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Chapter 717 - 717 22 The Leopard that Lays Eggs_1

717: Chapter 22, The Leopard that Lays Eggs_1 717: Chapter 22, The Leopard that Lays Eggs_1 “Hudson, what happened?

You seem a bit off today,” Melissa asked with concern.

Since she had become pregnant, she had been a key protective target.

Not round-the-clock, but Hudson spent at least one-third of his time with her.

With such long time spent together, they understood each other more.

Hudson’s change couldn’t be hidden from the one beside his pillow.

“Nothing really, just some things happened recently.

But it’s all outside noise, not affecting us much!”

After hesitating for a moment, Hudson continued to explain, “The autumn taxes levied by the Days Kingdom on the front line were offset by many people with war bonds.

It is said that the collected taxes are three times the amount in cash.

These taxes are used to maintain the daily operation of the kingdom and to pay the interest on the bond funds.

With this happening now, I’m afraid the kingdom’s budget for next year is going to be tight.

Just today, I received an invitation to the Crown Prince’s royal wedding.

These two things coincidentally came together, and I’m afraid big trouble is coming.”

After listening to the explanation, Melissa thoughtfully replied, “Hudson, I understand now.

The large-scale use of war bonds to offset taxes clearly indicates the intention of the major nobles.

Your concern now isn’t the political storm that’s coming; it’s that the major nobles in the kingdom are secretly stirring things up and didn’t send anyone to inform you!

This is indeed very troublesome.

I heard my father say that each major noble’s rise would be suppressed by vested interest groups.

Only by enduring this test can one truly stand firm.

Hudson, your journey has been too smooth.

In just five or six short years, you’ve climbed from a small knight to where you are now.

Normally, people wouldn’t allow someone different to exist.

Your rapid rise without being repressed by major nobles is a miracle.

Perhaps this has to do with your people-skills.

By selling sufficient favours previously, making others hesitate to make a move on you.

Plus, with the existence of the Magical Beast Incubation Base, you’ve established a common interest with others.

But these actions, at most, allow others to let you join the game circle.

But it doesn’t equate to accepting you as one of them.

If you want to gain everyone’s approval, you must clearly declare your allegiance.

Undoubtedly, you don’t want to choose a side now.

His Majesty the King’s tactics are overly fierce, and the major noble alliance with their own intentions might not necessarily win in this power struggle.

But the problem is, while the King is formidable, the Crown Prince is quite ordinary.

The monarchy might have the upper hand now, but the situation is likely to reverse within the next few decades.

If you don’t join the noble’s camp now, you fear that you’ll be marginalized when the situation changes in the future.

This political marginalization will directly affect the struggle for dominance between the Koslow family and the Dalton family in the Southeastern Province.”

After hearing Melissa’s words, Hudson was taken aback.

When did his wife become so powerful?

Did he marry a female figure akin to Wu Zetian?

“Why are you looking at me like that?

Isn’t this quite obvious?

Did I get something wrong?

In the family canon, there are similar cases.

Although the protagonists didn’t rise as fast as you did, they were not far behind.

After they rose, they faced the suppression of multiple major nobles and eventually died in resentment.

One of our ancestors made detailed annotations at the end of the story, and offered a solution.

The specific strategy: pretty much the same as what you’re doing now, making friends, selling favours and joining hands with others to build a common interest, finally blending into their circle.”

Without explanation, it was better, with explanation, Hudson felt even more troubled.

He thought his operations were quite clever, but he didn’t realize people had already thought of this.

Since Melissa could see this, then other members of the Hollis family might see it as well.

What’s most valuable to the major nobles is their long heritage.

Among countless ancestors, there may be extraordinary people.

Maybe other families have similar extraordinary ancestors and have come up with similar speculations.

Even in the past, there might have been similar real cases.

In an instant, Hudson realized that Aslante was a tough place.

Facing these ancient major nobles, it was too hard to play tricks.

They had already stepped into all the pitfalls, thanks to their ancestors.

As long as they learn from the lessons of the past, they wouldn’t end up too badly off.

Hudson quickly snapped back to reality after a brief sentimental moment.

The only lesson humanity got from history is that we never learn from it.

If one can learn from the past, they must be exceptional individuals.

Most people are ordinary, no matter how high their status, their nature is still ordinary.

If all the major nobles in power were so fantastic, Aslante would have been unified by humans long ago and the human race wouldn’t have split.

If someone has seen similar scenarios, it could be a good thing for Hudson.

No matter how old the script, the story can be new.

Using past experiences to deal with it would only lead to disgrace.

“Thank you, Melissa.

Your words today are very useful.

You’re right, when you don’t know what to do, it’s better to do nothing!”

After hearing Hudson’s words, Melissa was completely confused.

She was thinking: “Did I just say these words?”