Chapter 607： The King Fingers Marriage II

"You... what did you say?"

Catherine stood up from the sofa and looked at Rodney XVIII in disbelief, her beautiful blue eyes were full of shock.

Her reaction did not exceed Rodney XVIII's expectations.

The king suppressed the embarrassment in his heart and said:

"As I said just now, the royal family needs you to marry the Greman family."

His tone was firm and forceful, full of indisputability, although he was a little guilty, but he concealed it well.

After receiving the confirmed reply from Rodney XVIII, Catherine felt turbulent in her heart.

"Why? Why do you use this method?"

Endless anger surged from her soul, even a little humiliated.

The elder brother who is the king actually let her marry a man whom he only met once?

With her intelligence, she could tell after a little thought that it was definitely someone close to the king who was encouraging him to do this.

"Gerd!" She called King Aldo's former name bluntly.

"Who told you to do this? Mackie? Or...my uncle?"

"It's me who makes the decision!"

Rodney XVIII stared wide-eyed, and stared at Catherine without hesitation.

He showed the attitude of a monarch to his subjects rather than an elder brother to his younger sister.

But his eyes conveyed a meaning to Catherine - "Many people want you to leave, and only when you leave can they feel at ease."

Catherine tried hard to suppress her anger, but her tone became cold, "Your decision makes me feel like a piece of cargo!"

Rodney XVIII nodded, "For the Kingdom, we are all goods, aren't we? We are just waiting for a suitable price."

Catherine asked: "If you want to make your supporters feel at ease, why don't you exile me? It's fine to send me to the Inner Rodan Valley to defend against the orcs, even as an ordinary knight! Why do you need to marry me?" way to send me."

"Catherine!" The king looked her over from head to toe, "Your qualifications are so excellent. If I wasn't your brother, I would definitely pursue you fiercely."

"You are so outstanding, and your value in the Northwest Gulf is greater than that in the Inner Luodan Valley. There are enough knights in the Inner Luodan Valley, but Arda lacks a mistress, an elegant, noble , Mistress with royal blood."

"As far as I know, Paul Greenman has never had a formal marriage with any opposite sex. You know, a man's first wife often occupies an important position in his family, and even in a sense He is equal to his husband. Seriously, if Graeman already has a wife, then I will definitely not arrange for you to be wronged in the past."

"Haha!" Catherine smiled sarcastically, "My dear king brother, so I have to thank you?"

Rodney XVIII said solemnly: "Catherine, you are a princess. Yes, in many fairy tales, a princess often means a romantic love story. But it is a fairy tale after all. You have helped your uncle deal with government affairs since childhood , and have led soldiers and fought in wars, I think you have abandoned those unrealistic fantasies at this age."

"You can ask those friends who are married or engaged to ask if their husband-in-law is the prince charming they imagined in the past, ask if their husband-in-law is the object of admiration in the past, and then ask whether their marriage Mixed with family interests?"

Rodney XVIII stared into Catherine's eyes, and said slowly but forcefully: "I think, you should, have this awareness!"

Catherine sat down a little dejectedly.

There is no need to ask, she already knows what the king said.

For aristocratic women, their marriages are often arranged by the family, and even if she is the only one left in the family, the superior feudal lord of the family can strongly interfere with her marriage.

Are there women in poetry and novels who dare to break away from the shackles of the family and boldly pursue their own love?

They exist, but they are extremely rare. It is precisely because of their rarity that literary works based on them are widely circulated.

There is only one way to get rid of this arrangement, go to a monastery and become a nun, swear to be chaste all your life, and serve the gods all your life.

Although Catherine's beliefs are very pious, she doesn't want to spend her life boringly in the monastery.

"Is it Paul Greiman's request to you?"

The princess pronounced the name with some bitterness.

"No, no!" The king shook his head, "But when he saw you for the first time, I could feel that you... are the type he longed for, so he should cherish and treat you well."

Rodney XVIII's heart eased a little. At first, Catherine was angry at her arranging her marriage, but now she began to transfer to her marriage partner. Although her attitude was negative, it showed that she had already compromised half.

"Then why him?"

"Uncle must have told you about the importance of the Northwest Gulf before his death."

Catherine instantly remembered what her father said before he died, "It seems that some changes are quietly taking place in the land in the northwest of the kingdom."

She fell into silence, thinking quietly.

I once vowed to dedicate my life to this country, but why did fate arrange her in this way.

After a long time, she asked in a low voice but somewhat indifferently: "Then what should I give priority to when I arrive in the Northwest Gulf?"

Rodney XVIII raised his head, "What do you mean?"

"Is it Rodney's princess? Or Graham's wife? Am I loyal to the royal family, or to my husband?"

Her elder brother raised his eyebrows, UU reading "Catherine, this is a difficult question to answer, why not firmly combine these two identities?"

"Perhaps one day these two identities will confront each other, who knows what arrangement fate will make? For example..."

Catherine's voice was still indifferent, "I was suddenly told by my elder brother today that I was about to have a husband."

Rodney XVIII did not answer his sister's words immediately, and said after a while:

"It stands to reason that a woman should be loyal to her husband first, but you are not an ordinary woman, so you..."

He didn't continue talking, and seemed a little embarrassed.

After a while of silence, the king walked quickly to the window, took a few breaths of fresh air, and then continued:

"Catherine, I know that you have been a woman who upholds justice and distinguishes right from wrong since you were a child. You have your own set of criteria for judging things."

"And unprecedented changes are about to happen. Some things, which are right now, may be called wrong in the future, and other things, which are wrong now, may be called right in the future."

"For the future of the kingdom, I can only work hard, but I dare not make judgments."

"I can only say that if, unfortunately, these two identities really conflict...then follow your own inner choice. According to your intelligence, I think you will choose the right side."

Catherine was a little surprised, she didn't expect the king to say that.

Rodney XVIII's words seemed to contain some very vague hints, which Catherine wanted to catch but couldn't catch.

change!

My father and my elder brother all mentioned this term in unison, and they were all related to the Northwest Gulf.

Maybe I should go and see that piece of land?