Chapter 548 Another battlefield
When it comes to marriage, if you arrange for a woman of high status to marry a man of low status, people will think that the two families are not a good match, which was a very serious matter in the old world.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just say that in the modern world, it is difficult for people with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan and those with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan to have the same consumption concepts, not to mention in an era of backward productivity.
Love between people with different identities and classes usually cannot last long, and it is not only family members who oppose this.
If a woman of lower status is allowed to marry a man of higher status, it would basically be a provocation, slapping the other person in the face.
Just like Wang Zhaojun, if she was discovered to be not a princess but just a palace maid, then the marriage would become a humiliation.
This is a perfect reason to start a war.
"Ms. Tiana, you should know that Mr. Li Ke's identity and Ms. Lux's identity... are not quite the same."
Cassandra looked out the window. In the garden, her daughter was chatting and drinking tea with a girl named Laxana Crownguard.
"That's not the case. The Crown Guard family also has the right to inherit the throne. Although we do not intend to fulfill this duty and swear to dedicate our lives to the Light Shield family, I think Lux will become a bridge between the two city-states."
Tiana looked at her niece expressionlessly. Although she was reluctant to let Lux get involved in such political events too early, people of their backgrounds could not choose their own marriages. Therefore, marrying a de facto king was much better than marrying anyone else in the country.
Although, Lux could have married the king, Jarvan IV.
But, same principle.
When they reach their status, they should consider family and country more when getting married.
So even though there is an age difference between her and Li Ke, five or six years is nothing. If necessary, she would arrange a marriage for Lux even with a 10 or 20 year age difference.
It’s just a matter of whether it is necessary and whether it is beneficial to the family and the country.
Lux enjoyed a life of luxury and countless privileges that ordinary people could never enjoy in their entire lives. This was what she deserved.
The Mianwei family is different from those aristocratic scum. Every member of them knows very well what their preferential treatment and luxurious food mean, and what they have to pay for these treatments.
Otherwise, they cannot be called nobles at all .
"Besides, I think everyone in Piltover should also be in great need of a peaceful and stable place, right? After all, no matter how powerful that lord is, he can't kill all the opponents."
Tiana's words made Cassandra gasp. She knew that the intelligence about Piltover had been leaked everywhere, but she never expected that these people would also leak out the information about the internal discord.
Cassandra also understood Tiana's intention of coming here so suddenly.
Demacia, or rather the alliance led by Demacia, wanted to control Piltover, so they chose a woman who had the right of inheritance and did not look so strong to marry Piltover.
If Piltover was not in Li Ke's hands, the person they came to form a marriage alliance with would probably be Garen Crownguard.
As for the prince, it is impossible. After all, there are rumors that Demacia is actually somewhat unstable internally, and Jarvan IV's marriage should be used to stabilize the domestic situation.
And there is a high probability that it is Lux who is downstairs now.
Then, things are very simple. Some people in Piltover want to use the power of Demacia to restrain Li Ke, or simply want to give themselves a way out.
Because of the confrontation with Noxus and the need for supplies when the war breaks out, Demacia also needs to ensure Piltover's neutrality and bias to a certain extent.
Even a certain degree of control.
Then marriage is normal.
"These clowns actually jumped out at the last possible moment..."
Cassandra pressed her palm against her forehead in pain.
Yes, although Cassandra tried her best to maintain it, because , he did not interfere too much with Cassandra's naive idea - to try not to kill anyone.
During this time, Kassandra did her best to keep Piltover from splitting, and prevented those merchants who wanted to leave Piltover with their technology and money to go to the "safer" Demacia or Noxus.
In her opinion, if these people left, Piltover would completely decline from the capital of civilization, and then it would not be of much significance to Li Ke.
People will not cherish things that have no meaning.
This is true in some ways.
So she was very angry. She had said it many times that Li Ke would not play the so-called "civilized world" gentleman's game with them. Normally, Li Ke would let them do whatever they wanted, but if these people really did something and crossed that line, then they would have only one way to go.
die.
Cassandra really didn't understand why these people couldn't see such a huge threat and danger?
So when she saw Tiana's confident expression, she felt powerless and an idea popped up in her mind.
"My current predicament is due to... Li Ke killing too few people?"
Her intuition told her that her idea was correct, but her kindness and love for the city of Piltover made her decide to put the idea aside.
"I'm sorry, Miss Tiana, Piltover is a neutral city. I think Lord Li Ke will appreciate your kindness, but..."
Just then, Cassandra's door was pushed open, causing the two people present to look at the newcomer.
"You prefer us, don't you?"
The voice of the person who spoke was very calm, but it was powerful and unquestionable .
"After all, compared to the stinginess of Demacia, we Noxians are very generous. You are just taking the daughter of an elector, but we will actually hand over the king's daughter to the real ruler of Piltover."
The person who came was a lady with a black rose pattern printed on her cloak and a veil decorated with the same pattern on her face. Although people from the lower classes might not know this woman, Cassandra still knew her.
She stood up in disbelief because this was a secret meeting!
"Mrs. Kekao? How did you get in?"
But her question was immediately answered because a woman stood silently behind Mrs. Kekao.
That was a maid who had been in their family since she was eight years old!
"Damn it! How did you do that?!"
She was shocked and angry because it was obvious that Noxus had already started planning this.
"These are just some small tricks that are not acceptable. After all, Piltover is an open city that accepts all the rich people who want to join it."
Ms. Kekao smiled.
"But I think it doesn't matter how we got here, right? What matters is our conditions - unlike the stingy Demacia, we are very generous and respectful to our old friends."
"We will marry our princess to the real ruler of Piltover. In addition, my two daughters and some other noble girls of marriageable age who hold real power, a total of 572 people will also be married as dowry. What do you think of this condition?"
