"Yes, that way the Blackiron Family will be the first family to declare their submission!"
"But at your birthday celebration last time, I saw that Ulric seemed quite familiar with the Second Prince. The two of them were chatting and laughing together. How could he be so ruthless?" Nalant was rather puzzled.
"This... the two of them did indeed have some dealings in the past. But I think someone like the Second Prince, who could even kill his own elder brother, probably wouldn't care about such things!" Though Stella was also an earl's heir, because she was a woman, she had not interacted closely with these heirs.
Instead, she was more familiar with the female descendants of the various earls.
"Mm!" Nalant nodded and said no more.
The reason he had this question was mainly because there was still a trace of doubt over whether Quinte had truly been killed by the Eldest Prince, and the prince's words to him that day had seemed to carry a hidden meaning.
Of course, that matter was now considered settled. All the blame had been pinned on the Second Prince, so it no longer had anything to do with him.
As he continued speaking with Stella, he once again felt someone watching him, so he turned his head to look.
This time, he discovered that it was Natasha watching him.
Natasha sat inside an exquisite, luxurious carriage, gazing at him from afar and giving him a seductive smile.
Because the Eldest Prince had only just died, and Nalant and Natasha still had some "scandalous rumors" from their act during the autumn campaign, she could not openly come out to see him off for the sake of the royal family's dignity.
Nalant had no objection to this and likewise gave Natasha a look telling