My father-in-law had strongly insisted that an estate should be granted based on my achievements, and the Finance Minister had fiercely opposed it. The Administrative Minister, who oversees the royal demesne estate managers, backed the Finance Minister, but the Crown Prince had put the Administrative Minister on the defensive by denouncing Rosenheim's estate manager.
The wavering Judicial Minister sided with my father-in-law, and ultimately the Grand Duke concluded that an estate should be granted. The problem came after that. Views diverged sharply the moment it came to selecting which estate to grant. My father-in-law advocated for Rosenheim, close to Breisburg, but all the other ministers opposed it.
"I recommended it thinking it was close so you could see Hilda often, but those damn minister bastards opposed, so I had no choice but to give up."
"...You recommended it because it's close?"
