Chapter 244 Dolls and Total

Have I been... fooled?

After leaving with the small gift that the princess gave to Anna and refusing the royal carriage to take him home, Lyon stood at the gate of the palace, feeling the night breeze, and felt extremely complicated at the moment.

Cunning bad woman...

The questions I raised at the beginning included the big difference in perceptions, being busy with work on both sides, the troubles brought about by the identity of a prince, and that what she really wanted was the Ryan family, not me... and so on.

Although the princess talked to him a lot, it seemed that none of the fundamental issues that made him decide to reject this marriage had been resolved.

But even though the situation hadn't changed at all compared to before, not only did he fail to cancel the engagement, she even held on to him tightly, and he vaguely promised her that he wouldn't blame her, wouldn't abandon her, would give her a chance, and would never bring up the idea of canceling the engagement first.

Even if he had not managed to regain some of his sanity at the critical moment, the specific wedding date would have been set on the spot, and he would have been completely tied down by the cunning princess.

But the strange thing was that even though he knew he had been fooled, when he thought about the princess's gentle words to him just now when she held his arm, and her eyes that were full of him... or at least seemed to be full of him, he could not be angry with her no matter what...

Men... Bah!

After spitting at himself in his heart for being so useless, Leon couldn't help but sigh, then he walked down the stairs with a complicated expression and an even more complicated mood.

……

Huh...it seems that Leon will not come to cancel the engagement in the short term.

After Leon admitted that he had failed in his attempt to break off the engagement and walked down the stairs sadly... but not too sadly, a fishing master who was looking at them from the balcony could not help but let out a long sigh.

People who want status tend to value face more, and they are the first to show enough respect, which can usually change the other party's attitude; people who want power tend to be more practical, and if they want to reach a consensus, they need to provide immediate benefits;

Although people who want wealth are also very realistic, they are even willing to accept empty promises if the prospects are good enough. The really difficult ones are those who want nothing.

Fishing requires bait, but Leon doesn't want status, power, or wealth. His identity as a princess is even a burden and trouble to him.

Therefore, if he really bites hard and wants to cancel the engagement no matter what, then I really have no way to do anything but watch this big fish escape the hook and return to the river or sea with its head shaking and tail wagging.

Fortunately, in order to help Leon become the Duke of Lionheart, I did a lot of research in advance and had a good understanding of him, so I was able to find his weakness...

Soft-hearted and not thick-skinned enough.

Even if he had made up his mind to cancel the engagement, given his personality, he would never say a bad word, which gave her room to maneuver and negotiate, and she could even express her affection actively, making it difficult for him to refuse directly and thus keep the situation stable.

And when he took the initiative to reveal his bottom line, saying that he was his only choice, and acted helpless and weak enough to make "breaking off the engagement" a guilt-ridden choice, then with Leon's personality, he would definitely not be able to speak up.

I am such a mean woman...

Looking at Leon's receding back, the princess on the balcony was silent for a while, with a hint of apology in her radiant eyes.

Feel sorry……

But even if there are all kinds of little thoughts behind it, every word I just said is actually true. Marrying you is indeed my best choice, and it can even be said to be the only choice, because only marriage with you can give me the power to change the kingdom. Six years ago, I was a step late and failed to save those who died in the war. Those figures who cried out in the orange-yellow flames and were burned to ashes became nightmares that tortured me repeatedly in countless late nights.

And if I had been a step late and failed to seize the opportunity to change the kingdom six years later, given the kingdom’s current situation, a nightmare even more painful than the previous one would surely come again one day.

Maybe this is selfish, but I really don’t want to regret it again!
After watching Leon walk further and further away until even his back disappeared into the night, the princess sighed softly and left the balcony, sitting back at her desk and opening the documents that had not yet been approved.

On the shelf behind the princess, an old tin doll with half of its cheek broken was quietly staring at her back as she worked at the desk, revealing a strange smile with a hint of resentment.

……

"The Lionhearted Duke sneaks into the palace at night, is the princess about to get married?"

《A historic secret meeting, the princess faction will take power! 》

Beauty or Power? The Lion and the Robin Make Peace!

《Shock! The Lionheart Duke meets the princess at night, will they get married with a baby?》

"..."

"Everyone who can come here must have already known the news."

After patting the newspapers on the table, which had various headlines but were actually telling the same story, the man in a brown suit frowned and said:

"I won't say anything more. I've invited you all here to discuss only one thing - what are you going to do about this stupid duke who threatened to use the entire Ryan family as a betrothal gift and was going to marry the princess?"

What do we want to do? The question now should be, what can we do?

The invited old nobles looked at each other for a while, and then an old earl with white hair stepped forward and proposed with a look of indignation:

"Of course, destroy him!
Of the kingdom's seventeen most important ministries, seven are already controlled by the royal family. If the Road Administration and Military Departments, which are occupied by the Ryan family, also fall over, she will have the final say in more than half of the departments! Add to that the Ryan family's seat as the deputy speaker of the House of Lords, and even if we join forces with the House of Commons, we may not be able to defeat the princess!

So we must get rid of him! If we let that idiot continue to sit on the Duke's seat, how are we going to live in the future? Are we going to be dependent on others?"

"But the question is how to destroy him? Who else will destroy him?"

After the old earl finished speaking, another noble beside him sighed:

"After the Ryan Bloody Night, almost all the people in the Ryan family who were qualified to stand out died, leaving only an elder who had no real power in the past. If we must say, we can barely add a newly elected family head.

But during the succession ceremony, the old duke's butler had a heart attack, the only remaining elder in the clan was so angry that he had a stroke, and the newly elected head of the family was frightened by the Duke of Lionheart who slapped the prince and became seriously ill. He has not recovered yet. There is no one in the Ryan family who can stand up. "

"..."

(End of this chapter)

previouscatalognext