Arts and Sciences

Chapter 1130
The Duke of Stoke turned his head, looked at the Eagle Queen in surprise, and said in a daze, "Does Her Majesty want to borrow the No. [-] champion of the Royal Swordsmanship Competition, Norman Lee?"

The Eagle Queen nodded, and then said, "In addition to awarding Norman Li the Eagle Knight Medal tomorrow, I also want him to be my queen's escort knight and award the Diamond Medal!"

When there was a loud noise, it was like countless frying pans falling from the sky and hitting everyone's heads, leaving everyone dumbfounded. If it is said that the Eagle Queen's initiative to abandon the past with the Duke of Stoke made people feel a little surprised, Then this time it is really unbelievable. Basel, the Minister of Internal Affairs next to the Eagle Queen, swallowed his saliva, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly. The queen escorts the knight. If this word is used today, most of it can only be read in history. Or a term that many people from the older generation of the Eagle Empire know.

Eagle Kingdom has a lot of institutional soldiers from the Middle Ages that have not been abandoned, such as the aristocratic guard garrison system, such as the executive power system of the aristocratic territories, these are the characteristics that the Eagle Empire has retained in advanced capitalist countries, plus The relationship between the ruling royal families of the past dynasties, so many clauses related to the noble royal family have been preserved. Similarly, the Queen’s Escort Knight is one of them. This is the name passed down from the Crusades. The Crusades are The general term for the eight religious military operations that occurred between the tenth century and the thirteenth century was the war launched by the Christian countries of Western Europe against the countries on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.The Knights Templar, as the protagonists of the Crusades, was hailed as the messenger and representative of God. At that time, most Christian countries would select the four most outstanding saints from the Knights Templar in their own country. The Templars, sent to the king's side, to protect the king, not only guarantee the safety of the king, but also secretly represent the meaning of "God protects the king".

Later, the Crusades became history, but this custom was preserved by the common name, but the situation was different. After the final evolution, from the original four Templars, they finally developed into a knight. The name of the knight comes from this. The escort knight is the product of the Western monarchy system, and it has a strong romantic element in it. The English kings of all ages have an escort knight by their side. This escort knight can be their own father. , friends, and even his own queen, as the king’s escort knight, represents the most trusted person of the king. A queen’s escort knight is equivalent to the highest security officer around the queen. Just imagine, one is equal to the queen’s exclusive spy For roles like security guards, you can know the dignity and specialness of their identity only by being dispatched by the Eagle Queen. The escort knight may not have the right to control anyone, but in the entire Eagle Empire, except for the Eagle Queen, He is not deployed by any one person, nor is he under the jurisdiction of any organization or institution. He is a figure beyond the rights of the Eagle Kingdom.

Because of the particularity of the escorting knight, it is only bound by the Eagle Queen, and no one else, including the princesses and princes of the royal family, can deploy it, so this position has been vacant for centuries, but This system has also been preserved and has not been abolished. Now the Eagle Queen suddenly announced that the chief swordsman of the Eagle Empire Swordsmanship Competition, Norman Lee of the Duke of Stoke's family, was the escort knight. In the middle of the explosion, even the Duke of Stoke, after searching the origin and meaning of the ancient self-talk about the escort knight in his head, he could no longer restrain his emotions, "What!?"

I believe that most of the high-ranking officials in power and the surrounding nobles are shocked by the Queen's announcement, and many people even feel regretful because they missed the championship and missed the escorting knight.If a commoner takes 500 million pounds to exchange titles with a marquis-level nobleman, I believe any marquis nobleman is willing to do such an exchange, but if he takes 1000 million pounds to exchange titles with an escort knight, then I believe no one is willing. , as an escorting knight, he is the queen's lifelong guard. Unless the queen revokes his power, otherwise, in the entire Eagle Empire, he may not be counted among tens of millions, but at least no one dares to touch him. The only fly in the ointment for a character who is under one person and over ten thousand people is that he doesn't have any rights at hand.

The Duke of Stoke hasn't figured out until now why the Eagle Queen chose Li Sansi to be her escort knight, and why did she have such strong trust in Li Sansi? Is it because the two of them once met? Pass?The Duke of Stoke knew that the change of the Eagle Queen's attitude towards him was mostly due to the existence of Li Sansi, and at the same time he understood why the Eagle Queen would favor the Stoke family so much, but why would Li Sansi win the Eagle Queen's favor so much? What about trust?

This is the first time that the Duke of Stoke has felt a slight jealousy in his heart while he has trust in Li Sansi. To put it bluntly, after Li Sansi gets the escort knight, he will have more than four points. Three nobles would be jealous of him.But no one would dare to touch a hair on him on the land of the Eagle Empire. This status, which is similar to an imperial envoy without rights, is enough for anyone who wants to attack him to weigh whether he will provoke the royal family's wrath. .

The sandbag thrown by the Eagle Queen was too heavy, enough to make the Duke of Stoke feel heavy. Li Sansi reached the point of escorting the knight in one step, which can be described as reaching the sky in one step, and it is beneficial to the Duke of Stoke, but However, the Duke of Stoke had to think again and again. Happiness came too fast, which would make people feel hesitant, and felt that it was too unreal.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, and I cannot make a decision for Norman Lee. If Norman Lee is willing, I agree without hesitation. Norman Lee is quite outstanding in terms of intelligence and ability. , I believe that he will be able to fulfill his duties as the queen's escort knight!"

"Then, I will wait for Norman Li's reply tomorrow." The Eagle Queen nodded, and then walked towards the side without stopping, and everyone who was still in surprise at the moment.

The Duke of Stoke kept the etiquette in place for a long time. Under Mrs. Selina's tugging, he finally came back to his senses for a while, turned his head, looked at the direction where the Eagle Queen was leaving with extremely complicated eyes, and then smiled slightly. Said, "Do you know, Selena, the Eagle Queen, has given us a problem."

(End of this chapter)