Chapter 1246: Exists in name only
After the feast, we went home, the Elf Empress and her people stayed in the palace for the time being, and the goblin assistance team was placed in a tree house not far from my house.
Lying on the sofa, looking at Remy and Bai Yunying sleeping sweetly in my arms, I couldn't help pinching their little faces.
After the small movement, I exhaled lightly and fell into deep thought.
Akahavi aside, the relationship between the elves and me can be reversed for the time being, because none of these can compare to the shock and influence that the appearance of the giant puppet and the goblin assistance team can bring.
This team, which had been destined to be sent back to Vicky Castle, suddenly appeared from the Elven Forest, and also drove such a group of puppets with explosive strength to appear, and this invisible impact directly destroyed the Elven Empress's previous trust in me.
Before leaving the banquet, the Elven Empress deliberately sat down beside me, glared at me with strange eyes, stared at me for a while, and I was uncomfortable, and at the end, she left a sentence: "Regarding the matter of the goblin assistance team, come to my room tomorrow, I want to hear your explanation." β
It just so happened that Princess Analita and Princess Anareta were hiding next to her, peeking at her sister's expression, and after the empress left, the two princesses floated to me like unjust ghosts, one on the left and one on the right, staring at two pairs of frightened eyes, and said to me: "Xiao Yi, what did you do to my sister, I have never seen my sister stare at people with such resentful eyes, that look, that look...... It's like a resentful woman. β
Resentful woman......
Thinking of this, my eyelids couldn't help but jump a few times, it seems that I really provoked the Elf Empress this time.
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In the early hours of the next morning, I got up from the sofa early and walked around the yard, and Emily, who was practicing swordsmanship, put away her sword after completing the last action, and wondered, "Are you very uneasy?" β
"Yes," I said, "the Elven Empress told me to meet her in her room today." β
Emily pondered for a moment and said, "Got a problem? β
"There's a problem," I said, with a sad face, "and when she said this to me yesterday, her eyes were quite terrible, and she almost scared me out of the way." β
"Scared to pee?" Emily paused and said, "Exaggerated." β
"Uh......" I was a little speechless, "Well, I'm exaggerating, but the Empress's eyes are really terrifying." β
"So what did you do?" Emily asked lightly.
"I didn't do anything special, I guess it was mostly related to the goblin assistance team."
"Oh" Emily nodded, "Your Majesty is very attentive to the matter of the goblin assisting the team, you lied about the truth, is that so?" β
"That's it," I sighed, sat down cross-legged on the grass, and hugged me, "So, I'm now agonizing over what to do when I see the Empress." β
"It would be nice to apologize," Emily wrote lightly, "Your Majesty, she is very forgiving." β
"Tolerance is also differentiated," I pouted, "If you don't touch her bottom line, you can be forgiven, but the matter of the goblin assisting the team is likely to touch her authority, and even to the extent that it can shake the regime, so it's no wonder that she can let me go lightly." β
"Then bear the consequences," Emily said lightly: "Anyway, you will definitely not die, at most you will be scolded." β
"Hey, did you talk to your fiancΓ© like that?" I don't feel good.
"Yes," Emily said lightly, "I am." β
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He entered the palace with apprehension, and under the guidance of the maid, he came to the elven queen's room.
After a few knocks on the door, the Elven Empress's voice came from the room, "Please come in." β
Pushing open the door, I lowered my head and got in, my movements were very agile, like a thief, after entering the room, I lowered my head and said nothing, as if I had done something wrong.
After a moment of silence, the Elven Empress said, "Elder An Xiaoyi, raise your head. β
I trembled and said, "I don't dare to look up." β
"Why don't you dare?" The Elven Empress asked.
"I was wrong," I said, "I shouldn't have concealed the goblins' assistance to the team, and I shouldn't have lied to you. β
"Hmm" the Elven Empress replied, "I don't blame you for the concealment and lies, you were only a citizen at that time, not in the position of an elder, and it was normal for you to be two-minded with me." β
"Huh?" As soon as I heard it, it was interesting that the Empress had unknowingly carried the pot herself, so it seemed that there was nothing wrong with me.
Raising his head, his eyes looked directly at the Elven Empress, and as soon as he had a little relaxed smile on his face, he heard the Empress say, "But, after you took up the position of Elder, why didn't you confess these things to me?" β
Damn, here's a carbine!
I couldn't help but curse, my face changed again, from the initial ease to pain, I said in a deep voice: "Wronged, Your Majesty, after taking up the position of foreign elder, I think about how to communicate the relationship between Vicky Castle and Moonlight City every day, how can I have time to think about other things!" β
The Elven Empress glared at me and said, "Excuses." β
"It's not an excuse," I continued to shout: "It's true, I even got to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat at one point, uh, the three bowls of rice a day have dropped to two and a half bowls, and the sleeping time has also been shortened by ten minutes, you say that I work so hard, isn't it all for the long-term peace and stability of Moonlight City." β
The Elven Empress's stiff face finally couldn't hold back any longer, and she snorted and chuckled, and the surrounding atmosphere instantly relaxed.
She sighed and said, "You, you've always been flamboyant, and you've never looked like an elder. β
"The appearance of the elder is not good," I shook my head and said, "Your Majesty, think about it, the elders around you have a tense face every day, as if others owe them a lot of money, where can you make you laugh like this." β
"What is needed in political affairs is a serious attitude," the Elven Empress said lightly: "If everyone is like you, and they are flamboyant, will the Elven royal family still have majesty?" β
"Uh...... Be. β
"Okay, I won't tell you this, it's useless if you don't carry it out," the Elven Empress said, "Let's talk about something serious." β
She slowly stood up, walked up to me, looked me in the eye, and said, "An Xiaoyi, I know that those members of the goblin assistance team only obey your orders, so I hope that you can give the order and let them work for my Moonlight City." β
"I won't do anything to force others, Your Majesty," I said lightly, "The reason why the goblin assistance team obeys my orders is precisely because I can give them enough respect and freedom, if I deprive them of their freedom by force, they may listen to my orders for a while, but I dare to say that it will not be long before my reputation among the dwarves and goblins will be completely lost, and correspondingly, my identity as an elder of Vickyburg will also be extinguished." β
(End of chapter)