Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

"That's unreasonable! It's too much to bully someone!"

There was chaos at the round table meeting. Both the New Party and the Old Party, as well as the Augustines, were very angry.

After all, even though the internal struggle is still fierce, at least everyone recognizes Lilith's status as Queen, and Lilith's prestige is still unparalleled.

Even for Augustine, Lilith was Clan's daughter-in-law. When his own daughter-in-law was molested by the king of a neighboring country, he had to show anger, even if it was only on the surface.

Judith and Scott stood up at the same time and shouted, "Your Majesty, we will fight to the death!"

Lilith shook her head and said, "We still need to think about this matter carefully. Facing such an obvious provocation, we must remain rational."

Only Lilith, the person involved, can say this.

Judith and Scott looked at each other and sat down helplessly. Many people in the royal capital had already heard about this matter.

Those nobles who had just had some free time began to curse the nobles on the southwestern border for being incompetent. The key point was that the two of them couldn't fight back because they really couldn't win.

Nora said: "But we can't just ignore it. We have to fight back, even if it's just in words."

Claire also nodded and continued, "Your Majesty, if you want to launch an attack, the royal family will fully support Your Majesty."

But Claire was feeling a little excited at this moment. If a war really broke out, the kingdom would fall into chaos again.

The queen's power is not as stable as imagined. It only takes one failure for Lilith to reveal her true colors.

Thinking of this, Claire secretly looked at Monroe, the Duke of the East. If this matter did not involve Her Majesty the Queen, Monroe would probably jump out to mock the Dukes of the two southwestern territories again.

The relationship between the East Territory and Lilith has always been delicate. Logically speaking, Monroe should be the duke who supports the queen the most. After all, Her Majesty the Queen was born in the East Territory.

But Monroe has always been resistant to the Queen's new policy. The two southwestern territories have already started pilot implementations, but the eastern territories have always used various reasons to shirk their responsibilities.

Even when he knew that Lilith didn't like demons, he still contacted the demons in private.

If the two southwestern territories were just a half-new party seeking the capital and stability of the new policy, then the eastern territory was an obvious hardcore old party. Monroe, who had no pressure to survive, refused all changes and had a bad relationship with the two dukes of the two southwestern territories.

Even so, Lilith acquiesced to Monroe's attack on the North in the civil war.

But even though Doug was defeated in the internal war in the North, he was still able to rely on his muskets to suppress Monroe in the east, so that even though the king turned a blind eye, Monroe still couldn't take over even a small piece of land in the North.

Monroe kept explaining that Doug had concentrated the elite troops of the North to deal with him, and those elite troops were particularly excited when fighting against the East for some reason, but the East still became a topic of conversation among the nobles in the royal capital.

But no matter what, the Eastern Territory is the most intact of the four territories of the kingdom. It is not fighting a civil war like its neighbors, nor is it facing the huge pressure of the Kingdom of Anjou like the two southwestern territories.

As if noticing Claire's gaze, Monroe also glanced at Claire.

Both parties nodded in tacit understanding, confirming that the other party was their own.

Although Monroe's record was very poor, the situation in the North was originally very complicated. Doug got the Gray-White Collar's musket through smuggling later, but he was one step ahead of the King's Capital in terms of research on muskets. So it is hard to say whether Monroe is too weak or Doug really has some skills. However, the Gray-White Collar was too strong and was suppressed.

But no matter how weak Monroe is, he is still the Duke of the East, not to mention the demons behind Monroe, which may be a powerful help.

After thinking it over in her mind, Claire continued to listen to Lilith's speech.

"Keep your troops in the southwest and don't let this matter cause you to lose your composure."

After Lilith finished speaking, she was silent for a long time before continuing, "I will write a letter to respond to this matter, so let's discuss the next matter."

In the face of such provocation, the more you care, the more excited the other party will be. Moreover, Capet's national strength is weaker now. Although there are artillery on the southwestern border, it is still unable to take the initiative to attack. A weak country has no diplomacy, and even the queen can only swallow her anger when being insulted.

Nora calmed down and continued to preside over the meeting, saying, "In the North, White Frost Castle has been breached. Because of the surrender of the Laurent family, the positions of many northern nobles seem to have changed."

This change did not mean that the northern nobles would truly submit to Lind, but that they neither wanted to support Doug nor accept Lind's new policies. They only wanted Lind to be a northern lord like the former Grand Duke Lars.

"Although your majesty's brother's attack was very successful, Doug has gathered most of the population in the North. If a decisive battle really starts, the outcome is still uncertain."

"We should be prepared for both scenarios. If the final outcome favors Doug, we should help Gray Collar stabilize the territories it has already acquired and continue to maintain the balance strategy in the North."

"If the situation favors Governor Lind, we should arrange a meeting between Her Majesty the Queen and Governor Lind to further deepen the relationship with the North."

Nora didn't mention the last possibility, but everyone present understood it, which is that if both sides were defeated, Wang Du would have to take action himself.

At this time, Claire suddenly asked, "Can you contact Gray Collar and report the matter of the King of Anjou to Governor Lind to seek more assistance from Governor Lind?"

Family disgrace should not be made public, but Claire has directly reported the matter to the North, and it is hard to say whether this process will become known to everyone in the North.

Although the intelligence system in the North probably already knows about this, the nature of the intelligence obtained by me and the other party is different after all.

Lilith hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, let Prime Minister Nora handle this matter."

Nora nodded. Although no one present thought that the governor with a gray collar would take action, after all, Her Majesty the Queen was not a real sister. Could it be that the governor who was fighting at the war would fight to the death with the Kingdom of Anjou on the southwest border for the capital?

"Next topic."

Lilith felt that her emotions were being deprived and that he had been turned into a ruthless political machine. If she had been teased by this yellow-haired guy in her previous life, Lilith would have at least asked her brother and his buddies to come over and teach him a lesson. But now she could only endure it in frustration and at most give the other person a few mild scoldings in her reply.

After the meeting, Judith returned to her mansion, took off her heavy and fancy cloak, and asked, "What's the situation outside now?"

The maid who was serving Judith replied: "My lord, it's not very good. Those guys are starting to have dirty mouths again."

Judith shook her head and sighed. The old party still loved to manipulate public opinion. Even though Her Majesty the Queen had warned them, these guys still refused to change their ways. But this time Judith couldn't refute them because they really couldn't win the battle on the southwestern border. They were able to hold it thanks to the support of her distant relative.

"Get ready. I need to write a secret letter to the Governor of the North."