Several women were sitting in the backyard of the castle. Alice looked at the magic butterfly with envy, but she no longer chased it.
“Okay, Alice, don’t be envious. Wait until Lin comes back and ask him to give you one.” Evelyn looked at her and gave a definite answer.
Ignoring Alice's excitement, Evelin looked at Anna and Avril: "Have the sisters really decided to launch it early? Isn't it according to Lin's plan that it can only be launched after this year?"
"Evelyn, we have to start. Lydia sent me a message saying that the king may not be able to survive after a winter of exhaustion. Although we continue to use potions to prolong his life, he has already died.
Once Elsa ascends the throne, we will be too late, so we have to launch it in advance." Anna explained everything inside to Evelyn.
"I don't understand these things, just handle them as you wish." Evelin said indifferently, scratching her belly.
"Evelyn, although you are not in charge of business matters, you are the one who leads all the magicians in the territory. If it weren't for your team of magicians this time, we would not have won the war with the empire." Evelyn praised.
"Well, since we're planning to launch the attack early, let's start preparing tomorrow. If we do, we'll either not do it or we'll step on her so hard that she'll never be able to get back on her feet." Avril said viciously.
Every year in the early spring, the business is mainly based on the sale of various types of seeds. The person who came to purchase the seeds from the Nobles United Chamber of Commerce this time was Aisha's right-hand man.
As per previous years' practice, Roger took out a note issued by Maple Leaf Bank representing one million gold coins and handed it to Anasta.
After confirming again and again that they were from the United Chamber of Nobles, Anasta told him that this time their prices would be the same as others and there would be no discounts.
Such a result was a little hard for Roger to accept. After all, there were discounts in previous years, so why not this year?
The answer Anasta gave left him speechless: "When our Maple Leaf Territory was attacked, Princess Aisha not only failed to fulfill the agreement between the kingdom and the lords, but also took advantage of the situation to rob. Therefore, this year's seeds are not discounted but increased in price."
If this incident alone was not enough to make Roger panic, the staff of Maple Leaf Bank found him and reminded him that the bank intended to terminate the loan agreement with the Noble United Chamber of Commerce and hoped that they could repay the loan in advance or they would take over the collateral.
The sudden and comprehensive attack made Roger somewhat overwhelmed. Unable to make up his mind, he could only rush to the capital to report the whole story to Princess Elsa.
Similarly, Aisha was feeling a little uncomfortable at this time. The entire capital was filled with rumors that she was taking advantage of Maple Leaf Territory's misfortune. Some people even said with certainty that they had seen a letter signed by Princess Aisha herself. The content of the letter was very simple: as long as Maple Leaf Territory agreed to give her half of the shares, she would send troops to help resist the empire's attack.
Unfortunately, the empire was defeated before she could send troops, and her dream was shattered.
But this was just the beginning. She had promised to divide the Maple Leaf Territory with other nobles, but now she was going to break her promise and planned to take it all for herself. This made some nobles of the United Chamber of Commerce unhappy.
They all came to her to ask what happened. How could Aisha admit to such a thing? She temporarily stabilized the Federation's situation by saying that it was a false accusation. However, this was only temporary. Aisha hated herself very much for being too greedy and causing this trouble.
Before one crisis was over, another crisis arose. Within two days, even more explosive news came. Maple Leaf Territory was the first to criticize Aisha for her actions, saying that she was not worthy of being the heir to the throne, and terminated all business dealings with the Federation.
For about half a month, Aisha was in a state of anxiety. After Roger rode day and night to bring the news, the people of the United Chamber of Commerce were really furious this time.
Maple Leaf Leadership no longer provides seeds, Maple Leaf Leadership is going to recall loans in advance, and Maple Leaf Leadership no longer provides technical worker support. These three pieces of news are like depth bombs.
The divers who usually lurk and the spectators are all furious. Aisha's investment chamber of commerce will distribute dividends in ten days. At this time, many people are waiting to see if she can fulfill her promise and distribute dividends on time.
All the members of the United Chamber of Commerce were urging her to take out the seeds quickly. Once the planting time was missed, it would inevitably affect the planting cycle replacement.
In short, no matter where Aisha went at this time, people would ask her what to do, and she also wanted to ask others what she should do.
As a last resort, she had to set her sights on the kingdom's treasury, but unfortunately she was caught while trying to withdraw gold coins from the treasury in the dark.
This added fuel to the fire. Everyone started saying that Aisha had no money and that she had invested all her money and was unable to make a profit.
As the date for dividend payment approaches, Aisha becomes more and more crazy. The king says she has looked for everyone she can, and Maple Leaf Territory has sent people to reconcile as quickly as possible, bringing with them the earnest words in her latest letter, almost to the point of kneeling down and crying.
The reason for choosing this time is that we calculated that Elsa would have no way to deal with it. Just as everyone worried, everyone arrived at the location as scheduled on the day the bonus was distributed, but unfortunately Princess Elsa was reluctant to come out to see anyone the whole day.
A noble cursed and led everyone straight to Princess Elsa's suburban castle. They learned that the princess had moved back to the palace seven days ago. All hope was gone, and everyone realized that Princess Elsa had deceived them.
Naturally, the nobles did not dare to storm the palace. After all, His Majesty the King was still alive. Three days passed before a servant finally handed Duke Hill a handwritten letter from Princess Elsa.
There was no other meaning in it, except that she was willing to use the Chamber of Commerce's shares as debt to repay all the nobles. Naturally, Aisha was unwilling to accept such an answer. She used the land of the Chamber of Commerce nobles to borrow a large sum of money to build plantations and repay the nobles' dividends.
Now Maple Leaf Bank is unwilling to continue lending and requires the Chamber of Commerce to repay the loan in advance. The cash flow of the entire aristocratic circle has basically been swept away by Aisha, and no one can raise money even if they want to.
Although the national treasury has nearly 10 million gold coins, this money is watched not only by the prime minister but also by other members of the royal family. After all, this is the fund for maintaining national stability and no one can touch it.
Even three-year-old children in the capital knew that Aisha was doomed. Not only had she cheated all the nobles, she had also taken away all their territories.
Just when everyone was getting anxious like a headless fly, Princess Lydia, who always had a low presence, suddenly summoned everyone in the name of the royal family.
The princess expressed her willingness to accept all of Elsa's debts, but at the same time, the dividends and principal needed to be negotiated. If everyone agreed to her plan, then she would repay Elsa's debts.
No comparison means no harm. You may have lost everything originally, but now someone tells you that you can get back some of your principal and interest.
Everyone would make this choice, and most of the nobles accepted her conditions. She also contacted Duke Hill and Duke Leicester of the United Chamber of Commerce. After gaining enough benefits for herself, Lydia took out the seeds she got from Maple Leaf Territory and told those people that the seeds needed in various places had already arrived and would not delay everyone's sowing time.
She turned a dead chess game into something alive. At least in the eyes of some spectators, Lydia's ability is much stronger than Elsa's.
More importantly, Lydia doesn't want to be as aggressive as Elsa. Instead, she follows the rules in everything.
At this time, King Alfarak II Stephens, who was rumored to not survive for more than a few days, miraculously appeared in the council hall.
The king, who was rarely seen a few times in more than a year, issued a not-so-surprising decree this time. Lydia Stephens became the first heir to the throne, and Elsa was driven out of the palace and sent to her own border territory.
Such a farce ended like this. A queen who was once sure of victory ended up losing everything because of her own greed, and a princess who originally had nothing ended up being the one who laughed last.
Even people like Duke Hill, who were used to watching the game of power, felt a chill down their spine at this moment. When they calmed down and looked back, they realized that everything was controlled by an invisible big hand.
The three words "Maple Leaf Territory" also gave all the nobles a new understanding. This place, which was famous for its poverty more than a decade ago, has now grown into a terrifying place that can influence the kingdom.
Fortunately, Maple Leaf Territory did not target all the nobles. This was what Lydia conveyed. She used her own reputation to guarantee that the loans from Maple Leaf Bank would still be fulfilled as scheduled and would not require everyone to repay in advance. Everyone could still apply for private loans without any special obstacles.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, another thing happened. Alfarak II Stephens breathed his last in his bed at the age of 55.
On his deathbed, he promised the prime minister and many ministers that Lydia would be an excellent queen, and he also hoped that the ministers would assist the queen wholeheartedly.
Lydia was somewhat saddened by her father's departure, but Ellen, who had always wanted to push Lydia to the throne, could no longer sit still and arranged for Lydia to ascend the throne the next day.
Lydia, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, rejected Aunt Ellen's proposal and instead sent people to Maple Leaf Territory hoping that Duke Green would come to hold a coronation ceremony for her.
Ellen found this behavior hard to accept. After all, she believed that she was the one who taught Lydia. Seeing that the once obedient princess now refused to listen to her, Ellen was also angry.
However, Lydia still gave her enough comfort and promised to give her a territory and a title after she completed the coronation.