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

In the royal capital, the sun shone through the clouds, casting a warm glow. The city walls and roofs that were once covered in snow still bore traces of the wind and snow.

The north wind seemed to have taken away all the gloom in the capital as it blew past. Even the outer city area did not emit the sour smell of fermented swill and garbage, but was filled with the moist and fresh smell of earth.

After enduring a winter, the people of the royal capital resumed their work.

On the stone road of the outer city of the royal capital, the queen's motorcade was slowly driving out of the inner city, passing through the outer city and heading out of the city.

Leading the way were noble knights clad in silver armor. Their armor was engraved with different enchanted runes, but all of them emitted a faint fluorescence. It could be seen that these were the elite among the few remaining elites in the royal capital.

The knights held their spears high, with the royal two-headed lion flag hanging on the spears, looking majestic.

And if someone has a little knowledge, they will recognize that the female knight leading the convoy is Duke Judith of the South.

These leading armed forces alone have actually taken away most of the combat power of the royal capital.

"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"

An ordinary citizen passing by looked at the royal two-headed lion mark on the convoy and asked around.

A man who looked like a businessman replied: "I heard that he was going to the North. Isn't the war in the North over? Her Majesty the Queen is going to enthrone the new Grand Duke of the North."

"Doesn't the appointment of a Grand Duke require the Grand Duke to come to the capital in person?"

When the businessman heard this, he glanced at the person next to him. He could see that the other person had some knowledge, but not much. At this time, some people around heard the conversation between the two and also gathered around.

A woman who looked thinly dressed and shivering due to the drop in temperature caused by the melting of ice and snow asked, "Yes, why does Her Majesty have to go out of the city to confer the title now? Is Her Majesty okay?"

Lilith's reputation among the people is not low, not to mention that she is also a saint and the Holy See is helping to build momentum. Although the nobles are dismissive of this and think that the source of Her Majesty the Queen's reputation is still those of the New Party nobles, they do not attach importance to this reputation among the people and can even be said to not care much.

Although more and more people gathered around him, the merchant did not intend to explain until a traveler dressed like he was from another country handed the merchant two silver leaf coins. The merchant then began to explain, "Because the civil war in the North has ended, the current Governor of the North not only defeated his uncle, but also defeated the demons his uncle invited. Now, there is only one Governor in the North."

The crowd started to boo, "We already know all this, let's focus on the point, what is Her Majesty doing out of town?"

The merchant ignored the crowd and looked at the traveler who gave him the silver leaf coin. The traveler was very interested and motioned for the merchant to continue.

The atmosphere on the continent has become more and more active recently. The capital has gathered all kinds of people from different countries, but this traveler's clothing merchant has never been seen before.

The businessmen believe that they are well-informed on the mainland. Even if they have seen all the clothing styles of all the countries on the mainland, they should at least have an impression of them.

However, seeing that the visitor was also a human, the merchant did not think much about it. Instead, he snorted at the crowd and continued to explain to the traveler, "Because the current Governor of the Northern Territory is too powerful and is also the sworn brother of Her Majesty the Queen, in order to show her importance to the Northern Territory, Her Majesty the Queen did not let the Governor come to the capital, but went to the Northern Territory herself."

"Of course, we're not really going to the North. I guess we're just going to have a talk at the border."

Most people couldn't understand the logic behind it, and simply repeated: "Then nothing will happen to Her Majesty the Queen, right?"

The merchant consoled him, "Don't worry. The governor of the northern border is the Queen's sworn brother. How could anything go wrong?"

But the people of the capital said, "We know that the governor will not do anything to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty will not be assassinated by her entourage, right? Are Your Majesty's guards really reliable?"

"Yes, yes. How about we ask the Governor of the North to pick up Your Majesty? The guards in the palace are too unreliable."

The merchant was speechless after hearing this, but he didn't know how to refute. After all, two kings had died suddenly in succession, and the guards of the palace had long become a joke.

Moreover, people's trust in the nobles of the royal capital is not even as great as that in a governor whom they have never met.

But the traveler did listen with great interest and threw out another silver leaf coin, signaling the merchant to continue.

At this time, Claire was standing on the tower of the palace looking at the long convoy. Just as Lilith had planned before, this time when she went to communicate with the Governor of the North, Lilith brought most of her own forces, including Prime Minister Nora and Judith, whose position was increasingly leaning towards the Queen.

The interior of the palace is now unusually empty, and Claire's deputy Josephine is still suspended. As long as Claire is willing, she can occupy the palace and launch a coup at any time.

"Your Highness, what are you waiting for? As long as you give the order, we will support you as the new queen."

Next to Claire, an Augustine was constantly urging her. Claire turned around and looked at that Augustine and asked, "Why does it have to be me?"

The Augustine immediately replied, "Only you and His Highness Cliff have enough prestige to restore the glory of the Augustine family. Moreover, His Highness Cliff is cowardly and incompetent, and he only repeats the Queen's decisions all day long. You not only control the defense of the palace, but you are also the only one we all hope for."

What followed was a barrage of flattery directed at Claire, who clapped her hands after hearing it. The guards around her then took Augustine away.

"Your Highness? Your Highness! Why is this?"

Claire ignored Augustine and said to the guards beside her: "When His Majesty comes back, I will leave it to His Majesty to deal with."

Claire has completely confirmed that this trip is a complete trap. Although the key figures have been taken away and the palace is completely under the control of Claire, the city defense of the royal capital, that is, the royal guards are still controlled by Lilith's people.

Although the royal capital's guards were constantly undergoing personnel changes, the number of people did not decrease due to Lilith's departure. On the contrary, the defense became even tighter.

Until now, Lilith has not completely trusted the royal family, or even Claire. This best friend is more difficult to deal with than Claire imagined, but Claire has already been mentally prepared. After all, that position is really very tiring, and it is impossible to stay in it without some tricks.

Even if those Augustines completely controlled the palace, in the end it became an excuse for Lilith to take action against the Augustines. Now Lilith's prestige still exists, so she cannot take action for the time being.

Until the time is right, Claire plans to continue playing the role of a good friend. The palace guards are always under Claire's control, so there is no need to disrupt her plans and launch an attack in advance.

However, Lilith's departure did give Claire many opportunities. At least Claire could take advantage of this time to talk with some important people more frequently and closely.

Claire has received a reply to the letter she sent to the Demon King last time. It seems that the blow suffered by the Demon Tribe is far beyond Claire's imagination. Even an army to conquer the East Territory cannot be mobilized for the time being. But this is not a bad thing for Claire. At least the Demon King did not reject Claire's proposal.

Gray Collar's great victory in the Golden Ear Plains gave many people the illusion that the monsters of the Demon Tribe were nothing special. Even though Claire knew that the monsters of the Demon Tribe were very powerful, losing was losing, and losing would make people have a wrong estimate of the loser.

At least it shows that the demons are not invincible, and the losing demons are more likely to exchange interests with Claire.

Taking advantage of the time when Lilith was away, Claire began to contact the demons and Anjou more frequently.

Compared to the demons, Alberto of Anjou was much more cautious towards Claire. It was certainly possible to ask Anjou to cooperate in launching an attack, but he had to ensure that Capet was in chaos and Anjou received clear news before launching a large-scale attack.

After all, Anjou only needs to follow the steps and attack at its own pace as it is doing now, and it will also be able to take over some territory without taking any risks.

What's more, Anjou attached great importance to the attitude of the North, but Claire did not take Anjou's caution to heart.

Because Claire's plan is completely driven by interests. It is not Claire but interests that drive the various forces to make choices. Claire simply puts the choice in front of the various forces.