Chapter 560

A robin wearing a diamond crown... the royal emblem?

Looking back through the air vent behind the carriage and seeing the robin emblem carved on the front of the luxurious carriage, the young woman in the two-wheeled carriage felt her expression sink. The bright smile with a hint of cunning on her face instantly turned into boundless anger as if a storm were coming.

"Behind... it should be Prince Joshua's carriage."

Watching the cargo carriages that had been pushed off the road and overturned, and the small merchants who crawled out of their carriages to hurriedly pick up their goods, glaring at the luxurious carriage with anger they dared not voice, the middle-aged noblewoman's expression was equally ugly.

Although she was also extremely dissatisfied with the other Prince's style, seeing the deepening anger in the young woman's eyes, she hurriedly advised:

"Princess Veronika, you are traveling privately today; not only do you have no honor guard, but you don't even have a security detail.

If you go out now, not only will you disrupt the Lionheart Duke's succession ceremony, but if the rebels know you are here, it will definitely cause a huge mess!"

"Hmm... I know..."

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, the lively and cheerful girl disappeared completely, returning to her usual solemn and dignified appearance.

After gazing at the luxurious carriage behind her again, the young woman—or rather, Princess Veronika—withdrew her gaze and ordered calmly:

"Drive the carriage off the road. Let Joshua's carriage pass first. After the succession ceremony is completely over, have someone write down today's events in the tone of those small merchants and hand it to me. Make the content as miserable as possible."

The middle-aged noblewoman was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then asked in confusion:

"Are you planning to take this booklet to complain to His Majesty and ask him to restrain Prince Joshua's behavior?"

"No. When Father was competing with the nobles for the Ministry of Finance, he owed Joshua's mother too much, so he is a bit too indulgent toward him. Even if he knows he did this, he will at most scold him verbally."

The Princess shook her head, watching the luxurious carriage speeding past, and said faintly:

"If you really want to solve the problem, this booklet should be leaked to the Lower House and handed to those councilors who have been watching me for faults, giving them a chance to make a fuss.

No matter how I advise on this kind of thing, it's useless. Only when the entire royal family's face is slapped hard and a large piece of tangible interest is cut away will Father's palm fall on Joshua's face, letting him know what should and should not be done."

"Your Highness, you really are..."

After hearing the Princess's words, the middle-aged noblewoman couldn't help but chuckle, then shook her head at the departing luxurious carriage:

"Given His Majesty's temperament, Prince Joshua is probably going to be miserable this time. If you, under the 'pressure' of those councilors, have to give up some things, Prince Joshua probably won't have a carriage to ride for half a year."

Is just getting slapped and not having a carriage for half a year considered miserable?

Upon hearing the middle-aged noblewoman's words, the Princess did not speak but looked through the carriage window at the dozens of overturned carriages on the side of the road and the large and small cargo boxes broken on the roadside.

It had rained lightly last night. Even in a place like Red Cedar Avenue that had been carefully repaired, the roadside was inevitably muddy, with puddles of various sizes.

Among the goods transported by these small merchants, the shattered porcelain and lamps went without saying; things like coal, flour, and spices could not touch water.

As for the velvet ribbons and such used to decorate the succession ceremony, once stained with mud, the Bobby Laien family would not accept them. It could be said that they would definitely have made the trip in vain.

And because Charle Department Store had to conduct low-price dumping for over half a month to protect itself, the small merchants were already having a very difficult time. Supplying goods for the Bobby Laien family's succession ceremony was a rare opportunity for them. If she wasn't mistaken, many people's payments were likely owed, and they might even have taken out loans. As a result, they were all pushed to the side of the road by Joshua's guards.

If she let it go, more than half of the owners of these carriages would likely go bankrupt, and those few people dressed in rags, crying while gathering their goods, would appear in the slums of the capital before long...

"Forget it, I won't go to the succession ceremony."

Looking at the ribbons lying in the mud and the several merchants crying on the roadside, the Princess shook her head helplessly and waved her hand with a sense of boredom:

"Let's go. We'll find Joshua's guards and make him compensate them first. Otherwise, among these people, I'm afraid someone will..."

"Make way! Hurry and make way!"

"Why are cargo carriages on the main road? Get down immediately!"

"Push them all down! The Duke's carriage is behind, the succession ceremony time is going to be delayed!"

Hearing the commotion coming from behind again, the Princess's brow furrowed once more, and she leaned her body out the window to look back.

The newly arrived carriage was pulled by eight tall and sturdy Shire horses, almost completely occupying the road nearly ten meters wide. Its luxury was even greater than Joshua's.

The sandalwood carriage body carved with the Golden Crown Lion emblem was not only decorated with gilded copper nails everywhere, but the carriage walls were inlaid with rows of jewels, and even the white steel wheels were pressed with prints similar to beast feet, leaving patterns like lion footprints on the ground they passed over, with almost every detail pushed to the extreme within the regulations.

The Lionheart Duke's carriage? This is troublesome...

Watching the road become chaotic again, the Princess couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

To avoid that scumbag Joshua, most of the carriages in front had gone down from the main road side. Many had just barely managed to drive back onto the road. Just restoring order would take at least twelve or thirteen minutes; there was simply no time to dodge again.

And that newly appointed Lionheart Duke, if he wanted to reach the Bobby Laien Manor on time, would probably have to learn from that scumbag Joshua and forcibly flip these carriages down too. It was estimated that another large batch of things would be soiled...

"Stop!"

Just as the Princess was hesitating whether to expose her identity and go talk to the Lionheart Duke to squeeze out some time for these small merchants to move their carriages, a head suddenly poked out of the carriage window, shouting to stop the guards who were preparing to flip the carriages.

"Why are you driving people away blindly? Is such a wide road not enough... hmm..."

After looking at the main road that was half-occupied in front and estimating the width of the flashy carriage he was sitting in, finding that it was indeed not quite enough, Li Ang silently swallowed the second half of his sentence. He then turned to glare at the old man in gorgeous clothes who was sweating profusely, saying with dissatisfaction:

"I said there was no need to take a carriage; walking there wouldn't take long. You guys have too many things to do. I've already arrived, and you still make me come back and walk it again... Look! It's blocked!"

Feeling stifled by Li Ang's words but really having no way to deal with him, the old steward of the former Duke could only accompany him with a bitter smile and try to persuade him:

"Duke! Taking this 'Lionheart Carriage' into the manor is a tradition of our Bobby Laien family and part of the succession ceremony. Please bear with it for a little while longer, just a little while!"

(End of Chapter)