Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 710 Imperial Regent
Outside the Queen's bedroom, Perfecto looked at the gate of the palace with a complicated expression on his face.

If possible, she didn't want to come here.

She knew clearly that once she stepped through this door, some of the things she had been trying to avoid would become a reality.

But looking at the disarmed royal knights at the palace gate, Perfecto knew that things could no longer go according to her will unless she was willing to do something that neither she nor anyone else wanted to see.

"Execute these traitors." Perfect said, and then pushed open the palace door: "Everyone stay outside, I want to talk to Her Majesty alone."

Walking into the palace, it became exceptionally quiet without the busy maids and court attendants running around as usual.

The sound of the execution of rebellious royal guards outside the palace made the silence seem a little scary.

But Perfect didn't care. She just walked through the corridor, came to the room where the queen was, knocked on the door gently and walked in.

"I guessed that you would come. Please sit down, little Perfect." The queen looked a little weak, but her expression was still kind. She just greeted Perfect without any other expression.

She was leaning on a sofa recliner, her lower body covered with a blanket embroidered with the royal emblem.

The temperature in the room was a little high, but for a frail old man, it was a necessary measure to maintain life.

"Your Majesty, I'm so sorry that you had to see this happen." Perfect apologized to the Queen and sat down in front of her. "Things are beyond my control. I didn't expect those guys to dare to launch a coup and put you under house arrest!"

"It's okay. We all know that things can't always go according to our ideas, right?" The Queen kindly comforted Perfectcot and motioned for Perfectcot to come to her side. "Thank you for your hard work. Although Anne has grown, she is still not mature enough. You should teach her more."

"I will, Your Majesty." Perfect was a little sad. She came to the Queen and held her dry and weak hand.

"I can no longer see the future of this country, but I know you will lead it to a new state." The Queen seemed to be nagging, holding Perfect's hand and speaking slowly, while Perfect was listening quietly: "Anne is not suitable to lead this country, but her identity determines that she has no other choice, unless you are willing to take this responsibility for her.

But I have already forced you to do something you didn't want to do, and I can't force you to do it a second time.

I know what kind of burden you are about to carry. This is not what you want, nor is it what any of us want to see.

You tried to change, but it's a pity that those stupid guys let you down.

They ruined everything, and I need to apologize to you for that. If I could have restrained them better, perhaps your efforts would not have been in vain."

"There's no need to be like this, Your Majesty! It's my fault for not thinking things through." Perfect knew that the Queen was talking about the Royalists, but she didn't care about it.

Although the royalist coup was beyond her expectations and made her very angry, she couldn't say that she cared much about it.

She originally planned to build a political structure that was relatively in line with their expectations of "democracy and freedom" through the National Assembly and the Cabinet, so as to maintain the operation of the country in a relatively more acceptable form. But unfortunately, she thought too highly of some people, thinking that no matter what these guys were, they would not put their desire for power above the fate and future of the country.

She underestimated people's inner desires, or she overestimated the political qualities of some people and underestimated their stupidity and incompetence.

This reminded her of a widely circulated argument in the original world: "You think the world is ruled by elites, but reality tells you that the world is just a huge makeshift team."

Originally, Perfect had some doubts about this, but now...

She could only say that these people were not even a makeshift team.

They had ruined all that Perfecto had done and had forced her into a position she had never wanted to be in.

It also forced her to make a choice, to choose something and a result that she was unwilling to choose.

"I am so sorry. Please forgive me, an old man! I have entrusted such a heavy burden to a girl like you who is not even 18 years old. Perhaps this is my incompetence?" A melancholy expression appeared on the face of the queen. She reached out and gently stroked Perfect's forehead, sighing, "It would be great if you were Anne's daughter. Then I could give everything to you with a clear conscience!

You won’t have to bear the burdens that you shouldn’t have to bear now.”

"I don't mind, Your Majesty! This is what I promised you. I will naturally fulfill my promise to make Victoria a better person and make Aunt Anne a qualified monarch." Perfect looked at the Queen, the sadness in her heart surged, and she was a little unable to control herself, but she still assured the Queen as much as possible.

The queen nodded gently, as if she wanted to express her gratitude to Perfectot more, but her weak body prevented her from making any bigger movements. She just pointed to a roll of parchment on the table beside her.

Perfectok reached out and picked it up. He saw that the paper was already stamped with wax and the royal seal, and it clearly stated that Perfectok was appointed as the regent of the empire and the throne would be passed to Princess Anne.

This is a will with the Queen's own signature on it.

"I wanted to give this to you last time, but you didn't want it then so I didn't force you." The Queen looked at the complicated expression on Perfect's face and felt very guilty, but she continued, "I know how difficult it is to bear this responsibility, but please forgive me as an old man and a mother. I have to make this choice for the sake of the empire and Anne."

"It's okay, Your Majesty. This is what I have already agreed to." Perfect hastened to comfort the Queen. She knew that the Queen's body was extremely weak. At this moment, no matter how unwilling she was in her heart, she had to go along with what the other party said.

What's more, for Perfect, this was indeed something she had already agreed to, and she was not reluctant.

"On the contrary, I should apologize to you! It was my willfulness and my desire to change something that made you go through something that none of us wanted to see." Perfect tried to take the blame on himself.

"No, you also hope that this country will become better, but we all underestimated certain people." The Queen smiled and sighed, then seemed to have sensed something, and finally said: "This country will be handed over to..."

(End of this chapter)