What news caused the court to slight shock?

News about the Lucis family.

The Lucis family sent a special envoy to the imperial capital and submitted a memorial in front of the hall, expressing their return to the court and begging the court for approval.

Of course, "resubmission" here means different from the "submission" expressed in succession after the previous defeat.

The so-called "return to surrender" is reflected in the word "return".

That is, he returns to the court and participates in the imperial court affairs, hoping to occupy a seat in the court.

As long as His Majesty the Emperor approves, the new King Lucis will return to the imperial capital, contribute to the various undertakings of the empire, provide advice, and give full play to the role that the Lucis family has played before, etc.

This request has sparked a lot of controversy in the court.

The mainstream opinions of the ministers and nobles expressed opposition.

"The Lucis family has not changed their lives. They first rebelled, then assassinated His Majesty, and finally annexed the nobles. They committed three unforgivable crimes in a row. Instead of thinking about their mistakes, they wanted to disturb the government. It was simply delusional!" said Prime Minister Orusconi.

"Now the court has just stabilized, why are the Lucis family coming to get involved? What are you still fantasizing about? The court no longer needs the Lucis family."

"Anyway, I don't want to work with the people of the Lucis family. They will only make trouble, oppose and argue. With the Lucis family, the court will not be able to do anything big."

"Your Majesty, please reject the request of the Lucis family, let them stay in their own territory, develop well, be a down-to-earth person, and they will not get involved in the affairs of the court."

The majority of ministers' opinions were to hope that the Lucis family would be eliminated completely and not go back to the court to make trouble.

The same is true for most nobles.

Even the objections were more intense.

"Your Majesty, my fiefdom was looted twice by the Lucis family, and my father was also killed by Bruno. I hate the Lucis family to the core, and I really don't want to work with them anymore!"

"The Lucis family relies on some credit, and over the past few hundred years, I don't know how many things that have done to harm the world. The empire has been suffering from the Lucis family for a long time! This tiger cannot be released from the cage!"

"Your Majesty, the Lucis family has not received the punishment they deserve, but has made such excessive demands. Your Majesty, I feel that if I don't punish the Lucis family well, they still can't see their position clearly! I think that the court should remove half of the Lucis family's fiefdom and demote his title to Duke!"

"Yes, the Lucis family thinks they are still very powerful and have the capital to negotiate terms with the court. I ask Your Majesty to beat them up and let them stop their delusions!"

"Your Majesty, please cut off half of the Lucis family's fiefdom and demote it to a higher level!"

The nobles not only opposed the Lucis family's return to the court, but also hoped that Zhou Ming would punish him severely and suppress him!

Hearing the voices of opposition and condemnation in the hall, Zhou Ming suppressed his hand.

He shook his head and said, "For the past year, the Lucis family has been honest and dedicated. The tributes offered to the beginning of the year have been three times more than in previous years. This is what they took out after just after the war. It is enough to prove their sincerity in surrender. How can I punish it for no reason?"

A minister immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Lucis family's wolfish ambitions are just a trick they have to be confused! When they recover, they will still stutter!"

Another nobleman said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, it is better to weaken the Lucis family!"

"Okay, the court will govern the country according to the law, and will not be punished without guilt, and will be punished without counsel!"

Zhou Ming directly rejected the proposal of the ministers and nobles.

So, how did Zhou Ming consider the Lucis family’s request for “returning to the court”?

Is it okay to agree?

Or not agree?

Zhou Ming pondered for a while, then made his decision.

Hearing this decision, the ministers and nobles were all surprised and expressed dissuasion, but seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was more persistent, he had no choice but to agree.

...

On the other side.

In the southeast of the imperial capital, in a big city 5,000 miles away.

In this magnificent and tall palace.

The Lucis family was waiting for the news uneasy.

In the Hall of the Lord.

Surprisingly, the one sitting in the position of the head of the family was actually a young and beautiful woman in her 20s. She was wearing a royal robe and a solemn face. Although she had just sat on the throne, her every move was full of the style of a superior.

Among the Lucis family, her reputation grew and her status became increasingly stable.

She is the new head of the Lucis family - Elsa.

Or it can be called "Lord Elsa".

She became the first female head of the Lucis family to stand out in the more than 300 years of family history.

By the way, as a woman, how could she take the position of head of the family?

Especially in a straight male family like Lucis, how did she emerge?

There are three main reasons:

One, she was a firm anti-war faction. Shortly after the death of the old king, she begged Bruno not to rebel and not to bring the family into a doomed land. It was her business that she was abandoned by the emperor. The family should not cause any disaster for her, and hundreds of millions of people were trapped in war.

But no one listened to her words, and she was even criticized and insulted by many people in her family. For a while, she was restricted from freedom and locked up in a dark room.

The situation later was critical and she was released, but because she continued to oppose the war, opposes grandpa Bruno's various actions, and even gets beaten.

Even so, she kept chattering, persuading the family not to oppose the court, and finally convinced some people to stand beside her.

Two, after many wars, the male members of the Lucis family suffered heavy casualties and no ten remained.

For example, King Bruno died of gunshot wounds.

The two heads of the family who ascended the throne died one after another on the battlefield.

It was not until Elsa's father Liszt ascended the throne that he was hit by a stray bullet while guarding the royal city. He struggled on the hospital bed for two days, and even the heir to the throne had no time to designate, so he was no longer able to burp.

In the end, only two candidates who were qualified to inherit the throne were left: Elsa, and her elder brother Klunan.

But her elder brother Clunan was timid and cowardly, had no opinion and was always thinking about escaping, which was simply a shame to the Lucis family.

Only Elsa was calm in the face of danger, took charge of the overall situation, and accepted the most dangerous task. She went to the imperial capital in person, and at the last moment, she saved the Lucis family.

Three, who successfully saved the family and returned to the capital, Elsa easily brought her brother off the stage.

But in order to take the position of head of the family, Elsa had to make a promise: she would never get married in the future, sacrifice her personal happiness, and serve her wholeheartedly!

In this way, Elsa eliminated all the criticism and took the position of head of the family.

In fact, after some trouble, things came to this situation, and the Lucis family, which suffered heavy losses, also reflected on each other.

What to reflect on?

Reflecting on whether the old king and the King Bruno, who have been plotting to rebel, have made a fatal misjudgment to the court?

On the one hand, it misjudged the strength of the court, resulting in heavy losses on the battlefield and extremely defeated.

Another fatal misjudgment is whether the Emperor Noctis and the Lucis family had a thorough misunderstanding of him?

At a meeting someday.

A retainer analyzed: "Noctis wanted to delay the marriage period for a while and get married later, but the old king regarded this as a sign of the emperor's remorse and made a big fuss, which made him angry to death, causing the family to fall into the abyss."

"But we have actually seen that during the past two years, Noctis has not accepted a concubine and has been single. It can be seen that the emperor's delay was not his excuse for remorse, but that he really wanted to get married later."

"But Old Wangjue didn't believe it, which led to a big disaster!"

"Yes! Old Wangjue really misjudged!"

Another retainer continued: "I heard that in His Majesty Noctis's harem, more than 3,000 young and beautiful maids were stuffed into His Majesty's harem by the ministers and nobles to seek his Majesty's happiness. What's the result? Facing three thousand beauties every day, under such temptation, His Majesty the Emperor was unmoved. One of them was not involved. If it were other men, the spirit would have been dead."

"The emperor doesn't touch so many beauties, let alone accepting concubines and becoming queens. The emperor's plan to marry late is definitely not a fraud, but really having this plan!"

"So, Old Wangjue is really a misjudgment."

This misjudgment almost led the Lucis family into an abyss that would never be restored.

Hearing this, everyone's faces, including Elsa, shook their heads repeatedly, feeling extremely regretful.

How great would it be if the old Wangjue had not made a misjudgment?

But some people thought something was wrong and questioned: "Three thousand beauties, and some beauties, are not as beautiful as your highness, and can be picked at will. Normal men, no matter how determined they are, they will definitely not be able to control themselves. However, Noctis did not look at him and was not moved at all, which made the empire all rumored that only peerless beauties could reach the eyes of His Majesty. As a result, beauty pageants were launched everywhere, and some ministers even sent people to us to find out whereabouts of the beauty."

"But I think that even if you find the so-called peerless beauty, the emperor will not be moved, because he is not interested in women at all, what he likes is..."

"Bang!"

Elsa knocked on the back of the chair and warned sternly: "Fedman, you don't want to die! If you say this, I won't guarantee the lives of your entire family."

"Master of the family!"

Fidman was startled and slapped himself with a slap, sweating all over, "The villain must never dare to talk nonsense anymore!"

"Your Highness, the old minister has a kind of speculation, which can explain why the emperor has been reluctant to establish the queen?"

Another old minister said.

"If this kind of guess will not make you lose your head, you can speak it out." Elsa looked at him expressionlessly.

"I think His Majesty the Emperor is keeping a promise, and he is waiting for someone."

"What promises are kept? Waiting for whom?"
To be continued...