Chapter 202: Conspiracy and Rebellion

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

"Dear Viscount Richard Harland, tomorrow is my daughter Monica's engagement dinner. I sincerely invite you to attend, your friend Harden."

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

"No, I need to focus on a magic problem these days, and I don't have any free time. Besides, we don't have close contact with Baron Harden. If we attend these noble banquets every time, it will be a waste of too much time. ?”

Richard decisively refused. He was somewhat introverted and did not like to participate in such aristocratic entertainment.

When attending aristocratic banquets, one always has to speak nonsense words with various old men, and one needs to be very nervous mentally to analyze the meaning contained in the aristocratic words.

Every time he attended a meeting of nobles, Richard felt like he was in a war, which consumed a lot of mental energy.

Sophia's personality is more similar to that of a scientist. She doesn't even like taking care of children, and she doesn't like attending various aristocratic banquets. She thinks it is a waste of time.

Only William and Mrs. Olla in the Harland family are party animals. They are keen to participate in various banquets and hang out with many strangers.

They were strangers in the first place, but they seemed to be very familiar.

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

Time passed by and Baron Harden's engagement party was held as scheduled.

In the baron's castle, the nobles wore gorgeous dresses, enjoyed fine wine and food, watched singing and dancing, and chatted about some news in the northern region.

Three older nobles are hiding in the study. They must have a very close relationship and exchange some secret information.

One of them is Baron Harden, the other is Charlemagne, the commander of the Wild Lion Legion, and the last one is Viscount Anthony, a very important nobleman in Gascoigne Province.

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

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

"Duke Jonathan's third daughter does have a low IQ, which is said to be related to incest marriage. However, it is rumored that the Duke's daughter's bloodline is very pure, and there is no shortage of suitors in Duke Jonathan's family."

Duke Jonathan's family has always had a tradition of consanguineous marriage.

In the Dawn Plane, in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline, it is common for princes and nobles to marry close relatives. Even if they pay a high price, in order to maintain the strength of their bloodline, nobles will still choose to marry close relatives, just to give birth to bloodline talents. High genius.

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

In fact, on the highly civilized Earth, in a country called America, marriages between close relatives are very common among the upper class of society.

The reason for this is simple: to avoid the loss of wealth. America has the richest consortium in the world, and most of these consortiums are composed of several families closely united together.

In these huge families, everyone holds some power and interests. Once an out-marriage occurs, after the death of a female member, the power and interests she holds will be passed on to the next generation in accordance with the provisions of the law, and the next generation’s bloodline and surname Obviously it is not on his side. 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 interests, or whether male members want 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 killing them.

Not only for money, but in this world, close relatives marry not only for money, but also for blood, strength, rights, etc.

Because of this, moral standards will change.

Civilians have long recognized the dangers of consanguineous marriage, considering it to be incest and a despised act. In the Church of the Seven Gods, the Goddess of Dawn and the God of Truth prohibit believers from marrying close relatives.

On the contrary, the nobles believed that incest marriage was a behavior that could only be performed by those with noble blood, and despised the shallow and stupid understanding of common people.

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

"Prince Chris is going to compete for the throne. If the queen is not intelligent enough to be on the stage, how can she attend public events? Aren't she afraid of becoming a laughing stock?"

"Now King Charles supports Prince Felix, and the Grant family has not yet unified their opinions. Although Prince Chris is supported by Duke Duran and Duke Roger, if the Grant family unified their opinions and supports Prince Felix, Prince Chris may not have a chance of winning. ?

But it's different 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 guy Brener last?"

"I could have lived for more than ten years, but through our hands, we dedicated a piece of water of life to the Grant royal family. This water of life was added with the divine power of the God of Glory. If the legend in the prime of life is refined, it can increase longevity. In twenty years, there will still be some special miraculous effects, but for an old and frail legendary refiner like Brenner, it will probably increase the burden on the old man's body."

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

For six hundred years, our ancestors have been fighting to regain the power of their homeland. Several times, they have seen the dawn, but every time, a genius appeared in the Grant family. More than a hundred years ago, it was the old man Brener who defeated our ancestors and allowed the Grant royal family to continue for more than a hundred years. "

"Now the good luck of the Grant royal family is over. Brener is about to die, and the current King Charles is no longer a wise king. It depends on our generation to restore the glory of our ancestors."

Hearing the secret of Brener's impending death, Baron Harden's face suddenly flushed. He nodded excitedly and said, "What will the family do after Brener's death?"

"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 ministers of the Venus family and thoroughly liquidate the Grant family, a traitor family with dirty blood. "

If Richard heard these secret conversations, he would be shocked. It turns out that Baron Harden, Viscount Anthony, and Charlemagne, the commander of the Wild Lion Legion, are all members of the Venus family.

These three are heavyweights in the Gascoigne Province. If they join forces to start a rebellion, they can turn the Gascoigne Province upside down.

"Are there any young talents in the northern border worth winning over?"

"The most capable one is Richard from the Harland family. This family is a new force in the Geda Province and already has 3,000 soldiers. Although Richard is young, he has shown good battlefield intuition and has the style of a famous general. He is the one I want to win over the most, but this person is not easy to get along with. I also invited him to this banquet, but he did not accept my invitation. "

"If you can win over this kind of young talent, win it over. If you can't win it over, eliminate the trouble. "

"When we start the rebellion, will the seven earls in the south cooperate with us in the war? After more than 600 years, how much loyalty do they have to the Venus family? "

"Don't worry about this problem. Our people have taken control of the Cloverford family and the Meslin family."

"Did we get rid of Earl Cloverford?" Baron Harden asked in confusion after hearing this.

Charlemagne nodded and said, "Earl Cloverford had no intention of cooperating with us, and even sold the people we sent to contact him to the capital. The family magician personally took action to lure Earl Cloverford to the Eagle Mountains and eliminated this trouble. "