Chapter 245 The Map is Very Long

Chapter 245 The Map is Very Long

Chapter 245 The Map is Very Long
really……

After hearing these words, the old nobles in the room couldn't help but nod their heads, with helpless looks on their faces.

It was natural that they could not miss the succession ceremony of the Duke of Lionheart. More than half of the old nobles present were there at the time and witnessed how the "Three Elders of Ryan" were brought down. They knew the current situation of the Ryan family very well.

According to the rules among the old nobles, if they want to depose the current Duke of Lionheart and replace him with a new duke, a "Lyan man" with sufficient status must step forward to take the lead, and then a group of "relatives" can follow suit.

Although it may sound a bit pedantic, and you have to find a raft before taking action when you are in a desperate situation, this is indeed one of the "unspoken rules" that the old aristocrats must abide by.

After all, there are many people in the old aristocratic group who have conflicts with each other, and there are even some feuds that have lasted for hundreds of years. If they really do not abide by the unspoken rules and start fighting whenever they want, I am afraid that before the princess can take action, the entire old aristocratic group will collapse because of internal strife.

“I can’t care about that anymore!”

Looking at the newspapers on the table with headlines that made people's scalps swell, a younger old noble stood up and suggested with a slightly anxious look:
“Even if no one in the Ryan family can take the lead, we can’t go on like this. We all know what the princess wants. If she succeeds in the end, I’m afraid we won’t even be qualified to be royal vassals. We will just be strangled to death by her bit by bit!
No matter what happens in the future, we must find a way to get rid of this bad duke! At the very least, we can't let him take the resources and seats of the Ryan family to the princess, otherwise it will be too late!"

"I think so too."

Another "young and strong" old noble stood up and echoed with a look of approval:

"Compared to those old rules, it is more important to stop the princess right now. We cannot compare with the royal family in terms of support, and we cannot compare with the Chamber of Commerce in the House of Commons in terms of wealth. If we don't take action now, it will be too late."

"Seconded!"

"Ah... I have no objection."

"I agree. Even if it doesn't work, I'll give it a try!"

……

"Wait, calm down first."

Just as a group of old nobles stood up and expressed their agreement to forcibly replace the Duke of Lionheart, another older noble stood up and reminded:

"Don't forget, even if we can forcefully replace the current Duke of Lionheart through a vote in the House of Lords, someone still has to take the Duke of Lionheart's seat."

"This is not important!"

The young noble who stood up first shouted:

"It doesn't matter who sits on the throne of the Duke of Lionheart, as long as it's not the current one."

"No, this is very important!"

The old nobleman shook his head and said:
"You probably haven't seen the Ryan family tree, right? Do you know? If you vote in the House of Lords to forcibly replace the current Duke of Lionheart, then according to the order of succession, the person who will become the next Duke of Lionheart will be his biological sister."

"Then throw his sister in too!"

The young noble said fiercely:
"At most, I can just give up some more interests. Compared to being strangled by the new decree promoted by the princess and having my cake and cake fought over by the businessmen in the House of Commons, the price of replacing two dukes in a row is completely acceptable. As long as we can vote for this pair of siblings..."

"After we throw this pair of siblings down, there will be another pair of siblings waiting!"

The old noble snorted coldly:

"Take a good look at the Ryan family tree! After voting her off, the next person to inherit the title is still the current duke's younger brother, and the next one to inherit the title is his other sister.

Haha, four Lionheart Dukes were replaced in one day. Do you think the royal family is dead? I just watch you change like this?"

"..." After turning around and asking other nobles with whom he had a close relationship and receiving a positive answer, the young noble who proposed the forced replacement could no longer hold back.

"Then his family of four is stuck here, so doesn't that mean we can't replace them? So we can just sit there and watch?"

"Just standing there and watching is definitely not an option, but forcing it is also not an option. It's a rare opportunity like this. Given the princess' personality, she will definitely guard against it and won't give us any chance at all."

"After all this talk, isn't there still nothing you can do?"

"There are still ways."

After most people's attention had gathered, the old nobleman unfolded his "Yan State Map" and said with narrowed eyes:
“But before I start talking about my thoughts, I would like to remind you that our Duke Lionheart is far from being as simple as he seems.

Although he looks like a lucky idiot who has no idea of ​​the rules and does whatever he wants according to his own preferences.

But we might as well calm down and think carefully from his perspective. Even if he doesn't send the Ryan family away, does he have the ability to keep them?

If this hadn't happened, what would he have left besides holding an empty title of duke? And would the situation facing the Ryan family be better than it is now?"

After asking these questions, the old nobleman continued to analyze with narrowed eyes as he looked at the people who began to think along the lines of what he said and showed a hint of enlightenment on their faces:
"To be honest, I think our Duke the Lionheart is a truly smart man.

He understood from the beginning that he had no ability to protect the Ryan family. No matter how hard he tried to make friends with us in-laws or to hold on to maintain the Ryan family, in the end there would be nothing left.

But he was clear-headed enough to know that he didn't have the ability, so he simply drew a line between us and proposed to the princess without any shame, and brought in people who were capable of protecting the Ryan family."

“After all, we can get the Ryan family’s inheritance without him, so his status as a duke is worthless to us. But for the royal family and the princess, his status as a duke is the only ticket to the throne, and it’s worth using all our strength to win him over.

And because of the existence of people like us, the royal family couldn't completely swallow up the Ryan family, and had to rely on his title as the Duke of Lionheart to compete with us for the resources of the Ryan family. This instead achieved a delicate balance, allowing him to control the Ryan family.

Tsk tsk, even if our Duke really doesn't know how to be a noble, he definitely knows how to do business. He knows how to sell himself to the most suitable target and sell him at a rare good price. "

After speaking of his views on Leon with admiration in his eyes, the old noble paused for a moment, giving everyone some time to think, then picked up a newspaper from the table, reached out and tapped the word "Princess" lightly, and suggested loudly:

"Everyone, it's time for us to learn from the wise Duke and find a more suitable 'buyer' for ourselves... What do you think of Prince Joshua?"

Prince Joshua?
After hearing the old noble's proposal, all the nobles couldn't help but frown, and some couldn't help but directly objected:
"You want us to completely side with the royal family? What's the difference between this and surrendering to the princess? Aren't we both controlled by the royal family?"

"First of all, I just suggested to side with Prince Joshua. Besides, since when did the princess become the representative of the entire royal family?"

After asking a meaningful question, the old nobleman unfolded the "Yan State Map" completely, revealing the "dagger" he had prepared in advance, and asked:

"Everyone, you might as well think about it carefully. Does our princess want what the entire royal family wants? And does the royal family want what Prince Joshua, the queen standing behind him, and the finance minister want?"

After glancing at the people who seemed to understand something, the old nobleman explained slowly:
"Or to put it more clearly, in addition to the throne, the princess also wants the power to restrict us nobles, and this is also the idea of ​​the entire royal family, so in the past the princess could represent the will of the entire royal family.

The queen and the finance minister were willing to support the royal family because they had received the king's promise. They believed that the princess would be married off and that the entire kingdom would belong to Prince Joshua in the future. Naturally, they were happy for the princess to help him clear the obstacles.

But now our princess not only did not marry out, but also gained enough power to shake the entire kingdom through her marriage to the clever duke. The situation is different.

Right now the princess is very powerful, and the king who wants to check and balance the old aristocracy is trying to suppress her. Even if the queen and the finance minister are dissatisfied, they dare not act rashly at this time.

But if the old nobles all turn to Joshua, and our prince has a strong supporter... can the princess still represent the will of the entire royal family?"

(End of this chapter)