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.

civil officials are full of dirty

and thought, ‘She’s such a kind, generous woman, and she has so

compare with her?”

helped her scold that whole faction of

he couldn’t help feeling worried again and asked, “Then what will you do? Judging by the Duke’s estate, they clearly plan to get into herb cultivation too.

you have?”

to? Hasen City isn’t the only place with

two perfect locations where no one could compete

as he asked,

But

he frowned and added, “But those places are so

or eight days to reach Plutonville from Hasen City, and about ten days to get

a hassle to go all the way out

bit far, but distance comes with its own

City, then everything she did

could act freely, Setting

Of course,

mean she had to go there herself.

remain in Hasen City–at

wherever she pleased, and second, she had to stay visible.

in Hasen City to keep the Duke’s estate

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would notice

time came, she would select someone to go to Plutonville and Noganlul

her

while and

his brows in admiration and praised. That’s a

“Given our lady’s reputation in Plutonville and Noganlul, things will go even more smoothly over

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