Chapter 190 King
The Klein family's carriage drove all the way to the palace.
The carriage could not go deep into the castle and could only temporarily stop at the side of the palace gate.
On the roof, the gold-plated Klein family emblem sparkled under the sunlight. When Lu Yi got off the carriage, he subconsciously glanced at the golden family emblem.
The Klein family crest is as flamboyant and bright as the Klein family itself.
Among the top aristocrats in the entire New Victory, only the Klein family has the same bright golden hair color as the Victor royal family.
If it had not been repeatedly verified that Duke Klein had no royal blood, anyone who had seen Klein would have suspected that the late Victor IV had had a romantic affair among the common people.
This is really a coincidence that is hard to tell whether it is good or bad.
Lu Yi stared at Astor's golden hair, thinking absentmindedly.
The guards led them into the side hall of the palace, where Victor V was sitting on the throne with his chin propped up, and he seemed to be flipping through some letters in his other hand.
Hearing the sound, he slowly raised his head and looked at the person who came. He waved the letter in his hand, signaling the two people who were saluting to stand up.
"Good morning, Astor, good morning, Lu Yi. It's been a long time since we last met. You have been in Bryside for almost a year, right? How is your life going?"
"Good day, Your Majesty."
"Good day, Your Majesty. I have had a very fulfilling time during my stay in Braceside." Lu Yi replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Victor smiled when he heard this, "It can be seen that you are indeed living a very fulfilling life. You have become much more mature than before."
His attitude was quite friendly, so Lu Yi also laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. Of course, it may be that I was too naive before, so just a little bit of progress would be very obvious."
Victor's smile widened, "This is not just a little bit of progress! Everyone has seen your performance this year, Lu Yi.
“Although New Victory is quite far away from Bleside, the news that you won the Bleside Freshman Competition, became the first-grade leader, and then led the first grade to win the grade trial competition has all reached New Victory.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing worth mentioning. His Holiness the Pope has received you several times. I heard that you have even established a friendship that transcends social status? As your uncle, I am also proud of you. Tell me, is there any reward you want?"
Lu Yi chuckled and pretended to be dumb and said, "Am I as good as my uncle said? His Majesty the Pope is just giving face to Bryside Academy. As for the reward, His Majesty's praise is the best reward!"
"No, you deserve it. You also had the title of God's Favored One in the beginning, but your cheap brother went to the St. Dover College of the Holy See, and he didn't do anything worthy of respect." Victor shook his head slowly.
"And you are different, what can others compare you with?"
Victor spoke calmly, the smile on the corner of his mouth hadn't even had time to disappear, but his words were particularly arrogant and condescending.
The king who had been in power for many years had an aura of majesty without even getting angry, but his casual words revealed a hint of murderous intent.
For a moment, Lu Yi even doubted whether he was wrong.
Killing intention? ?
How could there be murderous intent?
Who is it targeting? If it's not targeting him, then it's targeting Xia?
But these two people are totally unrelated, right?
Could it be that King Victor can love his wife and all of her family because Queen Klein likes Lu Yi and dislikes Xia, and therefore has clear likes and dislikes?
That doesn't explain this inexplicable murderous intent.
[“What’s wrong with this guy? He doesn’t like Xia, so he doesn’t like her, but he’s trying to praise me… is he trying to praise me to death? No, this murderous aura can’t be directed at me, right?”]
[But I didn't detect any malicious value either?] 857 said in confusion.
Why doesn't he look like a good person?
Lu Yi even quickly reviewed his previous limited contact with this monarch in his mind, trying to find some clues that could be traced back.
Unfortunately he failed.
Although Queen Klein loved him very much, Lu Yi had very few direct contacts with King Victor. These brief contacts were not enough to judge King Victor's true inclination towards him - of course, at least on the surface, their relationship was still okay.
Lu Yi couldn't figure it out, so he put his doubts aside for the time being and concentrated on dealing with the strange atmosphere in front of him.
As a monarch, Victor could easily make such derogatory remarks about others, but Lu Yi couldn't follow him. He could only smile politely and urge Aster to speak with his mind.
Fortunately, Astor spoke in time and broke the inexplicable silence.
"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. Lu Yi still has a lot to learn."
"Okay, no need to be polite with me. I just thought that I haven't seen Lu Yi for a long time, and I always heard your aunt talking about you. Now I happen to have some free time, so I might as well meet him."
Victor said as he stood up and rolled the letter in his hand into a cylinder.
"I haven't finished my government affairs for the day, so I won't keep you any longer. Let's go to Lulton's palace and have afternoon tea with him. He has been waiting for you for a while."
"His Highness Lulton's afternoon tea?" Lu Yi blinked.
"Well, the real host of this afternoon tea is not me, but your dear cousin Lulton." Victor spread his hands and left.
The two of them stood there with their backs bent, and only stood up slowly after he completely disappeared from their sight.
"If it was Lulton who invited us to have afternoon tea, why couldn't he write a letter himself? If that doesn't work, there's still our aunt?" Lu Yi asked puzzledly.
It was really a waste of talent to mobilize His Majesty the King of the New Victorious Empire for such a small matter as inviting someone to have afternoon tea.
Astor shook his head and said, "You'll know when you see Lulton later."
…
After receiving Klein's reply, Lulton waited eagerly in the small garden.
He sat on an exquisite bronze armchair. Normally, he was a very patient person, but at this moment, he moved left and right, completely unable to sit still, and kept looking towards the door in anticipation of visitors.
Lulton turned his head and looked at the maid behind him: "Did Brother Lu Yi say what time he would come?"
The maid shook her head and replied, "Your Highness, Lord Astor and Lord Lu Yi only replied that they would arrive as soon as possible, but did not specify the specific time."
"Okay." Lulton curled his lips.
Two minutes later, Lulton asked again: "Brother hasn't come yet? Have you sent someone to meet them at the door?"
"Your Highness, everything has been prepared according to your instructions. There are people waiting at the gate of the palace to lead the way."
"Okay." Lulton curled his lips again.
Three minutes later, Lulton opened his mouth slightly, but before he could finish his words, his voice suddenly disappeared.
Just because the guard at the door moved.
The guard saluted, and Lulton immediately stood up and took two quick steps to the entrance of the small garden.
"Brother Lu Yi!"
His steps were clearly hurried, but after making eye contact with Lu Yi, he deliberately slowed down his pace and walked towards him step by step with dignity.
When he was face to face with the two of them, Lulton seemed to suddenly see Astor beside Lu Yi and called out "Cousin Astor" softly.
"Good day, His Royal Highness Lulton." Astor still asked in an elegant and impeccable manner.
As if Astor's words triggered a key word, Lulton responded with perfect royal etiquette.
The back-and-forth between the two men could be drawn so perfectly that it could be included in a classic guide to aristocratic etiquette.
"Good day, cousin Astor. There is no need to be polite among relatives."
Lu Yi stood by and watched the two people being extremely polite. He deliberately repeated in a funny way: "Good day, good day, my dear little prince, my dear big brother, good day to everyone. There are no outsiders here, so why are there so many etiquettes..."
Lulton, who had a stern face, immediately smiled brightly, "Good day, good day! My dear brother Lu Yi, good day today, good day tomorrow! Good day every day!"
"Let's go. Didn't we have an appointment for afternoon tea? We can't get anything if we stand at the door."
Lu Yi tugged at the corner of Astor's clothes, and then took the lead and gently pushed Lulton towards a corner of the carefully decorated garden.
Astor smiled helplessly.
Lulton, who was being pushed by him, took a step aside and took Lu Yi's hand affectionately.
"Let's go! I've prepared your favorite cakes and tea for you, which you can never get in Bryside..."
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Lulton Victor, the newly victorious prince, the son of Queen Klein, and the little cousin who has a good relationship with Lu Yi. He is weak and wants to follow Lu Yi to Bryside.
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