"Abdicate, Governor."

Lawrence's words echoed in everyone's ears, like a spell, causing time in the auditorium to freeze for a full second.

The parliamentarians' minds were blank and froze in place, and in their opinion, in the Corsican dictionary, these few words could not form a sentence at all.

Old Sean, Grosso, and Yaan couldn't help but open their mouths wide at this moment and turned their heads to stare directly at Lawrence.

Even though they had known Lawrence's purpose for a long time, when Lawrence actually said this sentence to Pauly, it still made their hearts beat faster.

Even William Pitt couldn't help but look up at Lawrence and raise his opinion of the young man again.

"Abdication..."

Pauly's face did not show any shock or anger, he was no longer the governor who held Lawrence in his hands and held the power, all he could do was to rely on his current identity to seek a way out for himself.

"I want to say that I should have the right to refuse."

Paulie raised his eyebrows and looked at Lawrence.

Pete on the side nodded slightly, knowing that Paulie was testing Lawrence's bottom line.

Lawrence also knew this, sneered, and said directly:

"Of course you can refuse, but..."

I saw Lawrence stop abruptly in the middle of his words, and then directly removed the short knife on his waist with the blade and sheath together, and slammed it heavily on the stage, making a dull sound.

"In that case, I won't be able to guarantee your safety after transferring you outside the Governor's Palace."

With the echo of oscillations, Lawrence touched the scabbard on the table and added in a slow voice:

"After you left the Doge's Palace, the conditions of your residence were not very good, if you were broken into by a Genoese Assassin or a Corsican mob... That's normal, too. ”

Although Lawrence's tone was very calm, it still made the councillors and Paulie who were present couldn't help but shiver.

Threats, naked threats, and the most direct threats to life.

However, the most direct means are also the most effective.

Poly's hole shrank obviously, and he didn't expect Lawrence to tear his face directly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already put the blade in front of him.

"Lawrence, you..."

Paulie frowned, raised his eyes to stare at Lawrence, and said fiercely:

"You do this, don't you care what the people of Corsican say about you?!"

And the reason why Pauli has the confidence to say this is also because he is the founder of the Corsican Republic after all, and although he has attracted many criticisms, he still has a good position in the hearts of the people.

But I saw Lawrence looking down at Paulie condescendingly, first nodding slowly, then slowly shaking his head, and said threateningly:

"Of course I care, it's just... When you are tragically killed, will the people still support you like that? ”

Paulie was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"What do you mean?"

"When you lie in the coffin, no matter how magnificent your life is, it is just a blank canvas in my eyes."

Lawrence walked directly and slowly off the podium, stood in front of Paulie, and said in a cold voice:

"Some of your negative letters, words, and actions will be repeated, and they may not even be true. And it won't be long before the populace will find out that the Governor Poly, whom they once supported, is such a bad person. As for you, a deceased lying in a coffin, how can you justify it? ”

"You...!"

Paulie's eyes widened, he wanted to use his fame to blackmail Lawrence into concessions, but he didn't expect Lawrence to directly threaten him to compromise on this.

And Paulie also knew that what Lawrence said was right, that the evaluation of a dead person could be changed by the living at will.

At that time, if such a situation really happens, then Poly will not only lose the power before his death, but also his good name after death will not be retained at all.

And with Poly's defeat in this round of confrontation, he also completely understood that his so-called bargaining chips and hole cards were useless in the current situation.

From the moment Lawrence broke into the Parliament, he had no intention of giving himself any room to maneuver.

"Your Excellency the Governor..."

The parliamentarians couldn't help but look incredulous, watching Governor Paulie, who had eyes in their eyes, gradually bow his head under Lawrence's words, and remain silent.

After a long time, Poly raised his head again, his face was already completely pale, and said to Lawrence:

"I see."

......

After Paulie was forced to accept Lawrence's abdication, the two of them went to Pauly's study to pick up the blank order, while the rest remained in the auditorium.

Habitually sitting behind his desk, Poly picked up a blank paperwork from a drawer, picked up a quill and began to slowly write his abdication announcement.

At the same time, he also knew that all his actions in this study were the last.

"I'll admit I underestimated you." Paulie buried his head in writing and said casually to Lawrence:

"When did you return to Ajaccio from Florence?"

Lawrence fixed his eyes on the tip of Paulie's pen as he shook his head and said:

"I didn't go to Florence."

"Huh?" The movement of Poly's hand couldn't help but stop, and he frowned and asked:

"No way, I received a report that you were on a merchant ship bound for Florence."

"The captain was bought off and sent me to Toulon."

"Toulon..."Pauli couldn't help but open his mouth, and after a moment of amazement, he said slowly:

"So, you went to the French?"

"That's right."

Lawrence nodded in acknowledgement, and then directly informed Pauly of his contract with the Duke of Choiseul.

After listening to Lawrence's plan, Paulie's expression was stunned for a while before recovering, and then he suddenly burst out laughing twice.

"What are you laughing at?" Lawrence asked with a frown, he could tell that Paulie's laughter was obvious self-deprecation.

Poly held his forehead, grinned, paused and said:

"Our two Corsican leaders are also quite interesting, I want to sell the sovereignty of Corsica to the British, and you directly make Corsica into a crown and put it on the heads of the French."

"It's only temporary." Lawrence shook his head.

"Temporary?" Paulie was stunned and asked puzzled.

"The crown I gave to the French with my own hands, and I will return it with my own hands."

"You—" Paulie looked up and stared straight into Lawrence's eyes, but there was no trace of confusion in those eyes.

"Oh, Lawrence, I know."

Paulie smiled suddenly with relief, handed the finished paperwork to Lawrence for a look, then shook his head and said:

"You are a natural rebel, and you will definitely stab Louis XV in the back as if you betrayed me."

Lawrence didn't speak, but just took Poly's paperwork and began to review it.

Seeing that Lawrence didn't reply, Paulie still said to himself:

"However, since you've told me so much, that means..."

After confirming that the paperwork was correct, Lawrence stood up directly, looked at Paulie and said:

"I'll keep you comfortable, but that's about it."

Seeing that Lawrence had decided his fate in a single sentence, Paulie couldn't help but bow his head and smile bitterly.

He already knew that he should spend the rest of his life under house arrest, so he said calmly:

"From now on, then, shall I call you Governor of Bonaparte?"

"If you will."