Chapter 78
Chapter 78
"Come on, let's sort out the current information first." When Botis went down to interrogate the apprentice scavenger, Marianna pulled out a map from a corner, and pointed to several temples in the royal city. : "According to the current intelligence, there are six groups of people who want to cause civil strife now."
"The 'I don't want to be crown prince' faction headed by Prince Liam."
"The 'I'm going to fuck my brother' faction headed by Prince Abel."
"The 'I'm gonna show you some color' pie, led by Temple."
"The 'I'm going to kill King Obstar's family' faction headed by the Grand Duchess Aquique."
"And the 'I'm going to show some color to Obstar' pie, led by Cantero."
Mariana got some small flags of different colors from nowhere, and placed them on the landmarks near the palace.
"Wait, haven't you forgotten those nobles who want King Obstar to step down?" Midaline, who was jumping back and forth between Mariana and Grand Duchess Aquique, suddenly asked, "Also, Sera Where did you go?"
Since the illegitimate daughter of Earl Calda surrendered to Mariana, although Lena and the others didn't play with Sera in everything, they didn't reject her as before.
"I asked Sera to go to the bank to exchange all the Mithril currency into Tarrant, and then pretend to be excessive consumption to confuse the other party." Mariana explained: "As far as the current situation is concerned, those who oppose Aub King Star's nobles are not a grasshopper on a rope. Some of them support the temple, some are bought by Cantero, and some of them have the idea of fishing in troubled waters to support potential successors who are not optimistic people, such as my father and Prince Abel."
"The people who want to buy Serra are most likely nobles who 'support' my father's succession. Just imagine, if Serra and Selim can escape from this disaster, then my father will certainly not hesitate to take the throne. Reward those nobles who informed Sera. Even after my father succeeded to the throne, these nobles may support the legalization of the Selim brothers and sisters, and then become the existence of 'holding the emperor to make the princes'."
Marianna said this, and added: "The power struggle in this world is like a food chain. Theocracy and monarchy complement each other, and they may also be opposed to each other. The nobles want to take the opportunity to hold the monarchy, and the common people may follow suit under certain circumstances. The nobles overthrow the monarchy, or cut off those who try to enslave them 'in the name of the king'."
"These are too fake." As the oldest reliable woman, Lena is more concerned about the detailed plans of the rebels, especially how the rebels plan to attack the royal city, how many hostages they take, and how they want to deal with the rebels : "There is only one throne, and there are at least three or four people chasing the throne. We can't let them fight outside the city first, and then go to deal with King Obstar."
"That's why we need to cooperate." Mariana recalled the news that Felipe had revealed to her, and said with certainty: "Cantero supports my father's succession, but the premise is that King Obsta's family and I all died in the In the rebellion. Both Prince Liam and Prince Abel want to cooperate with the Grand Duchess Aquique, but the latter's attitude has always been ambiguous, and the Temple supports Prince Abel's succession. Prince Liam, Prince Abel's attitude and physical condition are very appetizing to the temple."
"As for me..." Mariana, who finally got to the point, smirked: "I hope they all die in the rebellion. At least those who played an important role in this rebellion cannot be left behind."
"Tsk! How cruel." Abigail was suddenly glad that Sera wasn't here, otherwise she would be frightened by Mariana's true face.
"If you say that, then you have to clean up the Papal State." Lena suddenly said: "After all, the Temple will not act without authorization, and if you involve the Temple, then the Papal State is very likely to be destroyed." tail to survive, or to bite the other side."
"So this will test our ability to control the situation, and the favor of the gods." Mariana stared in the direction of the palace, and slowly said her plan.
"The city gate must have been bribed by the nobles, otherwise they would not be able to let the rebels disguised as 'vagrants' enter the city. As for the palace..."
Marianne sighed suddenly, feeling that her uncle was truly pathetic: "The garrison of the palace is the last trump card of King Obstar, if this is also infiltrated by Prince Liam or Prince Abel, then His old man will never want to live."
"Isn't this expected?" Midaline didn't feel sorry for King Obstar, she just wanted to know what kind of stunning performance Marianne played here: "No matter who is in power, Obstar Kings must die."
"No, you're wrong."
Unexpectedly, Marianna refuted Midaline's point of view: "For me, King Obstar's life is far more valuable than his death. After all, the main figures of the rebel army are in their own base camp. So it takes an angry King Obstar to clean them up."
"After all, I am a benevolent ruler who brings hope." Mariana pretended, "So let others do this thankless task!"
"So you came to Obstar to watch the excitement?" Abigail didn't understand what role Mariana played in the rebellion, and this appearance, which was half a beat behind others, attracted the attention of the other three. Target.
"Isn't my role obvious? It's just muddying the water!" Marianne touched the top of Abigail's head affectionately, and her tone was more like "don't ask so many children": "Are you Didn't you forget that I still have an iron card against the Pope?"
"Iron card?" Abigail was even more confused, which resulted in a sigh from Marianna.
"Danhill." Midaline, who couldn't stand it anymore, reminded: "Otherwise, why do you think Astaros stayed in Britannia?"
It must be to prevent Danhill from escaping, and to monitor the acting staff left by Mariana.
"With me here, even if Prince Abel has an appetite for the temple, the Grand Duchess Aquique and the Pope will force them to divert their support, so the only person Prince Abel can ask for help is Cantero, who has a dark heart. People. And after I reject Prince Liam, he will definitely turn to other allies, so Midaline will be so busy these days."
"Busy to tell Prince Liam the news that Prince Abel has won the support of Cantero and the Temple, and then force Prince Liam to attack his younger brother in advance on the charge of 'collaborating with the enemy and treason'." The mentioned Midaline He continued: "In this way, even if King Obstar pursued Prince Liam's kinslaughter afterwards, it would be impossible to severely punish Prince Liam."
"Besides, in order for the two brothers to stand on the same starting line, I also obtained Cantero's internal response distribution from the temple, and then handed it over to Prince Liam from Midaline." Mariana has been mobilizing a lot these days. An internal response in Busta King City, so it's not "doing nothing" as Abigail said.
"If those Cantero people can't be dealt with after being prepared, then I still have a backup." Mariana continued: "Don't forget that there are three sons of the king who are vying for the throne."
"If Prince Liam can't handle Prince Abel who was forced to ally with the Cantero people, then there is Thomas Fitzroy who has a dream to make up for it."
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After hearing Mariana's arrangement, whether it was Abigail, the reliable Lena, or the busy Midaline these days, all became silent.
"Although it's a bit bad to say that, Mariana, you are really insidious." Midaline thought of the excuse that Mariana had arranged for her to get close to Prince Liam, and really couldn't imagine that those fighting back and forth would doubt it. To Mariana.
After all, on the bright side, Mariana rejected all her suitors and took everyone's greed into consideration.
If Prince Liam would have walked away after being rejected by Mariana, instead of just relying on Midaline's own words, it can be concluded that this offshoot princess of Thorins hates Mariana as much as he does, and has been lurking in the Marianna's side, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the Grand Duchy of Aquique.
Then he would not accept the "gift" that Midaline handed over to him, let alone die in the rebellion as Marianne planned.
"I said, how long are you going to discuss here?" Botis, who had finished the interrogation, carried the dying apprentice scavenger, who was only a slender underage girl after removing the disguise, and was thrown directly by Botis. on the carpet.
"This guy 'tricks' everything, but she is not ordered by the group of people who want King Obstar to step down, but Queen Polina." Botis kicked the scavenger apprentice's calf, and the latter Then trembled a bit, but did not act immediately.
"Although the poisonous snake in the palace is not clear, it can also see that it is an eventful season, so no one can spare people to protect Marianne. Besides, no matter how nicely King Obstar said it , but in practice, can we really send a garrison to block Mariana's house?"
Botis slowly analyzed: "According to this guy's 'confession', Queen Polina intends to act first and then disguise this place as the scene of a mob invasion, and then take herself out as a matter of course."
"That is to say, Queen Polina knows that Prince Liam wants to take the opportunity to seize power." Considering the poor treatment of Prince Liam and Prince Abel, Mariana believes that the object of Queen Polina's support is her eldest son. Otherwise, she would not act boldly against Mariana: "Then the mystery of the garrison being infiltrated will be solved. With Queen Polina's internal support, Prince Liam will definitely be able to win the signet ring for mobilizing the garrison."
"I really want to see King Obstar's expression when he finds out that he has been tricked by his family."
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