Even many officials within the government have begun to be selected from among the civilians.
Some places simply deprived the nobles of the power to recommend officials.
This has touched upon the core interests of the nobles.
Not to mention, an all-round campaign was launched against underground forces across the country.
Led by Langlas, the cleanup storm soon swept the world.
After losing these white gloves, the nobles could no longer conduct many things in secret, not to mention the massive wealth that could have been obtained in secret.
Moreover, after cracking down on the underground forces, they were still not satisfied and extended their hands to various cities.
Many important cities even have supervisory officials to monitor the actions of the lords.
This was undoubtedly the biggest blow to the nobles.
This is a direct violation of the principles of freedom that the Lords of Santa Cruz have enjoyed for countless years.
It is precisely because of this that the nobles united to oppose Orina.
At first they chose to strike collectively.
They originally thought that they only needed to go on strike completely, and the new King would eventually have to turn to them for help in management.
But they soon discovered that they had underestimated the King's ability and ambition.
Not only did their strike have no effect, it even gave Olena an opportunity.
In a very short period of time, she placed her confidants in various key positions.
Moreover, these people are very professional and can perform their corresponding jobs perfectly.
After a long time, the nobles discovered that something was wrong.
They have been slowly sidelined in secret.
After discovering that soft confrontation was useless, they finally embarked on the path of head-on confrontation.
Since Orina is harming their interests, all they need to do is overthrow the king and replace him with a new one.
And this new king is the current Prince Manius.
Prince Manius is the best candidate both in terms of qualifications and ability.
As a result, Manius gained the support of a large number of nobles without even spending much effort.
In fact, although they have always been thinking about overthrowing Orina, they would not say such extreme words.
I won't be unable to sit still so quickly.
But what happened today really irritated these nobles.
The five dukes including Perron are at the top among all the nobles in terms of strength and status.
However, these five people were actually imprisoned directly in the royal prison by Orina.
Prince Manius went to rescue them personally, but failed to save the five of them.
This undoubtedly made these nobles feel terrified.
If Perron and the others can go in today, then tomorrow it could be him, them, or any one of them.
This kind of thing is obviously intolerable to these nobles. They need to completely overthrow Orina in the shortest possible time and enthrone Manius as king so as to maximize their interests.
Manius looked at the angry nobles below, but his heart was not moved at all.
Because he understood that Orina still had this trump card in her hand.
He would never act rashly before that trump card appeared.
There is no problem in assassinating Senya, but if you really want to kill Olena, it will not be a trivial matter.
"Everyone, please calm down."
Just as the crowd below was making a lot of noise, Manius pressed his hands into the air.
For a moment, the entire hall became quiet, without any noise at all.
"I invited you all here to celebrate my birthday, but I didn't expect that something so sad would happen on this day."
As he spoke, a painful expression appeared on Manius' face, as if he felt his heart was being torn apart.
"Our country has been invaded by the outside world."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall exploded.
"An invasion from the outside world?"
"What do you mean, is there another war on the border?!"
"That shouldn't be the case. I didn't receive any information about the army!"
The nobles looked at each other, totally confused as to why Prince Manius said this.
"You may not know that beside Her Majesty Orina, there is a cosmic-level strongman. This cosmic-level strongman has a mysterious origin and does not belong to our Santa Cruz Kingdom. She is a cosmic-level strongman, why would she stoop to such a low position? What is her purpose? Don't you understand yet?"
Manius said calmly.
He had made up his mind today to bring up Elena's background.
"A cosmic-level expert from the outside world?"
"Your Majesty is too absurd. How can you do such a thing?!"
"A cosmic-level strongman has the power to easily overturn the political situation of a kingdom. We must never let this happen!"
For a moment, many nobles were filled with indignation and anger.
They have decided that under the leadership of Manius, they must drive out the outsider.
After all, once Orina has the help of a cosmic-level strongman, it will be really difficult to defeat her.
If that happens, these nobles will have a hard time.
"Everyone, I know how you feel, because I feel the same as you do. Duke Perron and his men were wronged. It was all caused by that woman named Elena."
"Tomorrow, let us enter the palace together and demand that His Majesty immediately expel that damned Elina!"
After saying this, Manius raised his glass high.
Looking at the scene of followers like clouds below, a sneer slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Chapter 35: When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
"Lady Elina, how was your rest last night?"
The next morning, Elina saw Senya standing at the door waiting.
After seeing Elena, Senya quickly asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why did you come to see me so early? Is there something wrong?"
Elina yawned lightly and looked at Senya and asked.
"It is like this. Tomorrow is the grand court meeting of the Kingdom of Santa Cruz. Nobles from all over the country will come to attend the meeting, and this is also the best opportunity for Your Majesty to announce your cooperation with us."
"So, His Majesty hopes that you can also attend this grand court meeting."
Senya smiled and told the story of the grand court meeting.
In order to better grasp the local situation, the Kingdom of Santa Cruz requires the nobles stationed in various cities to report to the royal city every year. Of course, although it is called reporting, it is actually a constraint on the nobles.
In the past, many local nobles would be replaced on this day.
It is precisely because of the existence of the grand court assembly that these nobles will not act recklessly.
However, this was during the heyday of the monarchy.
When the previous king was still alive, Manius had not shown any intention of rebellion. Under the suppression of the previous king and Manius, those nobles were as obedient as chickens, and all the orders issued from Langras could be executed in the best and most thorough manner.
But since Olena came to power, all this has changed. Under the leadership of Manius, the nobles no longer fear the royal power.
The annual grand court meeting was more like a thrilling contest. If Orina lost in this contest one day, it would mean complete failure.
"A grand court meeting? Your king is quite calculating."
After hearing what Senya said, Elina sneered.
If she was not mistaken, tomorrow's court meeting would be extremely dangerous.
The reason why Orina asked her to participate was not to deepen the cooperation between the two sides, but entirely to allow her to intimidate those nobles with ill intentions.
Especially Prince Manius behind those nobles.
Orina's purpose was very clear, which was to let all the nobles know that she now also had the support of a cosmic-class strongman, so that if they wanted to touch her, they should think carefully.
As a result, Elina was completely treated as a knife by others.
She didn't mind giving those guys a warning.
But Elena didn't like the feeling of being used. Since she left Di Village, no one had ever been able to take advantage of her.
"Ms. Senya, I think I have something to make clear to you. I cooperated with you in order to find my companions as soon as possible, but I am very disappointed with what Ms. Orina did. I can understand her being on guard against me, but it should not be you who should be standing here today. It should be her."
Elina said lightly, with a hint of coldness on her face.
"Besides, I have never been taken advantage of by anyone. Your King is really brave."
"this······"
Seeing Elina's cold face, Senya was speechless for a moment.
Of course she knew why Elena was angry.
Apart from anything else, if she were a cosmic-level strongman, she would definitely be angry if she was neglected like this.
"Sir Elina, you misunderstood. His Majesty has no intention of despising you, let alone taking advantage of you. The reason why he allowed you to attend the court meeting is to let all the nobles know that you are a partner of my royal family. From now on, you will gain corresponding power on the land of the Kingdom of Santa Cruz, which will also help you find your partner better."
"What's more, if you attend the grand court meeting as a cosmic-level strongman, it will definitely cause a heated discussion. By then, your name will spread throughout the entire Saint Lukes Kingdom. After your companions hear about your reputation, they will naturally come to look for you."
"Isn't this a good thing to kill two birds with one stone?"
Senya's voice became lower and lower. She looked at Elena's face and finally shut up helplessly.
Because she herself felt that the reasons she gave were somewhat ridiculous and far-fetched.
"Okay, I will attend the grand court meeting tomorrow on time."
To Senya's surprise, just when she thought it was all over and Elena would never attend the grand court meeting, she got an affirmative response from Elena.
"Well, it's understandable that you reject me..."
"Wait a minute, what did you say?!"
Senya sighed in disappointment at first, but she immediately came to her senses and looked at Elena in surprise.
"You said you would attend the grand court meeting tomorrow?!"
Senya couldn't believe it.
"That's right. Go back and tell Olena that I will grant her wish this time, but it won't happen again."
After saying this, Elina walked straight into the palace without looking back and never came out again.
Senya, who was locked outside by Elena, was not angry at all, but extremely excited.
To be honest, she really had no idea about tomorrow's grand court meeting.
Everyone knew that after what happened yesterday, Manius would definitely gather a group of nobles at the court meeting to attack his sister.
At this time, if Manius were to launch such an attack again, it would really not be a good thing.
In recent years, the power of the royal family has been greatly weakened.
Even some nobles who were not affiliated with Prince Manius were fence-sitters.
Once Manius shows the strength to crush them, these fence-sitters will simply fall over him.
Then, it will be the most dangerous time.
But once Elena takes action, things will be different.
This is equivalent to giving a reassurance to the royal nobles, a warning to those fence-sitters, and a response to Manius.
With a universe-level platform, they will be much more confident.
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