There was silence outside the hall, and the two royal guards stood at the door with halberds in their hands, staring ahead without squinting, bypassing the front hall to the inner hall of the real core area, but there was a faint fierce argument.

"The Duke of Bavaria is an important vassal of the kingdom, and we cannot accuse him as we do ordinary commoners."

"But the disappearance of a duke in his domain, such a crime is extremely severe."

"There is no evidence that this matter is related to the Duke of Bavaria, and we cannot accuse him of such a plain and unprovoked basis, and if we accuse one of him without evidence, it will upset the balance that His Majesty has managed to maintain."

Prince Otto sat in the regent seat and listened to the arguments of the courtiers, and King Henry was often unable to attend meetings because he was unwell, so Prince Otto presided over the affairs inside and outside the court as regent, which was also a way for King Henry to take the opportunity to sharpen Prince Otto, hoping that he could absorb and learn from the experience of governing the country as much as possible.

"Ahem." Arold coughed softly, as a duke with a principality, he sat under Prince Otto, and saw that the court of the Saxon royal family was divided into two factions, and neither of them could convince anyone, Arold decided to stand up.

"Lord Duke Mecklenburg, although we are very sympathetic to Lord Mason's plight, I personally do not think that we should provoke the Duke of Bavaria at this time." The palace minister of the royal family understood Arrod's thoughts, and he preemptively said to Arrod.

"Let the Duke of Mecklenburg say what he built." Prince Otto raised his hand and said to the royal courtier.

"Ugh." The palace minister pursed his lips and took a step back, but neither bowed nor yielded, in his mind Prince Otto was not his monarch at this time.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Arold smiled slightly, and he turned to Prince Otto and nodded. Then he turned to face the royal courtiers.

"Please speak your mind." Prince Otto said to Arrod that although the court minister did not buy Prince Otto's account, the other courtiers were very knowledgeable, and they waited quietly for Arrod's speech.

"My lords, Duke Mason had responded to the Duke of Bavaria's invitation to go to Bavaria, but he had lost contact with him near the border. All of his retinue were killed, and as far as I know, Lord Mason was with a good team. Arold rubbed his hands together and said to the courtiers as he recalled the relevant information.

"How's that going? Maybe they encountered large-scale banditry? The palace minister immediately retorted to Arrod.

"Bandits? Do you believe that in the Duchy of Bavaria there was a bandit group strong enough to defeat the knights, and not even a single Mason soldier escaped? Arold said to the palace minister in a sarcastic tone.

"That's not impossible." Gong Xiang continued to defend himself.

"Well, if Miya-sama must think that those bandits possessed by St. Marshall can kill the knights with lightning from their mouths. I can't help it. Arold said with a shrug.

"Hahaha." The rest of the courtiers in the hall burst into laughter, and even those with no military knowledge knew that once the knights were on horseback, they could not even have a chance to escape, unless it was a sudden ambush that was several times their size.

"Of course, this is not the point I want to say, the point is that just like the palace minister thinks, why can't we even investigate the Duke of Bavaria at this time?" Arrud ignored Gong Xiang's blue and red faces. He went on to say to the others.

"Of course it's because ~~~." Gong Xianggang wanted to continue his opinion, that is, there was no evidence. But he was interrupted by Arrod.

"It is because the Duke of Bavaria's arrogance and unreasonableness make everyone feel at risk, and they think not of the authority of the royal family and the interests of the entire German kingdom, but more of their own interests." Arold said loudly to the courtiers in the hall.

"Buzz." As soon as Arrod's words fell, there was a stir among the courtiers, and the hall seemed to be thrown into a beehive.

"Quiet." Prince Otto had to keep order loudly. However, he motioned with his eyes to Arrod to pay attention to his words, so as not to make too many enemies among the courtiers.

"Lord Duke Mecklenburg, you are really alarmist, we just don't want instability in the kingdom, why are you ignoring the interests of the kingdom?" Arrod, who was yin and yang, said. Many courtiers nodded in agreement.

"If a duke is attacked and disappears today, and His Majesty the King, as a feudal lord, does not investigate, I ask you, the Minister of the Palace, will the world say that it is the Duke of Bavaria, or will it question the authority of His Majesty the King and his ability to protect his vassals?"

"Hmm, this~~." Arrod's rhetorical question made the palace minister hesitate, and it was true that Duke Mason, as a vassal of the king, should be protected by the king for his personal safety and rights according to general feudal law.

"That's right, I think it's necessary to send a judge to investigate." Among the other courtiers, people began to fall to Arrod's side, after all, the king's authority was unshakable, and even on the surface it should be maintained.

Eventually, Arold persuaded more than half of the courtiers in the royal court to agree to an investigation into the disappearance of the Duke of Mason, but they thought that they should try to avoid angering the Duke of Bavaria, so they sent someone to inform the Duke of Bavaria of the cause and consequences of the incident.

"Arrod is sorry, the courtiers are unwilling to offend the Duke of Bavaria, this old fellow has a deep ingraine in the kingdom." When the court was over, Prince Otto and Arold walked together in the courtyard, and although the weather was getting colder, the flowers in the courtyard were still fragrant, and the diligent gardeners had trimmed the branches neatly.

"It's okay, my goal has been achieved." Arold said to Prince Otto as he walked.

"It's useless to send a judge, and the Duke of Bavaria will not admit anything to do with it." Prince Otto reminded Arrod.

"But just the royal family made this decision, which can effectively warn the Duke of Bavaria, plus we can use this incident to weaken the Duke's strength." Arold said to Prince Otto.

"What are you going to do?" Prince Otto asked curiously, looking at the confident Duke of Mecklenburg in front of him.

"I ask the royal family to give carte blanche to Mecklenburg with the task of this investigation and let me go to the Duchy of Bavaria to investigate." Arold reached out and plucked one of the vultures from the branch, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then threw it on the ground. (To be continued......)

PS: Salute to the heroic firefighters, pay silent tribute to those who lost their lives in the Tianjin explosion, go all the way~~, I hope our world will become more and more peaceful and stable!