also said that the knights who didn't even understand arithmetic suddenly figured out all the tricks in the Department of Finance contract, and each one of them became an expert in finance," Sherman spoke, " Catch those lawyers from the Department of Finance and interrogate them, and you can get them to confess completely in just a few words."
"Someone wants to take the opportunity to suppress the Department of Finance?" Rant thought for a moment and roughly understood. Now the legends from the Tower of Purity and the Academy of Magic came to talk, indicating that it should be people from the Imperial School who were taking the opportunity to suppress the Department of Finance.
However, the strange thing is that the Emperor, as a direct descendant of the God-Emperor, should have been the giant of the Tower of Purity. However, Ben Call, as the representative of the Tower of Purity around Lant, did not understand the situation, which means that The emperor bypassed the Tower of Purity and directly cooperated with the Imperial Capital School, tricking some people in the Finance Department.
The three forces in the Imperial City were quickly calculated in Lant's mind. The intricate relationships gave him a headache. However, on the surface, he wanted to maintain a persona that was familiar to the Imperial Capital, so he just made the most superficial guess. No more talking.
"There must be someone who wants to suppress them, and it's normal for someone to even want to clean them up completely." Sherman came over, "But Lant, if you have a tense relationship with these guys before you become the king, I'm afraid you will be in trouble in the future. Life won’t be easy.”
Lant nodded and did not refute Sherman's words. His life may not be good or not, but he will not let the person who bullies his wife live.
The three legends confirmed the facts and prepared to leave. The Tower of Purity and the Magic School were waiting for their news. As soon as the three of them left, Agni entered the conference hall.
"Lant! Lant! Are you teasing the wild cats again?" Liehuo sniffed Lant as soon as he entered the room, "The smell is so strong!"
"Wild cat?" Lant was a little strange. He smelled his clothes and found nothing unusual.
"Hey? Does Lant smell?" Wendy smelled it but found no smell.
"No, it must be something. She even left a message." Lie Huo was very unhappy now, with red magic patterns burning like flames on his body.
"Ah, I remembered, it's a muntjac, a very small artiodactyl herbivore," Lanter said with a smile, "She also has a name, Meng Qiya, she should be legendary."
"Hmph, let me tell you, it must be a beast of high rank or above, and you still want to eat dumplings!" Lie Huo said disdainfully.
"What did you say?" Lant was a little surprised, "Can she express it so clearly? Just say she wants dumplings?"
"Yes, to eat 20 pork fennel and 20 pork scallion dumplings, you also need a pot of vinegar."
"Didn't you say add chili oil to the vinegar?" Lant asked with a smile.
"I told you, and also said to add garlic juice." Liehuo nodded, and seeing Lant's unbelieving look on his face, he simply said, "If you don't believe me, ask them, they will definitely be able to smell it!"
"I can't smell it!" Little Cardinal and Wendy said in unison.
Lant was also dubious about Lie Huo's statement. He called in three other warcraft, as well as orcs, elves and magical fairies to see if they could smell the smell on his clothes.
After some attempts, only the black rabbit was able to express the same message as the fire. Except for the rabbit-man Rebecca and the half-oxen Imola, who could smell the stimulation, the other orcs, warcraft and elves could not smell it at all. I found something wrong with my clothes.
"Lant, that deer asked you to deliver dumplings and vinegar to the Imperial Capital before 10pm. Do you want to go or not?" Liehuo asked after seeing that Lant couldn't figure out the mystery even after trying it. .
"Give it, you must give it! I want to see how a muntjac can eat 40 dumplings!" Lant was quite unhappy after being tormented by the real animals and racing animals in the imperial capital for a day.
(End of chapter)
