Chapter 427 The time has advanced
The nobles onlookers dispersed, and no one could guess that the last words of the late king that had troubled everyone for a long time actually ended with Duke Wesson agreeing to build a palace for Rudolf.
Frederick and Rudolf left the church in a carriage together. Count Schünstadt squeezed into the carriage. He was still worried that Frederick was up to something evil.
Many people want to know what Frederick said to Rudolf in the carriage, but after returning to his residence, Frederick stayed behind closed doors on the pretext of having a cold and sneaked away without anyone noticing. He went out and sneaked back late at night. It was hard for Rudolph to ask questions when he returned to the palace. Count Shuyun Stiga returned directly to the Knights' headquarters.
In the afternoon, Rudolf sent a message to the nobles who had the right to speak in the city to hold a meeting at the palace tomorrow morning.
Everyone thought about it all night and came to the palace early the next day.
Then many people saw an extremely rare scene.
Frederick was still wearing white clothes and straw sandals, but this time he had all the shoes on his feet.
He walked slowly in the corridor of the palace, not far in front of him was the Grand Duke of Nassau.
The Principality of Nassau is located east of the city of Cologne. As the supreme judge of the Rhine League, the Grand Duke of Nassau rarely interacts with other nobles. When he meets people in the corridor, he walks alone.
Today, Frederick walked alone like him, because he was wearing white clothes and straw sandals. The other nobles followed behind because of their clothes, so as not to be compared by others when they went up.
When I was about to arrive at the conference room, I met several people.
Antonia hurriedly walked up to Frederick and walked past him as if she hadn't seen the Grand Duke of Nassau in front of her. She asked Frederick with some excitement: "Duke Wesson, do you really want to Build me a new palace?”
Antonia was so happy yesterday when she heard from Rudolf that Frederick was willing to pay to build the palace. She unlocked several postures that she had been unwilling to unlock in the evening, and this morning she I heard from Rudolf that Frederick was actually quite easy to talk to, so I came to seek confirmation.
Frederick suddenly became angry and scolded: "Brother William has not been buried yet. Is this the time to talk about this kind of thing?"
"How could you be so ignorant?!"
Now Frederick was majestic and murderous. Antonia was so frightened by him that her legs became weak and she retreated repeatedly. If she hadn't been leaning against the wall He fell to the ground.
As the saying goes, Antonia was so frightened that she could not speak. Even though her hands were shaking with nervousness, her head maid still stood up and rebuked Frederick: "Duke Wesson, you must not Discourteous to His Highness!”
The servants of the royal family are not ordinary people, they are all nobles. This head maid has the title of baron in the Kingdom of Gaul.
Frederick suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched the head maid's neck tightly.
The head maid felt that her neck was tightly clamped like an iron vise. She struggled in vain for a few times, and then kicked Frederick when she found it was useless.
The blow that was enough to break the rock did not cause any harm to Frederick, and made a sound of metal collision.
A few seconds later, the head maid's head drooped, and she was exhausted. It hung like a salted fish in Frederick's hand and was thrown to the ground.
Killing civilians is not a problem for nobles these days, but killing nobles is troublesome.
The Grand Duke of Nassau turned around and said to Frederick expressionlessly: "I need an explanation."
Frederick said calmly: "She just fainted. After the meeting, I will go to the court to visit your Excellency. This time there will be many people on the wall to welcome the spring."
Everyone knows that Duke Wesson It's a bad taste. The death penalty is basically hanging on the wall for at least five days.
The Grand Duke of Nassau said: "Say it now."
Frederick took a list from his pocket and handed it to him.
The Grand Duke of Nassau frowned when he saw the list and the notes at the back, and then said to Frederick: "I will arrange this first."
After he finished speaking, he stopped going to the conference room, put his left hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, turned around and left.
The nobles behind saw him holding the hilt of his sword, which meant that the Supreme Judge was in working mode, and immediately moved out of the way.
Before everyone started talking, they saw Frederick waving his hand to the royal knights on duty in the corridor to drag the head maid on the ground to the cell and lock her up, so as not to let her die. Without even looking at Antonia, Frederick continued to walk towards the conference room.
The Archduke of Mainz came a little later. He walked up quickly and asked Frederick in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Frederick said: "There are bugs that have begun to eat the apples. If they are not dealt with in time, there will be no box of fruits left."
The Archduke of Mainz nodded thoughtfully.
Rudolph also heard about what happened just now, and after seeing Frederick entering the conference room, he also asked about the situation.
Frederick just said to him: "We can trust the judgment of the supreme judge, and let's get down to business now."
Rudolph was still afraid of Frederick in his heart. Just now Antonia His behavior is indeed excessive, so we can only hold a meeting first before talking about it.
When everyone arrived, Rudolf said: "The Harvest Festival is coming soon. This is an important festival of the year."
"Now that my father's funeral has been arranged and the nobles from all over the country have arrived, I have decided not to According to the tradition, we will mourn for fifteen days before holding the funeral. The funeral will be held tomorrow and ended early, so that the people can celebrate the festival happily. "
It is just right to ban all entertainment activities during the fifteen-day national mourning period. Covering the Harvest Festival, no one can expect to celebrate the festival.
Ending the national mourning period early is good news for ordinary people, but there are certain risks for Rudolph.
Someone said cautiously: "Is it too hasty?"
According to tradition, the new king is sworn in on the second day after the burial of the late king, and the coronation ceremony is held on the third day. Rudolph's doing this will give people the illusion of being impatient to ascend the throne.
Rudolf glanced at Frederick cautiously, and then said: "The enthronement ceremony and coronation ceremony can be held on the scheduled date."
As soon as he finished speaking, Frederick immediately said: "The country cannot live without a king for a day, just do it earlier."
"His Royal Highness Rudolf chose to end the national mourning period early so that the people could have a happy holiday after a whole year of hard work, not for "My own selfishness."
Everyone in the conference room looked at Rudolph and then at Frederick. It was obvious that the two of them were angry in advance.
Anyway, it was only a few days in advance, and the excuse was high-sounding enough. All kinds of preparations started when William was in a coma. If everything was completed earlier, everyone could go back to their respective homes for the winter, so they agreed.
There are established procedures for the burial of the previous king and the enthronement of the new king. We will go through it at today's meeting. If there is no problem, it will start tomorrow.
It was past lunch time when the meeting ended. Rudolph breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly happy at the same time, because he had accomplished something extremely important and contrary to tradition, and no one objected during the period.
When he left the conference room, his steps were much more brisk.
However, when Rudolf returned to the harem, he found Antonia crying in the bedroom.
He went over to sit by the bed and said softly: "Don't cry. You did something wrong just now. Now is not the time to talk about such things."
"Have you had lunch?"
Antonia raised her head and cried: "I did not do the right thing just now, but all my servants were taken away!"
Rudolf was shocked and asked: "Who ordered them to be taken away? "
Arresting people in the palace cannot be done with just one or two words. Only the Royal Knights can do it. Those who are qualified to give orders have no other way except the king's personal warrant and verbal orders. Nope either.
Antonia shook her head and just cried.
Rudolph said: "Don't worry, I will handle this matter."
(End of this chapter)