"It's true that something is wrong, it is said that Your Majesty should not be so idle, but he actually has time to play chess with Archmage Kers, and he also takes the eldest prince and the chief of the guard with him. ”

Hearing Willford Reed say this, Williams thought for a moment and felt that something was wrong.

"I think Your Majesty did this for a purpose. ”

"For what purpose?"

"You don't see that?"

"You see that?"

Williams noticed something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out why.

"Of course!"

Willford Leader said proudly.

"Don't sell it. ”

Williams was a little upset.

"According to my analysis, it is false that His Majesty summoned us to discuss matters, and it is true that he wants to establish a prince. ”

Willford Leader moved his buttocks, close to Williams, and said in a deliberately low voice.

"Lichu?"

Williams was taken aback, but reacted immediately:

"You mean that Your Majesty wants to appoint the eldest prince as the prince?"

"Of course. ”

Willford Leader is very confident in his analysis.

"Tell me your reasoning. ”

"Your Majesty first said that playing chess is very similar to governing the country, and then said that he was old, and finally handed over the chess game to the eldest prince, what do you think this means?"

"Since Your Majesty wants to establish a prince, why can't you say it famously, but show it so obscurely. ”

Although he has to admit that Willford Leader is the right analysis, Williams still has doubts.

"Your Majesty treats the two princes equally on the surface, it doesn't mean that he really has a bowl of water, in fact, he still prefers more princes, and the fairness on the surface is just to consider the feelings of the Phelps family, and His Majesty needs the Phelps family to work for him. This time too, His Majesty did not want to give the Phelps family the impression that he had crossed the river and demolished the bridge. Therefore, the matter of appointing the great prince as the prince can only be planned through our hands, and in the end, Your Majesty only needs to make a look of admonition. ”

"Do you mean that we are going to play Your Majesty and ask for the crown prince to be appointed as the prince?"

"No! it can't be us. Because everyone in the court knows that we are His Majesty's cronies, we must at least find a neutral person in this matter, and his identity must be important throughout the empire, and it is better to have a less harmonious relationship with the Phelps family, and when he comes out, we just need to make peace. ”

"It's not easy to find such a person. ”

"It's hard to find, but I have one in mind. ”

"Let's see. ”

Williams asked curiously, and Willford Leader whispered a name in his ear.

"You're right, he's the only one who is best suited at this stage, and it's time for him to come out. ”

Hearing Willford Leader tell his name, Williams' eyes lit up.

"It's inconvenient for Your Majesty to come out in this matter, and it seems that only we will do it for you. ”

"Okay! Let's not go home at all, let's go visit him. ”

"Good!"

Williams immediately instructed the driver to turn and head out of the city.

Three days later, in the early morning, the Minister of Justice publicly reported to the Emperor Yuss that someone had reported that the current Minister of Finance had embezzled public funds, although the amount was not large, but the evidence was conclusive and the impact was bad. Enraged, Wittels immediately ordered the dismissal of Finance Minister Beat, and the work of the Finance Department was temporarily deputized by the Deputy Minister, and at the same time ordered Beatt to make up for the embezzled public funds within three days, otherwise the Ministry of Justice would put him in prison.

On that day, it happened to be the day when Huo Yining, the deputy head of the palace guard regiment, took a turn off, and he left the palace early and returned home. This was the first time he had returned home since he was promoted to deputy head of the regiment, and the family slaughtered chickens and sheep to celebrate. After lunch, Huo Yining, who had drunk some wine, was about to rest for a while, when suddenly the servant came to report: someone from outside has something important to look for him.

"Who?"

Huo Yining ordered the servant to invite the guests in, thinking that he was congratulating him on his promotion, but as soon as he saw the face of the visitor, his wine immediately sobered up halfway.

"The master invited Head Huo Yining to go to the house to discuss matters!"

"In a hurry?"

"It's urgent!"

Hearing the invitation of the visitor, Huo Yining showed some entanglement, but in the end he still sighed and followed the visitor out of the house, until the south out of the main gate of Boulder City, half an hour later, a sign appeared on the side of the road, followed by the sign Huo Yining turned onto a lane paved with gravel, on both sides of the lane, dense cypress branches and leaves are intertwined, forming a natural vault, under the forest canopy, the mottled shadows seem to reveal a long and ancient atmosphere, here has begun to enter the territory of the Phelps family estate.

He was no stranger to this manor, when he returned from the expedition to the monuments, Yuss the Great was furious because of Allen's death and wanted to punish him, and the prime minister Phelps led a group of people to intercede for him, although it was finally proved that Yuss the Great did not really want to kill him, but Yuss the Great confiscated the Celestial Star Sword he brought out from the monument still made him resentful, and since then he and the Phelps family have become closer and closer. All along, although on the surface it appeared that his relationship with the Phelps family was cold, in fact he also became a close confidant of the duke.

Following the butler, in a secret conference room, Hoynin met the owner of the manor, Duke Phelps, in addition to him, there were a number of people who had already arrived in advance, including the newly dismissed Minister of Finance Beate, and only his face was the most ugly of all, obviously the dismissal of the Minister of Finance had dealt a big blow to him.

"Lord Duke, the amount of public funds I embezzled is not large, and it will be made up soon, and it is impossible for someone not to know about it at all. And everyone knows that I am your person, and now that I am being dealt with in this way, it is clear that I don't take you seriously. ”

As soon as Hoynin arrived, the meeting officially began, and as soon as the former finance minister came up, he hoped that Prime Minister Phelps would administer justice for himself.

"I'm not afraid that someone won't take it seriously, but I'm afraid that someone cares too much about my existence. ”

The Duke said with a blank face.

"My lord, what now? Are we just going to accept it?"

Beate was clearly still unwilling.

"Your matter is very strange, there was not even a little rumor before, the Ministry of Justice even concealed my investigation, and as soon as it was done as evidence, I always felt that it was not so simple, and it needed to be considered in the long run. Hoinen, tell me if you noticed anything unusual when you were guarding the palace recently?"

Phelps abruptly turned the conversation to Hoinen.

"It's not surprising that His Majesty summoned the Minister of War and the students of the Academy of Magic at the same time three days ago. ”

Hoynin replied truthfully.

"Tell me how Your Majesty received the two men, and don't give up any details. ”