"Hello, Duke Luke. ”

"Duke Luke, it's my father's birthday in a few days, I wonder if you can attend your father's birthday party with a nice face. ”

"Duke Luke......"

Duke Luke was surrounded by a crowd of people like sardines, desperately crowding around him and accosting him. He kept nodding his head in agreement, and even an old fox like him couldn't help but be a little smoky at this time, intoxicated by the flattering atmosphere of everyone.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd interjected and said, "It's really worthy of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and it is really commendable that he can still collect so many electric lights now." Duke Luke couldn't help but look up at the bright electric lamps of different shapes hanging on the roof of the house, and the light shone on himself as if he wanted to gild himself.

Some time ago, under the pretext of dealing with the attack of the dark elves in the north, the Holy Cult collected electric lights from the homes of various nobles. After the collapse of the Holy Sect, these confiscated electric lamps became the collection of His Royal Highness the Third Prince for various reasons.

Just like the old man said just now, who still can't see the situation clearly? Everyone is trying to curry favor with the third prince and change their ways to please him.

And the organizer of this ball is His Royal Highness the Three Princes, in a sense, this banquet is the remuneration banquet of the Three Princes and one party. It's just that the third prince didn't arrive for some reason, so Duke Luke became the protagonist of the ball.

"Your Excellency, I heard that there are several places where there is a lot of trouble, and those remnants of the cult are not dead? While chatting, a nobleman mentioned it.

"Hehe, it's just moss, you don't have to worry. Your Majesty's will to eradicate the cult is extremely firm, and the resistance of some untouchables will not be a big deal. Duke Luke said with a smile and disdain.

"But the fleeing cathars are still in serious trouble, aren't they? If you let them go, it would be like a tiger returning to the mountains. ”

"It's just some lonely ghosts, and the main policy of the kingdom now is to uproot and completely eradicate the cults throughout the kingdom, so that there is no possibility of any resurgence of the remnants of these cults. ”

"As for these cathars, even if they flee to the West, what will they do? Duke Luke talked about the general trend of the kingdom, although he does not hold any important positions now, he is already qualified to scold Fang Xuan and talk about the world.

"Besides, how good did they get to the West? they had no supplies along the way, they had a hard time, and as far as I know, there were many diehards within this Church Protector who were unhappy with Gavin's escape from the Holy Cult. Such an army is already on the verge of falling apart, and I don't think there are many people left even if they reach the Holy Sect. ”

"Your Excellency Duke, you are well informed, can you give me an accurate word, when will the Ministry of the Interior return the ill-gotten wealth plundered by the cult to those nobles who have been oppressed?", another nobleman mentioned that after Emperor Grievous issued the order to eradicate the Holy Religion, those nobles who had previously confiscated their family property by the Holy Sect for blasphemy were always looking forward to the royal family returning those family wealth to them after confiscating the Holy Religion.

It is a pity that the Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible for the seizure and statistics, has been delaying until now, citing too many accounts and difficulties in clearing the accounts. These nobles are naturally anxious, you must know that many nobles are still suffering from hunger and hunger, and suffering from cold.

"Is this ......", Duke Luke muttered, at this time he was of great importance and had an unlimited future, but after all, he was not in an important position, and he did not know the operation of the Ministry of the Interior.

"Don't be anxious, those family properties are placed there, and they won't run away with long legs. When His Highness comes down later, I will tell His Highness on your behalf, and he will come forward to urge the Ministry of the Interior on his behalf, and he will always give you an explanation. Duke Luke comforted, even now that the overall situation has been decided, he still does not forget to buy people's hearts.

After all, he is not the only helper around the third prince, and Duke Luke is now ready to start organizing his own forces, so that after the third prince ascends the throne in the future, he will quickly occupy a place in the court.

Prime Minister Cenarius' current position is his goal.

For a careerist like Duke Luke, the struggle for power never stops until he reaches the pinnacle of power, or takes his last breath.

"Hey, it's not that the Council of Elders is now all headed by a bunch of hairy boys, and it can't be done at all. The big bosses who had been able to speak before all died cleanly on that bloody night, otherwise we wouldn't be like headless flies and wouldn't be able to find our way. One of the nobles sighed.

His words resonated with the nobles present: If the Presbyterian Council was still in power, which round of officials of the upper and inner government would and pee on their heads and disgust them?

It's a pity that on the night of the Great Prince's rebellion, the Elder's House was bloodied by the rebels, and those senior nobles who were the most high-ranking on weekdays were all killed in the Elders' House before they even had time to explain their last words. This has also caused the prestige of the House of Elders to plummet now, and all factions are fighting endlessly, where can they still take care of these little nobles.

The crowd sighed for a long time, but this was just a conversation in everyone's mouths. Now that the House of Elders has become yesterday's yellow flower, it is true to hurry up and hug the thighs in front of you.

Just chatting and chatting, the music of the band played over and over again, and even the food on the table was changed twice, and the third prince still did not show up, and there was inevitably some noise in the venue.

Even Duke Luke's face was not very good-looking at this time, "What's the matter with Your Highness?

Just when everyone was a little bored, suddenly the door of the hall was pushed open, and several teams of heavily armed soldiers rushed in, surrounding the entire venue.

Seeing these soldiers, several of the women present screamed in fright: "Who are you? Who allowed you to break in!"

And after the initial commotion, all the gentlemen present also stood up and rebuked: "Where are you soldiers, do you know where this is? This is not a place for you to come." They are not afraid of these big-headed soldiers at all.