Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 218: Chaos into a pot of porridge

This Governor of the North, who had the same name as his elder brother, frantically hinted in the letter that he was about to collapse, that the Golden Ear Plains could no longer hold out, and that the North was about to be destroyed.

However, he did not mention the actual situation of the war at all. Instead, he made a big fuss about Lilith's symbolic request for help and kindly introduced Lilith to Gray Collar's new models of artillery and muskets.

Do you want it?

Need to pay more.

Not a buddy? Who wants to make money by selling arms when he is dying? Lilith knew that the other party was not a fool. The only explanation was that the gray-collar worker still had some strength left, and the tug-of-war on the Golden Spike Plain was far from reaching the gray-collar worker's limit.

In other words, the other party still has a lot of squeezed inventory, and the situation is far from being extremely dangerous.

The purpose of this letter is very clear, which is to add fuel to the fire.

That’s right, I’m almost dying, so you should quickly join the demon clan.

In the opening paragraph, Linde was more likely to be persuading Wang Du to quickly surrender to the demon clan rather than saying that the gray-collared man could no longer hold on. However, it was too straightforward, and the tone of the letter was even quite expectant, so that even someone who had no idea about the situation could guess what kind of trap was contained there.

Lilith collapsed in her chair. Did the Northern Governor tell her about the current war situation in the North?

It is estimated that each noble can only see the content they want to see in this letter. The nobles who want to bring the demons back can naturally only see that the North is about to collapse.

Those who don't want the demons to come back think that the trap behind this letter is too obvious. It is a bait at first glance. What if the other party is waiting for us to defect to the demons and then find a reason to declare war?

But the nobles who want to bring the demons back also have something to say. What if the Governor of the Northern Territory anticipated this situation and did the opposite, saying that he was really no longer capable and wanted the king to not dare to act rashly?

The interpretation of Lind's letter has become a thousand-layer cake. In the end, Lind will only think of what you think of and what Lind thinks of, and this cycle will continue indefinitely.

Lilith could even imagine the group of nobles making a scene at the meeting.

Soon, Nora also rushed to the palace. After seeing the letter in Lilith's hand, she frowned.

"Your Majesty, can you keep this letter and not show it to those guys? Or we can just forge one."

Lilith shook her head and said, "No, this letter was sent through the highest level channel. Everyone in the inner and outer cities knows that I have received the letter, and the trust between me and them cannot be destroyed now."

The main reason why the nobles in the royal capital believe in Lilith, in addition to Lilith's ability and prestige to mediate between various forces, is that Lilith has a very good political reputation and full trust in all forces. Although everyone knows that the New Party belongs to His Majesty, His Majesty never takes sides.

Seeing Noila's handsome face twisted into a knot, Lilith had no choice but to order: "The meeting will be held as scheduled."

Soon, the round table meeting, which had become a regular routine, began again in the palace.

Sure enough, when the contents of the letter were announced, the scene immediately became a mess.

"The North has been beaten so badly that they have to sell arms to raise money!"

"The North still has enough energy to sell us arms!"

Both of these logics make sense, so that Lind's letter has completely turned into a Rashomon, and everyone can only see the side they want to see.

Lind's ideas really became a thousand-layer cake. It didn't matter whether Lind had so many ideas or not. What mattered was that these nobles thought Lind had so many ideas.

Although Nora tried her best to maintain order, the scene became increasingly chaotic. The howling north wind outside the window not only failed to calm the nobles, but instead fanned the flames, making the scene in danger of being ignited at any time.

In this chaotic quarrel, Judith was out of tune with the silence. Linde must have a deep meaning for doing this! But what exactly did it mean?

Linde actually didn't have any deep meaning, he was just fanning the flames on a daily basis. After all, in Linde's view, Wangdu would be an enemy sooner or later.

Lilith was not in a hurry, but swung her feet on the high seat and carefully observed the quarreling nobles.

In general, the New Party does not like the demons because of Lilith's policies, and although the Old Party has made a cut, some people have more or less made private deals with the demons. If the demons come back, it will definitely be good for the Old Party.

Normally, the attitudes of the new party and the old party towards the demons should be clear-cut, but the actual situation is even more confusing than Lilith thought.

There are radicals in the New Party who believe that they should use the help of the Demon Tribe to get rid of the control of the Gray Collars over the Royal Capital through the war on the Southwestern Border. Now they can contact the Demon Tribe while attacking the Gray Collars, allowing the two monsters to fight each other in the North. The Royal Capital only needs to be responsible for balancing the situation, watching the fight from the mountain, and then looking for an opportunity to profit.

There are also extreme conservatives in the old party who think that the demons are not good people. They believe that they should not express their views so early, but should adopt a more conservative contraction strategy. If necessary, they should even unite with the Holy See and return to the situation where the whole country was fighting against the demons.

The East Territory, which had always been on Lilith's list and had close ties with the demons, was just as expected. It killed many people in the meeting and enthusiastically supported the return of the demons, even looking a little fanatical.

But everyone can understand it. After all, normal business is still being done with the demons. Among these normal businesses, the most business is done in the East Territory, which currently borders the demons.

On the other hand, the Holy See was very radical at the round table meeting, which was very rare. After all, the teachings of the so-called Demon God Cult of the demon race could be called blasphemy. Even if the Holy See was weak now, it had to make a symbolic protest anyway.

The entire roundtable meeting was a mess.

Lilith actually supports the strategy of the conservatives in the old party, whether from the perspective of the queen or the saint.

After all, the condition for sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight is that you have to be strong enough to at least subdue the tiger. Is the current situation in the North called sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight? That's called raising poison!

Some people in the New Party are still too young. This radical strategy has no trial and error costs at all. It is a pure gamble on the country's destiny.

But what if the demons really win? Even the gray-collar workers can't beat the demons, can the king stop the demons?

After observing everyone's position, Lilith sighed helplessly and knocked the ground with her scepter.

As the scepter made a crisp sound when it hit the marble floor, the noisy nobles quieted down.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, as the Prime Minister, I failed to maintain order in this meeting."

Nora took the lead in standing up and apologizing, and the other nobles also reacted and stood up to bow and apologize to Lilith.

"It's okay. I believe you are all doing this for this country."

From Lilith's understanding, although the situation in the Golden Ear Plains was tense, the gray-collar workers were far from the point of collapse.

The purpose of this letter was not only to intensify the internal conflicts in the capital and put pressure on Lilith, but also to pave the way for the future war between the gray and white collars and the capital.

If Lilith really believed the hint in the letter and clearly sided with the demons, then for the gray-collared soldiers, the capital or the royal family would be completely disenchanted, and the last bit of respect that the northern soldiers and ordinary people had for the royal family would be gone. What king? Unfamiliar.

Gray Collar made a claim out of thin air: your capital has surrendered to the demons, and we are at war with the demons, so it is normal to declare war on you, right? At that time, Gray Collar can easily obtain an excuse for war against the capital.

Obviously, there is no need for this at all. Even if the gray-collar worker directly said, "I am a barbarian," there would still be people who would argue with him.

But this behavior is so disgusting. Even at this time, the other party is still calculating, weakening the influence of the capital in the North, controlling the situation in the capital, and messing up the situation in the capital with just one move, and by the way, they are laying mines for Lilith.

Dealing with this kind of person, Lilith felt exhausted and almost cried. It was a pity that her crying would be over and no brother would come out to comfort her.

"But it's still too far away to discuss the North's affairs now."

Lilith continued, "We should still focus on the enemy in front of us, our old rival, the Kingdom of Anjou."

At this point, the best way is to give up. No matter what tricks you use, I will not accept them. As for the people below, if they want to make trouble, they can do it on their own. Just don't involve Her Majesty the Queen.

As for the official attitude, Lilith still thinks that she should wait a little longer until the two monsters in the north really decide the winner.

The nobles also understood what Her Majesty the Queen meant and began to pretend to discuss the Kingdom of Anjou.