29 [27] The King's Choice

While the factions were glued to each other in the rear palace, the outside mornings were quietly violent.

In the morning, of course, there is no one who speaks like the maids of the house of the Second Queen.

Many would consider it suspicious in the genuine part that does not cover it up, but in the outer morning there was no certainty by implicit understanding, like the Ladies of the Back Palace.

Originally, the information on the rear palace, the king's private space, doesn't flow much on the table. The information flowing is basically treated as fact. Not to mention if that's what the Queen is talking about.

A conservative with the largest traditional faction, not to mention Marguerite the Queen, even if it rots, claims the legitimate right to inherit the throne of the unborn fetus in full.

The question of the credibility of its prerequisites had conveniently been sidelined, and the heart of the debate had been replaced by the question of succession to the throne.

"Except that His Royal Highness the Queen will give birth to a son, but a son of a samurai would be a bastard. Then perhaps the elderly Prince Louis' standing son is justified."

"But Prince Louis is a mixed-race child with the Petra. There is no doubt that your son, who inherits the righteous lineage of the Northern aristocracy, will be of nobler origin."

"Isn't that strange in the first place? Prince Louis is not a common son, he is the son of Lady Kasha, the queen of history, so he cannot be compared to the common son of a maid."

"Lady Kasha is not the queen. It would be disrespectful to Her Majesty the Queen to call the side room."

"It is only then that you can choose the word, and the second queen's status is officially sequenced in royal law"

"Well, if you dare to go this far, you mean you don't think it's false."

Compared to the noisy outer mornings, the king and the nearest side of his surroundings were calm.

In his own office, Harold was discussing with his attentive squire, as well as with a few of the emerging noblemen, rare ancient nobles who would endorse the current king more than conservatives.

There is no consistency in each age or position, but what we are gathering together is like belly-hearted subordination to Harold. In other words, it is an informal meeting, but essentially everyone is aware that this place is upstream in national decision-making.

"Needless to say, it's a foolish hand, but which way to bring it into a long battle like this, Prince Louis' Standing Prince was almost the default route. Conservatives were actually already pushed, and there was no aftermath."

"You thought it was now if you were going to hit your hand. The prince is still young and his biological mother is still not linked to the great power of the outside morning. On the other hand, they would have guessed that Her Majesty's consciousness was pointing south on the previous inspection, and if southern Taisho continued to rise in the future, Lady Kasha's presence would only increase."

It seemed as if no other Kasha clan, the head of its southern Taisho, was willing to rise, but Harold refrained from talking about it now because he would be watering down the belly arguments. I already told him at the meeting after I returned that the results of this meeting were unexpected.

"- Conservatives have switched arguments and in the outer mornings the certainty of Louis Mixed Prince's legitimacy as royalty has been flourishing. I am afraid I would like to ask His Majesty's views on this"

One of his subordinates, the ancient senate lords, and one of the highest nobles on this occasion said so and turned his body-by-body gaze to Harold. The gracious man was a heavy minister who supported Harold's father king's reign, and his presence is alive and well even though the first line of rank ministers is now retreating.

Other subordinates turned their bodies in the way they learned to do so.

Most importantly, Harold has already made a clear statement to them.

Closed his eyes for a moment, extremely succinctly, he said.

"There is no change in Louis' original will to be the Crown Prince."

Whatever that means in this matter.

"The fact that it is connected behind Marguerite's native land and that it perjured the samurai's fertility clearly transcends the line of conservative action this time around. But the stupidest of these thoughts is the fraud of the overly dodgy king."

Likewise, he smashed the hammer silently.

"If it were so easy to falsify the king's blood muscles, my father and I would have gotten the first prince more easily. Or maybe I grew up as your mother's real child. In the first place, it's an issue that, assuming it's serious, is nothing more than the state's most important secret as disguising the birth of a prince with knowledge of the dangers of abandoning ethics. It's broken at a stage where breathtakers in other countries are leading the backbone of the plot."

Looking at the look on the subordinates' faces, it was clear that they generally agreed with Harold's claim.

"Your Majesty was calm and helpful to this issue."

The favorable words represented would be their general thrust.

"As His Majesty said, conservatives' claims are not open to debate. All we care about is how to converge this situation and how to deal with conservatives."

Indeed, would Harold have been so calm on this issue if he had not had a presence named Louis?

If he still had a relationship with Adrianne, Harold might have expected the truth again, or he might have been furious that he had been deceived, and he might have solemnly dismissed himself without thinking ahead of the diplomatic issues with the other countries behind him.

"Let's say conservatives, especially a few of the masterminds, need some response"

"But if we do too much, it makes sense that we've been swimming conservatives. Above all, it will give the northern powers a reason to dress up as soldiers."

"Exactly. This time the problem is too big. I know if you don't come with severe punishment, there will be no indication."

I understand you're waiting for Harold's decision, even if they don't put it in your mouth.

"I know. … you can give your opinion on Marguerite."

The subordinates, with permission, opened their mouths heavily.

"I'm afraid, Your Majesty. Her Royal Highness was contraindicated for her greatest duty, which should be preserved and communicated as the royal mistress. If this is not under Her Royal Highness's command, you will be questioned for your qualities as the king's queen."

"The righteous queen is not a queen who is led by a faction and has a political voice, like Her Majesty the King of the former kings. I know your own temperament and how to be a queen. But if that's the case, if you live deep inside the royal palace and not tied to the outside morning, if you're brought up as a puppet, this will happen again in the future."

Harold never tried to ask Marguerite to work like his mother, Queen Wang. I didn't even think she needed to gain political power. As the queen of symbols, it would have been nice if she had just lived there in peace and done all the good things in her life.

That would be a future that would have come true if she had become the biological mother of inheritance and if Harold had stopped the conservative rampage. But reality is so far away.

"I know. Depending on how you respond to Marguerite, you decide how to converge and where to drop it"

There would have been as many opportunities to make decisions as ever. Where did Harold make a decisive mistake?

"Your Majesty, your response to Her Majesty the Queen will not be carried carefully. There's nothing dangerous about being guided out to the native world."

"Fortunately, there is no sin expressed to Her Royal Highness. Just because you lack qualities as a queen, why don't you let your physical and mental health care go away in the name?"

Harold just thought about Marguerite, listening by ear to the neighbors' opinions.

Harold had to make her pay for Marguerite and the price she had kept turning away from facing it properly.