After the end of the court meeting, the Duke of Rawls returned home and thought about it and felt that today's attitude of His Majesty the Emperor was interesting, and Gavin XIII, who originally thought that he ascended the throne in his teens, may not be mentally mature, and he is afraid that he will blindly defend Leo, but according to his observation in the Great Hall today, His Majesty the Emperor has obvious hesitation about the issue of rewards, which means that His Majesty the Emperor has begun to consider that Leo's merits are getting higher and higher, and it will gradually become a big trend. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If Leo really falls, it will be a good thing for the entire empire, not only to avoid the loss of face of the imperial family, to avoid the embarrassment of His Majesty's reward, but also to divide his fiefdom in the northern frontier, to satisfy the increasingly greedy appetite of those magnates, and to hit the royalists such as the Nathaniel senators. Thinking of this, Duke Rawls slapped the table and decided to go to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor again, and then apply eye medicine while the iron was hot, so that His Majesty the Emperor must pay attention to this issue.

After a day's heavy government affairs, Gavin XIII returned to his dormitory, so tired that he was a little reluctant to speak, and he didn't know what was wrong. Obviously, it was Leo who had once again made a great achievement, and it was obviously a good thing, but why couldn't he be happy? Shouldn't he be happy for Leo's shrewdness and ability? Shouldn't he be happy?

Gavin XIII was so distracted that he kept asking himself in his heart, and time passed little by little, but there was no answer in his heart. It was not until the chamberlain came in to inform the Duke of Rawls that Gavin XIII was awakened and realized that he had been stunned for a long time on this issue.

After receiving His Majesty's permission, the Duke of Rawls walked respectfully into His Majesty's bedchamber.

"Duke Rawls, is there anything important about coming to see you so late?" asked Gavin XIII, somewhat nonchalantly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is something related to the future of the empire and the changes in the situation of the court, and I have something to remind Your Majesty. Duke Rawls replied, carefully worded.

Oh, these old fellows will be alarmist, first magnify a little thing infinitely, and then a little bit for their own benefit, such a trick is too much, Gavin XIII heard the Duke of Rawls say so empty, he knew what he was doing.

"I wonder what Your Majesty plans to do with the Marquis of Leo for making a special contribution this time?" the Duke of Rawls cautiously probed the tone of Gavin XIII.

Gavin XIII was worried about this matter, and as soon as he heard Duke Rawls mention this, he immediately sat up straight and said: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done it, you will be punished!"

Although Gavin XIII said so, the Duke of Rawls saw the precarious appearance and understood that His Majesty the Emperor was really concerned.

"Your Majesty, if the Marquis of Leo returns to the imperial capital with special merits, then the reward must at least be promoted to the duke, but at present, the empire can't take a separate province as a duke's fief, but if you don't give a reward, it will damage the majesty of the royal family, so you have to plan ahead!" Duke Rawls still threw out the question on the court.

Hearing Duke Rawls's words, Gavin XIII's face was a little ugly, this was the question he had been avoiding, and it was precisely because of this question that he was not happy with Leo's exploits, and at this time Duke Rawls once again revealed, which made him very unhappy in his heart.

"Not really...... , then reward the northern frontier to Leo. Gavin XIII said with some hesitation, apparently not thinking in his mind that this was a good idea.

"This is naturally not possible, Your Majesty, the northern frontier is the fief of Prince Gladstone, although Prince Gladstone has lived in seclusion for many years and does not communicate with the outside world, but you can't deprive him of his territory at will! When Duke Rawls heard Gavin XIII's words, he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Besides, even if you do find a piece of territory and give it to Leo, it's not really right. At this point, Duke Rawls deliberately paused to attract Gavin XIII's attention before continuing: "Marquis Leo's abilities are obvious to all, and his friendship with Your Majesty is well known, Your Majesty, don't you think all this sounds familiar?"

When Gavin XIII heard this, he asked with some confusion: "Is there any problem?Duke Rawls, what do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten Archduke Wagner?" Duke Rawls finally revealed his true intentions: "Grand Duke Wagner was a close friend of the former emperor, and his personal ability and superb swordsmanship were also among the best in the empire at that time, in recognition of his contribution to the empire, the emperor not only supported the second son of Wagner Grand Duke to inherit the Wagner family, and rewarded him with all three southern provinces as fiefs. But what was the result? Didn't Grand Duke Wagner rebel when he said he would rebel?"

"Huh?!" Hearing this, Gavin XIII finally understood the purpose of Duke Rawls's coming today, which was to warn himself that Leo would become another Archduke of Wagner. Although he was reluctant to believe it, Gavin XIII's instincts told him that what the Duke of Rawls said could indeed come true.

But his own heart told him that Leo was trustworthy, for his friends or for the empire, and these two very different ideas were very contradictory in the heart of Gavin XIII.

"Okay, no need to say more, I will naturally have my considerations, if there is nothing else, the Duke of Rawls should go back and rest early!" Gavin XIII waved his hand lightly, and his own chamberlain stepped forward to lead Duke Rawls out of the dormitory.

Taking a deep breath and spitting it out heavily, Gavin XIII felt like a stone had been crushed in his heart, and his emotions told him that Leo would never be like Archduke Wagner, but reason told him that as an emperor, he must take precautions for the safety of the empire.

"This is a tricky problem, Leo, Leo, what should I do?" Gavian XIII muttered to himself. On the one hand, the morality of friends, on the other hand, the interests of the empire, which is more important makes it difficult for Gavin XIII to choose for a while, and he is not willing to make a choice, because in the bottom of his heart, there is a faint feeling that he cannot risk losing his empire, even if it is because of it...... Whereas......