Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter - Chapter 215

Mother II When I returned to the mansion, I first went to see my husband. … My husband was sleeping with a peaceful face. Although I can not tolerate to say that he’s okay because I’m not a doctor, his complexion is getting better and better. When I look at such appearance, I breath out relieved and sat on the chair at the side of his bed, while stroking his head. My husband has been working too much. He was worried about Iris, he wanted to go with her to the meetings to support her, he wanted to help so many times, but… as he was not in condition to get out of bed, he worked as hard as he could to support her with what was within his possibilities… I also wanted to support my children, but.. I couldn’t endure to leave him in this state. To a greatest extent, I was worried about his condition. …… Recently, my worries for his health incremented. While the royal palace conflict intensified, he still kept walking along the limit and working restlessly. He accumulated more and more physical as well as spiritual weariness. Every time he looks at us, I know that all his thoughts are about the country and its people. I really want for him to give more thought to his health… But it’s not possible… Many people were suffering by the disaster and the false gold coin case… and he knows that many people depend on him, his subordinates, the Count of Sagitaria … and Prince Alfred and his people.. if they were not there to keep the country, we couldn’t imagine what it might be at this day. Many of those who wanted to get a position in the palace by following Queen Elle and Marquis Maras every whim, were digging into the interior of the state government, trying to manage them as puppets when Edward takes the throne.. but they didn’t even know of the existence of Prince Alfred and his sister at that time. Therefore, I didn’t prevent them from doing so. Speaking about it, those nobles just made more obvious the actions of Queen Elle and the Marquis and made it easier to be charged for their crimes. But.. thinking about it, even if those nobles were not there to make their actions obvious, when Queen Elle and the Marquis Maras reach the top, they would have taken the initiative themselves. So it was a matter of course for that to happen anyway… Rather I think it’s a shameful memory for those who followed them blindly. And… the fact that the administration of the country is stagnant… thinking about it…

The core administration is for organizing the people’s lives and managing the country and that part not working properly greatly affects the lives of the people now and in the future…