(New Year’s Day, New Year’s Day and New Year’s New Year! I wish everyone a happy family and a long flowing water in the East China Sea!)

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"But we have no retreat." Princess Arianne said.

Prince Daolang looked calmly at his eldest daughter Arianne Martel. He didn't like that Arianne would contradict him in such a clear situation. The prince's eyes didn't have any blame, his emotions were all an expression: very quiet!

Prince Daolang looked at Princess Arianne, waiting for her to continue.

Princess Arianne said: "My father, Will led the army to the south. He is different from many conquests and battles in the past. He captured all the nobles in the broken territory and destroyed all opponents. He took the land of the nobles, The property and houses were all distributed to the people on the territory. He implemented the appointment system in Dorn. If we surrender, there will no longer be nobles in Dorn, only the local governors appointed by the Xilin dynasty."

Arianne glanced at the knights, generals, and knights in the audience. These people are Dorn’s nobles: "My lords, if we surrender, there will be no more Dorn’s nobles. Our territory will become Will. A gift for civilians." Arianne looked at Prince Daolang, "Father, this is definitely not the result you want."

"Of course not, that's why we invite Lord Will to negotiate." Prince Daolang said, "Negotiation is to reach terms acceptable to both parties, not to surrender. I want to make a request to all of you. Please let me first. Negotiate with Lord Will. After the negotiation, if the conditions we require cannot be met, Aaron, Oberon, sirs, if you want to fight, then fight!"

These few words are very powerful. It is not about not fighting, but not fighting when the conditions required by the Dorn nobles can be met. The same result can be obtained without war. Is there still a need to pay major sacrifices in battle?

The courtiers were moved by Prince Daolang's words. In particular, Earl Edric, Jero Dane of the Heart of Darkness, Earl Dart of Lemon Grove, Earl of Gorgenles of Salt Coast and others all agreed that their families, the families of the vassals of the territory , All in the hands of Will's army.

If peace can be achieved without bloodshed, their families will return safely.

Oberon said: "My prince, I support you to negotiate with Will first. Then what can we use to reach a peace agreement with Will? I think everyone here wants to know what the Prince will reach with Will on our behalf. Such conditions."

"Guarantee the original political system of the Dorn nobles. We submit to the Shirin dynasty and become a member of the Shirin dynasty. Taxes are handed over to the dynasty and the military obeys dispatch. The Great Wall of the North needs the Dorne army, and we will follow orders to send troops north."

"Then what is the price we paid?"

"Will has been divorced by the Stark family. I hope Princess Arianne can marry Lord Will."

Oberon laughed: "So Will Will enter the family or Princess Arianne left Dorne? She is Dorne's heir and Prince of Dorne."

"Whether Lord Will settled in Dorne or Arianne went north to enter the Red Fort. This needs to be known after I have talked with Lord Will. The Duke of Tywin was prime minister of the Red Fort for 20 years. He is the Duke of the West. If Arianne enters the Red Fort and becomes a former minister, why can't Dorne remain her domain? Entering the Red Fort as a minister and taking charge of Dorne is not a contradiction. If I can convince Will to proceed Marriage, his Griffin traveled thousands of miles from Red Fort to Dorne, and it took only three or four days."

Oberon looked at Arianne: "Arianne, what's your opinion?"

"I'll follow the arrangement of your father." Arianne replied after thinking for a while.

So, on the surface, everyone reached a consensus, and they were all willing to follow Prince Daolang's arrangements and negotiate with Will first. If the negotiation fails, then go to war.

Next, everyone waited for Prince Daolang’s wheelchair to be pushed down from the throne. Prince Daolang was in poor health and had severe pain in his legs, especially during the noon period. Red Viper, Arianne, and eight illegitimate daughters , Aralia's mistress, and all the counts and courtiers respectfully looked at the prince, waiting for the prince to come down and leave, and then they continued the meeting.

But Prince Daolang did not move. He said lightly: "Oberon, Arianne, Aralia. Dear marquis, earls, and generals, I have ordered the chef to set up a banquet in the large dining room. I will do it personally. Please go to the restaurant to gather together and relax on the viewing balcony. Lord Will will be here soon, and I hope everyone can negotiate with Will in peace."

Prince Daolang entertained his courtiers. Although everyone hadn't received relevant information beforehand, Prince Daolang's manners and courtesy were his consistent etiquette. He used to often entertain courtiers who came to the old palace. He is a courteous and kind prince in the hearts of courtiers.

Prince Daolang did not come down from the throne platform, and the Red Viper would not be able to violate his brother's kindness in the Throne Hall. Will will arrive in a few days. Under Prince Daolang's quiet gaze, the Red Viper could only nod in agreement. Princess Arianne followed the footsteps of the Red Viper. She respected and admired her uncle more than her father. Now that the Red Viper agreed, Princess Arianne expressed that she was very happy to participate in her father's banquet.

As a result, the eight Shad daughters and mistress Aralia of the Red Viper all expressed their gratitude to the prince for the banquet. The courtiers and nobles all thanked the prince for his hospitality. Prince Daolang on the high platform of the throne, without sorrow or joy, was as calm as water, and said, "Oberron. Arianne, sirs, this is the end of the meeting. Please come to the restaurant with me."

The ministers agreed together, and bowed to ask Prince Daolang to go first. Therefore, Prince Daolang was in front, Red Viper and Arianne followed, and the courtiers of Dorne, who led the meeting, left the throne room of the Tower of the Sun and headed to the banquet hall to the south.

The banquet hall is very large, and the close guards of the nobles also enter the hall with the nobles. The guards and the prince's guards sat together, drinking and guessing in the hall, while the noble courtiers sat with the Prince Daolang, and everyone sat in accordance with the rank of the title.

The banquet hall is very huge and can accommodate three thousand people for dinner together.

As a result, Don’s delicacies were brought up like flowing water, the servants flowed incessantly during the feast, and an altar of wine from Qingting Island was carried out. Looking at this posture, Prince Daolang had been prepared for a while, and he wanted to invite his courtiers to gather together to make everyone happy.

The recent series of unsatisfactory things of the Dorn nobles should make everyone relax.

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Will wakes up with pitch darkness before his eyes, and he remembers his identity-Earl Elion. Under him was a cold damp, and there was a deep darkness in front of him, but Will was not surprised. At the banquet, he understood Prince Daolang's methods, and all the courtiers and guards who participated in the banquet were all drunk.

Will, James and Arya can avoid this drunkenness, but in order to be consistent with everyone, Will issued an order. Thirty-three people, along with Oberon, Arianne and others, were all served by Prince Daolang’s wine. Drunk.

Will woke up for a while, his eyes adjusted to the darkness, and he sat up without any discomfort. Prince Daolang had no intention of drunk everyone, he just didn't want Dao Oberon and Arianne to lead everyone to sabotage his peace talks.

Prince Daolang remained silent, and a meeting and a banquet softly annihilated Oberon and Arianne's carefully planned action.

Prince Daolang knows his brother and daughter too well, as well as the characters of the eight sand snakes and Aralia. They are very radical and will not let the peace talks go smoothly. When the guard of the triple gate was replaced by Princess Arianne , Prince Daolang became vigilant, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, before arranging this wine banquet.

Speaking of quietly understanding everything, Prince Daolang is far above the Red Viper Oberon and Arianne, but Prince Daolang is silent. For more than two decades, everything is peaceful and the Red Viper Oberon is peaceful. Princess Arianne unknowingly underestimated Prince Daolang's ability, this kind of slow and invisible arrogance, Red Viper and Arianne didn't know it.

But Prince Daolang saw his brother and daughter clearly.

The red viper, Arianne, the eight sand snakes, the mistress of the red viper, Aralia, the Earl of Arion, the Earl of Edric, and the Earl of Jello were all thrown into the dungeon of the old palace, one person one room. Their guards were placed in the same cell as the same follower.

Thirty guards of Earl Elion were placed in two cells, and fifteen were crowded together.

Jonissa, who pretended to be Namelia, and Arya, who pretended to be Tereni, were also held in separate rooms because they were the daughters of Prince Oberon.

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0927 Chapter 2

Prince Daolang was sitting in a wheelchair with his back to Earl Elion. A bachelor was doing medicinal massage for his red and swollen knee. This was the most comfortable time of the day for Prince Daolang. Only a medicated massage at this time of the day can relieve Prince Daolang's joint pain a little.

The light of the setting sun shone in from the tall vertical windows, projected on Prince Daolang's back, as if he was carrying gold on his back.

"The guard said you want to see me?" Prince Daolang said lightly with his back to Earl Elion.

The captain of the prince's bodyguard, Alio Hota, stood beside the prince with a giant axe, staring at Elion. He is indeed very tall, majestic and terrifying.

"Prince, I don't know what we did wrong, the prince wants to arrest all of us." Elion said.

"You did not do anything wrong, and I did not do anything wrong, Earl Elion, can you understand what I said?" Prince Daolang's voice was just as in the throne room, not hurriedly, but quietly.

Bachelor’s massage potion was very pungent and uncomfortable, but Prince Daolang closed his eyes and enjoyed it comfortably. He was used to the pungent and disgusting smell of the potion, and Earl Elion could only restrain his discomfort.

"I can understand, but Prince, can you understand Lord Will's new political style?"

"I can't understand, can you understand? Earl Elion." Prince Daolang asked back.

"I can't understand either, Lord Prince." Earl Elion said, "I think maybe only Lord Will can understand."

Prince Daolang smiled faintly: "Earl Arion, you are talking nonsense. Let's go outside and wait for me. You are not comfortable with the smell in this room. We will talk later when I come out."

"Yes, Prince!" Earl Elion bowed and withdrew.

Prince Daolang said to Ho Ta: "Earl Arion is coming, and there must be something to say to me. You will be responsible for guarding the gate later. No one can come in."

"Yes, Prince!"

Half an hour later, He Ta pushed the prince out and entered the living room. The bachelors, servants, and guards all left. He Tachu stood at the gate with a giant axe.

Only Earl Elion and Prince Daolang were left in the room.

"Prince, I met Lord Will. He once told me about his New Deal. I don’t think you can persuade Will to change his mind because I’ve talked to Will. Exile, everyone who resists will be destroyed."

"He just wants to surrender, we surrender, all problems will be solved."

"Maybe it's not as simple as the prince thought, this is a social change."

"Social change? If Will really wants to ban the nobles, then all the nobles in the other six countries will rise up against him."

"So he started with Donne. I talked deeply with Will. He said that the aristocratic class will give way to the capitalist class. In the future, whoever has capital will control power."

"What is the capital class?"

"...Uh...I don't know..."

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A farmer heard the abnormal noise and raised his head in the field. What did he see? He was dumbfounded, unbelievable!

A giant, riding on the back of a giant hairy monster, is higher than the roof of the house. The giant carried a huge wooden stick in his hand, and the front end of the stick was tied with a huge stone.

The giant has no clothes on his body, and he has hair all over. Trees and vines were wrapped around his waist, and his eyes were as small as a slit, almost invisible. The giant's nostrils are big, and he keeps sniffing.

The farmer of Donne had heard of giant legends and fairy tales, but hadn't seen any sculptures or pictures about giants, but he still knew at a glance that the slowly coming behemoths were the legendary giants.

Dorn has an old ballad that sings a story about giants. That song was written to the last giant. The lyrics are sad and the music is sad. The lyrics also contain a simple description of the giant's appearance. Farmers and fishermen, hunters and vendors can sing this song.

The farmer is no stranger to giants in lyrics and legends, and he has seen giants with his own eyes until today.

One giant after another, riding a mammoth, passed by the farmer. The farmer was motionless, like a sculpture. Behind the giant is a tribe of cannibals among the free people, and wherever their faces and hands are exposed, they are painted with colorful paint.

Dorn is too hot for the locals to wear armor, not to mention the free people in the north.

The army went all the way to the south, and more and more villagers came out along the way to watch. With Will’s propaganda and military orders, the local people had no fear of Will’s army. They knew that Will’s army was just to deal with those Noble lords never seize property from legitimate subjects, let alone **** or looting.