Chapter 19 The Ball
At that time, after staring for a long time, Artoria was about to come forward and blocked Egil from letting Liliannu continue to watch, the princess suddenly laughed, which made Egil a little stunned for a moment.
"Tonight, a banquet will be held in the Constantinople Palace. Your Majesty, don't be late." After Liliannu finished speaking, he turned around and left quickly.[..com]
"What a beauty." Egil muttered in a low voice, then turned around and returned to his own team, and continued to slowly move towards the outskirts of Constantinople. Behind Egil and the Norman Guards, the Black Dragon Knights in Brandenburg, the Hessian Guards, and the Swiss mercenaries in Burgundy also aroused some praises one after another. They even had more surprises than the Normans.
This is not to say that these Greeks were not foolish and felt that the elite guards of the Norman Empire were not as good as those second-rate troops. Instead, before that, there was a lot of exchanges between the Greeks and the Normans. The caravans walking between Krakow and Krakow, who traveled between Kherson and Constantine, usually transported a large amount of news and goods obtained from Norman. Therefore, in the Greeks' sense, the Norman Empire was the relatively civilized and most powerful among the continental barbarians. So today, after seeing the power of the Norman Empire, although it was beyond imagination, it was acceptable...
However, when Brandenburg, Hesse, Burgundy and other second-rate countries that had never been heard of, they also brought out such elite troops to appear in front of the Greeks, these Greeks would naturally be even more surprised. When did the Germanic and Gaul barbarians actually have such powerful troops? Dirty, chaos and disobeying orders. Shouldn’t they be the common characteristics of these barbarian armies? When did the world become so different?
After that, someone remembered what Caesar said before in the Norman Empire - Egil has basically been exchanged for the mainstream European languages to be specialized. Speaking of Greek words, there are definitely no Greeks who cannot understand them - of course, the disadvantage is that they do not have any accent at all, which sounds like a textbook. It makes people feel a little awkward. However, it will definitely not affect daily dialogue.
"Sure enough, the barbarian emperor's words made some sense... Perhaps the empire should also slightly repair its politics and policies." Many people thought so.
In this way, Egil brought the Imperial Guards into Constantinople, and along with the king of six other countries, the Celtic Guards of Artoria, also sent five hundred knights. Ordinary soldiers could only be stationed in temporary camps outside the city.
But even so, many Greeks, especially the senators in the Senate, felt dissatisfied - the total number of troops from various countries entering Constantinople was nearly 10,000. This made many people feel uneasy.
"They are barbarians, the army of barbarians! What should they do if they make trouble in Constantinople?" In the Senate, someone loudly defended: "What the princess princess did this time is really unreliable!"
"Please note that the other party is not the kind of barbarian you imagine. Instead, it comes from another civilized country. Although the level of civilization may be lower than that of Rome, we should also give them full respect. This is the basis for full communication between each other." Some of them - mainly from the outside, said this by the elders who are more familiar with the Catholic world.
"The barbarians are barbarians. They will not change for a thousand years and ten thousand years! The communication with them is nothing but conquering with swords and whips to discipline them!" Some elders shouted, "The glory of Rome cannot be desecrated! Today we let the barbarian army enter Constantinople. Tomorrow they will take off the eagle flag of Rome and replace it with the totem of the barbarian!"
"Do you still live in ancient times hundreds of years ago?! You are a stubborn man, and the times have long been different! But you are still looking at problems with the old eyes of hundreds of years ago! You will bring the empire into the abyss like this!"
"Only by giving up the wisdom and classics passed down by our ancestors, the empire will enter the abyss - and you are trying this way! Rome has always been Rome, and it can only be Rome! Only by adhering to Roman dogma and tradition can we continue to maintain Rome's glory and greatness!"
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That's it. In the Roman Empire, the reform and the conservative forces conflicted fiercely. From verbal debate to the full martial arts, it only took nearly thirty minutes. Immediately afterwards, the Senate was in chaos. The elders fought each other. The young swung their fists and the old swung their crutches. They were very happy. However, the Roman soldiers around them looked at their noses and their hearts, silently standing still. They just thought they were sculptures. It seemed that they had experienced many similar events...
Of course, these had nothing to do with Emperor Egil. In the end, Emperor Egil moved into the Grand Palace of Constantine. The palace was very large, with many houses and a considerable number of vacant ones - of course, His Majesty's army was not treated so well. Except for the fifty guard knights around him, the personal guard Sonia and Queen Artoria, the other guards and guard knights were all arranged in other barracks in the city.
The monarchs of several other countries were not so lucky. They were arranged in ordinary inns to receive foreign envoys. This made these monarchs complain. Later, Egil also felt that doing so was not good, which would affect the unity between the coalition forces. So he proposed that either let several monarchs move into the palace, or he would take the initiative to move out. In the end, Liliannu had no choice but to let several continental princes move into the Grand Palace. He just asked the maids and eunu to take a closer look and not let those people steal the palace. After they left, they had to clean the palace where they lived. Spray enough perfume, and all bedding and other things had to be replaced.
However, no matter how His Highness arranged it, this small incident still enhanced Egil's image in the hearts of other monarchs of the coalition forces, making others realize that Egil was a very loyal and reliable leader who could advance and retreat with him. However, these people complained a lot about the Eastern Roman Empire. They believed that Eastern Rome was indeed a heretical country, and they were too rude to me. Sooner or later, they would destroy Yating's...
Just like this, the quarrel in the Senate, the lament of the interested Greek scholars, and the laughter of the ladies and ladies of Constantine, Egil took Artoria's hand and slowly walked into the dinner venue.
At this moment, Egil, wearing a white evening dress carefully designed by the royal tailor produced by the system, looked even more brilliant. As soon as he appeared, he received praise from the Greek ladies. This also made Artoria feel uncomfortable and her face became even more ugly.
"Okay, Hani. Smile happier. The happier you are, the more angry the others are. Only when you are angry will they be happy." Egil said to Artoria in a low voice. Artoria muttered a moment, then smiled after hearing Egil's words. At the same time, she also glanced at the Greek ladies with the look of scaring the enemy on the battlefield. Her arms around Egil's arms tighter to take ownership.
If it were indeed on the battlefield now, those Greek ladies who might not even be killed by a chicken would have been scared to death. However, it is not now. If we talk about the experience of robbing men and jealous in the love field, these ladies who have a dozen lovers are much better than Artoria, a girl who is entangled by Egil. Every well-trained ladies are fearless about Artoria's eyes. They even correspond to Artoria's eyes in a more provocative and explicit way - for example, lowering the already low-cut dress, or glaring at Egil...
"He may be the luckiest man of us." Behind Egil, Duke of Hesse, Lucivid, whispered to the other men in a low voice. There was no shortage of envy, jealousy and hatred for Egil's good female fate.
"Lucky? I think it is the most unfortunate." Albrecht, Duke of Brandenburg, chuckled, pointed to Egil's left hand, who was getting tighter and tighter by Artoria, and was about to break, and said: "It is said that the wrist strength of the Queen of Britain is greater than that of a brown bear... Do you want to bet when will our leader break his neck by his queen?"
"I guess it was when they were having sex." Henry, the Duke of Bavaria, whispered the answer, and then received a reserved laugh.
"No, no, no... It seems that a person as smart as him will never happen." Next to him, Charlie, the King of Burgundy, shook his head and pointed: "Look, it will be coaxed soon. Our leader's talent in this regard is not inferior to his talent for governing the country or killing people on the battlefield."
Several people looked over again and found that it was indeed as Charlie said. Egil didn't know what he said, which made Artoria smile. The previous unhappiness disappeared immediately.
Chapter completed!