Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 55
“Cannon along with gunpowder formula? You might as well be asking me to eat it raw!”
Count Rubien exclaimed in an agitated voice.
Gunpowder was an asymmetric weapon recently and quietly making its way into the Central Continent from alchemists of the Moorish Empire. Firearms using gunpowder hinged on stabilization—no nation or mercenary band had yet successfully integrated personal firearms into combat, but cannons, as siege weapons, were frequently achieving practical use.
And the Kingdom of Galico was widely regarded as excelling most at this.
“So, would you have us give away the position of spouse to the first-in-line heir to the throne of the Etruscan Kingdom—to merely the daughter of a mere grand duke, rather than Grand Duchess Suzanne herself?”
This time, Count Marquez refused to back down.
“We acknowledge that the Kingdom of Galico has seen brilliant progress over the last twenty years, but the Kingdom of Galico is not an empire!”
Having pressed his opponent this far, Count Marquez now shifted his tone and began gently coaxing Count Rubien.
“Twenty years ago, when Queen Marguerite married into our realm, we received the region of Gaeta as her dowry and, in return, sent 20,000 ducats as the bride price and extended a loan of 80,000 ducats. Isn’t that precisely what enabled the prosperity of the Kingdom of Galico today? We can build upon this fine precedent of ‘cooperation’ from our ancestors and reach a favorable conclusion.”
“A fine precedent of ‘cooperation’? Ha!”
Count Rubien sneered.
“Had the Kingdom of Galico possessed even a modicum of strength back then, they would never have exchanged Gaeta and 100,000 ducats for their survival! Trading territory for cash—and at such a pitiful price! Does that sum even make sense?”
As a financially sophisticated Etruscan, he could never agree with the Galican bumpkin notion that land was more sacred than money.
“Had it not been for that 100,000 ducats, would the House of Briand still sit upon the throne today? Wasn’t it precisely that timely infusion of funds that allowed the Kingdom of Galico to quell its civil war and preserve its dynasty? Receiving Gaeta as dowry and sending back the bride price wasn’t merely giving you cash—it was the lifeline of the Briand dynasty itself! If you truly believe otherwise, Count Rubien, it seems you have no grasp whatsoever of the importance of ‘timing’!”
Both sides remained deadlocked. Unless they intended to walk out and call off negotiations entirely, one side would have to yield somewhere. Count Rubien proposed a compromise.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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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?