Chapter 654 Before the Banquet (II)
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The Chauvin Empire, the Royal Capital of Troon, and the Tula Palace
“So”
The Imperial Emperor William Bohe lay on the easy chair with his eyes closed, and asked a little tiredly: "Not only did our sin lord have no problem, he even anticipated the intervention of the Griffin Dynasty in advance, allowing us to avoid a few battles." It’s close to a disaster that will destroy the country, right?”
Sitting opposite him, Archduke Jude Fossey blew out a smoke ring, then smiled helplessly, spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you come to this conclusion yourself half a month ago?"
William shrugged and nodded: "You are right, Jude. If this were not the case, I would not have listened to Arthur's suggestion and promoted Mo to a hereditary earl. Ha, if I remember correctly, I will The one who has achieved such an achievement at his age should be you, right?"
"You are right, Your Majesty."
Grand Duke Fossai chuckled and pinched it. He picked up the cigarette between his fingers: "And the situation at that time was also your admonishment to the late emperor, but the difference between the two is that although His Highness Arthur is as good as you before, I can't compare with that sinner."< br>
William raised his eyebrows: "But you can always find a chance to let me leave the palace. I still remember the first time I was taken to the Pink Magpie Courtyard by you."
"Ahem, I'm sorry that I can no longer remember the situation when we went there."
Grand Duke Fosset touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment and said with empty eyes: "I only remember that I was beaten three times by my father afterwards. There is no bed in the world."
William opened his eyes lazily and curled his lips and said: "You deserve it, why do you have to say that you forced me to go there? ? Obviously everyone knows what's going on."
Fossai rolled his eyes: "You don't understand, it's just because everyone knows that I take the responsibility on myself. Let your majesty and my father appreciate me more, eh, even if there is a little bit of omission."
"Which point?"
William tilted his head and looked at his old friend with interest.
The latter sighed: "Father is really cruel."
"Haha, hahahaha~"
"Hahahaha~"
The two of them burst into hearty laughter at the same time, and the slightly gloomy atmosphere before was immediately swept away.
After a while
“But I still feel a little uneasy.”
William suppressed a smile, gently rubbed his forehead and said in a deep voice: “Maybe it was because I had too many doubts before, maybe it was Mo is so good that I always feel that it is very unreal. Feeling."
Grand Duke Fosai frowned: "Did you find any clues over there in the Seventh Army?"
"It can't be said that we found nothing there, but it is the same as before. There is no discrepancy in the conclusion of the evidence collection.”
William casually picked up a piece of parchment from the low table next to him and said softly: "First of all, what can be determined is that during the time when Zai Mo took control of your private army, he did issue a large number of very cruel and cruel orders. It is even an order that is against humanity. At this point, all the investigation results are consistent and can basically be regarded as completely true."
Grand Duke Fosset stared at the burning fireplace next to him for a while. He sighed and said: "Nearly ten thousand innocent lives! To be honest, from what I have learned about Mo in the past six months, he does not seem like the kind of person who can do such inhumane things."
"But he did do it."
William leaned back in his chair tiredly and said solemnly: "Not counting the rebels, there were a total of more than 7,900 innocent lives. This is The content on the title page of the Seventh Army report was written in red ink."
Fossey was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "I can only say that I made a mistake."
"No, maybe you didn't make a mistake."
William unexpectedly denied it, and then looked down at the parchment in his hand with a complex expression: "According to the Seventh Army's multiple researches , before the Sin Lord noticed that the strange movements of the rebels seemed to be related to the Griffin Dynasty, his marching strategy was very mild, and he would even distribute the food reserves to the civilians during the implementation of the battle plan. Speaking of the almost frenzied burning and looting in the later period, they would try their best to avoid disturbing ordinary people even when they were resting at night, and those people were also the people of the Kunda Territory. "
Duke Fosai Weiwei. He was stunned: "Why haven't I heard this news?"
"Because someone deliberately concealed this information."
William replied calmly.
Fossey's pupils suddenly shrank: "Who?!"
"The Lord of Sin himself."
"What!?"
"Yes, it's the Lord of Sin himself. "
Emperor William poked the parchment in his hand twice and said lightly: "This testimony was asked by the commissioner of the Seventh Army from the mouth of the high-ranking ranger Willow Coffin. Yes, that's right, he is one of the two leaders of your private army, and the other high-ranking knight, Varez Carrel, also confessed the matter after the commissioner took out Ms. Willow's testimony. , in addition."
Fossey's face looked a little ugly: "What else?"
"In addition, there is one more thing that Lord Sin has deliberately concealed."
William threw the parchment away. Reaching the fireplace, he whispered: "At that time, after Zai Mo judged that the rebels in the Kangda Territory might have colluded with the Griffin Dynasty, he, Willow and Varez were in the town of Resiles under the leadership of Prince Batello. There was a discussion, and the core was the next action pattern. In this process, the person who first proposed silencing was not the guilty prince. To be precise, it was not just the guilty prince. "
Archduke Fosset did not speak, but lit up another cigarette with a headache.
“The idea of silence was thought of by the Sin Lord, high-ranking ranger Willow Coffin, and high-ranking knight Varese Karel at the same time.”
William waved his hand to drive away the second-hand smoke created by his friend, and shrugged: "But the Sin Lord made everyone think that that order, and even the countless inhumane orders in the future, were all issued by him alone. The reason is that if we investigate afterwards, As a noble and having a good personal relationship with Garros and Arthur, he can bear the consequences better than others."
Forsyte frowned with a complex expression: "In other words, those orders are not his nature. Cruel, but helpless?"
"Yes, this is the conclusion I finally came to, helpless"
Emperor William, who was suffering from second-hand smoke, finally gave himself up in desperation. He lit a cigarette, took a puff of it not very skillfully, and then said in a deep voice: "If he was not the object of our serious suspicion earlier, this matter could have been explained clearly long ago, because the situation is actually very simple. If we cannot guarantee the absolute The secret operations of the Sin Lord troops, whose specific number has been determined, will inevitably be unable to attract the attention of the rebels, let alone create an opportunity for the main force led by you and Arthur, which will cause the war to be greatly prolonged, and Griffin The dynasty intervened calmly and a war broke out between countries. Once the war breaks out, there is at least a 90% chance that we will be swallowed up by Griffin."
Forsyte sighed and smiled to himself: "More than seven thousand innocent lives and the destruction of the country are really a simple and easy-to-understand arithmetic problem."
"So I decided not to doubt Lord Sin anymore, at least after this conversation between you and me, I will never doubt him again." William stood up, walked to the window and looked at the starry sky where no starlight had shined through for a long time. Yekong smiled and said: "As for his talent that I can't let go of until now, and his almost non-existent ambition that is inversely proportional to it, let's use Arthur's words of 'character dictates' to explain it."
Of course Fossey would not continue to sit after the emperor stood up, so he quickly stood up and walked behind William, hesitating and said: "But didn't Mr. Astor say"
"In After the previous counter-insurgency war, Mr. Astor also held the same view as me."
William shrugged and said with a smile: "He will have a meeting with us later."
“Have a meeting with us?!”
Fossey's eyes widened in shock, and he exclaimed: "But Mr. Astor has not always been there"
A knock on the door sounded, and the Queen's soft voice came from the front hall: "Your Majesty, Jude, Everyone is already here."
"Okay, honey, we're coming."
William responded loudly first, and then patted Archduke Fosset on the shoulder: "You will know soon."
After saying this, he looked confused. The latter went out together, and together with the Queen and Duchess, who were waiting outside the main hall, greeted the invitees at the door. Marquis Robert Diggory, the head of the intelligence department of the Chauvinian Empire, and his wife, as well as their son Cedric and his female companion Cassana Isabella.
The Inspector General, Earl Moody Burke, and his wife.
Duke Bart Garros, leader of the Hurricane Mage Group.
The leader of the Knights of the Tsar's Sword and Imperial Marshal Galahad Wadelstein.
Justice Marquis Nafario Clemente and his wife.
Miranda Fisher Marquis.
Earl Perkins Fred.
Will McBride, Marquess.
The Imperial Prince Arthur Bohol.
and
Mo, who has just been canonized as a hereditary earl, and his female companion pray silently.
“Haha, it’s been so lively for a long time. I have a hunch that today’s dinner will be very pleasant.”
The Emperor William Bohe smiled at the empires in front of him. Core blinked, and after everyone saluted, he smiled teasingly at Cedric, the only son of Marquis Digory: "And today seems to be the first time that little Ced brought a female companion to a formal occasion."
< br>Marquis Mirada Fisher, the only female noble present, smiled narrowly.
But Cedric waved his hands with a blushing face and said hesitantly: "Well, Your Majesty, I think you must have misunderstood. Although I did invite Isabella to come with me today, but between us Time is not eh.”
Marquis Diggory poked him covertly and heavily, and lowered his voice: "Listen, Syd, your explanation will make Miss Isabella look ugly."
"I mean, Although I have tried hard, the current limit is only Isabelle La agreed to come to the banquet with me, well, and it’s very likely that she was willing to show favor only because she admired His Majesty and His Majesty the Queen.”
Cedric’s reaction was also very quick, and he immediately told him everything he had just said. The gaffe made a powerful supplement.
As for Cassana next to her, she was already blushing so much that she couldn't even raise her head, but her lowered eyes would still occasionally glance at a certain new earl standing outside, her thoughts clearly revealed.
How could the experienced people present not see it, but everyone led by Emperor William chose to see through it without telling it, and changed the topic with a haha.
On the other hand, Arthur quietly came to Mo Tan's side and gave him a narrow look, and the latter gave him a hidden white eye in return.
Then, after a brief greeting
“Although the chefs have almost prepared it,”
The queen coughed lightly and smiled: “It’s not until the dinner begins. There's still a little time , is there any lady who would like to practice my skills with me and give the gentlemen a surprise?"
Mrs. Burke immediately stepped forward and made a skirt-lifting ceremony to the queen: "I am happy to oblige, my dear. Your Highness.”
"And us."
Mrs. Fossey, Mrs. Clement and Mrs. Diggory also walked over together with smiles on their faces.
"I can't. Fisher's family cooking skills can only frighten the gentlemen."
Marquis Miranda Fisher smiled wryly and waved her hand, then gently He patted Cassana Isabella, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "Dear Isabella, are you willing to help everyone on my behalf?"
"Yeah!"< br>
The latter was startled at first, then immediately nodded with a blushing face and said: "I'm so happy!"
Then he trotted to Mrs. Diggory's side.
"And you, little Ced."
Marquis Miranda pushed Cedric again, raised his eyebrows and said: "Go and help with the physical work."
< br>How could the latter not understand the meaning of the latter's words? He immediately walked over quickly, and in the process, he secretly shrugged at Arthur and Mo.
"I also want to help with manual labor!"
Arthur smiled and volunteered.
"It's a pity that your talent in cooking was inherited from your father, my dear."
The queen smiled gently and signaled Arthur not to cause trouble.
“Expecting surprises?”
Ji Xiaodao turned his head and blinked at Mo, with a smile as bright as a flower.
“Of course.”
The latter answered in the affirmative without thinking.
So Ji Xiaodao released his hold on the other party's arm, made a face in ink, and quickly ran to the group of ladies around the queen.
“I really envy you, Lord Sin.”
Marquis Miranda Fisher didn't know when she appeared beside Mo, covered her mouth and smiled softly: "You are the most popular man among ladies I have seen in the past twenty years."
Mo Sansan He smiled and did not answer.
But Arthur next to him asked curiously: "Who was the most popular man among ladies twenty years ago?"
"It's your father, Your Highness."
Already over 40 years old but looking so well maintained Miranda, who was in her early thirties, blinked at him and whispered: "You can never imagine how many fanatical supporters His Majesty William had back then, nor how many girls cried when he decided to marry your mother. How many pillows?”
Arthur chuckled: "Then how many pillows have you wet from crying?"
"Me?"
Marquis Miranda made a face at Arthur: "I didn't cry."
“You are so strong.”
“It’s okay, after all, I am the one who brought them together~”
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Chapter 647: The End
(End of this chapter)