Not to mention that Chrissy spent her wonderful vacation leisurely preparing to build a public opinion empire, while Wayne spent his painful time making up for the mistakes he made - such obvious things.

After the situation in the royal capital stabilized slightly, the king dealt with a large number of prisoners detained in the prison.

The bard named Herbert who was stranded in the hotel was so frightened that he packed up his things and fled back to Stuart overnight after Wayne specially asked him to go to the scene to watch the execution of the criminals involved in the Pig Man case.

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While Wayne was laughing, he didn't force himself to stay.

Due to the changes caused by Simon, all members of the Stuart mission have now been detained to seek compensation from the Stuart Kingdom.

However, Stuart insisted that this was Simon's personal intention, and even generously stated that he would not hold Crown Prince Lowes responsible for killing foreign envoys. As a result, the dispute continued to escalate and bilateral relations reached a deadlock.

As the atmosphere between the Kingdom of Lornes and the Kingdom of Stuart became tense in vain, Herbert, a bard from Stuart, was particularly easy to attract attention, not to mention that he was not so

clean.

It is worth mentioning that this Herbert actually had an encounter with Simon when he was in his own country.

"That Lord Simon is a minister whom the First Prince Stuart has great trust in."

When talking about this, Herbert looked a little sad. "I didn't expect that he died so hastily. None of his old friends were willing to stand up for him."

Wayne couldn't help but look sideways after hearing this.

Recalling that Simon had personally admitted before that he was instructed by his own prince to assassinate Richard and Raphael... he must have already given up his retreat at that time.

However, as a nobleman of Lownes, Wayne did not care about the domestic struggles in Stuart.

After bidding farewell to Herbert, Wayne turned around and found Raphael, who was also a victim of the incident, and made private suggestions to him.

Raphael is in an absolutely weak position, and his voice is not valued in any country. But there are some things that only he can do naturally.

"You mean, let me negotiate with my uncle...His Majesty the King?"

Raphael has almost recovered from his injury and has basically returned to normal mobility.

However, due to the unprecedented deterioration of the situation of the queen who had taken good care of him in the past, he, an unpopular prince from a foreign country with the status of "proton", would easily be used as a punching bag if he jumped out.

Therefore, when he first heard the countermeasures given by Wayne, Raphael was hesitant.

"Although many things will not be said openly, everyone knows it well." Wayne took a sip of the black tea in the cup, "His Majesty the King naturally understands your current embarrassing situation very well."

In the reception room, Raphael dismissed all the servants.

With only the two of them present, he had no intention of hiding this junior student who had helped him a lot.

"What if a minister wants to risk my life to force Stuart to make concessions?" Raphael whispered his worries.

He never expected that the relationship between the two countries would take such a turn for the worse. The original secret plan to use the power of the Lornes nobles as a backing to communicate from a distance seemed to have gone bankrupt with this incident.

In recent days, the entire Stuart mission had been detained, and he could hear some not-so-good rumors from time to time, which made him very uneasy.

If he had known that such a day would come, he would have refused to risk his own life and asked to come to Qingxi Academy to study.

"As long as the king feels that there is something to be gained from you, what other ministers say is secondary." Wayne took the initiative to help him, "The king's important use of Simon at the beginning was not just a matter of meeting him once and ignoring the objections of all the ministers.

, did you make the decision easily?"

Now that I think about it, all the conjectures about what kind of consensus Simon reached with the king, or what secret Simon handed over to serve as a certificate of surrender, were all wrong.

It was simply that the king took this opportunity to exploit the situation and set up a trap against the queen.

"...Profitable?" This word made Raphael feel uneasy.

"Your family has never thought about letting you go back alive from the beginning to the end." Wayne tore off this fig leaf very bluntly.

"Whether you let Simon do the assassination or decide to turn against Lornes, have you considered your safety at all?"

Under the harsh attack of Wayne's words, Raphael couldn't help but pursed his lips, his expression was very ugly.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wayne softened his tone slightly: "Although the environment we are facing is extremely bad, we are not completely helpless."

Raphael looked at him slightly confused.

"What else can be done? My father's health has become increasingly poor recently, and many affairs have been handed over to his two elder brothers...especially my elder brother, Simon, who is his confidant."

Although Raphael had thought before that his brothers might not want to see him, he really did not expect that they would not even allow him a way out.

"The gap between you and your brothers is the best tool you can use to win His Majesty's trust."

Wayne said word by word.

He did not say these words to Raphael without selfish motives.

If it could put a thorn in Raphael's heart, after he returns, his tolerance for the oppression of his brothers will only be even lower.

Judging from the subtle situation at this time, Stuart's internal friction has increased, which in another sense means that Lowes' strength has increased.

As a member of the representative family of the kingdom's military nobles, Wayne is always sensitive to such things.

It would be easy to say that this foreshadowing was useless. If the relationship between the two parties continues to deteriorate and a military confrontation is needed one day, Raphael will be an excellent breakthrough point.

——After all, in this continent, there have been stories in the past where the exiled royal family brought reinforcements from their allies and fought back to the royal capital to regain the throne.

Raphael obviously understood what Wayne meant, and felt complicated for a moment.

But in the end, he made up his mind.

Between possible crises in the future and the immediate crisis, he could only care about the latter now.

After having a cordial and friendly exchange with Raphael for a while, and giving him instructions on how to operate in detail, Wayne quietly left the mansion he rented.

Maybe it won't be long before this senior will be allowed to leave this place and will not come back in the foreseeable future.

If he loses, of course everything will be over.

But if he wins in the end...

Then he must become rich.

At that time, the Wincher family does not even need to obtain additional titles or land from Stuart. They only need to propose a fair bilateral treaty to gain great fame and ensure that their power will remain unchanged for decades to come.

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As for the simple matter of extending the reach of the family business to Stuart, it is not worth mentioning.
Chapter completed!