Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 221
At Leo III’s roar, Ariadne widened her eyes and retorted,
“Then, could it be that you intended to take it without even offering a fair price?”
Having realized that preaching ‘loyalty’ here would only make him look ridiculous, Leo III merely sputtered incoherently.
Out of a measure of mercy, Ariadne refrained from forcing him to speak and instead corrected the misconceptions he had been laboring under.
“Of course, Your Majesty, I understand you may send troops at any time to seize my grain.”
But just as the king may grant titles to whomever he wishes yet must bear the resulting consequences, he may also seize grain by force at any time—but must likewise bear the repercussions.
“I am currently releasing my grain first to the Lambouyé Orphanage and secondly to the impoverished districts within the capital. Should Your Majesty take all my grain, who do you suppose would be the first to lose their ration?”
Ariadne smiled like a pear blossom.
“The army, naturally.”
Although the palace guards received their wages in Ducato coins, grain prices had risen so sharply that even their wages could barely feed a single family.
Knights, mostly from noble families, could still rely on their houses’ wealth to endure, but the infantry were already on the brink.
It had become necessary to either sell grain to the guards at reduced prices or assign them fixed rations.
“If you divert portions meant for the orphanage and the poor to supply the army, whose complaints will you hear first?”
The impoverished—those suffering direct harm—and the clergy, who spearheaded poor relief, would surely raise the loudest outcry. That would be tolerable, though—they were merely a handful.
But soon after, ordinary citizens, who considered themselves next in line, would rise up. It had always been thus for rulers who lost the moral high ground.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?