Chapter 286: Born to be emperor.
Roland knew the winds were always changing in the royal family because Benjamin almost took his place as crown prince and he had always been afraid that he would be the outcast of the Maximus family.
In fact, according to Sigrid’s precognitive dream, Benjamin did become emperor although he gave up the throne after only a day.
Sigrid knew because Emmah and the queen had almost cost her the position she was working hard to keep. She had always expected to fight against Emmah but the queen had taken her by surprise. She had once time thought that they would be allies but things did not work out as she hoped.
Elarin knew of these winds because it had taken the murder of a royal consort and framing of a queen to put her where she was. Just like those two had come and gone, it was not impossible for the same thing to happen to her.
It was why she was not very troubled with the illness of the king and safely secure in the knowledge that she had a royal child that guaranteed her safety.
"Anyway," Duke Thorin continued. "Alexander convinced the noble lords to join him and work together. He talked about the success in the capital of the kingdom and the poverty of the north. He told them that he was not interested in power, he just wanted is old lifestyle back."
"And they believed him!" Elarin exclaimed in disbelief.
Duke Thorin laughed. "They were fools indeed but there is no denying that he made them rich. They put aside their insecurities and saw profit instead of destruction. They set up farms, shops, trade routes and sold nuts through the empire. They even started to export the nuts out of Medoris.
I do not know what kind of luck Alexander Ridley had but he found seven other types of nuts in The Mystic grove over the years. Other nobles sent in men and they came back dead or empty handed. Other people also tried their luck but they were not successful, only Alexander ever was.