Chapter 279 129 The Third Prince's Ambition

Chapter 279 -129- The ambition of the third prince

Boulder City, Duke's Palace.

The third prince, Philip, was sitting on the Duke's throne, lazily looking at the letter sent by the teleportation magic.

Behind him, "Duchess of Boulder" Eleanor stood there obediently in scantily clad clothes, massaging his shoulders and feet with two young maids kneeling on the ground who were also scantily clad.

Suddenly, the door to the room was knocked, and the voice of a soldier came from outside the door:

"Your Highness, Earl Lint wishes to see you."

The third prince raised his eyelids slightly and said lazily:

"Come in."

The door was quickly pushed open, and a tall, middle-aged male nobleman wearing armor walked in.

He looks to be about forty years old, with gray hair and gray eyes. His facial features are vaguely similar to those of the third prince, but he is much more determined than the handsome and feminine third prince.

He frowned and glanced at the third prince who was half lying on the Duke's throne, then glanced at Eleanor behind the third prince, and then said to the two maids with a stern face:

"Put some clothes on Lady Eleanor. It's such a cold day. Do you want her to catch the cold?!"

After listening to the middle-aged nobleman's words, the two maids remained unmoved.

Looking at the unhappy expression on the middle-aged nobleman's face, the third prince smiled and lazily ordered to the maid:

"Put some clothes on her and take her down."

After listening to the third prince's order, the maids lowered their heads and took action. They put on Eleanor's coat and quickly took her down.

When passing by the middle-aged noble, the middle-aged noble bowed his head slightly in greeting, while Eleanor paused slightly and quickly left with her head lowered.

Looking at the middle-aged nobleman saluting Eleanor, the third prince suddenly became happy:

"Haha, my dear uncle, your etiquette is as thorough as ever."

The middle-aged nobleman frowned and said:

"Your Highness, Lady Eleanor is your wife after all. There are some things... don't overdo it."

The third prince yawned lazily:

"Okay, I understand, I will be careful."

"Tell me, what good news did you bring me when you came to me this time?"

The middle-aged man's brows furrowed even deeper, as if he was a little unhappy with the third prince's frivolous look, but in the end he just sighed softly, bowed respectfully, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness, there is news from Violet that the army has been mobilized. The family has gathered 20,000 people and is ready to go north."

After hearing the middle-aged nobleman's words, the third prince perked up and immediately sat up and said with a smile:

"Grandpa is as fast as ever! But..."

He touched his chin:

"Only 20,000 people? Doesn't this seem like Violet's style?"

The middle-aged man was a little helpless:

"The family is mobilizing this time in the name of drills. Violet has been in opposition to Roman all year round and has always had the tradition of convening nobles for military drills. Twenty thousand people is already the limit... If there are more people, the difficulty of blocking the news will be greatly increased. It’s going to alert Castells.”

"Furthermore, there are still many old nobles in the Violet Principality who have not completely returned home and still do not forget the Willett family. This also requires my father to devote some of his energy to keeping an eye on them."

"The Willett family? The family that was deprived of their title and demoted to commoners by their father in anger? I heard that they seemed to have been attacked and exterminated many years ago."

The third prince said in surprise.

The middle-aged nobleman nodded:

"Yes, but after all, they are a family that has been operating in Violet for nearly a thousand years. Even the name of the Principality of Violet is taken from their surname. It is good for father to be careful."

"However, your Highness, you don't have to worry. The army mobilized this time includes five thousand elite soldiers from the Boit-Lint family. It is enough to deal with the little Castel."

"Five thousand elites on standby? Indeed, that's not bad."

The third prince nodded with satisfaction.

After speaking, he asked with a smile:

"Any news about grandpa?"

The middle-aged noble paused and said:

"Father asked me to ask you, when will we attack? There is news from North Port. It is said that Charlotte of Castel has led the army north to quell the rebellion. Castel is currently empty in the south. If we attack now, it is the best time to attack. Good timing.”

The third prince smiled and said:

"Don't worry, tell grandpa to go to the border first and wait in secret. If we are lucky, we may be able to go straight in."

The middle-aged nobleman frowned and said:

"Your Highness, wait? What are you waiting for?"

The third prince chuckled and handed over the letter in his hand:

"Uncle, Violet knows that the young earl has rebelled, but she doesn't know more details. It seems that grandpa's news in the North is not that well-informed."

The middle-aged nobleman subconsciously took the letter and started browsing it. After reading it, his expression quickly became strange:

"Is this... a letter from the Earl of Tulip? Charlotte of Castells united with the garrison of Tulip and went north to put down the rebellion?"

The third prince smiled and said:

"The commander of Tulip's garrison is Count Gaston, who is a branch of the Duke of Gaston's family."

"I promised him that if he ascends the throne in the future, I can support them to replace the main branch of Gaston and take over the Principality of Gaston. Therefore, he has already secretly pledged allegiance to me..."

"Uncle, we are all our own people. I will not hide it from you. The rebels in Castel are also our people. The Leglis family, like the Gaston family, has also been loyal to me for a long time."

"Haha, Charlotte of Castells doesn't know this. Count Gaston gained her trust with the old exchange between the two families. She is probably still happy to provide help to Count Gaston."

"I have magically summoned Gaston and the Castel rebels. After Castel's army attacks the rebels, Gaston will switch sides in the army and give Castel a fatal blow... "

"The little earl of Castres does not trust the nobles in the territory. This rebellion brought almost all the accompanying nobles with him."

"My dear uncle, if we are lucky, maybe we can wrap up all the nobles in Castel without fighting at all."

The middle-aged nobleman frowned:

"Your Highness, this is indeed a very bold plan, but what if it fails?"

The third prince smiled and said:

"Failure means failure. Even if it fails, it will cause heavy damage to Castel, which will be more conducive to our attack on the Northland..."

The middle-aged nobleman was thoughtful, then nodded:

"I understand. If this is the case, then I will summon father and wait for the news from Castel for the time being."

"No……"

The third prince stretched out his index finger and shook it:

"You want to wait until I teleport here and then go north together."

The middle-aged nobleman's heart moved slightly, and then nodded:

"I see."

…

The middle-aged nobleman left quickly.

The third prince also stood up from his seat and summoned his soldiers:

"Tell the court mage in the magic tower that it's almost time to start charging the teleportation circle."

The magic teleportation array can transmit letters and items, and naturally it can also teleport humans.

However, the extraordinary materials required for long-distance fixed-point transmission are only in the hands of the royal family.