Royal Forest Farm, an attached estate.

A very private drinking party is being held here, and a group of nobles led by the noble forces in the Knights of the Garter are present, and the most important thing is that at this drinking party, not only are there no juniors, but there are no servants, and all the nobles are serving themselves with their own hands, but everyone knows that this is very necessary. And all the servants in this small manor were ordered not to go near the banquet hall where the reception was held.

Phoebe's performance in the succession ceremony, especially the fact that she stood with a sword for two hours and forty minutes without losing her manners at all, on the one hand, many people regarded her as a monster, but on the other hand, they all felt that the trusted Viscount Rorek was indeed very noble, that is, he regarded honor and duty above all else. And this also made Phoebe gain the favor of the old aristocrats, as mentioned earlier, in today's materialistic world, even if it is an aristocrat, many aspects are only reflected by blowing, but Phoebe's persistence has made everyone from the schadenfref of preparing to watch the show at the beginning, and then to the surprise later, and in the last hour or so, many people don't care what the archbishop, prince and queen say, they are all watching Phoebe, regardless of whether these people are hostile to Phoebe or like Phoebe, Everyone wanted Phoebe to represent the nobles and complete this difficult ritual of standing with a sword.

After completing the whole ceremony while standing with the sword, Phoebe did not wave the big sword in his hand publicly, but hung the big sword on the hook on the armor very calmly, and the whole person was just and peaceful, without any pride or other meaning, which made many people convinced at the same time, but also felt sincere admiration for the strong will of this girl who was less than twenty years old, after all, it is difficult for many people to show nothing like this after completing a difficult challenge.

An old nobleman with the coat of arms of the Order of the Garter said in private: "I originally thought that the aristocratic spirit of England had declined, but I didn't expect that Viscount Rorek made me see again that the younger generation still retains the true aristocratic spirit, which makes me wonder how the old lady of the Lorek family cultivated this successor." ”

"In fact, it was not cultivated by the people of the Lorek family, it was cultivated by the Americans, but it was a diplomatic family in the United States, although the ancestors did not have a noble title, but it was also a very old family, their family has always had a relationship with the US Navy, when the Chinese were punished in the nineteenth century, someone in their family participated in our coalition forces, our family has relevant records, even in the US Navy, their family's upbringing is the best." Another old man of the Knights of the Garter said.

The old man who spoke at the beginning suddenly nodded in understanding: "Well, sure enough, the empire still left a lot of precious things in the New World, although most of the people in the New World are vulgar nouveau riche, but there are always some who have learned some noble things." ”

All the old immortals nodded: "Well, I'll just say, if it weren't for the careful cultivation of that diplomat family, how could a yellow person have the spirit of nobility." ”

Another member of the nobility said: "I remember that Viscount Rorek was adopted by two families of diplomats, the first one was a family of Swedish origin, I heard that although there are no rival families in Sweden, you all know Vice Admiral Carlson of Sweden, right?" ”

"Well, well, of course I've heard that Lieutenant General Carlson is one of the few foreign servicemen to be honored by Queen Victoria."

The man continued: "And then the Borglitt family who adopted Viscount Rorek, hehe, Lord Borglett, your family really has no collateral in the New World?" ”

The name was named by the Countess Borglet, although the title is lower than Phoebe, but she is a purebred Anglo-Sagesson, so she has been a member of the Knights of the Garter since several generations ago, and the countess, who is already in her forties, nodded and said: "Well, indeed, if you look at the family tree in detail, our family did have a side branch of the children who went to the New World before, and some of the older generations also mentioned in their diaries that they had many contacts when they commanded the army to protect the royal gardens of the Qing Dynasty in the Old Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty together with the members of the Borgleet family in the New World. ”

A viscount who is related to the next generation of the Borgleet family said with honor: "I heard that it is because of the approval of the previous Count Borgleet that the Borgleet family in the New World can be like a fish in water in international diplomatic occasions, but as the Earl of Borgleet said at that time, the Borgleet family in the New World is one of the few families that is not like nouveau riche, but has obtained the education of a real gentleman." ”

"Uh-huh, yes, yes, yes." A group of people who are at the apex of the aristocracy agree again, the apex here does not mean that they have royal blood, they are the noble class in the Knights of the Garter who do not have royal blood, they are the group of people who supported the restriction of the British king's taxation of the nobility in the Glorious Revolution, with the rise of the Industrial Revolution, the authority of the British aristocratic system plummeted, but the power of the royal family was relatively increased.

Over the years, the majority of the "aristocratic faction" in the Knights of the Garter has become more and more lonely compared to the "royal faction", and the current idea of these people is actually to throw away their previous disdain and pull Viscount Rorek, that is, Phoebe, into their camp. Of course, the British royal family is actually making similar efforts, but because the Lorek family also has the blood of European grandmothers, the royal family wants to pull Phoebe into the "royal faction", of course, judging from the early performance, Phoebe is still closer to the royal family, so the purpose of the aristocratic faction now is to praise Phoebe and the family that adopted her, so that everyone knows that the reason why Phoebe is so good is because the aristocratic faction has played a huge role, and Phoebe should return to the arms of the aristocratic faction as soon as possible......

"Ladies and gentlemen, I personally believe that since Viscount Rorek is a very good territorial noble, it is difficult for ordinary noble children to gain her favor, so her marriage must be matched by the best performing of our children, and I propose that the heir of the Argos family take the initiative to contact Viscount Rorek." There are no unmarried men among the heirs of this person's own family, so he proposed a candidate close to his family, in fact, he suddenly turned the topic to Phoebe's marriage, although it was somewhat unexpected, but it was also reasonable, after all, in order to strengthen the connection between the nobles, they would only choose to achieve it through marriage, and the aristocratic circle did not believe in shares or interest unions in business rules, after all, from the history of the past few hundred years, anyone can understand that the interest union will eventually be dissolved, Marriage can maintain a certain degree of personal relations, while the aristocracy has always considered personal relations rather than national interests.

As soon as the man finished speaking, he was immediately opposed: "I am against it! The Argos family is hardly comparable to the Lorek family in terms of history and achievements, this family is only a maritime nobleman from the time of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, which is an insult to the traditional realm nobility! ”

"What!? You mean to say that the lives of our ancestors who our family sacrificed for the glory of the empire are insults?! ”

"No, that's not what he meant, whether it's the Knights or the Kingdom, the contribution of the naval aristocracy to the British Empire is recognized, but if the naval nobility and the territorial nobility are combined, this is really strange, and I personally think that we should find the right person for the territorial nobles."

"Can you still have a suitable candidate for the nobles of your territory? Last Oxford, I asked my grandfather to sue my grandmother to lower my score! You know? Viscount Rorek was admitted to MIT with a full score! ”

"What if she was admitted, didn't she drop out of school in less than a year?!"

"Oh, since you look down on Viscount Rorek, then don't speak on this matter, I think Viscount Rorek did the right thing about dropping out of MIT, how can nobles mix with commoners in science and engineering!?"

"That is, as a nobleman, the most important thing to learn is literature and politics, law and logic are also counted, and running to study science and engineering is simply self-degenerating, fortunately, Viscount Rorek woke up early, and it is also the old lady of the Rorek family who is smart, the reason why Viscount Rorek enrolled in MIT before must be that the Borglitt family lacks common sense in this regard, and the cultural level of the New World is still not as good as that of old Europe."

Hearing someone say this, including Count Borglet, who was honored just now because Phoebe was raised by the Borgleet diplomatic family in the New World, he also nodded in agreement at this time, after all, this is the chain of contempt of Western civilization.

However, the problem has not been solved, in fact, everyone covets the wealth and influence of Viscount Rorek, you must know that due to the transformation of British industrialization into capitalization, the traditional British aristocracy that is always half a step behind the times has suffered heavy losses, so in the early twentieth century there will be a large number of aristocratic families who marry the daughters of the rich Americans, and in the twenty-first century, this kind of thing will not be avoided, and most importantly, compared to the daughters of other wealthy people in the United States, Phoebe, who has obtained hereditary titles, has become fat in everyone's eyes.

That's right, in fact, all the nobles after Phoebe's succession ceremony, no matter what they discussed, the fundamental purpose was to put forward a candidate within the small group who was acceptable to everyone, so that he could "become" Phoebe's husband.

However, due to the fact that Phoebe showed too much financial resources, coupled with the medium-sized floating island dedicated to the queen that had been named Prince Philip, and the amazing two and a half hours of standing without a sword at all, the nobles also knew that it was really a super difficult thing to conquer this generation of Viscount Rorek, and half of the nobles were afraid that it would be difficult for them to get into the eyes of others.

Moreover, there was another worry in the aristocratic circle, only to hear someone say: "I think it's too early to discuss this, after all, Viscount Rorek is only nineteen years old this year, and as a high-ranking nobleman, her marriage should not be in such a hurry." ”

Some people support him, because some people think that the children of their own family or their friends' families are still underage, and it is still very competitive in this matter to be cultivated in the future, so some people immediately refuted him: "As a nobleman, the marriage problem must be solved as soon as possible, so that you can better manage your territory and life." ”

But the man shook his head and said: "You misunderstand, I mean, you look at the two families who have adopted Viscount Rorek, the eldest daughter of the Borgret family is married to the second son of the Carlson family, and the other adopted daughter of the Carlson family, and the only girl in the next generation of their family, is engaged to the only son of the Borgleet family, these two families are very similar to the kind of kinship marriage in the past, it is difficult to say whether Viscount Rorek will marry the third son of the Carlson family, you know, Viscount Rorek on the way from the castle, But he brought the little guy named Jeffrey. ”

"No......" Although he is an aristocrat, he can be regarded as influenced by modern fertility knowledge, and he has long gotten rid of the past mating customs, but everyone looks back and thinks about it, Viscount Lorek only has a nominal brother and sister relationship with Jeffrey, and with the change of adoption procedures, this brother-sister relationship may not be able to be talked about, so the fact that the two married children are intensively mating each other is not really a thing that violates human ethics.

Everyone was silent, and everyone understood that if this was really the case, then this is the reason why Jeffrey, who had just arrived in the past few days, was very active in the aristocratic circle, Viscount Phoebe, Lorek, probably had already thought about taking the opportunity to be too high Geoffrey's identity, so that as a high-ranking nobleman in Wales, who had not been very close to the aristocratic circle before, or was an ostracized aristocratic family, everyone really couldn't tell her about her marriage.

"No, we must stop this!"

"yes, you can't let Jeffrey improve her status! I'm afraid she arranged a few of Jeffrey's balls on the hunting ground in order to increase Jeffrey's popularity and provide a basis for next year's Queen's Knighthood. ”

"But how do we stop it? Jeffrey is very sociable, and in just a few days, he can get most young and old people to like him. ”

In this regard, some crooked buildings lamented that the bloodline theory is extremely correct: "It is worthy of being a child of a diplomatic family, and these abilities are all innate......"

There are also lamenting that the next generation cultivated by a well-educated family is powerful no matter what they do: "Indeed, not to mention that Viscount Rollec is not only strong-willed and noble in character and wise at a young age, but also has a strong sense of family, and can actually plan some things in advance, even if they don't really get married in the future, they can also give Jeffrey a better future." ”

However, some people suddenly thought: "Didn't you say that Viscount Rorek also has an unmarried sister?" Jeffrey might marry that Valerie in the future. ”

So when many people heard it, they immediately understood what he meant, and said: "Yes, we should mention this matter more, so that Jeffrey and Valerie's marriage can be implemented as soon as possible, if they want to be blessed by the royal family, it's not impossible~"

Then someone said: "Actually, whether it is Valerie or Jeffrey, they are actually very good candidates for marriage...... After all, the one who really supports Viscount Rorek is the one named Ebrun, right? It's a pity that he is already engaged, and he seems to have a very harmonious relationship with his fiancée. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should have heard that the original family of Viscount Rorek, that is, the yellow family in Hong Kong, once moved to the Commonwealth member countries with many people in order to avoid China's recovery of Hong Kong, and this incident was instigated by the people in the House of Commons at that time, and I think that we should hold the House of Commons responsible for encouraging these yellow people at that time, but failing to provide them with security! You know, this incident broke the hearts of many people who were interested in the rule of the British Empire, and it also caused the loyal subjects of the empire to begin to turn away from the empire, and most of them turned to the arms of the nouveau riche in the New World. ”

"That's right, those people in the House of Commons are really getting worse and worse! They must be held accountable in this matter and Viscount Rorek given justice!! ”

In the noisy banquet hall, the nobles reached a consensus again, but the most fundamental problem, everyone knows that it has not been solved, that is, who is qualified to marry Phoebe, it is really impossible to reach a consensus in a short time, so everyone can only retreat now, on the one hand, they are ready to unite to exclude other competitors, on the other hand, they are trying to show favor to Phoebe, of course, it would be great if they could make the House of Commons unlucky or even discredited again......