Chapter 160 Accurately stepping on thunder
Chapter 160 Accurately stepping on thunder
Let’s go back a little in time, to when the Lionheart car was still stuck on the road.
Seeing that all the important guests had arrived, but the all-important Lionheart Chariot carrying the new Duke had yet to show up, the new head of the Ryan family and the only remaining elders in the clan were almost going crazy.
"Is old York getting senile?"
The old butler, who was unaware that he was one of the "Three Elders of Ryan", had suffered a heart attack under someone's torture and was taken away to the hospital. After waiting for a long time without seeing the new Duke return, the fat and bloated head of the family, who was wearing a specially made large tuxedo, could not help but complain:
"He said that he had served the old duke for so many years and had experienced all kinds of special occasions, so there would definitely be no problems. That's why I agreed to let him make the arrangements. But how could he delay such a small matter as taking someone out and then taking a car back?"
"Don't be impatient, wait a little longer."
Compared to the new head of the Ryan family, the elder of the Ryan family was obviously more patient. After sending two attendants to urge them, he frowned and said:
"Our new Duke is different from the old Duke. He is a lower-class man who has never received aristocratic education. It is inevitable that he will make some mistakes in a ceremony of this scale. Now we can only trust Old York and give him more time."
"Give him a little more time. Who will give us a little more time?"
Glancing at the hall through the gaps between the tassels of the curtains, and noticing that some guests had already shown an impatient look on their faces, the head of the Ryan family could not help but sigh and said in an annoyed manner:
"If I had known that even this could go wrong, I wouldn't have set so many procedures before, and I wouldn't have bothered him twice. I wouldn't have arranged the time so tightly that I couldn't spare any time!"
"Don't be anxious. Especially at times like this, you need to stay calm."
After taking a sip of the tea at hand, the Ryan elder took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the tea off his white beard, and comforted him in a calm voice:
"The new Duke is a somewhat reckless person, and he doesn't know how to be a qualified noble. If we want him to cooperate with us, we must first make him understand that even though he is the Duke of Lionheart, if the Ryan family wants to survive, it must have the help of the three of us.
So it's a good thing that the ceremony is a little complicated. It can temper his temper and let him know the importance of the three of us. If we don't make arrangements, he won't even be able to handle the succession ceremony. This way, we will know the limits when we get along with each other in the future."
"It's also..."
Somewhat convinced by the words of the clan elders, the head of the Ryan family hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
"Okay! Then everything will go on as before. You continue to send people to urge them. I will go to the front hall first to calm down those anxiously waiting guests."
"Well, let's go."
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When Ryan's two elders reached a consensus, one arranged someone to find the new Duke, and the other tried to stabilize the guests, they watched time pass, but the ceremony had not started yet, and the guests on the first floor of the main building were already extremely impatient.
"Haha, our new duke is so grand!"
Seeing the people around him frowning, a certain "little scoundrel" earl who became famous in the capital because of Lyon couldn't help but say sarcastically:
"Everyone present here is related to the Ryan family by marriage. Many of them are of the same generation as the old Duke. Half of them are his elders, and some are even two generations older than him.
Out of respect for the late Duke, we elders got up early to show our support and came to the ceremony at dawn, but we are just waiting here?" The "punk" Count's words were too obvious, and he almost wrote "I am looking for trouble" on his face.
But first of all, they were all crows who had smelled the stench of profit and came to share "Ryan's body". They all knew each other's "composition", so there was no need to pretend to be righteous.
Secondly, they had gotten up early to attend the ceremony, but were left here for a long time without any reason. Naturally, everyone was very dissatisfied. After the Count of Beggars finished speaking, not only did no one object, but some people even took the initiative to speak up and agree with him.
"Indeed, the Ryan family did a little poorly this time."
"I'm afraid it's not that I did a bad job, but that I didn't take us, my in-laws, seriously at all, right?"
"After all, they are the two pillars of the kingdom. Why should they take us little nobles seriously?"
With the deliberate instigation of someone with ulterior motives and the intentional cooperation of a group of people with ulterior motives, when Ryan's head of the family came out from the backstage, the whole hall was in chaos, with all kinds of blunt accusations and sarcastic remarks being heard.
"Everyone! Everyone please be quiet and listen to me first!"
Hearing the tidal wave of condemnation in the hall, Patriarch Ryan broke out in a cold sweat and quickly raised his voice and shouted:
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Today's ceremony was indeed a bit hasty, and the Duke was delayed on the road due to some matters. It is really because our Ryan family was not well prepared and neglected all the distinguished guests.
But the reason for doing this is to thank you all for visiting, so we have made special preparations for it to be grand. However, as the process is complicated, it is inevitable that things will go wrong. I hope that all of you relatives and friends will tolerate this for the sake of our past friendship.
Besides you, there are also Mrs. Annie, who represents Prime Minister Leonard, and His Royal Highness Joshua, who represents the princess. Please give these two distinguished guests some face and be a little more patient. I would like to thank you all for your tolerance!"
After the head of the Ryan family finished speaking, the hall, which had been noisy, suddenly became quiet again.
There is no other reason. Although these words were a bit hasty, they were really effective in controlling the situation.
Without saying a word, he apologized, admitted his mistake and calmed the emotions. Then he turned around and said, "I'm late not because I'm being deliberate, but because I respect you too much." He took control of the situation and climbed back to the moral high ground using both his hands and feet.
Then, taking advantage of the fact that the Prime Minister and the princess's people were also present, he pointed out that any further trouble would be disrespecting the Prime Minister and the princess, and he suppressed people like the Count who were already looking to cause trouble. Finally, he bowed on the spot to thank everyone for their tolerance, completely blocking the option of "intolerance".
All we can say is that the three Ryan elders were able to take over the position and become the de facto controllers of the Ryan family after Ryan's Bloody Night, not just because of their age, but because they are really capable. This set of hastily performed small combos is enough to prove the Ryan family head's ability to talk.
Unfortunately, although the words of the head of the Ryan family successfully appeased 99% of the people, they only angered the most troublesome one of them.
"I'm not anyone's representative!"
When he heard "His Highness Joshua, who is representing the princess," the young man in fancy clothes, who was standing in the front row and chatting with the Prime Minister's wife, couldn't help but look down. He then ignored the secret tugging of his female companion and refuted without any hesitation:
"Watch your words! If I really have to speak of representation, then I represent the royal family, not anyone else!"
(End of this chapter)