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

Quintus's impression of Mariana is still the image of Mariana when she first came to the Odin Palace two or three years ago.At that time, Mariana had just been divorced by Seys of Cantero, and was sent to be the fiancée of the crown prince because of the financial assistance agreement between the former emperor and the Grand Duchess of Aquique.It can be said to be seamlessly connected to the point where some people suspected that Mariana was not divorced by Seys of Cantero at all, but that Odin deliberately intercepted King Hutero's fiancée.

It's a pity that this statement has not been used by Seis of Cantero to justify himself. A certain bard who has a grudge against the Pope first revealed that Seis of Cantero was secretly engaged to the Pope's daughter News, so for a while, King Cantero just wanted to clean himself up, but he had more than enough energy.

After all, in the matter of retiring the engagement, the competition is that whoever gets engaged again first ignores it.

When Mariana first arrived at the Odin Palace, she also acted like a noble lady who tried to keep a low profile because she was divorced twice.In short, less publicity, less talking, except for necessary entertainment and friendship with the Countess of Sarandon, Marianne rarely attends private parties or joins a small group.

It wasn't until her third fiancé officially took the throne that Mariana became active in Odin's court.But even so, she didn't give a damn about Odin's political environment or the emperor's private life, so anyone who mentioned Mariana would have an ambiguous evaluation that was never annoying.

Because of this, Quintus always thought that Mariana was a kind of domesticated traditional aristocratic lady, coupled with her experience of being engaged to King Cantero, so Quintus believed that he could have a good relationship with Mariana. , in an absolute dominant position.

After all, a girl who can be pushed out by her mother to get engaged three times despite everything, there is a high chance that she is not the kind of independent person.

Of course, if Odin's little emperor and Dan Hill knew what Quintus was thinking, they would definitely look at this not innocent young man with rather complicated eyes.

As for the Countess of Sarandon, she would probably call her son an idiot.

After all, Quintus said this is like asking a cripple why he doesn't engage in track and field.

Not to mention whether Mariana would be suppressed by the other party when she resisted the Grand Duchess of Aquique at that time, what good would it be if she succeeded in her resistance?Will the Grand Duchy of Aquique and Odin blame her for the feud between the two countries, or will Mariana get economic or land compensation from it?

You must know that the Grand Duke of Aquiquie at that time was Henry, and Richard of Solins had not given up on letting the former Duchess of Brittania give birth to an heir who could completely merge the two countries, so Mariana was the one who relied on the ranking. The heiress who is late and does not have a gender advantage will not get much benefit no matter what she does. It is better to be a salted fish quietly, and then get everything that should be taken, not necessarily able to take it as much as possible.

The Countess of Sarandon didn't think of Marianne the way Quintus did.Because in her eyes, this slippery Princess Karda has absolutely nothing to do with the words "stupid" and "unpretentious".

Do you think she suffered a little financial loss during her three engagements, apart from a little ruined reputation?

Not only nothing, but even made a lot of money.

The Countess of Sarandon firmly believes that a woman who is not stupid at all in terms of her own interests is by no means a character who is led by the nose.

Especially after Marianne eliminated the Regent of Brittany and the rest of the party with lightning, the Countess of Sarandon gave her a higher evaluation, and even warned the little emperor of Odin not to use the previous Eyes on Mariana.

Otherwise, it is not certain who wins and who loses!

………………… I am the dividing line…………

"Bishop Felipe, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come to see me." Prince Abel went outside the mansion to greet Philip who came in a hurry.

Facing his nephew's kind words, Philippe, who had already replaced the cardinal's red robe, did not accept the other party's kindness, but said politely, "Your Highness, can you come in and talk."

Prince Abel's outstretched hand just froze in the air. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, so he swept the flying catkins on Felipe's shoulder and gestured "please" to the other party.

Compared with the flamboyant Prince Liam, Prince Abel's low-key can be said to be low-key into the dust.

Whether it is the clothes you wear or the place you live in, they all reveal a feeling of being completely washed out, so that after Bishop Felipe entered the house, he didn't see a single antique or expensive artwork, and even the house. The service staff in the mansion are pitifully few.

"Your Highness, thank you for lending a helping hand to me under the pressure of His Majesty the King. As your uncle, I cannot accept your help with peace of mind, so I came here this time to express my gratitude to you. Here is a small gift for this, and please don't refuse my kindness." Felipe is a direct person, so after he entered the room and sat down, he explained his purpose, and then took out a crumpled copy from his pocket. document.

Prince Abel was able to confirm that it was a land transfer document just by glancing at the lace showing through the irregularly folded document.

As he thought, Felipe didn't like to owe favors, but Prince Abel couldn't accept the gift that was brought to his lips.Because on the other hand, he was poaching his father's corner. After all, King Obstar had always been eyeing Felipe's property.And once someone exposes this to King Obstar, or his economic movements attract the attention of King Obstar, then Prince Abel will have to face his father's monstrous anger and Prince Liam's downfall.

"My lord, you know that I am not suitable to accept this gift now." Prince Abel lowered his eyes and did not look at the documents placed on the table by Bishop Felipe: "It is not out of noble sentiments or to let the meeting The family affection that makes you laugh, but to prevent our previous efforts from being reduced to ashes, and my own being mercilessly reprimanded by my father and mercilessly suppressed by my brother."

After experiencing a series of operations with a hot face and a cold butt, Prince Abel also understands that he can't take the line of family affection with Felipe, let alone force the other party to stand in line with him by threatening to reciprocate, otherwise he will take the soft but not the hard Felipe is very likely to backhand Prince Abel's tricks to King Obstar, or use the hands of Prince Liam to let Prince Abel understand what it means to steal chickens without losing money.

"Then how do you want me to repay you?" Bishop Felipe didn't expect Prince Abel to accept his gift.Don't look at him always looking like an angry youth, but in fact, he can keep a large fortune after coming out of the closet, and even King Obstar himself has to treat him with a pleasant face. How could it be possible? General people.

What's more, having stayed in a seat that didn't fit his status for so many years, even if Felipe was an angry youth, he could see the situation in the court better than ordinary people.

After all, the bystanders are clear!

"Do you want me to support you as king, or do you want me to match you with Mariana?" Philippe noticed the change in Prince Abel's face, and knew that he must be talking about the other party's heart: "But I don't think there's any difference between the two."

Speaking of this, Felipe still looked out the window, squinting his eyes because of the sunlight: "At the moment when Obusta is not getting better every year, your father has no other way to separate himself and Aubus besides looking for foreign aid." Star pulled out of the mire."

"I think this is also a last resort." Prince Abel will never dismantle King Obstar in front of outsiders, especially in front of someone with a sensitive identity like Felipe, Prince Abel has to use it with discretion. Words, be cautious: "After all, you don't want to see your hometown go down, and the people of Obstar become slaves to the Cantero people, do you?"

Philippe turned his head, stared deeply at the smile on Prince Abel's lips, and finally praised: "You are a very talkative young man."

"Thank you for your compliment."

"It's just a little bit far from being transparent." Philippe suddenly interrupted when Prince Abel ignited his joy: "Your cleverness can only be used to deal with ordinary people, and it is not enough to convince those who are watching. Not to mention Mariana."

"I know that the Duchess of Brittania is an extraordinary woman." Prince Abel knew that he was definitely not outstanding among Mariana's suitors, so he was very eager to leave a considerable amount for Mariana. Impressive: "Her wealth and beauty are nothing compared to her virtues."

"Virtues beyond wealth and beauty?" Felipe said playfully, "Your words are not ordinary hypocrisy, even I can't say it, let alone Mariana."

Prince Abel, who had been dismantled by his uncle one after another, felt a little embarrassed, but he still maintained his courtesy as much as possible and said, "That's why I need your help."

"But I don't want to help you pursue Mariana." Felipe went around in a big circle before asking Prince Abel to tell his purpose of helping him: "After all, it is I who owe you favors, not Mariana, Not even Obstar."

"Marianne is from Aquique, and now she can barely be regarded as a Britannian. Even though she was once favored by Queen Mary, King Obstar did not give her a title or territory, and she herself never gave Aubus King Star is loyal, so why do you let her use her mother country to support Obstar?"

"..."

"Even if I have selfish intentions towards Obsta, and I don't want my home country to fall into the situation you described, I can't brazenly make Mariana take on responsibilities that don't belong to her." Felipe Speaking of which, the man even raised his hand to stop Prince Abel from making more excuses: "I don't want to hear any big reasons, and I don't want to hear your promise to take care of Mariana. Because this matter is irrational in nature, and it doesn't matter. It's not worth our continued waste of saliva."

Although Prince Abel knew that Felipe was difficult to deal with, he never thought that the other party would be so difficult to deal with, so that he was blocked by the other party before he expressed his opinion.

"This is a gift from me personally, but now it seems that I didn't think it through." Before leaving, Felipe put away the land transfer documents he took out, and nodded to Prince Abel: "I will find a way I will send you a sum of money that has no transfer record, and thank you for helping me fulfill an unfulfilled wish."

Prince Abel didn't let out a long sigh until after Philip left completely, and the expression on his face was not as gentle as before: "It seems that my plan to recruit Bishop Philip has come to naught."

The entourage at the side heard this and couldn't help but ask, "Then what are you going to do next?"

After all, compared with Prince Liam, Prince Abel, who was born as the second son and was weakened by poisoned wine, really has no advantage.

If you can't get the support of Bishop Felipe, then...

"Don't worry, it's not the end of the game yet! Everything is uncertain." Prince Abel got up on crutches, and resumed his gentle posture: "At least one thing is certain, even if Bishop Felipe is not on my side Here, I won't show favor to Liam either."

As soon as Prince Abel thought of his annoying brother, he subconsciously grasped the handle of his cane: "There must be many people in Obstar who want to catch our brothers, as long as we guide them well, we won't be afraid of Liam. deal with."

After all, Zhang Yang's eldest son must be more of an eyesore than a weak second son.

"Wait! Since you can't win Marianne's favor, let's think about how to kill Liam first." Prince Abel said extremely terrifying words with his gentle face.

At the same time, the two people he was thinking about were hitting his little Jiujiu.

Although Mariana knew that the Grand Duchess Aquique had taken care of everything, she was not passive, so she wanted to chat with those who opposed Queen Polina.

And at this moment, Lena told Mariana who was about to go out with a strange face that someone was visiting her.

"Who?" Mariana didn't believe that it would be her "friend" who came to the door now.After all, after the death of Queen Mary, the service personnel in Obsta's court were replaced by Queen Polina, so Marianne didn't see any familiar faces when she came.

"It's Prince Liam, and..." Mrs. Lena peeked at Mariana's face, and said bravely, "And Your Excellency Quintus."

"The son of Countess Sarandon?" Marianna thought of her "best friend" in Odin's palace, and felt that with Countess Sarandon's character, she would not come to her in such a hurry to catch up with her.

As for Quintus...

Because Marianne was not ostentatious when she was in Odin, and Quintus happened to officially join the Templars a year ago, so she rarely had the opportunity to communicate with this cousin of Emperor Odin. It is also limited to saying hello to each other in public places.

However, when she thought of the expensive gift the other party sent when she was in Colin, and her previous act of mailing the mithril necklace to the Countess of Sarandon, Marianne felt that meeting the other party was not necessarily a bad thing, so she took off her cloak.

"You let the coachman go back first, and then lead the two distinguished guests into the waiting room."

"Why, you haven't seen the internal response of the Grand Duchess Aquique in Obsta's court?" Botis who was waiting at the side put away his legs, and then sized Mariana up and down with doubtful eyes: "Don't you It might be so narcissistic that you think they are here for you."

"If one day I'm so stupid that my brain is only the size of a walnut, then I don't mind making myself romantic." Mariana straightened her hair messed up by the cloak in front of the mirror, and then corrected Botis' words : "Of course they're not here for me, they're here for my money and the Principality of Brittania."

"Add the Grand Duchy of Aquique." Botis got up and gave a pretended knightly salute to Marianne, his brows, eyes and lips revealed the meaning of "watching the show": "Mind if I accompany you for a walk ?"

"It's a great honor." Mariana stretched out her hand to Botis, and then pretended to hold his arm intimately: "If necessary, please help me determine whether they are enemies or strangers."

"...you thought you'd be friends with them."

"Stop kidding, I don't want to be friends with people who don't have good intentions."

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"I didn't expect to meet you here, respected Your Excellency Quintus." Liam, who was led to the living room by Lena, did not show Quintus a good face when they met. Instead, he looked quite accommodating Appearance: "The Countess of Sarandon must have asked you to come. After all, I heard that your mother took good care of Marianne when she was in Odin."

Although Liam is quite flamboyant on weekdays, he is very good at digging holes in words.

"Actually, I wanted to come." Quintus knew that Liam was emphasizing the special relationship between Mariana and the royal family of Obsta, and reminded Quintus that their relationship with Mariana was not what it used to be. Compare.However, Quintus didn't like Liam's attitude of being the master of the house, and he didn't like the arrogance that Liam carefully concealed.

"Due to the limitation of my status, I didn't have much contact with Mariana when she was engaged to the emperor of our country, but I firmly believe that she will accept my kind greetings." Quintus's words are also impeccable, and even Taking advantage of the opportunity to satirize Liam and Queen Polina: "And my mother also misses Mariana very much, and even after Mariana left Odin, she kept in touch with her. Presumably among the female elders whom Mariana loves , my mother deserves a place."

On the contrary, among the female elders hated by Marianne, there must be a certain queen's name.

Knowing that Quintus had something to say, Liam put away the smile on his face and said bluntly: "Then you want to pursue the lord and cousin you once loyal to... the former fiancée? Dear Sir Quintus?"

"If I remember correctly, you are still a Templar, so you have to keep your oath to the gods."

Speaking of this, Prince Liam raised his head and said: "If someone complains to the temple about your misbehavior and breaking the oath of chastity, will the emperor of the Pope and even Odin impose punishment on you? discipline?"

"Your words really confuse me, and at the same time, I am extremely terrified." Facing Prince Liam's accusation, Quintus did not show any panic, and even provocatively said: "The problem is that I ask myself what the gods should do. Without second thoughts, and..."

Quintus looked at Prince Liam and said, "Who will accuse me? Who will investigate me?"

Prince Liam licked his lips, and the displeasure on his face became more and more intense: "You Odin people are really interesting. The emperor is gone, and the knight is on. My cousin refused, and my cousin is watching from the sidelines."

"I'm sorry, at least we're not as interesting and fame-seeking as you Obstars." Quintus retorted: "But thinking about the dictatorship of King Obstar, we can only say that like a father, there must be a father." His son, right?"

"you……"

Just as Prince Liam was about to quarrel with Quintus, the door to the living room was suddenly pushed open.

"Dear gentlemen, I hope I didn't keep you waiting." Mariana hurriedly picked a middle seat and sat down, keeping a distance of two seats from Prince Liam and Quintus.

"Waiting for a lady is the basic virtue of a knight." Quintus greeted first: "Besides, you are very lucky to accept our visit."

"Your wording is as gentle and gentle as ever, just like your attitude." Mariana looked at Quintus, as if she hadn't angered him because of her divorce from Emperor Odin: "Give my regards to Countess Sarandon , after all, I left too hastily back then, so I didn't have a chance to say goodbye to her properly."

"My mother has always missed you." Quintus said with deep meaning: "She said that you are the most interesting noble lady she has ever met, and it is a pity that she has not become a relative with you."

"I don't think this will affect my friendship with the Countess of Sarandon." Of course, Mariana could hear what Quintus meant, so she refused very simply: "I hope the Countess of Sarandon has received the gift I sent. .”

Quintus' left eyebrow twitched, feeling bad reflexively.

"It is a very beautiful mithril necklace, and it is also adorned with precious emeralds." Mariana showed a regretful and nostalgic expression: "I believe it must match the fair skin of Countess Sarandon, and I hope You can see the Countess of Sarandon wearing a gift from me at the Obstar dinner."

Hearing what Mariana said, Quintus' Adam's Apple rolled up and down, but he still maintained the basic etiquette: "I will pass on your words to my mother, I believe she will be happy to do so."

Mariana sighed in her heart that Quintus was indeed the cousin of the little emperor Odin, and then looked at Prince Liam: "What about you? My dear cousin, why are you here?"

"Of course, by the king's order, I greet you as a cousin." Prince Liam hoped to draw closer to Mariana in front of Quintus, so he deliberately mentioned their childhood things: "I remember when you were young , visited our family with Earl Calda and Henry, and we still have quite good memories, right?"

"Yes." Mariana doesn't remember much about her childhood, and she is even sure that she was taken to King Obstar's house by Count Calda only... once: "And there were grandmother and grandfather present at that time, So we all went to play in the garden while the adults talked."

The smile on Prince Liam's face instantly disappeared without a trace.