If someone were in Lux's position, maybe she would be willing to accept Jarvan IV's conditions.
When you become a noble, what do you ultimately want?
It’s nothing more than power, status, honor and interests.
From the perspective of the Demacia nobles, if they accept Jarvan IV's conditions, then Lux can establish a new cultural center in the north, in Forsbarrow.
Under the circumstances that Xiongdu's Art Support Association has long been filled with children of down-and-out nobles, the atmosphere has gradually become conservative, and the aura has completely disappeared, she can definitely create a new prosperity.
This prosperity that stands tall in the north will be passed down from generation to generation by its creators in the form of artistic images.
Then, thousands of years later, her name will become the glory of a family and a place, and will be admired and praised by people. The Laxana family will rule in the northern border of the empire for generations to come.
When the time comes, Laxana will become as glorious as the ancestors in the mouths of bards, and her life experiences will be engraved on stone tablets and recorded in books, truly earning a reputation both during and after her death.
Under the condition that Jarvan IV was so sincere, any normal noble would be willing to accept the surrender of military power, because the conditions he gave were actually the pinnacle of Demacia's human ministers.
Considering that so far, the last name of the king of Demacia can only be Lightshield, this is theoretically the ultimate of Laxana Crownguard.
But unfortunately, this is not what Lux wants.
From the age of nine, when Lux awakened to magic, her fate was firmly bound to an evil stick.
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From this perspective, Lux is very greedy. Her greed lies in the fact that her ideals are destined to extend infinitely. Even if one day the people of Runeterra enter the star realm and go to all realms, her ideals will still be able to Shine like stars.
Putting down the letter in her hand, Lux suddenly smiled.
Although they were both climbers, she and Jarvan IV never looked at problems from the same perspective.
Perhaps Jarvan IV was doing a good job as a king and an emperor.
But in Lux's eyes, everything he did was ultimately to maintain a decadent rule that was destined to be eliminated.
That's all.
Standing up, Lux came to the window.
Opening the window, her eyes fell on the city of Forsbarrow.
This ancient city is now welcoming the fifteenth spring after the arrival of Lux with a brand new attitude.
After the Spring Speech, Fosbairo was still a little cold, but the people of Fosbairo who had ended the cat winter had already taken action. This was a new order that was different from other areas of Demacia.
Lux just watched Fosbairo quietly, watching the vendors walking through the streets, watching the pedestrians busy, watching the smoke rising from the kitchen stoves, and watching the bustling school.
The shouts of vendors, the conversations of pedestrians, the beeping of firewood, and the laughter and shouts of students were all crushed in the early spring wind, and fell into Lacus's ears in pieces.
It was like the whisper of an old man from the north, speaking softly.
She didn't know how long it took, but she finally withdrew her gaze, sat back down in her seat with a smile, and spread out the letter.
"Dear His Majesty Jarvan IV." Lux dipped her blue ink on the paper and left a line of elegant cursive text on the paper. "It's like seeing a letter in person. I'm honored to receive this gift from you on the day when the ice and snow in the north disappear. I would like to express my regards to His Majesty the Emperor. Unfortunately, I am in the north with heavy military affairs. I wanted to go to the capital to celebrate the glory of the empire but was unable to do so. Laxana is very sorry..."
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Half a month later, Jarvan IV, who was in the capital of Demacia, finally received a reply from Lux.
When he opened the letter and read Lux's reply from cover to cover, the anger in the Emperor's heart suddenly surged.
Lux's language is as beautiful as her cursive handwriting, with the unique reserve and elegance of Demacian nobles.
But the content in it made Jarvan IV want to curse.
In the letter, Lux first congratulated Jarvan IV for his illustrious martial arts and expressed her regret for not being able to attend the celebration ceremony. But then she changed the subject and took the initiative to explain the reason why she could not come. The military affairs are busy and the war consumes a lot of money, so the soldiers need comfort."
If it is just an explanation, that is not a problem. Even a polite explanation without actual content can be regarded as a part of etiquette.
But Lux also made a very sharp contrast between the post-war comfort of the North and the heroic capital, as if "without any malice".
According to Lux's words, the Northern Walkers "come from humble beginnings, do not know their ambitions, and do not know what glory is. They only think that the Battle of Nasramai is the same as the invasion of Noxus, so they feel sad and do not think about food and drink." "There is no surplus in the treasury, so it is difficult to hold a celebration to encourage the three armies." Therefore, we can only "walk with it and judge the righteousness."
Unfortunately, he was "clumsy in speech and tongue, and could not figure out the key points." After spending a lot of effort, the northern traveler "had quite a lot of grudges in his heart."
Therefore, he could only stay in the north and try to resolve the situation, so as not to "compromise His Majesty's honor and damage the majesty of the empire."
After a long period of strange anger, it seemed that Lux was just politely congratulating Jarvan IV on his victory in Nasramai, but in fact, she used the words of the Northern Walker soldiers to criticize Jarvan IV's blatant act of aggression. Severe criticism was made.
Jarvan IV knew better than anyone whether Demacia's attack on Nasramei was an invasion.
He could come up with a hundred excuses from Demacia's point of view, but it would be meaningless.
If it's just a moment
Despite the strange yin and yang, Jarvan IV would not be furious.
What really made him unable to accept was Lux's follow-up content.
By narrating the psychological state of the Northern Walkers after their return from Nasheramai, Lux quickly gave her own response to the political deal proposed by Jarvan IV.
Previously, Jarvan IV said, "Brother is rich, so there is no need for local lords to shoulder the local burden." Lux responded by saying, "Although the North is poor, it can still afford to support some warriors with a sense of justice and mission." of".
Although the people in the north are "vulgar and do not know the glory of the empire", if they are allowed to sit in the north, they will at least be able to fight for their sense of justice and mission, thus reducing their consumption of money and food. They do not have to show off their martial arts skills like those in the capital. "After all, even if the empire has money now, it can't waste it like this!
Moreover, Lux also heard that there were some problems with the food prices in Shurima. I heard that since the autumn harvest last year, the lords from various places were hoarding food and preparing for a big fight. Now that I think about it, everyone has a lot of food in hand, which can be used by I bought it and used it to appease these soldiers with an excessive sense of justice to prevent them from thinking wildly...
Looking at the entire letter, from the perspective of wording and sentence construction, it is completely worthy of being a noble and exemplary response.
However, when it comes to the specific content of the reply, it is full of sarcasm towards Jarvan IV. Lux seems to be talking about her own difficulties and the rudeness and rudeness of the people in the North, but she just uses the etiquette encyclopedia. For the description of aristocratic elegance, the yin and yang of it is naturally self-evident.
More importantly, after ridiculing Jarvan IV, she also clearly expressed her attitude. She was willing to accept the military rations hoarded by the nobles last year, but she did not intend to give up Forsbarrow's private army because of this. , forming a private army is Demacia's tradition, and it is her right and obligation as the Lord of Forsbarrow.
Unless she arbitrarily commands the private army to invade, or no longer selects the private army fairly, no one should stop herself - and these two points are exactly what Jarvan IV just did.
There is not a single sentence in the entire letter that accuses Jarvan IV.
But in Jarvan IV's eyes, every word seemed to accuse him.
But he didn't have any room to refute.
Considering that the Plainsrunners probably suffered the most casualties in the Battle of Nashrame, he couldn't even level the accusation!
This feeling of being scolded, feeling very unhappy, but having no reason to refute almost drove Jarvan IV into an incompetent rage.
His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a good mood before, almost resisted tearing the letter into pieces. He suddenly stood up and wanted to call the guards to call Lan Fu quickly.
However, after opening his mouth, he finally managed to suppress his anger.
Calling Lan Fu would not help, and he would have to show her this very embarrassing letter.
After a moment of silence, he finally chose to call Galen.
Jarvan IV plans to make one final push.
If Lux really wrote this reply out of "noble honor," Jarvan IV could accept his criticism and even be willing to make the matter public as a sign of his mercy.
However, as a price, Lux must dismiss the Northern Walkers under her command. Within the empire, there is no need for lords to maintain private armies!
If she is still stubborn...
Then I have to resort to thunderous means!
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When Garen was summoned by Jarvan IV, he was a little confused.
Yesterday, he just heard that after the Battle of Nashrame, the Noxians even took the initiative to send a mission and planned to stay in the capital - so Galen was planning to visit the mission when he had time. .
As a result, before he could think of an excuse, Jarvan IV summoned him urgently.
Going to war again?
However, what stunned him was that after meeting Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV gave him a letter.
"Your good sister wrote it to me." Jarvan IV snorted heavily, "Read it!"
Galen took the letter and became more and more dumbfounded as he read it.
Although in terms of politics, Galen is a bit naive and a bit resigned to death, he is not stupid.
The irony in the letter was like a needle prick that was about to jump off the paper!
Just outrageous.
After putting down the letter, Galen's tall figure almost stooped.
What can be said?
He said that his sister is a child in her thirties and is still ignorant?
Galen really couldn't say such words that insulted people's intelligence.
At this time, his mind was almost blank, and he had no idea what kind of reaction he should give. He just shrank instinctively, as if Jarvan IV couldn't see him.
Of course Jarvan IV could see it, and he could see it clearly.
However, looking at Galen who looked like a hunchbacked giant monkey, Jarvan IV suddenly felt a little funny - he had indeed been a bit angry before, but after looking at Galen, he finally shook his head gently. .
"Let's go to Forsbarrow." He put his right hand on Galen's shoulder and looked directly at Galen. "Have a good chat with Lux."
"Don't worry!" Galen finally straightened his body, "I will grab her and come over to admit my mistake!"
