When it came to Duke McCarvey, Mariana's smile was as bright as a clear sky.

A week ago, Duke McCarvey led a child into the court, a ten-year-old boy, the boy's identity is unknown, who his mother is not yet known, the only clear thing is that the boy's name is Shaun Marlowe, Duke McCarvey let him live in the court, dine with him, this is a cheerful nature, A lively child, whether it is a servant of the castle or a gardener of the courtyard, he gives each other enough respect, treats people gently, and always has a satisfied smile on his face, this child has won the love of most people in the castle in a short time, who would hate a well-behaved and lovely child?!

The only exception was the Duchess, who had asked the Duke of McCarvey several times who the child's mother was, whose blood was in it, but the Duke of McCarvey was always silent, "The child's mother is dead." Eventually, the impatient Duke of McCarvey spoke of such a fact.

The Duchess understood, the Duke of McCarvey often looked at the child lovingly, caressing his little head, full of doting and affection, the boy had short golden curls and round blue eyes like full-ripe cherries, but the contours of his cheeks were somewhat similar to those of Duke McCarvey, and the Lady could not believe her eyes, but she heard the whispers of the castle servants: this was an illegitimate child, and he had the noble blood of the McCarvey family in his veins. At this point, it no longer matters who the boy's mother is.

The Duchess took pity on the unfortunate birth of this child, the poor background, no matter where, the identity of an illegitimate child is always despised, no matter how great the child will be in the future, but the embarrassing identity of the illegitimate child will accompany him like a lingering haze throughout his life, becoming the bane of his reputation, not to mention that the child has lost his mother.

Duke McCarvey has his own lover outside, and the Duchess can accept this shocking fact, the Duke who has always been steady and restrained will also steal fish, but when he thinks of the Duke's identity as Xuanhe, it is not so unacceptable, how the nobles are corrupt and debauched, how can the Duchess not know how the person who lives by the swamp is clean, how can his shoes always be clean and not stained with mud, it is better to say that people who are too clean and self-conscious will look different.

The Duchess covered her ears and blindfolded herself, she was a wise woman who would carefully sift, absorb, and digest information from the outside world, and as long as she did not know it, it would not constitute existence, and Victor was always her faithful companion. For example, the stupid Empress Josephine, the emperor showed mercy everywhere, she sent her maid to follow her quietly, and then knocked on the door, at this time the emperor was playing bridge with his lover in bed, and when she was impatient, the queen would break into the door, making the emperor embarrassed, and finally the stupid queen was deposed by the emperor on the grounds that she had no heirs, and was stripped of the laurel crown on her head. Since then, it has become a joke for the nobles to talk about after dinner.

The Duchess could tolerate her husband's infidelity, but could not tolerate him leading her illegitimate child into the castle and sitting at the same table with her, and as the mistress of the castle, the Duchess felt that her rights had been violated. Julian's return, in those tears of joy, didn't he think of asking for his son's help to defend his rights?!

But did Julian really stand up for his mother? Wasn't the maiden named Christine his captive canary? I think that the title of the young lady Baroness of the court was canonized by the Duchess behind her back, and the doting on her son finally made the Duchess speechless, and there was no reason to drive the boy named Sean out of the castle. The Duchess has always been so tolerant and doting on Julian because of her mother's love, doesn't Duke McCarvey have the right to provide a shelter for his illegitimate son?

At the dinner, Julian meets the boy named Sean, who has a bright smile and is so well-behaved, which is the opposite of Julian's obedience.

Julian was helpless about his mother's silent request, if he insisted on driving away the child for his mother, then who knew what Duke McCarvey did in anger, just now Duke McCarvey also asked him something about Christine, the threat of side knocking, Julian, a selfish ghost, was reluctant to let go of his canary.

The return of her son diluted the melancholy at the table, and Madame Mariana decided to put the matter aside for the time being, and she wanted to be more calm and confident in front of her son.

"Sean Marlowe. Julian looked at this half-brother who ran out of nowhere, he had half of the same blood flowing in his body, if it weren't for the identity of an illegitimate child, Julian still had a good impression of this boy, innocent children are loved wherever they go, although Julian himself is gloomy, but it doesn't mean that he likes to look at other people's cold and stinky faces, this is probably the so-called repulsion of the same kind.

As if sensing Julian's gaze, Sean looked up and smiled at Julian, his nose still stained with dark sauce.

Julian paused for a moment, then smiled back. I wonder how Rosalind would feel, whether she liked it or disliked it, or put on her characteristic indifference that rejects people from thousands of miles away.

"It is said that before the war you gave the Earl of Noamun a banner, a castrated lion of Noamun. Duke McCarvey asked coldly.

"The Count of Noamon proved my mistake by his actions. ”

"It's a childish trick. ”

"Regardless of the process, my goal was achieved and I won the battlefield. ”

"Does the victory of the Plains of Dawn make you so proud and complacent? You think you have won, but in fact the whole family is disgraced by you. Do you think that the war between the nobles is a street hooligan and a ruffian? You win the war, but you lose your reputation. Duke McCarvey scolded, angrily.

"The nobles are still willing to follow me!"

"That's because I'm standing behind you! Without McCarvey's last name, you'll do nothing but be chopped up. ”

"I got the evidence that Count Noamon colluded with the orcs to remove a cancer for the human kingdom. Julian said stubbornly.

Duke McCarvey could no longer stand his arrogant and stupid son, and he shouted angrily: "Attacking Earl Noamon for your son's false charges and whether he colluded with orcs are two different things!

Because of Duke McCarvey's merciless reprimand, Julian woke up like a dream. The nobles are narrow-minded guys, they only care about their own rule, protect their own interests, whether the Count of Noamon colludes with the orcs or not, they have no direct interests with them, they will only watch from the sidelines, gloat, and then stare at the loss of the Count of Noamon ruled by the Casterme region, want to profit from it, but at the same time, a big nobleman is attacked and destroyed by the monarchs without any evidence because of a trumped-up crime, which will make them have a serious sense of crisis, and secretly raise their vigilance against this prince, in order not to end up with the same fate as the family of the Count of Noamon, they will definitely try a thousand ways to prevent Julian from ascending to the throne of duke.

Perhaps the arbitration of the aristocratic court would end with Julian's victory and the destruction of the Noamun family, but in the end, Julian lost the support of the southern nobles. He has already lost this game.

"I'm full. Julian left the table angrily.

What was originally a happy dinner party ended up unhappily.