The sky was gray, and a light rain was falling, and the magnificent carriages drove through the streets and stopped at the street of Senate Square, where the statue of Peter the Great stands.

The door opened, and a man dressed in an aristocratic dress got out of the carriage, took the bag from the butler or coachman, and walked on foot towards the Senate building.

Today is May 7, the day of the Senate session.

Because it is a general meeting, members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords will attend together.

Mosk also sent a representative, Ohar, whom Mavi had met earlier at the celebration banquet.

O'Har twisted his beard, straightened his waist, stood by the carriage and straightened his dress, and after making sure that he looked neat, he took out a red bottle of perfume from his purse, sneered twice in front of him, and then strode into the spray of perfume.

On Katerina's order, he came to observe today, because Archbishop Henry suddenly made a move, which led to the postponement of the policies and laws that should have been proposed at today's conference, and Katerina and Mavi both wanted to see how Archbishop Henry restrained the aristocratic faction.

If nothing else....

There's going to be a big show today.

Dog-eat-dog, O'Har certainly wouldn't jump out at such a moment to disperse the firepower, and letting the aristocratic faction and Archbishop Henry spray each other was the ending he wanted to see the most.

Walk into the majestic Senate building, follow the other members of the house, and walk up the stairs to the conference hall on the second floor, where you will take a seat on the step chair on the right.

O'Har is a member of the House of Lords, which should be called a 'committee' in the strict sense, and a 'Duma' in the House of Commons, and as an aristocracy, unlike the House of Commons, which has many members, he belongs to the elite class, the decision-making level, and has the right to vote on legislation.

The Senate was established by Peter the Great, and since Peter the Great's reforms had just begun, the power of the Senate was more inclined to the House of Lords, that is, the aristocratic class, who died before he could make further reforms.

It is precisely because of this that the law proposed by the House of Commons must be passed by the House of Lords and then submitted to the king for signature before it can come into force, which can only be regarded as an ornament.

The real voice is the House of Lords where O'Har is located.

But today....

At the Senate General Assembly, a special 'guest' was welcomed.

Archbishop Henry.

Paul I was not able to attend today's assembly, and a seat was added next to the seat that had been reserved for him, and when O'Har entered the hall, he saw Archbishop Henry sitting there.

It seems that Her Royal Highness Katerina is right.... His Majesty the King is really going to be set up ....

O'Haal pulled out a white handkerchief from his outer breast pocket, folded it in a square and placed it on his lap, and the other MPs did the same when they took their seats, waving their handkerchiefs to represent their approval of the speaker's proposal.

This is a custom from the Kingdom of Windsor, when Peter the Great established the Senate, he referred to the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Windsor, which is also a symbol of his desire to carry out large-scale reforms in the imitation of the Kingdom of Windsor.

As the doors slammed shut, the air was immediately covered with the smell of perfumes, and different kinds of perfumes of different concentrations and different flavors were intertwined, as if they were a pot of stew, floating around the hall like a palette without color.

Because he was the representative of the Grand Duke of Mosk, Okhar had two votes and sat in the front and middle position, next to Duke Yinvanovich, Duke Tbilisi, and Count Shirkov, each of whom had a fixed position, divided according to their status.

Duke Yovanovich was whispering something to the Duke of Tbilisi, and Ohar pricked up his ears and was about to eavesdrop when the sound of a gavel sounded on the second floor where the king belonged to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty the King is not feeling well and is unable to attend today's meeting, and I have full powers to act as his deputy."

Archbishop Henry looked down, his gaze swept over the members of the council with different expressions, and said in a deep voice: "In the meantime, he has entrusted me with proposing a new law to the Senate... ”

Drawing out a draft of the speech that had been prepared long ago, Archbishop Henry read it aloud: "In view of the grave situation currently facing the Romanov Kingdom, I, the King of the Romanov Kingdom, Paul I, formally submit the following proposal to the Senate. ”

"1. From that day onwards, serfdom will be abolished in the Romanov Kingdom, and the peasants will enjoy personal freedom and general citizenship."

"2. Landlords are not allowed to buy, sell, or exchange peasants."

"III. The right of the peasant to own property, to hold public office, to litigate, and to engage in industrial and commercial ....."

Listening to the content of the "Free People's Decree", the members of the House of Commons sitting on the left side looked at the members of the House of Lords opposite, and most of their eyes fell on Duke Yin Wanovich in the middle.

To their surprise, Duke Yovanovich did not show an angry expression, but reached into his arms and took out....

A cigar.

Ignite.

The tense members of the House of Commons breathed a sigh of relief, they thought that Duke Yovanovich was going to pull out a gun and shoot Archbishop Henry, but if you think about it carefully, you know that it is impossible, this is a Senate assembly, and guns, swords and other harmful weapons are not allowed.

Sure enough, it started....

O'Haar took a deep breath, pulled out his cigarette, and borrowed a fire from Duke Yovanovich next to him.

He was nervous, even more nervous than Duke Yovanovich.

Compared with the calm Duke Yinvanovich, the face of the Duke of Tbilisi next to him was not so beautiful, his face was dark, his eyelids were half-raised, and he looked like someone who owed him millions of rubles and was going to repay the debt.

"It will be illegal to buy and sell peasants, and no one or any force may violate them.," Archbishop Henry, after reading the contents of the Free People's Decree, put down the speech, and asked: "This is the proposal of His Majesty the King to the Senate, and if there is any objection, please put it at once." ”

There was a dead silence in the hall, except for the mist.

"Isn't there anyone against it?" Archbishop Henry looked at Duke Yovanovich: "Then let's start voting...."

At this moment, Duke Yovanovich glanced back at a certain nobleman sitting in the back, and the nobleman immediately stood up and said in a loud voice: "I do not object to His Majesty's proposal to abolish serfdom, but I would like to ask you, if serfdom is abolished, how will our rights and interests be protected?" ”

"We have all made great contributions to the Romanov Kingdom, and we have today's status because of our hard work little by little! We shed our blood for the kingdom and deserve to be well settled! ”

"Now that there are no serfs, who shall cultivate the land in our name? I think the wise King must have taken this into account, and he wouldn't let us old men waste our loyalty to the Kingdom, would he? Archbishop Henry? ”

Archbishop Henry's face changed a few times, and he fell into deep thought.

He was well prepared, but he was well prepared, but he meant the priests and monks who were lying in ambush around the Senate, not in response to sudden questioning.

Originally, he planned to wash the Senate in blood today, but judging by the current situation....

The aristocratic faction seems to have relented?

Thinking of this, Archbishop Henry temporarily suppressed his murderous intent and asked, "Of course, His Majesty has taken into account your needs, but he wants to hear your opinions first. ”

"My opinion is simple!" The nobleman who took the lead waved his arms vigorously: "Support His Majesty the King for the abolition of serfdom, this is a manifestation of our loyalty to the kingdom!" But in the same way, the Kingdom should issue a new law to protect our rights! For example, the land is all owned by the landlord, and although the peasants can own a certain amount of land, they must pay a ransom to the landlord in exchange for the right to cultivate! ”

"At the same time, each farmer has a limited amount of land, and if he wants to cultivate more than the prescribed amount of land, he has to pay more ransom on top of the tax, and correspondingly, all the crops and harvests produced by the farmland belong to the farmer himself, and he does not have to pay other fees to the landlord!"

"Archbishop Henry, that's my personal opinion!"

After the nobleman finished speaking, Duke Yovanovich slowly picked up the white handkerchief folded on his knee and raised it symbolically.

Leaders of the aristocratic faction, such as the Duke of Tbilisi and Count Shirkov, also made the same move.

With their statement, the white handkerchiefs in the House of Lords were raised, and only a few people did not move, including Ohal.

However, the number of people who agreed was far more than two-thirds, and their lack of a position had no impact on the outcome.

Archbishop Henry pondered for a long time, believing that since serfdom had been abolished, there was no need to hold on to these places, and that a comprehensive reform would only lead to greater revolt.

If you can do it, you naturally don't do it.

He finally nodded:

"Well, I think Your Majesty will agree to your request."