She Is Not a Witch Chapter 53: Court meeting

In the dimly lit room, the cakes and pastries on the table had been cleaned up, and the three stood by the window saying goodbye.

"Let's go, Lily." Lorraine Hill looked at the girl in front of him. Although she was a queen, she was still so weak and pitiful.

"Well, goodbye, Lorraine, and Ye Ling." At this moment, Lily's mood has stabilized a lot, and she tried her best to smile.

"Live well, Lily." Yeling also waved at this moment.

"I will." She took a deep breath.

"See you next time."

After speaking, Lorraine Hill held Yeling's hand, and the two slowly floated up like ripples, then became illusory, and then disappeared into the room. With the help of the power of the Moon Crown, Lorraine Hill can suppress the fluctuation of space movement to the minimum, even to the point of being undetectable, and there is no existence above Sequence 8 in the palace at present, so it is not difficult to hide it.

After the two disappeared, Lily was the only one left in the room. She continued to sit for a while, was stunned for a while, and touched her cheek before she was sure that what happened just now was not a dream.

After a long time, she put on her coat, walked out of the room, and saw two loyal maids still guarding outside.

"Let's go back, it's time to rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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After leaving the palace, Lorraine Hill and Yeling followed the convoy all the way south, towards the border of the empire. At present, the south has just been pacified. Although there is some martial law, but fortunately, the law and order are not bad, and there is no special situation on the road. Perhaps this is also related to the badge given by Earl Howard's daughter. As a well-known nobleman in the imperial capital, his face is still very useful.

After suppressing the rebellion in the south, Prince Edlund returned to the imperial capital again, and as the regent, he will deal with many backlogs in the empire. And after he arrives in Titania, everything will change.

At court meeting.

The luxurious hall decorated in red and gold is now full of various nobles in the empire. Most of them have real power, some are wearing luxurious dresses, some are in military uniforms, and some are in priestly robes, and they are from the church.

"His Royal Highness Prince Edlon arrives ~ Her Majesty the Queen arrives~"

The loud shouts of the court servants made the hall quickly quiet, and everyone lined up on both sides, looking at the entrance of the hall respectfully.

Edron, who was wearing a tall and straight military uniform of gold and red, and the red queen Lily Esther, who was wearing a flower dress, walked on the carpet together, marched side by side, entered the hall, and then sat on the two thrones in the middle.

The queen's throne is slightly backward and higher, symbolizing the current legal order in the empire.

Lily, who was holding the little prince in her arms, looked at the unfamiliar faces below, and her figure was a little nervous. She took a deep breath secretly, adjusted her state, and then raised her right hand slightly to signal the start of the meeting.

"Your Majesty the Queen, Long Live Your Royal Highness the Prince." Many nobles bowed to salute, then raised their bodies and stood quietly.

"Everyone has any matters today, you can go forward and report for discussion." The court minister stepped forward and stood in front of the two majesties and said to the people below.

"My lord, your loyal subject has something to report."

A nobleman with short dark blue hair came out. He was tall and thin, with a gray-blue bird badge pinned to his chest. He seemed to be a vassal from the north of the empire.

"Master Evans, please speak."

"The fief where I live has suffered from heavy snow this year, many fields have no harvest, and it is difficult to hunt in the mountains and forests, and there is a lack of food in the cellar. I pray that Your Majesty can give me some help."

He described the tragic situation brought about by the snow disaster with eloquence, which made many people in the hall feel sympathy. After he finished speaking, everyone also turned their attention to the queen and the regent.

Lily was a little uncertain for a while, but it was not good to wait forever, as this would expose her weakness and helplessness, so she asked, "What help does Viscount Evans want?"

"This... I will be satisfied just praying for some food."

"Can you tell me the specific number of residents in the fief?" Although Lily looked petite, her math scores in the academy were not bad.

"Here, it's about 200,000 households." Evans hesitated for a while, and said the data.

Are there so many, Lily wondered inwardly. At this moment, if she agrees easily, will it appear that she is weak and easy to bully, but if she refuses to agree, will it appear that she is mean. And if there is a snow disaster, those people will be very sad.

If food is to be allocated, at least 8 million kilograms will be needed, which is not a small amount. If the other party is deceiving her, how can she tell the difference, she thinks quickly in her heart. But in front of the officials, he couldn't pause and hesitate for too long at this time.

After a few seconds of pause, Lily asked again.

"Master Evans, how much food do you need for emergency?" She decided to throw this question to the other party.

"About 15 million kilograms of grain." Viscount Evans said in a sad manner.

"If that's the case... then..." Lily bit her lip, and after hesitating for a while, she decided to allocate food. After all, the people in the empire couldn't be left to freeze and starve in winter.

"Ahem...Your Majesty, please take it easy." Edron finally spoke at this moment, and he nodded briefly to Lily who was not far away from him.

"May I ask Lord Evans a few questions?"

"Your Highness, please ask."

"Excuse me, has Lord Evans never stored food in the past? As a lord, it is hard to imagine that in the cold northern fiefdom, you have never considered the cold weather. Disaster impact.”

"In addition, you said that there are nearly 200,000 households in the fiefdom. Was the previous tax paid on the basis of 200,000 households?"

"During the imperial expedition, how many people came out of your fief?"

"I remember that the empire has a certain pension for the families of the soldiers who died every year. This is directly allocated to the local lord and then distributed. If there is this part, it should also alleviate some of the situation."

"This..." Evans lowered his head and was speechless for a while, and tiny sweat began to emerge from his forehead.

"Let the tax department submit the previous year's tax returns." Seeing this, Edron waved his hand and told the servants around him to act.

"Yes, Your Highness." Immediately, several people walked quickly to the outside of the hall.

"No need~IndoMTL.com~Your Highness. I was nervous just now and said the wrong data. In fact, only 100,000 households are affected by the disaster in the fief..." He quickly and nervously defended.

"Very well, an honest nobleman is worthy of praise." Edron let it go lightly, and the attendants who were about to go out to get the tax form also paused.

"I suggest to Her Majesty the Queen that 3 million kilograms of grain be distributed to the territory of Earl Evans, escorted by the direct army, and distributed records by households to ensure justice."

"Then follow His Royal Highness Edron's method." At this point, Lily also calmed down a little.

Looking at the two people in the middle of the hall, the nobles below were secretly discussing in their hearts.

The situation is a bit different from what was expected. His Highness Edron does not seem to have any intention of attacking the Red Queen, but rather maintains it. Could it be that he is really content with this position and doesn't want to ascend to the throne?

For a while, an undercurrent surged, and the subsequent nobles did not dare to test it easily. As a result, today's court meeting passed slowly in a calm manner.