The Bloody Duke's Sister Chapter 29
The coronation ceremony is over, and all the nobles meet the new king.
At the first meeting of the nobility, all the heroes who supported the new king were rewarded to the sound of magnificent music. Some people are envious, some people are jealous, and some people don't care.
The new king left the three dukes behind, and now the east is in chaos, and someone needs to preside over the overall situation. Aden recommended Lady Erin's son, Caspar Kieran, whose family was the mother of the former Empress and who had supported the Crown Prince with all their might over the years.
Duke Hoffman nodded to Klein in agreement, anyway, they are the middle force, and it doesn't matter whether the new king is rewarded or punished.
The new king's face is very bad, the Hoffman family once forced him to let Eunice have a baby, and the Klein family wants to murder Eunice's life, if it weren't for the unstable foundation now, hum!
The two dukes were keenly aware of their situation and couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, their choice was not wrong, as the head of a country, they were wrapped up in personal feelings.
Half an hour later, the meeting ended.
After the coronation ceremony, the nobles from all over the country returned to the territory one after another. Duke Klein submitted, but the king told him to stay a few more days.
Vivien doesn't have a knighthood and can leave whenever she wants. The duke was already under house arrest, and he couldn't even leave the Winter Palace without the king's permission, otherwise he would be charged with resisting the decree.
Five days later, the Empress held a banquet.
This is the first time that Eunice has hosted a banquet for the nobles of the royal capital, from the decoration of the banquet hall to the wine and dishes, everything is carefully checked, and no mistakes are allowed.
Although she held a grand wedding with the crown prince last year, and now she has been promoted from the crown princess to the queen, many noble ladies look down on her background.
Lady Irene is also not satisfied with Eunice, but she is done, and in order to save her nephew's face, she must stand up and take a stand.
Everyone no longer mocked Eunice in Lady Erin's face, but where there were many women, there was a lot of war. A small group of three people gathered around Catherine here, and a large group of five people gathered around Vivien.
"Vivian, I didn't expect you to be very beautiful in a red dress." Carol's mother took the initiative to come over and greet Vivien.
"Vivien has seen her aunt." Vivien bowed.
Mrs. Camilla looked at the girl in front of her and sighed repeatedly, if it weren't for her son's uselessness, she would have become her own daughter-in-law now.
Alas, let's not talk about the lost fate.
The two chatted briefly, and a maid came to her and said that the queen was invited. Sure enough, Victor's matter will not be so easy to uncover, I don't know what the queen has prepared this time?
"Auntie, I'll go over first, I wish you a good time."
"Go ahead, we'll talk next time."
Lady Camilla patted Vivien gently on the back of her hand, they were still relatives even after the marriage was dismissed.
Vivien waited in the break room for more than ten minutes before Eunice finally appeared. Now she is the queen, and she has to give a big gift when she meets.
"Lady Vivien doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." Eunice looked extravagant in a golden gown and a crown.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Vivien waited for the queen to sit first.
As usual, the queen asked about some trivial matters in life, and then turned to Victor. This time she was well prepared, first of all, a doctor certified that Vivien was highly poisonous; Second, two strange women accuse Victor of bleeding them.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid, why don't you just state your purpose?"
"Hand over Victor, everyone will have to pay for their mistakes!"
"Your Majesty, Victor has never been contaminated with human life, but your uncle once killed two paupers for no reason, and your aunt once forced a maid to death!"
Eunice's eyes widened in disbelief, she knew very well that if she failed this time, she would never be able to catch Victor again.
"You know it's a felony to insult my family!"
"Then Her Majesty can insult the Klein family at will?"
Vivian has long investigated the eighteen generations of Eunice's ancestors in detail, and the nobles of this era do not treat the poor as human beings at all, and they can kill them whenever they want, and no family is clean.
"Your Majesty, who can compare to the former crown prince in terms of killing and cutting people, there are no less than twenty people whose hands were cut off by him, and even more are killed, you want to preside over the overall situation for them?"
After Vivien finished speaking, the queen's face turned pale with fright.
At the end of the feast, when Vivien checked the letters in the evening, she found that Carol invited her to see the paintings, but refused; Lady Irene's son's celebration ceremony, refused; Graduation ceremony of aristocratic university, go!
On the day of the graduation ceremony, she arrived at school early in a horse-drawn carriage. The principal invites the aristocracy to attend every year, firstly to find a way out for the graduates, and secondly, to hope that more nobles will invest.
Vivian looked at the graduates' profiles, which detailed their origins and achievements, and I have to say that some of the students are amazingly talented. Researching new drugs at the age of 20 is an achievement that ordinary people cannot achieve in a lifetime.
The ceremony was held in the auditorium, and the principal introduced the students according to their grades. Both men and women in the front line were robbed by the aristocracy.
Vivien selected a total of 10 graduates, who were good at law, medicine, music, astronomy, and logic. The north is in dire need of talents from all walks of life, and graduates are most suitable to go with ideals.
She handed the list to Martin, and sure enough, Martin did not disappoint her, and it took him three days to convince the graduate to sign an employment contract.
Duke Klein's second request to return to the realm was unanswered, and Vivien thought the new king was putting on a fight. I just don't know if I'm angry that she threatens the queen, or if I'm angry at the existence of the Klein family?
In order to allow her father to leave the royal capital smoothly, in the next week, Vivian actively participated in aristocratic activities, such as tea parties, birthday parties, picnics, poems, etc.
In the past, she didn't like to have too much to do with nobles when she attended parties, but now she took the initiative to win people's hearts. Soon, six merchant groups and five great nobles negotiated a deal.
"Vivien, it's a pleasure to see you here."
Vivien met Carol and Remino at Lady Irene's half-salon, and greeted them with a smile.
"I'm glad to meet you too."
"I heard you've been busy lately?"
"Yes, after all, I am the heir of the Klein family, and I have to take on some responsibilities once in a while."
"I wish you all the best."
"I wish you all the best for the future."
Vivien clinked glasses with her brother and drank them down with a smile.
Remino leaned back in her aristocracy, and shook her head helplessly. Such a woman is very attractive, but it's a pity that my brother didn't seize the opportunity and couldn't understand what he was thinking?
Carol also felt that such Vivien was dazzling, but it was a pity that he could not give up the Knights. Life is not only about romance, but also about responsibility.
Three days later, Vivien and the others left the city in a carriage. Along the way, the knights were on guard for fear of an assassin, but fortunately they returned to the city of Sémir without danger.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Duke's Palace, and not only did not see the butler come out to greet him, but even the gate was closed.
Vivien and the Duke looked at each other, and Evans pushed the iron door and found that it was not locked, but the entire Duke's Mansion was quiet and did not look like a living person.
The three knights volunteered to go in and investigate, but did not come out for a long time. Vivien thinks it's Victor's prank and decides to go to the meeting herself.
When she walked through the long garden to the hall, sure enough, everyone was there, and she sighed helplessly. Why is it that even Mavis is messing with him? Father must have been angry.
Sure enough, the smile on the duke's face remained unchanged, but the murderous aura in his eyes condensed into a knife, stabbing everyone trembling.
After the farce, Vivien went back to her room to shower and change her clothes. Every time I traveled a long distance, I was very tired, and I had to sleep for two or three days to recover.
Life was once again filled with work, and in the past two years, the streamlining of salt and sugar refining has brought down the prices of goods in the north; The increase in the production of grain crops and the decrease in tax revenues caused many people to defect to the north with their families and even the nobles of small territories.
The new king ascended the throne for half a year and decided to change the succession law of the empire.
This caused an uproar among the nobles, and Vivien took advantage of their quarrel to launch a territorial war and expand the northern realm.
Over the next two years, the new king consolidated his power while changing the laws of the empire. The conflict between the royal family and the aristocracy became sharper, and the church secretly incited the people to proclaim that the new king was a tyrant.
While the king was busy, the north absorbed powerful mercenary groups, and the west developed naval power.
By the time the king united his nobles to conquer the north and west, their territory had already exceeded half of the Balia Empire.
The population of the royal capital has plummeted, and the economy has stagnated. The king sent Remino to persuade the Klein family to surrender, and Carol led the Knights to escort them.
When the two brothers came to the north for the first time, they were surprised to find that the people had smiles on their faces and hope in their eyes. This is not the face of the oppressed, and perhaps they will fail in their journey.