85_85536Grand Duke Leszek can't remember exactly when he despaired. It seems like a few years ago, and it seems like it was more than ten years ago. Well, it should be a period in between.

Although at the beginning, when he inherited the title of Grand Duke, Lesek also thought about reinvigorating himself and leading his family and his country to a higher level. But the reality is not like this.

Externally, the formidable Centaur Khanate posed a direct threat to the Grand Duchy. At the same time, the chaotic kingdom and empire could hardly provide any help to Grand Duke Lesek.

Internally, the nobility was almost scattered, and the prestige of the Grand Duke of Mazovia was almost nil. The various noble realms were almost equal to independent kingdoms.

Externally, he could not resist the encroachment of the Centaur Khanate, and internally he could not subdue the princes of the country. After a few years like this, Grand Duke Lesek looked back and found that he had basically achieved nothing after so many years of inheriting the Grand Duchy.

Realizing that his efforts had been in vain and had no effect at all, Grand Duke Leszek was decadent and languishing. I never thought about what I was going to do anymore. The whole person is soaked in the women's pile, drinking and having fun all day long, regardless of the principality, in a few years, there are several more sons and daughters.

The state of the Grand Duchy of Mazovia, so the rivers are declining. Seeing that it was either annexed by an external enemy or overthrown by an internal powerful domain. However, for Grand Duke Lesek, there seems to be no difference between the two.

In this way, His Excellency was paralyzed on his throne, his eyes blank.

That is, when His Excellency was stunned, the door of the banquet hall opened. A woman...... Or rather, the girl walked in. She couldn't help but furrow her brows after smelling the thick stench of wine in the hall.

If William had been here, and had seen her, he would have felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say - she was Elise, Elise von Trieste, the eldest daughter of His Excellency Grand Duke Leszeck, and Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Grand Duchy. At the same time, she is also a woman who once had a relationship with William, and even said emotions.

"Father, have you drunk too much wine again?" said Her Royal Highness Princess Elise, who endured the smell of wine, and confronted the Grand Duke in a tone that was half reproachful and half heartache—and His Excellency immediately felt a little weak when he heard her ask.

It didn't matter what the others did, but he was a little scared of Elise's daughter, who looked so much like her mother. That is, the main chamber of the Grand Duke.

The main chamber of the Grand Duke of Leszek at that time was one of the four Grand Duchyes split from the Kingdom of Wende, a neighboring state of Mazovia, and the eldest sister of the Grand Duchy of Shilonsk.

Her status is not inferior to that of Grand Duke Lesek. At the same time, I am very rigid and strict, and in terms of martial arts, I am also a head higher than Grand Duke Lesek. At the same time, Grand Duke Lesek was able to inherit the title of Grand Duke as the second son, also thanks to the help of his wife's mother's family.

In this way, Grand Duke Leszek was very afraid of his wife. And his wife can control him...... In fact, if his wife hadn't died early, Archduke Leschek wouldn't have degenerated into this virtue so early.

It is precisely because Princess Elise is the daughter of his main family, and her appearance and temper are seven or eight percent similar to his wife. Therefore, after seeing Princess Elise, His Excellency will unconsciously think of her mother, and after that, he will unconsciously be a little afraid.

So in general, the Grand Duke lost his temper, and so on. Everyone will go to Princess Elise to help persuade them. It's the same this time. When the Grand Duke heard of the rise of the Hereford family, he lost his temper, and everyone hurried to find Princess Elise. After seeing her, firstly, I was afraid, and secondly, I lost my temper, so the attitude of His Excellency the Grand Duke eased up......

"I'm in a bad mood. The Grand Duke smiled awkwardly as he said to Princess Elise.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that her father was in a good attitude, Princess Elise did not lose her temper, and walked behind the Grand Duke, and asked as she stretched out her hand to beat him on the shoulder.

The ...... didn't want to mention it again, but since his daughter asked, he said, "It's the Hereford family." They defeated the combined forces of Sandomitz and Vitra. Then he forced the two counts to cede their territories. Plus Baudelaire before it. The Hereford family already held four counties. ”

Princess Elise was also surprised to hear the Grand Duke say this—she was not involved in politics, so the speed and efficiency of getting information was not comparable to that of Archduke Lesek. She had only heard about the turmoil in the Northeast the day before yesterday. The result is the result today?

"That's too fast, isn't it?!" Princess Elise couldn't help but blurt out. When His Excellency heard her say this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, snorted twice, and did not speak.

“...... What is going on?" asked Princess Elise.

Hearing her ask, His Excellency was a little strange—before this, Princess Elise had not had much interest in national affairs or anything. Very few opinions are expressed on specific events, and there is no intention of being interested in anything. What's wrong with this time?

His Excellency was strange, so he did not answer, but turned his head and looked at Princess Elise with curiosity. I saw that my daughter's face was not right, and the feeling of shyness was like a girl in love.

His Excellency is a person who has come over, so what can he not know. Looking at Princess Elise's expression, and then thinking about what the question she had just asked, she understood it at the time, and then began to think:

"Speaking of which, Elise did go to Barony Hereford a year ago. If I had seen it at that time, then ...... It's not impossible...... I heard that after she was in distress there, she was saved by Otto's guy. I've seen that guy Otto, too, and he does have a face that is easy to seduce a little girl. And after that guy died his wife, he didn't marry again for so many years. There is no main room......

If...... Then maybe you can form an alliance with the Hereford family. I heard that Otto's son is very unsuccessful, maybe, with a little operation, a bad thing can become a good thing...... That's a good idea, too. But is it true,...... Well...... I'm going to ask about that. ”

Thinking of this, His Excellency the Grand Duke asked Elise inquiringly, "What do you think of Baron Otto?"

Hearing her father ask this, Elise didn't quite understand what was going on, but since she asked, she naturally had to say something good. After all, he was William's father.

Even if this point is aside, Baron Otto is definitely a popular icon. The character and martial arts are very good, and Princess Elise will praise it, and she can also have something to say.

So Princess Elise gave Baron Otto, well, now Earl, Count Otto, a good compliment.

Hearing his daughter say this, His Excellency the Grand Duke nodded, and thought to himself, "Since you have said so, then it is probably right, and that's it-" Thinking of this, he smiled again.

After seeing her father's expression soften, Princess Elise also breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with her father again. Then he instructed the servants to clean up the table. The father and daughter talked casually. After that, Princess Elise left.

After Princess Elise had left, the Grand Duke went to his study. The servants brought pen and paper. He was about to write a letter to Count Otto. The new content is a marriage, and he wants to make a deal with Count Otto.

If Count Otto was able to marry his daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Elise, and to guarantee that his son with Princess Elise would inherit his title, title, and land, then he would allow Count Otto to receive a dukedom.

Even, he hinted that he could let his grandson inherit his title of Grand Duke if he was capable enough.

That's it, that's it, after writing the letter, His Excellency the Grand Duke felt a lot more relaxed. For several days in a row, the servants in the prince's residence were surprised to find that His Excellency did not beat, scold, or drink too much. It made everyone happy.

Therefore, His Excellency understands that he understands, but only half of it......

ps, the author's words: The first girlfriend becomes the stepmother likes to see something