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

The palace had not been built yet, and the imperial city was constantly expanding. His Majesty the Emperor did not seem to be in a hurry, nor did he care where he lived. So when Connor was brought to the former Governor's Mansion, he doubted whether he had come to the wrong place. After all, this place might not be as good as the original Lars's mansion.

Linde had received the news long ago, and was waiting in the mansion with Reina's family. When Ruby saw the strange yet familiar figure, she rushed over uncontrollably, while Sean and Colin were much calmer. Sean first said to the father who had not been home for a long time, "Welcome back."

Connor's eyes were no longer bright. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. It was as if something hot was blocking his throat.

"Grown up, all grown up."

Connor hugged Ruby tightly and nodded to Sean and Colin. Sean looked more mature. After all, he was in charge of the empire's transportation and had to go out on field trips frequently. He also rushed back from the East Port after receiving the news. There were even traces of the sea breeze on his face.

Connor wanted to say that Sean had the same spirit as he did when he was young, but when he saw the fatigue and maturity on Sean's face, he held his words back. Connor understood that after his disappearance, the person with the most pressure, besides his father and Lena, was probably Sean, and Sean had always held himself to the highest standards as the heir.

Colin on the side seemed to be more aggressive. Even such a scene could not completely resolve Colin's anger. However, seeing that the once domineering and bad Colin could now stand on his own, Connor sighed quietly.

I can only blame myself for leaving early and not being able to educate Colin well.

"Father...Father."

With the help of her maid, Reina performed an unstandard etiquette to her father. Although Reina was pregnant, Connor could still feel that his daughter's etiquette lessons were still as messed up as before. She even made the same mistakes as before, and it was impossible to tell that she was already the queen.

Connor subconsciously nodded silently to Reina. It was not that he had any opinion about Reina, but among his brothers and sisters, Reina was the one who had changed the least. Apart from changing from a girl to a wife, she still did not look mature at all.

If Reina hadn't already looked like a married woman and was pregnant, Connor would even have had visions of going back to the time when he followed his father and taught Reina court etiquette while sighing.

The small change does not refer to the appearance, but the temperament has changed very little. Reina is still the same as before...just as innocent.

But remembering what the Saint Lady said, that Reina once briefly controlled the entire Capet when the Emperor was away, Connor knew that his daughter, whose temperament had changed the least, might not be that simple.

But to be honest, Connor was more interested in his son-in-law who unified the two kingdoms than the queen's daughter.

How did the other party fall in love with Reina?

After turning his gaze to Lind beside Reina, Connor subconsciously wanted to kneel down to salute, but Lind gave him a look, and Connor quickly understood. He just gently stroked Ruby in his arms and said to the other children, "I'm back, sorry, I'm back."

The breeze blew gently over the crowd, as if composing a silent elegy for this belated reunion. The scene was so beautiful that it seemed like the ending of a fairy tale.

Connor then took his children to pay homage to their father, and after the worship, he had a conversation with Lind as father-in-law and son-in-law.

Originally, Reina and several other children were also present, but Connor wanted to talk to his son-in-law alone, so he asked the children to leave first. Ruby aside, Colin was in control of the Tribunal, and Sean had to go to welcome the dragon from the continent of Sauron. The children were actually very busy, and Connor could not talk to them simply as a father as before.

Originally, Connor wanted to joke about how the Emperor Linde fell in love with his good-for-nothing daughter. After all, Linde did not give Connor the impression of being too serious before, and even had a warm feeling.

But after Lena left, Linde's aura changed subtly. Connor, who had been educated as an heir since childhood, keenly noticed this. The son-in-law in front of him became calm and rational after his daughter left, like a decision-making machine. Even when talking to Connor, his tone became unconsciously cold. Even the emperor himself did not notice this change.

This reminded Connor of some rumors he had heard on the road about his son-in-law. The Emperor was a good man, but he was too ruthless to those great nobles. Connor even heard rumors from Lars who came to greet him that the Emperor was planning to dismantle Lars' family. Lars hoped that Connor could enlighten the Emperor from the perspective of a father-in-law.

Lars has always been extremely loyal to the patriarch, the Emperor, and will continue to be loyal to the Empire.

Because Reina is now pregnant, this proves that there is no problem with the health of the emperor and the queen. His Majesty the Emperor, even in an environment with many noble wives and concubines, still strictly abides by the rules of monogamy of the Goddess Church and has no plan to remarry.

This means that the future heirs of the empire will only be chosen from Reina's children. Reina's children, then, are they not members of the Lars family? His Majesty the Emperor has no need to dismantle the Lars family now.

Maybe it was because the son-in-law behaved too peacefully around his daughter, causing the Lars who followed him to forget some things, but Connor saw quite a few hanging corpses along the way.

It seemed as if the Emperor had placed all his warmth and humanity in Reina. Once he left Reina, he would become a humanoid machine that made the empire run better. Even the Emperor himself did not realize this, so Connor did not say much in the end. He understood that Reina was no longer just his daughter, but had become two sides of the empire together with the Emperor.

The Lindechai clan was mainly cleaning out those guys who didn't contribute anything but relied on their connections to do evil, and warning some Lars who were starting to become arrogant, but they had no real intention of completely dismembering the Lars family.

So after learning about it, Connor not only did not object, but also chose to remove himself from the picture and not become the so-called opinion leader of the Lars people. He had been trained as the heir for a long time. To put it bluntly, the political sense of the late Grand Duke Lars might not be as sharp as Connor's.

For this reason, Connor even married Prima at a very fast speed. Although this purposeful marriage made Connor feel a little sorry for Prima, Prima had no opinion on it at all. Prima was quite calm and didn't even feel like she was dreaming. After all, she became the mother-in-law of the empire in an instant. Prima felt that she would not have such an outrageous dream.

Although Connor chose to remove himself from politics, some basic social interactions were still necessary, especially with Prima. The Queen's stepmother could be a country girl, but she couldn't really be just a country girl. Although Prima said that she would stay at home and not cause trouble for Connor, Connor still planned to teach Prima some basic social etiquette.

For this purpose, Connor specially found Ruby and asked Ruby to guide Prima. After all, Connor had seen from before that he still couldn't rely on Rena in terms of etiquette, even though Rena herself was now a master of etiquette.

"Dad, how many years ago are these things from yours?"

Seeing her missing father carrying out the palace etiquette that had been passed down for generations, Ruby couldn't help but complain even though she was her father's sweetheart.

Connor was more or less mentally prepared for Ruby's complaints. After all, it was a new empire, so there must be new etiquette. Connor was even ready to face abstract etiquette, because even if the emperor wanted to formulate etiquette, he would definitely use Reina as a model, and do whatever would make Reina comfortable. However, after so long, Reina's etiquette level could only be described as terrible.

Looking at her nervous stepmother, Ruby took out a set of workbooks from her small schoolbag and said, "Let's start with some basic math."

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