They all changed their expressions and rushed to defend themselves:

"My Lord Attendant, your words are wrong..."

"Yes, but all official documents are sealed confidentially! We will never leak secrets..."

"No, no, this old man is so dim-sighted that he can't understand what kind of money His Highness has approved and what he is using it for..."

"How can we be so diligent in checking accounts? We report them every half year... Recently we have let things go. How could we find out... Well, we will definitely vigorously rectify it after we return, and strive to improve the department's work capacity and verification frequency..."

"In fact, each department has its own small treasury, and those of us responsible for approval may not be able to detect it... Of course, the small treasury is wrong!"

"If the prince wants money, then he needs to approve a note. How dare we ask more about whether he wants the official title? I mean, what is the budget expenditure of the superior leadership department, under what name is the project established, and for what purpose?

We don’t have the right to audit, just like we can’t report and supervise beyond the level..."

"We spent a little more on security this week, but we don't know what it was used for, let alone the Beimen Bridge..."

Huaiya looked cold and listened to their defense for a while without saying much. He just turned to another group of officials wearing military uniforms and having a strong temperament.

"Captain Seychelles," Huaiya said to the extreme knight standing quietly aside, with suspicion in his words, "Last night, His Highness the Prince also invited you to go to the North Gate Bridge to help out?"

Seychelles slowly raised his head.

The royal guards in the room all became nervous.

Although he was unarmed and unarmed when he entered the door, his every move still had the oppressive feeling of an extreme master.

Only Huaiya's expression did not change and he glared condescendingly at the Seychelles knight.

The latter said slowly: "I was invited to take action in order to catch the criminal, prove the Duke's innocence, and end this farce as soon as possible..."

But Huaiya interrupted him rudely:

"But when Miss Healy took away Lausanne II, you did not stop her."

Seychelles frowned slightly and glanced at Thales:

"yes."

"And Miss Hilley is Duke Jenn, your master's sister."

"Yes, but the situation was special at that time, and His Highness the Prince did not dare to act lightly..."

This time, Huaiya interrupted him faster than before, with a cold and stern tone that contained rebuke:

"What did you say? What does Your Highness dare not do?"

Seychelles' expression moved slightly, and he looked at Thales, but the latter still leaned on the back of his chair and closed his eyes silently.

It's like I didn't hear it at all.

Facing the eyes of the whole room, Seychelles hesitated for a moment.

"I, I took action at the beginning and tried to stop it," Seychelles defended, "but Miss Heeley is accompanied by Cassian, who is also a majestic extreme knight, and his skills are learned from the Terminator Tower.

I'm not completely sure I can win him..."

"So you let Miss Hilley, the sister of Duke Zhan, who happened to appear, take away the criminal who may have played a key role in the Duke's case." Wyatt said softly.

Seychelles pursed his lips: "I am not the only one present, there is also..."

But Huaiya was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and could not tolerate his excuse at all:

"As far as I know, you and Lord Cassian - what a coincidence, he is also the official knight of the Emerald City - are old friends?"

Faced with the suspicion of malicious intentions, Seychelles looked stunned, and his words were a little tougher:

"It used to be. But please believe me, Your Highness, I will not let my personal feelings affect..."

"But unlike him, Seychelles, before you were canonized as a knight, you were a mercenary in the East China, commonly known as a 'sword seller'?"

The back and forth between Huaiya and Seychelles was so hostile that other people in the room were cautious and did not dare to say anything out loud.

Seychelles, who was interrupted several times, took a deep breath and suppressed his anger:

"Yes. But since then, I have abided by every work contract and tried my best to perform my duties..."

Huaiya snorted coldly:

"Since it is a contract and a market behavior, does it mean that the one with the highest price wins regardless of position?"

Seychelles couldn't bear it any longer. He spoke suddenly and glared at Huaiya:

"You tm——"

boom!

A muffled sound interrupted the quarrel in the room.

"enough!"

Everyone was shocked, and then they realized that the voice was from Prince Thales, who had been pretending to be asleep. The latter stood up with a stern look on his face:

"all of you."

Huaiya turned around seriously and saluted respectfully:

"Your Highness."

The officials reacted and bowed after the prince's attendants, including Seychelles, who looked sulky and unconvinced.

"Please rest assured, I am not here to hold you accountable."

Thales looked around, took a deep breath, relaxed his expression, and spoke calmly:

"I don't want to force you to pay for the mistakes I made."

The officials looked at each other, but a smart person had already taken over:

"Wherever, His Highness has done his best to govern the Emerald City..."

"It's a small setback, but it's a normal thing in governing the country. Why make mistakes..."

"The more polished a gem is, the brighter it becomes..."

"Your Highness is really open-minded and a person who does great things..."

Thales raised his hand and spoke in a gentle tone, signaling everyone to calm down.

"I invite you here today because of this letter." He took out a letter from the drawer and handed it to Huaiya, who respectfully passed it to the officials below. "I need you to sign together.

Send it secretly to the royal capital."

The senior officials in the first row gathered together to read the letter. The more they read, the more confused they became, and they looked at each other in confusion.

Others couldn't wait any longer and looked wary after hearing the "joint signature":

"Signature?"

"for what?"

"What letter?"

"A statement to waive unpaid wages?"

"Don't..."

Thales sighed.

"A letter from me to His Majesty, asking him to dismiss a motion."

Everyone was startled.

"What motion?"

Thales sat down slowly with a solemn expression:

"Emerald City Emergency Control Order."

What?

Everyone was stunned again, not knowing why.

Boom.

Everyone turned around and saw that in the ranks of the inquisitors, Ibonin, the student of the late Inquisitor Brennan and the acting grand inquisitor of the Emerald City, looked pale, and the official scrolls in his hands were scattered on the ground.

"Emergency...control?" He murmured, and the fellow inquisitors behind him had something in mind. They looked shocked as they leaned over to pick up the scroll.

The letter was passed between a pair of hands, and Thales was silent for a long time.

"As you know, Duke Iris is suspected of killing his father to seize the throne, paying for murders, and covering up the truth... Whether it is true or not, the Kevin Dill family is currently in civil strife, the political situation on the south coast is in turmoil, and the Emerald City... is becoming increasingly depressed and the people are dissatisfied.

Overgrown.”

The eyelids of everyone present jumped when they heard this.

Thales spoke slowly:

"Therefore, the emperor believes that the Emerald City needs urgent control at this moment to stabilize order and avoid disaster."

As soon as these words came out, there was an explosion in the study room.

"What?"
To be continued...