The princess and the others became more and more panicked, and stumbled to the back door of the palace surrounded by a group of soldiers, where a carriage covered with black cloth was already waiting. The Duke of Amberton helped the princess and others into the carriage, and specially explained: "Don't open the window of the car before you arrive, in case you are discovered by the rebels, it will be over." ”

The princess nodded nervously, and the duke closed the door, and then instructed the coachman: "Hurry up!"

The coachman answered, and with a whip of his horse, the carriage, which was tightly covered by the black cloth, rumbled forward. Accompanying the carriage were a dozen or so members of the White Griffin Mercenary Regiment on horseback, led by Winnett. As he was leaving, Sahin grabbed Winnett and whispered, "Be sure to hide them and don't let anyone else know." ”

Winnid nodded, "Don't worry, I'll hide them tightly." ”

The Duke of Amberton looked at the van as it drifted away, took out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and then asked Samin, "What are we going to do next?" ”

Savin patted the duke on the shoulder and said, "The next thing is naturally to prepare for tomorrow's court meeting." ”

Basking in the morning sun, the ministers attending the imperial meeting rushed to the palace in their carriages and yawning. This kind of daily court meeting is often just a formality, and the real major matters are often discussed and decided by the cardinal's cabinet, and the court meeting is only to announce the results. A small country like Hieronis didn't have much to do, so the ministers didn't pay much attention to such a court.

As usual, the ministers were guided by the palace guards to the king's chamber, and the king had not yet appeared, and the ministers chatted with the people around them about the latest news about Tetur, such as whose son had enlarged the maid's belly again, whose wife was stealing outside, and so on......

However, there are also a few sharp-eyed people who have noticed some abnormalities, and the guards around them seem to be very bright, and the usual guards seem to have changed, but everyone didn't think about it, such a trivial matter is really not worth their serious attention.

With a bang, the door of the council hall slammed shut, and the ministers knew that this was a signal that the court meeting was about to begin, so everyone closed their mouths, and each returned to his usual position, trying to straighten up. At this time, one of the guards announced in a loud voice: "The court meeting has begun! His Majesty has arrived!"

All eyes cast their eyes on the empty chair in the center of the high platform, quietly waiting for the arrival of King Malves III. However, an unexpected scene appeared, and the Duke of Amberton strode to the throne surrounded by a group of guards, and a small discussion immediately resounded in the council chamber.

The Duke of Amberton came to the throne and stood still, four axemen to his right and left standing with their heads held high, their eyes shining with a cold chill in their eyes.

"What's going on?" asked the people around him in a whisper.

"I don't know, why is the Duke here, His Majesty?"

The Duke of Amberton swept his gaze over everyone's faces, and saw that everyone looked uncertain, and everyone's eyes wandered around, as if they wanted to learn from others what had happened.

The reaction of these people was already expected by the Duke and Sahain and the others, and the Duke took out a roll of parchment from his bosom in a hurry, and then slowly unfolded it and held it to his chest, and said at the same time in his mouth: "I am entrusted by His Majesty the King to announce to the ministers a decision of His Majesty. ”

There was a sudden rush of discussion in the crowd, and everyone was speculating about what had happened to His Majesty and why he had entrusted the Duke of Amberton instead of attending the court meeting. This Duke of Amberton rarely comes to court, so how could His Majesty entrust his affairs to him......

The Duke of Amberton cleared his throat and began to read: "The widow Marveis III, due to his poor health, is determined to recuperate in peace, during this period all the affairs of the court will be handled by the Duke of Amberton instead of the widow, and I hope that the ministers will actively cooperate to create the welfare of Hironis." Above!"

The king's decision was extremely brief, not even like a formal power of attorney, which surprised all the ministers, and this decision came too suddenly, yesterday the king was fine, why today he said that he was seriously ill, and even the decision-making power was entrusted to the Duke of Amberton.

Someone boldly asked, "Duke Amberton, I would like to ask, in what capacity do you act on behalf of the king?"

This sentence asked everyone's hearts, and the ministers were very concerned about what kind of capacity the Duke of Amberton was acting for the king, and if it was in the capacity of the prime minister, where should the current prime minister be? Sure enough, the current prime minister, the Marquis de Cluenn, had a gloomy face, as if someone owed him a large sum of money.

The Duke of Amberton smiled slightly and replied, "I will exercise power on behalf of the King in the capacity of Prime Minister Regent, this is the royal talisman granted to me by His Majesty the King, and this is the power of attorney from His Majesty the King. With that, the Duke of Amberton took out the royal talisman and the power of attorney and displayed them in front of everyone.

"What, Prime Minister Regent!" many people immediately exclaimed, this power is too great, almost equal to the king. Almost all the ministers could not believe their ears, what kind of illness did the king have, and he had to entrust the whole country to him, and the object of the entrustment was to people who had never participated much in the affairs of the court, which was really abnormal.

Several ministers who stood in front of them leaned over and carefully checked that the royal talisman was indeed genuine, and there was no problem with the large seal on the power of attorney, could it be that the king had really entrusted the entire country to the Duke of Amberton?

Several important ministers exchanged glances with each other, this matter came so suddenly, even if the king really wants to entrust the country, he should entrust it to the courtiers, how can he entrust it to a Duke of Amberton who does not ask about the government?

In the end, all eyes were on the Prime Minister, the Marquis de Clueen, who was the highest among the important ministers, and who was very old in his qualifications, so it was most fitting for him to speak at this time.

The Prime Minister, the Marquis de Cluenn, saw that everyone was pinning their hopes on him, so he stood up and asked in a loud voice: "Your Excellency, we feel that this matter is really sudden, and we cannot be sure that this is the meaning of His Majesty the King himself, please take us to visit Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty confirms it personally, we will obey the leadership of His Majesty." ”

"Do you have any suspicions about Your Majesty? This royal talisman is not fake! You are openly flouting Your Majesty's authority!" the Duke of Amberton gave him a big hat as soon as he opened his mouth.

"This ......" The Marquis de Cluen did not expect the Duke to put a hat on himself as soon as he came up, which made him lose his words for a moment and did not know how to refute.

However, the Count of Malloway, a close confidant of the Marquis of Cruen, is not so easy to mess with, the Marquis of Cruen is a good man, but he is not, I saw the Count of Mlouen walking out of the crowd and pointing at the Duke and shouting: "We are absolutely loyal to His Majesty the King, you are the one who came out of nowhere, and you dare to falsely spread His Majesty's orders, guards, arrest him!"

With Mloway's shouts, the guards did act, only to see the guards rudely push away the crowd and hug up. Malloway was secretly smug, who would have expected that the target of the guards was not the Duke of Amberton, but himself. Several guards rushed to Malloway's side, grabbed his two arms and twisted them back, screaming in pain, and then the guards pushed him to the ground.

The Duke of Amberton sneered and said loudly: "This person has openly disobeyed the king's order, which is really a heinous crime, put him in custody first!" Several guards set up Malloy and walked out, and the ministers immediately turned pale with fright.

At this time, the Marquis of Cruon himself could not speak, he stopped in front of the guards and said: "Wait! Duke Amberton, what right do you have to arrest the minister at will? I will never allow this to happen!"

The Duke of Amberton waved his hand, and saw that the guards immediately drew their swords one after another, pointing directly at the ministers, looking like they were about to kill people at any time. These ministers were psychologically unprepared, and they thought it was an ordinary court meeting, but they did not expect such an astonishing change to occur, and many people only felt that their legs were weak, and they were almost about to sit on the ground.

(End of chapter)