Chapter 383 Long-Awaited Return

Chapter 383 Long-Awaited Return

Sunny morning, in the emperor's office at the Imperial Palace, Prince Edward was standing before the emperor's desk as the emperor was reading the reports that they had acquired earlier today. "I see. Those four have safely returned to the capital, and then Princess Louise suddenly declared she wanted Christine to be her bride." "So she really meant what she said that night, huh?" The prince said it with a stoic demeanor, which the emperor immediately noticed and bothered him. "Are you okay with that, Edward? It is your former fiancee we are talking about. Don't you care if she is being taken by others?" "I don't have any particular reason to feel that way, Father. I was the one who cut off our engagement, which meant I am letting her go and be with whoever she wants." "..." "Besides, we really need to maintain our relationship with the archduchy, right? Since the Raevender domain has become a nation, would not the Grise family be glad that the queendom wants their daughter? In that case, it would save their face from the humiliation, yes?" "It is not that simple, Edward. Even if they accepted the engagement of Christine and Princess Louise, it was us, the imperial family, who broke their trust. They might have established a diplomatic relationship with a sovereign nation, but there is a possibility that we could not mend our relationship with them." The damage caused by the imperial family to the Grise Archduchy could not be undone through trivial means. Emperor Jeffrey thought that accepting the engagement would not change how the Grise family saw the imperial family. The worst thing he could think of was that the archduchy would completely lose their trust in the empire, which would incite the topic of deflection. The empire was afraid of that since losing the archduchy would cut the empire a significant amount of power. "Very well, Father, I hope the archduchy understands that I won't regret breaking off my engagement with Christine. If their intention was to relate themselves to the empire, they could just marry Christine off to Elgin." "No, we cannot pull your younger brother into this." Without hesitation, the empire immediately rejected the idea. "We all know that he is quite a mischievous child and somewhat troublesome. Do you think the archduchy would accept him?" Elgin Dixon, the second prince of the Empire of Dixon, was Edward's younger brother, who was three years younger than him. He was infamous in the palace for his perky behavior. At a young age, he had already caused countless troubles. From Edward's eyes, he could say that Elgin was arrogant and acted imprincely. It was said that the cause of his awful attitude was that he had been influenced by a minister of theirs who had retired not long ago. "But he is still the second prince of the empire, Father. I am also well aware of how he behaves, but he is still fourteen, young, and rebellious, so he still has some time to mentioning his name to the archduchy would freak them out, much less suggesting marrying their daughter to him. In the meantime, it's better not to offend them and worsen the problem." "I understand, Father. But it really did not bother me when I heard that the two of them were going to marry, on my part at least. It's their life and decision, and I don't have anything to do with them." "Sigh." The emperor sighed. "If that is what you think, then I have to respect your opinion. But we still have some feuds with the Grise Archduchy. Letting them marry their daughter to the queendom won't settle the grudge, so we have to compromise. I will be having a meeting with ministers later, so help me fix the mess you caused." "Of course I will. I am the crown prince, so I should settle things right. See you later, Father." After that short conversation, Prince Edward walked out of the room as the emperor continued reading the other contents of the papers.

"Sophia..." "You really don't have to worry about me, Raphael. Besides, didn't I accept your affairs with other women and permit you to take as many mistresses as you wanted, much less your forbidden relationship with your mothers?" Sophia and Mom giggled as I felt a little bit of guilt. But we had gone this far, so I could not let Sophia's trust in me go in vain. "If you like Iris, please don't hesitate to ask for her hand."

"Very well, Sophia," I said with a bit of enthusiasm. "If you approve of her becoming my wife, then I should exert more effort." With that said, I coiled my arms around these two raven-haired bombshells, and we snuggled before we fell asleep together. Reead new chapters at novelhall.com