Me! Cleaner!

Chapter 245 The map is very long

really…

After hearing these words, all the old nobles in the room couldn't help but nodded with helpless expressions on their faces.

It was natural not to miss the Duke Lionheart's knighthood ceremony. More than half of the old nobles present were at the scene and witnessed with their own eyes how the "Three Elders of Lane" were ruined. They knew the current situation of the Lane family well.

According to the rules among the old aristocrats, if you want to depose the current Duke Lionheart and replace him with a new Duke, you must have a "Lean" with sufficient status to take the lead, and then a group of "in-laws" can follow suit. .

Although it sounds a bit pedantic, and you have to find a raft first before taking action when your **** is burning, this is indeed one of the "hidden rules" that the old nobles must abide by.

After all, there are quite a few people in the old aristocracy who have conflicts with each other, and there are even some feuds that have lasted for hundreds of years. If you really don't abide by the unspoken rules and take action whenever you want, I'm afraid that the whole family will not wait until the princess takes action. The old aristocratic group will collapse first due to internal fighting.

"I can't control that much anymore!"

Looking at the newspapers on the table with hair-raising titles, a younger old aristocrat stood up and suggested with a slightly anxious expression:

"Even if no one in the Lane family can take the lead, we can't go on like this. Everyone knows what the princess wants. If she really gets it in the end, then we're afraid we won't even be qualified to be vassals of the royal family and can only be controlled by her. Suffocate it bit by bit!

No matter what happens in the future, we must find a way to get rid of this evil duke now! At the very least, he cannot be allowed to take the Lane family's resources and seats to the princess, otherwise it will be too late! "

"That's what I thought too."

Another old aristocrat from the "Young Zhuang Faction" stood up and echoed with a face full of approval:

"Compared with those old rules, it is more important to stop the princess at the moment. In terms of support, we can't compare to the royal family. In terms of wealth, we can't compare to the Chamber of Commerce in the House of Commons. If we don't take action, it will be too late."

"Second!"

"Sigh...I have no objection."

"I agree, even if it doesn't work, I'll give it a try!"

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"Wait, calm down first."

Just when all the old nobles stood up and expressed their agreement to forcibly replace Duke Lionheart, another older noble stood up and reminded:

"Don't forget, even if we can forcibly replace the current Duke Lionheart through a vote in the House of Lords, someone will still occupy the seat of Duke Lionheart."

"This is not important!"

The young noble who stood up first said loudly:

"It doesn't matter who takes the seat of Duke Lionheart, as long as it's not the current one."

"No, this is very important!"

The old noble shook his head when he heard this and said:

"I'm afraid you haven't seen the genealogy of the Lane family, have you? Do you know? If you pass the vote of the House of Lords and forcibly replace the current Duke Lionheart, then according to the order of succession, the person who will become the next Duke Lionheart will be His biological sister."

"Then throw his sister in too!"

The young noble said harshly:

"The worst thing is to transfer some more benefits. Compared with being stuck by the new decree implemented by the princess, and being competed by the businessmen in the House of Commons for the cake, the price of replacing two dukes in a row is completely acceptable. As long as these brothers and sisters are cast in Go down..."

"After throwing this pair of brothers and sisters down, there is another pair of brothers and sisters waiting!"

The old noble snorted coldly:

"Let's go through the Lane family's family tree! After she is voted in, the next in line of succession is the younger brother of the current Duke, and the next lower is his other sister.

Haha, four Lion-Hearted Dukes were replaced in one day. You think the royal family is dead, so I just watch you be replaced like this? "

"..." He turned around and asked other nobles who were closely related to him. After receiving a positive answer, the young noble who proposed the forced substitution suddenly couldn't hold himself any longer.

"Then if his family of four is stuck here, won't the replacement route be blocked? Then let's do nothing and just watch?"

"It won't work just by looking at it, but it won't work by forcing it. It's rare to encounter such a good opportunity. With the character of the princess, she will definitely guard against it and won't give us the slightest chance."

"After all, there's still nothing we can do?"

"There are still ways."

After most people's eyes had gathered, the old noble unfolded his "Map of Yan Kingdom" and squinted his eyes slightly and said:

"But before I start to share my thoughts, I would like to remind everyone that our Lion-Hearted Duke is far from being as simple as he seems.

Although he seemed to be a fool who didn't understand the rules at all, acted arbitrarily according to his own preferences, and had bad luck.

But we might as well calm down and think carefully from his position. Even if he doesn't send the Lane family away, will he be able to keep the Lane family?

If he hadn't had such an experience, what else would he have left besides holding the title of an empty duke? And will the situation facing the Lane family be better than it is now? "

After asking these questions, looking at the people who began to think along his own words, with a faint look of understanding on their faces, the old noble continued to analyze with narrowed eyes:

"To be honest, I think our Lion-Hearted Duke is the real smart man.

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He understood from the beginning that he did not have the ability to keep the Lane family at all. No matter whether he worked hard to make friends with us in-laws or tried to maintain the Lane family, nothing would be left in the end.

But his mind was clear enough to know that he did not have this ability, so he simply drew a clear line with us, directly proposed to the princess regardless of shame, and attracted people who were capable of guarding the Ryan family. "

"After all, we can get the Lane family's inheritance without him, so his status as a duke is worthless to us, but for the royal family and the princess, his status as a duke is the only ticket, and it is worth using. Use all your strength to win over him.

And because of the existence of people like us, the royal family is unable to completely swallow up the Lane family. It must use his name as the Lion-Hearted Duke to compete with us for the resources of the Lane family. This has reached a delicate balance. Let him take control of the Lane family.

Tsk tsk, our Lord Duke, even if he really doesn’t know how to be a noble, he definitely knows how to do business, knows how to sell himself to the most suitable target, and sells it at a rare and good price. "

After expressing his views on Lyon with admiration in his eyes, the old noble paused for a moment and gave everyone some time to think. Then he picked up a newspaper from the table and reached out to pat the word "Princess" lightly. He clapped his hands and suggested loudly:

"Everyone, it's time for us to learn from the clever Duke and find a more suitable 'buyer' for ourselves... What do you think of Prince Joshua?"

Prince Joshua?

After hearing the old noble's proposal, all the nobles couldn't help but frown. Some people couldn't help but directly objected:

"You want us to completely surrender to the royal family? What is the difference between this and surrendering to the princess? Doesn't it mean we have to be controlled by the royal family?"

"First of all, I just suggested to lean towards Prince Joshua. Also, when has the princess been able to represent the entire royal family?"

After asking a meaningful question, the old nobleman completely unfolded the "Map of Yan Kingdom", revealed the "dagger" he had prepared in advance, and asked:

"Everyone, you might as well think about it carefully, is what our princess wants, what the entire royal family wants? And what the royal family wants is what Prince Joshua, the queen and the finance minister standing behind him want. ”

After glancing at the people who seemed to be enlightened, the old noble explained slowly:

"Or to put it more clearly, in addition to the throne, what the princess wants is to limit the power of us nobles. This is also the idea of ​​the entire royal family, so in the past, the princess could represent the will of the entire royal family.

The queen and the finance minister were willing to support the royal family because they had the king's promise. They believed that the princess would be married off and the entire kingdom would belong to Prince Joshua in the future. Naturally, they were happy to help him clear the obstacles.

But now that our princess has not only not married outside, but has even gained enough power to shake up the entire kingdom through her marriage to that smart duke, the situation is different.

The queen is now very powerful, and there is also a king who wants to check and balance the old nobles. Even if the queen and the finance minister are dissatisfied, they dare not move at this time.

But if the old nobles collectively fall to Joshua, and our prince has a strong helping hand...can the princess still represent the will of the entire royal family? "

(End of chapter)