This inconspicuous corner is not located on the road that students usually pass by. If they don't find it specially, almost no one will break in and disturb it.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Harold brought himself here with confidence.
Sitting on the recliner, Harold commented without any hesitation: "——Your Majesty the King, he is too arrogant."
If these extremely offensive words were heard by outsiders, Harold would probably get into some trouble.
But in front of Wayne, he had no scruples.
"Even if the scope is extended to all members of the entire royal family, Richard can be regarded as a genius with the best qualifications, and he has shown extraordinary talent from a very young age."
The chairman sighed: "I still remember when His Majesty the King invited me to be his personal teacher, and when I first met the prince in the palace."
"He was surrounded by everyone, but there was no trace of arrogance in his eyes. Even though he didn't know my identity and my intention at the time, he showed full kindness and respect to me, a stranger."
Wayne listened to his story quietly and raised his doubts at the right time.
"But Richard told me that you refused to be his personal tutor?"
Is this the appropriate behavior when you have such a good first impression on him?
"Haha...did he even tell you this?"
Harold admitted it frankly. "Yes, right after that meeting, I immediately rejected His Majesty the King's invitation."
Wayne couldn't help but look at him with a "Are you a little sick" look.
However, this time, Harold did not hold back and expressed his concerns very frankly.
"Because... when he grows up, he will definitely try to accumulate his own power. And I am not sure enough to provide him with strong support, especially since I must give priority to safeguarding the interests of the school."
"If I become his teacher, I'm afraid the entire Qingxi Academy will become his stepping stone."
"And the battles he wants to participate in are not something he can get away with just verbal support. If one day he wants to take the entire academy into his hands, if he agrees to his words, the independence of the academy will be gone forever; refuse. His words are also afraid of planting a hidden thorn in his heart."
Boy, you think long term.
But what seemed like a long-term plan at that time is now within sight.
Did he foresee the current conflict a long time ago, so he avoided the hidden dangers first...
"If you want to be free from constraints, you must carefully maintain the aloof relationship between the academy and the royal family." Harold said lightly: "From a certain level, we are only a cooperative relationship, not a subordinate relationship."
For a moment, Wayne's complaints were beyond words.
'Do you plan to find other partners one day? '
The chairman suddenly smiled and said: "If you still don't understand, just think of the academy as another type of family power."
"You, the Winche family, are not really willing to dedicate everything to the Macefield royal family."
Wayne's expression suddenly fell silent.
He's right.
Once the power under your control reaches a certain level, it will be difficult to tolerate being taken away from you by outsiders.
This is hidden under the harmony between the king and his subjects in the Kingdom of Lownes, and it is self-evident that everyone has selfish motives.
"As he grows older, with Prince Richard's intelligence, he has his own opinions on many things."
Harold's eloquent tone seemed to be telling a story.
It's just that the content of this story doesn't contain much warmth.
"However, His Majesty the King often arrogantly refuses to recognize His Highness the Prince's ideas. He always imposes his personal will on Prince Richard... Perhaps in his mind, before becoming father and son, even the prince first He’s just his own subject.”
"When Richard was still young, the conflict between the two parties was not so obvious. The conflicts at that time always ended with Prince Richard finally having to accept it. However, this state of affairs obviously cannot be maintained for a long time."
"This incident is actually just the result of the grudge between the two of them..."
I don’t know if Harold thinks it’s funny, but there is always a vague smile in his eyes.
"The feud between the two of them? Is it related to that horse race?" Wayne seemed to understand something.
"That's right."
"Although His Royal Highness Prince Richard is indeed very outstanding...but reputation is something that cannot be separated from the work of thoughtful people behind the scenes." At this point, he curled his lips.
"In terms of the original intention at the beginning, His Majesty the King really did not necessarily have any malicious intentions. He just followed his usual habit and acquiesced to his confidants to arrange an occasion that could make Prince Richard more famous."
Ah this...
Wayne didn't even know what to say.
"But Prince Richard is unwilling to accept this arrangement that he was used to."
Harold gets to the heart of this conflict. "Perhaps rather than the right or wrong of the matter itself, what really aroused His Majesty the King's anger was Prince Richard's sudden move to confront him head-on."
"Be it Peggy, the City Guards, or Qingxi Academy... they are just tools used by the king to teach his son who is gradually becoming ignorant of the world."
No wonder Richard is obsessed with the truth behind this incident.
Probably in his mind, all this was his effort to get rid of the king's control.
But once Peggy died, all his efforts turned into a joke.
It's like racking your brains to play chess with someone else, and finally gaining a slight upper hand, only to have the other person knock over the chessboard.
"Prince Richard is still too weak in front of His Majesty the King." Harold shook his head regretfully.
"If this case continues, there will be no results. What's more, Peggy's other charges have also been found out, and speaking for him can no longer preempt morality."
Indeed... the current attitude of the City Guard is to obscure the problem of its own handling, and then use other cases that Peggy is involved in to illustrate that he is not a victim, but a criminal who deserves to be executed.
The truth is this.
But why does it make people feel so uncomfortable?
Wayne frowned and said: "Since there is no point in worrying about this matter, what use will it be even if we get the evidence?"
"Use?" Harold said meaningfully: "Of course it is used to grab people's pigtails."
"Out of the position of father and son, they did such a thing and were discovered by others. It doesn't matter what His Majesty the King himself thinks." The chairman raised one foot. "What matters is how others who knew about it would view him."
"Of course reputation can work, but what kind of reputation will the person who operates reputation get?"
"Your Majesty, he obviously has no awareness that he is using a double-edged sword."
