Chapter 347 Going Home
The familiar corridor and the familiar garden.
Irene opened her eyes wide and looked at everything familiar. She had been away from home for more than a year and a half, and there were basically no changes in the palace.
She took Liya and hurried through the corridors, rushing towards the queen's palace.
"Your Highness the Princess?", "Your Highness Irene?", "Thank you Heavenly Father!"...
The palace servants they met along the way showed surprised expressions. The little princess suddenly disappeared. It was publicly stated that she went to live with Gabeira's relatives. She didn't come back for more than a year. Anyone could guess. Something is definitely wrong. Eileen usually treats her servants very gently and kindly. Naturally, they don't want anything bad to happen to the little princess. Now that she has reappeared in the palace safely, everyone who meets her feels happy from the bottom of their hearts. Breathe a sigh of relief.
Irene smiled at every servant who saluted her, but her pace did not slow down at all.
Finally, she came to the palace that made her dream, and a woman's figure appeared at the door.
"Mother!" Irene cried and threw herself into the arms of Queen Phyllis.
The queen hugged the princess tightly, unable to say a word. The two lines of clear tears on her cheeks showed her inner excitement. The surrounding female officials and servants also wiped away their tears.
After Velos landed ashore, he sent people to rush to Jingyao day and night to report, so Queen Felice already knew the news that Irene had returned. However, in order to avoid any complications, no one told the queen and her group about the pirates' encounter.
"Irene...my baby...why are you so cruel..."
"I'm sorry, mother, I should come back early."
Mother and daughter We hugged each other and cried for a long time before we separated under the persuasion of the people around us.
The female guard Liya suddenly knelt down on one knee to the queen and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please punish me for the sins I have committed."
Queen Phyllis stared at her for a long time, shook her head and said: "No, you are not guilty. Liya, Irene is the master you serve, and it was her decision to run away from home, not you - although I don't want to see it To this kind of thing. And you...have faithfully fulfilled the obligations that a knight should bear."
"Your Majesty the Queen..." Liya still didn't raise her head, her voice was choked.
Queen Phyllis helped the female knight up with both hands, "Get up, loyal knight, and see who comes to see you."
Liya looked past the queen, and a pair of figures were reflected. into her eyes.
"Father! Mother!"
She was so surprised that she shouted out.
"Liya!" "My daughter!"
The family of three hugged each other tightly.
......
In the side hall of the palace, King Rodney was discussing the specific matters of the Northwest Fleet with the Abbotts and his sons.
"Your Majesty, the Northwest Fleet is equipped with powerful weapons, and they have rich experience in dealing with pirates. When I first arrived in the Northwest Gulf, it was also ravaged by pirates, but it was wiped out within half a year. Ah... of course. , this time of course we still have to rely on the regular army of the kingdom under your majesty, and those people from the northwest will definitely bow to your majesty’s power.”
Hansel was talking, and it seemed that as long as the two armies joined forces, the pirates would be able to fight. The defeat has been determined.
"Well, I also know something about how Earl Grayman suppressed the pirates."
The king thought thoughtfully, "Oh, although he is young, he is indeed a capable lord. By the way... Hansel, it is said that Count Grayman invented a fire-breathing weapon, which is extremely effective. Do you know anything about this? "
"Uh... this.... Your Majesty, the official names are actually artillery and muskets, one big and one small. It’s just...just..." Hansel said hesitantly: "Count Greiman is very strict about keeping secrets. He is not from the Alda army, so he is very strict. It’s hard to know the specific situation.”
"Um...Okay." Rodney did not pursue the question. Which of the older nobles did not have their own secrets? There were some things that even the king could not force the other party to reveal.
At this time, an attendant hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words in Rodney's ear.
Hansel could clearly feel that the king, who was so majestic just now, was suddenly not calm anymore. His facial expression became excited. It could be seen that most of it was happiness, but there were also a few... Part...is it anger? This is a bit confusing.
“Ahem...”
King Rodney cleared his throat and regained his previous dignity and composure.
He said to Hansel's father: "Sir Abbott, come here first today, your son has done a good job."
Old Abbott quickly stood up and was humble. , "Your Majesty is so complimentary."
The king turned to Hansel again and said: "I will give you a written order tomorrow. You can take it to the local administrator at Kiel Port and he will Cooperate with you to deal with the repair and supply of the northwest fleet."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hansel replied respectfully.
"Then, you go back and rest first."
The king stood up and ended the interview. The Abbotts and his son watched Rodney leave the side hall through the side door.
As soon as King Rodney left the sight of the Abbotts and his sons, he walked faster, and his bodyguards hurriedly followed him.
He didn't stop until he reached the queen's bedroom, adjusted his clothes slightly, and then walked in unhurriedly.
Entering the living room of the palace, he finally saw the person he wanted to see - Irene cuddled next to her mother, and the mother and daughter were talking to each other.
"Your Majesty, you are here." The parents of the female knight Liya noticed the king coming in and immediately came forward to pay their respects.
Irene then noticed her father coming in. She stood up in a hurry, but did not dare to look directly at Rodney. At a loss what to do, a bit like a child who has done something wrong - and in a sense, she did do something wrong.
Queen Phyllis hurried to her husband, glared at him, and whispered a "warning": "Don't scare the child."
The king muttered: "I know."
He came to Irene, looked at his daughter who was anxious and lowered her head, stretched out his hand to put on her little head and stroked her gently, and said in a tone that was mixed with reproach and guilt: "You... Silly boy, why did you run away without saying a word? Do you know how worried your mother is these days?”
"Father." The king's touch made Eileen let go of all the grudges in her heart. She rushed into her father's arms, and the long-lost warmth returned to her body.
"I'm scared." Irene shed tears and choked up: "I'm scared, I was really scared at the time."
"That kind of fear is not the usual fear of being punished for doing something wrong. The fear of your punishment is an unspeakable fear."
"I know...I know..." the king repeated slowly, and his guilt became stronger.
"I will never..." He was about to say this, but he did not say it. When the national interests and his daughter's happiness were once again placed before his eyes and weighed on a scale, he would eventually do it. What is the choice?
"Father in heaven! Punish me." Rodney said silently in his heart.
(End of this chapter)