After two seconds, Ian, who had lost his composure, adjusted himself.

He pretended to be calm and responded in his usual relaxed tone: "It's not appropriate to say that. After all, I am also considered the Roni family and the heir to Qiyuan City."

Ian deliberately said: "Before you inherit the position of Grand Duke, don't you have the same status as me?"

The vassals of Longxiao City frowned.

"Really, heir? Your status is equal to mine?"

Listening to the barbed words in Ian's words, King Charman snorted lightly and said calmly:

"Then why didn't you kill your sister?"

At that moment, the whole place was silent.

This time, Ian was choked firmly.

Thales looked at Ian's appearance and sighed.

Yes, he knows this feeling.

Everyone who has had a confrontation with Charmaine Lombard will experience the heavy pressure: the suffocating feeling eroded by the cold gaze and cold words.

and……

Lombard's offense has always been about staying still...

The king's voice sounded again.

"If your sister is not dead yet..." The king began to pace slowly and said calmly:

"Then you are a shitty heir."

At that second, Thales seemed to be able to hear a heavy hammer hitting Ian's heart following King Charman's words.

On the contrary, there seemed to be a piece of ice cracking in Ian's heart.

His Excellency Viscount Fengcheng did not speak for a long time.

There was silence in the hall, everyone silently listened to the king's words. Ian's previous methods really made him many enemies in Longxiao City, so that no one wanted to help him.

No.

There are still some.

"Your Majesty," Thelma said angrily, "Maybe you should get back to the topic."

King Charman raised his eyebrows: "Oh, of course..."

"For example, Qiyuan City, which rules the west of Exeter, sends a viscount who doesn't even have priority to inherit with no respect, and wants to ask for a marriage from Longxiao City?"

These words made many people frown.

"Ian," Monty the Dead Crow whispered to the distracted Ian, "do something."

At the reminder, Ian trembled suddenly.

He suddenly realized that King Charman was coming to Qiyuan City.

He can't back down.

The young heir of Qiyuan City forced a smile and said: "You have misunderstood. In Qiyuan City, according to the tradition of the northern people, my sister has no right to inherit..."

Hearing this, Thales sighed and closed his eyes.

He saw clearly.

Charmaine Lomba and Ian Roney.

Just like the battle between the Prince of Stars and the Fallen Star.

Whether it's a swordsmanship competition or a verbal confrontation...

Both sides are fundamentally...

It's not the same level.

The king snorted coldly and cast a warning look at Thelma who had just interrupted him.

"No inheritance rights?"

"how."

"Are you implying," King Charman said slowly and in a normal tone, but the words he said made every vassal in Longxiao City change their expressions: "It is jointly acknowledged by all the princes, including your father and I.

The female Grand Duchess of Longxiao City, Thelma Walton..."

"No inheritance rights either?"

Selma, who was sitting on the Grand Duke's throne, breathed faster and looked at King Charmaine blankly.

Ian was stunned again.

Facing the king's gaze and words, he was speechless and his jaw kept shaking, but he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Ian, who usually showed off his informality, was speechless at this moment.

There was no time to rest, and the king soon spoke again, breaking the uncomfortable silence in the field.

"Huh, don't take it seriously, it's just a joke."

"Even if your father comes to propose..." King Charman glanced at Ian coldly: "Fortunately, you are not that stupid. If your two families really become in-laws, then I won't be here to help."

"But for Exter's future..."

The king looked around at the people in the hall, with a deep chill in his tone:

"Come to declare war."

The atmosphere in the hall was condensed.

The vassals all raised their alarms.

Ian, who was usually very sharp-tongued, felt as if his tongue had been cut off, and he was speechless.

Ian turned to Thales reluctantly.

Damn it.

Damn it!

Thales.

You and your father and the others...

Six years ago, you were in Longxiao City, which was in dire straits.

How on earth do you play against an opponent like Charmaine Lomba...

Still not falling behind?

Lisban and Nazer looked at each other in tacit understanding, and saw the uneasiness and nervousness in each other's eyes respectively.

Qiyuan City can no longer be counted on.

The situation is not good.

"correct."

King Charman raised his head again and looked at the decoration in the hall, but he did not relax at all when asking Ian: "I heard that Grand Duke Ronnie has been very close to some of my restless vassals recently?

"

The expressions of the vassals in the hall changed one after another.

"It's not about being very close," Ian took a deep breath, driving away the discomfort and loss caused by the king's pressure, and trying his best to smile: "But under the oath of co-governance, we pay attention to every noble of the kingdom.

In particular, it is necessary to ensure that their natural and orthodox rights are not violated."

"Please forgive me."

Thales closed his eyes gently.

No.

It's really not "very close".

But Qi Yuancheng is basically the "black hand" behind the scenes.

The reason why Qiyuan City wants to win over Longxiao City is to fight together quickly and defeat the Freedom Alliance without any delay...

It is precisely because you want to avoid falling into the quagmire.

To ensure their influence over the vassals under Black Sand...

So as to support them in safeguarding their autonomy and resisting King Charmaine's actions.

The king's eyes were focused on the soul-killing gun behind the Grand Duchess. He seemed to be distractedly recalling the past, and he snorted in response, intentionally or unintentionally.

But Thales knew that King Charman was definitely not distracted.

"Is it."

Charman I seemed to have just come back to his senses and said calmly: "Yes, I almost forgot that your father, Kulikun, is such a generous and upright person."
To be continued...