[West Fantasy] The noble lady who was divorced became rich

"Your Majesty, I think you know very well that the Grand Duchess Aquique has always regarded me as a thorn in my side and a thorn in my flesh. Even when my brother was still alive, she and her mother who maintained a noble blood were thinking about how to put me to death, and then Swallow Brittania into the domain of the Grand Duchy of Aquique." The regent, who was over seventy years old, had a barren head.Because of his pampered life and long-term alcoholism, he suffered from a whole body of diseases more than ten years ago, and now it has developed to the point where he cannot walk normally.

When Richard was invited to the Prince Regent's private banquet, the powerful old man didn't bother to take into account the sensitive situation in Brittany and Richard's widower status. The private estate of the Tania Palace is magnificently decorated and shining.

Especially after the guests arrived one by one, the silk and satin complement each other with all kinds of jewels, crowding the mansion like an expensive jewelry box stuffed with jewels, making people feel overwhelmed.

"It's really blind." A nobleman accompanying Solins glanced at his black clothes, and after rejecting a Britannian nobleman who came to invite him to dance, he used his wine glass to block his undisguised sneer: " Before the Duchess's body was buried, they couldn't wait to celebrate the power they were about to receive."

Having said that, the nobles accompanying Solins also glanced at Richard, who was in the upper hand.I saw that in contrast to the gorgeously dressed Britannia regent, Richard's black clothes were low-key enough to be dusty, and only the dark lines buried in the bottom material showed the preciousness of the king's identity.

A kind of preciousness that does not need to be surrounded by brocade clothes.

The Prince Regent of Brittania took a sip of his favorite spirits, saw that Richard was silent for a long time, so he continued to make a big fuss about the Grand Duchess Aquique: "Although my little niece—— The Grand Duchess Aquique is the legal first heir, but out of consideration for the stability of Britannia, we would prefer a healthy male heir who is not easily controlled by others."

"There is no doubt that your request is reasonable." Richard knew exactly what the Prince Regent of Brittania wanted.Because the more guilty a person is, the more he likes to use law and orthodoxy to develop his behavior.But as a qualified monarch, Richard will never say too much: "As the husband of the Duchess, I know very well what my wife thinks about the heir."

"I'm sorry for what happened to you." The Regent of Brittania was very glad that the Duchess had not given birth to a legal heir, otherwise he would not have sat down with Richard calmly today, but King Solins, who was trying to annex Britannia, cut his throat with his own hands: "Presumably the Duchess will take care of your children in another world."

"You are absolutely right." Richard could hear the arrogance of "you should ask me to cooperate" from the tone of the regent of Brittany, and sighed in his heart that he might as well post Mariana's cold face.

At least Princess Karda, who has a nice voice and a pretty face, is much more pleasing than the fat old hooligan.

"It's just His Royal Highness, what method do you want to use to pull the Grand Duchess Aquique and Princess Marianna from the throne of the first heir." Richard pushed away the wine glass handed to him, and his voice was as peaceful as ever: "Whether it is Prince Henry or Princess Mariana, their inheritance rights to Britannia come from the Grand Duchess of Aquique. Prince Henry has a gender advantage, but the Duchess of Britannia had intended to adopt Princess Mariana during her lifetime .”

Richard reluctantly analyzed his mistakes in front of the Regent of Britannia: "If you insist on letting Prince Henry inherit the title of Britannia, then the Grand Duchess of Aquique is likely to challenge the Church Litigation, at that time, your life will also be lost."

We must know that although the current society has abandoned the ancient cognition that "children are the private property of parents", in law and religion, only parents are allowed to initiate lawsuits against their children, and children are not allowed to initiate lawsuits against their parents.

Even if the children take away the kingdom of their parents by force, it is impossible for him to force them to abdicate. At most, they imprison the other party and then act as king.

Therefore, most of the usurpers in history found a noble representative who "put order out of chaos", and then forced the ruler's parents to step down in the name of the church after the opponent took over the royal city.

Although such an approach can win the crown in a reasonable way, it will also be deeply controlled by those nobles who "put order out of chaos" in the days to come.

The Regent of Brittany choked on Richard's question.

After all, he really didn't think about how to deal with the Grand Duchy of Aquique, which is the closest to Brittania.

And at this moment, Richard gave the regent of Britannia a fatal blow: "If King Obstar supports Princess Marianne's succession, what should you do?"

Richard thought of the Solins land occupied by Queen Mary of Obsta, and couldn't help gloating: "In this way, Britannia will be half surrounded by Obsta and the Grand Duchy of Aquique. Yes. Even if you want to ask Cantero to borrow troops, the Pope will step in."

"King Obstar will not help the Grand Duchess Aquique." The ashen-faced Britannia regent tried to convince Richard...or himself: "Even if it is the day of the end of the world, Aquique Grand Duke Kui will not forgive him either."

"Unforgiveness does not mean non-cooperation." Richard wrote lightly: "King Obstar has two sons. No matter who marries Marianne, Britannia will belong to the Dunawa dynasty."

After listening to Richard's words, the Prince Regent of Brittany clenched the handrail, his lips trembling like the wings of a bee.

"You're threatening me." Although the regent of Brittania has had his nerves smoothed by the smooth sailing days, this does not mean that he is someone who can be easily defeated: "Your Majesty, we are mutually beneficial." comrades in arms.”

This was the first human sentence Richard heard from the mouth of the Regent of Britannia.

"half."

"what?"

"I want half of Britannia." Under the surprised eyes of the regent of Britannia, Richard said, "As long as you are willing to give me half of Britannia, I will give you half of Britannia." Help you get King Obstar."

"Boy, are you teasing me?" The Britannia regent raised his voice unconsciously, which attracted the attention of the crowd.

"Don't forget where you are." The Britannia regent who noticed his gaffe said in a low voice, "I can take your head off at any time."

"Really?" Richard said disapprovingly: "Then before taking my head, you should throw Princess Marianne out of Britannia! The premise is that you can really do this."

Speaking of which, before the regent of Britannia turned his face, Richard said something that made the other party's face change drastically: "I think you know better than anyone how the Duchess of Brittania had a miscarriage. .”

Under the bright light, Richard's face was as beautiful as a carefully disguised devil: "You don't think... I'm here to negotiate terms with you?"

At this moment, the regent of Britannia was beaten back to his original form by Richard, and only Richard's incomparably sarcastic smile remained in his eyes: "You are also worthy of negotiating terms with me."

At the same time, Mariana, who was in the Britannia palace, sneaked into the cathedral where the duchess' body was parked under Lena's arrangement.

"Please hurry up, the guards here are changed every three hours." Lena tried to lighten her footsteps as much as possible, acting more nervous than Marianne who came here for the first time.

"Enough." Mariana grabbed the cloak tightly to avoid being caught by the patterns on the bench.

Because a viewing ceremony was to be held before the formal funeral, the Duchess' body was not placed in a dark coffin, but lay quietly on the altar in front of the statue.

The body of the duchess had already been put on a black gauze dress with complicated patterns, and the entire body including the altar was covered by black gauze, and a death mask was also worn on her face.

Lena almost used all her strength to restrain her urge to unmask the death mask.

Mariana knelt down slowly in front of the altar, and after praying for the aunt who "meeted" for the first time in this life, she expressed her apology to the duchess' body and Lena: "Please forgive me for the next offense. .”

Afterwards, Mariana uncovered the black veil and the death mask on the body in turn, and took out a surprisingly large pearl from the duchess's mouth.

This is the usual method of hiding the will of the Britannia family.

Because the Regent of Brittany was not entitled to the Duke's ward when Mariana's great-grandfather and grandfather died, neither he nor Richard knew that the Duchess had left three wills.

One of them was sent to the Pope by Lena, the other was stuffed into the archives of Britannia by Lena, and the last one was hidden in the mouth of the Duchess.

No matter how insane Richard was, it was impossible for the duchess to pinch his wife's mouth in public after she put on the death mask.

Besides, those Bretons who were dissatisfied with Richard would not let Richard insult their ruler.

Even if the Duchess of Brittany did not succeed politically.

"Let's go!" Mariana put away the pearls, and then put on the death mask and black veil for the Duchess of Brittania.

Lena's gaze remained on the Duchess of Brittania.

After Mariana urged her many times, she kissed the Duchess on the forehead through the black veil and the death mask, and then left the cathedral with grief.

"The Pope will ask his envoy to bring the third will." After Lena sent Mariana back to the room, she urged her, "Before the will is made public, please make sure that Britannia is regent. Wang enjoys his performance."

"As soon as the three-point will was released, he confirmed the rumors of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country."