In this case, the administrative efficiency of the entire imperial capital began to slowly become extremely low invisibly, Luke had the intention to find a few guys to punish him, but the other party was not a fool, and would not do too much to set himself on fire, and at the same time, Catherine also kept appeasing the Fernando royal family and Luke, hoping that they would focus on the overall situation and not destroy the rare stability of the imperial capital at the moment.

People who can become officials and have some real power are of course not fools, they are not good at serious things, but they are very good at internal friction, which makes what they should do without a problem. It makes it difficult for others to find the handle, after all, the country has become like an old man gradually weakening, and many things are no longer as black and white as when Fernando I was just founded, and after 200 years of changes, there is no longer a clear distinction between black and white, but another area is slowly emerging, that is, gray.

After all, Luke is only one person, he cannot support the affairs of the entire empire, and in order to make a country run effectively, Luke can only delegate people to be responsible for all aspects. Not only Luke, but all the countries on this continent are like this, no matter how wise a king is, he cannot have enough energy and time to do everything, the best way is to delegate power, supervise the power released by the necessary means, let the right people do the right things, eliminate the unqualified people, and keep the whole organization running.

At first, Luke was very much looking forward to Catherine's mediation, after all, Luke didn't plan to do too much, but after several times of mediation, Luke found that those Fernando officials were still self-conscious, and their daily administrative affairs were still serious internal friction, so he made up his mind to teach these nasty guys a hard lesson.

As a result, Luke began to pretend that he was powerless, he was no longer strict in government affairs, and he gradually lowered his requirements for the officials of the Fernando faction...... Luke's manipulation made Hennikos and the others ecstatic, believing that their plan for non-cooperation had achieved great results, and their joy affected those around them.

Under Luke's deliberate indulgence, the members of the Fernando royal family began to slowly lose their vigilance, and many arrogant royal children thought that Luke was afraid of his royal status, and gradually returned to the scenery before the war, when Fernando XIII was still alive.

The opportunity that Luke had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared, a son of the Fernando royal family, when he was galloping with his servants in the imperial capital, because he drove a horse into the market, and did not stop in time, as a result, he knocked over many stalls, and knocked down nine civilians in succession, resulting in seven deaths and two injuries.

Luke was overjoyed to learn of this, and he changed his usual low-key posture and personally led the elite troops of the Jonas Legion to come forward and arrest the complacent-looking perpetrator, the only grandson of Henikos, from another street. When Henikos learned that his grandson had been arrested, he immediately brought someone to Luke and demanded that he be released, but Luke did not see him at all, and the next day, the perpetrator was taken to the street where he had galloped to be tried with great fanfare.

Because the evidence in this case was conclusive, the whole trial went very smoothly, and the perpetrator thought that Luke was just pretending, after all, he was a direct descendant of the Fernando family, and he didn't have to be afraid at all, so he confessed it all with a big grin, but the final trial result was hanging.

He was sentenced to be hanged, but Luke did not do it on the spot, but deliberately postponed the execution to give Henikos enough time to react. Luke is ready to use this method to lure the impatient Fernando royal family into force, and he can mobilize Orlando's Royal Knights to deal a fatal blow to these moths, and take the opportunity to cleanse these pesky moths.

Henikos is 79 years old, his son is also in his 50s, this time his only grandson is going to be hanged, how can Henikos bear it, so he asks for someone at the intersection with an extremely tough attitude, but Luke is waiting for this, and the righteous words refused, and the two sides almost fought on the spot, although they were finally stopped by Catherine, who rushed to hear the news, but the atmosphere in the entire imperial capital also became tense.

Time is getting closer and closer to the date of the hanging of Henikos's only grandson, Henikos also decided to use force at the suggestion of his staff, he believes that the Royal Knights are loyal to the Fernando family, and will definitely not favor Luke, as long as the army he buys on weekdays, plus the family's private soldiers and slaves, he will definitely be able to catch Luke off guard and rescue his grandson. As soon as his grandson is rescued, he will be sent away through the magic teleportation array, as long as the person is not in the imperial capital, what can Luke do?

No one expected that the night before the hanging, Henikos, the leader of the Fernando Royal Alliance, suddenly became bedridden. The elderly leader, who had been holding a secret meeting with a few henchmen in the secret room of his home to confirm the next day's actions, suddenly shivered and fell to the ground.

No one knows, in fact, this is Catherine's masterpiece, in order to ease the tension and anger of the imperial capital, Catherine once went to the mansion of Henikos and Luke a few days ago as Her Majesty the Queen, and mediated the whole thing, because Luke and Henikos had already made up their minds, naturally the mediation failed, Catherine's efforts were in vain, and naturally no one would find out that Catherine released a corrosive curse on Henikos when he interviewed the latter alone.

With Catherine's strength, she unleashed this dark magic on an old man who didn't know how to do magic and didn't know martial arts, and she didn't even use spells and gestures, and almost instantly completed the curse on Henikos. And this dark magic corrosive curse was not very powerful at first, and the middle one felt a little weak, thinking that it was caused by overwork. When this corrosive curse is fully utilized, it will be very difficult to heal it.

Henikos kept wailing in bed all night, his body was even suppurating and rotting at a visible rate, even if several priests worked together, treating him with light magic could only barely curb a little bit of the rate of corrosion, which actually did not alleviate Henikos's pain at all, but made him die even worse.

When the sun rose the next day, the 79-year-old Henikos died in his bed in a stinking state, and his grandson was hanged by Luke a few hours later under the royal viewing platform. Luke felt very sorry for the death of Henikos, because he almost could completely solve the moth in the imperial capital, and for Birmingham, who was on a par in power and prestige with Henikos, he felt extremely lucky, because the old guy who was pressing on his head was finally gone.

In this way, Catherine's adventure paid off greatly, and her tireless efforts conquered everyone's hearts while Henikos and Luke were at war, which made Catherine's prestige rise day by day. And the power of the Fernando royal family has been greatly reduced, and there is no way to compete with Luke, and they have even lost the right to live, and they have to fall to Catherine under the leadership of Birmingham to gain room to survive.