Another grand wedding is being held in the bustling city, but this time the protagonists are not just one couple, but nearly a hundred pairs of newlyweds.
After rising to the upper echelons of the empire through military merit, many new nobles began marrying into established aristocrats. While these new generations possessed real power and newly acquired fiefs, they lacked the wealth and personnel to manage them. While the older nobles possessed wealth accumulated over generations, they lacked the power to back them up and needed new resources to expand their family holdings.
Thus exchanges and alliances arose.
After realizing that such a power combination was inevitable, the emperor did not forcefully prevent it, but instead joined in, selecting nobles who were inclined towards him and combining them with officers he had promoted, thus consolidating his power.
Although he now controls the entire empire on the surface, other great nobles in the fiefdoms of the four dukes still retain considerable power and are not completely under his control.
"Congratulations, Dulcie."
During the wedding celebration, the emperor summoned his most capable general and patted him on the shoulder as a token of his appreciation. Elsewhere, the Red Queen, Lily, dressed in a luxurious rose gown, also received Darcy's wife, Verin.
This former genius of Emenas was a noble girl who had repeatedly won second place in the Winter Festival Gala.
Compared to her somewhat flamboyant appearance at school, Weilin now seemed much more dignified and virtuous. She wore a black and red aristocratic dress. Her black lace-covered fingers gently took the back of Lily's hand and gave a simple kiss as a greeting.
"Greetings, Her Majesty." Weilin raised her head, her black hair forming a small curl beside her cheek, paired with the red rose on the side of her ear, she had a mature temperament.
"No need to be so polite, Senior Weilin." Lily looked at the woman who bowed in front of her, her heart filled with emotion.
"Perhaps you don't know me. I entered the Walled City Academy after Senior Weilin graduated. However, my grades were average, so naturally not many people knew me at school."
"Everyone's attention is always focused on those geniuses."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Weilin stood up again and answered carefully.
When a big shot occasionally makes fun of himself, you must not agree with him casually. You may think you are agreeing with him, but in fact you may be mistaken for being offensive. Therefore, it is generally best not to comment.
In the years after graduation, Weilin had experienced a lot. Although she was the daughter of a noble family, she was alone without brothers or sisters. Distant relatives wanted to come and fight for the family property. The intrigues consumed a lot of her energy, so her development was not smooth.
When she looked back, the boy who had defeated her in school and made her hate him had grown up to be a famous legion commander in the empire and was in a higher position than her.
After learning about the situation, a complex emotion arose in her heart, and the disputes within the family troubled her again and again.
At this time, the emperor's envoy arrived.
The emperor intended to arrange a marriage between her and Dulcie, the only daughter of the current Viscount Flame Falcon. Marrying Dulcie would instantly grant her the title of Viscount Flame Falcon. Meanwhile, Weilin could keep everything she had, no longer subject to the influence of those annoying relatives, and pass the title on to her children.
After a period of difficult thinking and decision, Weilin agreed to the proposal and met Darcy again after many years.
"This is a man you can trust."
Perhaps in that competition that year, the opponent's strong will made her feel unwilling and hateful, but if this man became her husband, such qualities in him would make her feel at ease.
After letting go, the only resentment in Weilin's heart also dissipated, and she began to sincerely think about the feasibility of this marriage and the future scenarios.
She is no longer young. Although extraordinary people age slower than ordinary people, it is already very late for aristocrats to get married at this time. If it is any later, she may only be able to find a divorced partner.
Under the influence of various factors, the two finally got together, and the situation today is perhaps something neither of them had ever imagined back then.
At that time, they were like birds in the sky and fish in the water, nobles and commoners, living in two completely unrelated worlds.
Unexpectedly, reality was so bizarre and unexpected that the couple finally got together.
"Then the wedding celebrations officially begin~"
In Titaneia, there were flowers and music. In the middle of the war when it came to a stagnation, the Emperor recalled a group of officers with outstanding military merits and arranged marriages for them, once again strengthening the Emperor's control over the front-line troops.
Such weddings also greatly stimulated those young people in the country who have not yet joined the army, and in the new round of conscription, encouraged more young people to join this glorious expedition, adding chips to the balance again.
Stagnation, pessimism, and numbness on the front lines, and cheers, envy, and optimism in the rear—two completely different landscapes simultaneously formed within the same country. And where will this country, metaphorically known as the rose, go from here?
Will it finally see the dawn of victory after repeated increases in the stakes, or will it finally collapse and fall apart because it can no longer bear the heavy chips?
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