Chapter 412

"Although I don't know what kind of thoughts you have, Mother, to deliberately stir up conflicts in the family, but, Mother, are you that clean?"

"Orson, you..." Mary panicked when she heard this. "What do you mean by this?"

"The Toulouse family." Orson said this, and Francois, Duke of Orleans, who was silently drinking soup beside him, made a move.

"The Tullous family that rules the Duchy of Orleans, which is your relative, my mother, has been the Duchess and has controlled the Duchy's finances for so many years. Through various means, you have used almost one-third of the annual Duchy's financial surplus. Second, all of it was misappropriated into personal property and then transferred to the Tulus family. This is why the Duchy of Antica has always been in financial constraints despite its good development over the years. "

With that said, Orson took out the bill in his hand and handed it to the emperor.

After Odysseus looked over, he turned to look at Mary.

"Mrs. Mary, if this bill is true, then your duchess's behavior can be said to be quite bad." With that said, he turned and glanced at Francois.

"Duke François, you are serious. Your sister is already married. Do you still expect her to provide help to your duchy?"

"Your Majesty taught you a lesson." Francois nodded. "But these are all my sister's personal actions. Although I have tried to persuade her over the years, it has been completely useless, so I can only accept it."

When Mary heard her brother actually say that, she looked at him in surprise, her eyes full of anger after being betrayed.

Chapter 28: A fly shakes a tree

"Your Majesty, strictly speaking, this matter should be regarded as a family matter between the dukes." At this time, Duke Ivan of Lucia, who was sitting next to Francois, also spoke.

The meaning expressed in his words was very obscure.

How does your emperor usually show his presence, or even how the aliens in the Duchy of Antica show their presence, the dukes will not say anything, and will even cooperate with you very well, but If you extend your hand to other duchies, wouldn't that be a bit much?

Therefore, even if Mary is really a traitor to the Duchy of Antica and betrays the interests of the Duchy of Antica to the Duchy of Orleans, all Emperor Odysseus can do is to limit the punishment to where he can interfere, not Involved in other duchies.

"I'm natural

Know. "Odysseus heard Ivan speaking and nodded.

At this time, Lucius's usual old enemy Giovanni stopped talking.

Because he knew that he didn’t even need to take action in this matter. Other dukes, even the Duke of Antica’s absolute ally, Duke William of Prussia, would not let Odysseus do it when considering the interests of his duchy. Interference in the Duchy of Orleans.

There is no doubt that whether this debt can be recovered or not depends on whether François himself has a conscience or not.

"Oh, by the way, Mother, aren't you going to break up your skin?" Orson said, taking out the video recording magic stone.

"Everyone here should recognize this item, right?"

Mary's heart trembled when she saw this item appearing in Orson's hand.

Then, Orson input magic power into it.

As expected, the scene that appeared was Lucius's bedroom. At this time, Lucius was sitting in the middle of the room.

"Although there are not many ways to use the Video Recording Magic Stone as a will, it has existed in history. Although the Video Recording Magic Stone is very precious, it is worthwhile to use it to record more valuable evidence."

As Orson finished speaking, everyone saw that Lucius moved in the image.

"Ahem, Albert, the video magic stone is working now, isn't it?"

"Yes." Albert's voice came out from outside the image.

"Okay." Lucius nodded, and then said: "My mental state has not been very good recently, and I may suffer from amnesia in the future. In order to avoid causing confusion in the family succession position, I am here first. It’s agreed.”

"I, Lucius, as the head of the Stranic family of the hereditary Duchy of Antica, hereby make a will. If I die or lose the ability to manage the duchy, the position of the head of the family... will be..."

Everyone held their breath when they saw this.

Because in the picture, the next words spoken by Lucius mean the establishment of the will, that is, the establishment of the heir to the Duchy of Antica.

Off the field, Olivia and Lianka looked at each other worriedly.

Chelinina, who was present as a special guest, also showed a complicated expression.

"It will be inherited by my son, Lit Stranik."

As these words fell, everyone was shocked.

Although everyone knows that Li Teuk is your biological son, it doesn't mean that it is like this, right?

How is Leeteuk better than Orson now?

But everyone can understand this. As for the heir, there is nothing wrong with choosing one of the two. Maybe Lucius has his own considerations.

"At the same time, my son Orson will receive half of the property of the Duke's Palace."

"Master, is this the end of the will?" You can hear Albert's voice in the video being unexpectedly surprised.

"No, there is one more thing." Lucius said, looking at the center of the image.

Everyone can see the anger and dissatisfaction in Lucius's eyes in the image.

"Kick my unfaithful wife, Mary, out of the Stranik family!"

When she heard this, Mary knelt down on the ground in fear.

"Master! Is everything you said true?"

"Yes, I am very conscious now, Albert." Lucius nodded. "This is my will. I hope you will keep it safe and make it public one day."

"OK."

Then, the video magic stone ended.

Everyone present didn't know what to say.

This family farce, a family scandal that was originally not wanted to be made public, may now become a rumor in the empire for a long time to come.

And from the images of just a few minutes, the meaning conveyed is clear enough.

When Leeteuk inherited the title, Orson could only get half of the property and no power, while Mary's treatment was even more outrageous.

The word "unfaithfulness" is not a joke. Once you say it, you can't take it back.

Everyone looked at Mary.

At this time, the butler Albert also came out.

As a witness to the will, it is necessary for him to appear at this time to prove the authenticity of the will.

"As you can see, when this video was recorded, the witness was me, and I can vouch for the authenticity of the will."

"As for the unnecessary words that the master said, it's all up to you to judge for yourself."

Then, he bowed respectfully and withdrew.

"Mother, you may not have thought of it, but the person you trusted the most betrayed you." Orson said this, walked up to Mary, and knelt down.

"Mr. Randall, he has told you everything about your relationship with him." He whispered in Mary's ear.

"Sometimes I just don't understand. Obviously in this big family, as long as you do your job as a mother, won't you get praise and wealth at your fingertips?"

"You also know that a married daughter is like a helpless duckweed. Over the years, you have colluded with your servants and provided money to the family just to gain their support. But what is the final outcome?"

"Even when the emperor comes this time, you must want to ruin our reputation and let the emperor deprive us of our inheritance rights so that we can give them to the child in your belly, right?"

"Your talents are great, but it's a pity that you have great ambitions, but you are walking on the most dangerous single-plank bridge. Once you make a mistake, you will be doomed."

Saying this, Orson laughed and said: "What's funny is that you made so many mistakes and it was Father who pulled you back. But Father is kind-hearted and gave you so many opportunities, but you turned a deaf ear to them. In the end, Still lost to your inner desires.”

"It's ridiculous to think that a small fly can shake a big tree. Mother, oh no, should I call you Miss Mary now?"

Orson's words undoubtedly broke down Mary's inner defenses step by step. Mary just froze in place, not daring to speak, and not knowing how to speak.

After finishing speaking, Orson stood up and looked at the people around him.

"There should be no objections to this matter, right? Everyone?" The first person he looked at was Duke Ivan of Lucia. "As Duke Ivan said just now, this is all a private matter of our family. If you make unreasonable accusations and jump to conclusions, it would be unjustifiable, right?"

Then he looked at Odysseus.

"I made you laugh, Your Majesty. It was originally just a small matter within the family, but it has reached the point where you have to come forward."

"It doesn't matter." Odysseus said and shook his head.

Lucius, on the other hand, was taken upstairs by Vivian to rest while the video magic stone was playing.

Downstairs is already junior's home court. He is tired and wants to rest for a while.

Chapter 29: Self-exposure

Downstairs, the reckoning continues.

"Your Majesty, although this is our family matter, if such a thing happens to any family, the treatment will only be more serious." Orson said this, turning his head to look at Francois, Duke of Orleans.

"Duke Francois, for the sake of the relationship between the Duke of Orleans and the Duke of Antica, he just expelled Miss Mary from the Duke's family. What do you think of this?"

"Why are you asking me?" Francois looked at Orson in confusion. "Isn't this your family matter? Rather, even if Mary comes back, I will not take her in."

For Francois, Mary's exposure means the complete loss of use value.

Before he came to the throne, his rather ambitious sister had tried some tricks to get the inheritance rights into her hands. After she couldn't compete with him, she was married off by herself, and in the end she even tried to rob the power of her husband's family.

One thing to say, if Mary can really do it, Francois wouldn't mind helping her, but now it seems that Mary is a completely lost dog, why should he protect her, just because she is his sister? ?

Among nobles, the strongest bond is family affection, and the weakest bond is family affection.

Especially a nobleman like Francois.

The inheritance law based on blood relations determines the order of heirs, but the inheritance law cannot deprive others of their inheritance rights at will. This also means that if something happens to you, the position of the Duke will probably not fall into the hands of your descendants. , which made the nobles keep a close eye on their relatives.

Although some nobles do not have to be on guard because of the close relationship between their families, for most nobles, it is normal to wish that all their relatives of the same generation would die.

After all, keeping them will only make the world's rice more expensive.

Mary raised her head and looked at her brother Francois. In order to get rid of his hidden danger and to win an alliance, he married Lucius, Duke of Antica, who was twenty years older than her. Lucius can be his own father.

She was unable to change the status quo, so she could only let fate arrange it this way. She did not love Lucius, and Lucius, who missed his deceased wife, also did not love her. For a long time, the two of them only maintained a nominal relationship as husband and wife. .

She even married into Lucius's family

At that time, his son Orson was only ten years younger than him. According to his age, she should be his sister, but he was forced to learn to be a mother.

She tried to resist fate. She wanted to take the power of the Duchy of Antica into her own hands, and then take revenge on her brother.

For this reason, she did not hesitate to temporarily commit herself to her brother and quietly transfer the surplus taxes from the Duchy of Antica to the Duchy of Orleans in a clever way.

She was like a helpless duckweed. All she needed was a strong wind to blow her to the top of the sky. However, she failed to wait for her own strong wind.

It rained heavily in the sky...

At this time, she suddenly remembered.

Lucius seemed to have half warned himself before.

"If you really feel that you are unable to do what you want, please give way."

At the time, Mary thought this passage was very baffling, but looking back now, it is only ironic.

Yes, Lucius had already warned him, but instead of giving up, he only got worse...

Thinking like this, a tight string in Mary's heart finally broke.

"Ha, haha..." Mary stood up, looking a little crazy.

"You high-sounding people, do you really think that you are all clean?!" Mary said, pointing at Francois, Duke of Orleans.

"Brother, why do you think I used the Duchy's finances to support you? To subsidize the financial gap in the territory after you just inherited the title?"

"You wrote me a letter at that time. If I need help from my family, just ask. You also mentioned that it is the duty and obligation of family members to help each other. You will not forget this paragraph. ?”

"Why are you telling me this? It's like I asked you to do this." Francois frowned.

"Oh, yes, you know how to add insult to injury." Mary said this and smiled.

Then he looked at the others.

"Oh, I have been a duchess for so many years. Guess, do you have any leverage in my hands?"

Saying this, Mary pointed to Giovanni.

"Duke Naples, what your son Donny does at Imperial College is no different from what you did back then, right?"

Giovanni, who was watching the show, was stunned for a moment when he saw Mary suddenly blowing herself up like this.

"Mrs. Mary, let me call you Mrs. Mary now. Please pay attention to your words and deeds and control your mouth."

"Ha, so you did something bad and you don't want others to know?" Mary laughed when she heard Giovanni say this.