Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1391 1363. Marriage Throne

With a 'bang', Foltest's fist hit the table, and he was furious.

"It's not me anyway. I never thought about getting the crown by marrying a little girl! After all, I."

"After all, you have been having an affair with Baroness La Valetti for the past four years." Miwe smiled again and said, "Like two turtle doves in love, just waiting for the old Baron to close his eyes. ”

"Don't glare at me, my relatives. Apart from you Temeria and Redania, it is reasonable for other countries to have spies and spies, isn't it? This is what I pay them to do."

"Considering the throne of Cintra, many kings would be willing to sacrifice their own happiness for it."

"Wait a minute." Henselt scratched his beard and said suspiciously, "Speaking of 'many kings', Calanthe once wanted to marry his granddaughter to the son of King Awell of Verdon. Is that old guy? There is also suspicion? It’s related to the land of Sintra, and it’s not just him.”

Vizmir whispered to himself: "Indeed, King Aiweier has three sons. And among the people present now, who have male descendants? Huh? Miwe? What if you are muddying the waters and deceiving us? ?”

"Then you can exclude me." Queen Leiria smiled even more charmingly, "My two sons are still wandering around. This is the price of indulgent education."

"Even if they haven't caused enough trouble to get themselves hanged, I don't think they'll suddenly want to be king."

"Although I am their mother, I can only say that they are stupider than my late husband. May he rest in peace. Anyone who has met my husband should know what this concept is."

"That's true." King Redania agreed, "I have seen it before. Are your two sons really stupider than him? Damn it, I thought he was as stupid as possible. Please forgive me, Mewe."

"I forgive you, Vizmir. Now, who has a son now?"

Miwei said, but her eyes were already looking at Henselt.

King Kaedwen said coldly: "My son is married!"

"Does this count as a problem?" Demavi said in a strange voice beside him, "A wise man just said: Considering the throne of Cintra, many kings are willing to sacrifice their personal happiness for it, let alone the happiness of the prince?"

"I don't allow such slander! Don't make things difficult for me. Don't other kings have sons? For example, Nedamir of the Humphries Alliance has two sons, and he is also a widower! Also, don't forget Ko Istrad Thyssen of Vil!”

"These two are excluded." Vizmir waved his hand, "The two families have recently been considering a political marriage and planning a joint rule between them. It is neither safe nor too greedy to reach out from this position."

"Indeed, both Humphers and Covel are too far away from Sintra. They are both in the far north and can't reach them." Demavi suddenly changed the subject, "But there is one person who is very close to Sintra. close!"

"who?"

"Emhyr var Emreth. He has not married yet, and he is younger than you, Foltest. He is also in good health. I heard that the wives of three knights are his lovers."

"For the sake of smallpox and plague." The king of Redania frowned seriously now. "If that's the case, Emhyr will defeat us without any effort!"

"It's obvious that the people and nobles of Cintra will follow Calanthe's bloodline. Just think what would happen if Emhyr got the lion cub? To add insult to injury, the Queen of Cintra is also the Queen of Nilfgaard ”

"Queen?" Henselt curled his lips and said disdainfully, "You are exaggerating, Vizmir. Why should Emhyr give that girl a queen's crown?"

"He has taken Cintra, conquered it, ruled it, made it a province. He has sat on the throne of Cintra. To give him the position of queen for what he has got. ?”

"First of all," Foltest retorted, "Emhyr occupied Cintra as an invader. But if he can find the girl and make her his queen, he can rule there legally and reasonably."

"The cost of Nilfgaard's rule over Cintra will plummet! Cintra will even be able to provide support for the Nilfgaard Empire!"

"Nilfgaard, who is married to Calanthe's bloodline, will no longer be an invader that makes the north hostile, but will be a neighbor that we must value and interact with."

"The people are already in disarray now. By then, how great will the resistance be for us to launch a war? How can we fight the Nilfgaardians? If we really start a war, we will become the invasion of Cintra. ”

The difference between a just war and an unjust war seems to be just in name.

But if the difference is really just a name, then all the famous ministers, generals and ministers in the past and present, both at home and abroad, must be a thorough pragmatist, right?

But there is no one who can let it go when they can occupy the name of justice. As long as they have a choice between a just war and an unjust war, they all know what to choose with their eyes closed.

This is not just a name, this is real power!

"Hell!" Foltest's face was completely ugly. "I don't know who is looking for that child. I can only say that it's not me. But I declare that I will start looking for her from now on."

"I still think she should be dead, but we can't take risks, her identity is too important!"

Henselt nodded first, then said: "But on the other hand, shouldn't we discuss it first, who should she marry after we find her? We can't just leave it to fate, right?"

"She can be with Visekid's guerrillas in the early stage, which will greatly boost the morale of the survivors and refugees of Cintra and become a banner."

"But if we want Cintra to still be a steel gate that can resist the south after the restoration. Don't play dumb, you must understand what I mean."

"When the little girl sits on the throne, her husband is very important and must be able to take on the defense of the entire north at the mouth of the Yaruga River! Is there anyone here who would like to recommend themselves?"

" I'll forget it." Mi Wei said jokingly, "I give up this right."

"I don't intend to exclude those who are not present." Demawi said seriously, "We can't exclude them either."

"Even Niedamir and Isterad Tissen, who are about to establish a joint rule, are no exception. Even Visekid."

"Maybe the way Marshal Cintra uses that "battle flag" will be unexpected? Everyone must have heard of the example of marriage between nobles and commoners."

"Although this marshal is old and ugly, as long as there is enough absinthe and aphrodisiac, little girls may fall in love with him. Even if there are only a few Evening, that's enough. Is there a Majesty Vissegid in our plan? "

"No," Foltest muttered, "There is no such item in my plan."

"Me too." Vizimir said with a bitter face, "He is at most a collaborator in the war. After the war? Maybe he can establish merits, but that depends on whether he has the ability. That's all, I don't want to help him to the throne."

"And besides that, if it is really Emhyr who is looking for the cub, then we can't afford the risk."

"Of course." Henselt said decisively, "The cub must not fall into Emhyr's hands. She must not... must not live and fall into the hands of anyone who is not good for us!"

"You want to kill her?" Mi Wei frowned, "This is too shameful. We don't need to be so extreme. Find her first and hand her over to me. I will teach her to be a graceful princess in the castle in the mountains."

"Then marry a northern knight, a rootless knight, and everyone can supervise her. When you see her again, she will have a child and another in her belly."

"If I'm not wrong, that means there are three usurpers who may lean towards Nilfgaard in the future." Vizimir said coldly. "No, Mi Wei. This method is indeed shameful, but we can't take risks."

"As long as the girl is alive, her affiliation is the biggest destabilizing factor. It's about national interests, kings."

The whistling wind in the Pontar Valley still blew the window sashes, and the kings fell silent.

"Then there is another person." Suddenly, Foltest, who had been silent just now, spoke up, "Please forgive me, kings. The decision to kill a little girl is indeed too extreme, so I want to try my best to find room for maneuver."

Mi Wei stood on the side of her relatives this time: "We are all ears."

"Isn't there another great noble in Cintra who is still doing well?" Foltest said meaningfully, "Young, of the right age, handsome, and will never be weak and bow to the Nilfgaard Empire. You know who I am talking about, you know it very well."

"Cintra will still be Cintra of the Cintra people, and it will still be a steel gate blocking the Nilfgaard Empire. A free, powerful and firm country."

"Nice talk, Foltest." Dema Wei sneered, "But we can't control him!"

The King of Temeria immediately retorted: "Control? Your Majesty Demawi, even if you help your own son to the throne of Cintra, do you dare to pat your chest and say: You can control him?"

"When he sits on the throne, no matter who he has received funding from, who he has helped, or even whose blood he has, it can no longer change the fact-"

"The person who sits on the throne will have power, and as long as those powers are used skillfully in time, they can get rid of control! Become a king!"

"There have been many regents in history. Shouldn't they step down when they should? How can there be perfect control?"

"I really can't control my own son who became king." Demawi simply admitted.

"But I can at least exert some influence, because I know my son, and I know what to say to make him pay more attention or accept, reject, or be angry."

"But what about Lan of Cintra? We have no contact with him. The only time we saw him was when he was killing people on the battlefield."

"But how will his performance on the battlefield be applied to national politics? In a word, we don't understand him."

"Only you! Foltest, you are the only one who has had daily contact with him."

"You have said this in a circle and it's back to the same place. Why do I feel that you just want someone who is familiar to you but not to us to sit on the throne of Cintra?"