The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 313

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 tricks!” Lawrence

this point, Lawrence stood fully on Eliza’s side and thought, ‘She’s such a

could compare

that whole faction of civil

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 farmland, can Your Grace really beat them with just the fields

you have?”

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

locations

as he

But

he frowned and added, “But those places are so far

from Hasen City, and about ten days to get

of a hassle to go all the way out there to buy

its own advantages, Eliza

she operated only in Hasen City, then everything she did would be

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

Of course,

mean she had to go

to remain in Hasen City–at Saint Grace Nummery

she pleased, and second, she had

all her movements in Hasen City to keep the Duke’s estate

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way, no one would notice what was happening elsewhere.

to go to Plutonville and

be her trump

while and

in admiration and praised. That’s

Plutonville and Noganlul, things will go even more smoothly

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