"Oh, Aiqing, let's hear it, who is the ultimate candidate?" Of course, the old emperor knew who this candidate was, so I was casual for a while, and directly said that he was the ultimate candidate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Majesty, this person graduated from the Military and Political Academy, Yunwen Yunwu, and is also a magician, his master is the deputy head of the Imperial Magician Regiment, Marquis Daoding, he himself is already a fourth-level magician, and he has already touched the edge of a fifth-level magician.

This little brother is young and chic, only 22 years old, neither fat nor thin, with a height of 1.8 meters and a weight of 70 kilograms, and his figure is just right.

It's just that this lad has a flaw......"

The old emperor immediately sank his face and said, "How can you recommend it if it is flawed!" Of course, this is all pretended.

"Your Majesty, this defect is not physical. ”

"Is that there?" the old emperor continued to play his part.

"This lad is only a viscount, and he has not yet been promoted to the rank of count. The official secretary said regretfully.

"Doesn't it mean that a viscount who enjoys the treatment of an earl can also participate in the selection?" the emperor and the official Shangshu sang together.

As soon as the old queen mother paid me, I watched the two of them act without speaking, Xiaowei was in a state of distraction, wandering in the world, and didn't pay attention to them at all.

"This Toshihiko does not enjoy the treatment of an earl. ”

The old emperor collapsed, sat back in his chair and said, "This will not work. ”

"Your Majesty, I have been giving the Prime Minister the report of this handsome man enjoying the treatment of an earl for three months, but the Prime Minister has not approved it, which has caused the current situation. The official secretary took the opportunity to sue Linton.

But Linton was not angry at all, and praised the secretary from the bottom of his heart, anyone who heard this, wanted to know why the desire was hung up, this is Frank's good friend, every word said to the old emperor's heart, not a star and a half stronger than that dead accountant!

"Prime Minister, why is this? You are stuck like this with such an excellent person, how can you say the past!" the old emperor said angrily.

"Your Majesty, I really have a hard time!"

"What's your problem?"

"I'm trying to avoid suspicion!"

"Avoid suspicion, what suspicion, is this little guy someone in your family?" the old emperor seduced.

"Back to Your Majesty, this little fellow is none other than my third son, Kurt Linton. The prime minister bowed his body and looked like he was saluting the old emperor.

"As the old saying goes, the virtuous don't avoid relatives, don't press such an excellent young man, I'll approve this report, the official is still the book, you go and get the report, I'll sign it directly." The old emperor said lightly.

The old emperor and Linton both took the time to look at Bartley, and the two of them were really afraid that Bartley would be in trouble at this time, in that case, it would definitely drag on for a while.

But Bartley didn't say anything, he was like an old monk in meditation, closing his eyes and recuperating. Of course, this is not that Bartley is not doing, but he has already communicated with the old queen mother, and at this time, he let Linton jump up and down to achieve the purpose of confusing Linton.

Less than a quarter of an hour had passed, and the official secretary sent the document of Kurt Linton's enjoyment of the earl's treatment to the old emperor's desk, and the old emperor read the document carefully, and then signed the document: "Kurt Linton is indeed very capable, and he is specially promoted to earl." Then he signed his name, and then the chief of the chamberlain brought the old emperor's seal and the national seal.

The old emperor stamped his own seal and national seal on the document, and then handed it to Linton, instructing Linton to affix the prime minister's seal as soon as possible.

Linton took the document and only glanced at it, and immediately handed it back to the old emperor respectfully, and then said, "Your Majesty, Linton is ashamed to accept it. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a few years in advance, your son has this ability, why don't you put some burden on him? Or is it your poor son who is a father?" the old emperor quipped.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Wechen is afraid, it's right to give Kotega a burden, but this title is a bit high!" Linton said in a pretentious manner. Anyone with a discerning eye could see the smile in the corner of his eye.

"It's okay, it's okay, you just take it, cover the seal immediately, Joe, you help the prime minister, let him hurry up. Seeing that Linton was slow to make a move, the old emperor immediately ordered the chief of the chamberlain to do a small favor.

Linton seemed reluctant to affix the seal to the document, and the old emperor saw that the prime minister had stamped it, and continued: "Let your family Cote also wait outside the palace, and then go to the palace when the palace is elected." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" said Linton, who was now happy, at least for now, it seemed that everything was going well.

The old emperor looked at the ministers and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anyone else to recommend?"

There was no movement in the audience for a long time, and after five minutes, Shang Shu of the household department stood up and said: "Your Majesty, all the talents we think can be created have been recommended, and there is really nothing to recommend for a while." ”

"Well, Joe wrote down all these names, which will be an important basis for the selection of the palace in a while. Do you have anything else to play? How not, that's all for today's court meeting. ”

Several bigwigs looked at each other, and there was nothing more to say, and it was not too early, and if it dragged on, the palace election would be in the afternoon.

Everyone shook their heads at Joe, signaling that everyone had nothing to say, and Joe loudly announced that the court meeting was over, and he would rest for ten minutes to start the ceremony of selecting the horses in the palace.

Just as everyone was about to go down to rest, the Empress Catherine II, who had been wandering in the world just now, suddenly came to her senses, and she summoned the little chamberlain standing in the hall, asked about the arrangements for Viscount Kot just now, and immediately got up from her seat.

The ministers who had already gotten up suddenly saw the new empress get up, and they all stopped, and listened to the empress say: "I personally have a small opinion on the handling of Viscount Cote, and I feel that his merits are not enough to be awarded directly to the earl, so please discuss it again." ”

All the ministers were stunned, Linton's faction had already known through a series of events last night that it was impossible to make a final decision today, but the old emperor was on their side, and they were still relatively relieved, at least until now, the results they had achieved were still satisfactory.

Bartley's side has also discussed, in the matter of the title, you can put Linton a yard, in exchange for the safety of the candidates on both sides of the army and the military, the real decisive battle will be five days later, which can also play a role in paralyzing Linton's side, I didn't expect the second boss behind the scenes here to make such a decision.

Linton was the first to reflect at this time, this is right, the other party will definitely fight back against the identity of his son, which is also his weakness, today when he saw the old queen mother push the princess to the forefront, he thought that his son's identity would definitely be blocked for them, but he didn't expect that Bartley didn't put a fart, which was too abnormal.

He has always had a bad feeling, and when Vivian called for reconsideration, he finally let it go, although Vivian, the direct boss, would go into battle in person, and he couldn't reflect it for a while, but the uncomfortable feeling of punching in the air was gone.

The court clerk suddenly broke the awkward atmosphere and asked, "Your Majesty, do you represent an individual, or do you represent the United Empire?"

Vivien was stunned for a moment, she really hadn't thought about whether this was her personal opinion or the opinion of the United Empire, knowing that in such a short period of time, she had not yet adapted to the policy of a country represented by her every word.

The old queen mother didn't expect Vivian to make trouble at this time, but she thought about it, and felt that this would make Linton more reassured, so she immediately spoke: "Vivian, you sit down first, as the empress, you must have enough self-cultivation, don't jump up by yourself at every turn, you have to believe that the ministers will take care of these things, we just need to make the final decision, sit down, sit down." ”

After the old queen mother made two sit-down gestures to Vivian, she also rescued Vivian from her embarrassment. After speaking, she turned to the ministers in the audience and said, "Since the empress said that it is a bit inappropriate for Viscount Cotter to be promoted directly, let's discuss it again." ”

As soon as the younger brothers of Bartley in the audience heard that the old queen mother still called Kurt a viscount, they naturally knew what the big boss meant, and a military officer in charge of evaluating the daily performance of officers immediately jumped out and said: "Viscount Kurt's daily performance is indeed commendable, but it is barely up to the standard of excellence, and the direct promotion is obviously achieved, even if you enjoy the treatment of an earl, it is reluctant, if you don't believe it, you can consult the archives of the year." ”

At this time, a petty official in Linton's camp immediately jumped up and said: "Your military already has a prejudice against the prime minister, how can you show mercy to the prime minister's son?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the military was about to refute, but Linton spoke first: "Clark, shut up, I believe that the military will not use such a subordinate method against me because of political disagreement, and my son is an imperial soldier, and a soldier takes obedience as his duty, and my son will accept all the evaluations of him!"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Linton's words are skillful, that is, he said that the military did treat his son unfairly, and said that they would not pick on his son because of the unfair treatment, which was enough for political points.

When the little official saw the boss speak, he immediately sat down, and the military officer was squeezed out of something to say, how could he continue to say that they were not targeting Kurt?

He also sat down, anyway, there are bigwigs to continue tearing, he just needs to do a good job of stirring up the fire.

The old emperor sat there indignantly, he had already made a conclusive thing, and his daughter was on a bad beating, and it was full of variables, so he could only get serious again and listen to the two factions in the court continue to tear each other apart.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the two sides still didn't come up with a reason, and the military insisted on not letting Kurt enjoy the treatment of an earl, while the government thought that Kurt could be promoted directly to an earl.

While the two sides were at a stalemate, a Guards herald rushed in, holding up a military newspaper and shouting: "Your Majesty, Southern Emergency!"

Bartley hurried over to take the urgent report from the herald, hurriedly opened it to look at it, and immediately reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Salzburg has been lost!"