Chapter 41: The Rebellious Princess
"Baron Samu, you know to cause trouble for me! Plundering the peasants of Baron Dias? He really dared to do this, and he was not afraid of bursting his teeth. In the mansion in Barony Tórse, Baron Thor put his hand on his forehead with a headache.
In the past few days, he has indeed been haggard, and he has done his best to clean up the mess of his relative Baron Samu. At least if it weren't for his help, Baron Samu's realm would have been leveled by the angry army of Count Lens.
"Elvette, is there any news from Lord Earl?" Seeing Elvet walking in, Baron Thórse asked casually.
"Lord Baron, Lord Count is very dissatisfied with this matter, and he hopes that the issue of his vassal domain can be resolved as soon as possible." Elvette didn't dare to hide it.
"Why is the attitude so much tougher?" Baron Thor frowned.
"I heard that Sir Charles said something for Baron Dias." Elvette told him everything he had heard.
"Sir Charles, Sir Charles again! The Dias guys don't know what shit they have done, and they have a good relationship with Sir Charles. Baron Thor said bitterly, usually nothing, but in this case, you can see how important Sir Charles's attitude is, at least the other party can easily influence the Earl of Lens to change his attitude a little, and treat his heir, the Earl of Lens is always tolerant.
"Go and give some more gifts, and make some promises, at least so that the Earl of Lens's side must remain neutral in this war." Baron Thórse ordered.
He knew that even if Baron Sharon won this war, it would be impossible to annex the other party's territory, at least it would be impossible to swallow Baron's county, which was unrealistic.
Although it is the territory of Baron Dias, it is also the sphere of influence of the Earl of Lens, who are you? He is not a vassal of Count Lens, and if he really wants to do this, he will definitely let Count Lens end up in person.
But it can't be said that Baron Sharon will get nothing, if he really wins, even if he doesn't annex the Barony of Wilton, but get some real estate, and then ask the other party to give a large amount of compensation, if he can capture Baron Dias's family alive, it's okay to ask for a large ransom, this is the rule that everyone follows, and Earl Lens will not object.
"What I lost in this war must be spit out of Baron Dias's mouth!" Baron Thórs had a hideous face, and he was a miserable loser.
"Tell Baron Sa'm that idiot that if he doesn't win, then don't contact me in the future, I don't have relatives like him!" Baron Thórth was also very dissatisfied with Baron Samu, and always caused trouble, and it was not a small trouble.
The most important thing is that his relative is very good at looking at the form, but also, he is just a gentleman, and he will only eat, drink and have fun when he inherits the title and territory, do you really expect him to do anything big?
"That's it, you go down, let me think about it." Finally, Baron Thor sighed again, waved his hand and waved away Elvette.
"Hope things don't go bad......"
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"Father, you're back!"
In the distance of Rizlandburg, a young girl like a flower with a flower crown on her head could not help but smile when she saw her father walking towards her.
"Natalie, my lovely daughter, I have a gift for you." With that, Duke Rizlan took out a beautiful bouquet of flowers and handed it to Natalie.
"Father, it's so beautiful!" Natalie looked at the flowers in her hand with an intoxicated expression.
"My daughter, if you like it." Duke Rizlan had doting in his eyes, and his love for Natalie was well known in the Duchy of Rizran, even far more than his heir.
Of course, the Duchy of Rizland was a traditional principality, primogeniture was the most basic system, and his affection for Princess Natalie did not affect Sir Frederick's status.
Therefore, he also loves this sister Frederick very much.
But it would be a big mistake to despise this princess because of this, this princess has an independent and self-reliant heart under her innocent appearance, and she is very resourceful, at least from the unconditional trust of everyone around her, and this princess has a lot of personality, she does not want to stay in the castle every day.
"Father, I heard that there is another private war between the counts in your territory, right?" Natalie asked.
The Duke of Rizland was not surprised that she knew about this, after all, the war between the two counts under his command had already spread throughout the Duchy of Rizlan through the mouths of bards and various people, and rumors and gossip were like a bird, as long as Princess Natalie opened the window, then the little bird would enter the castle.
"It's the war between the Earl of Lens and the Count of Lorraine, and those two guys never let me worry." Duke Rizlan shook his head, he had four counts under him, and it really annoyed him that two of them were not dealing with each other.
"So how is the war going this time? Is it the same as before? Princess Natalie then asked, she was interested in flowers and plants, but more interested in these wars.
"My daughter, why do you like to ask about these things, can't the epics told by the seven-stringed poets satisfy you?" The Duke of Rizlan had a headache, and Princess Natalie, in order to hear this all the time, had a seven-stringed poet in her courtyard for a long time.
"I'd like to hear something about what's happening now......," Princess Natalie said, taking Duke Rizlan's arm and shaking it gently.
"Okay, okay, my daughter, I was defeated by you." The Duchy of Rizland shook its head.
"This time it was a bit of a surprise, the Count of Lens captured Lorrainburg, and they were victorious, of course, I can't let Lorrainburg fall into his hands, in that case he would have three castles under his direct jurisdiction." Duke Rizlan said slowly.
As a duke, he intimidated other counts in the principality because he had a direct domain of three castles, and his strong army allowed him to firmly control the Duchy of Rizland in his hands, but if there was a count in the Duchy of Rizland who could compete with him, it would not be too terrible, and it was even very likely that the earl would claim the title of the new duchi.
"How did he do it? The Count of Lorraine is impregnable, so it shouldn't be so easy to capture. Princess Natalie was clearly not interested in what his father had in mind, and she was more concerned with the course of the war.
"Oh, it looks like one of his young men did it...... The man seemed to be called ...... Cal. The Duchy of Rizland thought for a moment, and barely searched for the name in his mind.
It was a great honor for a young man of a small aristocracy to be remembered by the Duke.
The main thing is that the Earl of Lens was so surprised by the attack on Lorraine Castle that he made a good look at what happened.
"Young people? Is this young man named Carl heroic? Or is he the heir of a great nobleman? Princess Natalie asked curiously.
"Heroic? I don't know about this, but it should be a very wise young man, as for the great nobles? It's a pity that his family is only a knight family, and they are very poor. Duke Rizlan told Natalie what he had learned about Carl.
But because communicators tend to remember the good stuff and make their stories more engaging, most of what the Duke of Rizland says is a bit embellished.
"If it is true that Sir Carr is a young man who thinks he is full of wisdom, and he has won glory with his wisdom." Princess Natalie's eyes sparkled, as if she longed to meet the young knight who used such a trick as an authentic one.
"My daughter, you don't want to see him, do you?" Knowing his daughter, Duke Rizlan knew what she wanted to do as soon as he saw Natalie's eyes, and his daughter just couldn't be idle.
"You must know that Sir Karl's territory is Syld Manor, in the county of Winterburg, far from us, and there is a constant threat from the Flos, so I advise you to dispel this idea." The Duke of Rizland somewhat regretted what he had said about Karl.
"Don't worry, father, I know." Princess Natalie lowered her head and said obediently.
"Okay, my daughter, ask your seven-stringed poets for the rest, I have to go and rest after a busy day." The Duke of Rizland stretched, tired from dealing with his counts.
"Of course, I wish you a good night, my father." Princess Natalie also let go of her hand in time.
"Sir Karl......" After the Duke of Rizland left, Princess Natalie muttered the name, and her eyes flashed with a look that no one else could understand.
"Say, what is the world like outside the castle?" Princess Natalie looked out the window and asked, seemingly unintentionally.
"I ...... I...... Your Royal Highness, I don't know. The maid shook her head.
But Princess Natalie didn't expect any answers from the maid's mouth, after all, she had never seen the outside world, let alone her little maid.
"Perhaps...... We can leave the castle......" Princess Natalie meant.
"Huh? But Her Royal Highness the Princess, the Duke will not allow you to leave, and it is dangerous outside the castle. The maid hurriedly said.
"You're so boring......" Princess Natalie shook her arms as beautiful and slender as white lotus roots.
"Pick up Her Highness the Princess." The maid was a little frightened and quickly lowered her head.
"Okay, tease you." Princess Natalie smirked and hugged her maid.
After calming her maid, she sat down by the window again, looking at the world outside the window in a daze.
No one knew what the princess was thinking, and of course, if the Duke of Rizland knew what she was thinking, he would have been mad at it......