When the warm spring sun of early March shines on the earth, the imperial capital Cold Stone City ushers in its most beautiful time of the year, beautiful and fragrant flowers bloom in every street, and people who have spent the cold winter change into soft spring clothes and begin to welcome the arrival of the goddess of spring.
Yes, even though there is still an undercurrent in the shadow of the imperial capital, the city is in its most peaceful and prosperous time on the surface, and on March 2nd, a sunny day, the newly completed Cambridge University will also hold its first opening ceremony.
At nine o'clock in the morning, in front of the main entrance of Cambridge University in the southeast of the city, the huge arch composed of twelve marble columns has been decorated, Lin Taiping commanded the dark creatures to seize the last time to set up the ceremonial platform, and even the most sun-hating Lich King and Skeleton Master have changed into elaborate academic robes at this moment, standing in the shadows waiting for the arrival of the VIPs.
In fact, they did not wait long, about half an hour later, hundreds of nobles led by Prime Minister Hilton arrived in an endless stream of carriages, of course, it must be pointed out that these nobles who came to visit the venue all belonged to the camp of Prime Minister Hilton, as for the supporters of His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Gianna, none of them appeared, and they did not even provide a reason for refusing to attend the opening ceremony.
"It's not surprising at all, in fact I'd be surprised if they came."
In front of the public, Prime Minister Hilton still maintained the elegance and posture of an aristocracy, and lightly touched Lin Taiping's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "However, I am more concerned about whether the Duke of Turan and those guys from the noble alliance will accept our invitation."
"Well, it's up to them whether they come or not."
Lin Taiping touched his chin casually.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "By the way, Lord Duke, how is the matter of the new students' admissions, I don't want to wait until a few days when the official enrollment is completed, and every classroom will be empty, it will be more ugly." ” "Don't worry, I promise there will be plenty of students."
Prime Minister Hilton smiled confidently and looked at the crowd in the audience, "I have already told these nobles who have declared their allegiance to me.
Although they are still skeptical about the quality of the university, they are still willing to send their children here, I can assure you. ” This is true, in fact, even if Cambridge University does not have any resources at all, or even just a few people from the side of the road to become teachers, those nobles who are loyal to Hilton will be eager to send all their children over as a way to show their loyalty to Hilton.
However.
Compared with these students who are sure to come, what really makes Prime Minister Hilton anxious is the attitude of the Duke of Turan and the noble alliance, you know.
If the great aristocrats were unwilling to let their children come to study here, then the establishment of Cambridge University would be completely meaningless.
"So, the attitude of the Duke of Turan and the noble alliance is" Of course, Lin Taiping was also very aware of this, and asked with a slight frown.
"If I'm not mistaken, you came to the door half a month ago to explain this to them in person.
And it seems to be a pretty good conversation. ” "On the surface, the situation is not bad, at least the Duke of Turan did not refuse."
Prime Minister Hilton looked up into the distance, expecting the Duke of Turan's coat of arms to appear in the slowly approaching carriages, "However, who knows what the actual situation is, maybe those guys are just perfunctory, anyway, this is not the first time they have perfunctory me." ” "Well, it seems that the only thing we can do is wait."
Lin Taiping sighed helplessly, but cheered up and said, "No matter how much, at least today is a very memorable day, I think the time is almost up, maybe you should personally unveil the school card and officially announce the start of the opening ceremony." ” "Of course, I'd love to."
Prime Minister Hilton replied with a smile, and under the gaze of hundreds of people in the audience, he walked briskly to the center of the ceremony, and met the complicated eyes of hundreds of nobles, he slowly opened his arms very happily, and announced in a loud voice, "Dear sir, beautiful ladies, welcome to this modern Cambridge University, from today onwards, this university will become the academic center of our Cold Stone Empire, and cultivate a large number of people for the Empire."
Without warning, the speech that had been prepared for a long time suddenly jammed at this time, Prime Minister Hilton's smile suddenly froze on his face, and he frowned slightly at the smoke and dust raised in the distance, following her complicated gaze, everyone present turned their heads to look at it in unison, and a slightly chaotic conversation suddenly sounded in the crowd.
Yes, at this moment, in the smoke and dust in the distance, suddenly a fast horse galloped over, and the knight on horseback was sweating profusely, and he had already raised his arms high from a long distance, and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, there is a sudden urgent news in the palace, His Majesty the Emperor is ill and in a coma" What was this astonishing news, it was like a stone slamming into the surface of the lake, and suddenly set off a huge wave, and in an instant, everyone present gasped in unison, and then fell into chaos, some people immediately rushed up to grab the knight and asked for details, some people had already jumped into the carriage and prepared to rush to the palace, and many more people stood in place with their faces staring at each other, not knowing what to do next.
"Calm down, all calm down."
Prime Minister Hilton's reaction was obviously extremely fast, and after a moment of consternation, he immediately turned his head to look at Lin Taiping, and said apologetically, "Lin, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to preside over the opening ceremony, I think I have to rush to the palace now." ” "I can understand it, go ahead."
Lin Taiping nodded slightly, it is obvious that compared to the current opening ceremony, the big things in the palace are more important, there is no doubt that whether His Majesty the Emperor is dead or alive will determine the fate of the empire in the future, and in this case, Prime Minister Hilton must be present to ensure that things do not get out of control.
Therefore, Prime Minister Hilton did not have time to delay any longer, he jumped directly from the ceremonial stage, found the knight to inquire about the situation, and then jumped into the carriage and rushed towards the palace, hundreds of nobles naturally followed, so that in a short time, the originally lively and crowded gate of Cambridge University was already empty.
"What, are we going to continue the opening ceremony" Angelina, who was originally going to make magic fireworks, looked at Lin Taiping with a strange face, and before she could get an answer, Tulu next to her had already roared angrily, "Deliberately, this is obviously intentional, I swear with my most beloved four stomachs, this must be Gianna's bastard who is making trouble" That's right, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, the dark creatures next to them all nodded in unison, their eyes were red with anger, that old emperor, who was not sick early or late, just happened to be when we held the opening ceremony, and suddenly became sick, which clearly made our opening ceremony unable to continue.
"Lin, my friend, it seems that Her Majesty has a deep grudge against you" The Lich King stood in the shadows, gently stroking the bone scepter, but chuckled eerily, "If that's the case, I'm afraid your plan to enroll those noble gentlemen into school will also be somewhat thwarted, maybe at this moment, that Baron West" Well, just talking about Baron West, this baron actually appeared by coincidence In the smoke and dust not far away, Baron West and dozens of his fox friends and dogs, under the protection of hundreds of elite guards, swaggered over on horseback, these guys had obviously just drunk, and their faces were drunk and noisy, and they looked like they were going to fall off their horses at any moment.
However, after seeing the dark creatures in front of Cambridge University, these guys, who were originally half-drunk and half-awake, suddenly sobered up a little, and many noble children subconsciously reined in their horses and wanted to hide among the elite guards behind, and it was obvious that the dark creatures had caused them a lot of pressure.
"Are you afraid of any public place, in front of everyone's eyes, do they still dare to hurt us" Baron West was very courageous, turned his head and glared at his timid companion, just swaggered up on his horse, and looked at Lin Taiping triumphantly.
"Boy, what do you want to do" Before Baron West could speak, the dark creatures next to him were already collectively angry, and Leah, the first beautiful girl of the Minotaur tribe, directly picked up two frying pans and roared viciously, "Stand back for me, believe it or not, I'll smash you into mashed potatoes now, so that you don't have a chance to do those stupid things again." ” Well, looking at the two huge frying pans, Baron West couldn't help but shudder, but soon, he smirked with a smug smile: "Aha, guys, don't be nervous, I'm just here for the opening ceremony, it's really strange, doesn't it mean that there are many people here to attend, why is there no one now, am I in the wrong place" When the damn bastard heard this sarcastic remark, the dark creatures were even angrier, and the blood scythe and demons couldn't help but rush up a few steps, but Baron West was clearly prepared and immediately stepped back with great interest, while the elite guards hurriedly drew their weapons and protected him in the middle.
"Aha, I'm annoyed and angry when I say it" Looking at the elite guards beside him, Baron West suddenly felt a little more secure, and laughed more unscrupulously, even the fox friends and dog friends beside him were swaggering and pointing, and that kind of arrogant expression really made people want to beat them.
"Hey, yellow-skinned monkey, is that how you treat your guests" In the chaos, Baron West raised his head with a sneering face, and looked at Lin Taiping triumphantly, completely ignoring the angry expressions of those dark creatures, and even his chin was about to rise to the sky "It's ridiculous, such a place can be called a university, and you want to recruit us as students, this is a dream, hahahaha, hahahaha" to be continued
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