Black Iron Crown

Hearing this voice, Reiner hurriedly turned his head to see who was speaking.

Following the prestige, I saw two middle-aged nobles sitting in the back seat and whispering.

Reiner didn't startle the snake, but continued to listen to the conversation between the two.

"By the way, since the title of Duke of Leiner has been decided, what kind of rewards should be given to the other royal lords? At least they can't recover their strength quickly, and they can't find faults!"

"Then just give them more titles or honorary titles, or give them some wine and honey. In short, it is impossible to give them land, and..."

As he spoke, Reiner heard a treacherous laugh.

"I remember that many lords in the land in the south were killed under the persecution of the rebels, and some even fled directly to the imperial capital. If this is the case, let's work it out and simply seize those lands..."

"I think it's okay, those places were originally the territory of the royal family, haha..." The two looked at each other without saying a word.

Reiner quietly glanced behind him, then patted Earl Jollal who was sitting on his left, looked at the two people behind him and asked, "Do you know those two people? Who are they?"

Earl Jollal followed Reiner's line of sight, and after carefully identifying them, he said, "One of them is a courtier from the Queen's side, and the other is from the emerging nobleman's side, but what are they called?" I don't know!"

After hearing the introduction from Earl Jollal, combined with the words of the two men, Reiner immediately understood.

It seems that some emerging nobleman wants to inquire about the courtiers under the queen and reach some deals.

The desire of the emerging nobles to overwhelm the royal lords is still alive.

Not only do they want to hack the benefits that the royal lord deserves, but they also plan to annex the part of the southern territory that originally belonged to the royal lord.

Under such ebb and flow, the power of the new nobles will sooner or later reach the point where they will rival the royal lords, or even overwhelm them.

Moreover, he also heard the discussion about himself just now, and the unhappiness in his heart was even stronger.

"A duke title just wants to send me away?" Reiner began to plan a counterattack in his heart, to see how he could get more of what he deserved.

But soon, he found that he didn't need to.

I kind of forgot what my real goal was.

Although he still intends to keep the royal family, the big tree that shelters him from wind and rain, in the final analysis, his ultimate goal is to build his own empire.

And if the current royal family is not destroyed, how can one's own empire be established?

The new aristocracy has more power than the Merland family, which may make the empire more vibrant.

And when the time comes, the royal family will inevitably be oppressed, and the fact that the little emperor is not the parent and child of the old emperor is still in his own hands.

Once this matter is exposed, it will be a matter of course for myself and the royal family to raise the banner to overthrow the little emperor.

If the new aristocracy does not have the power to oppress the royal family, then there may not be too many people who are willing to unite with them at that time. What we need to do now is to let the two sides accumulate hatred first.

After thinking about this, Reiner felt that he didn't need to interfere with this matter anymore.

Although he didn't get enough benefits, after all, he held the steel that was indispensable for the entire empire, as well as the very valuable white sugar.

If you want to make up for your losses, then you can directly increase the price of steel and armor, anyway, you can still get what you deserve.

Moreover, Reiner will not only be limited to buying steel with gold coins in the future, he will also exchange population for steel. If you don't give me any benefits, I will take the benefits myself.

The corner of Reiner's mouth twitched, and he turned his attention to the actors on the stage again.

Frante, on the other hand, cast a deep glance at Reiner.

The expression on his face had already caught Farrant's eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a while, then continued to watch the performance on stage without saying a word.

After the drama was over, Reiner took Frant directly back to the room in the Tusca Palace, while Earl Jolar continued to have fun in the Willens Palace.

"It seems that you are not doing well here!"

After returning to the room, Reiner took off the aristocratic robe without hesitation, put on a comfortable uniform and sat on the chair.

Frante also took off the gorgeous clothes on his body, got into bed and changed, and then walked to Reiner's side with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Reiner raised his eyebrows and glanced at Farrant.

"I've heard those words, and it seems that the internal fighting between you is also very serious!" The corner of Frant's mouth finally curled into a sneer, and he looked at Reiner with a half-smile, and this time it was finally her turn.

Reiner frowned and looked at Farrant, but soon relaxed, and said with a laugh: "So what, you are my wife now, and you want to share weal and woe with me. You discovered the inner relationship between us. So what can you do with the fight, why don't you face it with me, you will find out sooner or later!"

Regarding this so-called wife who has not yet corrected her mentality, Reiner is much less prepared than before.

Even if she wanted to betray herself, she couldn't do it, because the price of betrayal was beyond her ability to bear.

What's more, she has no reason to betray herself. Only she and her children can become the true heirs of the northern border. Except for her children, no one can inherit the huge land of the northern border.

Moreover, when her child inherits the northern territory, his father's side will receive longer-term protection, because the lord of Fort Creek will then be the child's uncle or cousin.

Hearing Reiner's ridicule, Frante couldn't help but froze, and quickly returned to the bed, opening a book to cover up his embarrassment.

Three days later, another meeting was officially held in the conference hall of the Tusca Palace.

Reiner wore a luxurious aristocratic robe and sat in a more dignified position.

As one of the few earls that the imperial family can directly control, his status is extraordinary.

Sitting on the emperor's throne in the meeting hall, the queen was accompanied by the eight-year-old little emperor. Although he was still young, he had already raised his glass to the emperor's majesty under strict etiquette transactions.

"The outstanding performance of the loyal ministers of the royal family in the counter-insurgency war is obvious to all. You have paid a huge price to defend the majesty of the royal family, and the royal family will never disappoint your loyalty!"

After the queen said these high-sounding words, she began to announce the rewards to these anti-rebel lords.

The rewards for these royal lords do seem to be very generous, but in the final analysis there are no substantial benefits.

As those two people said, all the consumables such as wine and honey were really given, and there were not many real territories and in-kind rewards.