"His Royal Highness Irina, you..." The nobles of Thessaly looked at each other, and they had no idea that the girl would make such a statement. Merinosen, who was bewildered, could not believe his ears, almost thinking that he had heard it wrongly just now. He set his eyes on the three men, Hendriel, Bonnius and Taranit, who had been watching coldly, and they were all expressionless, and they could not see what they were thinking in their hearts.

Merinoson calmed down a little, and watched the noble girl push out a smile on her face, "Your Highness, you don't have to worry. Everyone present is a vassal of your father and is equally loyal to you. Including this Lord Justinian, who is also the later ally of your father's former subordinates, there is no saying that we join him."

Merinosen said with great emphasis, as if he and Justinian had just been waiting for a price, it was completely impossible to have a sale. A discerning person could see the real intention of the count. In this troublesome autumn, a girl would become the lord, obviously wanting to support the young lord to compete with Justinian, which was an insolvent step. After Prince Theodor was killed, Thessaly, who had become a homeless land, could certainly be left outside.

Justinian gave annexation, but the premise was that Prince Theodor had no legal heir, and now that the prince's daughter Irina Ducas appeared here, everything changed. All the nobles of Thessaly were lit up. If this girl became the heir of Agrignon in the future, then her future husband, who was at a young age, would undoubtedly be the successor new prince. To unite the power of the current nobles, it would be hard not to make them moved by such huge interests.

But the Count Bunonius, who had been silent, stood up at this time and spoke up to interrupt the little abacus in his mind.

"What His Highness Irina said is not a problem. Everyone, we have no reason to misinterpret Your Highness's meaning, but we must also respect Your Highness's own opinions!"

"His Excellency Bunonius--" Seeing the other party stand up, Merinosen naturally knew who the old count would favor, just as he was about to refute.

"Shut your mouth, Merinoson! You ignorant fool, let me finish your words." Before he could speak, Earl of Bunnius interrupted Merinoson and scolded him without any mercy, making the man speechless and dull, and could not get out of Taiwan in front of many nobles of Salley.

This time, the old Count never left any affection. The old man, who was not angry and arrogant, looked at the prince's daughter standing in front of the hall, his eyes were as calm as water, and he slowly said: "I believe that His Highness Irina can give the reason most of us can convince. Other debates before this were meaningless." Until this time, he exchanged the final decision to Irina himself.

The nobles looked bright. Since the respected old Count had already spoken, they could only wait for Irina Ducas' final decision. Under such pressure, even the girl who was mentally prepared was a little nervous and her breathing became cramped at this time.

"Cough cough cough..." At this moment, a man's rude cough came from outside the villa hall, which attracted people's attention. A poor monk in rags walked slowly into everyone's sight with a bamboo stick. Merinoson couldn't help but frown. Who actually put such a person in? Are the servants of this villa dead?

Just as Count Merinosen, who was already unable to come out of Taiwan to find face, was about to leave, the monk said, "I will introduce myself. I am a monk from the St. Irina Cathedral of Constantinople, Sergius, who was entrusted by Princess Agelina to escort His Highness Irina to come. I think everyone here should be able to allow me to make a statement!"

"Of course it's okay, Lord Sergius, we are happy to listen to new voices, just say anything!" Before Merinosen could speak, the Earl of Buronius agreed to the request of monk Sergius.

The monk nodded, took off his mud-filled hat and walked to the nobles. "According to the reliable news I received in Agrignon, the rebels were not only supported by Mikhail of Rusnina, but various evidences showed that the Genoese were involved in the coup. They not only provided ships, but also sold them to Romanus Ducas' large number of Kuman slaves, which was enough to gather a force that should not be underestimated in a short time. In addition, there was intelligence that Mikhail Ducas was already gathering forces and also receiving help from the Venetians." Sergius said.

"This is impossible! The Venetians and the Genoese are incompatible! What's more, Mikhail Ducas slaughtered an entire ship of Latin prisoners of war not long ago and was punished by the Holy See." Earl Merinosen was obviously shocked.

"Improve the truth, what you are talking about is nothing but appearance, nothing impossible." Sergius looked into the eyes of the shocked nobleman, "A few years ago, the Venetians were punished by the Holy See. What's the difficulty of letting them cooperate with Mikhail? The same is true for the Genoese, and merchants never cared about this. Now, I think a large army should have advanced along the sea and land at this time."

"This is simply alarmist. Who are you trying to help with this?" Earl Merinosen turned his head and looked at someone sitting aside, his eyes full of anger.

Justinian said coldly, "Don't look at me, you shouldn't know this information long ago! Otherwise, what is my purpose in going north? Is it really to interfere in your messy things?"

The hall suddenly became quiet, and the Thessaly nobles looked at each other.

The news was so creepy. They had just calmed down the internal rebellion and established their foothold. Then they learned that Mikhail had received support from Genoa and Venice. The Sesalis could still rely on the proud cavalry on land, but the sea behind them was blank without defense. Many of them had heard of the story of Norman pirates raging the Bespeare when they were children, and the nobles couldn't help but be frightened when they thought of this.

"This is an unprecedented critical moment. At this time, we need His Highness Justinian! It is urgent to unite against the invaders and rebels who invaded our land!" A nobleman who had previously stood on the side of Earl Merinosen suddenly reacted, "I think we can give up on discussion. It is unnecessary to worry about the previous issues. If His Highness Justinian can lead us to fulfill his duty to defend our land, we can be loyal to him."

"That's right! His Highness Justinian is in line with our interests in this matter."

"It is true. We don't need to hold such a big prejudice. If the Latins are invaded by our land, it will be the worst."

One person made a statement, and the other nobles on the other side chose to turn against each other, standing on the opposite side from the side that supported Merinoson, while Earl Merinoson, who watched the situation reversed, could only be stunned.

On the other hand, just watching the nobles easily change their positions, Justinian, who was watching coldly, felt extremely ridiculous.

Sure enough, these guys would never be able to get it right before they threaten themselves. However, the two old guys, Bunonius and Taranit, actually have such a backup plan!

Justinian thought, while picking up the wine at hand to sip, but what happened next almost made him choke in the wine.

The girl's clear voice echoed in the hall at this time, "We should join Justinian. As the heir of Agrignon, I am willing to marry His Highness Justinian and form a covenant between Molia and Thessali, in order to maintain the friendship that my father continued during his lifetime. This is also the premise for Thessali to choose to be loyal to His Highness Justinian."
Chapter completed!