Volume 2: Empire Chapter 21 Raising a Thief
Yomington did not dare to discuss this matter with Luke in detail, but asked: "What can you get from helping Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Chief Inspector this time?"
Luke smiled and said, "Prime Minister Gabriel is good at getting along with everyone and is very good at dealing with people. You should learn from him. If the turmoil in the palace can be calmed down, the princess will not be the same princess as before. She will have to fight for the seat above even if she doesn't want to.
I've given you such a good position, do you still want to be loyal to the Prime Minister? Don't put your own and your family's future in one basket... Her Royal Highness the Princess and I both need talents like you very much.
I'll give you a chance to show your abilities. Sandpaper, Kestrel and three sisters are in the hands of the Cross. Bring them out to me."
Luke's words made Yomington feel uneasy.
He knew that the chief inspector had appointed him as the commissioner of the Nutao City 's office in order to win him over. But he was personally promoted by Prime Minister Gabriel, and being appointed as the Prime Minister's staff officer was a sign of trust.
Before taking office as the commissioner, Prime Minister Gabriel had a long talk with me. This position is very important, and I must occupy this pit, but I must not follow the meteorite.
However, the fact that the Prime Minister, who originally seemed to be capable and capable, performed so powerless in this court struggle shows that the royal family members who are qualified to compete for the throne are the future.
Moreover, how many prime ministers of an empire in history could have a good start and a good end?
Yomington was a little shaken, but finally said: "Thank you for the Chief Inspector's favor to me, but the Prime Minister trusts me very much. As a think tank staff, I can't be as smooth as a politician.
I will convey your words to Lord Gabriel, and the Prime Minister will make the decision.
As for the three girls... they are related to the Crusader Project of the Cross and the Eternal Life Mystic Project, and even Lord Gabriel cannot make the decision. I will pay more attention to them and try to take care of them."
Luke knew that he couldn't rush to get Yomington to join him. Anyway, the person was already in his bowl, so he could slowly persuade him and eat him.
As for the secret project of eternal life revealed by Yomington.
The restart of this esoteric research was a bit early. It seems that changing the plot put too much pressure on Emperor Augustine, causing him to reveal his desire to prolong his life ahead of time.
The emperor who had always been strong finally bowed his head...
"I'll leave the matter of those girls to you. Go back and see Prime Minister .
I will inform Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and relieve some of the pressure on the cabinet."
Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Yomington stood up, said goodbye to Luke, and left in a hurry.
At the home of the Prime Minister of the Empire, the visiting Yomington was immediately summoned by Gabriel.
Drive away all the bystanders and activate the barrier in the room.
Prime Minister Gabriel listened carefully to the news brought by Yomington.
"Meteor is really brave!" After hearing this, Prime Minister Gabriel exclaimed: "Forcing the Grand Duke of Celtic to rebel... This is gambling with the fate of the empire and pushing Her Royal Highness the Princess to the throne."
Yomington was already soaked by now, and the excitement, nervousness, and fear...made his voice tremble.
"Master Prime Minister. From what Yunxing did in Nutao City, it can be seen that he was trying to push Her Royal Highness the Princess to compete for the throne, which must have violated Her Royal Highness's original intention of sending him to Nutao City.
If they can force the Celtic Grand Duke to rebel this time, in the war to suppress the rebellion, with the means of the Secret Service and the money of the City of Raging Tide, the eldest princess will surely make outstanding contributions with the assistance of Meteorite.
At that time, when His Majesty is summoned by the gods, even if he does not appoint the Princess as the crown prince... who can sit firmly on the throne?"
Prime Minister Gabriel nodded in agreement.
"Meteorite is very loyal to Her Royal Highness the Princess! In order to protect Her Royal Highness, he dares to tear the empire apart."
At this time, Yomington whispered, "Master Prime Minister... When I was the commissioner of the Nutao City Office in Saint Lun City, I often went to No. 236 Copper Mulberry Avenue to handle affairs. When chatting with those imperial spies, I learned that Meteorite has a deeper relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"What's the relationship?" Gabriel asked hurriedly.
"Secret lover!"
Gabriel immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense without evidence. Do you know the consequences?"
"I'm sorry, Prime Minister. I was not sure, so I didn't report it to you. The imperial spy who revealed the news to me was called Pisco, and he was not very smart! I hope that it did not affect your judgment of the situation in the court."
Gabriel thought for a moment and said, "If it's true, it can explain why Meteorite is not so enthusiastic about your Majesty's marriage. Before Princess Dale disappeared, your Majesty had been waiting for him to swear allegiance."
Yomington asked, " Does this mean that Princess Dale's disappearance has nothing to do with the eldest princess?"
"We can't come to that conclusion yet, and Princess Dale is no longer important. What's important now is how to force the Celtic Grand Duke to rebel and transfer all the conflicts in the imperial court away."
"You promised Meteorite?"
"If the relationship between Meteorite and the Princess is really as you said, even if Your Majesty offers him my position as Prime Minister, he probably won't be interested. He wants to play a big game with the fate of the empire, so we will play along.
It is still unclear who will be the biggest winner.”
Yominton understood what Gabriel meant.
The Celtic Grand Duke represented the old nobles of the empire. Once the civil war started, the new nobles would gather around like sharks smelling blood. If they wanted to have a good position at this feast, they had to serve Gabriel, the chief minister of the empire.
As the power of the royal family and the old nobility was consumed, the new nobility could take the opportunity to enter various areas of the empire, including the army that had always been controlled by Augustine the Great.
If the eldest princess' power grows, the emperor of the empire will have to rely more on the new nobles to consolidate his power.
The saying "raising a thief brings prosperity to oneself" also applies to the palace.
But can Prime Minister Gabriel achieve his goal?
Yomington couldn't help but raise questions in his mind, but that was not what he should say.
Gabriel agreed to Luke's solution to the court struggle, and the details were gradually perfected through Yominton's communication.
At a cabinet meeting in the palace, several cabinet ministers once again jointly proposed to impeach the eldest princess and produced a large amount of facts to prove the indulgence of the Imperial Secret Service.
"Your Majesty!" A minister shouted without caring about his manners, "The Imperial Secret Service has used the excuse of investigating the assassination of Princess Dai'er as an excuse to frame and arrest innocent officials in the imperial capital, causing many departments to have difficulty operating.
But Her Royal Highness the Princess did not find Princess Daier. I think her search for Princess Daier was fake, and she was really taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. I ask Your Majesty to treat your subjects fairly, revoke all the Princess's positions, and transfer her to the Imperial Court for trial!"
The proposals to impeach the eldest princess were collected by the eunuchs and placed before Emperor Augustine.
Augustine didn't look.
These days, every time there was a cabinet meeting, someone would submit something like this, and he had already memorized the contents.
But can Agatha be investigated?
East: The Watcher launched a war of restoration within the Rio Republic. The Imperial Navy has ordered a batch of "Unit-01" class full metal battleships in Fury City, and wants to use this opportunity to gain a few decades of maritime superiority.
North: The border of the empire has never been peaceful, and the fortified border line is a money-eating beast.
South: The Celtic Duke is increasingly resentful of the Empire. As the most accomplished emperor of the Empire, he can only live up to his current title by destroying these kingdoms within kingdoms.
The West: There are hereditary territories of nobles and non-human tribes everywhere, and the endless bandit gangs have always been a headache for the empire.
Before the incident in Raging Waves City, Emperor Augustine was very ambitious.
Kick Rio, pacify the hereditary territories in the south and solve the historical problems of the empire. After pacifying the banditry in the west, we can concentrate the power of the entire empire to teach the century-old enemy a lesson in the north.
The Empire is now more powerful than ever.
At this time, Nutao City must not be in chaos. If it is in chaos, the empire's economic chain will be in trouble and it will be difficult to maintain a huge army.
Emperor Augustine looked at Agatha who was sitting on his right, and thought to himself: Why did you choose to take the City of Rage at this time!
"Agatha!" Augustine finally responded to the accusations: "I have always defended you because you are my daughter. I hope you can recognize your mistakes and not embarrass me in front of the ministers of the empire.
I do not wish to send you to the Imperial Court, so you must explain these matters here yourself."
Augustine the Great tapped his fingers on the impeachment proposals and stared at Agatha. He had sent someone to hint to his daughter that if she offered to resign, she could keep the title of the eldest princess.
Without Agatha's power, the City of Raging Waves would lose the support of the palace, and those who served the eldest princess would naturally disintegrate.
Agatha looked back at Augustine, without a trace of concession in her eyes. If she retreated today, all her efforts for the empire would soon disappear. No one knew the current situation of the empire better than her, and no one knew the situation of Raging Wave City better than her.
No one can control the meteorites. He will really smash the Raging Waves City to pieces. He also has the ability to do so.
Then, the empire was over.
"Your Majesty... The duty of the Imperial Secret Service is to protect the safety of the Empire. Everyone I arrested deserved it. They may have nothing to do with Dale's attack. It's just that the Imperial Secret Service found evidence of their crimes while investigating the case.
If anyone thinks I am guilty, please produce evidence. If there is no evidence, please don't waste time at the Royal Cabinet meeting.
Aren’t we supposed to care about Princess Dale?
All the members of the Secret Service are looking for her day and night, while some people are busy impeaching me. What are they trying to do? What is their intention! "
Agatha's response sparked Augustine's anger.
He slammed the table. "Agatha!"
At this time, Prime Minister Gabriel, who was sitting on the left, quickly said, "Your Majesty, please calm down... The eldest princess and Princess Dai'er have a very good relationship. She did some extraordinary things in order to find Princess Dai'er as soon as possible..."
Emperor Augustine turned to look at Gabriel, as if trying to determine whether he was fake.
The others also looked at Gabriel, wondering if the Prime Minister had taken the wrong medicine before going out today.
Emperor Augustine said, "It's very strange today. It seems that yours is not among the proposals to impeach Agatha?"
"That's because I have something more important to do..." Gabriel took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket: "General Filibazer on the southern front sent an urgent military intelligence this morning. There is a large-scale unknown military movement in the Tedega Hills."
"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Augustine was extremely surprised. He immediately took the paper and read it carefully, then handed it to Agatha: "Is there any news from the Secret Service?"
Agatha also wondered why Prime Minister Gabriel suddenly came up with such military intelligence at this time.
Looking at the information above, it is okay to say that military mobilization is okay; it is okay to say that barbarian tribes are migrating; it is also okay to say that a group of barbarians are hunting.
At this moment, she remembered the message Qingkong sent her a few days ago, telling herself not to push Gabriel too hard.
Did Meteorite reach some agreement with Gabriel?
The clever Agatha immediately figured out the meteor's intention.
How audacious! How audacious! How dare he do that!
If Yunxing told me his purpose, I would never agree to him gambling with the fate of the empire.
But things have come to this point, and Gabriel has taken the first step, which means that they have arranged everything.
Perhaps a conflict has been created in the south...
Meteor, the trouble you cause is getting bigger and bigger each time. What on earth do you want to do?
"Your Majesty, the Tedega Hills is the territory of the barbarians. The power of the Blade Brotherhood is very strong, and it is difficult for the Imperial Secret Service to effectively infiltrate there. But the Grand Duke Celtic has been strengthening the military strength of the Barbarian Legion. Now that the Empire has rarely used barbarians to fight foreign wars, this is a very abnormal military expansion. And..." Agatha paused and said, "The intelligence of the Secret Service confirmed that the Grand Duke Celtic has extremely close cooperation with the Temple of the Abyss. The Temple of the Abyss has a strong force in the imperial capital and is led by an Abyss Apostle.
The Secret Service investigated Tedejia Hill's business in the imperial capital because they suspected that the Abyss Temple was related to Dale's attack, but they have not found direct evidence yet. "
"Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Although Emperor Augustine blamed Agatha, there was no blame in his tone.
"Because this involves the Celtic Grand Duke. If this matter has nothing to do with the Grand Duke, my nonsense might cause a rift between the Empire and the hereditary nobles."
"The cracks have already existed!" Emperor Augustine said, "Looking back now... the biggest beneficiary of the attack on Dale was actually Celtic.
Fortunately, Gabriel discovered the clue in time."
Gabriel immediately said, "After Princess Dale was attacked, I thought that the mastermind of the incident might not be in the palace but in the south, so I specifically asked General Felibaze to pay more attention to the actions of the barbarians."
"Very good, very good, very good..." Augustine praised Gabriel and said to Agatha, "The Secret Service should immediately seal up all industries in the capital related to the Tedga Hills and make every effort to find and rescue Dale."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
“Gabriel, the cabinet will immediately formulate a military plan to deal with the rebellion in the south.
Issue an order...Summon Celtic to the imperial capital!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
