Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 293: Stand by Team -56-

Chapter 293: Stand by Team -56-

Nisi couldn’t help but say.

Charlotte understood what this fellow meant. It was subtly suggesting that she simply use the power of the "deity" to find a way to deal directly with these people.

Deities are most adept at brainwashing, not to mention that Charlotte was even the "Blood True Ancestor."

Nisi probably thought that Charlotte could easily control the thoughts of the nobles if she wanted.

But Charlotte felt helpless too.

Her cheat was effective, and she neither wanted nor could rely on spells to spiritually control all the nobles in her territory. Moreover, she didn’t know how to "quickly recover her power."

The only thing she was certain of now was that she had to keep a firm grip on her domain, making it a strong support for herself.

Only after that could she proceed with her plans. Then, whether it involved preaching or collecting fragments of the Holy Scripture, everything would be more convenient.

"Continue with the original plan, combine the reported materials and the confession roster, and arrest those leading agitators," Charlotte thought for a moment and then commanded.

"Ah, this... Aren’t you afraid of a rebellion?" Nisi couldn’t help but ask.

Charlotte glanced at it,

"Even if there’s a rebellion, the directly administered domain wouldn’t be able to rebel. If there’s going to be a real rebellion, it would be those vassal nobles who have their private troops."

"Aren’t you afraid of what people might think of you? Continuing like this, you’re truly going to earn the reputation of a tyrant."

"Don’t worry, someone else is concerned about that for me," Charlotte said.

After speaking, she looked at her maid, Sherry, who was standing by, and commanded,

"Sherry, send someone to the residence of the Lien-Castel family and tell them it’s time for me to see their influence among the nobles."

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Professional tasks require professional people to handle them.

Although the Castel nobles shouted their slogans loudly, it was unclear exactly how many were firmly opposed to Charlotte, how many were muddying the waters, how many were secretly observing the situation, or who were simply part of the silent majority.

But one thing was certain—Charlotte choosing the Lien-Castel family to scrutinize the nobles was indeed the right decision.

Following Charlotte’s orders, the Castel family’s guard squad came out in full force, directly suppressing the rebellious nobles of the directly administered domain.

As the lord of the Northern Land, Castel maintained a standing army of three thousand men. Perhaps they could not contend with the combined private troops of the nobles, but it was more than enough to quash a minor rebellion in the directly administered domain.

Meanwhile, the Lien-Castel family finally stood up.

The aged Old Viscount himself stepped up, denounced the rebellious nobles, and from the standpoint of territory security, propagated the legitimacy of this scrutiny.

It must be said, the family head of the Lien-Castel family really had something special.

Charlotte thought he would support this scrutiny from the standpoint of the various crimes of the rebellious nobles.

After all, following the dramatic reports, few of the noble families who attended the banquet were completely clean; a detailed investigation would gather plenty of fault.

However, the Old Viscount did not utilize the pile of crime evidence on Charlotte’s desk, but directly approached from the dangers of Bloodline infiltration, reasoning the necessity of the scrutiny.

The Northern Land, after all, was the territory of the New Moon Kingdom. Although there were many immigrants in the Northern Land, the primary residents were the subjects who had migrated from the New Moon Kingdom.

The New Moon Kingdom had once been overthrown by the Shedite Clan and had almost perished because of it. Growing up influenced by the "Blood Demon Legend," the people of New Moon naturally harbored a certain wariness towards the Bloodline’s "Blood Court."

Ordinary people couldn’t distinguish between the "orderly" Nais Clan and the "chaotic" Shedite Clan; to them, both were part of the Bloodline. The Old Viscount personally gathered the nobles for a speech, which did awaken many people’s fear of the Blood Demons’ rule behind the scenes.

Public opinion almost instantaneously reversed, at least among the common folk.

To the common people, scrutinizing the nobles was inherently entertaining, and often it was downright satisfying. Their feelings towards the Lords were simple; apart from an instinctive awe, their perceptions of the Lords originated almost entirely from noble propaganda.

At this moment, Charlotte’s inspection plan, described by Viscount Lien Castel, assumed a guise of sacred righteousness. The noble’s previously cruel tyrant quickly became a just new lord in the eyes of the commoners.

Being able to serve as the Foreign Affairs Director of the Castel family for decades, the Old Viscount was indeed capable.

After the Lien Castel family publicly supported Charlotte, several families either friendly with Lien Castel or loyal traditionalists also began to express their support for the inspection.

Among them were even four baron families including the Valley Family of Baron Angus.

To Charlotte’s surprise, the sworn enemy of the Lien Castel family, the female viscount of the Legris Family, also subtly indicated her support for the inspection plan.

However, the female viscount did not trust Lien Castel; her nocturnal visit to supposedly re-meet Charlotte subtly hinted her willingness to support, but she demanded that the inspection of the Legris Family had to be conducted by Castel personally, and also that she replace the Lien Castel family as the executor of the inspection plan.

Charlotte, of course, refused.

To use people without mistrust, and not use people you distrust; since she had decided on letting the Lien Castel family conduct the inspection, she would not change her orders from day to night.

Not to mention, the strength of the Legris Family was already quite formidable.

To Charlotte’s understanding, their standing cavalry troops had already surpassed a thousand, although most were light cavalry, which already constituted a powerful force in the Northern Land.

Including the nobility that followed them, Charlotte estimated that just pulling out private soldiers, Legris could muster two to three thousand men, not even counting the temporarily conscripted soldiers.

Moreover, these figures were all from old records; if the information from whistleblowing reports was to be believed, the military strength of the Legris Family might be even greater.

Under such circumstances, Charlotte naturally would not hand over the inspection power to them.

Of course, given the relationship between the two viscount families, she pondered that having the Lien Castel family conduct the inspection might not be quite appropriate, but she neither planned to go personally. Instead, she decided to wait until Sebastian’s surprise raid on Lachlan Count’s hideout was completed.

As for the other family among the "Three Royal Families," the Roman Fuer family had maintained silence, quietly leaving by ship after the banquet concluded.

The Roman Fuer family’s land forces were not strong; their main strength lay at sea, their number of warships accounting for half of Castel’s.

Recalling various behaviors of the Roman Fuer family during the banquet, Charlotte always felt that this family harbored secrets.

As soon as Viscount Lien Castel took action, the nobles starkly divided into two factions.

However, the supporters were ultimately the minority.

Even the Legris Family only showed a conditionally accepting demeanor, and after Charlotte did not immediately respond, the Legris Family, like Roman Fuer, left North Port and returned to their domains.

After learning the news, Charlotte sighed softly, knowing that this meant the Legris Family would no longer support her. Between Lien Castel and Legris, she would likely have to choose one.

Viscount Lien Castel had overturned public opinion, successfully muddying the situation of the Castel’s directly administered domain, and after Charlotte deployed the family guard, those clamorous nobles were quickly suppressed one by one.

As for the remaining nobles, they left North Port one after another, returning to their own territories.

However, Charlotte knew, upon

learning the news, that this meant the Legris Family was no longer in support, and between Lien Castel and Legris, she might have to choose one.

Viscount Lien Castel had overturned public opinion and successfully muddied the situation of the Castel’s domain; after Charlotte deployed the family guard, those clamorous nobles were quickly suppressed.

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