Chapter 66: Family Conflicts
Joseph did not leave that night but lived in the Liverpool family estate, for some unknown reason, next to him was Afra's room, perhaps because of the soundproofing, and some of the quarrels that night were reaching Joseph's ears.
"If Joseph is willing to speak for us, I believe you still have a chance to get a knighthood, after all, you are the eldest daughter of the Liverpool family, according to the current law......"
"Be quiet, this is a family matter, how can you trouble others and Joseph is just a child."
The child ......, this title made Joseph stunned for a moment, and then a different emotion arose in his heart, no one has called himself like this for a long time, past life and present life!
"Are you willing to watch your title go to your cousin?"
"Steve is also his own person, even if he inherits the title, it doesn't matter, his father ......"
"Father! Father! Do you not have me in your eyes, and you don't have our future? I can still live here now, but if the owner of this place is your cousin, can you guarantee that he won't drive us away? ”
"Why, how is it possible, he, he shouldn't do this!"
Although simple, Afra is not a fool, how she does not know the possibility of this, not to say that it is very small, even if there is a trace of it, it is absolutely not allowed. Afra doesn't have any ambitions, she just grew up here, and there are too many childhood memories here, and she is reluctant to leave and doesn't want to leave.
"Avra, listen to me and talk to Joseph, if he is willing to speak for us, I believe my father will still be willing to respect his opinion."
Adonis also thought very simply, if the Earl of Liverpool dies, then Joseph accepts Afra's invitation to help him say something, but trying to influence the will of the Earl of Liverpool may only lead things in a worse direction.
"Adunis, we can, we can get out of here."
In the end, Afra still didn't want to trouble Joseph, and hesitated for a long time before whispering such a remark, but it was clear that this was not what Adonis wanted, and anger finally accumulated.
"Very well, Afra, it's not been a day since you wanted to kick me out of the Liverpool family, right? In that case, I'll leave now! ”
Touch!
With the sound of the door closing and Afra's whispered dissuasion, everything was calm again, and after a few moments, there was a faint sobbing from the next door, and it was clear that Afra was crying.
At this time, Joseph was in a very complicated mood, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Adonis, because the world is such a reality, no matter who Adonis is, all his starting points are to stay here and live better in the future.
Afra is kind, but she's clearly not a family person, or she wants to take care of too many things, which makes her indecisive and hesitant.
Maybe she is a good woman, but she is not a good wife, nor is she the princess that Nord will need in the future, of course, Joseph is referring to a woman of such a character who is not suitable to be Nord's princess, and if she can, it is better to have a strong woman who is good at handling government affairs.
Joseph had a lazy personality, and a tough princess was best in the interests of the current Nord principality, such as a tough woman like British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In corners unbeknownst to Joseph, others were also talking about Joseph, the envy of the servants, the thoughts of the butler, and the conversation between Anne and Aldrich.
Recalling the scene at the racecourse today, Anne said to Aldridge with some uneasiness: "My sister gets along very well with him. ”
As if sensing the uneasiness of his fiancée across the desk, Aldrich stood up and gently hugged her and comforted, "Joseph will not interfere, and if he does, it will only make things worse." ”
"Why, why am I not Afra?"
Anne's muttering refers to the identity of the eldest daughter of the Liverpool family, with that identity and Aldrich's fiancé, the earl's title will definitely fall into her hands, and Afra's failure will be in her own marriage.
"If you were Afra, then I wouldn't be your fiancé either."
Aldrich disagreed with Anne's words, but what he said was also true, and there were some truths that Anne did not know, such as the fact that Afra's marriage was deliberately done by the Earl of Liverpool, in order to cut off the possibility of Afra inheriting the Earldom.
Afra isn't her own daughter? Naturally impossible, but the Earl of Liverpool could not tolerate his own family in the hands of others in the future, although the nephew was far away, but in the end it was a family.
"I'm worried about Adonis, the situation is not good for him right now, I'm afraid he's going to make some ......"
"I'm sure Adonis, he won't do that even if the situation is too bad, and it won't get to that point, your father will give them enough wealth."
Considering things differently with different identities, Aldrich said so easily because he didn't stand on Adonis's side, and he of the duke's heir would care about such an earl's title?
Of course, he thought so but didn't know that his father was also thinking about the title of Earl of Liverpool, the Duke of Hollis was very prominent, but one thing to note was that he only had one title.
Aldridge also has a younger brother, if Aldridge can inherit the title of Earl of Liverpool, then Aldrich's younger brother can inherit the dukedom, and their Holliss family will have one more choice in the title.
The Earl of Liverpool could have guessed such an idea, so he had always been very wary of Aldrich, and the threat of Adunis was almost non-existent in comparison.
Every big family is so complicated, especially when it comes to inheritance, it's normal for a big family to be ruined in it.
"Wealth? I don't think Adonis will be satisfied, certainly not. ”
At this point, Aldrich would hate Anne very much, because he wanted a wife like Afra rather than an ambitious woman.
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"Lord Earl, Mr. Adonis seems to be out of the house."
"What is he doing out so late?"
The butler's report made the Earl of Liverpool frown, to be honest, he was 200% dissatisfied with this son-in-law, otherwise he would not have been snubbed all the time.
"Looks like there's a little argument with Miss Afra."
The housekeeper naturally knows the specific situation, but it is also necessary to pay attention to how to answer, after all, he is the identity of a servant, and saying too much is easy to cause the master's disgust.
The Earl of Liverpool is also an old fox, and he understands the specific situation in a word, and the first day of Joseph's arrival made the family members so frightened, I really don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing to let Joseph live here.
"How's the subway project going?"
"We've received the message, so it shouldn't be too much of a mistake."
After all, it involves tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and it is impossible for the Earl of Liverpool not to care, and it is necessary to inquire about relevant information.