Chapter 809 (1/2)
”Our... Lord Byrne is really aboveboard and concerned about the country and the people...”
The imperial capital, Golovin, the heavenly palace.
In the side hall next to the Royal cabinet, metterne Leopold, the seal minister holding a wine cup, looked at the letter paper just sent by the messenger on the table and sent from Byrne to the whole empire with sharp eyes. His wrinkled face showed an expression of crying and laughing, and kept shaking his head:
”I really want to know whether he knows what kind of turmoil and destruction his letter will cause in the Empire?”
”Of course he knows, and maybe even that's why he did it.” former chief justice Victor Hughes snorted coldly. He stared at the letter with a frosty face:
”It's his consistent style to break the inherent situation, destroy the original balance and take a shudder from the fire...”
Looking at Victor Hughes, who was secretly gnashing his teeth and trying to be calm, a smile of vicissitudes appeared on the face of the seal minister.
It is not easy for Victor, who has been disturbed by the Royal trial and even had to overturn the case for the enemy himself, to forgive this ”former wizard consultant”.
But Victor's advantage is that he doesn't put his personal emotions into his work, which is an important reason why he can become a former justice... Or he will consult him.
Loren Turin caught the Empire off guard - more importantly, let the heavenly palace and the church start to face the consequences of this matter every time they are not prepared!
The enemy of the Empire was actually the pawn of the evil god, and the Empire didn't notice it from beginning to end. The reaction was so slow that a powerful principality was on the verge of extinction
What will the Archduke of each principality think? Will they think that the Empire has no strength to protect them?!
The bishop of the great eboden church, once the hottest servant under the Holy Cross, is actually the running dog and apostle of the evil god, with his hands covered with blood
What will the believers of the Holy Cross in the whole empire think, and will their beliefs be shaken?!
The ”guangweizheng” Duke Byrne didn't consider these at all. As an imperial vassal, he didn't even ask the emperor's own opinion. He publicly announced such important news to the whole territory, which immediately put the heavenly palace into such a passive dilemma.
”If it had been before, I would immediately suggest that your majesty arrest the vassal who leaked such important information on the charges of rebellion and treason, and directly take the most powerful means to supervise his fiefdom, so as to deter other principalities.”
Victor, with a stiff expression, narrowed his cold eyes gently: ”but...”
”But this time, we can't do that.” mettner sighed and took his words with a light sip of wine: ”not only that, because the Principality of Bain solved the enemy with the fastest speed and minimized the losses caused by the evil god apostle.”
”The Empire cannot arrest or convict a hero; moreover, we have to reward and reuse him - only in this way can it prove that his majesty Eckhardt II is right to restore the unity of Byrne and make Loren Turin Duke.”
”Otherwise, your majesty will slap himself in the face!”
With a low sigh, metterne raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Justice Victor also fell into silence, gently picked up the letter and looked at it.
”Your expression looks tangled... There's a problem?”
Mettner's eyes were extremely sharp.
”Nothing, just some doubts.” Victor shook his head. ”There is no doubt that Loren Turin took advantage of his power as Duke Byrne and his favorable situation in Boye, which caught us off guard; we had to face such a serious problem immediately and had no time to take into account his other actions.”
”But...” he filled himself with a glass again. The seal minister knew that this was not what he wanted to say.
”Doesn't it explain some problems that he can seize the opportunity so easily?” Victor asked in a calm voice: ”in the face of such a dangerous enemy and severe situation, the former cabinet and even the whole Parliament thought of covering up and delaying the problem rather than solving it.”
”I admit that the Empire needs to solve many more problems than a principality, but the strength of the empire is also much stronger than a principality; this time, if the empire can act immediately, it must be much faster than Bain.”
”We have an unparalleled Legion and an invincible dragon. The results of his highness Brandon's visit are enough to prove that even if it is mainly infantry, the Legion's breakthrough speed is not inferior; at the same time, the dragon can quickly enter the battlefield and form a strong combat effectiveness alone!”
”Why are we so passive that we have to accept the result we least want to see?”
Victor's voice was deeply helpless, even if he didn't deliberately show it.
In the leisurely side hall, they fell into some silence again.
”Times have changed, and the situation will change.” mettner's low voice sounded again: ”what we are about to face is no longer an empire with balanced forces under the emperor at the peak of twelve generations.”
”New forces are going to rise, and old forces are facing challenges; the threat from the north, the unrest in neighboring countries, potential enemies and internal hidden dangers all make the original balance no longer exist.” the seal minister said faintly:
”At this time, it is more dangerous than at the beginning of the establishment of the Empire, because we have to fight not only the enemy, but also our malicious and mercenary allies, and sometimes... But also ourselves.”
After a moment of hesitation, Victor gently put down the letter.
”So, in such disputes between the parties...” the voice of the chief justice was a little decadent: ”power and strength are the top priority. The law is irrelevant. Does it matter if it becomes a dead letter?”
”On the contrary!”
Mettner suddenly interrupted him, ”pa!” pressed the glass on the table: ”the more this time, the more someone needs to stand up and maintain the most basic legal principle! The more volatile the situation, the more it is necessary to formulate some rules.”
”Even if it's just superficial, pretending, or even relying on hidden rules... It's very important; otherwise the Empire built by the twelve generations will be doomed overnight!”
”Stabilize the situation and watch it change... That's what we have to do and what we can do.” the seal minister's expression was extremely dignified and looked at Victor four eyes:
”His majesty Eckhart, who trusts us so much, wants us to do it!”
Victor Hughes nodded slightly, but his expression was a little unwilling.