Duke Nick continued: "Your Majesty, the orcs are gathering their large army in the Ancro Mountains and will attack by the end of May at the latest, and we have less than 20,000 troops in the Anku Fortress, and at the same time, the northern barbarians are also preparing to move, because of the stupidity of the Marquis of Eden, the Coron Fortress is seriously underarmed, and the garrison there is not even 5,000!"

"At this time, a meeting of the dukes is convened..."

Rubot shook his head indifferently: "I will only let them stay in the imperial capital for one day, if there is no problem, let them get out of the way the next day, and the war with the orcs will not be delayed, and even if there are only 10,000 people in Anku Fortress, it can resist ten or a hundred times the orc troops, and the three hundred years from the establishment of the empire to the present have proved this fact!"

"But our enemies within the empire are always thinking about dragging me from the Golden Throne!"

Duke Nick was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, your rule is as solid as a rock, what makes you have such strange thoughts?"

"Ferrola, the daughter of the Puppet Emperor Barrett!" His Majesty the Emperor's eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Come on, Your Majesty, she's just a poor little girl, and she's long forgotten who she is. ”

"But some people don't forget..."

"Your Majesty!" Duke Nick interrupted Laubert, "you now own the entire Locke Empire, and Ferrora is just an ordinary woman waiting to be married, what are you worried about, what do you need to worry about?"

"But she married the heirs of the Cliff family in Karen City, and they are challenging my bottom line, have you forgotten how your brother died?"

"My brother died for honor, that's where he ends!" said Duke Nick, unconsciously rising from his seat.

"Come on, see how you react, fuck the honor. Laubert scoffed.

Duke Nick didn't like to be talked about his brother because he was the pain of his life, but when Emperor Laubert mentioned it, he could only remain silent and feign composure.

After Duke Nick calmed down, he sat down silently.

The two began to fall silent again.

This time, the two were silent for a long time.

They all get caught up in their own memories...

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Duke Nick spoke, and he said, "Ferrora is just an ordinary girl now!"

"No one from the Cliff family can marry her!" said Laubert.

"Are you worried about this?" said Duke Nick, "what do I see? I see that the Emperor of the Empire is afraid of an unarmed woman. ”

"She may be defenseless now, but in a few decades, her son will inherit Karen City, the reign of the most elite hoplite legion on the continent of Alan!" the Emperor's voice suddenly increased, his neck and face flushed with excitement.

"Your Majesty, she and her children will be loyal subjects of the Empire, and they will keep their ancient oath of eternal allegiance to the Danediv family," said Duke Nick. ”

"You're still so naïve, can you guarantee her and her children's loyalty?" said the Emperor noncommittally.

Duke Nick persuaded: "Your Majesty, that's your own niece, thirteen years ago she was just a little girl, a little girl who didn't know anything, her wedding should have received your blessings, and you, but you, are here to accuse her, accuse maybe it won't happen at all, you are her elder, the ruler of the empire!"

"You just said I was stingy!" Laubert wouldn't change his mind, "His father has long since been expelled from the Danediv family, and she's not my niece!"

Duke Nick was stunned, he looked at Laubert seriously, at the object of his sworn allegiance, "Your Majesty, I still say the same thing, if you have a plan, you should tell your prime minister, instead of plotting secretly, this is not beneficial to the empire!"

"My brother, how could you have such an idea!" Laughbott looked at Duke Nick as well, "Do you doubt my trust in you? ”

"Your Majesty!" Duke Nick's voice suddenly increased.

"Alright, my brother, don't hurt our friendship for this kind of thing again!" Laubert frowned, "I won't change my mind, and if you have any doubts about Gus El, let him step down from his position as director after this meeting of the six dukes... He's also at retirement age!"

"As for Ferrola, her question will be discussed later..."The Emperor looked at Duke Nick, who still wanted to continue talking, and added in a tone of no questioning: "This is my bottom line, my brother, you can no longer question the Emperor's decision!"

Duke Nick sighed secretly and said respectfully: "Since this is the case, then let's do it first, but I will reserve the right of the cabinet to investigate." ”

"That's your business!" Emperor Laubert closed his eyes again, pretending to sleep.

......

......

Pedi waited in the reception room of the Prime Minister's Office for nearly an hour before his father, Duke Nick, returned.

However, Duke Nick did not receive him first, but first dealt with the emergencies that had piled up in the past few hours before asking his assistant Kerman to inform Pedy.

And that's nearly an hour later.

Pei Di had already prepared, and the perennial paladin cultivation could effectively calm his irritable mood.

At half past three in the afternoon, Pedi met his father as he wished.

He didn't hesitate, immediately took out the file bag that Sean had given him, and truthfully told his father everything Sean had told him.

"What an accident!" Duke Nick was clearly uninterested in the portfolio, referring to Gus El's identity.

After the Duke said this, he was gone.

He leaned forward slightly, his eyes closed, his hands gently squeezing his sockets.

Duke Nick was visibly tired.

Pedi looked at his father a little surprised, he thought that this news should be extremely important to the entire empire, but his father, who was the prime minister of the empire, was indifferent to it.

Pedi recalls Sean's reminder that Gus El has the support of His Majesty the Emperor or the Cabinet.

Is this true?

Father already knew about this?

Duke Nick naturally didn't know what his youngest son was thinking, and he was thinking back to the conversation he had just had with the Emperor.

From His Majesty's tone and tone, Duke Nick could feel that His Majesty the Emperor had great trust in Gus El, at least, no one could break this trust at the moment, unless there was really ironclad evidence in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Father?" Pedi couldn't help but break the silence, he didn't want to think about it anymore.