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"Your Majesty!"

At the gate of the palace, dozens of servants stood on both sides of the column, and when they saw Joseph getting off the car, Abner saluted Joseph in unison.

"Abner, you've been in good health lately!"

Abner used to be the personal valet of Ragnar II, although he was not very old, but his health has not been very good, and he was not able to take his turn to be the butler, but he really couldn't find a suitable person and he was also an old man of the Ragnar family, so he was pushed out to be in charge of these things.

In the past few years, Joseph has always felt guilty about Abner, after all, he has retired due to illness, so he didn't have to worry about these things, but because of his words, Abner finally stood up......

"Thank you, Your Majesty, you are in good health."

Abner just dealt with it casually, and Joseph could naturally see how his body was, and Abner was much older at this time compared to when he left. It seems that the palace has not been stable during his absence, at least these servants have worried Abner.

Those are Abner's affairs, although he has the intention to help Abner, but he understands that his identity and status are not suitable to participate in these things.

"Your Majesty, Count Singla has invited you to a dinner party in three days' time, I don't know ...... you"

"Dinner?"

"Yes, Baron Agata is engaged to Princess Belin."

"Princess Bellian...... King Alfonso's youngest daughter? ”

"Yes, Count Singla has written to say that King Alfonso would also like you to be able to attend the dinner, and if he may, he would like to be able to invite you to breakfast the next day."

Although Singhella had made a lot of money over the years, it was almost impossible to invite King Alfonso to his dinner, even if it was a pre-engagement dinner, and it didn't matter if he invited Joseph, after all, they were related.

King Alfonso obviously didn't like Count Singara, and if it weren't for his surname Ragnar, then it is estimated that Baron Agata would have even been given the opportunity to get close to Princess Belen.

Being able to successfully get engaged is actually related to the province of Western Sahara, the Duchy of Nord bought the Western Sahara region and is already qualified to become the Kingdom of Nord, and now it is still the Duchy of Nord entirely because Joseph was not prepared.

The Kingdom of Spain is no longer the Spanish Empire with an invincible armada, so don't talk about the Nord Kingdom, even the Nord Principality is just an equal treatment, after all, there is no Western Sahara before the Nord Principality is close to a first-class national economy economically.

The new century is the century of the economy, and whoever has money can dominate everything, and of course there must be a foundation here, a foundation that can protect one's own property.

King Alfonso hesitated before because Agata was too far away from Joseph, and if it was Joseph, then it is estimated that King Alfonso would marry his daughter to him without the slightest hesitation.

What is the situation at this point? With the events in Western Sahara, Alfonso has understood that the rise of the Duchy of Nord is inevitable, and in the future it may be a first-class economic and military power like Britain and France, which is incomparable to the Spanish royal family, which has begun to decline.

Although Agata is more distant, how many people are there in the Ragnar family? Therefore, King Alfonso no longer hesitated, he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp this one if he hesitated any longer.

In fact, the Spanish royal family was still very strong at this time, after all, the Kingdom of Spain was still in the top ten in the world in terms of economy alone, with a GDP of more than 300 billion euros, which was more than six times that of the Duchy of Nord. However, in terms of the country, the Duchy of Nord is indeed inferior to the Kingdom of Spain, but the Ragnar family is much stronger than the Spanish royal family, after all, the Spanish royal family has no real power.

Thinking about this, Joseph nodded without much hesitation and agreed to the invitation to the banquet from Spain, although the distance was not close, but the private airliner was only a few hours.

"Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, a young man with blond hair and a little restraint appeared in front of Joseph, which startled Joseph, and so did Abner, so he glared at him and was about to reprimand.

"Abner! Do you have something? ”

Joseph was in a good mood today, so he didn't want Abner to reprimand these somewhat reserved young men for such a trivial matter, although it was a little strange for a thirteen-year-old boy to call a young man in his twenties a young man.

"Your Majesty, this is your valet, he used to ...... for the British"

"So you're the manservant who squeezed Joanna away, be careful, Joanna has always held a grudge against you."

Abner was interrupted by Joseph before he could finish his words, and Abner, who understood Joseph's character, did not bother to explain the previous work experience of the valet, he understood that Joseph didn't care about these at all.

Joseph took off his mask and then came to the study, where he still had some things to deal with, especially in the aristocratic circle.

After serving Joseph, James came to the room of a manservant, glanced at the manservant who was seeing, and asked with some hesitation, "Why does Joanna's housekeeper hate me?" ”

As soon as I saw James's man, I knew the purpose of his arrival, but there was also the psychology of ridiculing James, and he didn't take the initiative to open his mouth but waited for him to ask before he explained the cause and effect funny.

"You mean I'm taking over Joanna's housekeeper?"

"That's right, all your majesty's life before you came was in charge of Joanna's housekeeper."

"But she should be happy, because now she has been promoted......"

"No, the best position here is not butler but your Majesty's personal servant, because this is the only position that can always follow Your Majesty's side, and to tell the truth, there is not one in this palace who is not envious and jealous of you."

Fortunately, the two were in the same room, if it weren't for this, it is estimated that the valet would not explain these things to James, after all, Abner did not follow the servant, and Joseph's personal valet made them very dissatisfied.

"So what do I do now?"

The thought of offending his ex and boss before he worked, although he was not the supervisor in charge, James still felt a little uneasy and apprehensive.

"To be honest, I don't know!"

It's not that the manservant deliberately hides it, but he really doesn't know what to do, Joanna seems to have a bold personality, but how to get her forgiveness in such a matter is probably only known to Marceau.

Joseph was naturally unclear about the conversation between the manservant below, and when he saw the recent activities of some nobles in Britain and France, he was very lamented that he had missed so many gatherings.

These gatherings were just a group of idle people chatting, and Joseph admits that he is not used to such gatherings, but there is no denying that he can bring enough connections to the family.

What does high society mainly do? In fact, it is to eat, drink, and play, they are no longer short of money, they don't have to work hard for power, and the rest is naturally to get together to play and increase their connections.

This was not before World War II, the aristocracy did not have any privileges to participate in politics, and there was no corresponding policy for doing business, the only thing they had to do was to marry, increase their connections and try to keep their family alive, if they could, it would be better to become stronger and more prosperous.

The Duke of Linton won first place in the Jockey Club, the Earl of Liverpool had just auctioned off a medieval painting, and the Duke of Hollis had just gone to the United States to attend a gathering of several business families and won several contracts.