Borrowing Charlie's kitchen, Claire simply cooked some light food, and then called Irene down.
Charlie and Second Princess finally felt relieved after seeing that Irene was actually willing to eat.
Claire and Irene sat around the dining table, watching Irene eat food one bite at a time.
Irene felt a little awkward being looked at and said, "Stop looking at me like that, I can't even eat anymore."
Second Princess immediately looked away after seeing it, showed a reassuring smile and said, "Don't look at it anymore, you can eat it."
At the same time, he also gave Claire a look of praise. Thanks to you, otherwise she wouldn't be willing to eat.
Later, when asked by Charlie, Irene also gave a brief summary of what happened. Although they had some predictions in their minds, they were still very surprised when they confirmed the news.
Second Princess comforted, "It's okay Irene, if you don't want to go to the palace, just stay here with us. Vito and Klee don't dare to embarrass you."
Charlie also echoed, "Yes, with us here, they will give us some face."
"What about the successor?" Claire suddenly asked.
Charlie and Second Princess were instantly speechless. If one of Vito and Klee became King, then the order issued by King would not be something they could resist.
"They are brothers and sisters after all. They won't go too far..." Second Princess said this without much confidence in his heart.
There is no blood connection between the royal families. On the contrary, they will fight over the interests generated by blood. Although Irene seems harmless to them, there is no guarantee what they will think after taking office. The best outcome for Irene is to be used as a marriage tool and married off.
Claire rubbed his fingers and then asked, "Um... who among them is more likely to succeed?"
Charlie took over the topic, "On the surface, First Prince has a greater chance of winning. Before His Majesty passed away, many big nobles favored him. However, Second Prince's strength should not be underestimated. He has also attracted many nobles and can compete with Vito."
"So who is more likely to succeed, I can't say yet."
Claire further asked, "What about your father? Whose position will old Duke Charlie take?"
Charlie was silent for a while, "According to what I know about my father, he doesn't know how to position anyone. When things progress to the second half, he will choose a position when he can see who is the winner."
This is a smart approach, but also a moderate approach. Since neither party will be offended, no matter who takes the position, it will not affect them. But at the same time, it will also give a bad impression to the newly appointed King, which will not be good for the subsequent development of the family. And sometimes you are forced to take a position even if you don't want to. For example, Klee hates people who don't want to do anything.
Claire took a deep breath through the tip of his nose. In fact, neither Vito nor Klee's succession was a good thing for him.
When he was in Blazing Flame Plane, he offended both of them. He originally thought that Norris could last for decades, but he didn't expect that he would die so quickly. Based on his experience as a logistics supporter at Blazing Flame Plane, Claire guarantees that no matter which of the other parties takes the stage. They will all take action against themselves. Although they may be protected by Merlin, they cannot kill themselves.
However, it is very simple to influence the development from the side and make the development of Nafu City stagnate or even reverse. It can be easily done by issuing a random decree.
After eating, Irene felt a little depressed after hearing the topics Claire and the others talked about.
He asked in a low voice, "Then what happens next? What should we do?"
Charlie and Second Princess didn't have any good ideas, so they turned to look at Claire.
"Same as before, just do whatever you want." Claire continued to encourage, "Don't worry, don't feel confused, or afraid to move forward."
"There is no need to subconsciously look for support. Remember that you are your biggest support. Look at Lady Sophia, wasn't she the same at the beginning..."
Listening to Claire's words, Irene's eyes gradually lit up, and then Claire's eyes also lit up.
What he just said was just to enlighten the other party, but as he said it, he thought of a good way.
"You should go back and rest after eating." Claire quickly stood up and walked towards the door.
Irene turned his head and asked slightly anxiously, "Where are you going?"
"I have something to do with Lady Sophia." Claire waved with his back to Irene, "You go to sleep first, don't worry, I will be back when you get up."
After a burst of noise came from outside the door, Claire walked straight in from the door.
"Sorry, madam! I couldn't stop him." The servants immediately bowed and apologized.
Sophia also stood up and waved, "It's okay, go down."
After the servants left, Claire looked at Sophia with a funny smile on his face, "Madam, you don't want to see me today? I've been here for half an hour. At first I said I wasn't here, and then I said I was too busy to come back. If I hadn't barged in, I'm afraid it would be difficult to see each other in the future."
Sophia smiled, pointed to the mountains of documents on his desk, and replied, "I'm really busy."
"Last time I came here, the pile of documents was even more than this." Claire ruthlessly exposed her lie.
Sophia narrowed his eyes, looked at Claire and said, "Tell me, why did you come to see me today?"
"I want to know, who did you choose?"
"Huh?"
Claire slowly stretched out two fingers, "First Prince Vito? Or Second Prince Klee?"
Sophia's eyes flashed with a hint of astonishment, and his tone of voice rose as he asked, "How did you know?"
Claire did not answer, but looked directly into Sophia's eyes.
This is also the reason why Sophia didn't want to see him just now, First Prince Vito and Second Prince Kelidu and Claire has a conflict, so no matter who Sophia chooses, he cannot show too close to Claire in the future, otherwise it may cause dissatisfaction with the new King.
You know, Sophia is just the head of the family of the August Family, not the ancestor of the August Family, and the power of ministers like them comes from King, the reason why Sophia allowed August Family to develop so rapidly was inseparable from Norris's support for her and the path he opened for her.
Otherwise, why would she become the supreme minister of the Six Archmages family? And like Karl Archmage's son Count Pulan, he can only be a noble on the edge of power. Archmage Although they are powerful, they don't care! The ones who really manage the country are King and their ministers.
And even if you come from the Archmage family, you will only have certain advantages, but you will not be able to do whatever you want. Want to overpower others? There are six Archmage and five sword masters in the kingdom. Are the other Archmage families or sword master families afraid of you?
As for joining forces to control the throne, it's even more of a joke. The power of the throne does not come from that position, but from the Archmage Ivan who has been in seclusion for more than two hundred years. He and Archmage Merlin are the foundation of the country.
To describe it in simple words, if the kingdom is compared to a company, those Dharma Saints and Sword Saints Archmage are all shareholders, and the family heads like them are the managers introduced to run the company.
So if the newly appointed King is dissatisfied with Sophia, how will August Family develop and fall back? Of course, because the ancestor is Archmage, August Family is still a behemoth and cannot damage the foundation, but it is not as strong as before.
For example, the market share of the magic shop or some channels in the kingdom will be allocated to other newly appointed ministers of power.
"Klee." Looking into Claire's eyes, Sophia said slowly, "He is smart and capable. With my help, he will have a greater chance of sitting on the throne."
Claire shook his head, "I don't think so. Why don't you find someone else?"
Sophia laughed, "Who? Vito? You're an idiot, I don't like it."
Claire stretched out his finger and shook it gently, "No."
Sophia was stunned, "Then who else?"
Claire smiled slightly, "Irene! Princess Irene."
I originally wanted to stay up late to finish writing, but I couldn't bear it anymore, so I owed a chapter first and made up for it when I got up.
Ten thousand words a day is really harmful to the body now. By the way, why don't you take a look at my new book?