The Grand Duchess Aldrich
Chapter 4. The Trust of the late Duke Leandra

Who would have thought that inside the cheap horse carriage without the guard of a special bodyguard inside was a Duke's noble daughter?

The horse-drawn carriage continued to walk towards the rear entrance gate of the Grand Duchy of Aldrich. Aimee was accompanied only by Berlanda and Cecilia, while Louis his personal Knight watched from afar.

After arriving, someone immediately opened the door for Aimee. Aimee rushes down, aided by Berlanda and Cecilia.

"Welcome to the Grand Duchy of Aldrich, Lady Aimee Leandra. Introduce my name Daniel Zynx, I am the noble right-hand man of the Grand Duke." A blond man bowed towards Aimee.

Aimee looked at Daniel flatly, then retorted back to her senses. "It's nice to meet you, Lord Daniel. Please lead me to where the Grand Duke is."

Daniel nodded briefly, then replied, "Happy, Lady. Let's follow me."

Daniel Zynx, he's a Knight with the title of Marquess' noble. Daniel devotes himself to Althaf Aldrich, the man has gone through thousands of wars to accompany Althaf. His fighting abilities and instincts cannot be underestimated.

Aimee walked behind Daniel, until they finally arrived at the large door room of the second floor of the Grand Duchy of Aldrich. The castle is much larger than the palace.

"I can only escort you here, as well as the two maids behind Lady. Grand Duke is inside, please come in" Daniel said, opening the door.

Berlanda and Cecilia seemed to disagree if they should let their Lady meet the Grand Duke alone, they were too worried. But Aimee assured the two of them with a reassuring look, then walked into the room while taking a deep breath.

Aimee walked upright, her eyes staring at the figure of the man standing by the window staring at the dark night sky. There are no stars tonight, Aimee does not understand what the man is enjoying.

The figure of a professional man, well-built, his shoulders wide, as well as a choking cold aura surrounded his figure. The man soon turned his head, looking at Aimee with his pair of cold eyeballs that were darker than night. The man was Grand Duke Aldrich, the Emperor's youngest brother, the young uncle of the Crown Prince and the second prince, Althaf Aldrich.

"Aimee greets the noble Grand Duke Aldrich." Aimee immediately bowed as soon as she saw Althaf turning her head.

Regardless of Aimee's greeting, Althaf immediately sat down on the dining table chair while saying, "Sit."

Aimee quickly obeyed and sat opposite to Althaf. His heart could not stop pounding, this was the first time he had come in contact this close to Althaf. Seeing Althaf from far away Aimee already felt an aura intimidating him, what else if this close.

"I hope the food suits Lady Aimee's taste" Althaf said.

Aimee tried to smile as naturally and sincerely as possible, and replied, "It is an honor to have dinner with her majesty."

"I hear your sister, Abighail Leandra has not been able to fill the position of Duke Leandra because of her study outside the Empire?" althaf asked, the man started picking up the fork and the steak knife.

Aimee suddenly stiffened when she heard this, how could Althaf know information that not even the entire Leandra family knew about?

"Yes, your honor. My sister prefers to finish her studies first," replied Aimee.

Althaf nodded briefly, then asked again, "Then in exchange you became the head of the family while replacing Abighail Leandra?"

Aimee was silent for a few seconds to think, as she wanted to answer suddenly Althaf chimed in, "Take Leandra over."

Aimee frowned. "I'm sorry?"

"Take Leandra over while Abighail is still outside the Empire" Althaf repeated.

"I will support Lady Aimee" replied Althaf.

Aimee fell silent, looking at Althaf fixedly. He was astonished, why would Althaf suddenly give such an offer?

"Thomas Leandra, he's not the place where you can be with your brother Abighail" Althaf said.

Aimee raised her left eyebrow. "What does noble mean?" His heart thumped when he heard this.

"Thomas Leandra also has ambitions to become the head of the Leandra family, at this time he saw the gap that the state of Leandra's main family was faltering, surely he would not stay silent. Don't believe her wise-witted soothing speech" replied Althaf.

Aimee was silent, she did not know what to answer. Leandra Thomas? If indeed what Althaf said was true, Aimee meant having to prepare new ideas and plans. But now that Aimee was still trying to be calm, she should not be rash and eat Althaf's speech just like that. She and Althaf are not close, there is no history of Leandra and Aldrich having a very close relationship.

As Aimee was still busy thinking, Althaf suddenly pulled out a brown envelope containing a paper. Althaf gave it to Aimee, Aimee quickly picked up the letter and opened the envelope.

Aimee read the contents of the paper, unconsciously her hands gripped the paper. After reading it, Aimee still tried hard to make herself calm. Aimee put the paper back into the envelope, then looked at Althaf coldly.

"On what basis did my late father give the message to marry you? Before Leandra and Aldrich never had a relationship that was too close or too bad," said Aimee, he still did not believe what he had read on the paper.

The paper contains a letter of agreement and the mandate of his late father, that after his father died, Aimee would marry Althaf to protect Leandra's family. Why did his father never ask him to talk about this?

A few seconds later, Aimee realized something ....

"The late Duke Leandra chose the Crown Prince's side" Althaf said, causing Aimee to stare at Althaf.

"Your highness," called Aimee in a low voice, the woman repeatedly tried to regulate her calm feelings.

After Althaf looked at her, Aimee added, "Actually what happened?"

Althaf smiled faintly, then replied, "Capture for the throne, what else? This conflict is growing hotter behind the Emperor, but I am not really sure that the Emperor is not aware of this matter. The entire nobility was already divided into two groups, currently only Leandra was left who became the only noble family that still had not chosen one of the strongholds."

Aimee was silent, she slipped back into her mind. Crown Prince, second prince, Grand Duke Aldrich. If the conflict for the throne is so great that it is likely to lead to war, Leandra must indeed immediately choose between the Crown Prince and the second prince. Without choosing any, Leandra - - not, but herself as if she had to find a sturdy shelter like Grand Duke Aldrich.

Currently not only was the seat of the Emperor's throne hot, but it was also the position of Duke Leandra next. In Leandra there is also still a big problem, the Leandra family branches are also competing to become the main family of Leandra.

Aimee and Abighail had no strong backers to fight against those who wanted to snatch Duke Leandra's position from her sister's hands. Aimee is active outside the home, but all she does is do business, not politics. While Abighail, the boy rarely participated in social activities or noble associations because he was busy studying outside the Empire. So if now he had to fight with his own part of the family, Aimee and Abighail would not necessarily win.

His late father's commission may have intended that his younger brother Abighail could have strong support from the Grand Duke through him. Because if you want to use other means such as business, Aimee doubts Althaf will approve. Because ... what kind of thing does a Grand Duke not have? There was no extraordinary offer he could give Althaf.

"Before it really closed my eyes, my late father had a chance to say three words. The second prince's name, your name, and .. married," Aimee said after a long time in her mind.

Althaf raised his left eyebrow, after which put back his fork and steak knife. "Is Lady sure my name was mentioned before the word marriage?"

Aimee nodded quickly. "Very sure."