Chapter 316: Headache

Wali is very annoyed right now.

He had originally thought today would be a boring but leisurely day like any other; after all, in the Jinyu Palace, there aren't that many conflicts or assassins waiting for you to deal with, and most of the time it is just routine work.

But he did not expect that so many young nobles would gather together to cause trouble today.

Causing trouble would be one thing, but the key was that it was bumped into by the patrol team he was leading.

If it were ordinary people, he could completely let his subordinate knights control the troublemakers first.

But the few people in front of him were all young masters and misses from the Kingdom's top noble families; let alone controlling the other party, he had to be soft-spoken even when speaking, lest he offend any side for no reason and invite unprovoked disaster.

"Young masters, young misses, please calm down!"

Wali wiped his sweat, and while ordering the knights to help everyone up, he said in a friendly manner:

"Everyone, this is the Jinyu Palace, and private fighting is not allowed. If you truly have any conflicts, you can completely sit down and talk about it. If you really cannot reach an agreement, we can also see His Majesty and let His Majesty decide."

"Knight, you saw it too!"

Luoning stood up with the support of a knight, spoke first, and said angrily: "These people not only relied on their strength to injure my two attendants."

While speaking, he stopped the knight beside him from trying to help Dawei and Tangmu up.

"Sorry, my attendants are seriously injured and it is not suitable for them to stand up, so let them lie down."

He said to Wali again: "They also relied on having more people and joined forces to attack me. If you hadn't arrived in time, I fear I would have already died under their Battle Techniques and Magic!"

"You're full of crap!"

The red-haired man from the Vila Family was helped up by someone, and upon hearing these words from Luoning, he could not help but curse angrily.

"Lord Wali, please do not be deceived by his words; it was his attendants who were unreasonable to us first!"

His little companions also immediately joined in the denunciation, and for a moment, the scene became chaotic.

Luoning shouted: "My knight was beaten by them to the point where he can't even stand up now. Lord Wali, please uphold justice for them! Never mind the apologies and such, at least the five thousand gold coins in medical expenses for each of them cannot be one coin less!"

"Five thousand each, why don't you go rob someone?" someone roared and questioned.

Those two women even started accusing Luoning of lacking noble upbringing, calling him a rascal and such.

Anyway, they said their piece, and Luoning said his.

"Oh right, just now they slandered my family and also joined forces to try to put me to death. I represent myself and the entire Wushan Family in demanding fifty thousand gold coins in compensation for reputational damage from you all!"

The red-haired man and his companions had already had their nerves severely provoked when they heard Luoning wanted five thousand gold coins for medical expenses; they did not expect that in a turn of phrase, the other party would want them to pay fifty thousand gold coins for reputational damage, and the anger in their hearts could not be suppressed at all.

They immediately took their swords and were about to start fighting again, but fortunately, Wali was quick-eyed and fast-handed, stopping the second wave of conflict that was about to erupt.

While they were arguing, more and more nobles came over after hearing the noise.

Although they hadn't figured out exactly what was going on, after seeing the identities of this group of troublemakers, they knew this must be a very exciting matter.

Some people, holding the attitude of watching the fun without fearing it being too big, even specifically sent their subordinates to notify other nobles.

Seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, the sweat on Wali's forehead was also getting more and more; he had better hurry and separate these two parties.

"Count, and Young Master Cross, Young Master Fakunduo, Young Master Harrington, Miss Sally, Miss Milani, please forgive me as I cannot handle this matter either. How about this, everyone please return to your residences first, and I will arrange for the palace doctors to treat your injuries. At the same time, I will report this matter to His Majesty the King and ask him to decide, how about that?"

This sentence from Wali seemed to be very effective, letting the argument gradually subside.

Only, the expressions of the two sides were different.

Cross and the others had originally only thought about spreading some negative news about Luoning; they hadn't thought about fighting at all, and even less did they expect it to reach His Majesty the King.

The development of the matter had now exceeded their expectations.

Looking at Luoning, however, his expression was relatively relaxed.

"Lord Wali, I fully agree with your suggestion! Please send my men back for treatment and inform His Majesty of this matter. The attack on me and the slander against the Wushan Family—this matter cannot be let go so easily!"

As he spoke, he glared viciously at Cross and the others.

"If this matter can be left unpursued, then in the future, can this bunch of people slander whoever they want? If a Marquis family cannot defend its own honor, then in the future, will other Counts, Viscounts, and Barons within the Kingdom not even dare to breathe loudly in front of them?"

Wali dared not say yes, nor did he dare say no; he always felt there was a trap in these words and could only wipe his cold sweat and mumble twice.

Luoning also did not want to have useless arguments in public anymore, so he immediately had the knights help Tangmu and Dawei up and walked toward the courtyard not far away.

The argument, let's start it when we see Bruno.

"What should we do?" Fakunduo of Screaming Island asked in a low voice.

Cross Vila looked at Luoning's departing back, so angry that he clenched his fists, but applying even a little force pulled at the injury on his chest, making him gasp.

"Go back first, and we'll talk!"

Although the two sides had dispersed, the onlookers did not leave immediately.

Wali Knight signaled in a friendly manner for everyone to disperse, but a noblewoman asked him when he would report this matter to His Majesty and hoped that Wali could notify them when His Majesty handled this matter, as they also wanted to go and listen.

Wali was helpless and could only vaguely agree, then hurriedly used the excuse of seeing His Majesty to pull himself away from this place of right and wrong.

Only then did the crowd reluctantly leave the scene.

Soon, this conflict swept through the entire Jinyu Palace like a storm.

While taking a bath, Blanche was recalling the beautiful moments of the day. However, the news brought by the maid made the sweet smile on her face freeze.

How long had it been since the two parted, and Luoning had actually been beaten and injured by them joining forces.

Driven by worry, Blanche could not care about her image, and immediately had someone take her to Luoning's residence to see what was going on.

Luoning had no one familiar here, and Lisi had not entered the palace, so after Blanche arrived, she could just happen to introduce the identities of the other few people to him.

It would have been fine if she hadn't introduced them, but once she did, Luoning felt that all his enemies had come.

The eldest grandson of the Vila Duke, that is, that red-haired knight, Cross Vila;

The eldest grandson of the Earl of Screaming Island, Fakunduo Fleming;

The second son of the Ferensburg Grand Duke, Harrington Greg, and the eldest daughter, Milani Greg;

The daughter of Count Hesusu of Moonlight Valley, Sally Auduin.

"I heard that Cousin Milani has already become betrothed to Cross, and it is estimated that they will be married within these two years."

Blanche continued to introduce: "In addition, Cousin Sally is an Intermediate Mage, and Uncle Hesusu wants her to marry into the Fleming Family, a family of magic."

It turned out that these three men and two women were not only friends, but their respective families were also in a state of marriage alliances or impending marriage alliances.

Luoning listened to Blanche's introduction, but he frowned. (End of chapter)