Frank's words and actions were like a slap in the face to the papal conservatives, leaving a capital embarrassment, but it also rejoiced the young priests who supported the reform, believing that the crown prince had shown the world the right path of the Perrot faith, and that the self-proclaimed "fundamentalists" who surrounded the old man Gregory were in fact nothing more than a bunch of self-righteous fools.

In just two days, the controversy over the two funerals swept through the Holy City like a storm, and the flames of war spread from the Holy See to the social venues of the Holy City of Ashan. This afternoon, Alyona brought up the matter at the Whalebone Hold Club, which caused an uproar.

Madame Alyona was no ordinary person, her husband was Gregory's number one supporter, Cardinal Claude of the Holy City of Ashan.

Mrs. Bishop, a self-proclaimed believer of the old school and completely religiously in line with her husband's, first talks sarcastically about Prince Frank's deathbed confession for Playboy Nassim at a tea party at the Whalebone Hold Club, and then deliberately asks Sophia what she thinks of the matter.

Sophia didn't understand why Frank risked the world's condemnation to hold a deathbed sacrament for the notorious loser Baron Nassim, and was privately dissatisfied with her brother's move. But in public, she, as Frank's sister, can only bite the bullet and not help her relatives. However, compared to the ability to debate, she is far inferior to Alyona who has a missionary husband, and in addition, she is self-conscious, and her momentum is three points weaker before she speaks, of course, she is no match for Alyona's verbal sword, and she can only beg the other party not to talk about this topic that makes her feel extremely embarrassed.

The bishop's wife was unforgiving, and sneered at her request.

"I don't see why people can't talk about it here unless they're guilty."

Princess Sophia, who was originally a face-loving person, became even more emotional after pregnancy, and she was so embarrassed by the public humiliation of the bishop's wife that she cried out on the spot, and left the club in spite of the dissuasion, and ran home crying to confide in her husband about her grievances. Fortunately, not long after she left the club, her mother-in-law Mathilde helped her out of her anger - first casting a spell to seal the bishop's wife's habitual sneering mouth, and then turning the inseparable cat in her arms into a toad, so frightened that the old woman almost fainted on the spot, but could not even utter a single exclamation.

Listening to Mathilde's eloquent description of the antics of the bishop's wife, Sofia burst into tears and laughed, and the atmosphere in the living room eased.

Driven by curiosity, Roland quietly opened the "Pupil of Destiny" to observe Mathilde, and found that she was a quasi-legendary warlock, no wonder she could easily cast a variety of transformation spells. In retrospect, it is not surprising, after all, this lady is the only daughter of the legendary archmage Old Man Weinstein, and she has a family history.

Plyushkin and Nassim are like two ghosts still alive who take their disputes wherever they go. Sophia experienced an unpleasant debate at the Whalebone Brace Club, and when she returned to her living room, she still couldn't help but complain to her family.

"Alyona is certainly hateful, but what really troubles me is Frank, Mr. Roland and Sister Palatina are not outsiders, and now I can speak my heart frankly, in fact, I agree with the judgment of the Gregorian throne, Mr. Plyushkin has lived like a venerable ascetic, and Baron Nassim's absurd behavior makes me despised, so it is impossible for Frank not to understand such a simple right or wrong, so I don't understand what he thinks, why should he personally make a deathbed confession for a prodigal like Nassim?"

"His Royal Highness Frank is young and vigorous, and it is inevitable that he will not think about it, and it is really not wise to do such a stupid thing that hurts public feelings in order to be in the limelight." Mathilde's tone was indifferent and implicitly condemning.

"Frank didn't necessarily do it purely for the show." Brittany followed her mother's words and commented, "It is well known that Frank and Grigory are not at odds, these two men are the leaders of the Church reformers and conservatives respectively, and they are at odds with each other on almost all issues, and what one side is in favor of and the other side is necessarily opposed, since Patriarch Gregory has publicly praised Plyushkin and made this old miser a moral model, Frank could not tolerate Grigory's control of the right to speak, and had to do the opposite, bringing out a loser like Nassim to fight against Grigory - In such a situation, Frank's words and actions are not necessarily a true reflection of his heart, and we need not be too harsh on his pretending to be shocking. ”

Brittany's comments may not sound like a moral judgment at first glance, but the implication is that she dismisses Frank's move.

Sophia listened to the opinions of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, but she still couldn't let go, and took little Alberton's hand and asked, "Honey, you are a member of the 'reform club' founded by Frank, and I guess you have a different opinion on this issue." ”

Little Alberton looked a little embarrassed. However, in the face of his beloved wife's expectant eyes, he had to answer truthfully.

"First of all, I have no personal relationship with Plyushkin or Nassim, but I agree with Frank that, from the point of view of society as a whole, a squandering Nassim would be more beneficial to the growth of the national economy than Plyushkin's miser who was eager to break a small piece of cheese and eat it in two."

"Aha! Look at our good son, who has learned Frank's grandstanding rhetoric. Mathilde looked at her husband, a strange smile tugging at the corners of her lips, "I suspect Sophia must be in mixed feelings now, happy that her brother has been supported, but also worried that her husband will see Baron Nassim as a role model in life. ”

"My Lord is above! Dear Mathilde, your words speak to my heart! Sophia excitedly tried to jump. Little Alberton hurriedly hugged her and whispered an apology in his wife's ear.

Mr. Goodman shrugged his shoulders and looked helpless, "I don't think it's a good idea to keep talking about this kind of thing, let's leave it at that." ”

"Dad, you are running away from it, for fear of falling into the predicament that my poor brother finds himself in at the moment." Brittany seems to be afraid that the world will not be in chaos.

"Well, Brittany is right, my dear friend, it's better for you to say what you really think, I promise not to be angry with you." Mathilde took her husband's arm around him, and his smile was coercive.

"Since you have to say it, then I'll be blunt, Frank and Alberton Jr. are right, and in terms of social contribution alone, a loser is far more valuable than a miser." Under pressure from his wife, Mr. Goodman had to admit that he was on his son's side.

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