Just after the goddess's birthday, Baron Harden sent an invitation.

"Dear Viscount Richard Haaland, tomorrow is the engagement dinner of my daughter Monica, and I cordially invite you to attend, your friend Harden."

Sophia took the invitation and asked Richard, "Do we need to go?" ”

"No, I need to specialize in a spell problem these days, and I don't have free time. Besides, we don't have a close relationship with Baron Harden, and if we attend these aristocratic banquets every time, it will be too much time wasted? ”

Richard decisively refused, he was a bit introverted and did not like to participate in this kind of aristocratic entertainment.

To participate in the aristocratic banquet, it is always necessary to say some things in the clouds with all kinds of old coercions, and you also need to be very nervous mentally, and you must analyze the meaning contained in the nobles' words.

Every time he attended a meeting of the nobility, Richard felt like he was in a war, which was very brain-draining.

Sophia's personality is more similar to that of a scientist, and she doesn't even like to watch children, and she doesn't like to participate in various aristocratic banquets, which she thinks is a waste of time.

Only William and Lady Ola of the Harland family are banquet animals, and they are keen to participate in all kinds of banquets, and they are vain with many strangers.

It's a stranger, and it's as if it's very familiar.

"Then I will write a letter to refuse, Baron Harden is an important nobleman in the province of Gascoigne, I will write a little more tactfully."

Time flew by, and Baron Harden's engagement banquet was held as scheduled.

In the Baron's Castle, the nobles wore colorful dresses, enjoyed wine and food, watched singing and dancing, and chatted about some news in the northern region.

The three older nobles were hiding in their study, and they were supposed to be very close, exchanging some secret news.

One of them was Baron Harden, the other was Charlemagne, the commander of the Lion Legion, and the last was Viscount Anthony, a very important nobleman in the province of Gascoigne.

"I heard that Prince Chris is married to Duke Jonathan's third daughter?"

"Duke Jonathan's third daughter seems like a fool, right?"

"Duke Jonathan's third daughter does have a somewhat low IQ, which is said to be related to the marriage of close relatives. However, it is rumored that the Duke's daughter has a high blood purity, and there is no shortage of suitors in Duke Jonathan's family. ”

The Duke Jonathan family has always had a tradition of consanguineous marriages.

In the Dawn plane, in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, it is common for the princes and nobles to marry close relatives, even if they pay a lot of price, in order to maintain the strength of the bloodline, the nobles will still choose to marry close relatives, just to give birth to a genius with high blood talent.

Although the base of geniuses is small, most of them are deformed, fools and other unlucky people.

In fact, on the highly developed earth of civilization, in that country called America, it is also very common for consanguineous marriages among the upper strata of society.

The reason for this is simple: to avoid the loss of wealth. America has the richest consortium in the world, most of which are made up of several families tightly knit together.

In these huge families, everyone holds a part of the power and interests, once the marriage occurs, after the death of the female member, the power and interests she has will be passed on to the next generation in accordance with the provisions of the law, and the bloodline and surname of the next generation are obviously not on their side, and the power and interests in the family are controlled by outsiders, which is a disaster for such a huge family.

Therefore, whether it is to avoid the loss of power and profit, or male members to enhance their voice and status in the family, they will take the initiative to take the responsibility of throwing their relatives into bed and causing human life.

For the sake of money, this is not only for money, but also for blood, power, power, and so on.

Because of this, moral standards change.

Civilians have long recognized the dangers of consanguineous marriages, considering them incest and despicable acts. In the Church of the Seven, the Goddess of Dawn and the God of Truth forbid believers to marry close relatives.

On the contrary, the aristocracy regarded the marriage of close relatives as an act that only the noble of blood could have, and despised the shallow stupidity of the common people's understanding.

The Church of the God of Kingship and Order does not prohibit believers from marrying close relatives.

"Prince Chris wants to compete for the throne, if the queen is not intelligent enough and can't be on the stage, how can she attend public events, aren't you afraid of becoming a laughing stock?"

"Now that King Charles is in favor of Prince Felix, the Grant family is not yet unanimous. Although Prince Chris has the support of Duke Duran and Duke Roger, if the Grant family unifies their opinion in favor of Prince Felix, Prince Chris may not have a chance of winning?

But it is not the same with the support of Duke Jonathan, with Duke Jonathan's influence, the Grant family will definitely consider Duke Jonathan's opinion. ”

Baron Harden listened to the analysis of the two old friends, and asked thoughtfully: "How many years can this old thing Brenner?" ”

"I could have lived for more than ten years, but through our hands, we gave the Grant royal family a share of the water of life, and this water of life was added to the divine power of the god of radiance. If the legendary refining in the prime of life can increase the longevity by twenty years, there will be some special miraculous effects, but the legendary refining of an old and decrepit person like Brenner may increase the burden on the body. The old thing's health has deteriorated for probably only a few days. ”

"It has been six hundred years since the Grant family betrayed their master and stole the power of the Venus Kingdom.

For 600 years, our ancestors have struggled to regain the authority of their homeland, and there have been a few times that they have seen the light of day, but every time the Grant family can have a genius, more than a hundred years ago, it was the old thing Brenner who defeated our ancestors and made the national fortune of the Grant royal family continue for more than a hundred years. ”

"Now that the good fortune of the Grant royal family is over, Breenner is dying, and the current kingdom of Charlie is not a king of great talent. It is up to our generation to restore the glory of our ancestors. ”

Hearing the secret of Brenner's imminent death, Baron Harden suddenly turned red. He nodded excitedly and said, "After Brenner's death, what is the family going to do?" ”

"We will assassinate King Charles and provoke a civil war in the Grant family. When the Grant royal family declines, we will contact the loyal servants of the Venus family to completely liquidate the Grant family, a traitorous family with filthy blood. ”

If Richard heard these secret conversations, he would be shocked that Baron Harden, Viscount Anthony, and Charlemagne, the captain of the Wild Lions, were all members of the Venus family.

All three of them are heavyweights in the Gascoigne province, and if the three of them join forces to start a rebellion, they can turn the Gascoigne province upside down.

"Are there any young talents in Northern Xinjiang who are worth wooing?"

"The most capable is Richard of the Haaland family, which is a new force in the province of Geda, and already has 3,000 soldiers. Although Richard is young, he has already shown good battlefield instincts and has the demeanor of a famous general. He is the one I want to win over the most, but this person is not very easy to get along with. I invited him to this banquet, but he didn't say yes. ”

"This kind of young talent, if you can be enveloped, you can be enveloped, and if you can't be enveloped, you will eliminate future troubles."

"When we are in trouble, will the seven counts of the south cooperate with us in the war? After more than six hundred years, how much loyalty is left of the Venus family? ”

"Don't worry about this problem, our people are in control of the Clover family and the Meslin family."

"Count Clover was eliminated by us?" Hearing this, Baron Harden asked suspiciously.

Charlemagne nodded, "Count Clover has no intention of cooperating with us, and even sold the people we sent to contact the royal capital. The family magician personally took the initiative to seduce Count Clofford and let him come to the Eagle Mountains, where he cut off the trouble. ”

(End of chapter)