The Sister of the Bloody Duke, Chapter 30
Vivien and Victor greeted him at the gate of the mansion, and Remino said that he was on patrol on behalf of the king, but in fact he was assessing the overall strength of the north.
If it is under control, the king will not hesitate to launch a crusade; If it exceeds expectations, the war needs to be planned slowly. Whatever the outcome, there will be a fight.
The dinner was very well prepared, and when Remino found Jay standing next to Vivien, he smiled and said, "Jay, Your Majesty has been looking for you for a long time, and when the matter is over, come back to the royal capital with me." ”
"Your Majesty Lao is concerned, I am now just a commoner who doesn't even have a surname." Jay replied respectfully.
"Your Majesty knows what you are capable of, and the Mervis family mistook fish eyes for pearls, but luckily they all paid the price for the evil they did."
"Count Reminor, I think you should relearn dining etiquette, otherwise I will doubt the education of the Marquis of White's house." Vivien put down her knife and fork and spoke lightly.
"I'm sorry for the princess, I forgot the rules when I saw an acquaintance." Remino hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay, after all, you've just gone through a long journey, so you should have a good rest for the past two days."
"Then there is the daughter of the Princess."
After dinner, Vivien told Martin to take care of them and leave. Her expression was cold, as if they were not relatives but strangers.
After Remino rested, he went to see the training of the Knights of the Ducal Palace, learned more about the inner workings of the Duke's Palace, and even secretly investigated the defense of the city of Sémir.
After doing this, he offered to visit the sapphire mines.
Vivien had a carriage arranged for her to travel to Lavia, which had been the poorest place in the north and had grown into a large town.
"Vivien loves flowers, and I heard that the knight would bring her fresh flowers every day. However, Lavia has heavy snow in winter, not to mention that there are no flowers or even grass. For the sake of his daughter, the knight decided to go to the Chilara Mountain to look for it, and finally saw flowers blooming in the ice and snow in a certain cave......"
Ever since entering Lavia's territory, people have been heard everywhere talking about the discovery of the mines by the princess. Some say that knights love princesses, and some say that princesses are protected by God, and they have all kinds of strange words.
"Old man, how can I meet Lady Vivien?" A young man walked up to the old man telling a story with a bag on his back.
"The duke lives in the Ducal Palace in the city of Sémur." The old man swore and said.
"I heard that soap and wigs are also taught by the princess?" The young man seemed curious about the deeds of the princess.
"Yes, this is a desolate place, and food production is very low. In order for everyone to live, the princess finds the meaning of life for everyone......"
The old man happily told the young people the story of five years ago, from road building to soap making, from hunting to wig, the princess personally taught everyone, and also signed a long-term contract with the merchant group.
The young man's eyes lit up after listening, and he asked the old man to speak more.
Remino looked at Vivien and saw that her eyes were bright.
When everyone came to the foot of Chilara Mountain, they felt more and more that this mountain was like a towering giant, holding up the sky and the earth. Dark clouds linger halfway up the mountain, as if you have entered another world.
Victor takes the White brothers up the mountain, and Vivien finds a place to sit and rest, and then whispers to the gods. She couldn't figure out why Remino was looking at the mines? Could it be that the royal family covets sapphires?
Zhen Zhen asked her to think again, not to ask for help every time she encounters a problem, but to develop the habit of independent thinking.
Vivien tried to think from the king's point of view, when suddenly a handsome young man came up to her with an excited expression and said, "Please, are you the daughter of Vivien?" ”
Vivien's mind was disrupted and her mood was a little irritable, but considering her identity and image, she never lost her temper in front of outsiders.
"yes, I don't know who you are?"
"I, I'm Jowin Lowell!"
The family of Count Lowell is an ancient nobleman who has been inherited for many years. They are far from strife and have been obsessed with academic research for generations.
It is said that the Lowell family, both men and women, would travel abroad to gain knowledge when they became adults, at least three or five years, and at most for a lifetime.
"Please take me as an apprentice, I want to study by the side of my daughter!"
"Well, I'll talk about the apprenticeship later, if the prince wants, you can visit the Duke's Palace, I'm looking forward to seeing you."
"This is the seal of the Lowell family, this is my identification, and I spent the night in the tavern near the church." Qiao Wen was worried that Vivien would not believe him, and hurriedly pulled out a large pile of papers.
"I know that scholars have a strong desire to learn. If you wish, wait at the entrance of the village at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. ”
"I do, I do!"
Qiao Wen nodded like garlic, and Vivien couldn't help but smile.
The sky slowly darkened, and Victor and the others finally descended the mountain. Remino admits that the mine is bigger than he thought it would be, and that it may not be used up in ten years.
Vivien smiled and said, "Everyone is tired today, let's go back and rest first." ”
In the last five years, many merchants have come to Lavia, and with the mining of mines, the village has become very lively, and four taverns have been built.
After dinner, when Vivien went for a walk, Carol offered to be a bodyguard. After the two brothers came to the north, almost all of them were Remino, and Carol took the role of a guard seriously.
Vivien couldn't read Carol, but remembering that he liked the gods, she relinquished control of her body. In the past two years, the gods have let Vivien control her body unless necessary.
Unconsciously, the two became more and more alike, and even Lola said that she occasionally couldn't tell who was the young lady and who was the god.
Vivien was very happy to hear this, and in just six years, she had grown from an innocent girl to a qualified heir, all thanks to the gods!
"Vivien, Your Majesty—" Carol was about to speak, he was now the head of the Royal Knights, and there were some words that he could never go back to.
"Sir Carroll, help me pick some flowers." Vivien is well aware that the White family has long since switched from centrists to royalty.
It wasn't a betrayal, because Vivien and the Duke had already expected it. Remino was destined to stand by Eunice's side, and Carol was destined to become the head of the Knights.
Carol picks a bouquet of wildflowers nearby, and Vivien asks Anne to put them in a vase. As time passed, the little affection between them withered like a flower.
The next day Jowen went back to the Duke's palace with them, and on the way he was very curious about everything, and always chattered and chattered, which was the first time Vivien had met such a talkative person.
After returning to the Duke's Palace to rest for two days, Remino took his leave.
As soon as the party left the city of Semir, Vivien immediately prepared them for battle. Taloon sent someone to spread the word, and as long as she spoke, the West would do everything in his power to cooperate.
Vivien refused, knowing that Eunice would help the king develop a weapon that was ahead of her time—explosives. The royal family needed an absolute victory to show their strength, and as long as the north was defeated, the other nobles would no longer dare to challenge authority.
Unfortunately, when Vivien decided to make the North independent, she secretly had explosives and new weapons developed. The Duke is openly busy with military training, but in fact he is obsessed with weapon research and development, and he also leaves all his official duties to Vivien.
Vivian has never participated in the war, and she doesn't want to be Zhao Kuo on paper, so professional things will be handed over to professional people. She has only one request, and that is to set the battlefield in a desert without human population, so that it will not affect the people.
Duke Klein proposed a strategy of war that harmed civilians, while the United Church made a big deal of it. In recent years, the north has mostly adopted the policy of softness, and the sharper the royal means, the more merciful the north will be.
"Lord Gods, is this war really unavoidable?"
"It depends on whether the king wants to start a war or not."
If the king does not take the initiative to attack, the north is safe and secure.
However, three months later, the royal family and the nobles issued a letter of guilt to the north, ranging from disrespecting the royal family to plotting rebellion, all of which were the great crimes of beheading.
Vivien had people refute each other, and endorsed all the towns in the north, while spreading ten rumors of royal persecution in the north.
These rumors are true and false, such as the brutal murder of civilians by the queen family, the king's killing of people every night, the royal family's coveting of the northern mines, and so on. Anyone who has lived in modern times is well aware of the importance of public opinion warfare.
Enraged, the king ordered the knights to arrest all the propagators and put them on trial, and the tyrant's reputation became even more popular.