Volume Two The Fallen Light Chapter 64 The Cabinet Meeting...
At midnight, the magnificent Waldenhof Palace was still brightly lit. In order to win over the ministers and nobles and stabilize the hearts of the people, the new emperor Peter decided to have a carnival with the ministers and enjoy the grand scene of the imperial capital celebrating together.
The Magic Association, which had sworn allegiance to Peter, now used seven large magic arrays to shoot seven-color magic light beams into the sky. They met above the palace and formed the symbol of the Ludendorff royal family, a huge double-headed eagle.
After Ronin's death, Nielas Elan, the vice-president of the Imperial Magic Association, announced his withdrawal from the Albrex Magic Association and did not recognize Peter's legal authority and the legitimacy of his succession.
In the end, Peter used strong tactics to let Bartlett Angus, another vice-president of the Magic Association, succeed him as the president of the Magic Association, with the dark mage Francis as the vice-president.
Bartlett Angus is an old man who is better at studying business than magic. Although his strength has entered the Holy Realm in the early years, since entering the Holy Realm, his magic power has not improved an inch, and he has put all his thoughts into it.
Luo Ning had criticized him quite a bit when it came to how to obtain resources and communicate with the empire's top leaders.
After Ronin's death, Bartlett, who was aware of current affairs, immediately swore allegiance to Peter the Great, thus obtaining the position of president he had always dreamed of.
Although Luo Ning is a veteran legendary mage, the death of him and the old butler Old Henry is undoubtedly a major loss for the Albrex Empire. It means that two of the top powerhouses representing Albrex have died at once, seriously weakening the empire.
The strength of the empire.
Although the strength of the Magic Association has declined seriously, among all the emperors since the founding of the empire, Peter the Great was the only generation of monarchs to fully control the Magic Association for his own use.
No, in order to please Peter the Great, Bartlett ordered his mages to do extremely extravagant things and use a large amount of magic energy to project a huge two-headed eagle statue.
When Peter first came to power, there were not many killings. Except for some members of the Praetorian Guards and a few nobles who were loyal to Charles III, Peter did not carry out any large-scale liquidation. Instead, as long as he swore allegiance, he would pardon or re-enable him.
Within a few days, the empire's political structure and position underwent completely new changes.
It has to be said that aside from his character flaws of patricide and launching a coup, Peter was actually stronger than Charles III in terms of political courage and skill.
The military force is nominally headed by Grand Duke Gros, followed by Marshal Servais, with numerous famous generals and warriors.
In the internal affairs, Prime Minister Zangwill is in charge, he is resourceful and loyal to the empire.
Although the empire's strength has declined slightly, Peter believes that given time, he will make the entire continent of Toril crawl under his feet.
Peter the Great stood on the highest tower of the palace and looked around. There were bright lights everywhere. It was really a fairy city on earth!
There is such a legendary city in the north - Wadenhof.
Seeing such a peaceful and prosperous time in the imperial capital, and hearing that the courtiers around him were flattering him, Peter the Great couldn't help but feel a little distraught.
Yes, after ten years of dormancy, one day he transformed into a dragon.
Father, just watch, under my leadership, Albrex will reach the top and complete the unfinished business of his ancestors.
Rapid footsteps sounded, and a female messenger rushed in with an urgent document in her hand. The cover of the document was stamped with the seal of the lord of the border city of Mogadishu.
The female messenger officer knelt down on one day and said: "Your Majesty! The Lord of Mogadishu has an urgent military intelligence report!"
Peter waved his hand impatiently and said, "What's urgent? Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm a little tired today."
The female officer who sent the message did not leave, but said: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent military intelligence report from Mogadishu, concerning the traitorous Ekaterina."
The Minister of Intelligence, Vasily the "Eight-Clawed Spider", instructed the female officer who summoned him to present the situation to Peter the Great, otherwise he would look good on her.
At this moment, the female officer who summoned the messenger silently thought to her mother: "As the emperor, it is naturally impossible for Peter to punish her. After all, this is an important matter of the country. But Lord Vasily is different. He requested that Peter the Great must be informed. If he can't do anything,
If it does, the consequences will be cruel."
The nickname "Eight-Clawed Spider" is not for nothing. It not only describes Vasily's intelligence network as dense and extensive as a spider web, but also describes his cruel methods. You must know that spiders are definitely considered a particularly cruel species in nature.
Biological.
Fortunately, Peter was not a monarch who indulged in pleasure after achieving his goal. He took the document, tore off the seal, and read it.
After a while, Peter finished reading, and he raised the corners of his mouth and said mockingly:
"Interesting, really interesting."
Facing the female messenger who was kneeling on the ground, Peter said: "Go, notify the cabinet ministers one by one, and convene a cabinet meeting in the chamber in half a quarter of an hour."
The female officer who summoned them immediately said yes and hurriedly went to notify them one by one.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the long table in the cabinet meeting hall in the palace was filled with seven people.
They are Emperor Peter, Prime Minister Zangwill, Imperial Marshal Servais, President of the Imperial Magic Association Bartlett, Minister of the Interior Valentine, Minister of Intelligence Vasily "Eight-Clawed Spider", and Minister of Finance Marquis Galil.
Throwing the documents in his hand on the long table, Peter said: "My sister Ekaterina has escaped from Albrex, which is really amazing."
Then he joked: "Guess who is with her?"
When Peter saw that no one was talking to him, he said to himself: "It's Eloise and the ironclad Joan of Arc of the Holy Church's Religious Inquisition."
As soon as this statement came out, except for "Eight-clawed Spider" Vasily, who had no reaction, everyone else couldn't help but feel a little moved. After all, this combination is really strange.
People who don’t understand the origins of Eloise and Joan of Arc will not understand why Eloise, the adopted son of the Grand Duke of the Shire, came together with the core force of the Inquisition.
This matter is actually very simple, but for these politicians who play tricks and conspiracies every day, they must consider the responsible side, and the results they get will be very different from reality.
Marshal Servais asked with some confusion: "Does it mean that Charles is also in contact with the Holy Empire? Then why do the people of the Holy Empire help Ekaterina? Do they want to hedge their bets? It's unreasonable."
Prime Minister Zangwill had his own opinion: "Everyone, Ilos was most likely sent by Karl Gross to rescue Princess Catherine. As for why Joan of Arc, the famous executioner of the Inquisition, was still with them.
, then it’s not clear.”
In fact, Eloise asked Macbeth to truthfully report the details of their information in order to confuse Peter and others and confuse their judgment. At the same time, the Archduke Gros will soon know their information.
After weighing the pros and cons, Underma, the city lord of Mogadishu, decided to report it truthfully. In this way, the news that Ilos, Yekaterina, and the Iron Lady were together was passed to the "Eight-Clawed Spider"
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At this time, "Eight-clawed Spider" Vasily, under Peter's instruction, told everyone the detailed information.
"Iroth had left the Shire before the incident. Due to the awakening of his devilish blood, he encountered a group of red gloves from the Inquisition in Mogadishu and slaughtered them all, and then went to
After entering the Central Mountains, the trace has been cut off since then. It reappeared the day before the incident, in Catalonia, the mercenary city of Cyril. As for why he was with the notorious ironclad Joan of Arc,
We don’t know. But Ilosu’s rescue of Princess Yekaterina is definitely a coincidence. He did not have enough time and channels to know the whole story.”
After everyone heard about it, they all felt it was a bit tricky. After all, this matter involved the Principality of Charles and the Holy Empire.
In the end, it was Peter who made the final decision: "Whether it's a coincidence or not, we have to prepare for the worst. If the Holy Empire not only wants Albrex's source of faith, but also covets the Char, we have to prepare as soon as possible.
Whether what Iloth did was under the instruction of Grand Duke Groth is not important. It has nothing to do with the overall situation. The most important thing right now is that we need the power of the Shire, and the Shire needs the Empire. Without the Empire, what can they do to resist the orcs?
Without the charr, how much blood would the empire have to pay to drive the orcs back to the grassland?"
"So, we need to spare no effort to win over Charles." As he said that, Peter looked at Prime Minister Zangwill.
"I want to marry Fiona, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Gros. After a hundred years of Grand Duke Gros, all the Shire will return to the empire."
Zangwill knew that it was time for him to take a stand. After all, his daughter had been engaged to Peter the Great. Since Peter launched the coup, Zangwill did not want his daughter to marry Peter at all.
Although Zangwill was very angry at Peter for instructing Servais to kill his old friend Charles III, he also knew that the end was done, and Peter was also a talented and strategic emperor. Zangwill resisted revenge for the sake of the empire.
The idea is to continue to assist Peter from the perspective of the empire.
In fact, if Peter didn't mention it, Zangwill would also like to find an opportunity to refuse the engagement. He didn't want his daughter to marry a demon who dared to kill his father.