Chapter 313

“What are your plans, Lady Eliza? Do you need me to purchase more farmland?” Malaki asked from the side.

He had rushed over to Saint Grace Nunnery with Lawrence after hearing the news, wanting to see what Eliza intended to do.

Eliza shook her head and replied, “No, don’t bother buying any. If they want to buy it, let them. We can’t beat them on this front.”

Hearing that, Malaki felt a sense of relief and thought, ‘Our lady truly is wise.”

But Lawrence didn’t understand and probed, “Hm? Why? If you let them buy it all, what will you do?”

Malaki warmly explained on Eliza’s behalf, “Powerful forces back the farmland and manors near Hasen City. The tangled interests are as complex as those in the imperial court. Every manor is likely tied to a government official–more than likely, a civil official. And who do civil officials align themselves with Naturally, no one other than the Duke of Mowbay.”

As soon as Lawrence heard that, he understood and thought, ‘Her Grace’s father is the top–r

Most of those civil officials work under him.

top–ranking civil official

Although the Duke’s estate had taken a hit recently, even getting chastised by the young king, chopping off a few branches didn’t topple

the tree.

Unless it were uprooted entirely, it wouldn’t fall so easily.

the civil officials under the Duke wouldn’t leave his side just like that.

And th

With just a word from him, the officials backing those manors would never agree to sell their land to Eliza.

of dirty

on Eliza’s side and thought, ‘She’s such a

compare

her scold that whole faction

again and asked, “Then what will you do? Judging by the Duke’s estate, they clearly plan to get into herb cultivation too. If they buy up all the

you have?”

only place with farmland. Just because they won’t sell here

already picked two perfect locations where no one could compete with

his eyes lighting up as he asked,

But

as he said it, he frowned and added, “But those

Hasen City, and about ten days

wondered, Won’t that be too much of a hassle to go all the way out there to buy farmland

but distance comes with its

Hasen City, then everything she

in Plutonville and Noganlul, she could act freely, Setting things up there would completely escape

Of course,

didn’t mean she had to go there herself.

in Hasen City–at Saint Grace

go wherever she pleased, and second, she had to

in Hasen City to keep the

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no one would notice what was happening

time came, she would select someone to go to

be her trump

while and

admiration and praised.

lady’s reputation in Plutonville and

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