Indeed... After hearing this, the old nobles in the room nodded one after another, looking helpless. It was naturally not easy to be absent from the ceremony of the succession of the Duke of Lionheart. More than half of the old nobles present were at the scene at the time and witnessed how the "Three Elders of Ryan" were defeated. They knew the current situation of the Ryan family. According to the rules among the old nobles, if they want to abolish the current Duke of Lionheart and replace him with a new duke, a "Ryan person" with sufficient status must stand up and take the lead, and then a group of "in-laws" can follow suit. Although it sounds a bit pedantic, and they have to find a raft before they start when they are in trouble, this is indeed one of the "unspoken rules" that the old nobles must abide by. After all, there are also many people in the old noble group who have conflicts with each other, and there are even some feuds that have lasted for hundreds of years. If they really don't abide by the unspoken rules and start whenever they want, I am afraid that before the princess can take action, the entire old noble group will collapse first because of internal fighting. "I can't care about that anymore!" Looking at the newspapers with scary headlines on the table, a younger old noble stood up and suggested with a slightly anxious look: "Even if no one in the Ryan family can take the lead, we can't go on like this. Everyone knows what the princess wants. If she really succeeds in the end, I'm afraid we won't even be qualified to be royal vassals, and we can only be strangled to death by her little by little! No matter what happens in the future, we must find a way to get rid of this bad duke! At least we can't let him take the resources and seats of the Ryan family to the princess, otherwise it will be too late!"
"I think so too." Another "young" old noble stood up He stood up and agreed with a look of approval: "Compared to those old rules, it is more important to stop the princess right now. We can't compare with the royal family in terms of support, and we can't compare with the Chamber of Commerce in the House of Commons in terms of wealth. It will be too late if we don't take action now." "Second!" "Alas... I have no objection." "I agree. Even if it doesn't work, we have to give it a try!" ... "Wait, calm down first." Just as a group of old nobles stood up and agreed to forcibly replace the Duke of Lionheart, another older noble stood up and reminded: "Don't forget, even if we can pass a vote in the House of Lords and forcibly replace the current Duke of Lionheart, the position of the Duke of Lionheart is still Someone has to sit there." "It's not important!" The young noble who stood up first said loudly: "It doesn't matter who sits on the seat of the Duke of Lionheart, as long as it's not the current one." "No, this is very important!" The old noble shook his head and said: "You probably haven't seen the family tree of the Ryan family? Do you know? If you vote in the House of Lords and forcibly replace the current Duke of Lionheart, then according to the order of succession, the person who will become the next Duke of Lionheart will be his biological sister." "Then vote for his sister too!" The young noble said fiercely: "At most, I will give up some more benefits. It's better to be strangled by the new decree promoted by the princess than to be strangled by those in the House of Commons. Merchants are scrambling for the cake, and the price of replacing two dukes in a row is completely acceptable, as long as this pair of siblings is voted out..."
"After voting this pair of siblings out, there is another pair of siblings waiting!" The old noble snorted: "Take a good look at the family tree of the Ryan family! After voting her out, the next person to inherit the title is still the current duke's younger brother, and the next one is his other sister. Haha, four lion-hearted dukes were replaced in one day. Do you think the royal family is dead and just watch you change it so hard?" "..." After turning back to ask other nobles with whom he had a close relationship, and getting a positive answer, the young noble who proposed the forced replacement could not hold back. "Then his family of four is stuck here, so the way to change people is blocked, right? Then we do nothing and just watch?" "Just watching is definitely not an option, but forcing it is also not an option. It's rare to encounter such a good opportunity. According to the princess's character, she will definitely guard against it and won't give us any chance." "After talking about it, isn't there still no way?" "There is still a way." After most people's eyes gathered, the old noble unfolded his "Yan State Map" and squinted his eyes and said: "But before I start talking about my thoughts, I have to remind everyone that our Lionheart Duke is far from being as simple as he looks. Although he looks like a person who doesn't understand the rules at all and acts arbitrarily according to his own preferences, he can do whatever he wants. A fool with bad luck. But we might as well calm down and think carefully from his position. Even if he didn't send the Ryan family away, would he be able to keep the Ryan family? If this hadn't happened, what would he have left except for the empty title of duke? And would the situation facing the Ryan family be better than it is now? " After asking these questions, the old noble continued to analyze with squinting eyes as he looked at the people who began to think along with his words and showed a hint of enlightenment on their faces: "To be honest, I think our Duke of Lionheart is the real smart man. He understood from the beginning that he had no ability to keep the Ryan family. No matter how hard he tried to make friends with us in-laws or how he tried to maintain the Ryan family, he would have nothing 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 had the ability to guard 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 finishing 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 "Prince and 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 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 minister of finance 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? "
