Chapter five hundred and fifty fifth troubled family affairs
Chapter 555: Troubled Family Matters
Claude knew very well that he should be an important target of the Sterling royal family's attention, and perhaps there was a symbol on his head that showed no loyalty to the royal family and was very threatening. In the sand table deduction of the senior staff officers of the Kingdom's Army Department
, they believe that now is not the best time to attack the Kingdom of Hicks, and they insist on coming to the Kingdom, saying that they want to reorganize and reorganize the Thunder Legion to attack the Kingdom of Hicks, then everyone will have doubts...
For this reason, Prime Minister Blancart rushed to White Deer City to meet with him, intending to find out his plans. Unfortunately, Claude communicated with him for half a night, explaining why he wanted to attack the Hicks Kingdom.
, Prime Minister Blancart is still dubious. But this is not surprising. Before Claude revealed his attack plan, no one believed that Claude could defeat the Hicks Kingdom with a Thunder Legion.
Claude decided to stay in White Deer City for a few days, and bought a 3,000-acre manor and a 10,000-acre forest farm in his own name in the southern suburbs of White Deer City. They were named Claude Manor and Claude Forest Farm. At that time, Claude
When Lord was sixteen and had just traveled through time, the southern suburbs of White Deer Town were filled with townspeople's farms, farms and orchards. Claude and his young companions often went to the hills and hills in the southern suburbs to hunt rabbits and pheasants to earn extra money.
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It was just that during the civil war in the kingdom, the southern suburbs were the first area to be affected by the war, and everything was destroyed. The owners of the farms, farms or orchards either died in the war, were captured, or fled never to return.
As a result, this huge area in the southern suburbs became ownerless land and was once again taken back by the Bailu City Administrative Office and became state-owned.
Claude brought people to the southern suburbs just to review the memories of his youth. Seeing the situation in the southern suburbs, he immediately decided to buy a property here. He said that when he retired from the army in the future, he would also have a place to stay in White Deer City. As for the palace-style house
Claude is now just in charge of the mansion. He doesn't want to compete with his mother for the property rights of the mansion.
Prime Minister Blancart accompanied Claude for two days. Seeing that Claude was indeed buying a property for himself, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and left. Firstly, he was busy with official duties, and secondly, he found out about Claude through these two days of contact.
De really had no other ideas. He didn't even want to go to the royal capital. He had no intention of getting involved in the conflict between his mother and his wife. He just sent a letter to the royal capital and looked for a place in Bailu City.
When it comes to buying property, I feel that Bailu City is more attractive to Claude.
Prime Minister Blancart felt that he and His Majesty the King seemed to pay too much attention to Claude, the marshal of the kingdom. Although Claude was already the supreme commander of the Overseas Dominion Military Region and had always been wary of the royal family and the royal court, he had no hostility and
Ambition, on the contrary, expressed satisfaction with the current status quo of the kingdom's mainland and overseas autonomous territories. Generally speaking, as long as he is not provoked, it will not pose any threat to the safety of the kingdom.
On the afternoon of the fourth day, Butler Swenson rushed back from the royal capital and made a detailed intelligence report to Claude. Claude finally understood the origin of the conflicts and quarrels between his mother and his wife.
This made the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law a hot gossip topic in the royal capital, and they even got into trouble in front of His Majesty the King over the ownership of the manor on the outskirts of the royal capital...
It's very simple. After my mother took Kaifni and her son to the royal capital in the second half of the year before last, His Majesty the King kept his word and gave them a noble mansion and a royal manor in the suburbs. So my mother and Kaifni and their son moved in.
This mansion started their life in the Royal Capital. Of course, they all liked the bustle and commercial market of the Royal Capital, and they often went shopping and bargaining.
Originally, the life of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was very comfortable, and they felt that the royal capital was many times better than the overseas dominions. It was only about half a year later, with the increase in interpersonal interactions, that they realized that among the nobles of the royal capital, the two of them were called
A country bumpkin from the countryside. Because no noble lady would go to the market to purchase cheap goods in person and bargain with the vendors for a long time. You must know that the nobles in the royal capital buy the best and most expensive items.
In addition to clothing, jewelry, luxury goods, and other general daily necessities, the housekeeper is asked to handle them...
After hearing these comments and tactful persuasion from the kind-hearted aristocratic lady next door, it was a big blow to my mother. Because my deceased father was posthumously made an honorary viscount of the kingdom by His Majesty the King, my mother also bore the brunt of it.
She held the title of Viscountess Field. Now she felt that her and Caifeni's actions were embarrassing the dead Viscount Morsan and the Field family, and she was determined to change and integrate the Field family into the aristocratic circle of the royal capital.
So my mother hired someone to teach aristocratic etiquette, as well as butlers and servants who met aristocratic standards. Old servants like Swenson and those who came from overseas autonomous ties were either sent to the manor, or they were asked to learn from the highly paid servants and stewards.
, trying hard to meet the standards of aristocratic servants, during that time, Svenson and the others suffered a lot.
Then my mother began to hold banquets and dances in the mansion to entertain the nobles of the royal capital in order to spread the reputation of the Field family. The problem was that my mother had a beautiful idea, but the reality was that the name of the Field family and her viscountess was not good in the royal family.
She was not ranked among the nobles of the city at all. No nobles of the kingdom with any status would not accept her invitation, and even their own wives and children would not be allowed to come over.
Those who came to attend the banquet and dance were all those honorary nobles who were eating and drinking in the royal capital. These people had no other talents, but they were good at eloquence and could flatter their mother. The flattering mother was very happy, so Field Mansion became the home of these honorary nobles.
The place where she ate and drank for free was a mess every day, and her mother once again became a joke among the aristocratic circles of the kingdom, and was called the confused old lady of the viscount.
Now it was Kefni's turn that she couldn't stand it anymore. You must know that Claude is a hereditary earl of the kingdom, and she also holds the title of countess. It's just that she had a cold war with Claude and didn't want to use this title, so she acted very low-key.
. She really hated the bustling scene of people coming and going in the house like a restaurant every day. She could only endure it when she saw her mother's joy at being flattered by these honorary nobles.
However, my mother only claimed Viscount Morsan's great achievements to the outside world, saying that he opened up a new route from the Kingdom to the overseas autonomous territories. However, he was unjustly accused and persecuted and committed suicide. Now His Majesty the King has made him a Viscount of the Kingdom.
The Field family…
As a result, those honorary nobles who came to eat and drink did not know the relationship between their mother, Kaifuni, and Claude, and they only regarded the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law as lucky people. Several honorary nobles even fought against Kaifuni's daughter-in-law.
The idea is to get both people and money.
It's just that Kaifuni was already very disgusted with the mess in her family and these honorary aristocrats who were messing around eating and drinking. She didn't give them a good look. So a few drunken honorary aristocrats prepared to use force. Anyway, this daughter-in-law with no status was bullied.
They can only swallow their anger, but they, the honorable nobles of the kingdom, cannot.
Then they kicked the iron plate with one kick. Just as these bastard honorary nobles stopped Kaifuni from moving her hands and feet, they were pushed to the ground by the guards who came from nowhere and were beaten severely, and then were shot with muskets.
He was escorted to the Kingdom's Noble Justice Hall. He was found guilty of insulting a noble lady and was stripped of his honorary title and thrown into a labor camp.
This incident immediately scared away half of the honorary nobles who came to the mansion to eat and drink. Only then did they realize that this confused old viscountess had such a great god hidden in her home. So the honorary nobles who were still in the mansion showed up in front of Kaifni.
Be respectful and respectful, not daring to offend in the slightest, which actually makes the house a lot quieter...
But this made her mother unhappy. She was very dissatisfied that Caifeni's title as Countess should be placed on her as Viscountess, so she scolded Caiphni for using the title of Countess of Claude, an unfilial son.
To bully those honorary nobles, most of them now no longer dare to come to the mansion to chat with her, the Viscountess.
Generally speaking, when her mother gets older and nags a few words, Kaifuni will be able to endure it. Claude knows this very well. Kaifuni has a pretty good character. After living together with her mother for so many years, her relationship is still the same.
Yes. It's just that my mother has become more and more stubborn as she gets older. She insists on doing everything according to her wishes, otherwise the trouble will never end.
Just like Kaifani persuaded her mother not to continue entertaining these honorary nobles, her mother insisted that this was to make the Field family look good. After all, those who came and went were all nobles of the kingdom. Even the honorary nobles were Mo Mo who was the administrator of the town back then.
Mr. Ersan cannot please you. This is the glory of the Field family...
Another thing happened at this time, that is, my mother had no money. Originally, as an honorary noble of the kingdom, you could get a subsidy every year. For example, the honorary baron was one hundred gold crowns, the honorary viscount was two hundred gold crowns, etc., this subsidy
But it lasts for life. Because it is a posthumous title, Mr. Morsant's honorary Viscount allowance was transferred to his mother until her death.
If the mother saves a little, the title subsidy of two hundred gold crowns a year can completely allow her to spend her old age in this mansion. But the mother wants to revitalize the reputation of the Field family in the royal capital, and hires nobles to teach etiquette, which is in line with
Housekeepers and servants according to aristocratic standards, as well as daily utensils and decorations that are consistent with aristocratic status, etc. Not to mention, the labor salary alone costs more than 20 gold crowns per month, so my mother had to use her savings to
Fill in.
Her mother's savings were all the pocket money given to her by Claude and her sister Anna when she was in the Overseas Dominion, as well as the bounty that her brother Blovik received for his military exploits before leaving home, which was given to her for safekeeping. The total amount was two thousand.
It's a lot of gold crowns. But it's not easy to live in the royal capital. Prices here are much higher than in White Deer City. In addition, my mother spends a lot of money on dressing up the mansion and entertaining those honorary nobles of the kingdom who eat and drink, but the result is not
Within four months, her savings were gone.
Then my mother thought of the 30% dividends from the tobacco factory that Kaifuni controlled. This was an inexhaustible wealth, with dividends of nearly ten thousand gold crowns in a quarter. As long as she mastered it,
With this money, my mother would not have to worry about having money to entertain the honorary nobles of the kingdom. Therefore, my mother asked Kaifani to hand over this dividend to her for safekeeping and handling in the name of the Field family...
Of course Kaifni is not willing, she is not stupid, she knows very well that Claude gave her this dividend because she gave birth to three children for Claude. She is Claude's wife, Claude said
This dividend is for her household use. She used to be the mistress of Field Manor in Lanhu City in the overseas autonomous territory. The daily expenses of Field Manor were all paid from this dividend.
Now in the royal capital, although she also lives in Field Mansion, this mansion was given to her mother by His Majesty the King in the name of her deceased father-in-law. Her mother became the owner of this mansion, so she could not stop her mother from following her footsteps.
Act according to your wishes. Whether it is recruiting servants or hosting honorary nobles of the kingdom, it is all paid for by the mother, and she has no right to take care of it.
However, she paid for the expenses of herself and her two children, as well as the personnel brought from the overseas dominions, such as Butler Swenson, Sergeant Kuster, and the salaries of the old servants. Her mother paid for it.
It doesn't matter, the two of them have a clear distinction in terms of money, and Kaifani will usually help the family buy some daily necessities.
The reason for the cold war with Claude was that Kaifuni hated Claude for being cruel and throwing her eldest son Tesore into the military camp without any affection, so that she could train Tesore to become the new leader of the Field family.
The head of the family's plan came to nothing. At the same time, he was also worried about the fate of his eldest son in the military camp. In this era, it is easy for soldiers to become cannon fodder when they go to the battlefield.
The reason for the conflict between Claude and Kaifuni was that she realized that she had become selfish. For the sake of being the head of the family, she ignored family ties and refused to adopt her younger brother Blovik's twin children. At the same time, because of the arrival of his first love Sheila,
Naturally, I distanced myself from Kaifuni, a yellow-faced woman.
But in any case, Caifeni is still Claude's official wife and the countess recognized by the kingdom. She is very disgusted with her mother's request for her to hand over 30% of the profit dividend of the tobacco workshop. She thinks that her mother's side
It is simply inexplicable to say that Claude is unfilial, and here she wants the dividends that Claude gave her. Moreover, this tobacco workshop was founded by Claude, and the profit dividends were given to her by Claude, who is related to the Field family.
What's the relationship?
The mother was very angry and had a big quarrel with Kaifuni. She believed that Kaifuni was from a humble background and was not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of the noble Field family. As a result, Kaifuni was offended and she took her child to the outskirts of the royal capital in anger.
Manor residence.
As soon as Kaifuni left, her mother was miserable. She had no money. Not to mention entertaining the honorary nobles, she couldn't even pay the salaries of the housekeepers and servants hired in the mansion. So these servants stole valuable things from the house and ran away.
The housekeeper and a homeless cook were left in the mansion. The mother was ill again, lying in bed lamenting her misfortune, her son being disobedient, her daughter-in-law being unfilial and so on...
Fortunately, the housekeeper did her job well and ran to the manor to find Kaifuni. When Kaifuni heard that her mother was lying on the hospital bed, she decided to go and have a look, just in case. But when she returned to the mansion, she heard
Her mother angrily scolded her for dying a good death. She immediately turned around and left, not wanting to see her mother again. But after all, she was Claude's mother, so Caifuni gave the housekeeper some money and asked him to take care of her mother.
Just don't let anything happen to her.
If it continues like this, my mother will have no money to deal with, so she can only scold Kaifani in the mansion. As a result, a month later, in October last year, Albert, Claude's eldest brother, came to the door.
.My mother was overjoyed to see Albert, and her body immediately became strong. She hugged Albert and said that there was hope for the Field family...
It is said that Albert left White Deer City and traveled to various countries in the Farea continent. He suffered a lot, went to many countries, met many scholars, followed them, and learned a lot of knowledge from them. Now he is a young man.
A famous playwright. Now almost twenty years have passed. He missed his relatives in his hometown very much and decided to return to his country. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in the royal capital, he heard the news about his mother, so he came to meet her.
After listening to Albert's story, her mother was very happy. She thought that her eldest son had finally made a difference and could inherit the Field family. He was the perfect choice to head the family. Her mother wanted to have a big banquet to celebrate, but Albert
His situation was the same as hers, he had no money in his pocket, and it was said that the expenses on the trip back had drained every one of his pockets.
Finally, Albert decided to ask Kaifuni to borrow money. He arrived at the manor and asked Kaifuni to lend him a thousand gold crowns. Kaifuni knew Albert, having met him several times in White Deer Town, and the impression was still there.
It's just that Kaifuni didn't have any good feelings towards him. Although Albert said all the good things, Kaifuni didn't agree to lend him money and only gave him ten gold crowns.
After the aggrieved Albert returned, he encouraged his mother to sue Caifani for occupying the Field family's property. Because the manor on the outskirts of the royal capital was exchanged for the Field family's 5,000 acres of forestry, and they could receive 300 yuan per year.
The proceeds of the gold crown. Now that Kefni occupies the manor, it is an infringement of the Field family property...
In the Kingdom of Overas, no nobles have ever gone to court over family property disputes. The Field family is famous for being an exception. It is the first time in the kingdom that a mother-in-law sues her daughter-in-law, especially since both of them are noble ladies.
For a while, all the newspapers in the royal capital made a big fuss about this lawsuit. If Prime Minister Blancart hadn't been vigilant and continued to speak out, those newspapers might even have revealed Claude's details.
In the end, His Majesty the King personally tried and judged the lawsuit brought by the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law. Kaifni brought out the evidence. The land deed of the five thousand acres of forest farm in Bailu City was signed with Claude's name. Back then, Claude and
When sister Anna purchased these 5,000 acres of mountain forest land to build a family forest farm, the owner's brother Blovik was underage, so sister Anna acted as agent. Later, the purchase of a public forest farm required Claude's status as a captain officer and a knight medal winner, so the integration
It was Claude who signed the name when it became the Field Family Tree Farm.
When his younger brother Blovik grew up, Claude gave him the land deed and gave him the opportunity to change the forest farm to family ownership when he went to White Deer City to take care of the family property. In the end, Blovik never let the matter go.
In his mind, he turned around and handed the forest land deed to Kaifani for safekeeping. Therefore, the forest land deed is still signed by Claude and does not belong to the Field family...
Mother and Albert were stunned immediately. They did not expect such a result. If the forest farm belonged to Claude, then this manor on the outskirts of the royal capital was exchanged for the forest farm, so naturally it belonged to Claude. As
His wife, Kaifani, lived in the manor justifiably. The lawsuit ended with the mother's defeat...
Kaifani also completely broke up with her mother because of this lawsuit, and no longer cares about the mansion. Now her mother's so-called Field family property only has two mansions left, one in the Royal Capital and one in White Deer City. Because she has no money,
I have no choice but to owe the salary of the servants in the mansion here in Bailu City.
All this can only be blamed on the mother. If she could be honest, the apartment building here in Bailu City would still be built as an apartment building, and she would still have an income of about ten gold crowns a year from renting it out. But she just built a mansion to save face, and now she can’t even pay for it every month.
The servants can't even pay their salaries. They don't dare to sell it. His Majesty the King allocated money to build it to compensate the Field family, so they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to have received the news and not knowing that the mansion here has been completed...