The aristocratic adjudication meeting began as scheduled.

Almost all the nobles who were qualified to attend the conference entered the Ministry of Nobles on this day, ready to exercise their sacred aristocratic powers.

His Majesty Sardivan, the first nobleman and the highest-ranking person in the empire except for Her Majesty the Empress, was the last to arrive at the venue.

On the chairman's seat, all the nobles who sat were Saddin's acquaintances, who had fought side by side and had noble achievements!

Among them, even includes the Immortal Grand Duke, a wise old man who served as the head of the aristocratic department at the beginning of the establishment of the empire and was in charge of the life and death of the aristocratic family, but he never exercised power even once.

Rao was in the lofty position of Sadiwen, and when he saw the old duke, he also bowed slightly, and said loudly:

"Unexpectedly, even the Immortal Grand Duke was shocked, really, this little thing, you are tired of a trip, if the Divine Sea God is watching here, we will all have to bear the sin!"

This old man, who was given the title of Grand Duke when the empire was established and was in charge of the real power of the aristocratic department, gave the Holy Sea God a lot of help at the beginning of the Divine Sea God's mortal life, so even Sadiwen, or Zhou Mo, had to give a little respect.

The Immortal Grand Duke showed an old and tired smile, got up and bent down to salute, and only after expressing his respect for the only prince of the empire did he speak:

"Your Majesty, your arrival, and the presence of all the nobles, make the old man have to come, although he is old, but this is my respect for you and the nobles!"

Zhou Mo smiled faintly, stretched out his hand and pressed slightly, motioning for the Immortal Grand Duke to sit down, and then without saying anything, he walked directly to the rostrum, and sat on the main seat as a matter of course.

The aristocratic adjudication venue was silent, waiting for Zhou Mo's opening.

His Majesty Sardivan, the highest status here, no one has the right to speak before him.

This is the system of aristocracy, this is the rule of the Poseidon Empire!

Silence is hard.

However, as soon as His Majesty Platinum and Sadjvan spoke, everyone wanted to return to silence.

"Her Majesty the Empress vetoed the list of heirs to the noble titles proposed by the Ministry of Nobles, regarding the twenty-six families who betrayed their belief in the sacred sea god, and according to the imperial law, the rules of succession to the titles of nobility, the Ministry of Nobles needs to re-propose the list. ”

Zhou Mo's gaze swept the audience, ignoring everyone who wanted to speak, and continued:

"This is the power that the Empress should have as the monarch of all nobles and should be respected, and it is also the divine authority of the Empress as the secular spokesperson of the Holy Sea God, and all believers of the Holy Sea God need to be obeyed. ”

The last word came out of his mouth, and the large number of people who wanted to speak just now closed their mouths!

The sovereign to whom all nobles are allegiated, the divine authority of the worldly spokesperson of the holy sea god!

Your Majesty Platinum, you even know how to say this kind of thing, and we are talking nonsense!

Everyone was secretly complaining, but Sadjvan didn't care.

"Can the Ministry of Nobles submit a new list of noble heirs?" Zhou Mo lowered his eyes and began to look at the meeting documents that were placed on the table by the attendant officials in each position before the meeting began.

A deputy minister of the Ministry of Nobles, a Duke of the Imperial Capital, who could not even sit on the rostrum at this time, heard His Majesty Platinum's inquiry, and had to speak:

"The opinions within the Ministry of Nobles cannot be unified, and two lists of noble heirs have been submitted, both of which have been appended to the meeting documents, please read them by His Majesty Platinum!"

Zhou Mo flipped through the documents to the end, and sure enough, he saw two lists, one was the one submitted by Earl Hughes according to his wishes, and the other was similar to the original list, only LaRue Barot, the heir to the Duke of Barot, was replaced by his younger brother.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhou Mo's mouth, and he spoke again:

"The work of the Ministry of Nobles is so good that there is an illegitimate child who has no noble blood and identity certificate on the first list, I thought that the Ministry of Nobles would stick to the original list!"

Raising his eyes and glancing at the nobles below, no one raised his head to look at Zhou Mo, so Zhou Mo snorted coldly, and then said:

"Fortunately, the nobles of the imperial capital don't seem to be stupid, a list that was vetoed by Her Majesty the Empress, but only one name was changed, tsk, originally I thought Her Majesty the Empress was making a big fuss, but the list of twenty-six heirs to the title, why let this king attend the aristocratic adjudication meeting, now I understand!"

These words made the nobles below dare not speak angrily, and their eyes looked at the several dukes sitting in the first row, especially the ministers of the military department, the ministers of state and others who focused the most.

The Minister of War, who was in high esteem, had to speak at this time, and said:

"Your Majesty Platinum, the proposed heir to the nobility is a power given to the Ministry of Nobility by the laws of the Empire, just like if Her Majesty the Empress is not satisfied with the list, she can veto it!"

Zhou Mo raised his eyes and stared at the Minister of the Military Department, the huge pressure mixed with the extremely sharp murderous aura forced the Minister of the Military Department to sweat on his forehead and make it difficult to breathe!

"That's right, it's the power of the Ministry of Nobility. ”

"But I want to remind you of the Ministry of Nobles, replacing the officials of the Ministry of Nobles is also the sacred right of Her Majesty the Empress, and Her Majesty's sacred power also includes the promotion of titles, and the derogation of titles, you must not forget, in addition to all of you sitting on the rostrum, your current titles, at most five generations, will be gone!"

The majestic pressure and murderous aura spread from the center of the military minister, suppressing all the nobles who were enraged by this threat at this time, making them unable to speak.

"Five generations, if you speed up, it will be less than a hundred years, after all, the underground world is very fierce now, the light and false gods are also very arrogant, the imperial capital is the center of imperial power, and you are so loyal, there will be no shortage of such things as loyalty to the empire!"

The Minister of War's face was already pale, and His Majesty Platinum's life level was much higher than his life, and it was extremely difficult for him to bear the sharp murderous aura of the world.

His eyes looked at the immortal grand duke sitting on Zhou Mo's right hand on the rostrum as if he was crying for help.

The Immortal Grand Duke coughed, and his voice was vicissitudes and flat to remind Zhou Modao:

"Your Majesty Platinum, this is the Aristocratic Adjudication Meeting, and all of you here are loyal nobles of the Empire, I hope Your Majesty Platinum will pay attention to your words and deeds. ”

Zhou Mo reined in for a moment, and the pressure and murderous aura that filled the entire venue disappeared.

"I'm sorry, when this king talks to people, he is always used to not liking people to interject. ”

It was a face-saving explanation, although the Immortal Grand Duke was not very appreciative.

"Your Majesty, are those words a threat to the Noble Judgment Council?"

As soon as the Minister of War regained his ability to speak, he immediately stood up and questioned himself, raising himself to the moral high ground.

For those who cannot be controlled by force, morality is used.

This is a political technique that those in power must understand.

The hands on the table were spread outward, and Zhou Mo smiled easily:

"If that's what I mean, you can understand it as a threat, and it's not a big deal anyway. ”

Zhou Mo's attitude made all the nobles below feel the contempt of His Majesty Platinum for the aristocratic adjudication meeting, no, it was contempt for the entire imperial capital aristocratic circle.

But their anger was ignored by Zhou Mo.

"But, unfortunately, this is not my attitude, but the intention of Her Majesty the Empress, who, though she is not allowed to attend the Council of the Nobles, wants me to remind you of the authority she has. ”

"So, it doesn't seem like a threat?"

Zhou Mo turned his head to look at the Immortal Grand Duke, and said with a smile:

"It's supposed to be a warning, isn't it, Archduke Immortal?"

The Immortal Grand Duke felt Zhou Mo's gaze, but he didn't turn his head to look at him, he still looked down at the document, and was silent about Zhou Mo's question.

However, Zhou Mo did not let go of this immortal duke.

"By the way, the Immortal Grand Duke, you don't seem to have any male blood in the world, only a few nephews, but you are the first noble, it seems that your nephews are not on the order of the inheritance of the noble title, if Her Majesty the Empress does not have grace, I am afraid that the title of the Immortal Duke, or it will not be long before it disappears!"

This sentence made the Immortal Grand Duke turn his head suddenly, and a pair of old eyes looked at His Majesty Platinum Sadiwen in disbelief.

But at this time, Zhou Mo had already turned his head and muttered casually:

"But it doesn't seem to matter, whether it's the lords and nobles outside or the nobles of the imperial capital, they don't want someone to exist who can erase their titles at any time!"

The entire venue was silent, and the nobles of the imperial capital, and even the nobles who rushed back from other places in a hurry, were very unaccustomed to Zhou Mo's extremely straightforward threat, and they were even shocked to the point of being dumbfounded.

And the Immortal Grand Duke, who was threatened, even trembled slightly throughout his body.

"Sadivon, is this your threat, or is it a warning from Her Majesty?"

Trembling for a long time, to the disappointment of all the nobles below, the Immortal Grand Duke only asked such a sentence.

Zhou Mo laughed, reached out and patted the Immortal Grand Duke's shoulder, signaling him to be calm and calm, and then said the words that almost made the Immortal Grand Duke directly frightened to death:

"Perhaps you can understand that this is the love of the Divine Sea God for you!"

The Immortal Grand Duke's whole body twitched, but Zhou Mo patted him on the shoulder, and his body strangely returned to normal.

And the nobles below, after hearing Zhou Mo's words, their faces all turned pale.

The Immortal Grand Duke looked at Zhou Mo with his eyes full of pleading.

Zhou Mo looked at him calmly, with a smile full of meaning on the corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, you are too old and too physically old to continue to participate in the Noble Judgment Council, can you allow me to retire from the table now?"

"Wise choice!"

Zhou Mo agreed, then got up and said:

"Please, Your Excellency the Immortal Duke, my family will be proud of your choice today!"

The Immortal Duke took a deep look at His Majesty Servidvan, then turned around in silence and left the venue.

Zhou Mo sat down again, and looked at the nobles below with a general gaze.

"Very good, let's get to the point, two lists, choose which one to submit to Her Majesty, declare in advance, this king definitely does not want to have a meeting attended by this king, and make a decision that makes Her Majesty unhappy, and I think you should do the same!"

The Minister of War was forced to the edge of the cliff by Zhou Mo, and the price of passing the list that Her Majesty the Empress was happy to see was something he and his friends could not afford.

And the pressure brought by His Majesty Platinum's personal presence also made him powerless to resist after the Immortal Duke withdrew.

So, there is only silence.

No one spoke, Zhou Mo pursed his lips and said to himself:

"Then vote on it, and raise your hand if you agree with this new list with many names changed!"

On the rostrum, including Zhou Mo himself, they all raised their hands.

And none of the nobles below moved!

Raising his eyebrows, Zhou Mo tore up the list in the appendix of the meeting documents.

"It's good, if the number of consents doesn't reach two-thirds, then the list is invalid!"

"Below, the vote has only changed the name of this list, please raise your hand if you agree!"

Now, no one even raised their hands on the rostrum!

Zhou Mo was not surprised, he had expected this scene, however, whether it was him or Ruiwen Nalong, what he wanted was this result, and at this time, it was not the time to reap the fruits of victory.

"It's better this time, if there is no agreement, then, according to the procedure of the aristocratic adjudication meeting, both lists will not be approved, and the aristocratic ministry will redraw the list and submit it to the next aristocratic adjudication meeting for decision!"

"Now, let's adjourn the meeting! I hope that the next list can satisfy everyone!"

The aristocratic adjudication meeting in the imperial capital came to an end, which also symbolized the end of the confrontation between the imperial capital's aristocratic circle and the empress's authority.

At this time, outside the Duke of Balot's estate, there was also a confrontation.

The Knights of the Barot Family, sabre-rattling, stopped at the main entrance of the Barot Manor.

The eldest prince of Barot, Larue Barot, with red eyes and a sword, guarded the main entrance, and in front of him, there was a vertical row of women and children, all of whom were the family members of the knights of the Barot Knights outside.

"You traitors, you dare to betray me, betray the oath you have made!" LaRue-Barot howled loudly, the rebellion of the Knights had made the Grand Duke of Barot lose the last bit of hope, and at this time he was in a state of verge and madness.

With the only remaining guards of the manor, loyal to him, and the family of the knights as a threat, the two sides confronted each other at the main gate of the manor.

"This LaRue Barot is not too stupid, he is really a little decisive, if he doesn't make a good scene, he may really make him turn the tables!"

Foreign intelligence officers of the Principality of Platinum observe from a distance.

The thinker who was in charge of on-the-spot command and acted at the opportunity nodded and said:

"If he wants to turn the tables around, he needs to be more decisive, and if Lady Barot arrives, the manor guards may no longer obey his orders, after all, it will not make a good impression to blackmail knights with women and children. ”

As soon as he had said this, Larue Barot in the manor shouted:

"If you don't want your wives and parents to die in front of your eyes, now, immediately, immediately, go and fetch me the heads of that poisonous woman and her children!"

LaRue-Barot's blade was aimed at the back of a girl's heart, and the tip of the sword pierced the girl's delicate skin, causing the child to cry:

"Daddy, Daddy, help me, I'm scared!"

This girl is the youngest daughter of the Knight Captain Barrow, the youngest daughter of the most beloved!