I! Cleaner!

So... just help Prince Joshua up, and let the queen behind him and the finance minister fight the princess?

After listening to the old nobles' proposal, a group of old nobles could not help but weigh the pros and cons and fell into deep thought.

It sounds like a stupid idea that most of the old nobles changed together and turned to the royal family who wanted to curb the power of the old nobles.

After all, Prince Joshua and the queen are also members of the royal family. Turning to him will also be subject to a lot of coercion. If he really beats the princess and successfully ascends to the throne and becomes the "representative" of the royal will, he will also madly target the old nobles, and the situation will not change.

But just like what the Lionheart Duke did, when you are no longer able to be a chess player, you might as well try to sell yourself to the person who is most willing to pay.

For the princess who has successfully become big, these old nobles are not of much value, and for Joshua, whose right to inherit the throne is in jeopardy and who may be "married" out of the kingdom at any time to marry a female monkey across the sea, the support of these people is a timely help!

In order to gain the power to counter the princess, Joshua and the queen standing behind him will definitely spare no effort to win over these people, and take the initiative to cede their interests and offer unusually generous conditions, which will give them room for maneuver.

As for what Joshua will do after he takes office... let's talk about it later!

If we can't hold down the princess who has become powerful, these people will be put in a dog cage immediately, or even slaughtered directly, and they won't even be qualified to consider the future! What's more, compared to the cunning princess, the arrogant and conceited Prince Joshua is much easier to deal with!

"This is a good idea... I agree!"

The young nobles who wanted to vote out the Lyon brothers and sisters before took the lead again this time and were the first to express their support for the new proposal.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of old nobles whose interests were threatened and who were extremely resistant to the implementation of the new decree followed suit and expressed their support.

"I agree too."

"Second!"

"That's it, we have no choice!"

After more than half of the old nobles had expressed their opinions, the remaining more conservative people, even if they still had some doubts about the proposal, could not come up with a better solution for the time being, so they chose to acquiesce, or simply agreed with the intention of giving it a try.

"Since the majority of people agree, let's make this decision first."

After looking around the room at the almost one-sided situation, the middle-aged man who presided over the meeting took over the conversation and announced loudly:

"In order to fight against the princess's new decree, we will collectively turn to the queen in the future and try our best to support Prince Joshua to succeed to the throne.

In addition, let me be frank. Among the 92 nobles present today, even if there are people with different opinions, please keep in step with everyone. Even if you don't support Prince Joshua, please don't drag your feet.

Otherwise... don't blame others for being ruthless."

...

The old nobles collectively turned to the prince. Such a big thing is naturally impossible to hide. Even when the old nobles' gathering just ended and had not yet started to act, the princess had already received the corresponding information.

"This is troublesome..."

After getting the list of old nobles who chose to turn to Joshua, looking at the long list of shocking names, the princess couldn't help but frown deeply.

Joshua aside, I couldn't understand my ambitious stepmother any better. Even if this hadn't happened, she wouldn't have given up on letting Joshua succeed to the throne. She would have found an opportunity to make a big fuss. Now that she had the support of the old nobles, she would have made a bigger fuss.

Unfortunately, if it was just some intrigue, it would have been fine. For her, whose brain was exactly the same as Joshua's, I only needed to dig a small pit to make her fall and be bruised and temporarily quiet.

But her brother, my cheap uncle, was the current finance minister of the Ministry of Finance. He and the family behind him were the actual controllers of the Ministry of Finance, and I couldn't get involved at all.

And if I wanted to implement the new decree, the most important thing was financial support. She didn't even need to do much. As long as she used some small tricks to block the financial hole when fighting for the throne, it would be enough to make her new decree die in the womb.

As for the way to break the situation...

Pick up the quill pen dipped in ink, write a few words on the paper, and the princess can't help but sigh.

The best way is to take the initiative to provoke a small-scale border conflict and trigger a bloody incident.

With the precedent of the Patriotic War six years ago, as long as it enters a state of war readiness, even if it is only the most basic state of war readiness, the queen and the Ministry of Finance dare not hold them back.

Otherwise, let alone letting Joshua inherit the throne, as long as the queen dares to make trouble at this time, my father will probably get up from the sickbed and strangle Joshua to death with his own hands.

However, although this method can break the situation, it doesn't even require me to really show up. As long as I hint to old Hill, as the Minister of Defense, he can do things silently.

But the purpose of my new decree is to avoid the kingdom from falling into war as much as possible. This fact is really contrary to my original intention...

Then I can only try other ways.

After ticking off the option of "war", the princess moved the tip of the feather pen in her hand to the side and drew a circle around "forced push".

The most appropriate thing at the moment is to take advantage of the fact that the old nobles have just turned to Joshua and have not yet fully negotiated cooperation, and first pass the Ryan family's seat in the House of Lords to complete the legislation of some new decrees.

As long as the new decrees that restrict the privileges of the old nobles and facilitate the development of business are forcibly pushed out, then the Chamber of Commerce that controls the House of Commons will have a place to exert its strength and will help me to implement some of the new decrees.

Even if the Ministry of Finance wants to block me in the future, it will be checked and balanced by them because it touches the interests of merchants. As the largest source of revenue and taxation in the kingdom, the Chamber of Commerce composed of merchants also has a great influence on the Ministry of Finance. In this way, I have the possibility of leveraging the Ministry of Finance and getting the budget for the complete implementation of the new decree...

That's it!

After picking up the pen and ticking "force push", the princess did not stop writing, but tapped the paper with the tip of the pen and continued to think.

To do all this, you must get the Ryan family's seat in the House of Lords and push your new decree out, and if you want to get the Ryan family's seat in the House of Lords...

You must complete the marriage with the Ryan family! That means we must get Lyon!

After dipping the feather pen in ink and writing "Lyon" after "strongly recommended", the princess, who had completely sorted out her thoughts, pondered for a while, then rang the bell to call the maid waiting outside:

"Millie, is Master Wilde's Morning Star Theater performing recently?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

The maid nodded after recalling it, and then asked kindly:

"If you want to relax, the Morning Star Theater has sent you the tickets for the top floor..."

"No need."

After waving her hand to reject the maid's proposal, the princess opened her mouth and ordered:

"Please buy me two tickets with better seats in the box area on the second floor... Remember to buy a couple's box!"