The Girl He Dumped Becomes a Billionaire.

Chapter 15

"Your father, never mind, let's not talk about that spoiler of a man." The female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca had become more and more impatient with Count Calda in recent years, because she had gotten some unpleasant news from her scouts, so she didn't even bother to make superficial efforts with Count Calda. Unless it is a holiday, this female Grand Duke of Norsca will not write to Count Calda.

Marianne thought that Count Calda did not want to receive any letter from the female Grand Duke of Norsca, after all, who would like to be reminded that he was a son-in-law.

"You didn't call me here just to have a family chat, did you!" Marianne remembered that the female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca was not fond of family trivia. Or is it that after not seeing her for three years, the female Grand Duke of Norsca has already reached the age of nostalgia.

However, if she dared to say this, Marianne would not be able to leave the study of the female Grand Duke of Norsca in one piece.

"After chatting with you about so much nonsense, it's time to get to the point." The female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca propped up her chin, her eyes roaming over Marianne's face, "Word has come from Solins that your aunt is pregnant."

Hearing the words of the female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca, Marianne's expression changed for a split second before her mother caught her in the act, "Don't tell me you're still in love with Richard of Solins."

Marianne was only seven years old when she was first engaged, and Richard, twice her age, was already a teenager, so the two did not get along well.

Because Marianne's inner core was an adult and the Solins' Richard was in his rebellious phase, the two fell into a circle of mutual dislike. But to outsiders, this is also "proof" of their good relationship. Even the Grand Duke of Norsca thinks that Marianne is still in love with Richard of Solins, after all, she was attracted to the older and unruly King of Obstar and did something she regretted.

"I'm just lamenting the fact that Richard is a ruthless man who can even sacrifice himself." Marianne's tone was as calm as ever, which made this female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca unable to figure out whether Marianne had lingering feelings for Richard.

"Auntie is almost fifty years old, is it really okay to get pregnant at this age?" When Marianne was young, she was almost succeeded to this female Duke of the Duchy of Bretonia, who was childless, and in her engagement agreement with Richard, Marianne's inheritance right to the Duchy of Bretonia was clearly defined, and even this female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca signed a bill of descending inheritance that would take effect immediately after the death of this female Duke of Bretonia, to ensure that Marianne would be able to inherit the throne. Marianne was able to become the first heir to the Duchy of Britannia, ahead of her mother and her sibling brother.

However, these treaties were selectively forgotten when Richard of Solins broke off his betrothal to Marianne and obtained a papal pardon to marry the female Duke of Britannia.

Honestly, Marianne wasn't even sure if those treaties had any legal effect after she and Richard broke off their engagement.

However, looking at the attitude of this female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca, Marianne didn't need to guess that this female Duke of the Duchy of Bretonia wasn't in a good pregnancy situation, causing some people to directly rehash the treaties from a few years ago for the sake of the belonging of the Duchy of Bretonia.

"You also know that this female Duke of the Duchy of Britannia has never been in good health." This female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca recalled the past, and even more so, she felt that her own family was just a mess, "If it wasn't for those nobles who didn't want to let your grandmother meddle in the regime of the Duchy of Bretonia after your maternal grandfather's death, it wouldn't have been the turn of my sickly sister to inherit the title."

In Marianne's words, the former Duke of the Duchy of Britannia, her maternal grandfather, was a completely strange man who changed his fate by marriage. It was a strange thing to say about a man, especially a great duke, but it was true.

The first wife of the former Duke of Britannia was a businesswoman who bought her title with money, relying on her vast wealth to change the class of herself and her offspring, and to make this Duke of Britannia rich enough to organize an army and be able to openly call the bluff of his feudal lord, the King of Solins. He even came close to breaking away from the Kingdom of Solins and becoming another Grand Duchy after the Grand Duchy of Norsca.

However, the first wife of the former Duke of Britannia was not a long-lived person, and even her only daughter was a sickly body, so for the good of the country and the continuation of the bloodline, Marianne's maternal grandfather married the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Norsca, and then had an additional daughter, Marianne's mother, in the second marriage.

Supporters of the bloodline theory would have made it difficult for the nobles of the Duchy of Bretonia to accept a merchant's daughter as their ruler, but out of guilt for his first wife and concern for the Duchy of Bretonia's dominion, Marianne's grandfather argued for his eldest daughter to be the first heiress, and then ceded the second daughter's right of ownership and naming to his second wife, Marianne's mother. wife, Marianne's maternal grandmother.

Although some people like to think that the female Grand Duke of Norsca had a problem with the female Duke of Bretonia, the truth is that the half-sisters, who were ten years apart, really didn't have much of a problem with each other.

After all, when Marianne's grandfather remarried, the female Duke of Bretonia's mother had already died three years earlier, so there was no marital infidelity or other emotional disputes.

Moreover, Marianne's grandmother was a rather proud woman, a woman who could be close friends with Queen Mary of Obstada and gave birth to the female Grand Duke of Norsca, how could she possibly lower herself to embarrass a little girl who had lost her mother.

Even if the female Duke of the Duchy of Britannia did not have much affection for her stepmother, she still treated her with respect. After all, after the birth of the female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca, the female Duke of the Duchy of Bretonia seldom saw her stepmother and half-sister, and even after the death of Marianne's maternal grandparents, the two half-sisters, who did not see each other often in their early childhoods, became close to each other.

Because of the female Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Norsca's physical reasons and her bias in gender issues, after Marianne's birth, the female Duke of the Duchy of Bretonia, who was not a strong character, proposed to marry her step-sister's youngest daughter to Richard of Solins, in order to complete the complete merger of the Duchy of Bretonia and the Duchy of Solins. complete merger with the Duchy of Solins.

To the untrained eye, this might have been a sign of military weakness and folly in matters of state on the part of the female Duke of Britannia. However, the female Grand Duke of Norsca knew that the people of the Duchy of Britannia were tired and couldn't fight with the Duke of Britannia like they did decades ago.

It was important to realize that the Grand Duchy of Norsca had built up its strength for generations before becoming independent from Canterlot and becoming a Grand Duchy capable of negotiating with the Kingdom. And for the Duchy of Britannia to accomplish what the Grand Duchy of Norsca has done for a hundred years with only the power of one generation of rule is undoubtedly a fool's errand and easily a step too big.

Especially since the body and character of this female Duke of the Duchy of Britannia didn't support her to be a tough ruler, so she could only pick a path of peace that would benefit the majority of the people within her optional range.

However, Solins still hadn't been able to give the female duke of the Duchy of Britannia the time she needed to make arrangements.

Marianne could imagine that her aunt's marriage to Richard of Solins was by no means as full of holes as pain could describe.

But what she didn't realize even more was the fallout from a marriage that nearly sparked a civil war in several countries.