Chapter 398 Confession
“To Prince Kangda Bohe.”
Mo and everyone else present stood up at the same time, picked up the goblet in front of him, and filled it with Kangda’s favorite drink during his lifetime. [Lover's Drunk] Drink it all in one gulp. As we all know, since his wife's early death, the good-for-nothing prince will only drink this bad wine with no merit except for its elegant name no matter where he goes.
After drinking the sour and astringent wine, everyone sat down again at Emperor William's signal. Both their expressions and demeanor were completely different from a few minutes ago. The air was filled with a breathtaking smell. Everyone will feel the harsh silence.
Ten minutes ago, when Her Majesty the Queen, who has always been secretive, came out with William and invited their friends to have a small tea party in the garden, everyone could already smell a difference. It had an ordinary taste, but even so, Earl Moody and others did not expect that this thing was so big that they could not be digested in a short time.
The sin lord with the lowest status sat quietly at the end of the long table. The dark and bright eyes under the mask were full of confusion and shock. Although he could not show much emotion because he had almost no contact with the Kunda Bohe, a man The news of the prince's death still gave him a great shock. At this moment, he could only hang his head uncomfortably, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor or other big shots to express their opinions.
Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon
Mo, who had already guessed why William summoned everyone here on the way, could not be a little shocked. Although the prince was excellent, he was not as talented as William. His death was caused by him, so in addition to making some reactions that a sin lord should have, Mo didn't even bother to pay any more attention to this 'late bad news'.
You can guess without looking at the current expressions of Duke Robert Diggory, who is in charge of intelligence, Earl Moody Burke, the head of the Inspectorate, and Duke Jude Fossey, who does everything himself and is a model worker. They must all be very exciting. On the one hand, there are too many possibilities behind Kunta's death, and on the other hand, because they all know the nature of the 'useless prince'
Except Apart from Mo, who had just been given the title not long ago, the other people here were all Emperor William's right-hand men. Naturally, they knew the sacrifices Condabo had made for this empire. Among them, the Grand Duke Fossey and His Excellency the Prince They have a very good personal relationship. Although they have always maintained a tacit understanding of treating each other coldly and ignoring each other in public, the real relationship between the two is very good. Many exquisite diplomatic and domestic affairs are even handled by Kunda. It was proposed verbally and a lot of results were achieved.
As a result, Kunta actually died. He had been staying in Troon in a mysterious and silent way. Not only was no one aware of his disappearance, even the news of his death came from the Royal Thorn Castle in Kunta's territory. Sent back!
The dignified and depressing atmosphere lasted for several minutes, until the forehead of Earl Moody, who had gained serious weight in recent years, was covered with fine beads of sweat. The highest-ranking people present except William and Galahad Only then did Duke Fossey break the silence
“Your Majesty the Emperor, how did Emperor Thorn Castle get the news?”
This man who is over fifty years old and has no real strength but is still in good spirits The Grand Duke frowned, and his low tone was mixed with some suspicion: "How did they confirm that His Highness the Prince had been killed?"
William sighed, poured himself a glass of wine again, shook his head and said : "There is no need to doubt the authenticity of the news. Butler Lister personally brought Kunda's body to Emperor Thorn Castle and delivered it to Withem. After receiving the news, I immediately asked the Marshal to send someone to contact the two teams. The Tsar's Shield Guards went to Kunda's palace to find him, but neither he nor Butler Liszt were there."
"But."
Forsyte wanted to say something else. It was obvious that he felt that just not finding anyone in the imperial capital was not enough to prove that Kunda had been killed, but he was interrupted by William shaking his head.
“I said, there is no need to doubt the authenticity of the news.”
William re-emphasized with a tired look, and said slowly: “Kanda is my biological brother, if not Do you think I will announce his death hastily?”
The implication is that the emperor has already confirmed it in other ways, and now he is just telling everyone the result. William didn't say the specific method, and no one would be ignorant to find out.
"Yes."
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's attitude was so certain, Fosai did not say anything more. He just sighed heavily, his eyes slightly red: "Then Your Majesty, you don't know the authority. What else did Grand Duke Temu say in the message? "
A flash of solemnity and pain flashed in William's eyes, sinking. After being silent for a while, he took a long breath and said dryly: "Little Witham said that he got the news that I sent someone to kill his brother. Although he did not express his attitude, he mentioned Now many high-level officials in Kangda Territory have heard the news, so..."
He sighed and did not continue.
“It seems that Huangthorn Castle must give us an explanation.”
The slightly stooped Marquis Diggory finished speaking for William gloomily, and then couldn't help but hammer the table hard and shouted angrily: "Absurd! Do they really think that His Majesty will harm His Royal Highness?!" < br>
His anger is not unreasonable. After all, except for the sin lord who has just entered the upper class circle of the empire, everyone here knows that the reason why Kunda became the 'waste prince' is to prevent William from having to worry about anything. Under this premise, who else thinks that William might send someone to kill Kunda? That is no different than pointing his Majesty the Emperor directly in the nose and calling him a wolf-hearted person.
What's more, William is not the kind of monarch who has no tolerance for others. This is something that everyone knows very well. You must know that many of the people who tried to overthrow William during the jingoistic years were later dismissed. The emperor reused him regardless of past grudges. Now that the empire is becoming more and more prosperous and the imperial power is becoming more and more stable, killing Kunda to eliminate the hidden dangers to the throne is simply a joke, an extremely bad joke.
But some people have different opinions from Duke Fossey
“Of course we don’t think so, but others may not necessarily think so.”
Garros, who was sitting opposite Fossey, shook his head. This Duke, who has been obsessed with magic for many years, is not the kind of unsophisticated young man. On the contrary, this great mage is one of the few people in the empire's upper echelons who can look at problems objectively. .
Duke Fosset shook his head: "Everyone knows"
"No, not everyone knows, Jude."
Same age as the other party, appearance But Garros, who was more than ten years younger than Duke Fossey, interrupted him gently and said with a wry smile: "Just talking about Troon, except for all of you here, I can't count Mo who is new to our circle. How many people know that His Royal Highness is not a sensual loser at all, but a wise man who is as wise as you, Grand Duke Fosai, in the fields of internal affairs and diplomacy? How many people know what he has paid for His Majesty and Chauvin?"< br>
Before Fossey could speak, Marquis Diggory frowned and said to Garros: "I understand what you mean, Your Majesty the Duke, but I think since His Majesty has those of us who are qualified to know the truth, It is impossible for everyone in the Kunda Territory except Duke Witham to know nothing about this. If the news is only spread on a small scale among the high-level officials of Emperor Thorn Castle, those who know His Royal Highness the Prince's painstaking efforts also have no reason to do so. Believe this nonsense.”
"You are right. Of course there will be people in Kunda who know the tacit understanding between His Majesty and the Prince and Brother like us." Garros nodded in agreement, then changed the topic and said with emotion: "But they understand Your Majesty?"
Marquis Diggory frowned in confusion: "You mean"
"They are different from us"
Garros sighed. He took a breath and explained helplessly: "They may know how outstanding His Highness the Prince is and how much he has done for the empire, but those who stay in Kangda Territory all year round have many opportunities besides fulfilling government orders. What do they know about His Majesty? They may know that Your Majesty is a talented and strategic monarch, but they don’t necessarily know what kind of person He is. His Highness Kangda spends most of his time in the Imperial Capital and often communicates with insiders like you and me. This is the essential difference between us and each other."
Earl Moody Burke, who had been silent since just now, wiped his sweat and nodded bitterly: "I think I understand what the Grand Duke meant. We in Troon understand His Majesty and His Highness, but those in Kunta’s leadership who know that Your Highness voluntarily ruined his reputation do not understand His Majesty, at least they don’t know what kind of person His Majesty is, so..." "Okay, Maybe you have a point.”
Duke Fossey sighed and leaned back in his chair: "But I still can't understand it. At least it's impossible for Duke Witham not to know what kind of person your Majesty is."
"I am little Witham's uncle, of course he will not understand me."
Emperor William smiled haggardly, then shook his head slightly and said: "But Kunda is his father, and he is the most important. Dear and beloved father, we cannot ask a young man to remain calm after his father was killed and think slowly about whether his uncle had a clear reason to kill his father. What do you think?”
Everyone nodded wordlessly, and the scene became silent again.
"Mo."
At this moment, William suddenly looked at the young man sitting at the end of the long table and asked softly: "Do you know why I called you here?"
From The young Viscount, who had not said a word until now, shook his head slightly and replied honestly: "I don't know."
"On the one hand, both Garros and the Marshal speak highly of you, and I myself I also appreciate you as a young man."
William smiled bitterly and waved his hand to calm the sinner who subconsciously stood up: "On the other hand, I just want to hear about you. What do people who don’t know Kunda well enough about me think about this?”
Mo nodded lightly, and after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "If I look at this matter from the perspective of Duke Witham, if I really get some evidence, even if it is not convincing, the authenticity is still there. It remains to be discussed. I'm afraid I will still suspect that your Majesty killed Prince Kunda."
Galathat's face became solemn, and his awe-inspiring aura subconsciously stirred up: "Nonsense."
Mo's face turned pale at that time, and he fell back on the chair unsteadily, covering his chest uncontrollably and coughing.
"Your Excellency, Marshal."
William frowned and shook his head slightly at Galahad, who was sitting below him: "I asked him to say it."
At the same time, Garros threw out a breeze, gently blocking the old marshal's lion-like momentum, and said with a smile: "You'd better wait until Mo's injury heals before tempering him."
"I'm fine, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Duke."
Mo stopped coughing, took a breath and continued: "In fact, I think the point of the matter now is not whether Duke Witham or others in Emperor Thorn Castle believe that His Majesty is harmless. heart, but what they want to do, and what we How to deal with it?"
"That's good."
William nodded, then tapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Kunda's butler Liszt told Witem personally, Because of the previous death of Lord Faraossis, Kang After the quarrel with me, Da hurriedly took him and a small number of personal guards to leave the royal capital that night, trying to rush back to Kunda territory. However, he was attacked by a group of desperadoes on the road. Among them were the Tsar's Shield Guards. The army’s desperado.”
Everyone was shocked. As we all know, the Tsar's Shield Guards can only be mobilized by William Bohe. Those elite soldiers (mainly because the equipment is extremely expensive) are even above the Knights of the Tsar's Sword. It is impossible to obey the command of anyone except William, so their appearance means
Duke Fossey looked solemn and asked in a low voice: "Is the situation true? Your Majesty."
William shook his head: "How is it possible? All the guards were stationed in Troon during this period, and not a single person was missing. It is impossible for anyone to leave the imperial capital without permission to attack Kunda with some desperadoes, but "
"Three sets of special armors and weapons of the Imperial Guard were lost."
Galahat narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "The time of theft is unknown."
Marquis Diggory clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth: "Someone has ulterior motives and wants to sow discord between Your Majesty and Duke Witham, and even killed His Highness the Prince for this purpose!"
Everyone is It was a nod, which was the most likely reason.
"I think so too."
William also nodded, his eyes filled with uncontrollable anger, and after a moment he finally let out a long sigh helplessly: "But the top priority now is , how Give Emperor Thorn Castle an explanation, and after that"
The emperor, who was always so amiable, took a deep breath, and his expression became cold and solemn: "Let's think about how to give Kunda an explanation. Account.”
Chapter 395: The End
(End of this chapter)