Chapter 90: Inheritance and Night Talk
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On the day of this incident, Brent summoned the powerful nobles of Lotsant to the palace, and invited Charlotte, who was the representative of Icewind Castle, and Devine, who was the representative of the Forest Elves, to participate in this humble succession ceremony.
During the ceremony, Brent, King of Rosente, officially announced that the next Grand Duke would be Nell Leslie, and at the same time, announced that his own son Hibbert Jr. would be passed to the Icewind Castle family, and Hibbert Jr. would be renamed Clayderman, officially depriving him of all legal status and power in Rocente.
If Bellent dies (which is almost certain), the Leslie family will nominally be left with only Nell Leslie, and the nobles of Locente will have to recognize Nell's rightful rule even if they are reluctant. Otherwise, they would have to welcome one of the three Northland siblings who had Leslie's blood to become the Grand Duke of Rosent.
And if little Hibbert wants to inherit the throne of Rosente, the only possibility is that Charlotte will also be the Grand Duke of Rosente, and he will take over the legal rule from Charlotte.
This is almost a plan to draw money from the bottom of the kettle, even if Brent is about to die, he still sees through the essence of the development of things, and uses the resources at hand to ruthlessly put the old aristocratic forces of Rosente, even if he dies, his extraordinary political skills can suppress the Losente aristocracy immobilized.
He knew that after Hibbert Jr. passed to Charlotte, Nell would be the only ideal choice for the Locents (including the old forces). Unless those conservative forces collectively lose their minds and go crazy, they will abandon Nell and welcome the three brothers and sisters of the Northland, who are countless times stronger than Biller's personal strength and the forces behind them, as kings.
That is not called a struggle for power, that is called death.
The only thing that could be said about the plan was whether Charlotte would use Hibbert Jr. as an excuse to fight for Rosente's dominance, but Brent didn't think it was a matter of consideration. He wasn't just out of trust, but he knew that even if he didn't, wouldn't there be no excuse for Erosa and Icewind Castle to interfere when Nell and little Hibbert were dragged into a fight?
This trick made the old nobles' faces as ugly as eating, and they had the heart to advise, but as soon as they saw the Lord of Icewind Castle staring at them with little Hibbert in his arms, they thought it would be better not to risk provoking the tyrant to try to reverse the established facts.
With the testimony of Icewind and the Forest Elves, and the authority of Brent, the matter of the heir is closed. Later, Brent applied to Daphne for an alliance with a strong spirit, and after the two sides reached a general intention to form an alliance, Brent finally broke down, and he weakly declared the end of the council, and walked into the apse with Eve's support.
He gave full authority to Nell over the alliance, and announced that from now on, all of Rosent's national policies would be represented by Nell.
Charlotte's Eye observed that the fire of life in Brent's body was shaking, and he knew that Brent was about to come to an end in the next two days. He decided to postpone his journey to protect the change of throne in Leslie City.
That night, Charlotte, who lived in the side hall of the palace, heard the click of the glass door on the terrace, and he stopped Elle, who was eager to try, put down the book in his hand and looked at the terrace indifferently.
"Your cousin is about to return to heaven, you are still in the mood to read, it seems that the rumors are good, you have really become a ruthless tyrant!"
The glass door opens to reveal Daphne's slender but feminine body. Charlotte, as before, subconsciously looked at Daphne's slender and fair legs.
Devina frowned and shrunk her legs unnaturally, "If you dare to look at me like this again, I'll gouge out the eyes of your tyrant!"
Charlotte's face burned slightly, and she looked away and said, "Hmph! The princess of the stars actually did this thing of roosters and dogs, and it really makes people laugh when she says it!"
"The forest elves are a noble race that advocates freedom, and the so-called freedom also includes the concept of freedom to come and go?" said Daphne as she sat down unceremoniously on the bed, and Elle made an angry expression at Daphne, but the latter's eyes widened in surprise and patted El's silver hair very familiarly, "When have you grown up a lot? By the way, what about your brother?"
"Brother?" Elle tilted her head.
"Congratulations, Charlotte, how does it feel to be an unwed father?" asked Daphne, who didn't see the strength of the day at all, and smiled like an old friend.
"I'm married. Charlotte repeated the words of the day.
Daphne's face changed slightly, and a moment of panic and paleness was fleeting. Her smile seemed a little reluctant, "You scourge are actually married? Tell me, which young lady did you hurt......?"
Her face was horrified.
"Don't think about it, it's Cecilia Ferrard!"
"Cecilia?...... Have I seen it? I don't have any impression, you can introduce me another day, let me see which lady is so pitiful. ”
"There will be a chance......" Charlotte said with a straight face.
"What, this is your attitude towards your comrades-in-arms who share life and death!"
"She's gone. Charlotte was slightly annoyed.
Devonne's eyes widened, her white hands covered her mouth, and she quickly apologized seriously, "I'm sorry......"
"It's okay, I told you, there will be a chance to introduce you to each other in the future. Charlotte waved her hand and changed the subject, "Is there something wrong with your late night visit? If it's for the daytime, then needless to say, no matter what, I can understand your difficulties." ”
Daphne paid attention to the phrase 'I will have the opportunity to introduce you to each other in the future', she frowned and thought for a long time, and her tone became solemn, "You are indeed the reincarnation of Lu Sien." Do you want to commit the same mistake as Lu Sien?"
"Are you here to preach to me?" Charlotte's tone became hard.
Daphne glared angrily at her pale golden eyes, "I don't have the time to preach to you! No matter how arrogant I am, I wouldn't think of preaching to an adult arrogant mage who wants to pursue his roots!
As soon as she saw that she was angry, Charlotte felt that there was no way, and had to raise her hand to surrender, "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, sorry for Her Royal Highness the Princess." And what are you here for?"
Devine pouted angrily, and pulled Elle past her and rubbed Elle's soft face, who was so annoyed that she simply turned into a white jade book with a pop, and stood motionless there. This made the changeable princess of the stars even more unhappy, she tossed the book of Atroac aside, snatched the fruit wine from Charlotte's table, poured a glass and drank it all, and glared at Charlotte with her pale golden eyes that seemed to be able to speak.
The crimson eyes and the pale gold eyes glared at each other for a while, and Daphne slapped her forehead, "Ahh
Charlotte snorted to herself, thinking, how can you compare to ordinary girls. I've never seen a more difficult girl than you in my life, and even Kathleen is much easier to deal with than you!
Daphne slapped Charlotte on the shoulder, almost tearing his bones apart, "Are you thinking of some faux pas?"
Her expression was serious and solemn, "An oracle came from the crown of Yvette, you guy has successfully entered the elf blacklist and officially become an enemy of nature!"