Prince Leon naturally did not want to go at all.

After listening to Queen Veronica, the young maid couldn't help but sneak a glance at her and then stared absentmindedly at some enviable parts.

Halfway through the wedding, Prince Leon had already left for a diplomatic mission to the Northern Kingdom. The newlyweds hadn't had time to do what they should, and this time when he returns, he will definitely be big...

"What's wrong with you? What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, oh, nothing!"

Quickly clearing the yellow waste from her mind, the young maid came to her senses and hurriedly said:

"I was just thinking that the people of the Northern Kingdom are really annoying. During your wedding, they kept causing trouble, which resulted in Prince Leon... umm... causing the two of you to be apart more than together."

Apart more than together...

Upon hearing this description, Queen Veronica sighed inwardly and then shook her head, saying:

"We'll discuss this later. Right now, the most important thing is to arrange the establishment of the Crolock Industrial Park... By the way, what did the envoys from the Northern Kingdom say? Are they still insisting on their previous demands?"

"Yes."

When Queen Veronica mentioned the envoys from the Northern Kingdom, a trace of disgust appeared on the young maid's brow, and she began to complain:

"They said that the main envoy and the deputy envoy are not present, so the remaining people don't have the authority to change the terms. They can only adhere to the original plan, insisting that we must share the technology of Crolock Kingdom.

Additionally, they said the industrial park must be built in Ryan County, closest to the Northern Kingdom, and that they must send people to jointly participate in management, with the management personnel ratio exceeding thirty percent, completely refusing any negotiation.

When I took your opinion to negotiate with them, those Northern barbarians even said that as the defeated nation six years ago, they retain the right to claim war reparations, and this is what we owe them!"

Having probably suffered a lot of grievance with the envoys of the Northern Kingdom, the young maid went on a long string of complaints with an indignant expression:

"Your Majesty! How can there be such unreasonable people in this world! What a bastard of a kingdom! They really are... A country as unruly as theirs should just be gone!"

"Lina, I have been too busy these days to manage things over there, thank you for the hard work in negotiating with them."

Looking at the young maid whose face was red with anger, Queen Veronica couldn't help but gently comfort her with a few words, then said:

"But regardless of how annoying they are, we must continue these negotiations. After all, the military strength of the Northern Kingdom is indeed stronger than ours now, and they are not going to suddenly cease to exist, so we must stabilize them and buy time for development... Lina, I might have to trouble you again in the future."

"I... you flatter me..."

Faced with Queen Veronica's soothing words, the young maid, who was somewhat agitated, quickly calmed down and then replied a little sheepishly:

"I actually understand all that you've said; I just can't help but get angry when I think about them. You have no idea how infuriating their attitude is, sigh... if only the Northern Kingdom would really be gone."

"How could that be..."

Upon hearing this, Queen Veronica couldn't help but laugh:

"What are you daydreaming about all day? The Northern Kingdom has existed for so long, how could it just suddenly vanish?"

"But didn't the Crolock Kingdom cease to exist?"

The young maid, who was a distant relative of Veronica and therefore spoke more casually in private, couldn't help but suggest expectantly:

"If only the Northern Kingdom would experience a massive tsunami like the one that struck when Prince Leon went to the Crolock Kingdom, sweeping away all those bastards."

"You, you."

Amused by the little maid's equally naive and mischievous wish, Queen Veronica shook her head, then playfully poked her forehead and directed:

"Go, go, stop helping me read files. Go and call Miss Feynman over; I have some tasks for her."

"Alright!"

Receiving the command, the young maid quickly turned around and was about to leave Queen Veronica's office. But the moment she pulled the door open, she collided with an attendant who was hurrying in, landing on the thick carpet.

"Ouch!"

"Sorry! I was in a bit of a rush... Your Majesty Veronica!"

Not bothering to help the downed young maid, the attendant hurriedly ran inside, quickly reporting:

"There's trouble in the Northern Kingdom. We've just received word they've experienced a massive natural disaster affecting the entire territory!"

"?!!!"

Upon hearing the attendant's report, Queen Veronica couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and the young maid on the carpet exclaimed, covering her mouth with a face full of shock:

"It's not a tsunami, is it?! I... I was just angrily spewing nonsense!"

"Tsunami? No, it's not a tsunami."

Giving her a puzzled glance, the attendant continued to explain:

"The Northern Kingdom experienced an extremely unusual geological disaster!

According to the Northern Kingdom's official statement, due to tectonic movements, the ice sheet in the Northern Kingdom experienced a continental-level plate tear, causing massive collapses of mountain bodies, with over sixty peaks expected to collapse!"

"Sixty mountains collapsed?! Goodness! How many people will die?!"

"Uh... there's no statistics yet, but casualties should be very low."

"Huh?"

With a bewildered look, the attendant explained somewhat awkwardly:

"According to the Northern Kingdom's statement, it was Prince Leon, invited there as a guest by Princess Melisande, who identified the signs of the disaster a week in advance and issued a warning across the Northern Kingdom, allowing sufficient evacuation time for the citizens.

"Huh??"

"And aside from successfully warning of the disaster, Prince Leon helped suppress the unrest in Rehe City during the partial collapse of Hexagonal Snow Mountain, successfully saving Princess Melisande and King Harvey, and unexpectedly found their long-lost birth mother from ten years ago."

"Huh???"

"In gratitude for Prince Leon's help, the Northern Kingdom is willing to offer us the rare minerals we lack at cost price and has voluntarily entered into several contracts lasting up to twenty years.

They are willing to exchange resources like meat, waxy fat, and coal at prices 11% lower than market value for large quantities of food and industrial products, and offer us trade subsidies and a five-year tax exemption... perhaps you'd like to read this yourself?"

Seeing Queen Veronica speechless, sitting behind her desk with both eyes glued to the file she held, itching to rush over and snatch it, the attendant wisely handed over the document she was holding.

Receiving the document with a trembling hand, and seeing clause after clause that was less about humiliation and more akin to complete gratuitousness, Queen Veronica's heart began pounding uncontrollably in her chest, her delicate face blossoming with a happy blush.

My dearest Leon, you promised to bring me local specialties on your business trip, and you brought back this? Would you... consider more diplomatic missions?