The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1495 Nonsense
Lakshmi Payi pulled Anna aside and asked in a low voice.

"Are you married?"

"Not yet."

Anna replied softly, blushing.

"Oh, don't you Europeans get married early? I wanted to ask you something."

"Not necessarily. Besides, doctrine requires us to remain chaste before marriage. Usually, it is taught by the nuns before marriage. If you want to know more, I can ask someone to teach you. If you want to know more, I can also send you to the anatomy laboratory at the university."

Anna started talking nonsense seriously, scaring Lakshmi Payi so much that she stepped back and asked weakly.

"Anatomy?"

"Well, it means cutting a person open and observing their structure."

Lakshmi Payi asked, swallowing.

"Can that person still live?"

"Of course it's the dead."

"Well, have they committed a serious crime?"

"Well, some of them are executed prisoners. But most of them are purchased bodies."

"You guys are still buying corpses." Lakshmi Payi muttered, "Why don't you just dig them up from the graves?"

"That's corpse snatching. It's a serious crime in the Austrian Empire, punishable by three years of hard labor."

"Oh, then let's not go. It's scary."

"Jancy, aren't you the bravest?"

Lakshmi Payi's face turned red, she was very scared, but she didn't want to admit defeat.

"If you don't want to go to medical school and you want to learn more, I can also help you find some men."

Lakshmi Payi was immediately frightened and waved her hands quickly.

"I'm just asking. I'm just asking."

Anna continued with a smirk.

"I think my elder brother is very good. He can definitely make you obedient."

At this time, Lakshmi Payi finally realized that she was being led by the other party, and shouted in embarrassment.

"How did you become so evil?"

The two girls started chasing and tickling each other.

A quarter of an hour later, both of them were so tired that they lay down on the lawn.

Baroness Ellette immediately rushed over with her men, preparing to lay a layer of cloth on the lawn to prevent the Grand Duchess's skirt from getting further soiled or from being scratched by grass stems.

"Grand Duchess, please allow us to do this for you"

"No. Thank you, Sister Ellette."

"As you command. Please let me know if you need anything."

Baroness Ellette stood aside with a group of palace servants.

Lakshmi Payi was not used to being looked at like this. She tried to get up but was hugged by Anna again, and they both fell to the lawn again.

This time it was Anna's turn to ask the first question.

"How is your country doing? Did you save him?"

Lakshmi Payi stared at the sky blankly and did not answer for a long time.

"That was not an easy thing to do, and it was not something I could do alone. Many people in my hometown had tried to resist the rule of the East India Company, but they all failed. Some of their bodies were nailed to the cross as a warning to others, and some of their bodies were thrown on the roadside for wild animals to eat.

But everyone did not give up the resistance. I felt that there was someone who could lead us to victory, but that person lacked enough courage and only wanted to preserve his current life.

Although the prince was willing, he was too old and frail to do anything.

Can you help us?"

Anna also looked up at the sky.

"I sympathize with you, but this is not something I can decide. You should talk to my brother about national affairs. However, we have an armistice agreement with Britain. If my brother agrees, I can raise some money for you."

Lakshmi Payi didn't like this watertight answer, but as someone who was born in the East, she felt more deeply about the superiority of men over women. She was obviously no worse than others, but just because she was born a girl she could only be an unimportant chess piece to be moved around by others.

The breeze blew and the grass rustled.

The two people were looking at the same sky, but thinking about different things.

In the Hofburg Palace, Franz was tapping the tabletop in annoyance.

Commander-in-chief of the Austrian Imperial Secret Police, current leader of the Violet Knights, Executive Director of the Imperial Supervisory Committee, Director of the Imperial Central Intelligence Agency, Grand Master of the Imperial Order of Truth, and General Manager of the Dark Moon Troupe.

These ruthless characters who were feared in the Austrian Empire were now lowering their heads, holding their breath, and preparing to meet the emperor's wrath.

Finally, Franz gently put down his pen and spoke in a calm and cold tone.

"Kill those who should be killed, and arrest those who should be arrested."

Eisendorf, the commander-in-chief of the Austrian Imperial Secret Police, pointed to the three people at the front of the list and said.

"Your Majesty, you just commended them. And the entire Western Bosnia region is the most prosperous under the rule of the three of them. They really paid a lot for the construction of the railway.

Without their efforts, the railway in western Bosnia would probably not be open to traffic now.”

Franz looked up and glanced into Eisendorff's eyes. The latter immediately felt the chill and quickly explained.

"Your Majesty, they are all outstanding talents of our country. Can we use them for a few years first, and then catch them all in one fell swoop?

This way we can utilize their talents without causing damage to the empire."

Everyone felt that what Eisendorff said made a lot of sense. After all, the officials of the Austrian Empire were really nervous right now, especially since there were fewer talented officials like him.

Moreover, if a large-scale purge of officials were carried out at this time, it would inevitably cause psychological pressure on other officials and even cause panic in the entire officialdom.

"They used their talents and made a fortune, and the empire did not suffer any loss. So who suffered the loss?"

Faced with Franz's question, Eisendorff didn't know how to answer for a moment, and the others were also confused, even though everyone had clearly won.

"Let me tell you. The people are the ones who have suffered losses, and the reputation of the country and the royal family is lost. These guys are really talented. It's not as simple as talking about opening up a mountain and building a road.

I also want to believe that they were once a group of remarkable people, and I am grateful for their contributions to the empire.

But what you call prosperity is nothing but a false appearance under the monopoly of these few families.

In one city, the chiefs of 24 departments all came from the same family. Even the Habsburg family had never done this.

These people were indeed very capable, but they were also good at amassing wealth. They collected more taxes than the country did, and the locals even had to perform corvée labor for them.

These shameless guys even dared to release Hungarian war criminals in private in exchange for money. What else would they not dare to do?

I have rewarded them for their merits, and now they should be held accountable for the crimes they have committed."

In fact, when Franz first heard this news, he just thought it was a joke and a malicious slander.

However, as Franz brought in more and more intelligence, after repeated comparisons among multiple departments, he sent out a separate team to confirm it.

The fact is that the best of the passionate young people promoted by Franz himself were not the capable officials that Franz imagined.

His shamelessness is so shameless that even the corrupt officials would be ashamed of themselves, and his audacity is so reckless that even the rebels are ashamed of themselves.

(End of this chapter)