217. They will regret it
This sense of gaze lasted for a long time until Nie Yuan returned to his seat, making Nie Yuan extremely uncomfortable.
It seems that Prince Lawrence is also thinking about how to deal with Nie Yuan's outlier.
Nie Yuan was also very helpless, he originally wanted to follow Lilian's plan to see if he could make Lilian's faction have a relationship with Lawrence's thigh through the identity of this wedding witness.
But from the day he took over the Wings of Rhapsody, it seemed that his relationship with the unmasked Prince Lawrence became complicated.
During this period, the variables of Jack and Mrs. Manda were added, making Nie Yuan more and more unable to judge how to intersect with Lawrence.
If you are not careful, people may not only not accept Lilian, but also directly regard yourself as an enemy.
But Nie Yuan can't help it, he can't give up the wings of rhapsody and give it up, right?
Unless Prince Lawrence gives a greater favor, how could he give up such a handy artifact to curry favor with him.
Now I just hope that Mrs. Manda's words will work.
After all, people who are influenced by abstract sources are not surprised by any decision they make, and it is difficult to make normal judgments about their thoughts and decisions.
When that sense of gaze slowly disappeared, Nie Yuan let out a sigh of relief and became comfortable.
Even if you know that it is impossible to pose a threat to yourself with your eyes alone, you are still very uncomfortable to be stared at all the time in your words and deeds, especially when the owner of that gaze is still your potential enemy.
I can imagine what kind of depressing life Mrs. Manda has lived all these years.
She has never been able to escape Prince Lawrence's vision, and people have alienated her, but they have not allowed her to have too much contact with other people.
Once someone breaks the ban, listening to what Quentin says, it doesn't seem to turn out very well.
Under such strong psychological pressure, all year round, Mrs. Manda is only occasionally not in a good temper, and she does not go crazy, which is really not easy.
Quentin, who was sitting next to Nie Yuan, found out about Nie Yuan's state, and asked, "Why is this?" β
Nie Yuan looked sideways at him and said, "What, why?" β
Quentin said: "You seemed to be very nervous just now, and you also had some scruples about talking to you, and thought that you were going to maintain the appearance of the witness until the end of the wedding, but now why did you suddenly relax, as if there was something just now that you couldn't let go." β
Nie Yuan shook his head and said, "No, you are hallucinating." β
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Okay."
Quentin didn't ask much, but smiled and said, "So now we can communicate normally?" β
Nie Yuan said lightly: "Aren't we doing this?" β
"Okay."
Quentin said: "I also came here to give you a breather, probably some people want you to go to sea to deal with the Haiyan incident." β
"Oh."
Nie Yuan was not surprised when he heard this, and said, "But let me be a fourth-level personnel to deal with the Wuji incident, or at sea, the remuneration given by the United Church should not be meager, right?" β
Quentin shook his head and said, "The pay is secondary, it's dangerous, and someone deliberately wants you to leave for a while." β
"Why? Because of Lillian? β
"That's right, you're Lilian's undisputed confidant in the eyes of many, and you're willing to be a bridge between Lillian and Prince Lawrence, so you're away for a while to satisfy some people's interests."
"But those people in your mouth should just be aristocrats, how can they affect the operation of the United Church, and not intervene in civil struggles, isn't it the purpose of the United Church?"
"Are you serious?"
Quentin was a little surprised, and said, "Still mean something, and want to ask me whose handiwork it is?" β
In Quentin's cognition, Nie Yuan could not be so naΓ―ve.
It is true that the United Church has the purpose of not intervening in power struggles, but the personnel of the local church are not born out of thin air, and most of them come from the aristocracy.
Only nobles can have access to more resources and information, and once they find that they have extraordinary qualities, and they happen to have this appeal, their rise speed is definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
They are the main force of the transcendent ones, scattered among the major churches, as the core of the divine power.
Even after joining the United Church, or any of the individual churches, they will swear to make a clear line with earthly power, and sincerely fight for the grand ideas formulated by the gods and the gods.
But people are not plants and trees, how can they completely cut off the past.
So even though the rules are stricter in Bain Kings than in other places, it is inevitable that the church will get involved in some power struggles, especially in this tense situation.
Although they can't blatantly violate certain rules, if they just let Buck's bookstore, which is already affiliated with the United Church, go out on a special mission in the name of it, it is still not within the scope of the rules.
Lillian wasn't something they couldn't offend.
This is not a central holy city, and it is difficult to be completely clean in terms of the world.
"Okay."
Nie Yuan saw that Quentin saw his purpose at a glance, and he stopped grinding, and asked directly: "Then can you tell me who are the people who want to transfer me away?" β
He wanted to lay the groundwork for this remark and set some useful clues.
But Quentin saw through his purpose at a glance, so what else is there to beat around the bush, just ask, he doesn't lose if he doesn't tell himself.
Quentin thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's not something that can't be said, it's not a single person who wants you to leave temporarily, but two groups."
Among them were people from Duke Stanley's faction, and there were also people from Gladys's faction, and at least in this matter, some people had reached a tacit understanding. β
Nie Yuan was really surprised at this time, and said, "Duke Stanny's people do this, I can still figure it out, but why did Gladys do this?" β
Quentin explained: "Stanny, of course, is afraid that you will be used as a bridge to get Lilian and Lawrence involved, and he does not want to be an enemy, and the goal is very clear, so most of the people in that faction are more in favor of you leaving."
On Gladys's side, although Lilian is closer to their faction, Lillian has a vendetta with some of them, probably because of the incident about Lilian's father.
They are also afraid that Lillian will rise, not only will they share their power, but they will also be settled by Lillian. β
"Is it that complicated?"
Nie Yuan couldn't help but feel a little absurd, and said: "It seems that I am not deeply involved in the world, and I think of those people too united, but I didn't expect so many flies and dogs." β
Quentin smiled: "If you are not fully involved, it is really difficult to sort out the relationship between the grievances and interests of all parties."
Even the leaders of their respective factions, Stanny and Gladys, could not let themselves agree on everything, they only played a role in setting macro goals and reconciling internal strife.
When the system is redundant and large enough, even the internal parts will often turn against each other and fight endlessly.
It's a power struggle, and just listening to it is a headache, right? But there are still countless people who want moths to squeeze into the fire. β
"It's confusing enough...... It's the same as raising Gu. β
Nie Yuan said a word, and then asked, "Does Lilian know about this?" β
Quentin thought for a moment and said, "Even if she doesn't know today, she will know in two days, so I will tell you directly, because some things are not considered secrets at the top, and everyone is just used to tacitly acquiescing." β
"But I'm just an editor, what if I don't leave? Could it be that the United Church can still blatantly throw me out to sea? β
"What the United Church can't do, they also have their own scruples, but if you force them to stay in the royal city, maybe those people will come up with other ways to suppress Lilian's rise together."
"Does that include assassination?"
"I can't rule out this possibility, after all, she is not Stanny and Gladys, and she will not cause much turmoil after her death, let alone be attacked by a group."
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Nie Yuan was silent for a while, and said seriously: "It's better for them not to do that, if they do, they will regret it." β