The court is always a place full of intrigue and calculation.

Especially in this continent, where blood and feudalism are the main ruling structures, wives often enjoy a part of the rights from their sons and husbands.

Some powerful women are able to wrest power and financial power from their sons and husbands, eventually turning the former into their puppets or marionettes, while others are more straightforward and depose their husbands and sons to the forefront.

Especially when the wife's family is a family with great political influence, or if it comes from a powerful royal family, the probability of this happening is almost 50% or more.

To some extent, marriage is not only a political and military alliance, but also a game between two allies, and in the end, the dominant party may even have the opportunity to swallow up the weaker party.

However, in the eyes of most nobles, this kind of annexation with blood blending with each other was acceptable.

But unfortunately, the ambitious and lowly Kerwin did not want to be annexed at all, let alone share part of the power in his hands.

Because he knows very well that although he has an absolute and crushing advantage in military affairs, he is still too weak in politics, so weak that even if the people in the area he now controls do not recognize him as the de facto ruler, they still insist on claiming to be a citizen of the kingdom, and it is estimated that it will not be possible to reverse it in a generation or two.

In this environment, not to mention marrying a powerful monarch with a great reputation, it is tantamount to luring a wolf into the house.

Although Kirwin didn't think that a young princess could snatch much power from herself, the problem was that there would be many people who were still waiting and hesitating, and would rather choose to be loyal to her than to choose to be loyal to herself.

Over time, the legal wife will gather more and more power around her, and whether she thinks like that or not, she will be forced to get involved in a power struggle.

"Do you know what it means to reject me?" Harrison narrowed his eyes, a hint of threat in his tone.

It had been a long time since he had met someone who dared to refuse him, whether the other party was the monarch of a country or a general under his command who had made great achievements.

"Why, are you going to lead an army to declare war on me? or are you just paying lip service to me, a traitor and tyrant? No, you are a king of complete mercenary interests, and would not do such a stupid thing. On the contrary, your greatest threat is Vilia, who is righteous and righteous, and you will make an alliance with me no matter what. At least until our common enemy is resolved, there will be no conflict between us. Kirwin pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and a smug expression appeared.

That's the main reason why he's willing to take a big risk.

Obviously, before figuring out Zhang Cheng's true thoughts, he didn't dare to act rashly at all, and the only way was to find someone who could be discarded at any time. Or stab a cannon fodder in the back and complete the temptation for yourself.

But Harrison didn't know this, but felt that he was the one who was in charge, the one who had the advantage.

So he pondered for a moment, and immediately pretended to laugh: "Hahahaha! Yes, very good! You are one of the very few people in the world who dares to talk to me like this, and I appreciate your ambition." But a marriage is a marriage, and you have to say yes to that before I give you what you want. If you think it's risky to marry my daughter, you can choose to get engaged first and wait until I'm dying. You know, there's nothing more reassuring than blood fusion. ”

"Since you've talked about this, wouldn't it be too ignorant for me to refuse. Well, I agree with your request. Now, may we talk more specifically about what you plan to do with Vilia, after all, she is no longer the innocent and ignorant princess she once was, but an extremely dangerous adversary. "Kirwin didn't intend to dwell on this issue for too long, and decisively went straight to the point.

As for the marriage and what kind of woman to marry, he never cared about it.

The opposite sex, for him, is not so much a partner, but a tool for venting his desires and reproducing, as long as he is beautiful and healthy enough.

"I heard you took her captive, and why did you release her later?" Harrison didn't give his plan directly, but took the initiative to ask a very crucial question.

He didn't need to ask, like many people, to know what had happened in the first place, that a princess with the name of a vase suddenly seemed to be a different person overnight, not only staged a coup d'état to replace his father, but also annexed a neighboring principality with lightning speed.

"I'm sorry, but this is a private matter between the two of us, and I can't tell you too much detail. All you need to know is that she's funded by some powerful being. Thankfully, though, this powerful being doesn't directly intervene in fights between ordinary people, so there's no need to worry too much about getting into trouble after getting rid of Vilia. Kerrwyn gave the answer half-truthfully.

In fact, even he wasn't sure how Zhang Cheng would react if Vilia was killed or ousted.

"Oh? what do you mean...... There's a mysterious guy hiding behind his back?"

Harrison raised an eyebrow and looked into the other's eyes, trying to spot something out of the ordinary.

As a veteran of playing politics and intrigue, it is not difficult to guess from his IQ that Kerwin was also funded by this mysterious person to rise so quickly.

But the question is, why did the mysterious man choose to prop up a kingdom that was teetering on the brink of destruction?

What happened between him and Kirwin?

What kind of secret or conspiracy is hidden behind all this?

Kerwyn sensed this wordless temptation, and sighed helplessly: "Alas...... I didn't give you an exact answer, but I can give you a little hint. He is different from us, and don't try to deduce his motives with his own thinking. In his eyes, all the power, wealth, beauty, and glory of the world are not worth mentioning. ”

"It seems that you are very familiar with this mysterious man, I wonder if you can introduce me?" Harrison offered a request.

"Hehe, you seem to have misunderstood something. Neither I nor Vilia are in a position to ask him to do anything, but he gives us orders directly, and we have to do it to the letter. Otherwise...... This person will pay the price for his hubris and stupidity. ”

As he said this, Kirwin's eyes flashed with remorse that was not easily detected.

He knew that the rise of Vilia was precisely because he got carried away and had thoughts that he shouldn't have, so Isolt would leave him, for fear of being accidentally implicated.