Chapter 35: The Arrangement of Fate
The arrangement of destiny in the 35th section
Prince Masimilke looked out the window and was frowning. His marriage with Duke Bergend allowed the prince to inherit a large amount of wealth. These wealth eased the royal expenses, but there were many troubles besides the land and wealth he inherited at the same time. These troubles entangled him and the king. Not long ago, the prince inherited the rich lowland territory inherited from the duke. The lords there escaped the imperial rule because they could not bear the exploitation. They expelled tax collectors from the royal family and publicly insulted the reputation of the king and the royal family. When they learned the news, the prince was furious and immediately asked his father to lead troops to regain his rights. However, the old king refused lightly, and the depressed prince hid in the room and sulked.
"No, I must ask my father to send troops to take back my wife's territory." His Highness Masimilk slapped the cold wall with his palm and said to himself that his wife was gentle, virtuous, beautiful and cute, and his life after marriage was very happy. Therefore, His Highness Masimilk believed that it was a shame for him as the heir to the empire.
"Your Highness, look~~~." Just as the prince walked out of the door and was about to find his father, a short figure blocked him. He saw a dwarf with a big face of an adult but only a child-shaped dwarf, wearing a colorful clown suit, jumping in front of him, trying to arouse the prince's interest, but the anxious prince angrily kicked the dwarf aside, and then stepped over. The dwarf of the palace curled up aside in a scream, not understanding what he had done wrong because he saw the prince was depressed.
"Father, why don't you send troops?" Prince Masimilk walked into the hall and saw the king sitting on the throne processing documents. He said loudly. When the court ministers next to him saw the prince coming, they hurriedly bowed to the noble prince.
"It's not the time, my child." The king rubbed his hands tiredly, stood up and said to his beloved son.
"When will the abominable lowland lords, openly resist us, if we do not respond, where is the majesty of the royal family?"
"Oh, you all go down." The king saw his excited son, looked at the ministers around him, waved his hand to let them retreat. He walked up to support his son's shoulders and said to his son who was still young in politics, "Okay, I tell you, why don't you send troops? Do you think I don't want to hang those rebels in the tree immediately? Although your marriage has given us some wealth, these wealth has been used to pay off our debts. If we send troops, it will take more money to pay for the war. What are you going to do? And our vassals will not agree to send troops to help us, and the electorate are waiting for the opportunity to pull our family off the throne. How can I waste a lot of resources in the war in this case?"
"I~~~." Prince Masimilk was questioned by his father. War was still unfamiliar to him. He seemed to think that as long as his father issued an order, the vassals would help him serve him according to his oath, but his father told him that it was not so simple that the vassals would not help the royal family without any benefit. At most, only Duke Bergend would support him.
"Hey, damn money, if we can be as good as your father-in-law, it would be great if we can avoid money like your father-in-law." The king, who was worried about funds, took off his crown and looked at the ruby on it. He considered whether to sell the gem to greedy merchants in exchange for funds to maintain the royal expenses.
"There will be a solution." Masimirk left the hall dejectedly. He walked in the courtyard and looked at the blooming flowers, thinking of his friend Devire, but he hadn't seen this friend for a long time. The wet nurse said that the eldest son of Duke Hanrowei was back to visit his family. Masimirk suddenly had an impulse thought. He shuddered at his idea of taking risks, but felt novel. "I want to convince Duke Hanrowei alone and ask him to support me. Yes, that's it."
The prince could no longer sit still when he thought of this. In this dull and useless court, he was like a suppressed bird, and his desire to fly out of the cage, so he immediately decided to implement the plan. This plan could only tell his wife and a few of his closest entourages. He immediately returned to his room to find his wife.
"Dear, I have to leave for a while." The prince said to his wife gently.
"What?" The princess smiled and looked at her young husband. This good husband always had many novel ideas.
"That's it..." Prince Masimilk told his wife his plan, and he wanted to take a few followers through the dangerous wilderness, find his supporters and make achievements, just like a hero in the Knight novel.
"This is crazy." The princess said in surprise, but couldn't help but admire Masimilk's boldness.
"I have to do this, otherwise we will never get what we belong to."
"So well, my husband, what do you need me to do for you?" The princess had no choice but to agree to his plan, prepare her luggage for Masimirk, and concealed her ears and call a few reliable followers.
"There is still a difficult time now." Masimilk said with a frown.
"What? You can tell me." Massimilk's wife asked.
"We can only hide it from my father for a short time. If we are found out, he will personally take someone to catch me."
"That, I think about it." The princess stood up and walked a few steps in the bedroom, suddenly raised her head and said to Massimilk. "Don't worry, I have a way. I will find a groom who came to see the stables. He will have a way."
"What? What will a groom do?"
"Don't underestimate him, your highness, please leave with confidence." The princess said confidently to Masimilke. Although she was very confused, the prince loved and trusted her wife deeply, so she put on her clothes and carefully avoided the eyes and ears of the people with her followers. She quickly dressed up as a knight of the ranger and quickly left the royal castle and headed towards Han Ruowei in the north.
"What did you say? My son left the castle, why didn't I know about this?" The king was furious when he heard the reward from his subordinates. He hurriedly asked the knights to prepare horses. He wanted to personally recover his heirs. He didn't understand what exactly made the prince leave him. His care and concern for his heirs made the king mess up.
"Your Majesty is not good, your groom has locked the stables with iron chains." A royal knight hurriedly ran to the king and said.
"Lock, lock it up, how dare he do this?" The king rushed to the stable with his men in anger. He saw his royal groom sitting in front of the stable, fiddling with several iron hoof palms, as if he was preparing to nail iron palms for the horse.
"What are you doing? I'm going to travel immediately and open the stables, hurry up." The king pointed at the thick chains with anger and said to his royal groom.
"Please wait, your Majesty, I cannot do this." The groom raised his head and said to the king calmly.
"Why?" The king was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
"Did you forget? You still owe me thirty silver quotations, Your Majesty, and you have never paid it back. My wife and children are so hungry that they can no longer walk." The groom replied.
"I will pay it back, but now I have an urgent matter and need a horse." The king's old face turned red. He did owe the groom not only this groom, but this king who loves to borrow money almost owes everyone in the palace. It's just that everyone usually thinks he is the king, so it's hard to take it seriously. But now some people take this as a matter, and it's not easy to make a public debt as a king.
"This is not possible. Don't think of using a horse unless you see the silver office." The groom sat on the wooden stake next to the stable and said firmly, looking like a creditor.
"Damn it." The king stamped his feet in anger, and had to let the entourage beside him who was holding his laughter to go to the supervisor to get the silver office, and gave the groom who first knew how to defend his rights. After paying the money, the groom counted the money carefully and opened the iron lock, three hours had passed, and the king could only look at the road and lament.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry, Your Highness will arrive at Han Ruowei safely." When the white-haired king stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, the princess walked up to him and put on a thin wool cloak for her father-in-law.
"He has never left me." The king did not look like the king of a country at this time, but was just a father who was worried about his son. He held the cold stone wall and stared blankly at the path where the prince left.
"Yes, but he has grown up and one day he will inherit your throne and become a prestigious monarch."
"Well, this throne is not that good. If I could, I hope he was just born in an ordinary family, throne, huh, will anyone respect this thing now?"
"His Majesty?"
"Oh, you want to help your husband and never leave him." The king turned around and patted the princess's hand, then left tremblingly, while His Highness prayed to the stars in the sky, Masimirk was having a good journey.
At this time, the prince could not feel the mood of his father and wife. He was like a bird rushing out of the world, looking at everything around him excitedly by the bonfire. This journey was so full of novelty.
Chapter completed!