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Duke Leanne sat in the study, it was a clear daylight outside, but the doors and windows in the room were closed, and only a few oil lamps on the wall provided light for the Duke, making the study a little dim.

Since returning from the palace on the day of the celebration, the Duke has often locked himself in his study, and many people thought that he was thinking about how to fight for the throne for the Grand Prince Cleverley, but in fact, the Duke did not take the matter of the throne to heart.

He was reflecting.

Why did things come to this point? Why did the best Golden Family bloodline, whom he had selected according to the tradition of generations, end up being an assassin who killed His Majesty the Emperor with his own hands?

Even though he was considered one of the wisest men in the Empire, Duke Leanne still didn't figure it out.

It is true that Duke Lean does not like Cleverley, this son is not as heroic and good at fighting as a standard member of the Golden Lion Family, and he is the only one among the heirs of the Golden Lion Family who cannot become a cultivator, and the intrigue that Cleverley is good at using is not very acceptable to Duke Lean.

If he had a choice, Duke Lean would have preferred to let Antonidas, the son who died in the Lito Mountains, succeed him.

But in any case, Cleverley did defeat all his siblings within the rules of the game and became the ultimate winner.

So Duke Leanne did not hesitate to publicly recognize Cleverley's status, and gave Cleverley an elite force according to the tradition that has always been there, letting Cleverley do his own thing, and letting him participate in many military affairs, in order to make Cleverley a duke who is as good as himself and his ancestors.

But Duke Li'an didn't expect that the son he had cultivated would give him such a big "surprise" in the end.

Why is that? Duke Leanne couldn't figure it out.

Everything Cleverley has been through, Duke Leanne has also experienced, and Lord Duke also defeated his other siblings along the way in the Lion King Project to finally achieve his current status.

Why did Cleverley's path be exactly the same as that of the Duke and the Dukes of the past three hundred years, but his thoughts and his purpose had deviated so much?

Some people say that Cleverley was seduced by the forces of darkness, and that the little duke was lost in the power of darkness, but the Duke did not think so.

As a former participant and later referee, Duke Leanne knew all too well what kind of people the Lion King Project would produce.

This heir training program is the top priority of the entire Golden Lion Family, and the Golden Lion Family has invested countless resources in it in order to cultivate a calm, wise, loyal and excellent duke, and the glory of the past three hundred years has also proved the success of this program.

Only in Cleverley's case did the plan fail miserably.

Before the celebration day, all those who have participated in the Lion King Project, whether they want to or not, must admit that Cleverley is not a cultivator, everything else perfectly meets the requirements of the Lion King Project for the heir, and even a few of them exceed the required standards.

But such a qualified heir has done something that almost made the entire Golden Lion Family irreversible.

In hindsight, Duke Leanne sometimes even congratulated Cleverley for his eventual success. If Charles XVI hadn't died, and the princes and princesses in Ridmar City hadn't caused chaos because of the competition for the throne, then the Golden Lion family would have become the target of everyone at this moment.

No one knows better than Duke Lion what the events in the Victory Palace mean to the Golden Lion Family, which not only means that future emperors will no longer trust the Golden Lion Family as wholeheartedly as before, but also represents the complete collapse of the traditions and creeds that the Duke of Lion has believed in and practiced for three hundred years.

Cleverley's death did not cause much sentimentality for the Duke, who had killed his own siblings and watched his children die at the hands of another child.

For each generation of dukes who have been instilled since childhood with the family as the most important, the country second, and the last generation of the individual, children are never too important things, and they are just reborn after death.

Duke Lean is worried about the future of the entire Golden Lion Family.

The Lion King Project is no longer the perfect plan, and since there is one deviant successor like Cleverley, there is a possibility that there will be a second.

One Cleverley has already shaken the foundation that the entire Golden Lion Family has worked so hard to lay and consolidate for three hundred years, and if another Cleverley comes to it, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

But if the Lion King Project is not continued, how can we ensure that the next generation of Golden Lion Family Masters in the future can be as good and outstanding as themselves and their ancestors?

Is it really because Cleverley is such a rebellious successor that he wants to overthrow all the Lion King plans that have been so successful for 300 years?

Duke Leanne had many trustworthy people around him, and he could discuss anything with these cronies, except for this one.

This is the only thing he has to think about and make decisions on his own, and this is a matter of life and death for the Golden Lion Family.

After three hundred years of development, the Golden Lion Family is no longer just a family, this family is like a towering tree, the Golden Lion Family itself is a thick trunk, there are countless branches and leaves on this big tree, and even birds and other animals that inhabit the branches, which are all small families and individuals attached to the Golden Lion Family.

Although many of these people just want to climb up with the help of the Golden Lion Family's power, there are also many loyal people who have a relationship with the Golden Lion Family that is both prosperous and loss-making.

Duke Lean's decision not only determines his own future, nor does it only determine the future of the entire Golden Lion Family, this decision is related to the future of many, thousands of people, and can even have an incomparably far-reaching impact on the future of the Spany Empire and even the entire continent.

He had to be cautious.

Judging from the current situation, it is clear that just a few days are not enough for the Duke to think of an answer that is satisfactory enough for him.

The door opened, and the butler walked in quietly, and bowed respectfully to the Duke: "The person sent to the Golden Feather Parrot family has returned, bringing back the news of failure. ”

The Duke replied lightly, not as if he didn't care very much about this matter, and only after a moment did he ask, "How did you fail?" ”

"There, our men met Leo, the Divine Favorite, with three Sanctuary powerhouses with him, and he supported Edgar's son Roger."

"yes, got it."

As a matter of common sense, it should be time for the housekeeper to retire at this time.

But the old butler, who had served the Duke of Leanne for decades, decided to say more, even if it might be scolded or even punished by his master.

"Master, our recent efforts to win over the nobles have not been going well, and I'm worried that if we continue like this, it will have a bad result for us, aren't you-"

The old butler's meaning was obvious, Lord Duke should not be so "sinking", he should go out of this room and do something for the Golden Lion Family and for those who are loyal to the Golden Lion Family.

For this suggestion, which was almost to his face to reprimand Duke Lean's depressed will these days, the old butler was even ready to lose his head.

"It doesn't matter." Duke Leanne interrupted the old butler's words, and he seemed to have suddenly figured out something, and there was no annoyance on his face, but a faint smile appeared.

"Since things are not going well, let's all withdraw our people. Pass on my orders, and all co-optation operations will be canceled from today. ”