According to the tradition of Dogurland, one of the activities that is indispensable on the 30th day of the snow return every year is the New Year's feast at the palace and the birthday of Solandel himself.

During the reign of Pertheus, the New Year's banquet was always lively, the ministers of the six major provinces came to the meeting collectively, and the banquet hall was full of delicious wine and delicacies, and everyone sang about the wine, not only to celebrate the New Year, but also to celebrate the birthday of the nine princesses, and drank until dawn.

However, after Solandelle came to power, this tradition has been canceled by her, because the New Year's banquet takes up a lot of manpower and material resources, and there is no benefit in essence.

Instead of forcibly calling people to extravagant and squandering, it is better to let everyone go back to the new Chinese New Year's Eve to spend more time with their families, and if they really want to party, they can get together in private.

As for birthdays, she hasn't held a special banquet for so many years, and for several years she even forgot that the 30th of Huixue was her birthday, and only remembered it when Chino gave her a cake.

On the 30th day of the 525th year of the Huoyao calendar, after the restlessness of the statue of the Sun King during the day, the royal city has returned to its usual New Year's atmosphere at night, and the people are lit up in thousands of homes, and the streets and alleys are full of wine and laughter.

In the royal palace, although the New Year's banquet is no longer held, the ministers still gather in private, and tonight's banquet hall... A group of high-ranking people in the true sense of the word have gathered.

In the center of the ballroom is a long solid wood table, the crystal dining table is arranged in order, and the mysterious incense from the province of Flying Kite lingers in the air, and the candlelight is dim just enough to add a layer of mystery to the atmosphere.

Waiters back and forth

In and out, exquisite food and wine are constantly served, and there is a special bandstand in the corner, and the pianist trained by the Prince Regent himself sits in front of the piano, concentrating on playing the song "To the Little Princess", and the melodious and elegant music continues to reverberate in the hall.

Chino sat at the head of the table, indifferently looking at the six governors sitting on either side of the table, and the atmosphere seemed a little delicate for some reason.

Chino: "You know? Instead of sitting here eating and drinking with six elderly people, I would have bought cakes and flowers and put them in front of Solandale to wish her a happy birthday at this time of year."

"So, you'd better not waste my time by asking me here."

With a smile on his face, Jashan raised his glass and said respectfully, "This year, thanks to the Lord Regent's continued protection, the people can enjoy a happy life, and we wish you..."

"Tuk tuk." Before Jashan could finish his sentence, Chino tapped his knuckles on the table three times.

Meaning: don't talk nonsense.

Jashan hurriedly smiled, put down his glass, and glanced at the luthier in the corner, intentionally or unintentionally.

Chino looked sideways, and the luthier understood, and finished playing and left.

There were only seven of them left in the restaurant, and Jashan's face finally got an anxious look on his face, and he resigned, "My lord, we don't want to take up your personal time, but this time we do have something to ask for."

"We're all people with children, and you know... Kids... Sometimes when we go out to drink together, we get impulsive and do stupid things when we drink too much..."

Jashan glanced at the two governors beside him, his face flushed a little, but he didn't dare to hide it anymore and went straight in

The subject said, "The three of us were caught yesterday by a dead bird for something... I beg the Lord Regent to be gracious and spare the three of them."

"Yesterday—" Chino thought back in his mind, quickly squinting, "You mean the three teenagers who stabbed people to death in the tavern?"

Jashan and the others wiped the sweat from their faces and said ashamedly, "Yes..."

The cause of this incident is not complicated -

Yesterday, the sons of the three governors followed their father to the royal city for New Year's Eve, because the New Year's feast was canceled and no longer held, and the young man had his own circle, so he did not stay with his father, but went to the tavern to drink together.

Later, the three men drank too much, got into a quarrel with the civilians at the adjacent table, quarreled and started to move, and took out knives to cut each other, hacking people to death on the spot, and finally were captured by the dead bird who came and is now in prison

Pending trial.

This should be replaced by the reign of Perseus, or the earlier kings, the son of a governor from a royal and noble background killed civilians at all, and there are 10,000 ways to settle it, and whether the security soldiers dare to arrest people is a question.

But the Dead Birds are different, these androids only have Chino's implanted instructions in their heads.

Not to mention arresting the governor's son, those three teenagers Danfan drank a little more yesterday and launched a drunken mania to resist arrest, and when the time comes, the death bird defense mechanism will be triggered, and the three of them will be shot on the spot.

Yesterday they were lucky, and when they saw the dead bird, they were directly frightened and woke up, and they didn't have the slightest idea of resisting, so they were arrested obediently, otherwise they would have been corpses in a pool of blood.

The son was arrested, and Jashan and other fathers definitely couldn't sit still, and tried their best to save their own flesh and blood.

After all

Hacking someone to death in the street is punishable by the Code.

If Solandale were to take care of it, the three teenagers would surely die.

The only person who can shake the code under the new policy is the Lord Regent, so Jashan and the others hurriedly came to Chino to intercede.

After hearing the appeal, Chino shrugged, "I don't know if there's any flexibility here. It's a simple truth to kill for your life, isn't it?"

Sweating profusely, Jashan whispered, "Your Excellency... None of them have yet passed the rite of passage, they are all children! Children who drink too much and are not sensible, they already know that they are wrong! Please be lenient with them."

Chino: "Generally speaking, young people can be light-haired. Unfortunately, under the Code, such a vicious act as intentional homicide is not mitigated by age."

The faces of Jashan and the others suddenly became whiter than paper, and their eyes were dull and speechless.

If Chino doesn't protect it... There is no one in this world who can keep their son...

Just when Jashan and the others were in despair, Chino got up, and everyone thought he was going to leave, but they found the Lord Regent holding a glass and walking behind them.

Chino shook the glass gently, stared at the wine rippling in the glass, and said lightly, "There are no outsiders here, so we might as well talk about it."

"Go to any judge in the kingdom, and they will tell you that the law is supreme and cannot be violated. But if you want me to say, what they say is false nonsense."

"Because Dogurland is not the Codex that decides everything, there is only one being who can dictate the fate of others, and that is me—not the Codex, not the Woman

The king is no one, but me."

"I'm glad you can come to me today to intercede, because your subconscious knows about it. But the question is – why should I help you?"

"Or to put it another way, what can you give me after helping?"