Leo was not wrong at all, and while he was deliberating in his study with the two papal ministers, there was also a meeting going on in the Victory Palace in the city of Ridmar.

Only three people attended the meeting: Theresa I and her two retainers, the Duke of Habs and Chancellor Paul.

The young empress sat on the throne and glanced condescendingly at the two courtiers in the audience, Duke Habs, as a loyal ally and future father-in-law, is undoubtedly the most reliable candidate in the empire in the empress's heart, and Chancellor Paul, although he wanted to coerce the second prince to take the throne and monopolize the power of the ministers, but after the defeat and surrender, he did everything dutifully.

If she could, Theresa I would have been eager to immediately remove and even behead the Duke of Leanne and Chancellor Paul, the ministers who had confronted her head-on in the battle for the throne.

But at present, the war on the part of the Kingdom of France must rely on the command of the Duke of Lien, and secondly, there are many resources to allocate and maintain the stability of the domestic political situation after the new monarch ascends the throne, and Prime Minister Paul can also contribute a lot of strength, so she can only endure this thought for the time being.

But even so, Her Majesty the Empress has already made up her mind, once the war on the side of the Kingdom of France is over, a major adjustment will begin, and the Duke of Leanne and Prime Minister Paul will be taken down at least one of them, and the reason is very simple, if they are not taken down, how will the Duke of Habs ascend to the throne?

Although the title was promoted from a marquis to a duke, Duke Habs's current position is still that of Minister of Justice, and in the structure of the Spanny Empire, the Minister of War and the Prime Minister of the Empire are the highest minds in both military and political circles, and as Her Majesty's most trusted minister, the future of Duke Habs must of course go further, and this further position is either Minister of War or Prime Minister of the Empire.

As for which one it is... Her Majesty's heart suddenly moved, why not let this news out? Anyway, Duke Habs can only take the place of one person, so let Duke Lean and Chancellor Paul fight, the winner can keep his position and power, and the loser's position will be replaced by Duke Habs.

In this way, Her Majesty does not even need to pay anything, just sit on the mountain and watch the Duke of Leanne and Prime Minister Paul eat dog, and it is even possible that he will get more and more unexpected benefits because of this position.

In Her Majesty's opinion, before the events of the Celebration Day, the Duke of Leanne (that is, the Golden Lion Family) was far stronger than Prime Minister Paul and the Snow Bear family.

However, due to the Celebration Day Incident, the son of the Duke of Leanne, Cleverley, assassinated the former Emperor Charles XVI with his own hands, and then the Duke of Leanne became a loser in the battle for the throne, and the two successive defeats have made the Golden Lion family much worse than before.

As for Prime Minister Paul, although this prime minister has been hollowed out for many years, after all, he is still a nominal civilian leader, and he still has some influence, and in these days, Prime Minister Paul has made full use of his time after restoring the power of the prime minister and has done a lot of things, which has impressed the imperial political arena and won a group of people's hearts.

From this point of view, the strength of the two sides is really half a pound and eight taels now.

Her Majesty the Empress bowed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In that case, let them fight to the death!

Chancellor Paul and Duke Habs, of course, didn't know what kind of thoughts were in the mind of Her Majesty the Empress on the throne, they just stood there respectfully, waiting for Her Majesty's mouth.

It has been proven that although this young majesty is the first empress in the history of the empire, her actions are far stronger than many male ancestors.

Although she had not been on the throne for much time, with her vigorous and resolute means and excellent political skills, Her Majesty the Empress not only succeeded in controlling the overall situation, but also controlled most of the influential ministers and nobles in the empire in various ways.

There is no one in the Spanny Empire today who can openly defy Her Majesty's will – it took her father, Charles XVI, nearly six years to do so.

The consequence of the slow accumulation of power to the emperor's throne is naturally the continuous strengthening of Her Majesty's authority and the convenience of personnel adjustments, and the cabinet controlled by Prime Minister Paul still has a certain degree of autonomy, but after the personnel adjustment of one cabinet minister after another, the previous generation of old people who remain in the cabinet in addition to the prime minister are only the Minister of War, Duke Lean, and the Minister of Justice, Duke Habs, and the cabinet has recently become more and more the echo and executive organ of Her Majesty.

In such a situation, Prime Minister Paul's confidence is naturally becoming more and more insufficient, and his power is gone, what is he going to argue with Her Majesty?

Fortunately, the Prime Minister is still quite knowledgeable, and has taken a tacit attitude towards everything, otherwise with the decisiveness of Her Majesty the Empress, although the commander of the army Duke Li'an cannot move him because of the war, but the position of Prime Minister Paul can really be taken away by gritting his teeth.

Her Majesty spoke slowly, "You all already know the details of the battle report from Paris City, right?" ”

Prime Minister Paul and Duke Habs looked at each other, and then the Prime Minister spoke: "Yes, Your Majesty. The minister is here to congratulate Your Majesty, it is precisely because of Your Majesty's wise leadership that the result of Paris's great victory has been achieved. ”

Theresa I smiled slightly, noncommittal to Prime Minister Paul's obvious sycophants, but immediately her face began to turn cold again, and she said to the two ministers in front of her: "There is a very interesting thing that the two adults may not know. According to the secret report of the Blood Shadow Guard, this long-distance surprise attack on Paris City was actually agreed upon by Duke Lean and Pope Leo, and many people from the church participated in the operation, and even the elite of the Inquisition were dispatched. ”

Prime Minister Paul and Duke Habs were stunned when they heard this, both of them are old fritters in the political arena, and it is naturally not difficult to hear that Teresa I is obviously quite dissatisfied with Duke Lean, who commanded the war against the coalition forces.

Duke Habs coughed, and decided to defend Duke Lean: "Your Majesty, judging from the courtier's intentions, this is an extremely exciting victory anyway, isn't it?" What's more, we also killed the puppet king Louis in this battle. ”

Prime Minister Paul also echoed the voice, although the Prime Minister and the Duke of Li'an do not deal with each other, but at this time there is still a sense of taking into account the overall situation.

Teresa I did not restrain her anger because of the exculpation of the two important ministers, but snorted coldly and said: "The rebel alliance has already said that the empire is the mainstay, and the one in command is also the military minister of our empire, if everything is done according to the will of Pope Leo, then what do you want the commander of Duke Leo to do!" ”

(End of chapter)