Lord of Lowland

Chapter 232 The Current Situation

"It's a pity that such a stupid woman is better than the royal family. She has better looks and talents than me." When Ophelina said this, the jealous anger in her tone finally came out uncontrollably. Syl felt a little funny when she heard it. Ophelina, who has always been calm and calm, also has things she can't bear, and there are people who want to be jealous. It seems that no one has the slightest weakness or weakness.

"I don't think you told me this history just to popularize historical knowledge for me." Cecil asked Ofelina. Although this history is a very interesting anecdote, it is also a royal secret. As the royal family I would never want someone to spread it.Even if it is casually mentioned to others, if King Hareton knows about it behind his back and leaves a bad impression on his old man, it is definitely not a good thing. Not to mention, Ou Feilina took the risk to tell this story to herself. She must have her own purpose in doing so, and Cecil didn't go around with her, and asked her this question straightforwardly. .

"I told you this mainly to let you understand the current situation of the kingdom. It is because of the complicated background above that the current situation of the kingdom is very mysterious. With his own lessons learned, King Hareton no longer treats himself His sons, especially the eldest son, are endowed with great rights. In order to prevent a single prince who dominates his family from challenging his imperial power while he was alive, King Hareton began to intentionally establish a relationship between the first prince Rex and the second prince. It’s a dangerous balancing game between Lucas,” Ofelina said.

"Dangerous balance game?" Cecil asked puzzled.

"It is to cultivate the strengths of Prince Rex and Prince Lucas at the same time, and then keep their powers on par. If their strengths are always the same, then they will always need King Hareton to make the final arbitration. The king will always have this The highest right." Ofelina said while pulling her hair.

"This is certainly good for the old king to maintain his own rights, but he is not afraid that these two princes who maintain a balance of power will kill each other after his death?" Cecil is well aware of how harmful this method is. The power of the princes is comparable, so the chances of them killing each other after the death of the king are too great. People will not care about family affection in the face of such great interests, even if Prince Rex and Lucas himself There is so-called brotherhood, and the nobles who follow them will not allow them to have brotherhood. They put their wealth and lives on these two princes. The failure of the prince they support is absolutely unacceptable to them.If the prince fails, it means that their wealth and life will also be lost. How can they stop? If the kingdom falls into a large-scale fire, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Things in this world are always like this. There is never a solution that has the best of both worlds. The king always has a very subtle mentality towards the prince. He gives the prince too many rights. The prince always wants to seize power in advance and does not give the prince too much power. rights, the prince may not even have a chance to ascend to the throne. Even if he reluctantly ascends to the throne, he will become a weak king or even a puppet king. This is the so-called prisoner's dilemma. Once caught in this dilemma, there is almost no way Solve it." Ofilina said calmly.

Cecil also fell into silence. He never expected that these power holders standing at the top would still have one or another predicament. They are high above, but they have long since lost the most basic family affection that should be in the world, but It's normal to think about it. What they represent are the interests of the countless interest groups behind them who support them. It is impossible for them to do things based on their own feelings.

"Then what you mean is that the current situation in the kingdom is that Prince Rex and Prince Lucas stand side by side, and then King Hareton arbitrates. But King Hareton is over seventy years old this year. He has been fighting in the north and south for so many years. , I am afraid that his body can no longer support it. No matter how strong a person is, it is difficult to stop the call of death. As his body gets worse and worse, his prestige will inevitably become lower and lower. When he is on the verge of death, there will definitely be no Who will listen to him again. I'm afraid he will no longer be able to suppress the fire between the two princes." Cecil said worriedly.

"That's right," Ofelina extended her thumb and praised Cecil, "I can't see that you are quite smart, no wonder you have grown up so fast at such a young age, but the king himself knows At this point, he may have realized that he will not live in this world for too long, so he has changed his idea of ​​holding on to the power, and more is to give the right to him in the world. The chosen one of the two sons."

"For us, the most important thing is who the king chooses. Whether he chooses Prince Rex or Prince Lucas is completely different to us." Cecil said, for these nobles, The most important thing is of course the personnel arrangement. Big people worry about how rights are distributed, while small people worry about how rights are distributed to themselves. This is what happens every day in this world.

"The king didn't say it specifically, but unfortunately, judging from all the signs now, I'm afraid he didn't choose Prince Rex, whom my father supported, but his younger brother, Prince Lucas." Ophelia Said to Cecil regretfully.

"Why did the king make such a choice?" Although Prince Lucas's reputation is better than Prince Rex's, in my opinion, it's just a different style of acting. Prince Rex is more radical, and Prince Lucas is more aggressive. Moderate, maybe Prince Lucas is better in terms of reputation, but it does not mean that Prince Rex is not suitable to be a king. ’ Cecil blurted out.

Ofelina said sarcastically: "Then it's a pity that you are not the king. I don't know what the king thinks, but from all the current signs, the king is obviously more inclined to Prince Lucas. In the recent appointments of personnel, the people on the side of Prince Lucas are obviously more favored by the king. What's more, the king also let the leader of his imperial guards have a close relationship with Prince Lucas. It can be said to be the most obvious weather vane. Princess Freya has always been the king's favorite, and she is more favored by the king than the two princes. She has always been a bowl of water between the two princes, but she has obviously become more Leaning towards the second prince, this is obviously the meaning of His Excellency the King."

(End of this chapter)