Bishop of Mainz stood in front of Prince Otto, the plainly dressed archbishop, only hung a cross made of gold and inlaid with precious stones on his chest, although he looked like a good old man chubby, but no one in the kingdom dared to underestimate him, after all, the church occupies a lot of land and resources, fortunately, the Bishop of Mainz once served as Prince Otto's enlightenment teacher, and stood firmly on the side of Prince Otto in the defense of royal power.

"We have to plan ahead, but don't worry too much, after all, His Majesty has clearly designated you as the next king in front of the dukes." The Bishop of Mainz nodded slightly to Prince Otto and whispered in the prince's ear.

"But there are many pretenders." Prince Otto sighed, far away there were rivals like the Duke of Bavaria who competed with Henry, and close to Henry's eldest son and other people who thought they had the right to inherit, and the enemies were all over the kingdom and abroad.

"That's right, I heard that the ruler of the Duchy of Mason has disappeared in the Duchy of Bavaria?" Archbishop Mainz asked suddenly.

"Hmm." Prince Otto did not say a word, but remained silent, judging in his mind the position of the Archbishop of Mainz.

"Your Royal Highness, I beg all due respect, the Duke of Bavaria is dying, and you should focus on stabilizing the interior of the Saxon dynasty." The Archbishop of Mainz understood Prince Otto's concerns, and he did not complain or complain about it, because the Archbishop knew very well that he had to capture the heart of the next king.

"Thank you for your kind advice, I have given this matter to the Duke of Mecklenburg, based on his kinship with the Duke of Mason." Prince Otto said.

"The Duke of Bavaria, to put it mildly, is a very dangerous person, and I am very worried about the safety of the Duke of Mason and the possibility that the Duchy of Mason may become a threat to the stability of the kingdom." Archbishop Mainz frowned, and he reached out and rubbed his face, making the red nose even redder.

"What do you mean?" Prince Otto was a little surprised. Curiously looked at the Archbishop of Mainz.

"You underestimate the ambition of the Duke of Bavaria, the reason why he attacked the Duke of Mason, of course, this is just a personal speculation, and it does not have the effect of any accusation, this old duke is interested in the land of the Duchy of Mason." The Archbishop of Mainz clenched his hands and said cautiously to Prince Otto. He had to gain the trust of the prince and not get himself into the whirlpool of conflicts between the duke and the royal family, but in fact he was one of the great local princes.

"Hmm." Prince Otto listened to the words of the Archbishop of Mainz, although there was no change on the surface, but in his heart he admitted that he was still too young, in the period of Henry's healthy reign, maybe a tribal war of the principality within the kingdom was nothing, but now there must be no turmoil within the kingdom.

On the third day after Prince Otto and the Archbishop of Mainz discussed the Cloisters, Prince Otto received an emissary from Arrod. After reporting to him the death of Duke Mason and the war between Mecklenburg and the Duke of Bavaria, Arold tried to gain the support of the royal family.

"Please go down and rest first, and then I will reply to the Duke of Mecklenburg." To the surprise of the emissary, Prince Otto did not immediately reply.

"It's His Royal Highness the Prince." The envoy had no choice but to retreat, and seeing that the envoy was guided away, Prince Otto immediately sent an attendant to invite the Archbishop of Mainz.

"War?" The Archbishop of Mainz looked at Prince Otto in astonishment, he had anticipated the possibility of a civil war. But I didn't expect it to be so fast, and the timing was so bad.

"Yes. The Duke of Mecklenburg blamed the Duke of Bavaria for this, but I received a letter from the Duke of Bavaria, who said that the Duchy of Mason had died at the hands of the Duke of Mecklenburg. Prince Otto took out the letter sent by the Duke of Bavaria, and it turned out to be half a day earlier than Arold.

"It's interesting, but it's possible when you think about it." Archbishop Mainz tilted his head and said.

"The Duke of Mecklenburg is not that kind of person." Prince Otto said, shaking his head.

"Faced with the temptation of a principality land. What's impossible? The Archbishop of Mainz smiled, it is true that Arold married the sister of the Duke of Mason, and successfully gave birth to a male heir, who can inherit both the Duchy of Mecklenburg and the Duchy of Mason. The temptation to merge the lands of the two principalities without bloodshedness is too great.

"However, now we must mediate, and we cannot allow two principalities of such importance to fight." The Archbishop of Mainz glanced at Prince Otto, he knew that the Duke of Mecklenburg had always been trusted by Prince Otto, and in fact the Duchy of Bavaria was more important in terms of strength, but in order to convince Prince Otto to adopt the equivalent statement.

"That's right, there must be an intervention and mediation, and peace between the two sides will be restored in the name of the noble council." Prince Otto finally made up his mind to survive the succession crisis first.

Two groups of emissaries from the palace of Ayon soon left the Duchy of Saxony and headed north and south, carrying letters to the Dukes of Mecklenburg and Bavaria, as well as two royal courtiers.

"Prince Otto actually asked us to make peace with the Duke of Bavaria?" Arold got the news as soon as he stepped into the territory of Mecklenburg, and he stood outside the tent looking at Prince Otto's letters, surrounded by generals such as Count Ron and Count Yve.

"What? Peace talks, even if we want, the Duke of Bavaria will not let us go. Count Ron said disapprerovingly.

"There must be something going on within the royal family, otherwise Prince Otto made such a request at this time, and the Duke of Bavaria would definitely receive a mediation letter from the royal family." Arold thought about it carefully, of course, he was not able to pinch and calculate, but Harvey's intelligence network had already reported to him the information that the king's health was in trouble, and it was only at this time that his generals were surprised to say it.

"God, Arrod, can you see things thousands of miles away?" Yves opened his mouth, and he said what the others were thinking.

"Haha, my brother, you're really kidding. Well, since the royal family has already come forward, we can't help but give this face, as long as the Duke of Bavaria does not object, we agree. Arjod made up his mind in his heart, he wanted to preserve his strength anyway, and now it was better to give the royal family face and an explanation for Duke Mason's affairs.

Sure enough, as Arold said, the Duke of Bavaria did not agree to peace so easily, and in the hall of the lords of his castle, the Duke of Bavaria simply listened to Brother Robert's letter, put the matter aside, and went on drinking and merry-drinking with the nobles.

"Lord Duke, we should still give the royal family an answer." Brother Robert hurriedly advised the Duke of Bavaria.

"Why? We'll be sure we'll be able to kill the damned Mecklenburgers without a piece of armor, and when autumn arrives in the territory and the grain is harvested, I'll march north. The Duke of Bavaria said, drinking his wine, looking at Brother Robert.

"Lord Duke, do you want to obtain a fief for Lord Eberhard, or is revenge more important?" Brother Robert had already figured out the mind of the Duke of Bavaria and immediately said.

"What do you mean?" The Duke of Bavaria asked as he put down the wine in his hand and furrowed his brows.

"Now it is the royal family who wants us, in this case, why don't we take the opportunity to ask the royal family for a fief, wouldn't it be much better than us bothering to fight!" Brother Robert smiled and said to the Duke of Bavaria.

"Oh, but will the royal family say yes?" The Duke of Bavaria was puzzled, and he sat back in his chair and drank again, only this time he didn't know what it tasted like.

The Duke of Bavaria, following Brother Robert's idea, replied to the royal family agreeing to the proposal for reconciliation, but also made his own request, that is, to ask the royal family to give his son a fief.

"The Duke of Bavaria wants to give his son a fief, and it seems that we are too accommodating to them." Prince Otto received a letter from the Duke of Bavaria and couldn't help but be a little angry.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are still satisfied with the Duke of Bavaria, and you will make a judgment in the future by observing the changes in form, after all, the land is owned by the king." The Archbishop of Mainz smiled and advised Prince Otto, and after listening to the words of the Archbishop of Mainz, Prince Otto immediately reacted, the king is the land, and if it can be sealed, it can be recovered. (To be continued......)