Chapter 611 The King’s Marriage 2
“You...what did you say?”
Catherine stood up from the sofa and looked at Rodney XVIII in disbelief. The beautiful blue eyes were full of shock.
Her reaction was not beyond Rodney XVIII’s expectations.
The king suppressed the embarrassment in his heart and said:
"As I just said, the royal family needs you to marry the Graiman family."
His tone was firm and powerful, full of undoubt. Although he felt a little guilty in his heart, he hid it well. .
After receiving the confirmed reply from Rodney XVIII, Catherine's heart surged.
"Why? Why do you do it this way?"
Endless anger welled up from her soul, even a little humiliating.
Her brother, who is the king, actually asked her to marry a man she had only met once?
With her intelligence, she could tell with a little thought that someone around the king was definitely encouraging him to do this.
"Gelder!" She called King Aldo by his former name stiffly.
"Who asked you to do this? Mikey? Or...my uncle?"
"I was the one who made the decision!"
Rodney XVIII's eyes widened and he looked at Catherine without hesitation.
He showed the attitude of a monarch towards his subjects rather than a brother towards his sister.
But his eyes conveyed a meaning to Catherine - "Many people want you to leave. 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 cargo, aren't we? Just waiting A suitable price.”
Catherine asked: "If you want your supporters to feel at ease, then why don't you exile me? It's okay to send me to the Narodan Valley to defend the orcs, even as an ordinary knight! Why do you need to use marriage? "Catherine!" The king looked at her from head to toe, "If I were not your brother, I would pursue you fiercely."
"You are so outstanding that your value in the northwest bay is greater than that in the Nairodan Valley. There are enough knights in the Nairodan Valley, but Arda lacks a mistress. An elegant, noble, and royal-blooded hostess."
"As far as I know, Paul Grayman has not had a formal marriage relationship with anyone of the opposite sex, you know, a man. The first wife often occupies an important position in his family, and is even equal to his husband in a sense. To be honest, if Graiman already has a wife, then I am absolutely sure. I won’t arrange for you to be wronged in the past.”
“Haha!” Catherine smiled sarcastically, “My dear brother King, do you think I have to thank you?”
Rodney XVIII said seriously: "Catherine, you are a princess. Yes, in many fairy tales, princess often means a romantic love story. But that is a fairy tale after all. You have helped your uncle handle government affairs since you were a child. , have also led soldiers and fought in wars. I think that when you reach this age, you have abandoned those unrealistic fantasies."
"You can ask your friends who are married or engaged. Ask them if their husbands are the prince charmings they imagined in the past, ask if their husbands are the ones they admired in the past, and ask if their marriages are mixed with family interests.”
Rhode? King Nicholas XVIII stared into Catherine's eyes and said slowly but forcefully: "I think you should have this awareness!"
Katherine sat down with some dejection.
There was no need to ask, she already knew what the king said.
For aristocratic women, their marriages are often arranged by their families, 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 their families 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 out of this arrangement, go to a monastery and become a nun, take an oath of lifelong chastity, and serve the gods all your life.
Although Catherine was very devout in her faith, she did not want to spend her life boringly in a monastery.
"Is it Paul Greenman's request to you?"
The princess read 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 be able to Cherish and treat you well."
Rodney XVIII felt relieved. At first, Catherine was angry about her arrangement of her marriage, but now she began to transfer to the marriage partner, although her attitude was negative. Yes, but this shows that she has already compromised halfway.
“Then why him?”
"My uncle must have told you about the importance of the northwest bay before he was alive."
Katherine instantly remembered what her father said before he died, "On the land in the northwest of the kingdom, something seems to be happening quietly. Some changes.”
She fell into silence, thinking quietly.
I once swore to devote her whole life to this country, but why did fate arrange her in this way?
After a long time, she asked quietly but somewhat indifferently: "Then what status should I take priority after arriving in the Northwest Bay?"
Rodney XVIII raised his head, "What do you mean?"
"Is it Rodney's princess? Or Grayman's wife? Am I loyal to the royal family, or am I loyal to my husband?"
Her brother raised his eyebrows, "Catherine, this is a difficult question to answer. Why not combine these two identities firmly together?"
"Maybe one day These two identities will be in conflict. Who knows what arrangements fate will make? For example..."
Katherine's voice was still cold, "I was suddenly told by my brother today that I was about to have a husband. ”
Rodney XVIII did not immediately answer his sister's words. After a while, he said:
"Logically speaking, a woman should be loyal to her husband first, but you are not an ordinary woman, so you..."
He did not continue speaking and seemed a little embarrassed.
After a period of silence, the king quickly walked to the window, took a few breaths of fresh air, and then continued:
“Catherine, I know that you have been a justice practitioner since you were a child. , women who know right from wrong have their own set of standards for judging things.”
"And unprecedented changes are about to happen. Some things that are right now may be called wrong in the future, while other things are wrong now but may be called right in the future."
< br>“For the future of the kingdom, I can only work hard, but I dare not make a judgment.”
“I can only say that if, unfortunately, these two identities really conflict...then Just follow your inner choice. Based on your wisdom, I think you will choose the right side."
Catherine was a little surprised, she did not expect the king to say this.
Rodney XVIII’s words seemed to contain some very vague hints, which Catherine wanted to capture but could not.
change!
My father and my brother all mentioned this word invariably, and it was all related to the Northwest Bay.
Maybe you should go see that land?
(End of this chapter)