Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 239 Meeting

"King and bishop?"

Looking at the two faces that were not young, Cyril couldn't help being a little surprised, but he still stood up and bowed with the people beside him.

On the left is the current king of La Rochelle, Kelson Herman, who is over half a century old, with a lot of gray and curly hair mixed into his gray-brown beard, and the corners of his eyes and forehead will float up when he speaks. Less wrinkles.He has deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and sharp eyes, and he can still vaguely see the unruly appearance of his youth.

And the one on the right is the person that Cyril did not expect to appear here——

The bishop of the largest church of the Primordial Church in the royal capital of La Rochelle, and also the bishop of the headquarters of the Primordial Church in La Rochelle——

Photios.

If Cyril remembers correctly, the bishop should be over seventy years old at this time, but even though his beard and hair are pale, he still walks with his back straight.His brows and eyes were full of gentleness, as if he noticed the corner of Cyril's eyes, he actually nodded slightly at him.

Cyril quickly withdrew his quietly probing gaze, and he didn't know whether Photios sensed his gaze, or maybe he was just whispering to Kelsen Herman.

At the same time, he suppressed the doubts in his heart—in fact, such an occasion has nothing to do with the Primordial Church. If the Primordial Church wants people to communicate with the newly-accepted nobles, it will send priests after the new nobles have received their rewards. Negotiate the construction of the Primordial Church in its fief.

The Primordial Church seldom intervenes in political matters, unless it is on the verge of war—of course, they may not necessarily reconcile the two parties in the war before the horn of war is sounded.

And like this, it is too... outrageous for the bishop to personally come to a meeting just to meet the recipients of the honor.

Could it be that the bishop came because of me?

This made Cyril couldn't help but think this way. After all, he really couldn't think of any merits of the other noble children who were waiting to be named, which were worthy of Photios coming in person-although his merits were not enough. up.

The heavy door was closed, and the two men in heavy robes paced in, talking softly as they walked, and when they passed behind Cyril, he only heard the words "Adelaide" and "South" , I couldn't help feeling a little nervous.If the bishop's church is on his side, then the stumbling behind the southern nobles behind the scenes can be ignored.

But if the bishop also thinks that Adlai's title should be bestowed on Darren, then he simply rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, and surrendered directly.

It was not until the king and bishop were all seated that the crowd sat down again.

In fact, the atmosphere in La Rochelle's government council is not very serious. When the minister wants to speak, the king will not interfere much.This is especially true for private meetings like this one.

However, due to the sudden arrival of the bishop, everyone was in suspense. They all began to speculate why the bishop came here. However, the southern faction was worried about whether their title would be affected, while the neutral faction was wondering if it was diplomatic. Or financial problems.

The most representative one is Evans' father, Blake Evans, his eyebrows were already twisted into a rope when he saw the bishop, probably thinking of the difficulties given by Ostem Emma.

In the end, it was Kelsen who broke the stalemate. He cleared his throat and said loudly:
"So everyone, let's get started?"

After his words fell, someone stood up and saluted him and the bishop.Cyril recognized that this person was Kerry Kelsey, the political secretary, and a popular person around the king in recent years.He didn't have much family background, but he was able to handle everything well between ministers and nobles.

Then Secretary Kelsey turned around and faced everyone: "La Rochelle has a vast territory, but there are many races. With the fierce fighting in the north, His Majesty believes that the army should be expanded in due course."

"Army expansion?"

The word caught off guard and exploded among the southern nobles. Those nobles who were sitting upright one second quietly pulled their chairs and approached their allies all along.Many people couldn't help shaking their bodies up and down, and the word obviously made their blood boil.

And Kelsey seemed to have not seen their performance, and continued: "The kingdom has decided to open up the southern waters again. This time, Solkonan's academy will send new graduates to the south to assist in the development. I hope you will come Time can lead them to become the pillars of the kingdom."

He said this to the southern nobles.Even Abt Marcellus couldn't sit still anymore, he raised his eyebrows and started whispering to the people around him.

But Cyril couldn't help frowning slightly.He looked at Anastasia who was sitting at the top, but the eldest princess just quietly looked at the parchment in her hand, without looking at him at all.

At such a meeting to determine the nominees for title awards, two pieces of news were thrown out. What exactly is King Kelsen planning?
He thought about it, and the meeting finally got to the point.Seeing Kelsen standing up, the noisy nobles immediately fell silent, and then His Majesty the King said slowly:

"Every year, I, La Rochelle, will confer titles on those new outstanding talents, grant them fiefdoms, let them govern one side, and drive the development of the country. I am very happy to see that La Rochelle is getting stronger and stronger. Under the guidance of these young emerging nobles who went to various places, it became more and more prosperous."

"And this year is also the same. I am very happy to see outstanding young people like you. Whether you can become new nobles, obtain fiefdoms, and lead a group of people, I hope that you can always shoulder the responsibility of La Rochelle. future."

Cyril and the other candidates all stood up and saluted Kelsen again.Kelsen smiled and motioned them to sit down, and then the secretary on the side spoke again:
"Of course, the status of aristocrats is definitely not for you to use recklessly. Whether you have the qualifications to obtain titles still needs to be judged by Your Majesty, His Excellency Bishop, and all your lords."

He then took out a stack of paper from the side and distributed it to the rest of the people present except the candidate, with the candidate's information and achievements written on it.

Cyril took a deep breath, he knew that now is the most critical link, and then candidates will be bombarded with questions from nobles or ministers, questioning their merits and talents, If there is anything untrue in his deeds, it will be exposed to the big shots in La Rochelle immediately.

As for whether they can successfully obtain a title after being exposed... that can only depend on whether Danya is willing to take care of them.

However, Cyril knew that not all candidates would be harshly targeted. In fact, many titles had already been decided by default and were just waiting to be awarded.

And this time the meeting will be harshly targeted, obviously there is only one person.

he himself.

　Hey Calvin

　　
　
(End of this chapter)