Chapter 21: Raising Thieves
Jomington didn't dare to discuss this matter with Luke, but asked, "Lord Shoufu helped Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and Chief Inspector this time, what can you get?" ”
Luke smiled and said, "Gabriel's first assistant is left and right, and you can learn a little too." If the turbulent current in the palace can be calmed down, the eldest princess will not be the eldest princess before, and she will fight for the seat above if she doesn't want to.
I gave you such a good position, do you still want to be loyal to Shousuke? Don't put yourself and your family's future in one basket...... Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and I are in great need of talent like you.
Give you a chance to behave, Sandpaper and Kestrel and the three sisters are in the hands of the Cross, bring them out and give them to me. ”
Luke's words sent a stir in Jomington's heart.
He knew that the chief inspector had made him the commissioner of the office of Angry Waves City in Shenglun City in order to win him over. But he was personally picked up by Gablell's Shousuke, and being appointed as Shousuke's staff officer is trust.
Before taking up the post of commissioner, Gablel had a long conversation with him. This position is very important, and this pit must be occupied, but people must not follow the meteorite.
However, the fact that Shousuke, who originally seemed to be in a position to be in a difficult position, showed such weakness in this palace struggle that it could be seen that the members of the imperial family who were qualified to compete for the throne were the future.
And how many of the imperial chiefs in history can start and finish well?
Jomington wavered a little, but finally said, "Thank you Inspector General for favoring me, but Shousuke-sama has a lot of trust in me, and as a think-tank staff, I can't be as tactful as a politician."
I will relay your words to Lord Gabriel, and it will be up to Lord Shousuke-sama to decide.
As for the three girls...... When it comes to the Crusader Project of the Cross Society, as well as the Eternal Secret Art of Life, even Lord Gabril can't call the shots. I will keep an eye on them and try to take care of them as much as possible. ”
Luke knew that he couldn't rush to get Jomington to take refuge in him. Anyway, people have already arrived in their own bowls, slowly influencing and eating slowly.
As for the eternal secret project of life revealed by Jomington.
The restart of this mystical research was a bit early, and it seems that his change of plot put too much pressure on Augustine the Great, allowing him to expose his desire to prolong his life in advance.
The emperor, who has been strong all his life, still bows his head......
It also made many people lose their awe of him.
"I'll leave those girls to you. You go back to see Gabriel Shousuke now, and tell me Shousuke-sama's attitude and thoughts as soon as possible.
I would like to inform Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and ease some of the pressure on the cabinet. ”
Jomington knew the gravity of the matter, and he stood up to say goodbye to Luke, and then hurried away.
At the home of the Imperial Chief, Jomington was immediately summoned by Gabriel.
Chase away all the bystanders and activate the enchantment in the room.
Gabler listened carefully to the news Jomington had brought.
"The courage of the meteorite is really big!" After listening to this, Gabril let out a long exclamation: "Force the Celtic Grand Duke to rebel...... This is to gamble on the national fortunes of the empire and push Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to ascend to the throne. ”
Jomington was drenched by this time, excited, nervous, and frightened...... His voice trembled a little.
"Shousuke-sama. From the behavior of the meteorite in Angry Waves City, it can be seen that in order to push Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to compete for the throne, he must have violated His Royal Highness's original intention of sending him to Angry Waves City.
If you can force the Celtic Archduke to rebel this time. In the war of counterinsurgency, with the means of the secret intelligence bureau and the money of Angry Waves City, the eldest princess will definitely be able to make outstanding feats with the auxiliary left of the meteorite.
At that time, when His Majesty was summoned by the gods, even if he did not appoint Her Royal Highness the eldest princess as the crown prince...... Who can sit firmly on the throne? ”
Gabriel nodded approvingly.
"Meteorite is very loyal to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess! In order to protect His Highness, he dared to tear the empire to shreds. ”
At this time, Jomington said in a low voice, "Shousuke-sama...... When I was the Commissioner of the Angry Waves Office in San Lun, I often went to 236 Tong Mulberry Avenue to handle matters. When chatting with those Imperial agents, I learned that Meteorite has a deeper relationship with Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. ”
"What's the relationship?" Gabril hurriedly asked.
"Secret Lover!"
Gabriel immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense without evidence, do you know the consequences!" ”
"I'm sorry, Shousuke-sama. I haven't been sure, so I haven't told you. The Imperial agent who revealed the news to me is called Pisco, and his mind is not very good! Hopefully, it has not affected your judgment of the situation at the court. ”
"If it's true," said Gabler, "it could explain why the meteorite was not so positive about His Majesty's marriage. Before Princess Dale disappeared, His Majesty had been waiting for him to swear allegiance. ”
Jomington asked, "Does this mean that Princess Dale was attacked and disappeared, and it has nothing to do with the eldest princess?" ”
"I can't make that conclusion yet, and Princess Dale doesn't matter anymore. What matters now is how to force the Celtic Grand Duke to rebel and transfer all the contradictions of the imperial court. ”
"You promised the meteorites?"
"If the relationship between the Falling Star and the eldest princess is really as you said, Your Majesty is to give him my first auxiliary position, and he is probably not interested. If he wants to play a big game with the national fortunes of the empire, we will play with him.
Who is the biggest winner is not certain. ”
Jomington understood what Gabriel meant.
The Celtic Grand Duke represents the old aristocratic power of the empire, and once the civil war starts, the new nobles will surely surround the past like sharks smelling blood. And if they want to occupy a good position at this feast, they must join Gabriel, who is the first assistant to the Imperial Cabinet.
The power of the royal family was consumed by the old nobles, and the new nobles were able to take advantage of the opportunity to enter all areas of the empire, including the army that had been held in the hands of Augustine the Great.
If the power of the eldest princess grows, the emperor will only rely more on the new nobles if he wants to consolidate his imperial power.
"Raising thieves for their own respect" is the same for the court.
But will Gabriel be able to achieve his goal?
Jomington couldn't help but ask questions in his mind, but that wasn't what he was supposed to say.
Gabriel agreed to Luke's proposal for a solution to the court struggle, and the details were gradually refined in Jomington's relay.
At a meeting of the Imperial Cabinet of the Imperial Court, several cabinet ministers once again jointly proposed the impeachment of the eldest princess, and gave a large number of facts to prove the indulgence of the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau.
"Your Majesty!" One minister shouted regardless of his manners: "Under the pretext of investigating the assassination of Princess Daile, the Imperial Intelligence Bureau has framed and arrested innocent officials in the imperial capital, which has made it difficult for many departments to operate.
But Her Royal Highness the eldest princess did not find Princess Daer. I think it's fake that she is looking for Princess Dale, and it's true to take the opportunity to exclude dissent. I ask Your Majesty to do justice to your subjects, remove the eldest princess from all her duties, and transfer her to the Imperial Court for trial!" ”
A letter of impeachment against the eldest princess was collected by the internal officials and placed in front of Augustine the Great.
Augustine didn't look.
These days, every time there is a meeting of the Imperial Cabinet, someone submits this kind of thing, and he has memorized the contents of it a long time ago.
But can Agatha be investigated?
Eastside: The Lookouts have started the Reunification War within the Republic of Leo. The Imperial Navy has ordered a batch of "First Machine" class all-metal warships in Angry Waves City, and wants to use this opportunity to fight for another few decades of sea superiority.
North: The borders of the Empire have always been uneven, and the fortified borders have always been a gold-swallowing beast.
Southside: The Celtic Grand Dukes are growing resentful of the Empire. As the most effective emperor of the empire, only by destroying one of these countries can he be worthy of his current title.
West: Hereditary lords and non-human tribes of nobility are everywhere, and endless bandits have always been a headache for the Empire.
Until then, Augustine the Great had been ambitious.
Kicking Leo, the hereditary leader of Nanping solves the problems left over from the history of the empire. When the bandits in the west are pacified, the forces of the entire empire can be concentrated to the north to teach the old enemy of a hundred years to the north.
The empire is now more powerful than ever.
But Angry Waves City must not be chaotic, if the empire's economic chain is disrupted, there will be problems, and it will be difficult to maintain a huge army.
Emperor Augustine looked at Agatha, who was sitting on his right hand, and thought to himself: Why did you choose to take the city of angry waves at this time!
"Agatha!" Augustine finally reacted to these impeachments: "I have always defended you because you are my daughter, and I hope that you will recognize your mistakes for yourself and not embarrass me in the face of the ministers of the Empire."
I don't want to send you to the Imperial Court, you can explain these things here. ”
Augustine the Great's fingers tapped on the stack of impeachment talis, his eyes fixed on Agatha. He had already sent someone to hint at his daughter, and offered to resign, so that he could retain the honorific title of the eldest princess.
Without Agatha's rights, Angry Waves City would have no court to rely on, and those who served the eldest princess would naturally collapse.
Agatha looked back at Augustine with no hint of concession in her eyes. If you retire today, all your efforts will quickly dissipate. No one knows better than she what the Empire is like now, and no one knows what the situation is in Angry Waves better than she does.
No one can control the meteor, he will really smash the city of Fury Waves, and he has the ability to do so.
At that time, the empire was over.
"Your Majesty...... The Imperial Intelligence Service is responsible for protecting the security of the Empire. Everyone I've arrested deserves it, and they may have nothing to do with the attack on Dale, but they just found evidence of their guilt when they were investigated by Imperial agents.
If someone thinks I'm guilty, I'll show evidence, and if I don't have evidence, don't waste time in the Imperial Cabinet meeting.
Shouldn't we care about Princess Dale?
All the members of the CIA were looking for her around the clock, while some were busy impeaching me. What are their intentions? What a motive! ”
Agatha's response provoked Augustine's anger.
He slammed the table: "Agatha! ”
At this time, Gabril Shousuke, who was sitting on the left side, hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please stop being angry...... The relationship between the eldest princess and Princess Daile is very good, and she also did something out of the ordinary in order to find Princess Daile as soon as possible......"
Emperor Augustine turned his head to look at Gabriel, as if to discern whether he was a fake or not.
Everyone else looked at Gabriel, wondering if Shousuke-sama had taken the wrong medicine when he went out today.
Augustine the Great said: "It is strange today that there seems to be no you in these impeachment of Agatha? ”
"That's because I have something more important to ......" Gabler pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket: "General Felibazer on the Southern Front sent urgent military information this morning, and there is a large-scale unidentified military movement in the Tedgar hills. ”
"Is there such a thing?" Augustine the Great was extremely surprised, he immediately took the paper and read it carefully, and then handed it to Agatha: "Is there any news from the CIA?" ”
Agatha also wondered why Gabriel's first assistant suddenly came up with such a military information at this time.
Look at the information above, it says that military movements are okay; It is said that it is okay for the barbarian tribes to migrate; It's okay to say that a group of barbarians hunted.
Then she remembered the news from the clear sky a few days ago, and asked herself not to push Gabriel too hard.
Did Meteorite make some deal with Gabriel?
The clever Agatha immediately figured out the meteor's intentions.
Daring! Daring! How dare he do that!
If Meteorite had told himself his purpose, he would never have agreed to such a gamble with the fortunes of his empire.
But when things got to this point, Gablel took the first step to show that they had everything laid out.
Perhaps conflict has been created in the south......
Meteorite, you are in trouble every time you get bigger and bigger, what do you want to do?
"Your Majesty, the Tedegar Hills are the territory of the barbarians, and the Brotherhood of Blades is very powerful, and it has been difficult for the Imperial Intelligence Bureau to effectively infiltrate there. However, the Celtic Grand Duke has been strengthening the military strength of the barbarian legions, and now that the empire has rarely used the barbarians to fight abroad, it is a very abnormal military expansion. And ......," Agatha paused and said, "Intelligence from the CIA confirms that the Celtic Grand Duke has worked extremely closely with the Abyss Temple. The Abyss Temple has a strong presence in the Imperial Capital and is led by an Abyss Apostle.
The CIA's investigation of the Tedgar Hills' property in the imperial capital suspects that the Abyss Temple is related to the attack on Dale, but it has not yet found direct evidence. ”
"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Although Augustine the Great complained about Agatha, his tone did not contain any reproach.
"Because this involves the Celtic Archduke, if this matter has nothing to do with the Archduke, I may cause a rift between the empire and the hereditary nobility."
"The rift has been there for a long time!" Augustine the Great said: "Now think back...... The biggest beneficiary of the attack on Dale is actually Celtic.
Fortunately, Gablel found the clue in time. ”
Gablel immediately said: "After the attack on Princess Dale, I thought that the mastermind of the incident might not be in the palace but in the south, so I deliberately asked General Felibazer to pay more attention to the actions of the barbarians. ”
"Very good, very good, very ......" Augustine praised Gabriel and said to Agatha, "The Secret Intelligence Bureau immediately seized all the properties related to the Tedgar Hills in the Imperial Capital, and made every effort to find and rescue Daer. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Gabriel, the cabinet immediately develops a military plan against the rebellion in the south." Augustine the Great said: "Decree to summon the Celts to the imperial capital!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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