Chapter 635: Building Momentum
Wendy rushed into the princess's bedroom first, stared at Sophia's stomach and said, "Is Your Highness really going to give birth to a little princess?"
Sophia's flat belly disappointed the curious Wendy.
"How do you know it's the little princess?, why can't it be the little highness?" asked Biluo curiously.
"Of course, I want to give birth to a little princess, the princess is more obedient, and I can play with Wendy when the time comes, if it is a little prince, it will be too annoying to make a fuss. Wendy replied with a straight face.
Because there were too many slots in her words, even Biluo, who knew her character very well, didn't know how to complain for a while, and finally said: "Your own skin is like a monkey, and you are embarrassed to talk about others." ”
"You all know?" said Princess Sophia, stunned.
"It's not been a day or two since His Highness reacted, if we don't know at all, it would be a dereliction of duty, only His Highness thinks that he is hiding well, don't forget, I'm a person from here. Ms. Amelia replied.
When the last sentence is spoken, the mood is obviously a little low.
"You all know, why didn't you tell me? Princess Sophia was a little annoyed.
"Who knew Your Highness was hiding this, and we thought you were angry with the bastards around you!" explained Biluo.
"What is there to be angry with them. Sophia snorted coldly and said, "They just dare to play a small trick that can't be put on the table, and they really have the courage to fight with us?"
"Your Highness thinks so, we are relieved, and when His Highness's enthronement ceremony is completed, we can return to the fiefdom and ignore these dirty things here. Ms. Amelia smiled and said, "It's a good time to take the opportunity to regulate your body, and your morning sickness is not unrelated to these things." ”
"Really?" said Princess Sophia.
"Can I still deceive the princess on this?" asked Lady Amelia rhetorically.
"Okay, I'll put up with them for another two months, and then I'll hand over the royal capital to them to toss, and I'll see what tricks they can come up with. Princess Sophia touched her still flat belly, and her eyes couldn't help but soften a lot.
Lady Amelia and Biluo couldn't help but glance at each other, as if they could see the deep meaning in each other's eyes.
This sudden incident is not a good thing for Princess Sophia.
Her Royal Highness Princess, the biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage is that the sense of mission is too strong.
The Lancelot royal family and His Royal Highness Laurie have been on a mission for so many years.
In the end, I found that the result was not what I thought at the beginning.
Especially because of power, the relationship between siblings is deteriorating day by day, and it is even possible to slide into the abyss of turning against each other.
The frustration in Princess Sophia's heart can be imagined.
Although Princess Sophia kept saying that once Prince Laurie ascended the throne, she would completely leave it alone.
But as an old man who has followed her for many years, Ms. Amelia believes that nature is unchangeable.
In the future, something will really happen to the royal family and Prince Laurie, and she is afraid that it will be difficult to really stand idly by.
But if you have a child of your own, the situation will change radically.
No matter how close the younger brother is, he is only a younger brother.
It's nowhere near as good as a piece of meat that falls off his body.
Only when you are a parent can you know the taste.
"Why doesn't Your Highness eat the cake I gave you?" asked Wendy curiously.
The result was predictable, because of Princess Sophia's strong reaction.
Ms. Amelia waved her hand and said, "Take it, take it away, hurry up, Your Highness is now more responsive to these greasy things, let the kitchen get some light food." ”
"How so?" Wendy's eyes widened, with a puzzled look, "How delicious is the cake, and why did Your Highness react this way?"
"When you're pregnant with a baby, you'll know what it tastes like. Lady Amelia said angrily.
"No way. Wendy swore and said, "No matter when, Wendy can't hate the cake, His Royal Highness doesn't eat it, it can't be wasted, Wendy will do it for you." ”
Wendy took the fruitcake back.
"Don't provoke Your Highness here, you have to eat and eat. Biluo was even more crisp and blasted Wendy out of the room.
Ms. Amelia turned to Sean and said, "The marriage matter can't be delayed any longer. ”
"Naturally, I'm here for this. Sean nodded and said, "Let's start preparing now, we don't need to worry about the side of our military leader, but Your Highness needs more help from the lady, if you need anything, just mention it, by the way, in terms of wedding dresses, we don't need you to prepare, we have already made it." ”
"It's nature. Ms. Amelia agreed without hesitation.
The union of Sean and Princess Sophia is not as simple as the marriage of the two, but also the combination of two forces.
So, Sean set out to prepare for at least two weddings.
One was placed in the royal capital Valesta.
The other is in the Eternal Night Army.
If necessary, one will even be held in the princess's fiefdom.
Because it's more like a ritual to tell the world.
Sean did not follow the sudden attack proposal in his previous life, and handed over a huge diamond ring in full view of everyone, which detonated the audience.
It sounds very emotional, but it's not for them.
This will only cause a backlash and cause them some unnecessary trouble.
Sean isn't afraid of trouble, but there's no need to make trouble for himself, right?
So, Sean did what he did best – public opinion first.
"Have you heard? The nouveau riche of the Eternal Night Army is about to propose to Princess Sophilia. ”
"I've heard about it, too, that this earl is not only an upstart, but also has no self-knowledge at all, and dares to propose to our pearl. ”
"That is, how can our princess take a fancy to him? Although he is now a hereditary count, it does not change the fact that he is a barbarian. ”
"This Earl is calculating, if he can really marry Her Royal Highness the Princess, he will be able to completely take off the cloak of a barbarian and an upstart, and within three generations, it is not necessary to turn the name of the Earl into an archduke. ”
"It's not all bad, is it?"
"How?"
"The momentum of the Eternal Night Commander, everyone has seen it all over the years, nearly one-third of our Valesta's various shops are now opened by them, it is no exaggeration to say that the rich are rival countries, and the most important thing is that their lord is still so young, the future is limitless, His Highness marrying him is not a good destination, otherwise, the whole Byron, who else can be worthy of our Highness?"
"It seems that there are really few that can take it. ”
"It's just that the other party is an Andes after all, and the royal family has been in the royal family for so many years, and there is no precedent for marrying outside. ”
"You are just self-contained, if you have been looking at them with this kind of colored gaze, they will never really be integrated into the Byron Alliance, once His Royal Highness marries, in the future, there will be royal blood in their family bloodline, and the Eternal Night Army Leader will really become our Ninth Army Leader. ”
"It makes sense, this is a bloodless move, if Her Royal Highness the princess agrees, there will definitely be considerations in this regard, and we should support this matter. ”
"Yes, we should support Her Royal Highness. ”
Almost overnight, the streets of Valesta were full of news of Sean's marriage to Princess Sophia.
In the first week, the direction of public opinion was clearly biased in opposition.
In the eyes of the arrogant Valalistans, Princess Sophia is married, and although Sean now bears the name of an earl, it can't change the fact that he is Andes, a foreigner.
But under the guidance of well-intentioned people, public opinion slowly turned in another direction.
Because they found that Princess Sophia had many benefits to marrying Earl Sean.
Of course, the opinions of these ordinary citizens don't matter, they can't influence the matter.
The real influence on this matter is the royalists around Prince Laurie, they really can't influence the opinions of Princess Sophia or Prince Laurie, but they can make a fuss about the princess's fiefdom.
Earl Court Douglas.
In recent months, large banquets have been held all night every day, and there is an endless stream of people.
As the date of Prince Lowry's accession to the throne approached, Earl Douglas became even hotter.
Because he is the number one person in the royalist faction, he has a lot of influence in the Lancelot royal family, and he is the number one candidate for Prince Laurie's first prime minister.
Today's banquet was particularly lively, with Earl Justin, Count Roderick, and Marquis de Monrod all gathered in Earl Douglas's private parlor.
These three men, along with Earl Douglas, make up the inner circle of the royalists who have recently been unusually active in the royal capital Valesta.
Douglas is the number one choice for prime minister.
Justin is a strong contender for chancellor of the exchequer.
Roderick has taverns, erotica industries in many cities, and is known for being well-informed, making him an excellent choice for the Minister of Intelligence.
The Marquis of Monrod was a military soldier, and he had several iron cavalry in his hands, although it was not as elite as the Broken Blood Cavalry, but in the plains of Asia Minor, it was also famous, and it was more than enough to maintain internal stability, and it was a favorable contender for the military minister.
Their origins are different, but their experiences over the past decade or so are strikingly similar.
That is, Princess Sophia was excluded from the ruling circle of the Lancelot royal family, and they could only lie dormant in their own territory, silently accumulating strength.
Waiting for the next big reshuffle of power.
Now that the new king has ascended the throne, it is a great opportunity for them to exert their strength.
Forming an alliance is a natural and logical one.
They don't need everyone to get the seat they want, as long as half of them succeed, they can control part of the royal family's voice, and the rest can be fought for slowly.
"You should all have heard about the marriage of our princess and the nouveau riche earl of the Eternal Night Army, which is rumoring in the city, what do you think about this matter?" asked Douglas, shaking the tall wine glass in his hand.
"This news seems to have spread throughout the royal capital overnight, which is a bit abnormal. Count Roderick said.
"What's so strange about this, the entire Dawn Tavern is the eyeliner that the Eternal Night Warlord threw at the royal capital Valesta, and it couldn't be easier for them to spread the news. Earl Douglas sneered, "Our Royal Highness the Princess, who is known as wise, has been foolish in this kind of thing, and has allowed other forces to settle in on a large scale. ”
"Confused, Her Royal Highness is not confused at all, none of those industries has her shares, she only needs to acquiesce to their entry, and every year there will be a carriage of gold and silver delivered to her, and now she is about to become the mistress of these properties. "It is no coincidence that the Earl of Justin was able to become a candidate for Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Earl Douglas said with a tough attitude: "In the past, she bullied His Royal Highness Laurie when she was young, and she did anything wrong in the royal capital, and no one dared to resist, and after we ascended the throne, this kind of thing that is not conducive to the rule of the royal family must be put an end, even if it is the princess's inheritance." ”
"That's exactly how it should be. ”
"That's how it should be. ”
Justin and Count Roderick chimed in.
"Huh!" the Marquis of Monrode, who had not spoken, let out a sneer.
Earl Justin said with some displeasure: "What does this mean, Marquis?"
"If you fancy the huge profits of other people's industries and want to keep them for yourself, just say directly, don't make the reason so high-sounding, it doesn't matter if you want to eat, but whether you think about whether you have the ability to do so. The Marquis of Monrod said stiffly.
"We are planning for His Highness and for the royal family, but we are not as unbearable as the Marquis said. Roderick retorted with an embarrassed face, but there was a lack of heart in it that could not be concealed.
His family has a long history in a similar industry, and is a leader in this area.
At least before the Dawn Tavern chain of the Eternal Night Army Lords sprung up, nearly half of the taverns in the Plains of Asia Minor were owned by their family.
Other places aside, in the royal capital Valesta, their family's long-established tavern collapsed in front of the Dawn Tavern chain, if it weren't for the fact that the Dawn Tavern didn't get involved in the erotic industry, giving them a chance to breathe and squeeze their family business out of Valesta completely.
In the past, Princess Sophia was powerful, and Count Roderick could only swallow his anger.
Now that the situation is reversed, it is natural to want to fight their idea, if they can eat them, the Bart family will go to a higher level in his hands.
"Alright, alright. The Marquis of Monrod waved his hand impatiently and said, "None of us know anyone, your little caution can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me, Princess Sophia has indeed resigned from the position of regent now, but after so many years, the influence she has established is still there."
Between Her Royal Highness Laurie and not marrying Miss Straggy as the queen, she is the only link between the royal family and the Broken Blood Castle, you have already heard of this year's border war, the Western Odin Empire has mobilized millions of Odin orcs, once the border pass is lost, what kind of tragedy will it bring to the entire alliance, I don't need to say more.
Now that the East Odin Empire has been completely destroyed, the Lion Royal Court is falling apart, and it is only a matter of time before the West Odin Empire unifies the Odin grassland, and the pressure on the border will only increase, and Archduke Cedric is a well-known protector, don't you move Your Royal Highness the princess to kill yourself?"