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

When Judith returned to the capital, the entire city had a completely new look. It wasn't that the city's appearance had suddenly become better, but that the mental outlook of the people in the capital had changed a little.

In particular, the citizens in the outer city who had received favors from Lilith spontaneously began to organize activities to celebrate after this victory.

In order to win this victory, Judith took the initiative to request to go to the southern border to provide support. Under the policy of Augustine III, the Duke of a border could not leave the royal capital at will, but it was not so absolute. At least Lilith did not refuse Judith's request this time.

Of course there is no reason to refuse. Judging from the current performance, although Judith cannot be considered a new party, she is a strong supporter of Lilith.

However, Judith returned to the South Territory this time not only to provide support, but also for a more important mission.

That is the lineage of descendants of the royal family of the old empire.

Although there are many rumors about the Queen's background, whether Her Majesty is a descendant of the old empire is still a hot topic among these rumors, especially now that this topic has been brought up again and hyped.

But rumors are just rumors after all, because there is no way to verify them. Even the most authoritative descendants of the old empire, the Weir family behind the Duchess Judith of the Southern Territory, are too lazy to come out to refute the rumors. These rumors have no influence at all, and everyone just treats them as after-dinner talk.

It is said that there is no way to verify it, but in fact there is a way. Judith is actually just a branch of the Weir family. It was only because of her prosperity that she became the Duke of the Southern Territory of the Capetian Kingdom, so she became the main family in the eyes of outsiders.

In fact, the real head of the Weir family is still lying quietly in the southern border.

Judith was able to find out that there was indeed a branch that went to the northern border, but that was all. However, the main family was able to find out the branches of the branches, because the branch also had to be reported to the Weir family.

However, as the old empire was lost in history, no one abides by this rule anymore, and the identity of being a descendant of the old empire is even a burden in most cases.

The collection hall, or archive room, of the main house of the Weir family is only accessible to people of a certain status. Even Judith has to apply to the elders of the family.

It is difficult to find the clues Judith wants in this vast sea of ​​files, and no one has taken care of it for a long time. After all, it is just a branch. In this era, who will care whether you are a descendant of the old empire?

But in order to confirm her guess, Judith still went to look up the files.

Although Judith went searching with a goal and guesswork, and was very efficient, this place was different from ordinary places after all. Even Judith's closest maid could not be brought in, so Judith had to search by herself the whole time.

And now, Judith has found what she wanted.

"Congratulations, Lady Judith. After this battle, Anjou will not dare to act rashly."

At the celebration banquet held in the royal palace, Judith was surrounded by many enthusiastic nobles. Both the New Party and the Old Party wanted to establish a relationship with Judith.

But Judith seemed a little absent-minded, and the nobles did not take it seriously. They just thought she was tired after coming back from the war, which was understandable. Even her old partner Scott advised Judith not to be too tired.

Looking at the Duke of the West, her old partner, Judith managed a smile. She was indeed very tired now, but it was not because of going there to support the team.

It seemed that he had discovered a shocking secret. Her Majesty the Queen's Dowling family was a branch of Governor Lind's Rawl family. This meant that Governor Lind and Her Majesty the Queen were really related by blood, even closer than himself and Governor Lind.

Not long after this split, the so-called descendants of the old empire gradually stopped reporting to the Weir family. It might be because their development was too poor and they no longer had the money to travel long distances, or they might have felt that this identity was not important at all.

Although at that moment, Judith's previous guess was correct, Governor Lind and Her Majesty the Queen looked very similar, she did not expect that the two were really related by blood.

This gave Judith more associations, but she denied them one by one because the two parties involved had no awareness of this at all.

It was also Prime Minister Nora's opinion to appease the North in a brother-sister way. Judith knew this. If this was really Her Majesty the Queen's idea, and if there were really some conspiracy theories involved, the cooperation between the capital and the North should not be limited to this level now.

Now it can't even be considered cooperation, it can only be regarded as a loose alliance.

Judith felt that she was overthinking everything and kept comforting herself that these were all coincidences.

Especially in the second half of the celebration banquet, when Lilith personally praised Judith, Judith became more certain that all this was a coincidence.

If there really was some conspiracy, such as restoring the old empire that Judith had once thought of, then Lilith should have confronted Judith long ago and asked Judith to help her.

After all, Judith is the largest open force in the Old Empire.

Instead of what is happening now, Judith simply follows her own position and favors the New Party, and the other party will be satisfied.

After calming down, Judith decided to find an appropriate time to talk to Her Majesty the Queen about the coincidence she had discovered.

But before she found the right opportunity, at the round table meeting the next day, Prime Minister Nora announced a piece of news that stunned Judith.

This time, Wangdu will use a large amount of raw materials to settle the debt owed to Gray Collar.

The reason is simple. Because there is a discount on the raw material settlement, the New Party is quite fortunate about this and expressed that it will actively cooperate and sell the raw materials it has to Lilith at a low price.

As for the old party, it was a bit of a pity, but on the surface they were still quite cooperative and expressed their willingness to help Lilith share some of the burden.

Just some worthless raw materials.

If the gray-collar workers insist on settling the matter in cash, Lilith will probably bleed heavily this time, and may even have to sell some of the properties she just recovered.

Some of the old parties were even ready to start operations, but unfortunately, what these old parties expected did not happen.

If it were Judith in the past, her biggest feeling might be that since raw materials can be exchanged for weapons, the South Territory must get more materials required by the other party in order to equip more soldiers.

But now, Judith felt that all the clues matched up, and a complete chain of conspiracy was slowly taking shape in Judith's mind.

Her Majesty Lilith gave materials to the Governor of the North, and the Governor of the North gave Lilith weapons and reputation. Isn't this mutual support?

Although both parties had previously conducted normal trade in which money was exchanged for goods, this time Her Majesty the Queen seemed to have prepared all the materials long ago. As soon as the Governor of the North asked for them, Her Majesty took them all out.

Judith, who has close ties with the New Party, knows that Lilith once took back some industries, and many of them are related to these materials.

How did Her Majesty know what materials the North would need?

Could it be that both sides not only knew each other's identities a long time ago, but were even cooperating with each other? They wanted to revive the old empire!

Moreover, the other party did not exclude me. Didn't they use the excuse of resisting the Kingdom of Anjou to deliver the new musket weapons to me? This was clearly a hint to me.

Judith looked up in horror at Lilith who was bargaining with the nobles. She didn't expect that Her Majesty the Queen looked so petite and cute, but was so scheming and cunning.

Lilith noticed the gaze and looked towards the source of the gaze in confusion. After seeing it was Judith, Lilith smiled and nodded, not knowing what was going on, as a reaffirmation of Judith's contribution this time.

But Judith, who had already had the conspiracy theory in her mind, further confirmed her guess when she saw Lilith nod and smile. Judith suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but also felt a little excited. She responded by giving Lilith a look that said "I completely understand."

It turned out that Her Majesty the Queen and the Governor of the North really wanted to restore the glory of the old empire. He was in the south, Governor Lind was in the north, Her Majesty the Queen was in charge of the royal capital, and they all had new muskets in their hands.

Great things can be accomplished!

Judith quickly suppressed her excitement. She needed to be patient and not ruin His Majesty's plan.