Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 555 Disturbing Family Matters

Claude was well aware that he was supposed to be an important target for the Sterling royal family, perhaps with a symbol on his head that showed little loyalty to the royal family and a great deal of threat. In the sandbox deduction of the senior staff of the Royal Army Ministry, they thought that this was not the best time to attack the Kingdom of the Hicks, and they insisted on coming to the mainland of the Kingdom and saying that they were going to reorganize the Legion of Thunder to attack the Kingdom of the Hicks, so everyone would wonder...

That is why Prime Minister Blanchard deliberately arrived in White Deer City to meet himself, with the intention of mapping out his plans. Unfortunately, Claude talked to him for half an evening, telling him why he was attacking the Kingdom of the Hicks, and Prime Minister Blanchard was still half-witted. But it's not surprising that until Claude reveals his offensive plan, no one believes Claude can defeat the Kingdom of Hicks with a Thunder Legion.

Claude decided to stay in White Deer City for a few days, setting up a 3,000-acre estate and a 10,000-acre forest farm in his own name on the southern outskirts of White Deer City, known as Claude Estate and Claude Forest Farm. When Claude was just 16 years old, the southern suburbs of White Deer Town were full of townspeople's farm orchards. Claude and his own teenage companions ran to the hills on the southern suburbs to hunt rabbits and catch wild chickens and make some extra money...

Only during the civil war in the Kingdom, the southern suburbs were the first to be hit by war, and everything was destroyed. The owners of those farm orchards either died in battle or were caught or fled without return. As a result, the large southern suburbs became landless and were once again reclaimed state-owned by the Bai Lu City Administration.

Claude brought people to the southern suburbs just to recap their teenage memories. Seeing this situation in the southern suburbs, he immediately decided to set up an industry here, saying that he would retire in the future and have a place in White Deer City. As for the palace-style mansion, Claude was now just the steward, and he didn't want to compete for property rights with his mother.

Prime Minister Blanchard ran with Claude for two days, and seeing Claude was indeed giving himself a birth, he was relieved to say goodbye. The first was his busy business, and the second was his two days of contact, and he found that Claude had no other ideas, not even Wang wanted to go, and had no ideas about the contradiction between his mother and his wife. Just sent a message to Wang Du that he was looking for property in Bai Lu City, and felt that Bai Lu City was more attractive to Claude.

Prime Minister Blancat felt that he and His Majesty seemed to be paying too much attention to the Marshal of the Kingdom of Claude, who, although already the Supreme Commander of the Overseas Autonomous Territories and a constant vigilance over the Crown and the King's Court, was not hostile and ambitious, but rather satisfied with the current state of the Kingdom's homeland and Overseas Autonomous Territories. Generally speaking, there is no threat to the security of the kingdom as long as he is not dialed.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Counselor Swanson rushed back from the King to give Claude a detailed intelligence report, and Claude finally figured out how the contradictions and quarrels between his mother and his wife came about. How did you make the daughter-in-law a popular gossip topic for Wangdu, and even messed up in front of His Majesty the King for belonging to the estate on the outskirts of Wangdu...

Simply put, after the mother took Kaifani's mother and son to Wang Du in the second half of the previous year, His Majesty kept his word and gave them a noble house and a royal estate in the suburbs. So Mother and Kaifani lived in the mansion and started living in Wangdu. Of course, they love Wangdu's lively and commercial market and often go shopping to bargain.

Originally, the daughter-in-law's life was very comfortable, and she felt that Wang was many times better than the overseas autonomous collar. It was only about six months later that, with the increase in interpersonal interaction, they learned that between the nobles of Wangdu, the two of them were referred to as soil buns from the countryside. Because no noble lady would go to the market herself to buy cheap goods and bargain with a trader for half a day for the price. You know, shopping for goods in Wangdu's nobility is all about the best and most expensive, except clothing and jewellery luxury goods, ordinary household goods are ordered by the butler...

Having heard these comments and euphemisms from the kind noble lady next door, it was a great blow to her mother. Mother also held the title of Viscount Fields because her deceased father was hunted by His Majesty the King as Viscount Emeritus of the Kingdom. Now she sees herself and Kaifani's behavior as shaming the dead Viscount Morsan and the Fields, determined to change and integrate the Fields into the royal circle of Wangdu.

The mother then commissioned noble etiquette instruction, as well as housekeepers and servants who met noble standards. Like Swanson and the old servants who used to be from overseas autonomous ties were either sent to the estate or asked to follow the highly-paid servants' housekeepers in their efforts to meet the standards of noble servants, and in that time, Swanson was tortured enough.

Then the mother started hosting banquet dances in the house to entertain the nobles of Wangdu in order to spread the fame of the Fields family. The problem is that Mother thought beautifully, the reality is that in the name of the Fields family, her Viscount Lady, there is no ranking in the Wangdu aristocratic circle. The royal nobility, who had a slight identity, would not accept her invitation and would not even allow their wives and children to come.

All the honorary nobles who came to the banquet dance were those who mixed and drank in Wangdu. These people had no other ability, which is that they had a good mouth. The praised mother was very happy, so the Fields' Palace became a white food and drink place for these honorary nobles. Every day, the mother became a joke in the royal aristocracy circle again, called the confused Viscount Lady.

Now it's Kevin's turn, you know Claude is a hereditary count of the kingdom, and she holds the title of Countess. It's just that she and Claude were in the Cold War, and they didn't want to use that title, so they were very low-key. She hated the lively scenery of these people coming and going to the Skyweather Hotel at home, but could only bear to see the joy of her mother being honored by these honorable nobles.

The mother claimed only Viscount Morsan's great achievements, saying that he had opened a new route from the Kingdom to the overseas autonomous territories, but was wrongfully persecuted and killed herself. Now His Majesty the Wise King has seized him as Viscount of the Kingdom to have the Fields family...

As a result, the honorary aristocrats who came to mix and drink did not know about the relationship between Mother, Kevin and Claude, only to consider the daughter-in-law fortunate. Several honorary aristocrats also fought the idea of a daughter-in-law named Caffrey, who was paranoid about her wealth.

It's just that Kevin has been so sick of this smoky nobleman in the house mixing with these foodies that he hasn't given them a good look. So a few drunk honorary nobles were prepared to use strength. Anyway, this unidentified daughter-in-law was bullied and had to be swallowed up. They were the honorary nobles of their kingdoms.

Then they kicked on the iron board, the bastards honorary nobles just stopped Kevin from doing his maneuvers, they were beaten to the ground by guards from somewhere, and then transported to the noble justice department of the kingdom with guns on their heads. The following were deprived of the honorary title for insulting the noble lady and thrown into the labour camp.

The incident scared half the honorary noblemen who came to the palace to eat and drink, so they knew that such a great god was still hidden in the house of this confused old Countess. Therefore, the honorary nobles who remain in the hall must be respectful in front of Kaifani, do not dare to make a slight offense, but leave the house quiet a lot...

But this upset her mother. She was very dissatisfied with the fact that the name of the Countess of Caffany had been pressed over her, scolding Caffany for not using the title of Count of Claude, an unfaithful son, to oppress the honorable noblemen, and now most people were afraid to come to the office to chat with her.

Generally speaking, when a mother is older and nagging a few words, Kaifani's patience passes, which Claude knows very well. Kaifani's character is quite good. After all these years of living with her mother, she still has feelings. It's just that the older the mother gets, the more stubborn she gets, she has to do everything she wants, otherwise it won't be over.

Just as Kevin advised his mother not to continue to entertain these honorary nobles, but her mother insisted that it was a face for the Fields family. After all, it was the royal nobility, even the honorary nobility, that Mr. Morsan, who was the chief administrative officer of the town at the time, who was unable to bond. It was the honor of the Fields family...

Another thing that happened was that the mother ran out of money. As an honorary nobleman of the kingdom, it would have received an annual subsidy. For example, the Baron Emeritus is 100 gold kroner, the Viscount Emeritus is 200 gold kroner, etc., and this subsidy will last a lifetime. As a result of the closure, Mr. Morsan's allowance for the Viscount of Honour was transferred to the mother until her death.

If the mother saved some money, the annual title allowance of 200 gold kroner would have allowed her to spend the rest of her life in the hall. Mothers, however, want to revive the prestige of the Fields family in Wang Du, hire noble etiquette instruction, housekeepers who meet noble standards, and buy household utensils and decorations that meet noble identities. Needless to say, it takes more than twenty gold kroner a month to spend on manual salaries alone, and mothers have to fill in their savings.

Her mother's reserves were given to Claude when she was in the Overseas Autonomous Territories, her sister Anna's allowance, and her brother Blovik's bounty for the war before she left the house, together with more than 2,000 gold kroner. But Wang Duju, it's not easy, the price here is much higher than White Deer City. Coupled with the fact that her mother spent a fortune dressing up in the hall and entertaining the royal nobility of the mixed kingdom, her savings disappeared in less than four months.

So Mother remembered that 30 percent of the tobacco factory revenue dividend held by Kevin was a tremendous asset, with nearly 10,000 gold kroner dividends in a quarter. As long as the money is in hand, mothers don't have to worry about the lack of money to entertain the honorary nobles of those kingdoms. So Mother, in the name of the Fields family, asked Kevin to leave the dividend to her for safekeeping and processing...

Of course not. She's not stupid. It's clear Claude gave her three children for Claude. She was Claude's wife, and Claude said the dividend was for her family. Previously in Langhu City, the Overseas Autonomous Territory, she was the host of the Fields estate, from which the daily expenses of the Fields estate were spent.

Now in Wangdu, although he also lived at the Fields' Palace, it was given to his mother by His Majesty the King in the name of chasing down the deceased prince. Her mother became the owner of the house, so she could not prevent her mother from acting according to her wishes. Whether recruiting a servant or banqueting an honorary nobleman in the kingdom, the mother pays for it and she is not entitled to take care of it.

But she pays for her own expenses and those of her two children, as well as the people she leads from overseas autonomous ties, like the housekeeper Swanson, the guards like Sergeant Kester, and the salaries of the old servants, and the mother doesn't care. The two of them share more clearly in terms of money, and usually Kevin helps the family buy some daily necessities or something.

The reason for the Cold War with Claude was that Kevin hated Claude so much that she left her eldest son, Tess Aurey, in the barracks without any affection, and left behind her intention to raise Tess Aurey as the new head of the Fields family. At the same time, worried about the fate of his eldest son in the barracks, it was easy to become a cannonball in this era when soldiers entered the battlefield.

And Claude and Kevin were conflicted because they realized she had become selfish and refused to adopt the twin children of their brother Blovik for the sake of the head of the family. At the same time, because of the arrival of her first lover, Sheila, she naturally alienated Kaifani, the yellow-faced woman.

But anyway, Kevin is Claude's real wife, the countess recognized by the kingdom. She was very reluctant to ask her mother to hand over the 30 per cent earnings dividend of the tobacco factory, and thought it was strange for her to say that Claude was unfaithful and that Claude should give her the dividend. And this tobacco factory was created by Claude, and Claude gave her the dividend. What does it have to do with the Fields?

Mother was very angry and had a big fight with Kaifani, thinking that Kaifani was a despicable descendant and not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of the noble Fields. As a result, she annoyed Kaifani and took the child to live in a manor on the outskirts of Wangdu.

As soon as Kaifani left her mother, she was tragic, without money, not to mention entertaining honorary nobles, not even paying the salaries of the housekeepers hired in the house. So the servants snuck away what was valuable in the house, leaving the butler and a homeless cook in the house. Mother is sick again, lying in bed mourning her life, son disobedient daughter-in-law disobedient or something...

Luckily, the butler did his job and ran to the estate to find Kevin. Kaifani heard that her mother was in bed, so she decided to go check it out. Don't have any luck or anything. When she returned to the public house, she heard her mother cursing herself in anger that she could not die. Turn around and go. I don't want to see my mother again. But Claude's mother, Kevin, gave the housekeeper some money to take care of her, just don't let anything happen to her.

If it goes on like this, the mother has no money to toss with and can only scold Kevin in the office. And a month later, last October, Albert, Claude's big brother, came to the door. Mother meets Albert Big Happy, her bones get hard and hugs Albert and says the Fields have hope...

When Albert was said to have left White Deer City, he travelled to the countries of the Farea continent. He suffered a lot, went to a lot of countries, met a lot of scholars, followed them, learned a lot of knowledge around them, and is now a little famous playwright. Almost two decades later, he missed his family and decided to return home. Who knew Wang Du and heard from his mother, so he came to meet her.

Mother listened to Albert and was very happy to think that her eldest son had finally made a difference and could inherit the Fields family, who was one of the two candidates for the head of the family. Mother wanted to celebrate with a big banquet, but Albert, like her, had no money in her pocket, saying that the cost of coming back on the road had drained out every pocket of him.

Finally, Albert decided to borrow money from Kevin, and he went to the estate and asked Kevin to borrow a thousand gold kroner. Kevin knew Albert a few times in White Deer Town, still remembering. It's just that Kevin didn't feel very good about him, even though Albert said all the good things, and Kevin didn't promise to lend him money, only giving him ten gold kroners.

When Angry Albert returned, he encouraged his mother to file a complaint against Kevin's seizure of the Fields' estate. Because the estate on the outskirts of Kingdu was exchanged for the Fields family 5,000 acres of woodland, earning over 300 gold kroner a year. Now that Kaifani has taken possession of the estate, it is a violation of the Fields family property...

No nobleman in the kingdom of Ovillas has ever been brought to court for family disputes, and the Fields are famous for their exceptions. Grandma and daughter-in-law are really the first examples in the kingdom, especially since they are both noble ladies. In the meantime, Wang Du's newspapers were working around this lawsuit. If Prime Minister Blancat hadn't been vigilant enough to speak, maybe those newspapers would have pulled out the details of Claude.

Finally, His Majesty the King himself handed down a trial judgement against his mother-in-law, and Kevin presented evidence, the deed of 5,000 acres of woodland in White Deer City, with Claude's name on it. When Claude and sister Anna bought this 5,000 acre woodland as a family woodland, their brother Browick was still a minor and was represented by sister Anna. The subsequent purchase of a public forest farm required the identity of Captain Claude's officers and Knight Medal recipients, so Claude signed the name when it was integrated into the Fields Family Forest Farm.

When his brother Browick grew up, Claude handed him the deed, giving him the opportunity to go to White Deer City to take care of the family estate and change the forest to family ownership. As a result, Blovik didn't care about it at all and turned to Keffany to keep the deed. So this woodland deed is still signed by Claude, not owned by the Fields...

Mother and Albert were immediately stunned, and they didn't expect such an outcome. If the forest farm belongs to Claude, then the estate on the outskirts of this king's capital is replaced by a forest farm, which naturally belongs to Claude. As his wife, Kevin lived in the estate. This case ends with the mother failing...

And because of the lawsuit and the fact that her mother completely tore her face apart, Kevin no longer cared about the office. Now there are only two houses left in what my mother calls the Fields family estate, one in King and one in White Deer City. Because of the lack of money, I owe the salaries of the servants on the side of White Deer City.

Mother can only blame herself for all this, and if she can be honest and still build an apartment building on the White Deer City side, she still earns more than a dozen gold kroner a year to rent out. But he preferred to build a mansion, and now he can't even afford to pay his monthly salary. Selling and not daring to sell, this is what His Majesty the King has allocated to compensate the Fields family. He has to pretend to be deaf and mute, pretending not to know that this side of the house has been completed...