When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 645: The Imperial Parliament and the Three Popes

"You should be ashamed of what you have done!"

"The Imperial Parliament no longer has even an ounce of legitimacy!"

"I dare say that there are spies from the Flesh and Blood Court among the Imperial Councillors present today!"

In the spacious Imperial Parliament Palace, when the voting results came out, Hahndan, the envoy of Duke Neidbach, was furious.

He even climbed onto the podium and held up a huge oil painting, which was a scene of the Battle of Khan Jin Mountain and was completed by the famous imperial painter Kiwero in five days.

In the oil painting, half of the sky is clear and the other half is covered with bloody clouds and bloody rain. The two duke's soldiers with good faces are standing bravely in the bloody rain.

Opposite them were the soldiers of the King's Army holding the Blue Bee flag of the Leia Royal Family. However, compared with the two Dukes' armies, these soldiers had hideous faces and sharp vampire fangs in their mouths.

On the hill behind the king's army, there stood a gray-robed figure with pale hands raised, and red blood mist was coming out.

In the moist brown-yellow soil, gray-green zombie hands stretched out from the hooves of the king's knight, and huge bats were hovering in the sky.

"See, see? Doesn't such a horrific scene bring out the justice in your hearts?" Haandan's voice was almost tearful. "Isn't this evidence that the despicable usurper Jinigis is colluding with the Flesh and Blood Court?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Haandan." Duke Denoir, who was the temporary president of the Imperial Parliament today, knocked the gavel helplessly. "This painting has a high artistic value. I am willing to spend a huge amount of money to buy it, but we can't conclude that King Jinigis is colluding with the Flesh and Blood Court just by oral description and a painting."

"Orally? Didn't I show you the rotten bodies of the soldiers after they were attacked by magic?" Haandan was still screaming even though his legs were hugged by several guards.

"Excuse me, Mr. Haandan." The king's messenger, dressed in a notary's silk robe, stood up behind the long mahogany case. "I didn't want to say it directly, but your false testimony is too fake. Is it difficult to hire a few secret party members to make a corpse like this?"

"Bullshit, you are a spy of the Flesh and Blood Court. Jinigis is a spy of the Flesh and Blood Court!" Sandwiched between two halberd guards, Haandan kept kicking with his feet in the air. "You are all spies of the Flesh and Blood Court. Pope Priano is also a spy of the Flesh and Blood Court!"

Looking at Haendan being dragged out, Duke Denois brushed the dust off his knees, stood up and laughed at the Grand Justice Quevalin beside him: "This is really disgraceful."

Shaking his head and sighing, Quevalin was also exhausted by the farce of "Duke Neidbach suing King Genegis for colluding with the Flesh and Blood Court" during this period.

But despite being tired, he couldn't help but feel a little absurd and funny.

In this battle for the throne, King's University of Heshangyu, which represents scholars, remains neutral.

Since the dynasty would not be changed, at least half of the nobles chose to remain neutral, and even the imperial edicts seemed to be vaguely neutral.

Compared to the famous French general and knight Prince of Condé who led the charge, the three nobles vying for the throne were all people who had never touched the water of the Winter River.

If you want to order the knights to fight loyally like they did to Prince Condé, you must promise them a very high reward.

In this regard, Jinigis, who gave out rewards lavishly as soon as he came to power and replaced the captain of the imperial company at lightning speed, actually had greater control over the army.

Since last winter, the two sides have been fighting back and forth on Dawn Island, with each side winning and losing, and the two dukes even having the upper hand.

Because they accepted a large number of imperial knights and high-ranking monks who had fled from the Thousand River Valley.

However, the transition from offense to defense happened almost in an instant.

With the arrival of a large number of mercenaries hired by Jinigis, the situation gradually reversed.

Last month, the two sides were still engaged in a fierce battle.

This month, King Jinigis suddenly took to the battlefield himself, leading a large number of archers, knights and mercenaries, and defeated 1500 knights and 5000 infantrymen at Khan Jin Mountain.

Among them, two companies of imperial orders were completely wiped out, a large number of imperial order knights surrendered, and the two dukes' most important military commander, the Duke of Arava, was killed in battle. The situation was reversed in an instant.

Obviously, the two dukes could not afford to lose, so they immediately sent people to the Imperial Parliament to accuse Jinigis of colluding with the Flesh and Blood Court.

It is true that there are desert nomadic mercenaries from the Flesh and Blood Court in Jinigis' army, but this does not mean that Jinigis is colluding with the Flesh and Blood Court.

As for the matter of wizards, it is even more ridiculous. Although the church openly prohibits secret parties and magic, it is common for both sides in war to secretly hire some wizards.

Haandan had just given evidence that the King's army hired wizards, and the King's envoy could immediately provide similar evidence that the two Dukes' armies hired wizards.

This made the clergy members of the Imperial Parliament quite embarrassed and they could only ignore it.

"Ahem, but the incident has become so serious that many rumors have spread among the people." Quevalin coughed, "The new pope in the north hopes that we can suppress these rumors as soon as possible."

"I know. I will announce an investigation into Ginigis." "Well, that's good." Quevalin stood up with the help of crutches and looked up at the Duke of Denois who was supporting him. "During this period of time, it was like watching a farce."

After a long pause, Duke Denois couldn't help laughing and said, "Do you know what's really funny?"

"what?"

"After receiving Pope Grandiva's excommunication, our Pope Pugliano announced yesterday the excommunication of Pope Grandiva."

Quevalin was stunned for a moment, then he burst out laughing: "If this continues, before the Imperial Parliament loses its legitimacy, the title of Pope will really not have an ounce of sacredness left."

"Hahahahahaha, that's very well said, Chief Justice Quevalin." Duke Denois couldn't help laughing.

As the nobles of the Aiel, they are happy to see the church suffer defeat to a certain extent. The Aiel people and the church are both interdependent and mutually disgusted.

So they are both troubled by the mess made by the previous Pope, but also secretly happy about it.

Quevalin knew all too well the arrangements and thoughts of the former Pope Johnny VIII.

Since the Frankish faction in the Holy See is still powerful, once he steps down, a Frankish bishop will most likely be elected, and it is very likely to be Grandivar.

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Once Grandivar is elected, the Holy See will most likely move back to the Kingdom of France, and then all of John VIII's lifelong efforts will be in vain.

By then, with the two crucial votes from the Aiel people and the Pope, the crown of the Holy Aiel Empire will once again fall on the heads of the Franks.

The last time, relying on this crown, the Franks established a large number of autonomous cities, cleared out the largest princes in the country, and successfully transformed from the last in national strength to the strongest.

If the Kingdom of Leia had not fought the Battle of Windmill Land, which destroyed the rising momentum of the Kingdom of Fran, Leia might have become a vassal state of the Kingdom of Fran by now.

If the Franks were allowed to wear this crown again, the Holy El Empire would really become the Franks' empire.

The old Pope John VIII would rather cause a split in the Vatican than not keep power in the Golden Horn, at least the Triple Crown would not fall into the hands of the Franks.

This eventually created the strange sight of two suns flying in the sky within the empire.

"Come to think of it, isn't there a Pope in the empire?" Duke Denois said mischievously.

"It's just a secret sect under the name of heresy." Quevalin shook his head. "I read their Charter. It's good, but there is a problem after all."

"what is the problem?"

"My teacher spent his whole life re-issuing the Civil Code of Aiur, but do you see any nobles or priests abiding by it? In less than two years, the Civil Code was abolished." There was both reluctance and melancholy in Quevalin's tone.

Some things are gone and never come back.

He breathed softly and looked at the exquisite marble statues of the El ancestors on both sides of the corridor, his eyes unable to conceal the helplessness and sadness.

"I can trust young people like Rufeel, and even use my connections to ask me for help, but in the end, they are still too young and naive."

"Didn't they defeat the Prince of Condé?"

"You saw the people of the Thousand Valleys defeat Prince Condai, and I saw the Franks and the Norns join hands to defeat Prince Condai." Quevalin walked unsteadily, "Behind Duchess Meliati stood the Norns, and behind the false pope stood the Franks.

Can a few thousand peasants, relying on a few alchemical crossbows, defeat a duke or even a company of imperial knights? Up to now, the number of imperial knights who died in the civil war in the Kingdom of Leia has been no more than 300!
Don't forget, there were 500 Royal Knights stationed in Jeanne d'Arc at that time. If you look carefully at the battle report, I guess it was the Royal Knights who opened the city gate for them when the city was captured that day.

Otherwise, why would the so-called 'Holy Father's Family', which is so sacred, compromise and open the door to trade with the Franks?"

Duke De Noir opened the door of the Parliament Palace for Quevalin: "So the current situation is that the Norns and Franks are besieging the Leia people?"

Walking outside the Parliament Palace, the autumn wind and the bright sun shone on Quevalin's face. He just opened his cloudy eyes and looked to the east: "The Norn Kingdom is like a nine-headed snake. Each head has its own ideas. It's hard to guess them."

Duke Denois nodded slightly: "Then do you think that the young king of the Franks has the potential to become an emperor?"

"The Kingdom of Fran is also facing many obstacles, and the king is too impatient. Lorenzo is a little fox, but his secret schemes can never be exposed. Well, he is still impatient." Several servants stepped forward and put a thick fox fur coat on Quevalin. "Given Fran's current situation, if the attack on the windmill land goes smoothly, it will be fine. If it doesn't go well, if it doesn't go well..."

At this point, Quevalin's voice became increasingly quiet, and finally he only said a few words: "It's possible... but unlikely... or it's possible... alas..."

(End of this chapter)