Ophelina listened to Cecil's "righteous words", and did not refute it, but just smiled: "Since you are so affectionate and righteous, then I can't say anything, by the way, my father originally asked me to attend tonight's dinner, but I suddenly felt unwell, you can ask my father for a leave of absence for me." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 With that, Ophelina stood up and went back to her room.

If you don't go to the banquet, you have to convey it yourself, it can't be that the father and daughter have turned against each other, the political struggle can easily make the husband and wife turn against each other, and the father and son become enemies, Count Cassikud and Ophelina hope this is not the case. Cecil sighed and returned to his room to recuperate and prepare for a dinner at the Duke's palace in the evening. Although what Ophelina said was a big deal, Cecil didn't take it too seriously, and regarded him more as an anecdote, since he finished talking to the Grand Priest Alonso, he had nothing else in his mind, and the action after ten days was what he valued the most.

In the study, Count Cassikud was writing a letter, and Ophelina quietly walked to her father's depth, and the count ignored it, and it was not until he had finished writing the letter that he turned back and smiled at his daughter: "Remember to knock on the door next time you come, your daughter does not know any politeness." ”

Ophelina smiled and said to the Count, "It's not that you, the father, are spoiled. At this point, both father and daughter looked at each other and smiled.

"Have you talked to Cecil?" Count Cassikud asked very gently.

"I talked about it, but what surprised him was that he didn't agree to my conditions, knowing that the second prince now has an advantage, but he still expressed his loyalty to my father, did he know that I was going to test him?" Ophelina said suspiciously.

"He may not know, I always feel that his strength is much stronger, he doesn't seem to be very concerned about this matter, I always feel that this person has something we don't know, his rise is a matter of the past year, what a fan." Count Cassikud said.

"Father, the situation of the eldest prince is not very good now, are we really going to hang ourselves on this tree?" Ophelina asked worriedly.

"Who said a tree hanged? Didn't I ask you to have a good relationship with Princess Freya, have you successfully entered the circle of the second prince? Count Cassikud asked with a smile.

"Father, don't be joking, it's impossible for me to go to the circle of the second prince, and it's impossible for me to become friends with Princess Freya!" At this time, when she mentioned this princess, Ophelina completely lost the kind and pleasant look she had when she talked to Cecil just now, and her face was full of resentment and resentment.

Count Cassikud smiled helplessly when he saw his daughter's face, this daughter's talent is stronger than that of her two sons, but it is a pity that she also has the weakness of women, jealousy and being too invested in feelings, and Princess Freya has committed her taboos in both aspects. So the daughter will never be the best friend of Princess Freya sincerely. Count Cassikud felt very helpless about this.

"Tell you the truth, Ophelina, do you know why the king would support the second prince to succeed to the throne?" Count Cassikud suddenly asked his daughter.

"Isn't Prince Lucas better than his brother?" Ophelina obviously didn't expect her father to ask such a question, and was a little surprised, and replied.

"Everyone thinks that Prince Lucas is better than Prince Rex, and Prince Rex does have a bad reputation, but Duke Fatam doesn't see it that way, he thinks that Prince Rex actually has amazing talents, but others don't find out about him." Count Cassikud said calmly

Ophelina was indeed surprised: "Prince Rex has amazing talents? It's too exaggerated, as the teacher of the eldest prince, Duke Fatam's words are probably not objective, and the outside evaluation is probably quite pertinent. ”

Duke Kasikud shook his head: "According to my own observations, I was willing to marry Duke Fatam back then, in addition to the Duke valuing your eldest brother, more importantly, I also think that the eldest prince is a great person, and he will become a great man in the future." ”

"Do you mean that even the king looked away and didn't see that the eldest prince was stronger than the second prince? I'm afraid that's unlikely. Ophelina continued. King Hareton was notoriously wise, and he had always looked at people with a vicious eye, and when he looked at the matter of taking his son, he had lost his eyes, and this Ophelina would not have thought so in any way.

"On the contrary, it is precisely because the king did not look away that he went back to support his second son, Prince Lucas." Lord Earl said with a smile?

"Why? What good will this do for the kingdom as a whole? Ophelina asked even more puzzled.

"Because to raise a prince who is not very capable, then he can maintain his authority, until the day of death, I don't think Prince Lucas will have the strength to challenge the king, the example of the old king is really too educational for him, he will never raise a strong prince and follow his father's old path." When Count Cassikud said this, there was some irony in his expression.

"But it is not good for the whole kingdom to do so," said Ophelina, "and to think that Prince Lucas is inferior to his brother, and to force him on the throne is not a very short-sighted act?" Ophelina said.

When the earl heard this, he actually laughed: "Ophelina, although you are smart, but you don't understand human nature very well, you look at King Hariton's life, is he a man who thinks about the kingdom and the people?" He has always been himself in his heart, and if he can consolidate his rule, he doesn't mind using everything as a dog. As long as he is in power while he is alive, as for whether the kingdom will be stable after death, that is not a matter for him to consider at all, in response to the old saying, I am dead, who cares about the flood! ”

When Ophelina heard this, she was shocked: "Is the king such a person? I never expected that. ”

"So you're still a little naïve, you're not even as good as Cecil at this point, and if it's him, you're much more transparent than you, and you know why most of the nobles support Prince Lucas? It is because even they can see that Prince Lucas's ability is very weak, and a weak king inheriting the throne is a great benefit to their interests, and they will never want a truly talented person to be the king and continue to curb the interests of their nobles. Count Cassikud continued.