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Aaron took out a marriage contract and placed it before the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty, please sign." Aaron rose and bowed to the Queen Mother again.
Filfaeril looked displeased. Still unwilling to look at Aaron, the Queen Mother turned her face away.
"Your Majesty, on the matter of the Princess's marriage, the entire Shogunate stands with His Excellency the Shogun. All of us Bedine wholeheartedly support His Highness's decision." Harald, King of the Bedine, stepped forward, his resolute gaze bearing down on the three cabinet ministers and Cormyr's two dukes.
Charlotte had already begun to smile.
"What exactly are you trying to pull?!" the Queen Mother demanded angrily. "Didn't I tell you? If you want to propose, go straight to Alusair! She's bathing right now. You're the Lord Chamberlain-you come and go from the palace as if it were your own home. Why come to me? And your Shogunate troops have surrounded both the Purple Dragons' headquarters and the Royal Palace without permission! As Cormyr's Shogun, as the model soldier of Cormyr, shouldn't defending your home and country be your foremost duty?!"
"Your Majesty, defending my home and country is precisely why I'm doing this!" Aaron said meaningfully.
"Your Majesty, please hurry, or the country may split apart." Charlotte knew Filfaeril well. The young lady tugged at the Queen Mother's sleeve. "Only by agreeing to Alice's marriage can you prevent civil war."
"Your Majesty, it was the royal family's unfair distribution of rewards and punishments that shook our Dragon Teeth Navy's loyalty. If you refuse to make a decision, how are we supposed to keep our officers and men united?" Edward Teach was even more brazen. "What becomes of the