D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

Having secured the support of Xiong's father and Lu Yuan, Rhine's remaining task was to persuade the eldest prince, since obtaining a title for Lu Yuan would require the eldest prince's assistance.

After receiving permission, Rhine went to the palace to visit the Crown Prince.

Upon seeing Rhine, the eldest prince smiled warmly.

"It's been a while since I've seen you. What made you suddenly decide to come here?"

Although the Crown Prince's attitude seemed no different from usual, Rhine, having known him for many years, could naturally see the hint of indifference hidden behind the Crown Prince's smile.

Rhine knew why this was happening; it seemed the Crown Prince knew about the Hatton family's affairs. However, Rhine pretended that she hadn't discovered anything.

"Your Highness is busy with official duties, so I naturally wouldn't dare to disturb you. I've come today mainly because I have some good news to share with you."

"What good news?"

"Khalid is doing a good job. Everyone in the Third Army is very satisfied with him. I think there will definitely be no problem for him to take over as the commander of the Third Army in the future."

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince's smile became much more genuine.

"Very good, this is all thanks to your hard work in teaching him. Khalid also told me that you helped him a lot."

"This is all I should do. In addition, there is another matter I would like to ask Your Highness for help with. I hope Your Highness can fulfill the third promise you made to me before."

Previously, in order to persuade Rhine to agree to go to the desolate planet to save the Crown Prince, the First Prince made three promises to Rhine.

The first promise was to guarantee the return of any positions, property, and honors that Rhine lost while carrying out his mission, and this promise has been fulfilled.

The second promise was to find Rhine a high-ranking, easily manipulated male insect who could make Rhine a female ruler, but Rhine herself gave up this promise.

The third promise was to do Rhine a favor, but what that favor was was not specifically agreed upon.

Of course, Rhine was also clever, so when making the third promise, she said that if the Crown Prince felt that he could not help with the favor Rhine had offered, then the Crown Prince could refuse.

This finally convinced the eldest prince to agree to the third promise.

"What do you want me to do for you?" the eldest prince asked.

"I hope Your Highness can help me break free from the Hatton family."

"Why break away from the Hatton family?"

Rhein gave a wry smile.

"A few days ago, my father summoned me back to the family, and that's when I found out that the family had done such a foolish thing."

The Crown Prince's face instantly turned cold and grim. Although Rhine did not explicitly state what it was referring to, the Crown Prince naturally knew what it meant.

"Your Highness has been incredibly kind to me, and I cannot betray you. Since I cannot persuade my family to return to the right path, I have no choice but to leave the family."

The eldest prince stared at Rhine for a while, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of Rhine's words.

After a while, the eldest prince spoke.

"Regardless, the Hatton family raised you. Can you really bear to leave the family like this?"

"Your Highness, you know what my relationship with my family is like. Besides, I now have a powerful lord. I don't know how many more years my spiritual sea can last. In the few days I have left, I just want to live a peaceful life with my powerful lord and I don't want to get involved in the family's messy affairs anymore."

This reason convinced the Crown Prince somewhat, and it was also a good thing for him that Rhine didn't run off to Duke Norton's side with the Hatton family.

"Even if you want to leave, will the Hatton family let you go?"

"I have already reached an agreement with Xiongfu, but in exchange, I have agreed to arrange for my younger brother Lucas to join the Third Army. However, Your Highness, please rest assured that with Khalid around, Lucas will definitely not be able to cause any trouble."

The eldest prince nodded, and a friendly smile returned to his face.

"So what method do you plan to use to escape?" the eldest prince asked.

According to the laws of nobility, members of noble families could leave the family under only three circumstances.

The first reason is that he committed a serious crime and was expelled from the family. This is why, after Rhine was arrested by the Xiongbao Association, some members of the Hatton family suggested expelling Rhine from the family.

The second option is to sign an agreement declaring the relinquishment of the right to inherit the family property and status, as well as the relinquishment of noble status.

The third type is that after a female insect marries a noble male insect, she can apply to leave her original family and join the male insect's family.

However, nowadays almost no noble female insects will apply to leave their original family after marriage, because the original family will not agree. They do not want their female insects, which they have worked hard to raise, to benefit other families after marriage.

"Naturally, we should apply the third scenario," Rhine replied.

Rhine would definitely not use the first scenario, as he would not risk his reputation to break away from his family; and the second scenario would not be worthwhile for Rhine, as noble status is often quite useful.

In comparison, the third scenario is very suitable for Rhine; the only thing needed to do is to give Lu Yuan a noble status.

As for why the law specifically emphasizes the marriage of noble male insects, it's not aimed at commoner male insects. Rather, it's because when the noble law was drafted, nobles and commoners were not allowed to intermarry. Therefore, when the drafting insect wrote this clause, it was very convenient for it to include the marriage of noble male insects.

Although intermarriage between nobles and commoners began as times progressed, the laws governing nobles were not changed, so this form of writing has remained.

"I would like to ask Your Highness for a favor: to grant my lord a title, so that he may obtain the status of a nobleman," Rhine said.

"Given your circumstances, you can only afford a nominal title," the eldest prince said.

The so-called nominal title refers to a title that is only a name and does not have corresponding real power or fiefdom, but of course, the noble status is still there.

"That's enough," Rhine said.

In the Zerg Empire today, to obtain a powerful title, one must either inherit it or earn it through genuine merit.

Rhine knew that neither of these two conditions could be met by Lu Yuan, so he shouldn't make things difficult for his powerful lord. As long as he had a noble title, he could apply the third scenario.

Finding connections to buy a title for the Rhine's overlord was not a difficult task for the eldest prince, so he agreed without much consideration.

"Then what rank of nobility are you planning to buy for your lord?" the eldest prince asked.

Buy whatever level you can afford.

"That's no small expense. You spoil your lord too much. Alright, I'll have Chong arrange this. I'll let you know when I have news."

"Thank you, Your Highness."