Quadruple split.

Chapter 654 Before the Banquet (II)

PM18: 01
Chauvin Empire, King's capital Troon, Tula Palace

"so"

The emperor William Bohe lay on the easy chair with his eyes closed, and asked a little tiredly: "Not only is there no problem with our sinner, he even anticipated the intervention of the Griffin Dynasty in advance, allowing us to avoid a nearly The disaster of destroying the country, right?"

Grand Duke Jude Fossey, who was sitting opposite him, blew a smoke ring, then smiled helplessly, and spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you come to this conclusion yourself half a month ago?"

William shrugged, nodded and said, "You're right, Jude, if it weren't for this, I wouldn't have listened to Arthur's suggestion and promoted Mo to the hereditary earl, huh, if I remember correctly, the last one You should be the one who has made such achievements at his age, right?"

"You are right, Your Majesty."

Grand Duke Fusai chuckled, and extinguished the cigarette between his fingers: "And the situation at that time was also that you advised the late emperor, but the difference between the two is that although His Highness Arthur is as good as you back then, , but I am no match for that criminal."

William raised his eyebrows: "But you can always find a chance to let me leave the palace. I still remember the first time you brought me to the palace."

"Ahem, I'm sorry I don't remember what happened when we went."

Grand Duke Fossai touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment, and said with vacant eyes: "I only remember that I was beaten by my father afterwards and couldn't get out of bed for three days."

William lazily opened his eyes, curled his lips and said, "It's what you deserve, why did you insist that you forced me to go? Everyone knows what's going on."

Fossey rolled his eyes: "You don't understand this, it's because everyone knows that I take the responsibility on myself so that His Majesty and my father will appreciate me more, er, although there is a little omission That's it."

"Which point?"

William tilted his head and looked at his old friend with interest.

The latter sighed: "My lord father is really ruthless."

"Haha, hahahaha~"

"Hahaha~"

The two burst out into hearty laughter at the same time, and the slightly gloomy atmosphere before was instantly swept away.

half an hour later
"But I still feel a little uneasy."

William suppressed his smile, lightly rubbed his forehead and said in a deep voice, "Maybe it's because I suspected too much before, or maybe it's because Mo Shi is too good. I always have a very unreal feeling."

Grand Duke Fosai frowned: "Have you found anything from the Seventh Army?"

"It can't be said that there is nothing there, but it is not different from the conclusion we obtained from the previous evidence."

William casually picked up a piece of parchment from the low table next to him, and said softly: "First of all, what can be confirmed is that during the period when Mo took control of your private army, he did indeed issue a large number of extremely cruel and cruel orders. Even the order against humanity, on this point, all the investigation results are indistinguishable, and it can basically be regarded as completely true."

Grand Duke Fossai stared at the burning fireplace next to him, and after a while he sighed: "Nearly ten thousand innocent lives! To be honest, based on what I've known about Mo in the past six months, he doesn't seem like the kind who can do that." People who do such inhumane things."

"But he did."

William leaned back in his chair wearily, and said in a deep voice: "Not counting the rebels, there are a total of more than [-] innocent lives. This is the content of the title page of the Seventh Army's report, written in red ink."

Fossey was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "I can only say that I was wrong."

"No, maybe you didn't miss it."

William unexpectedly expressed his denial, and then looked down at the parchment in his hand with a complicated expression: "According to the various researches of the Seventh Army, the sinner noticed that the strange movements of the rebels seemed to be similar to Griffin's." Before the dynasty was connected, his marching strategy was very gentle. He even distributed the food reserves to the civilians during the execution of the battle plan. Avoid disturbing those ordinary people as much as possible, and those people are also the people of Kangdaland."

Duke Fossey was slightly taken aback: "Why haven't I heard this news?"

"Because someone deliberately covered up this information."

William replied calmly.

Fossey's pupils shrank suddenly: "Who?!"

"The guilty man himself."

"what!?"

"That's right, it was the gag order issued by the sinner himself."

Emperor William lightly poked the parchment in his hand twice, and said indifferently: "This testimony was asked by the commissioner of the Seventh Army from the mouth of the high-ranking ranger Willow Coffin, yes, it is your private army One of the two persons in charge, and the other high-ranking knight, Varese Karel, also confessed to the matter after the commissioner presented the testimony of Ms. Willow, in addition."

Fossey's complexion was a little ugly: "What else?"

"In addition, there is another point that was deliberately covered up by the sinner."

William threw the parchment into the fireplace, and said softly: "At that time, after Mo judged that the Kangda rebels might have colluded with the Griffin dynasty, he, Willow, and Varez were in Prince Bartello's There was a discussion in the town of Resles, the core of which was the next mode of action. In this process, the person who first proposed to silence was not the culprit. To be precise, it was not just the culprit."

Grand Duke Fossai did not speak, but lighted another cigarette with some headaches.

"The idea of ​​silence was thought of by the Lord of Sin, the high-level ranger Willow Coffin, and the high-level knight Varese Karel at the same time."

William waved away the second-hand smoke made by his friend, and shrugged: "But the culprit made everyone think that that order, and even the countless inhumane orders in the future, were issued by him alone. As an aristocrat who has a good personal relationship with Garros and Arthur, he can bear the consequences more than others."

Fossey frowned complicatedly: "In other words, those orders are not because he is cruel by nature, but because he is helpless?"

"That's right, that's my final conclusion, there's nothing I can do about it."

Suffering from second-hand smoke, Emperor William finally lit a cigarette for himself in desperation, took a puff unskillfully, and then said in a deep voice: "If he wasn't the object of our serious suspicion earlier, this matter would have already happened." It can be explained clearly, because the situation is actually very simple. If the absolute stealth action cannot be guaranteed, the crime lord's troops whose number is judged to be specific will certainly not be able to attract the attention of the rebels, and it is even more impossible to create an attack on you and the main force led by Arthur. Opportunities, that would lead to a significant extension of the war situation, the Griffin dynasty would calmly intervene, and a war between countries would break out, and once a war breaks out, there is at least a [-]% chance that we will be swallowed by Griffin."

Fossey sighed, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Seven thousand innocent lives and the disaster of subjugation of the country, is it really a simple and easy-to-understand arithmetic problem?"

"So I decided not to doubt the culprit anymore, at least after this conversation between you and me, I will never doubt him again." William stood up, walked to the window and looked at the place where the starlight had not shone for a long time. Ye Kong smiled and said, "As for his talent that I can't let go of until now, and his almost non-existent ambition inversely proportional to it, let's use Arthur's phrase 'character dictates' to explain it."

Naturally, Fossey would not continue to sit after the emperor got up, so he quickly stood up and walked behind William, hesitatingly said: "But didn't that Mr. Astor say?"

"Mr. Astor shared my views after the previous counter-insurgency war."

William shrugged and smiled: "He will have a meeting with us later."

"A meeting with us?!"

Fossey's eyes widened in shock, and he exclaimed, "But Mr. Astor wasn't there all the time."

There was a knock on the door, and the Queen's soft voice came from the front hall: "Your Majesty, Jude, everyone has arrived."

"Okay honey, we're coming."

William first responded loudly, and then patted Grand Duke Forsai on the shoulder: "You will know soon."

After finishing speaking, he led the confused latter out together, and greeted the invitees at the door together with the queen and duchess who were waiting outside the main hall.

Marquis Robert Diggory and his wife, the head of the Chauvin Empire's main department of intelligence, as well as their son Cedric and his female companion Cassana Isabella.

Chief Inspectorate Lord Moody Burke and his wife.

Duke Bart Gallows, head of the Hurricane Mages.

Captain of the Knights of the Tsar's Sword, Imperial Marshal Galahat Wadelstein.

Marquis Nafario Clemente and his wife.

Marquis Miranda Fisher.

Lord Perkins Fred.

Lord Will McBride.

Imperial Prince Arthur Bohe.

And
Mo, who had just been canonized as a hereditary earl, and his female companion Ji prayed.

"Haha, it's been a long time since it was so lively. I have a hunch that today's dinner will be very enjoyable."

The emperor William Bohe smiled at the core of the empire in front of him and winked, and after everyone saluted, he laughed teasingly at the only son of Marquess Diggory, Cedric: "And today seems to be the first time that little Seid has brought The day when the female companion attends a formal occasion."

The only female nobleman present, Marquis Mirada Fischer, smiled narrowly.

Cedric, on the other hand, waved his hands blushingly, and said hesitantly, "Well, Your Majesty, I think you must have misunderstood. Although I did invite Isabella to join us today, there is no uh between us."

Marquis Diggory poked him covertly and heavily, and said in a low voice, "Listen, Seid, your explanation will make Miss Isabella very ugly."

"I mean, although I have tried hard, the current limit is that Isabella agrees to come to the banquet with me, um, and it is very likely that she is only willing to show favor because she admires His Majesty and His Highness the Queen very much."

Cedric's reaction was also extremely fast, and he immediately made a powerful supplement to his gaffe just now.

As for Cassana next to her, she was already blushing so hard that she couldn't lift her head up, but her lowered eyes would occasionally glance at a newly promoted earl standing outside, her thoughts clearly revealed.

How can these experienced people present not see it, but everyone headed by Emperor William chose to see through it without telling the truth, and changed the topic after a haha.

On the contrary, Arthur quietly approached Mo Tan, gave him a narrow look, and was returned with a hidden white eye by the latter.

Then, after a short greeting
"Although the chefs have almost prepared, but"

The queen coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "There is still a little time before the dinner party. Is there any lady who is willing to practice crafts with me and give the gentlemen a surprise?"

Mrs. Burke immediately stepped forward and raised her skirt to the queen: "I am happy to help, my dear Highness."

"And us."

Mrs. Forsyth, Mrs. Clement and Mrs. Diggory also walked over with smiles.

"I can't, Fisher's family cooking skills can only scare the gentlemen."

Marquis Miranda Fisher waved his hand with a wry smile, then patted Kassanna Isabella who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "Dear Isabella, are you willing to take my place to everyone? Do you want to fight?"

"ah!"

The latter was startled at first, and then immediately nodded with a red face and said, "I'm so happy!"

Then trotted over to Mrs. Diggory.

"And you, little Seid."

Marquis Miranda pushed Cedric again, raised his eyebrows and said, "Go and help with physical work."

How could the latter not understand the meaning of the latter's words, and immediately walked over quickly, and shrugged secretly at Arthur and Mo in the process.

"I want to help with physical work too!"

Arthur smiled and volunteered.

"It's a pity that your talent in cooking is inherited from your father, my dear."

The queen smiled gently, signaling Arthur not to make trouble.

"Are you expecting a surprise?"

Ji Xiaodao turned his head and blinked at Mo, smiling like a flower.

"of course."

The latter gave an affirmative answer without thinking.

So Ji Xiaodao let go of the other's arm, made a face at Mo, and then quickly ran to the group of ladies around the queen.

"I really envy you, Lord Guilty."

Marquis Miranda Fisher appeared next to Mo at some point, covered her mouth with a chuckle and said, "You are the most popular man I have seen in the past twenty years."

Mo smiled embarrassingly, but did not answer.

Arthur beside him asked curiously, "Who was the most popular man among ladies twenty years ago?"

"It is your father, Your Highness."

Miranda, who was over forty but looked as if she was in her early thirties, winked at him and said in a low voice, "You can never imagine how many fanatical followers His Majesty William had back then, and you can't even imagine that he decided to marry your mother. How many girls cried and soaked how many pillows when

Arthur chuckled: "Then how many pillows have you wet from crying?"

"I?"

Marquis Miranda made a face at Arthur: "I didn't cry."

"You are so strong."

"It's okay, after all, I'm the one who brought the two of them together~"

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Six hundredth Chapter 17: Final

(End of this chapter)