Heritage foundry

Chapter 587 Unplanned
When Mrs. Ballot stood alone in front of the Barot Knights.

The knights of the Balotte Knights faced the same dilemma as they faced the Platinum Knights.

If you don't dare to advance, you can't retreat.

Draw your sword and charge?That was an absolutely unwise act, even though they had sworn allegiance to the eldest son Barot and supported the eldest son to inherit everything from the old duke.

But the woman in front of her is the wife of the old duke who has passed away and their mistress. Offending her, whether it is the imperial law or the unspoken rules of the nobility, is absolutely not allowed.

But put down their weapons, jump off their horses, and kneel down on one knee to the woman who clearly stands against them?

This is not a good choice, after all, they have already sworn allegiance to the eldest son Balot who has no blood relationship with this lady.

Therefore, today's Balotte Knights can only ride on the strong horses, put away the weapons in their hands, and look at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Why, the old duke of the Barlot family is dead. Seeing me, a duchess conferred by Her Majesty the Queen, you knights who are loyal to the Barot family, have you forgotten all the etiquette you should have?"

Mrs. Barlot's demeanor was noble and elegant, and her expression was indifferent and cold. A simple question made the faces of many knights hidden under their visors turn red.

There was a faint commotion in the knight group, and the horses snorted when they felt the discomfort of the knights on their bodies.

"It seems that some of you have not lost the spirit and honor of being a knight!"

Sensing the movement in the knight order, Mrs. Ballot laughed at the knights with a cold expression.

The head of the Knights could no longer bear the inner conflict and the embarrassment on the scene. The gazes of the surrounding civilians were like swords, forcing him to jump off the horse and kneel on the ground with his right hand on his chest. , bowed his head respectfully and said:
"Ma'am, the Barot Knights will always be loyal to the Barot family!"

Then, all the knights of the Knights jumped off their horses and knelt on one knee to salute.

Mrs. Barlot raised her chin slightly, walked up to the head of the knight order, stretched out a hand and pressed it on the head of the knight order, and said:
"Knights of the Balotte family, never forget, who led your wives and children to mend your clothes behind you during the war!"

"Who is keeping your loved ones safe while you are fighting?"

"Who! Delivered your firstborn, Barro?"

The leader of the Knights took a deep breath and replied:
"It's you, my wife, the mistress of the Barot family!"

Mrs. Barlot nodded slightly, and then asked:
"Then, who! Take you to Barlot Manor and make you a knight? Chigna?"

The knight kneeling behind the leader of the Knights bowed his head deeply, and said:

"There is no doubt that it is you, my lady, Chigna will always be loyal to you!"

"Loyalty?" Mrs. Ballot raised her voice sharply.

"Fully armed, riding your horses, pointing the horse's head at me, is this your loyalty?"

All the knights lowered their heads, faceless facing the mistress of the Barot family.

Only Baro, the leader of the Knights, breathed out a long breath, and said in a deep voice:

"Ma'am, we are following the order of the Eldest Young Master, and we have come to Van Diesel Firm to repay the gold coins they defrauded the Barot family. You..."

Before Barlow could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Mrs. Barlot's sharp voice:
"He is not yet the Duke of Barlot! And I am still the Duchess of Barot! Now that my husband has passed away, I have the right to transfer all the property of the Barot family! Knight, transfer the wealth of the Barot Manor to Fan Diesel Firm, this is my order!"

Knight Leader Baro was speechless.

Because Mrs. Barlott said the truth, the Duke has passed away, and the Queen has not yet appointed a new Duke. During this period, from a legal point of view, the Duchess Barlott is the master of the Barlott family, and has all the power to mobilize the Barlott family. resource power.

At this time, Chigna behind Knight Leader Baro suddenly said:

"Head, before the title of duke is determined, the Duchess of Barot is the lord we should be loyal to until a new duke is born! This is the law of the empire, and this is the norm of the nobility!"

In this sentence, Chigner clearly indicated the object of his support.

"Qigna, don't forget, you have already sworn an oath to the eldest son's sword, you will be loyal to the eldest son of the Barot family!"

Baro is in a hurry, Chigna is the deputy head of the Knights, and he has great influence in the Knights!

Chigna sneered and said:
"No, I only swear allegiance to the heir to the title of Duke Barot! Although I kneel in front of the eldest son! But until now, the eldest son still has not obtained a clear right of inheritance. From the perspective of imperial law, the eldest son is just the illegitimate son of the duke. , without the permission of Her Majesty the Queen, you cannot inherit the title of Duke of Barot!"

After saying this, Baro panicked a little. Chigner turned on the Eldest Young Master directly, and directly called out the words "illegitimate child" in front of the civilians and merchants in the territory. It was almost a fatal blow.

Mrs. Ballot's eyes brightened, and she said in a timely manner:
"Qigna is right. As the wife and only wife of Duke Barlot, I have never admitted that Lalu Barot is my son! He is just my husband's illegitimate son!"

"On the nobility map, there has never been the name of Lalu Ballot!"

These two sentences can be regarded as directly denying the legitimacy of Prince Balotte from the legal point of view!
Knight Leader Baro originally wanted to refute Chigna, but when he heard what the Duchess said, he turned around abruptly and asked:
"Ma'am, you said that there is no Lalu Baggett's name on the bloodline map where Balotte is?"

Mrs. Ballot showed a meaningful smile and said:
"Duke Ballot has only my wife. I don't agree that Lalu-Balot is my son. Where is his name drawn? Duke Ballot cannot give birth to a son by himself!"

Baro, the leader of the Knights, fell silent and stopped talking.

Baro knew very well what it meant that there was no eldest son's name on the bloodline chart of the nobility. It is said that there is no such person as Lalu-Balot in the Barot family, and he has no right to inherit!
The knights of the knight order, no matter those who had their hearts towards Mrs. Barlot or the eldest son Lalu Barot, all fell silent at this moment, and they were a little confused by this news.

It's unbelievable that the name of Eldest Prince Balot was not found on the bloodline map.

But these words came from Mrs. Barlot, who is in charge of the Barlot family blood map, and for good reasons. The Duke of Barot does have only one wife, Mrs. Barot, and this lady does not recognize Lalu Barot. Especially her son, so naturally, there will be no place for Lalu Barlot on the bloodline map. As the lady said, the Duke of Barot alone cannot conceive a child.

Things went surprisingly smoothly, to the point where Mrs. Barlot couldn't believe it.

That Lalu Barlott just used the name of the eldest son of the Barlott family to make these knights loyal to him, without any other means?
My goodness, Mrs. Barlot just wanted to laugh, how naive this Lalu is!
It was in vain for her to endure in every possible way after her husband's death, for fear that she would be killed!
If she had known this earlier, she would have announced the news and expelled that damned illegitimate child from Barlot's territory!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Ballot showed a confident smile and announced loudly:

"I have been coerced by Lalu-Ballot, unable to tell the truth, until the arrival of my daughter, the eldest daughter of the Barot family, the wife of the heir to the Duke of Vin Diesel, and the next Duchess of Vin Diesel. Rescue Mrs. Ben from Lalu-Balotte's coercion."

"Now, in the name of Duchess Ballot, I ask the knights of the Ballot family, are you willing to help me, help my son, help the true blood of Duke Ballot, and expel Lalu-Balot, Deport this liar who has deceived everyone?"

In fact, the corners of Baro's eyes were constantly twitching. Mrs. Baroto's timing was perfect. Most of the members of the Barota Knights were here, and this was the busiest market in the main city of Barota's territory.

There were eight hundred civilians onlookers, and Baro had no doubts. At this time, the news had started to spread wildly in the city, and within three days, it would spread throughout the entire Baroto territory!
Moreover, once this news spreads, and Mrs. Barlot really takes out the bloodline map, other nobles will definitely interfere. At least the eldest lady who married the Duke of Van Diesel will definitely not ignore this. thing.

If things get serious, even Her Majesty the Queen will come forward to maintain the orthodoxy of the noble blood!

With a secret sigh in his heart, Baro knelt down on one knee again, and said in a sonorous voice:

"Ma'am, the knights of the Barlot family swear to the death for the true blood of the Duke of Barlot, and swear to the death for the Barot family to drive out all enemies who covet the title of the Duke of Barot!"

With the leader's statement, the most powerful armed force of the Barot family, the Barot Knights with more than 500 members, was in the hands of Mrs. Barot.

The news quickly spread back to the other courtyard, and Mrs. Vin Diesel and her housekeeper looked at each other in blank dismay.

"It seems that the matter is settled like this? After mastering the family knights, my cheap brother is no longer a threat, he is just a black iron life!"

The middle-aged fat housekeeper also smiled wryly, and said:

"My wife, then we have invested so much resources in trying to destroy the Balotte family's economy, all in vain, and instead caused countless troubles for your brother?"

Mrs. Vin Diesel rubbed her head fiercely, why did things suddenly become like this.

Her mother didn't enter Lalu Barlot's name into the bloodline atlas. This kind of thing should be said sooner. If she said it earlier, she would directly ask her husband's father to spread this matter to other nobles. No matter how powerful Lou Barot is, she still can't pose any threat to her younger brother!
"My God, what is mother thinking? I came back to compete for the title of duke with someone who is not from the Barot family. If this matter gets out, the Barot family will become a laughing stock!"

Mrs. Vin Diesel was lying on the table limply.

"Madam, should we stop immediately!" the middle-aged housekeeper reminded.

Mrs. Vin Diesel jumped off the table.

"Stop, stop immediately, and try to minimize our losses, don't stop all at once, slowly, try to sell what we bought at a high price!"

The middle-aged fat butler got the order and ran out as fast as he could to convey the order.

Sous heard the conversation in the room, and he was also in a state of bewilderment. After spending such a big price, preparing so well, and calculating one after another, the matter was solved in this way?
Simply incredible.

Unexpectedly, when the housekeeper trotted past him, he threw a scroll into his arms.

"This is what Nightingale Home asked me to give you!" After leaving only such a sentence, the butler quickly ran out. You must know that every time you miss a breath, you will have a lot of losses!

At the same time, in the court, Zhou Mo, who was discussing the specific rules of the knight competition with Rui Wen, lit up the emergency teleportation array in his arms.

Rui Wen glanced at Zhou Mo, but said nothing.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, it may be something happened in the Principality!"

Zhou Mo left the table, walked out of the room, and took out a note from his arms.

After a glance, Zhou Mo frowned. Sure enough, man is not as good as God. There is no plan in this world that will not cause accidents.

A little thing that a duchess did out of a woman's petty thoughts affected Zhou Mo's entire plan.

"We can't let the matter of the Duke of Balotte end like this!" Zhou Mo made a decision in an instant.

With a swipe of his hand, the handwriting on the note disappeared, and then Zhou Mo quickly wrote on the note with his fingers, and the platinum source that emitted an invisible light carved the handwriting on the white paper.

"Contact Prince Balot, give him support to fight against the Knights of Balot, and hint that the imperial garrison in Balot's territory, while remaining neutral, their attitude is slightly inclined to Prince Balot!"

He took out the miniature teleportation array and sent the note to the intelligence officer in Barot's territory.

Balot's territory must be in chaos. If Balot's territory is not in chaos, the opportunity for Sous's rise will be interrupted, and the growth of the Holy Light Seed will have no foundation!

The chief of intelligence of the Platinum Principality in Barot's territory frowned upon receiving his Majesty's order.

"Our strength in the territory of Balot is not enough to compete with the Knights of Balot, we need to ask for help from the Principality!"

"And the imperial garrison can't be influenced by our level, we need adults from higher levels in the principality to come forward!"

The think tank next to the person in charge analyzed the situation for the person in charge as quickly as possible.

"Then do it, with His Majesty's order, everything is not a problem, but how should we explain it to the Vin Diesel family?"

(End of this chapter)