After dinner, Tang En found Aubrey and directly asked him the question that Hilton was concerned about.
"The Rosa d 'Oro?"
Aubrey paused for a moment, and a trace of nostalgia flashed across his face. "Of course I know …"
"Then, can you tell me why the original shop of the Rosa d 'Oro family became the property of the Forier family?"
"Why do you care so much about the Rosa d 'Oro family?"
Aubrey sized up Tang En. "… Don't tell me you're the illegitimate son of the leader of the Rosa d 'Oro family."
"You think too much."
Tang En said bluntly. "I took in a member of the Rosa d 'Oro family. Now she's helping me take care of the territory and the chamber of commerce, so I have to figure this out."
Aubrey looked away and said in a low voice, "It's a girl …"
"How do you know?"
Aubrey's voice was bitter. "Of course I know. The only heir of the Rosa d 'Oro family, Fiona Oro Rose."
"You know her?" Tang En frowned. "Seems like there's a story behind this?"
"Simply put, it's still a matter of factional conflict …"
Aubrey sighed. "The Rosa d 'Oro family is a family of merchants. You should already know that, right?"
Seeing Tang En nod, Aubrey continued, "Then do you know the difference between the royal party and the aristocratic party?"
Tang En pondered for a moment, thinking about the quests he'd done in the game, trying to find some clues. Unfortunately, he didn't find any useful clues.
It had been a few months since he'd arrived in this world. The development of this world was getting more and more different from the game on Earth. Many of his previous experiences might not be applicable anymore.
"I'll be frank."
Aubrey stopped talking in riddles with Tang En. After taking a sip of tea, he said in a low voice, "The biggest difference is that the royal party controls the military, while the aristocratic party controls the economy."
After hearing Aubrey's words, it was as if a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind. Tang En's doubts were instantly solved. "You mean the Rosa d 'Oro family's final choice will break this balance, so they're unlucky?"
"That's right."
Aubrey looked out of the window. His gaze was a little unfocused. Tang En followed his gaze.
Today was the middle of the moon. The pink, red moon, Lolita, and the blue moon, Lolita, were both hanging in the sky. The blurry colors made the entire city look hazy and dreamy. Every time he saw these two moons, Tang En would be more certain that he had come to another world. He could deeply feel a sense of loneliness.
"The Royal Faction and the Aristocratic Faction have been in a stalemate for many years. The previous King, who was King Victor's father, was unable to curb the Aristocratic Faction's power. The current King Victor is the same."
"Although the royal family has control of the military power, the huge military expenditure has caused the royal family to have no spare energy to deal with the aristocrats other than maintaining a stable rule. Furthermore, the royal family also needs the aristocrats' taxes to support the army."
"It's the same for the aristocratic party. They control the economic lifeline of the empire, and their influence has infiltrated all sides. If we can't kill them in one blow, their counterattack will be as crazy as the cultists. Fortunately, they can't control the military."
"It's also because of this that the two sides are in a state of balance."
"The Rosa d 'Oro was originally a neutral trade association. They had no intention of participating in the conflict between the factions, so they lived in harmony with each other. However, by chance … "
At this point, Aubrey's expression became very complicated. "I saved Mr. Edward's family."
"Mr. Edward?"
"Fiona's father, the head of the Rosa d 'Oro family, and also the leader of the trade association, Edward."
Aubrey sighed. "At that time, Fiona was still a very young girl … In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed …"
Hearing this, Tang En basically knew that the destruction of the Forier family and the Rosa d 'Oro family was definitely unrelated. However … with his relationship, how could the Rosa d' Oro family be destroyed?
"Since then, Edward and I became good friends, and our relationship became closer. I even … am Fiona's godfather."
Tang En was stunned. "What?!"
Aubrey said casually, "I was in charge of her baptism. She probably doesn't remember it, but that's not important. What's important is that because of my relationship with Edward, the Rosa d 'Oro family started to lean towards the royal party, so this made the aristocratic party uneasy."
Tang En nodded to show that he understood. Conflict between factions was actually very normal, but the most important thing was that there had to be balance. Once there was an imbalance of power between the two sides, it would cause a chain reaction.
And the relationship between Aubrey and Edward was undoubtedly the starting point of the chain reaction.
"During a routine patrol of the country, Aradeline and I left Alinx at the same time, and this gave the aristocratic party a chance to act … I also only found out later that when they found out that the Rosa d 'Oro family was leaning towards the royal party, they had already started planning. After such a long time of planning, they almost completely eliminated the Rosa d' Oro family within a day!"
A trace of gloom flashed across Aubrey's face. "When I heard the news and rushed back, it was already too late. Edward and his wife had already passed away. Fortunately, I heard that Fiona was secretly sent away by the two of them. Later, under the strong suppression of His Majesty Victor and I, the aristocratic party finally gave up and saved the remaining members of the Rosa d 'Oro family.
"But it was impossible for them to regroup. The Rosa d 'Oro family's property was seized by the aristocratic party using various excuses. Fiona lost her property, and she was very young, so she couldn't regroup at all. It didn't take long for those people to disperse.
"I originally wanted to bring her back, but unfortunately, she didn't trust anyone at all in this kind of situation, so I could only send people to protect her in secret."
Aubrey let out a long sigh of relief. "All these years have passed, and she has been safe and sound. I thought that the matter was over, but in the end, just half a year ago, she suddenly disappeared from Alinx. Even my people couldn't find a trace of her … I didn't expect that she would go to you."
"This is really …"
Tang En was speechless. If he had known that it was such a boring thing, he wouldn't have listened to his nonsense. In short, Fiona's enemy was the aristocratic party?
This was something that could be solved with one sentence, but he had said so much. Could this fellow Aubrey have nothing better to do, so he deliberately increased the word count?
Tang En pursed his lips. "In other words, this shop was taken back by you later?"
"That's right."
Aubrey spread out his hands. "Originally, I wanted to wait for her to grow up and find an excuse to give it to her, so that she would have a way to make a living. I didn't expect that you would pop out in the middle and take the shop away. Even more unexpected was that Fiona actually got together with you … Eh?"
At this point, Aubrey suddenly looked at Tang En warily. "Speaking of which, you and Fiona don't have that kind of relationship, do you? … Fiona and Elsa … Kid, you're not being honest, are you? "
"What are you thinking about …"
Tang En didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "We just have a very pure relationship between a superior and a subordinate, okay?"
"A very pure relationship between a superior and a subordinate?"
Aubrey snorted. "Even the same sex can be impure, let alone the opposite sex."
"Whatever you say."
Tang En waved his hand. "I'm going back."
After that, he went back to his room. After figuring out this matter, he finally understood who Fiona's enemy was.
Hilton was still waiting for Tang En in the room. When she saw Tang En come back, she couldn't wait to come up to him. Tang En told her about the matter.
"There's actually such a thing!?"
Hilton was also stunned. Duke Aubrey Foel was actually Miss Fiona's godfather!? And he was also good friends with President Edward!? She had never heard of such secretive news before!
Tang En said, "This is a good thing, so don't think too much about it. Go back and rest. Tomorrow, bring some people and we'll go to the shop together to take a look."
"I know, I'm just happy."
Hilton wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled. "It seems that Miss Fiona has hope of revenge."
"Revenge …"
Revenge?
Of course, revenge had to be taken.
However, it was definitely better for Tang En to do it himself than for Fiona to do it herself.
Fiona had now walked out of the shadow of the past, but she was still working hard to revitalize the Rosa d 'Oro family. It could be seen that she still had that hatred in her heart.
Killing them directly was not the best way to take revenge.
Wasn't the aristocratic party very proud of their economic strength?
Then let Fiona completely crush them economically and make them collapse into despair!
With his wisdom from Earth and Fiona's business knowledge, the Datang Chamber of Commerce jointly created would definitely be the aristocratic party's nightmare!
Destroy the thing they were most proud of, shatter their confidence, and cause them to fall into a state of collapse. Then, kill the mastermind of the conspiracy with his own hands …
This kind of revenge was the most delicious …
Tang En suddenly quivered and came back to his senses.
How could he have such a black-bellied thought …. This was not his character ….
If he was the one taking revenge, Tang En thought about it in his mind, and then he realized that it was not too much to do so …
Tang En was busy for a while at night. According to the original plan, he had planned to be busy for the whole night, but Elijah ran over again. She was not even afraid of being spanked. She was thick-skinned and insisted that Tang En hug her to sleep.
Tang En had no choice but to finish the work ahead of time. He hugged Elijah and coaxed her to sleep.
The next day, after breakfast, Tang En, Elijah, and Elsa went out together. They followed Hilton into the carriage and went to the shop in the market area.
The only place in the outer city where the aristocrats often appeared was the market area. This was also related to the uniqueness of the market area. After all, even the aristocrats had to buy things sometimes.
"This is the place?"
Tang En stood at the door of the shop, stunned.
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