Stormwind, the council chamber, is holding a pre-imperial meeting.

There are two types of Imperial Councils, one is a large meeting and the other is a small meeting.

In addition to the court ministers, high priests, and nobles, there are also magistrates and garrisons in various places, and the participants of the great council are mainly used to levy taxes, issue writs in the name of the king, and form special committees to deal with important affairs.

The small meeting is relatively simple, it is the king in order to deal with the court affairs, at any time to convene close officials and advisers to discuss state affairs, the number of participants is generally relatively small, at this moment Claudia held a small meeting.

The atmosphere of today's meeting was a little tense, and in addition to the usual dukes, marshals, and archbishops, there was also a newcomer in the council hall, the grand nobleman Duke Aldous Leskova.

Although Aldous is a big nobleman, he has just inherited the title for more than two years, Claudia and Aldous have only met a few times on important occasions before, and Claudia is basically accompanied by other noblewomen or acquaintances, and her impression of Aldous is only that this nobleman is slightly fat, and he is pursuing his sister.

Aldous appeared in the Council Hall today for an unusual private matter, and this is why the atmosphere in the Council Hall is tense.

"Aldous, you mean, you accuse MI7 agents of murdering your father, Duke Greg Leskova?" Claudia asked.

Aldous nodded with a sad and indignant face, and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have some evidence that can confirm that the assassin who assassinated my father two and a half years ago is very similar to an agent of MI7, please Your Majesty investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

After listening to Aldous's words, Claudia felt a little confused.

Claudia knew about Greg's assassination, but knowing does not mean understanding, when the case happened, Claudia was eight months pregnant, so she was not thinking about the outside world at all, but vaguely knew that Greg was assassinated in the Old Town, and then the sheriff of Stormwind City and MI7 each pursued the case for a long time without solving the case, and finally the case became an unsolved case.

But today, it seems that this case should have something else hidden, and Aldous is not stupid, since he dares to make trouble for her, he must have a certain degree of certainty.

Moreover, Claudia also knows a little about what MI7 does on a daily basis, and it is not surprising that MI7 has committed such a thing as an assassination.

The only question now is, if it was really MI7 who did it, then why did MI7 kill Greg, you know, it was a duke, a veritable nobleman, and the impact of doing so would be extraordinarily bad.

Although there were doubts in her heart, Claudia expressed her attitude on the spot, and she said very seriously:

"Secretary Aldous, please go down and wait for the time being, I will make a decision after discussing with the other ministers, please rest assured, the kingdom will definitely handle this matter fairly."

Aldous bowed and retired, while Claudia adjourned the meeting, during which she invited her closest minister, Duke Grayson, to the next room for tea and rest, during which she asked about it.

"Uncle Grayson, how much do you know about the Greg assassination?"

"This ...... I don't know much......" Duke Grayson said with a rare look of embarrassment on his face, "But I've heard some rumors. ”

"Huh? But it doesn't hurt to say that. Claudia wondered.

"Before and after Greg's death, there were always rumors that Grig and Van Cleef had colluded for many years, assisted the Defia bandits in doing a lot of bad things, betrayed a lot of the interests of the kingdom, and because he reported to the Brotherhood, the Defia bandits could not be exterminated for several years."

Claudia understood the meaning of Duke Grayson's words, the so-called rumors, I am afraid that they are the facts.

"So, MI7 chose assassination to get rid of the traitors within us?" Claudia frowned and asked, instinctively disgusted by this kind of thing, "It's not in order, is it?" ”

"Yes, if it was really MI7, there is no doubt that this matter does not fit the process, and if the old Duke Leskova really committed treason, he should also be brought to justice, and assassination should not be used." Duke Grayson said.

As a paladin, Duke Grayson's attitude has always been very clear in this regard.

"I see." Claudia nodded.

Soon after, the meeting was reconvened, and Claudia asked her ministers what they thought about the matter.

The ministers, like Duke Grayson, apparently believed in their hearts that MI7 had done the work, but their attitudes on how to deal with it were different.

Field Marshal Windsor, the Minister representing the forces of the Army, clearly wanted to exonerate MI7 and demanded that the military investigate the matter on the grounds that MI7 was affiliated with the military.

Duke Visak, who represented the aristocratic forces, immediately objected-for-tat, and his reasons were very sufficient, since MI7 was nominally subordinate to the military, it should not be investigated by the military, otherwise the fairness of the investigation results would be impossible to talk about.

The two ministers, who usually do not deal with each other, quarreled, and soon after Duke Grayson also persuaded a few words, his attitude was obviously biased towards the more reasonable Duke Visak, although Marshal Wendthor obviously fell into the upper hand, but he did not give an inch, and insisted very stubbornly, Duke Visak debated with him for a while, and finally turned to look at Claudia.

"Your Majesty, you have also seen that Wendthor is not reasonable at all, this simply lacks a minimum of impartiality, I have a better suggestion, let the paladins of the church be in charge of this investigation, they are the most upright lawyers, and they will definitely deal with this matter fairly."

Claudia bowed slightly, she was obviously extremely satisfied with Duke Visak's proposal, while Marshal Wendthor objected again, and he said eagerly:

"Your Majesty, in this matter, in fact, the paladin is not suitable to investigate this matter, many things are not black and white, whether it is just, whether it is fair, whether it is legal does not represent right or wrong, if you must find someone from the Holy Light Church to be in charge of this matter, I suggest that Bishop Dravi be in charge of this investigation."

After listening to Wendsol's words, Claudia had already made up her mind to let Duke Grayson take charge of this matter, but at this moment she hesitated again, although Marshal Wendsol was born poor, but he was of high character, loyal, and prestige, and he was always respected by her, and Marshal Wendsol rarely insisted on one thing so much, which made it difficult for her to refute.

It's a real obstacle.

Duke Visak on the side couldn't help but hate in his heart, everything was going as he planned, and Claudia's reaction was almost all calculated by him, but what he didn't expect was that this Reginald had obviously achieved the position of marshal, and he didn't care about his status at all, and he was messing around like an uneducated big-headed soldier until now, making the original almost foolproof plan flawed.

Claudia didn't know what Duke Visak was thinking, and after a moment of hesitation, Claudia made a final decision, she said:

"Otherwise, I'll be in charge of this investigation myself, I'm also a member of the Holy Light Church, and I think I can handle this matter."

Claudia's idea is very simple, she must be able to make the ministers agree on this matter, she has a close relationship with the Holy Light Church, and has always been a high-ranking paladin before marrying into the royal family, from this point she can meet the needs of the nobles who ask the paladin to investigate, and she thinks that she is not so pedantic, so she must be more flexible in handling this matter.

Claudia's proposal was finally approved by the ministers, and the church side had always been on the same position as her, so naturally it would not object, Duke Visak thought for a moment and accepted the proposal, Marshal Wendthor wanted to say something, but in the end, seeing that everyone else agreed, he didn't say anything.

After the meeting, Claudia returned to the throne room.

In the throne room, Egwen was not tending to the flowers, but was wearing a pair of glasses and was carefully flipping through the books that Claudia had brought back from Karazhan, his expression extremely focused.

"Egwen, please help me analyze, something special happened at today's meeting......

Claudia interrupted her advisor's reading and recounted what had happened at the meeting, and Egwen listened to Claudia's description with a smile and finally said:

"I don't know much about this, but I can see that it's not that simple, why don't you ask Gianna for help? She should be better at it. ”

"Gianna?"

Claudia nodded.

Gianna was born in a royal family, has been familiar with the management of the country since childhood, is proficient in human affairs, and can manage the internal affairs of Theramore on her own at a young age, and handle the relationship between Theramore and the tribe, and is indeed an outstanding politician, much better than Egwen and Claudia.

As for whether it is appropriate to trouble Gianna with the internal affairs of the Stormwind Kingdom, Claudia does not have much pressure, Gianna has given her and Varian a lot of advice and help in governing the country in the past few years, and as an outsider to Gianna, she can see this matter more clearly.

An hour later, after taking care of Theramore's business, Gianna routinely arrived at Stormwind to ask Egwene some spell questions, and Claudia talked to Gianna about what had happened at the meeting and her final decision.

"Egwene is right, this matter is indeed not that simple, I need more information to give you advice, and as for the decision you made in the end---" Gianna hesitated for a moment, and finally commented mercilessly, "Honestly, it's not appropriate." ”

"How?" Claudia asked curiously.

Gianna explains:

"You shouldn't be in person, especially when the ministers are divisive, and when you encounter this kind of thing, you can let the spokesperson speak, but you'd better not be in person, otherwise, you lose your buffer and lose that transcendent position."

"For example, today's incident, if you come to the field to do the investigation in person, it is equivalent to lowering yourself to the same level as the ministers, and when your investigation results finally come out, no matter what the results of the investigation are, there will be some people who are dissatisfied, and if there is a buffer, this dissatisfaction will be directed at the ministers who are the buffers, and after losing the buffer, they will directly target your dissatisfaction and think that you are acting unfairly."

"The contradictions between ministers are always much easier to deal with than the contradictions between you and the ministers, if there are some contradictions between the ministers, it is actually a good thing, but you are different, you are the ruler, and your status is ...... special."

Claudia was lost in thought, Gianna could only understand part of what she said, but from what she could understand, her final decision today did seem to be a little inappropriate.