After a day of panic passed, after successfully capturing Minister Zuo, Avril issued a summoning order the next day, ordering all the nobles of the Duchy of Lucerne to go to the Grand Duke's Mansion to listen to the training, and the nobles who received the order did not dare to disobey, and all arrived at the Grand Duke's Mansion before the specified time.

The current Grand Duke's Mansion has been taken over by Ouyang Yujun, and the nobles who came to participate in the training looked at the Ouyang Yu Army soldiers wearing Soviet military uniforms and carrying Mosin Nagant rifles in front of the Grand Duke's Mansion with fearful eyes.

The time has come to ten o'clock in the morning to listen to the training, hundreds of nobles of all sizes lined up to enter the Grand Duke's Mansion, the usual spacious council hall is now crowded, Avril has not yet come, the familiar nobles whispered to each other, exchanging information they know.

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has arrived!"

With the shouting of the guards, the council hall that was chattering just now instantly quieted down, and now all the nobles dare not underestimate Avril anymore, only sixteen years old, she swallowed her anger inside, secretly gathered a powerful force outside, and overthrew the Minister Zuo in one fell swoop, so that the Duchy of Lucerne changed overnight, which made all the nobles feel frightened, although most of them were made up by the nobles, but for Avril it was the best, which could greatly enhance her authority.

Dressed up in the company of Ouyang Yu, Avril calmly came to the throne of the monarch in the council hall and sat down, Ouyang Yu was still wearing a military uniform, a modified fit Soviet officer uniform, wearing a heroic look on her body, her left hand naturally hung down to her side, and her right hand was on the gun holster, standing on Avril's left hand side, which brought a great sense of oppression to the nobles present, and both sides of the council hall were all Ouyang Yu soldiers with Suomi submachine guns, and the nobles present did not even dare to come out, they all bent down slightly and stared at the ground.

Although Avril has undergone great changes, her nature is difficult to change, and she still doesn't dare to speak in the face of so many people, so Ouyang Yu has no choice but to be her spokesperson.

"Everyone, let me introduce myself first, in Xia Yu Ouyang, the third-class knight of the principality, the head of the river crab mercenary group, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke today invites you to have a major matter to announce. Ouyang Yu observed the faces of the nobles present and continued: " The night before yesterday, Francis Maurice de Taleurand Périgord, using his authority to privately mobilize the 5,000 garrisons stationed in Luxon City, attacked the manor where His Royal Highness the Grand Duke is located, that is, my manor, plotting against the enemy, after a night of fierce fighting, the river crab mercenary group defeated the 5,000 garrison and captured Francis alive, according to Francis's confession, the reason why he dared to move the garrison privately was under the order of his father, the Marquis Charles Maurice de Taleurand Périgord, and at the same time participated in the rebellion of several nobles, Viscount Brooke, Viscount Gilbert, Earl Joyce, Baron Heller, and Earl Ulysses, they also sent their eldest son to participate in the attack on the manor, and after being captured, all of them have now confessed, here is their testimony including Francis, please take a look. ”

Princess Roni held a pair of so-called testimonies and distributed them to the nobles present, the nobles who got the testimony looked at it carefully, and the nobles who did not get the testimony also walked over to watch it together, and after reading it, the nobles present were all drenched in cold sweat and scared, they were not afraid because of the testimony, but for "Avril" Frightened by the practice of dripping water, if he doesn't move, he uprooted Minister Zuo's power with a move, and even the so-called testimony was prepared, including the testimony of his own son, which shows that Avril's methods are sophisticated, in fact, these are all from Princess Roni's hands, where did Avril think of this, Ouyang Yu couldn't think of it.

"Minister Zuo damn it!"

"Support His Royal Highness the Grand Duke to set things right!"

"Your Royal Highness, I support you 100% in any action!"

Minister Zuo's end is already doomed, the nobles present are all human spirits, where do they not know that now is the time to take a stand, they all open their mouths to scold Minister Zuo, or show loyalty to Avril, in the past, they didn't know how much benefit they took from Minister Zuo, and united to set up Avril, at this time, those things seemed to not exist, and they all behaved as if they were loyal ministers, if it weren't for the fact that the Principality of Lucerne still needed these people to govern, Ouyang Yu really wanted to exile all these people together so as not to be upset.

"Quiet, quiet!" The nobles closed their mouths at Ouyang Yu's signal, "His Royal Highness the Grand Duke knows that you were deceived by Minister Zuo before, so you are not guilty of the past!"

Ouyang Yu's words reassured the nobles, and they were afraid that Avril would settle their previous affairs, so they once again praised Avril for her wisdom.

"But ....... ”

Ouyang Yu's two words made the hearts of the nobles present lift again.

"However, some adults are no longer suitable to stay in their original positions and need to make other arrangements, as for those adults, they will be notified separately afterwards. ”

After listening to Ouyang Yu's words, the nobles were completely relieved, and truly believed that Avril would not liquidate them, and it was normal to install people they trusted, if Avril was still using the people of the Zuo Minister period, it would be abnormal, and losing her official position was a hundred times stronger than losing her title and the whole family being exiled, or being beheaded all over the house, so another round of sycophants continued to pour into Avril.

After the nobles quieted down again, it was a reward for meritorious deeds, in fact, there were not many people to be rewarded, only Avril's maid chief Celine and Ouyang Yu, but Celine was theoretically a servant and could not be rewarded, so the reward for her fell on her family, Celine was born in a small aristocratic family, the second daughter, otherwise she would not have been sent to Avril to serve her, Celine's father was a first-class baron before, and now the title has been promoted to a first-class viscount, and the three elder brothers have also received the title of third-class viscount, and then the official position of the former minister's confidant was taken over by them, and Avril Lavigne actually has few people, replacing the people of Celine's family is just a transitional means, and it will be decided whether to stay in office according to their ability in the future.

In the end, as the highlight of the event, Ouyang Yu's reward came, and this time Avril personally came forward to reward her.

"Yu Ouyang third-class knight stepped forward to receive the reward. Avril's tone was a little unconfident, but she still mustered up the courage to speak boldly: "Yu Ouyang third-class knight, loyal to the country and his duke, regardless of the danger of his life, personally went to the battlefield, and made great contributions to the defeat of the rebels, so he was specially promoted to the title of first-class earl, gave Frankfurt Province as a fief, rewarded 500,000 silver coins, took over the position of commander of the Duchy garrison, and was responsible for training a well-trained army for his duke, and the river crab mercenary regiment was merged into the garrison army, and as a tutor, it was directly under Earl Ouyang." ”

"Wow......" ×N.

Avril's reward for Ouyang Yu surprised the nobles present, and all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred all fell on Ouyang Yu's body, half-kneeling in front of Avril, but it was useless for them to envy and hate, because they all knew that Ouyang Yu had an invincible army in his hands, and as long as there was this army in hand, no one dared to touch a single hair of her.

After the end of the training, Avril left the council hall, Ouyang Yu was immediately surrounded by the nobles, as Minister Zuo said, she replaced Minister Zuo to become the most powerful person in the Duchy of Lucerne, and the flattery to her filled her ears, making Ouyang Yu tireless, but she had to work hard to deal with it, and finally found an excuse, Ouyang Yu finally escaped from the "siege" of the nobles.

So far, the "coup d'état" launched by Minister Zuo ended with the failure of Minister Zuo, Avril successfully regained her rights, Ouyang Yu's title, fief and power increased greatly, and the nobles of the Duchy of Lucerne had almost no loss except for the confidants of Minister Zuo, and everything was "happy, happy".

At night, Ouyang Yu took Princess Luo Ni to the prison where felons were held in Luxon City, which was taken over by Ouyang Yujun, and there were more than 100 people in Zuo's family and his henchmen and nobles.

Where can the once pampered nobles endure the dark prison, especially the huge gap in status after being deprived of the title, which further aggravates the psychological pressure of these people, the men's sad faces, and the women's crying day and night.

Ouyang Yu and Princess Luoni walked in the corridor of the prison, looking at the ugliness of the former people in the prison on both sides, the prison has no door, only rows of finger-thick iron fences, so she can see clearly, after the people in the prison see Ouyang Yu, some are angry, some are afraid, in short, there are all kinds of expressions.

Ouyang Yu kept his footsteps and came directly to the prison where Minister Zuo was held, Minister Zuo was held alone because of his special status, hearing the footsteps, Minister Zuo raised his head, and by the dim light in the prison, Ouyang Yu saw that Minister Zuo was ten years old in one day, and the original head of black silk turned into white hair.

"Open the door. ”

Ouyang Yu and Princess Luo Ni walked into the prison, and Minister Zuo looked at Ouyang Yu and asked, "My verdict has come down?"

"Yes, in three days there will be a public hanging, and you will be joined on the road by your son Francis, and all the direct males of the five families of Viscount Brooke over the age of fourteen, and the members of the collateral family and the direct females of the lineage, as well as the males under the age of fourteen, will be exiled permanently, and the place of exile will be my fiefdom, Alsace, and they will be under my custody for the rest of their lives. ”

"Haven't you been relegated to slavery? It seems that the old man is going to thank you. Minister Zuo's face showed a faint smile, he thought that all the family members were turned into slaves, but he didn't expect that it was just exile, which is much better than becoming a slave, at least life is still free and can have a certain amount of private property, unlike slaves who don't even live and die, they must have the final say by the master, let alone have private property.

"You don't have to thank me, everything they do today is because of your ambition. ”

Ouyang Yu took a bottle of wine from Princess Luoni's hand and put it in front of Minister Zuo, "You are also a generation of heroes, it is an insult to you to let you be hanged in front of the public, you should cut yourself off." ”

Minister Zuo stretched out his trembling right hand and grabbed the wine bottle, "Ouyang, although you seem to be a person who does great things, you are unexpectedly soft-hearted, otherwise you wouldn't have just exiled my relatives and brought me wine, as my gratitude to you, I give you a piece of advice, if you want to do great things, you must not be soft-hearted, otherwise your soft-heartedness will definitely harm you in the future." After speaking, Minister Zuo picked up the wine bottle and drank it in a big gulp, and drank all the wine into his stomach in one go.

The poison in the wine set in quickly, and the Minister Zuo began to breathe rapidly, his face turned purple, and he stopped breathing in less than a minute, and fell headlong on the cold ground of the prison, ending his once unstoppable life, and he did not look at Francis, who was imprisoned in the prison on the left, until he died.

Princess Roni stepped forward and touched the pulse and breathing of the left minister, "He's dead." ”

"Let's go. ”

The next day, news of the suicide of the Minister Zuo spread, and three days later a public trial was held in Luxemble, where twenty-seven people, including Francis, were hanged, and the youngest prisoner was just fourteen years old.