Not to mention that Chrissy spent her wonderful vacation leisurely preparing to build a public opinion empire, while Wayne spent his painful time making up for the mistakes he made - such obvious things.
After the situation in the royal capital stabilized slightly, the king dealt with a large number of prisoners detained in the prison.
The bard named Herbert who was stranded in the hotel was so frightened that he packed up his things and fled back to Stuart overnight after Wayne specially asked him to go to the scene to watch the execution of the criminals involved in the Pig Man case. .
While Wayne was laughing, he didn't force himself to stay.
Due to the changes caused by Simon, all members of the Stuart mission have been detained to seek compensation from the Stuart Kingdom.
However, Stuart insisted that this was Simon's personal intention, and even generously stated that he would not hold Crown Prince Lowes responsible for killing foreign envoys. As a result, the dispute continued to escalate and bilateral relations reached a deadlock.
As the atmosphere between the Kingdom of Lornes and the Kingdom of Stuart became tense in vain, Herbert, a bard from Stuart, was particularly easy to attract attention, not to mention that he was not so clean.
It is worth mentioning that this Herbert actually had an encounter with Simon when he was in his own country.
"That Lord Simon is a minister whom the First Prince Stuart has great trust in."
When talking about this, Herbert looked a little sad. "I didn't expect that he died so hastily. None of his old friends were willing to stand up for him."
Wayne couldn't help but look sideways after hearing this.
Recalling that Simon had personally admitted before that he was instructed by his own prince to assassinate Richard and Raphael... he must have already given up his retreat at that time.
However, as a nobleman of Lownes, Wayne did not care about the domestic struggles in Stuart.
After bidding farewell to Herbert, Wayne turned around and found Raphael, who was also a victim of the incident, and gave him private advice.
Raphael is in an absolutely weak position, and his voice is not valued in any country. But there are some things that only he can do naturally.
"You mean, let me negotiate with my uncle...His Majesty the King?"
Raphael has almost recovered from his injury and has basically returned to normal mobility.
However, due to the unprecedented deterioration of the situation of the queen who had taken good care of him in the past, he, an unpopular prince from a foreign country with the status of "proton", would easily be used as a punching bag if he jumped out.
Therefore, when he first heard the countermeasures given by Wayne, Raphael was hesitant.
"Although many things will not be said openly, everyone knows it well." Wayne took a sip of the black tea in the cup. "His Majesty the King naturally understands your current embarrassing situation very well."
In the reception room, Raphael dismissed all the servants.
With only the two of them present, he had no intention of hiding this junior student who had helped him a lot.
"What if a minister proposes to use my life to force Stuart to make concessions?" Raphael whispered his worries.
He did not expect that the relationship between the two countries would take such a turn for the worse. The original secret plan to use the power of the Lornes nobles as a backing to communicate from a distance seemed to have gone bankrupt with this incident.
In recent days, the entire Stuart mission had been detained, and he could hear some not-so-good rumors from time to time, which made him very uneasy.
If he had known that such a day would come, he would have refused to risk his own life and asked to come to Qingxi Academy to study.
"As long as the king feels that there is something to be gained from you, what other ministers say is secondary." Wayne took the initiative to help him, "The king's important use of Simon at the beginning was not just because he had just met him once and ignored the objections of all the ministers. , did you make the decision easily?"
Now that I think about it, any conjectures about what Simon had reached an agreement with the king, or what secrets Simon had handed over as a token of surrender were all wrong.
It was simply that the king took this opportunity to exploit the situation and set up a trap against the queen.
"...Profitable?" This word made Raphael feel uneasy.
"Your family has never thought about letting you go back alive from the beginning to the end." Wayne tore off this fig leaf very bluntly.
"Whether you let Simon commit the assassination or decide to turn against Lornes, did you consider your safety at all?"
Under the harsh words of Wayne, Raphael couldn't help but pursed his lips with an ugly expression.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Wayne softened his tone slightly: "Although the environment we are facing is extremely bad, there is nothing we can do."
Raphael looked at him slightly confused.
"What else can I do? My father's health has become increasingly poor recently, and many affairs have been handed over to his two elder brothers...especially my eldest brother, Simon, who is his confidant."
Although Raphael had thought before that his brothers might not want to see him, he really didn't expect that they wouldn't even allow him a way out.
"The gap between you and your brothers is the best tool you can use to win His Majesty's trust."
Wayne said word by word.
He was not selfish when he said these words to Raphael.
If it could put a thorn in Raphael's heart, when he returns, his tolerance for the oppression of his brothers will only be even lower.
Judging from the subtle situation at this time, Stuart's internal friction has increased, which in another sense means that Lowes' strength has increased.
As a member of the representative family of the kingdom's military nobles, Wayne is always sensitive to such things.
It would be easy to say that this foreshadowing was useless. If the relationship between the two parties continued to deteriorate and a military confrontation was needed one day, Raphael would be an excellent breakthrough point.
——After all, there have been stories of exiled royal families returning to the royal capital to regain the throne with reinforcements from their allies in the past on this continent.
Raphael obviously understood what Wayne meant, and felt complicated for a moment.
But in the end, he made up his mind.
He could only care about the crisis that might arise in the future and the crisis that was imminent now.
After having a cordial and friendly exchange with Raphael for a while, and giving him instructions on how to operate in detail, Wayne quietly left the mansion he rented.
Maybe it won't be long before this senior will be allowed to leave this place and will not come back in the foreseeable future.
If he loses, of course everything is over.
But if he wins in the end...
Then he must become developed.
At that time, the Wincher family does not even need to obtain additional titles or land from Stuart. They only need to propose a fair bilateral treaty to gain great fame and ensure that their power will remain undisturbed for decades to come. reduce.
As for the simple matter of extending the reach of the family business to Stuart, it is not worth mentioning.
Sure enough, if you want to do business, you still have to do such a big deal to be exciting enough.
