Chris's very dissatisfied expression seemed to have decided that Elliot wanted to secretly take Vien out for fun alone.

"Don't even think of leaving me alone at home, hum."

"..."Miss, can your mentality be more mature?

Pushing away the arm that blocked her way, Vinn coaxed softly: "Chris, be good~ We are going out to handle official duties and will be back soon."

Chris looked at him with contempt. "Where are you coaxing ghosts? What official duties do you have?"

She mercilessly exposes this very careless excuse.

Seeing this, Elliot shook his head slightly and said helplessly: "I can't take you there today. Let's go out together when we have the chance next time."

Realizing that she couldn't change their minds, Chris obviously became less happy.

But she didn't say anything else, but instead reminded: "Then, you must come back early."

"I know, I know."

Wien smiled and reached out to touch her head, and she angrily punched her backhand.

As a result, Chris became the first difficulty in front of the road today.

Fortunately, it was finally resolved smoothly.

The meeting place with Simon is located in a private tea room.

The place is secluded and there are few pedestrians coming and going, but in fact, this tea room is a leisure place that the nobles in the royal capital prefer.

In addition to drinking tea, the store also provides a series of additional services in mind.

For example, fishing or something.

"Sometimes, I'll sit here with my friends."

Getting off the carriage, Elliot took the initiative to introduce to Wien. "Although it doesn't look ostentatious from the outside, there is a unique world inside. If necessary, we can keep our whereabouts confidential."

"Um..." Wien didn't understand this, so he had to nod in agreement.

A maid wearing a uniform clothing came up right away.

"Did you make an appointment for two guests?"

After Elliott explained the number he had booked, Wien and him were introduced into a beautifully decorated private room inside the tea room.

The bright sunlight shines through the glass on the soft carpet indoors, and you can see a small pool in the yard from the window.

The broad banana leaves are green and verdant.

"That's a plant from the southern region." Seeing Vien staring at the pond thinking, Elliot said.

"It was transplanted into the royal capital more than ten years ago and looks pretty good."

It seems that he is also an old customer here.

Although Simon agreed to the invitation from the Winche family, he may have not appeared yet because he went out a little early.

"Is the owner of this tea room related to our family?" Wien asked with a little curiosity.

"There is a little bit of it, which is the property of a former friend of my father, but he has been keen on traveling to various countries over the years and has not returned to Lornes for a long time." Elliott had just admired the scenery outside the window for a while, but lost his interest and sat back at the tea table.

"Since the tea room owners have exchanges between many countries, this place can always get some rare local specialties or novel drinks."

He said generously, "Please order whatever you want."

So Vien sat down opposite him, and while waiting bored, he casually told him about some things that happened in the school.

"Does Prince Lawrence want to hold a concert..." After Elliot learned about this, he pondered for a while.

"Have he mentioned that - he wanted to invite several audiences in particular?"

What he implied was probably to ask Lawrence if he had ever said he wanted to invite the king and queen to appear...

Wien shook his head.

"He seemed to be just thinking about completing this matter. He never revealed his hope of inviting the audience."

"That's it." Elliot fell silent.

Not long after, he talked about the past many years ago. "The king and the queen are not close."

Perhaps because Elliot really trusts the safety of the tea room, he has not shy away at all.

"In fact, His Majesty, who was the crown prince at that time, would marry this Stuart princess entirely because of the arrangement of the previous king."

Hearing these secrets, a trace of surprise flashed in Wien's eyes.

The previous king can be regarded as a very wise and brave wise ruler, and he has high praises throughout the kingdom.

But Wien is reserved about this.

After all, in order to obtain military support from other countries, it still sounds uncomfortable to have to sacrifice a prince to be sent abroad as a proton since childhood.

Although it was very likely to be a helpless move under the circumstances at that time.

"At that time, the former king said that the princess of Stuart has always been very famous and can be married to our future queen." Elliot smiled, "Originally, the Stuart royal family did not agree."

"Because, they feel-"

The Duke's next words were extremely offensive, "Lorns' royal family was too weak."

Although these things are indeed facts that have happened, no one has ever dared to talk about them publicly.

"But, in the discussion on the treaty of alliance, the king agreed to make a great concession for the first time, and the only requirement was that this marriage must be exchanged."

Elliot sneered, "Maybe the Stuart royal family thought the price was very sincere, so they later changed their original ideas and agreed."

"It means that in fact, His Majesty the King's marriage is also a part of the treaty of allies. However... it sounds too bad to say this, so it hides from paper."

Wien felt even more uncomfortable when he heard it.

For those people, family affection and love are all bargaining chips used to exchange interests?

He frowned and said, "Is it worth it to make such a big sacrifice?"

In exchange for a war that was already very popular, it was to please the church and foreign countries, and in the end it even brought the happiness of its descendants into life... Isn't this a blood loss?

"In our opinion, of course it's not worth it." Elliot lowered his eyes and shook his eyes.

"But judging by the situation faced by the Royal Family of Lornes back then, this may be the best solution."

"Maycefield's confidant is not outside... but inside."

When talking about these things, Elliot's tone was relaxed.

It's like talking about a story that has nothing to do with yourself.

"At that time, almost all the national power was taken by several major families. If any decision was not agreed by our families, even if it was a king, it would not be possible..." There was no bragging element at all, he just plainly stated the truth.
Chapter completed!