"Jericho, Jericho, Jericho......"

In the dimly lit room, scalpels, tweezers and other things were flying all over Manfred, and the operating table that had just finished the experiment and had not had time to clean it was directly smashed in half by him, and Manfred, who had a temper, was completely different from his usual elegant and calm appearance, as if revealing the true face of a monster, Manfred's anger poured out unreservedly.

It was the first time Jan had seen Manfred like this, and he had the impression that no matter how insulted he was, Manfred would not be angry, and it was the first time that he had lost his temper like this.

"What's going on, what's going on?" asked Yang cautiously as he approached, dodging a scalpel thrown at him.

"Jericho, Jericho, Jericho...... Ah, damn Jericho, I finally remembered, these bastards with bad bellies, liars with no humanity!"

Manfred waved his hands like crazy, and wherever he hit it with his hands, even a solid wall would be smashed into a big hole in an instant, and if he continued to destroy it like this, it wouldn't be long before the room would become a pile of ruins, and Manfred's shot was much more destructive than Alain's.

Young didn't really care how many things Manfred would smash, and he wasn't interested in the things that made people's hairs stand on end anyway. What he cared about was the "Jericho" that Manfred kept shouting, at least listening to Manfred's tone, he seemed to suddenly hate the surname, however, before that, Manfred had praised Jericho and his son.

"What's wrong with Jericho, did he find out about our plan?" asked Jan with a frown, he hated Swain in the first place, and he had been worried that his plan would be detected by Swain after Artemis went to Karin Castle.

"Fuck his plans, I don't care what I have now!" Manfred grabbed Yang by the collar and lifted him up with ease, "I just want to tear Jericho apart right now!

Yang stared at Manfred coldly, following him for so many years, Yang had already thought of understanding Manfred's character, although he had never seen him so angry, but Yang was sure that Manfred would definitely not hurt himself.

Watching Yang with cold eyes, Manfred regained some of his senses a little, and his breathing gradually calmed down, and he no longer seemed so irritable. "I'm sorry," Manfred said, letting Yang down and straightening his collar, "I shouldn't have lost my temper at you, I really can't contain my anger." ”

Yang dusted off his collar, and the expression on his face did not change.

"I don't know why you're so angry all of a sudden, but it doesn't matter, at least you understand now that Jericho is indeed the enemy we should deal with. ”

Manfred glanced at Young, who knew that Yang had always hated Swain, so disgusted that he wished Swain would die immediately. However, he wasn't going to explain anything to Yang, at least Yang was right, they had to deal with Swain now.

"Just wait a little longer, wait a little longer," Manfred couldn't help frowning as he looked at the operating table that had been split by himself just now, "we can launch an attack, and after so many years of preparation, we can finally implement it." ”

"You want to defeat Jericho like that?" asked Yang with his back turned and turned his face sideways.

"Do you have any proposals?"

"Didn't you say before that if a fortress can't be conquered, then the best thing to do is to look for weaknesses from within?" Yang curled the corners of his mouth, and a sly and hideous smile appeared on his handsome and slightly immature face, "You can't just cheapen this guy Jericho, so, I have a plan......"

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Swain looked at the Imperial Reichstag in front of him, even though he had already arrived here, he still couldn't understand why the Imperial Diet was convened at this time.

The Imperial Council of the Silyur Empire has existed since the age of knights, and the earliest councilors were representatives of the major princes of the empire. Because of the strong rule of the Gion family, even during the period of parliamentary power, the councillors bowed before the emperor with humility and even humility, and sang praises for every decision of the emperor.

In this era, due to the rebellion of most of the princes of the empire during the revolutionary period, after the rebellion was put down, these nobles were deprived of their fiefdoms, and even the seats of parliament with them were withdrawn, and only the southern nobles still retained the representation in the imperial parliament. However, the Imperial Diet had become a complete rubber stamp, and the resolutions of the Emperor and the Cabinet never needed the approval of the Parliament, and although the Imperial Diet was still convened in October every year, those members no longer had much say in it, and the Imperial Government, which did not need to be constrained by them, listened to their proposals entirely according to their mood.

However, this time, the early convening of the Imperial Parliament was different from the past, and due to the death of Nicholas I, the new emperor had not yet succeeded to the throne, and the parliamentarians finally had a chance to make their voices heard.

Caterina arrives at the Parliament with Swain, who, as a member of the royal family, has the power to sit in on Parliament, while Swain, as a Southern nobleman, has a seat in Parliament herself, even though Earl Midnight has not been present in the Imperial Diet for a long time.

The Council Chamber is an opera-like circular hall with separate seats for the Southern aristocracy and royalty on the upper floors, while those elected members sit on the lower level near the podium. After the Revolution, the southern aristocracy was no longer very fond of attending the Imperial Diet, and they did not need this useless parliament to make their voices heard, so they usually only sent their retainers to attend as representatives.

By the time Princess Swain sat down in her seat, the seats below were full, and it was clear that the councillors were gearing up to show off their skills on this once-in-a-lifetime stage.

"How many of these people do you think are Beria's henchmen?" asked the eldest princess, who was sitting next to Swain, because of the rebellion of the southern princes led by Michel VII, there were not many high-ranking seats belonging to the southern nobility, and if it weren't for the compartment to cover up, the empty high-level seats would definitely be an embarrassment for Eldest Princess Swain.

"Do you think that the early convening of the Imperial Council was the work of Beria?" Swain turned slightly to the side and asked the Celestia rhetorically. He had also considered this possibility before, and it was possible for Beria to instigate his own party to convene a parliament in advance, through which he could completely let the parliament propose a successor to the new emperor, so as to sharpen Alexander's advantages due to his status as crown prince. However, there is a hidden danger of doing so, if the emperor is elected by the imperial parliament, it will open a precedent that has never been seen before in the history of the empire, and the succession of the emperor will be restricted by the parliament, then the parliament that has been ignored by the emperors in the past will gain unimaginable power, and even in other government affairs, the emperor and future heirs will have to consider the influence of these parliamentarians.

"My father didn't care about the Imperial Diet at all, and if it weren't for this special situation, probably he would never have come here. Caterina pursed her lips and looked at Alexander and Prime Minister Pete who were sitting in the other room, who were watching the situation below, and did not look in the direction of Swain and Celestia.

Swain nodded, Alexander was indeed such a person, although he had the experience of studying in Hadrian's empire, but he did not learn the collegial spirit of Hadrian, this crown prince stubbornly wanted to imitate Nicholas I, only wanted to establish absolute authority like the old emperor, and ignored the feelings of his courtiers.

The originally noisy venue fell silent, and Swain saw an old man dressed as an old-fashioned gentleman walk up to the podium. The old man was Lord Fred Bonnart, Speaker of the Imperial Diet, and when he stood on the podium, it was the official beginning of the Parliament.

Lord Bonnat looked around at the councillors, then raised his head and nodded to Alexander and the others, who were sitting at the top of the house, before he began his speech: "This extraordinary council was convened in advance at the request of the majority of the councillors. The current situation in the empire is not optimistic, so it is all the more important for us to work together to get through this difficult time. The first topic of the day was a ...... from Sir Humphrey Wallace, MP Mittsey"

Lord Bonnat paused, and he took his glasses and looked carefully at the speech in his hand.

"On the subject of restricting consanguineous marriages. ”

There was an uproar in the audience, these parliamentarians gathered here, although they did not say it explicitly, but they all knew that this time the Imperial Parliament was convened in advance to solve the problem of the throne that has been hanging so far. But the first issue was such a trivial matter that none of the MPs could guess what Sir Wallace was up to.

Katarina, who was sitting at the top of the building, was also slightly taken aback, she was mentally prepared just now, although Beria did not appear, but she had already decided in her heart that this time the council was Beria's plan.

"I can't imagine that these councillors are so accustomed to discussing such trivial matters that they can't get back into this habit on such an important occasion?" Princess Celestia shook her head and looked at Swain, only to find her allies staring at Sir Wallace as he walked up to the podium.

"What's wrong with you?" Caterina wondered, she rarely saw Swain look like this, which made her feel a little worried, "Is there anything wrong with this issue?"

Swain took a deep breath and tried to restrain his emotions. "No, nothing. He leaned his head back in his chair, not looking down at what was going on, "Let's hear what the knight has to say." ”

Princess Celestia couldn't help but be suspicious, and she became interested in Sir Wallace's issue.

"Parliamentarians, colleagues, I just heard your sighs of surprise. However, I would like to say that the suspicious bill I am raising here today is by no means a trivial matter that is dispensable, but a bill that deserves a profound discussion. ”

Sir Wallace stood on the podium and looked at the MPs with a serious expression. "The reason why I am here today is because I had an academic lecture at the Astrad I School. ”

"Smack"

Swain slapped the armrest of his chair hard, and stared at Sir Wallace with a menacing look.

And this time, Princess Celestia is completely sure that there is definitely something wrong with Wallace's issue, at least for Swain.

Although there is still no mainstream conclusion in the academic community about Professor Manfred Schneider's theory, there is no doubt that the problem of consanguinity that he raised does exist, the most typical example of which is the cursed family disease of the Duke of Norflmons. If, in this age and century, we prevaricate with such an excuse as the will of the Lord that does not make sense at all, then none of us are qualified to sit here—are we not able to sit here because we are all well-bred and have sufficient reason to judge right from wrong?"

"So, I think that even if the academic community has not yet reached a final conclusion, we should still act, the parliament should not do the work of making amends after it has happened, as the parliamentarians of the most powerful country in the world, we should provide the longest-term advice to our empire, and the early passage of a scientific and reasonable bill can avoid many misfortunes, we should not be like the people who lived in ignorance and ignorance in the last era, we should do our own business!"

Although Sir Wallace's impassioned speech did not arouse everyone's interest, the parliamentarians still gave Sir a face, after all, this is the first topic of the day, and if it is cold at the beginning, the main event below will not be enthusiastic.

Listening to the applause below, Swain's face became more and more cold, and he stared at Sir Wallace with cold eyes, as if he were really looking at a dead man.

"Manfred, good, that's your counterattack?"