Chapter 1009 Margrave Family’s Conspiracy (Part-2)

Chapter 1009 Margrave Family's Conspiracy (Part-2)

'No! How can that be?' At the realization of what Alexander was implying, Lady Miranda felt her head spinning.

The lady who had just lost her son could not believe she had been stabbed in the back like this and not even realized.

"My lord, what do you mean?" While the much slower Lord Cassius was yet to even wake up to the conspiracy, putting on a questioning face.

So Alexander let him in, "What I'm saying is that the former lord might have been in talks with the Heeat family to replace Lady Miranda with Miss Linda all along. That would explain how your family so easily capitulated to a foreigner's side. And why those 10,000 men appear when they did. Likely to coerce Lady Miranda to abdicate and help put down any armed resistance should the need arise!"

The naked reveal of the truth so openly hit Lady Miranda right in the guts, and she almost started crying.

To think her own grandfather would be plotting to usurp his own grandson.

While Lord Cassius quickly stood up and quickly rejected all such claims vehemently,

"No! Impossible. Lord Margraves IV was an honorable man! He would never break his word. Since he promised Marcus the Margraves's family seat and he would stick it to. I know it! My father told me so ever since I was a child."

This was the first time Alexander saw Lord Cassius become visibility offended at him, as his large, gluttonous cheeks became flushed and inflamed as he glared at Alexander angrily, with a fuming head saying to himself,

'Who is this stranger that I got to know for only a couple hours to question the integrity of the honorable former Lord of the Margraves family? Bastard!'

Alexander did not try to defend his hypothesis, because it was apparent Lord Cassius was in no state of mind to think logically.

It seemed the revelation of the elder lord's plots in the shadow had come as a great shock to him and refused to open his eyes to it.

And if Lord Cassius refused to see, then Alexander could little about it.

Fortunately for Alexander though, Lady Miranda was much more level headed and with the aid of Alexander's lens, was able to shift through much of the smoke and fog that had clouded her mind till now.

And as the vision became clear, she let her husband know about it too, as with a slightly shaking voice she began,

"No, what Lord Alexander might very well be correct. Many of the things grandfather did start to make sense when you start to think about like that."

Saying this Lady Miranda's brows furrowed as she posed,

"Such as how easily my sister was able to crawl into Parker's pants and earn his adoration. I have always wondered how any respectable man from a ducal family could marry the third daughter of an Earl. Especially an earl that was one step away from disappearing! It made little sense."

After this, Lady Miranda's voice turned a bit disdainful,

"Many said that it was love at first sight for the two. Heh! As if? I know that snaking bitch... Linda does not know love. And I have also met Lord Parker.... he did not strike me as a love struck fool. He should not be the type to knock up any girl willy nilly. Certainly not when the girl was an earl."

While Lord Cassius and Alexander hearing the explanation observed a muted silence, each lost in their own thoughts.

The former still refused to believe, despite all the evidence, feeling convinced that there had to be some other explanation.

And he internally made up his mind to ask his father about this the moment he returned.

While Alexander was just relieved that this conspiracy was unearthed before it was too late.

If Lord Margraves had not become ill and died when he did, then things would have indeed become quite dire for Alexander, as Miss Linda would have been on the Margrave family's seat even before Alxx could come to know about it.

At least now he had a chance to salvage the situation.

Also as a side note, he did not curse the old lord for going back on his word.

If Alexander was in his positon, and such a proposal landed on his desk, he would have likely taken it.

Because it made little sense to stick to one's word when all that would do was push his family to the precipice of destruction.

Letting Marcus stay as the head of the family would likely mean there would soon no longer be a family.

While the alternative of marrying one of his granddaughters to the Heeat family would earn him their coin and protection, thus saving his entire family

The choice was a no brainer.

That was also probably why Lord Margraves did not give any clear instructions on what to do if Marcus died.

Because he knew the regent head of the family- Lady Miranda would likely never accept it.

In Lady Miranda's mind, it was she who had visited Zanzan all alone while pregnant to try and save her family, taking great risk to visit a land that was closed off to the outside world just a few months ago.

And then succeeded in managing to come back with the iron that ultimately managed to save them.

So by all accounts, the family's throne should belong to her.

And there was certainly logic to her thought- the risks she took did deserve this appropriate prize.

It was also knowing this that had put the old Margrave in dilemma, which was also why he did not attempt to forcefully remove Lady Miranda on day one but waited to slowly ease her into it.

Too bad the old man died prematurely.