Seeing Old Mason stand up, many of the princes present showed a look of disdain. These monarchs are the anti-bones of those who overhead the monarchs. They naturally hate old Mason, who takes advantage of the monarch's illness to monopolize power and make decisions on his own.

Thus, Henry, Duke of Lüneburg, was dissatisfied:

"Who are you?" In fact, most of the people here knew Mason Sr., but when Duke Henry said this, he was actually expressing his dissatisfaction.

Old Mason was not angry, but said with a smile on his face:

"Lord Henry, I am Mason, Prime Minister of the Duchy of Cleaver and the Kingdom of Macbeth!"

"You still know you're just a prime minister, huh? How can you take advantage of Duke John's serious illness to make decisions on your own? Are you qualified to make decisions on behalf of the Duchy of Cleaver and the Kingdom of Mack. ”

Old Mason did not speak, but took out a document from his pocket and said:

"This is a power of attorney from our Lord Duke, and before he became seriously ill, I have been entrusted in writing with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of the Duchy of Cleaver and the Kingdom of Mack, including diplomacy, during his serious illness! As you know, our Prince John is only 15 years old, not yet old enough to handle official business. Therefore, during this time, all the affairs of the Duchy of Cleaver and the Kingdom of Macbeth were taken care of by the subordinates......"

This power of attorney is naturally genuine, after all, it was issued by John II himself. So, after everyone circulated it for a while, no one saw any problems.

At this time, the princes remembered - was old Mason's behavior personally instructed by John II? As for John II, who was seriously ill, he was probably afraid of responsibility, so he chose to let Old Mason take the blame, right?

Although the princes present here lack eloquence and vision, they still have a lot of experience in political struggle. Many people thought of this, and their faces began to fade.

Seeing this, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, cleared his throat and asked:

"Prime Minister Mason, you said that you have evidence in your hand to prove that the Duchy of Guedes colluded with the Kingdom of France, why don't you take a look?"

"Yes, Elector. See, these are letters exchanged between the Duchy of Guedes and the Kingdom of France......" With that, he brought several letters from Schwartz to the rostrum, and let the Emperor Maximilian I, who sat on the rostrum, read them with the other seven electors.

At this time, Vladislas II of Bohemia, one of the seven electors, suddenly said:

"Prime Minister Mason, may I ask, how did you get these letters?" After seeing these letters, Vladislas II was a little puzzled. Because the addressees of these letters were all King Louis XII of France. It stands to reason that these letters should be kept in the French royal palace.

Old Mason pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then glanced at Emperor Maximilian I before he said:

"These letters are from a Spanish thief named Pedro. October 13 last year was the birthday of Princess Claude, the only daughter of King Louis XII of France. On that day, the Spanish thief Mr. Pedro, taking advantage of the negligence of the guards in the front yard of the French royal palace, infiltrated the room of the French foreign minister, picked the lock, and stole several letters. Among them, several letters happened to be written by Charles II, Duke of Guedes, to King Louis XII of France......"

As he spoke, Old Mason pointed to one of the letters:

"My lords, please see, in this letter, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, denigrates His Majesty the Emperor as a 'greedy tyrant,' but compliments King Louis XII of France as the wisest and most promising monarch in Europe......"

"And this one, Charles II thanked Louis XII for the support of a few thousand Swiss mercenaries and a large amount of money...... Obviously, the Duchy of Guedes had long been hooked up with the French. France, on the other hand, also provided a lot of financial and manpower support to the Duchy of Guedes......"

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After reading these letters, Archbishop Jacob of Mainz nodded and said:

"If these letters are true, then it can indeed be concluded that Charles II, Duke of Guedes, colluded with foreign countries and slandered His Majesty. But the question is – Prime Minister Mason, how can you prove that these letters are genuine? ”

The other princes reacted and echoed:

"yes, yes, how do you prove that these letters are true?" Clearly, the princes were intent on insisting that the letters were forgery.

Old Mason was not in a hurry, he took out a few letters from the package he brought, and said:

"My lords, there is no basis for what you say, and your humble people naturally know this. Therefore, the Humble brought several letters exchanged between the Duchy of Cripple and the Duchy of Gods. These letters were written by Charles II, Duke of Geddes, and have his signature. You only need to compare the notes, signatures, ink, and paper to know the authenticity......"

In this day and age, the formula of ink is not uniform. Different countries and different merchants provide different paper and ink.

However, it is certain that the type of ink used by the monarch of a vassal state in general must have been specially supplied by a certain large merchant, and the same is true for paper. Therefore, in the same time period (which may vary in different time periods), the paper and ink used by the monarch of a vassal state are basically the same. The letters that Mason Sr. chose to bring were also contemporaneous with the letters written by Charles II, Duke of Guedes, to King Louis XII of France, and the paper and ink used were naturally similar......

The Electors and Maximilian I got together and compared the two letters, and found that the ink and paper used were similar. And, the same goes for handwriting and signatures.

Maximilian I nodded and said:

"It really doesn't make a difference!"

But Archbishop Jacob of Mainz shook his head and said:

"No, this cannot be used as evidence. These two batches of letters were brought by Prime Minister Mason alone. What if both of these letters were forged by Prime Minister Mason? Therefore, the words of one family are not enough evidence! ”

Maximilian I, however, said very relaxedly:

"That's simple, I also happened to bring a few letters written to me by Charles II during this period, you can compare them!" After saying that, Maximilian I also took out a few letters for everyone to identify. The results of the identification are naturally similar.

However, the Archbishop of Mainz was stunned and disagreed. Why? For he believed that the elder Mason had come to Worms and had been to the line of Maximilian I. So, it's hard to say......

However, at this time, Jeffrey, the prime minister of the North Sea State, who attended the meeting on behalf of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, also stood up and said:

"Coincidentally, the North Sea Kingdom also keeps a few letters from Charles II, Duke of Geddes!" With that, he pulled out a bunch of letters and picked out the ones that Charles II had written......

Not only that, but Jeffrey also said:

"Your Excellency, you can send someone back to deliver all the letters exchanged with Duke Gedesi! Here I, Jeffrey, can swear in the name of God and the Bible that these letters are true. Otherwise, I'm willing to die! ”

It's all said and done, and it's useless to try to cheat. Moreover, if you compare the letters exchanged between yourself and Charles II, Duke of Guedes, the truth will be revealed. In desperation, everyone had to admit the charge of Charles II, Duke of Guedes, for "communicating with foreign countries" and "slandering the monarch".

In the end, the Imperial Diet had to rule that Charles II was treasonous......