[West Fantasy] The noble lady who was divorced became rich

Chapter 10

The Grand Duchess Aquique said it very well.

[Power and money, you have to have the same.If you have both, that is your opportunity, but also your challenge. 】

Mariana knew that her gender would limit her journey on the road to power. Even her grandmother, who had the same name as her, was facing the ceiling of a female ruler when she ascended the throne.That is, the limited use of female rulers in the military and the power transfer issues brought about by childbirth.

Even Obsta's last queen, Queen Mary, the last ruler of the Lorraine Dynasty, had to rely on her husband to maintain her rule.This has also led to an imbalance in the ratio of men to women in the upper structure of power, and the priority of male heirs in the law of succession to the throne.

After all, when it comes to decisions that affect the destiny of a country, the safest choice is often the most popular.

Mariana is not the first heir to the Grand Duchy of Aquique and the territory of Calda, and she is not outstanding in terms of physical fitness and magical talent, so she is very clear that her future is not to become the queen of a country , is to become a lord or female governor.

However, the reality tells Mariana that she has lost the qualification to be a queen, so for the rest of her life, she must become a rich female lord, and she must find someone who is bound to her interests and can help her at critical moments. The one who fights the fortune seekers.

And her half-brother Lucius is Mariana's best choice.

They are half related by blood, so Lucius will never be Mariana's suitor, and they also have a common threat to their interests - the legal son of the Grand Duchess Aquique and Count Calda, Henry Lorraine. Aquique-Dunawa.

Different from the excellent Lucius and the relatively normal Mariana, the only legal son of the Grand Duchess Aquique resembles Count Calda both in appearance and mind, and also inherits the legacy of the Grand Duchess Aquique when she was young. violent temper.

It can be said that any bad words you can think of will be reflected in Prince Henry.

And Lucius and Mariana were also bullied by Prince Henry when they were young, which made them realize that if they did not accumulate enough strength before the death or abdication of the Grand Duchess Aquique, then Prince Henry would never be stingy Yu hacked at them with a hatchet.

"I met the cardinal in charge of the south in Odin's palace..." Mariana did not get nothing in Odin's palace. At least compared with the Grand Duchy of Aquique, Odin can undoubtedly make Mariana "stand" Gao Gao: "He is very important to your status in the Matar Knights, so I invited him to a meal and mentioned him to my mother."

Once things got involved with the Archduchess Aquique, then Lucius had to be serious: "The Archduchess wants to support this southern cardinal to fight the Pope?"

"...Do you think Mother will stand with King Obstar?" Marianna sneered, "Compared to my second divorcee and the Pope, she hates my uncle... your biological father .”

Because the Pope's illegitimate daughter replaced Mariana as King Cantero's fiancée four years ago, people agreed that the Pope had sided with Cantero in the conflict between Obsta and Cantero.

It was also in order to resist the approaching Cantero that King Obstar formed an alliance with Odin, and then cut off Mariana's third marriage.

After all, a niece is not as good as a biological daughter.

Besides, the relationship between King Obstar and his younger brothers is not good, and he was once the fiancé of the Grand Duchess Aquique.

Although the Grand Duchess Aquique has never announced who Lucius' father is, anyone with a brain understands that, except for King Obusta, no one can let Marianna's grandparents clean up the mess and force the promiscuous Count Calda came back to take over.

Because the former Grand Duchess of Aquique, that is, Mariana's grandmother, worried that after her death, Mariana's grandfather would prefer the eldest daughter born to his ex-wife, who is the current Duchess of Brittania, so she would violate Aquiqui. Because of the interests of Grand Duchess Kui, she entrusted her best friend—Queen Mary of Obstar to take care of her only daughter after her death, and also made a marriage contract between the current King Obstar and Grand Duchess Aquique.

Logically speaking, King Obstar should not refuse the marriage contract with the Grand Duchess Aquique.

After all, the Grand Duchess Aquique, who was able to give birth to Lucius and Mariana, was an extremely rare heiress at the time. She also had a good appearance and knowledge, and she also had the same mother and daughter as Queen Mary. Second choice.

However, reality slapped everyone in the face.

The young and energetic King Obstar lured the young Grand Duchess Aquique into bed, but when she became pregnant, he turned his face and wanted to marry a beautiful daughter of a minor nobleman.

Even though Queen Mary threatened and lured her, and Prince Dunawa tried hard to persuade her for a long time, King Obusta was unwilling to give up his lover, and even threatened his parents with his life.

But in the Obstar royal family at that time, the queen's second son was a homosexual who devoted himself to the gods, and the youngest son was an ignorant moonlight clan.

Do you want to hand over the huge kingdom to them?

In desperation, Queen Mary could only resolutely make her youngest son the Earl of Calda, and then marry the Archduchess Aquique who had given birth to Lucius according to his head, so as to kill the scandal.

If Queen Mary hadn't acted decisively, she would have dealt with the scandal quickly.

Then, with the irritable temper of the Grand Duchess Aquique, she would definitely cut off the connection with Obsta, and even help Cantero or Odin win this country that made her feel extremely humiliated.

After many years, the Grand Duchess Aquique, who has become a qualified ruler, has long restrained her violent temperament to draw a sword against the crown prince. Star King obeyed.

As for Lucius...

Although the Grand Duchess Aquiqui hated this child who humiliated her, she also understood that Lucius could not decide her own birth, and she should also pay for the mistakes she made when she was young.Therefore, the mother and son have always maintained a relationship of monarch and minister with little contact. Even after Lucius passed through the most difficult childhood, he had already put his mind on calling his biological mother "the Grand Duchess", and never mentioned that he wanted to talk to Orbus. King Da established a father-son relationship.

In his opinion, how could a ruthless man who would risk his life against his biological parents and break off his engagement with the Grand Duchess of Aquique care about the future of Lucius, an illegitimate child.

In contrast, he might as well rely on his half-sister.

At least Lucius knew everything about Mariana and had an interest.