In the feudal era, the ministers and nobles always attached great importance to the issue of emperor's marriage and offspring, and even regarded it as a fundamental issue of the country, which was related to the stability of the empire.

The emperor got married late, so it was not possible, and the subordinate position could not be suspended for a long time.

After the emperor gets married, he has no children for a long time, which is not possible. No one inherits the foundation of the empire, which will cause the empire to become unstable and uneasy.

The fundamental reason for this phenomenon is that the emperor has too much power and billions of life and death are all related to it. The little movements that occur in the emperor will cause the entire country to experience shock.

The emperor's private affairs are the imperial affairs.

Moreover, the average life span of the emperor group is not long, and accidents often occur. For the sake of security, it is indeed natural to get married early and give birth to children as soon as possible.

The ministers and the factions also know this truth.

But in today's court meeting, the ministers almost collectively supported the emperor and stood on the emperor's side. On the one hand, they were ministers and the emperor's "household servants", and they should safeguard the emperor's interests or positions.

On the other hand, the nobles were too tough and arrogant, too rude to the emperor, and had many conflicts with the nobles, and were very unhappy in their hearts. Of course, they had to sing opposite to them, and of course they would not let the nobles' tough demands succeed... even if this demand was quite reasonable.

In short, the conflict between the two factions is almost at the level of "I have to oppose what you support, I have to oppose what you oppose, and I have to oppose what you oppose," he said.

So how did the aristocratic faction consider it?

The nobles were actually very anxious and had a serious lack of security.

Especially Old Wangjue, his anxiety was the most serious, and he was so difficult to fall asleep every night.

Why?

One, after the "Empire Takeoff" plan began, dozens of large-scale projects started construction one after another. In just a few years, agricultural output increased significantly, industrial output soared year by year, and commercial activities became more and more active year by year. The financial situation of the empire achieved a fiscal surplus of 10 million Jintawang last year for the first time.

However, the empire's rise was mainly the rise of states and counties in the "King District". Dozens of large-scale projects were also all in the Wanging District. Although the aristocratic faction could get a pie in commercial cooperation, the one who made the most profit was the royal faction.

The major increase in strength was mainly the royal family faction and minister faction that supported the emperor.

The balance of power is shifting at a speed visible to the naked eye... The situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the nobles.

In this case, only if the emperor agrees to get married earlier and completes his marriage with the nobles, the anxiety in Lao Wangjue will be greatly relieved.

Two, time waits for no one.

The emperor wanted to delay a few years, so he could get married later. After all, he was only 16 years old, and he was 18 years old and 20 years old. It was not impossible to be graceful.

But the old Wangjue can't afford to delay!

He is 93 years old this year and is one of the old people who have become a monster in this world. However, as an ordinary person, it is impossible for Lao Wangjue to live to be 100 years old, and he cannot live so long... In recent years, he has felt that his health is getting worse day by day, and he has begun to feel powerless when doing many things.

Old Wangjue also realized that there is probably not much time left for him.

If he had not forced Noctis to fulfill his promise when he was alive, and did not promote the marriage between the royal family and the Lucis family, after he left, Noctis, whose wings had become stronger, would not take the Lucis family seriously, and would probably have betrayed the promise and kicked the Lucis family aside!

"Noctis is a hundred times more cruel than his father! If he is not forced to surrender now, he may be completely trampled by him in the future, and he can only express his surrender to him! The pride of the nobles will never return, and he will even be killed by him." Old Wang Jue, who saw the essence of the problem, said to his son in this way.

So the old Wangjue's attitude is: no delay is allowed for a year! No matter what the day is, Noctis must fulfill his promise!

And now it is mid-July, and the time left for Zhou Ming is less than half a year left.

If he doesn't marry Elsa this year, next year, he will be responsible for all consequences!

This is the toughest warning that Lao Wangjue broke up and issued at the court meeting on this day after three days of quarrel.

The hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

Then there was an uproar.

The ministers rebuked them all!

"Lord Lucis, what do you mean? Are you terrorizing His Majesty?"

"Old Wangjue, please make it clear. What exactly do you want to do? Is it because you want to rebel?"

"Old Wangjue, don't rely on your seniority anymore. You can be more presumptuous. Try to walk out of this hall?!"

The ministers are not vegetarians, so they don’t even take Old Wangjue’s tricks, and they all fight back one by one.

Old Wangjue ignored these voices, stared at Zhou Ming in the head, knocked on the crutch in his hand and said, "Noctis, this is what you forced me! I know what you are thinking, but if you don't fulfill your promise, even if you die, I will make you pay the price!"

Everyone in the hall suddenly became quiet.

They all looked at Old Wangjue, extremely surprised by his naked warning.

His Majesty, who had the power of heaven and the constitution of heaven, and his authority was unshakable, actually someone dared to warn loudly, but in front of everyone.

this……

Zhou Ming was also silent for a while.

He asked in a deep voice: "Old Lord Wang Jue, do you really ask me to fulfill my promise to Elsa this year, and you must not delay it for a moment?"

"Not bad! I am 93 years old. I most hope to see my great-granddaughter Elsa marry into the royal family and get married successfully. Do you want to drag me to death? Besides, getting married early and getting married late are not the same. Can't you fulfill my old bones?"

Old Wangjue's tone was still tough, but he also gave his reasons, indicating that he was not making trouble.

"good!"

Zhou Ming nodded: "Old Lord Wangjue, since you can't wait, I will fulfill your promise to Elsa within this year. I don't know what to do?" As he said that, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Hmph! That's about the same!"

Feeling the significant changes in Zhou Ming's aura, Old Wang Jue also realized: Noctis was angry. When the boy got angry, he suddenly felt a little angry and had the idea of ​​"stop when he saw it."

However, he still reminded: "Noctis, so many ministers and nobles in this temple are here, and everyone has heard it. I hope you keep your word!"

"Don't worry, a gentleman's word is as good as he can."

Zhou Ming said lightly.

Seeing the emperor surrender and compromise, the ministers on the left lowered their heads and looked depressed, like defeated roosters.

Some ministers even gritted their teeth and said, "Damn nobles, you will sooner or later be able to bear the king's anger!"

However, the ministers and the nobles did not know. More than three months later, when Zhou Ming said that the fulfilled "promise" was presented to everyone, they were all shocked and in an uproar.
Chapter completed!