Chapter 346 Meeting with the King

A beautifully decorated carriage was driving slowly on the road to Jingyao Palace. Baron Hansel Abbott was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, but his head was spinning very fast.

He was going to meet His Majesty the King soon, and he had to treat it carefully.

"My child, don't be nervous. Your Majesty is a kind and kind king. I have already given you some guidance on etiquette. For the rest... just say whatever you want."

Sitting next to him was a man in his 40s, Hansel's father, old Earl Abbott.

"Yes, Father."

Despite this, Hansel still looked complicated.

Old Abbott was very pleased. Just yesterday, his youngest son Hansel suddenly returned to Jingyao's home. Before the family could recover from the joy, Hansel couldn't wait to see His Majesty the King.

Old Abbott asked about the reason. It turned out that the pirate invasion of Westport had spread to the northwest bay. The northwest lords headed by Earl Grayman planned to send troops to assist the king, and their fleet had already set off south. And his youngest son returned to Jingyao as the special envoy of the northwest lords to contact the royal government to join forces to encircle and suppress the pirates.

Ah, Hansel, you can finally serve the kingdom with dignity like your brother and realize your long-cherished wish.

The old father was very pleased. Since this was the first time for his youngest son to meet the king, he decided to accompany him to the palace in person, so as to prevent Hansel from doing anything inappropriate due to his inexperience and leaving a bad impression on His Majesty.

The carriage slowly drove into the gate of the palace. Hansel took the initiative to get out of the carriage and identified himself to the royal guards standing guard, "I am Hansel Abbott of the Abbott family, representing the lords of the northwest. Come to see His Majesty the King."

Hansel Abbott? The guard felt that he had heard this name somewhere.

ah? Isn't this the son of a prostitute? The son of the prostitute who was brought into the house by Earl Abbot at the height of the world's disgrace. According to his parents' generation, the matter was quite a big deal at the time and ruined the Earl's future.

The contempt in the guard's eyes flashed away. The royal guards were all young talents selected from aristocratic children with pure and noble blood. Naturally, they had no good impression of people like Hansel who [polluted] the aristocratic blood.

He carefully examined the token handed over by Hansel.

"Go in!" the guard said angrily.

The flash of contempt and the scorn in his voice stung Hansel deeply.

For a moment, he suddenly missed the Northwest Bay. At least the people there wouldn't look down on him because of his bloodline.

Hansel resisted the strong discomfort in his heart, turned around and entered the carriage with a calm face. The carriage started moving again and slowly passed the gate of the palace.

This scene was seen by people on another carriage not far from the gate.

"Hansel Abbott?"

Irene in the carriage looked at the approaching palace and said this name.

"Why is he going back to Jingyao? Did Paul send him here?"

"Baron Abbott? Is that Baron Hansel Abbott who serves as the Royal Commissioner in Alda? Her Royal Highness the Princess is correct?"

Guard Liya gently covered Ying's mouth and asked a surprised question.

"Yes, I'm sure I read that correctly."

Erin answered confidently.

Arriving at the gate of the palace, the carriage was stopped by the guards.

"Who is it? Come out and get checked!"

Because this carriage was extremely simple and had no heraldry marks, it looked like it was used by civilians. Therefore, the guard's tone was very rude, and a large group of people cheered and surrounded the carriage.

"It's me." Erin opened the curtains covering the car window and looked at the leader with an unhappy look on her face.

"Your Highness Eileen!"

A group of royal guards were collectively shocked. Sitting in the car was the little princess who had not been seen for a long time.

They didn't know that Irene had run away from home, and they thought that the princess slipped out of another door of the palace and went on a visit in plain clothes and then came back through this door.

"I'm sorry!" The captain led his men to bow in unison, and then quickly moved out of the way to let the carriage pass.

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In a side hall of the palace, Hansel respectfully saluted the king, then held a letter in both hands and handed it to the attendant next to him. The attendant then walked to Rodney and handed it to him. If he were a close relative of Rodney, he wouldn't have to go to such trouble, but unfortunately Hansel was not, not even his father who had been sitting on the bench beside him for many years, so he had to follow the rules honestly.

The king, who had white hair and beard, unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

The content of the letter was that the lords of the Northwest Gulf, headed by Paul Gleiman, requested to send troops to cooperate with the royal army to wipe out the pirates in one fell swoop. Yes, Paul felt that his weight was not enough, so he enlisted the Parker, Heller, Ferdinand and other families who were friends with him to jointly submit a letter to the king.

"Well...the ministers in the northwest are so loyal and brave. They once again want to share the kingdom's worries."

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First, Paul Gleiman took the initiative to send food when the kingdom's army was short of food. Later, Gleiman roped in other lords to supply a large amount of high-quality and low-priced ordnance during the confrontation between the royal army and the rebels, allowing Rodney to Take a high look at the lords in the northwest bay, a corner of the kingdom.

Especially for Graiman, the king specifically asked the officials in charge of the Heraldry Court to investigate and understand the ins and outs of this family. He sometimes considered whether he should write off all the old accounts in history and restore the honor of this family.

The king sighed, "Alas, if the lords of other places are rushing to serve the country like the lords of the northwest, why worry that Giles cannot be pacified?"

"Ah... By the way, Hansel has also made great contributions. Thank you for your hard work. It seems that Catherine's decision to arrange you as royal commissioners to contact lords from all over the country was right."

"No, no, it is our job to serve the kingdom." Hansel hurriedly expressed humility.

He continued, "Your Majesty, before cooperating with the kingdom's army to launch an attack, the fleet of the Northwest Bay needs a port as a place to stay for repairs and supplies. Please make a decision, Your Majesty."

"Well... port."

Rodney stroked his beard. This request was reasonable.

"Hansel, can the generals of the Northwest Bay restrain their soldiers from messing around?"

The king knew the nature of the army of this era very well, and was afraid that this group of foreign troops would cause him trouble.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the discipline of the Northwest Army is strict... second only to the regular army of the kingdom. Please rest assured that they will not harass the locals."

Hansel has been in Arda for so long, of course he knows the army under Paul's command. He wanted to say that it was "unparalleled in the world", but he was afraid of offending the king.

"Okay, I believe in your judgment. In this case, choose Kiel Port as the base for the Northwest Fleet. This port is closest to your brother Harrison's station, and it is also convenient for communication."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hansel bowed to the king. He had learned from his father that his brother was appointed as the commander of the expedition against pirates.