A carriage made of sturdy cedar wood stopped in front of the square of the main tower of Mecklenburg, followed by a group of twelve Saxon knights, it was obvious that the twelve knights who could escort them in this ice and snow must be an important big man, and the carriage was stamped with the coat of arms representing Prince Otto, Arold did not dare to slack off after receiving the news, and immediately came out of the banquet.

"Is it Lord Count Mecklenburg?" The Saxon knight jumped off his horse, his armor crashing and revealing his youthful face.

"I'm Arold." Arold stepped forward, followed by Baron Ron and the others, and the young Saxon knight understood that this was the Count of Mecklenburg, but he was surprised by Arold's youth.

"Dear Count Mecklenburg, I believe Prince Otto has already told you about it." The Saxon knight said after bowing to Arold.

"Hmm, is it Madame's business?" Arold immediately realized what Prince Otto had entrusted him, but he thought that he should at least wait until after the arrival of the next spring, but he did not expect Prince Otto to be so urgent, and braved the wind and snow in the north to send the carriage over, and they must have suffered a lot along the way.

"Yes." The Saxon Knight nodded.

"Hurry up and invite Madame into the castle, Harun has the room prepared and the fireplace is lit, and Shazo takes our friends from Saxony to the hall for dinner." Arold hurriedly ordered his attendants, and when Arold walked to the carriage, he saw a Slavic lady with a child in her arms, pushing open the carriage door and walking out, with beautiful green eyes, her face was a little pale from the long journey, and the child in her arms was asleep.

The Slavic lady was arranged by Arold to enter the tower through a side door. Avoided the noisy hall of the lord, because Arold didn't want too many people to know about it, after all, this noble lady was the heir of Prince Otto, and when the king Henry the bird catcher died, Prince Otto would become the new king, and if you think about it, maybe Prince Otto felt that his succession was very dangerous this time. Only then did he brave the heavy snow to send his illegitimate son to Arrod.

"It looks like the royal family is not in a good situation." Arold settled Prince Otto's mistress and sat in his bedroom, with the crackling fireplace in front of him, and Princess Josie sat opposite Arold, with an open Bible on her lap and a rosary wrapped around her hand, and from time to time she stroked her bulging belly, and looked up curiously when she heard Arold muttering to herself.

"What's wrong?" Princess Josie asked softly how comfortable and peaceful life was in Mecklenburg. As she dreamed of as a child, she had a loving husband and lovely children, sitting by the burning fireplace every night and laughing.

"Oh, I mean His Majesty's health doesn't seem to be very good, I really wonder if His Royal Highness Prince Otto will be able to inherit the throne?" Arold bent down and stirred the firewood in the fireplace with his iron tongs, so that the fire inside burned more vigorously, for fear that Princess Josie would freeze.

"As far as I know, His Majesty the King has long forced the princes to recognize the succession of His Royal Highness Prince Otto, even if His Majesty the King is now dead. As long as Prince Otto does not anger the dukes, they should inherit the throne smoothly. Princess Josie propped her chin on the index finger of her right hand and said thoughtfully to Arryd.

"Oh? You mean that Prince Otto will inherit the throne. "Arrod didn't expect that Princess Josie would be very clear about the politics of the countries. Prince Otto is a very friendly king to Arold, it can be said that in this era personal friendship is often very important, in the civil strife of the Duchy of Mason, Arold has greatly offended the nobles of Mason, and even the Duke of Abel has a gap in his heart, and severed the vassal relationship with the Duchy of Mason, so that Arold lost foreign aid. This situation is actually very dangerous, because Arold's land will become fat in the eyes of some people at this time, but if Prince Otto becomes king, then Arold will be as good as a friend of the king.

"It's nothing to inherit the throne, but you also know that Prince Otto is the king's second son and not the first. It is not in line with the practice of the Carolingian dynasty, but I am worried that the other sons of the king will collude with the dukes to oppose His Royal Highness Otto, so I wonder how long His Highness Otto can sit on the throne? "Princess Josie has lived in the court since she was a child, and she knows a lot about the customs of the Carolingian dynasty, in the past tradition in fact, all the king's sons have the opportunity to govern, that is, they are all equal inheritance, on the good side this can play a role in stabilizing the country, but on the bad side is that when the king dies, his property may be divided, the famous event is that after the death of Charlemagne, his kingdom was divided into three kingdoms.

Henry the Birdcatcher tried to change this situation by obtaining the consent of the magnates at the court council at Quedlinburg, establishing Prince Otto's succession and removing the succession rights of the other princes, severing the Carolingian traditions.

"You mean that even if you inherit the throne, there is a bloody storm waiting for His Highness Otto?" Arold asked curiously.

"Yes, but I think His Majesty must have thought about it, and I have occasionally heard from the ladies who have returned from the town that it seems that our King has made Prince Otto marry the Anglo-Saxon princess Edgita as his wife, and has also given Magdeburg in the middle of the Elbe to his wife as a morning gift." Princess Josie knew a lot about the matter, and she said with envy that this envy is a woman's nature.

"I know about it, but I only know that the prince gave the land to Princess Edgitta." Arold wondered how Princess Josie could know so much about it, listening to the rumors in the town, this is the hell thing, if the rumors could know such detailed information, then what would Arold do to establish the Blooddrop Brotherhood?

"Arod, don't underestimate this matter, Magdeburg is now in the hands of His Royal Highness Prince Otto, and from now on the center of gravity of the kingdom will move there, and this is the preparation of His Majesty for his death." Princess Josie closed the book on her lap and said to Arrod that this matter would be very informative in the eyes of those who had a sense of smell.

"Magdeburg, I remember that at that time not far from us, a county, if the center of gravity of the kingdom was there, this was a bridgehead for an attack on the land of the Slavs, could it be that the royal family also coveted the land of the Slavs." Arold was immediately alerted by Princess Josie's reminder, Arold later generations remembered that the Germans had in fact been involved in the Slavic lands of the East, and this situation lasted for a long time, and even people said that the turning point of World War II why the Führer suddenly launched an attack on the Soviet Union, which signed a contract, was influenced by the history of the Germans, and if it was not for the two-front war, it is really hard to say what the history of the future would be.

"That's a good thing, isn't it? We have lost the support of the Duchy of Mason and cannot face the large-scale invasion of the Slavs alone, which is a good thing if the royal family can help us. "Princess Josie is not stupid, she knows that in the civil strife in the Duchy of Mason, her brother made a very wrong decision, but she is powerless to change, one side is her husband, the other is her own brother who has loved her since childhood, when Mecklenburg and the Duchy of Mason severed the vassal relationship, even the Duke of Mason asked Princess Josie to return to Mason, because he thought that Arrod, who fought against the Slavs alone, would fail, but this mention was rejected by Princess Josie.

"Hmm." Arold held his hands, his eyes looked at the flames beating on the firewood, it is not possible to be strong by the charity of others, in his heart he has already regarded the territory of the Baltic Sea coast as his sphere of influence, no one wants to interfere, so he thought that it was not simple to think that Prince Otto sent his mistress to Mecklenburg for refuge, maybe this Slavic lady also had a spy mission, exploring the reality of Mecklenburg.

"Hiss~~~." Princess Josie suddenly frowned, she held her waist with her left hand, and pressed her belly with the other hand, as if she was in great pain.

"What's wrong?" Arold hurriedly stood up and asked with concern.

"Hehe, the little guy is starting to get naughty, he's kicking me in the stomach." Although Princess Josie's brows were slightly furrowed, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, her face was full of maternal love, Arold stood beside Princess Josie and laughed, he put his big hand on Princess Josie's stomach, and sure enough, he felt a powerful little foot kicking, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

When Arold received news about the royal family from Princess Josie, he did not dare to despise the so-called Prince Otto's lover, and immediately asked the Blooddrop Brotherhood to arrange for people to approach them, so that he could be prepared in case of a situation that was unfavorable to him. On the other hand, he was very curious about why Princess Josie, who had been living in Mecklenburg, would get so much information, driven by curiosity, Arold ordered the Blooddrop Brotherhood to also start investigating what happened to his wife, not because he didn't trust Princess Josie, but because he was worried that someone with bad intentions would approach Princess Josie, which would indirectly affect his decision-making, and after the Wendell family was killed, Arold became extremely cautious and even suspicious. (To be continued......)

PS: I recommend a new book, the Millennium Dragon King's "Usurpation of Qin" continues to uphold the realistic writing method of intertwining darkness and light.