By the time Donny and several bribed student union members came onto the stage, there was already a barrage of abuse and condemnation from the audience.
It was hard to imagine that these people were helping Tony to scold Orson and Leete just two days ago, but now they turned their guns on him.
"Well, this hearing begins now." As several witnesses came on stage, Olivia announced the convening of the hearing.
Compared with yesterday's hearing, this hearing was much more grand. First of all, there were several suspects. Although Donnie was the biggest suspect, other student union members who took bribes would also be punished.
In addition, the two sons of the Duke, Donny and Manuel, also appeared in the suspect and witness seats respectively.
Manuel's testimony, of course, was what he said when Donny invited him to dinner that day.
As the hearing progressed, the revelations of testimony allowed the students in the audience to see Donnie’s true colors.
Many of Downey's former followers also chose to keep silent at this moment.
Although their mission is to assist Tony, in this situation, it is obviously wiser to keep silent.
However, Donny had already planned from the beginning to be suspected of bribery, and he had his spies in the student union prepare their testimonies in advance. With the consistent testimonies, the hearing was unable to make any progress for a while.
However, the most important witness, Tyrell, was unable to arrive.
Donnie looked down and found Orson sitting in the first row, looking back anxiously.
Donnie couldn't help but smile when he heard that.
You didn't expect that, Orson, Tyrell can't enter the school now. He has been expelled.
The witness you rely on most is gone.
In this way, as long as I insist on providing academic sponsorship for some students in the student union, plus my own
As for his identity as the Duke’s son, the final outcome of the hearing would definitely be inconclusive.
Unexpectedly, Orson and Donny's eyes suddenly met.
Orson looked at the provocation in Donnie's eyes and sneered.
This was the moment he was waiting for.
Give the other person hope when he or she is in despair, and then crush that hope when he or she thinks he or she has grasped it.
This kind of blow to people is the most profound and has the best effect.
Seeing that the time was right, Orson stood up and walked onto the stage.
Then, he handed over a recording magic stone and some parchment to Olivia.
Olivia deliberately showed a surprised expression, and then looked at the audience.
"I'm sorry, everyone. Just now, President Orson provided a very important piece of information. It was a recording magic stone and several account pages that recorded Donnie's transactions..."
Then, Olivia picked up the magic stone and poured magic power into it, and then the image appeared in front of everyone present.
"Ahem, can you hear me?" The person who appeared on the screen was none other than Tyrell.
Judging from the brightness of the light in the picture, it seems to have been recorded in the afternoon.
"This video was recorded this afternoon." Orson added at the right time.
Donnie looked at Tyrell in the light curtain with a very ugly expression.
He didn't expect that Tyrell would actually dare to go against him.
Did Orson bewitched him or something? Wasn't he afraid that he would do something to his family?
Is there no one in his family that he cares about?
"Well, hello, classmates. I am Tyrell, the Tyrell who was just expelled from the Imperial Academy..."
In the light curtain, Tyrell first introduced himself and then went straight to the point.
"I actually regret what happened yesterday, because I didn't say something very important." Tyrell said this with a look of shame on his face.
"I deceived you all. In fact, I did all those things because of Donnie's instructions."
"As everyone knows, Donny is the son of the Duke of Naples, and my father is just a small earl under the Duke of Naples. Therefore, for the sake of the interests of the family, I can only listen to Donny..."
"Since I was little, I have always followed Donnie's orders. Because of this, Donnie thought I was easy to bully, so he gave me all the dirty work and blame."
"And just yesterday, I still had that ridiculous loyalty to Mr. Tangni and wanted to go to him to say goodbye, but I didn't expect him to lock me up and beat me up, and he was going to send someone to arrest me this morning."
"If it weren't for Master Orson helping me, I might have been tied up and taken back now."
"Now, I've had enough, I'm going to expose Donny." Tyrell said this and raised his hand.
Then, he revealed all the details of his actions, from humiliating Leeteuk in the beginning to plotting to harm Leeteuk later, to his classmates.
Listening to what Tyrell said, Donnie clenched his fists, his body shaking slightly with anger.
Then, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, pounded his fist on the table, stood up and pointed at Orson.
"Orson, what on earth did you use!?"
"Mr. Tony, please remain restrained!" Olivia frowned as she watched Tony's actions.
"Restraint?!" Tang Ni said this and looked at the students in the audience.
"Everyone, have you forgotten?! What is Orson's identity? He is the student council president!"
"Don't you think this video is fake?" Donny said this, spreading his hands towards the students in the audience and pretending to be innocent.
"Classmates! This is a struggle. Orson wants to kick me out of the Imperial Academy, so he did so much..."
"Enough! Be quiet!" At this moment, Luca's stern reprimand was heard outside the auditorium.
Then, Luca walked into the auditorium with a group of soldiers.
The classmates were all stunned.
In principle, the Imperial Academy does not allow outsiders to enter. Where did these soldiers come from?
After the soldiers took their positions, a middle-aged man with blue hair and wearing white and gold clothes walked in from outside the door.
Blue hair as clear as water, emerald eyes, and an aura of majesty without even being angry.
The moment they saw the person coming, all the students present stood up consciously.
Odysseus Lances, Emperor
special.
The Imperial College generally does not receive foreign guests, except for visits by the royal family.
Then, behind Odysseus, there were six middle-aged men.
They are the six dukes of the empire.
Among them were Orson, Litt, Olivia, Lianka, Manuel and Donny, their fathers.
The Duke of Orleans and the Duke of Lucia, their children have already graduated from the Imperial College.
"Your Majesty," Orson said, and walked to Odysseus and bowed respectfully to him.
"Yeah." Odysseus nodded, and then sat in the VIP seat in the front row.
Luca and the dukes also sat on either side of Odysseus.
Now Donny knew why the VIP seats were empty at the beginning.
"You guys continue with the hearing. We won't disturb you. We'll just listen in." Odysseus said this and motioned for Olivia to continue.
"Okay." Olivia nodded.
"Why is this hearing being held?" Odysseus asked, looking at Luca who was sitting next to him.
"It is like this, Your Majesty. According to reports from classmates, Donnie is suspected of bribing members of the student union. He is also suspected of accusing, threatening, and harming others."
"Oh?" Odysseus raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then looked at Giovanni beside him.
"Duke Giovanni, you really raised a good son."
"..." Giovanni was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I believe my son would not do such a thing. All this should be a false accusation by someone with ulterior motives, who wants to damage the reputation of the Florence family."
"I hope so." Odysseus didn't say much, but continued to watch the hearing on the stage.
After the emperor arrived, Donnie obviously became much more restrained and rational.
"Regarding the video evidence you provided, I would like to ask everyone here." Donnie said this, looking at the people in the audience. "If Tyrell said this involuntarily under duress or under the influence of magic, can this statement still be regarded as a confession?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the students in the audience immediately began to whisper.
"Don't worry about this, Mr. Donnie." Orson said, stood up and pointed to the entrance of the auditorium.
Donnie looked in the direction he was looking at, then his eyes widened.
At the entrance of the auditorium, Tyrell was standing there, glancing at everyone in the auditorium.
After a long while, as if he had made great mental preparations, Tyrell lowered his head, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then walked towards the last empty witness seat on the stage of the auditorium.
(PS: I wonder if you enjoyed reading this chapter of 1.2 words? Some of the foreshadowing in the previous chapter is also revealed in this chapter. If you have any opinions, please continue to leave a message to tell me.)
Chapter 1.2: How can I win when there is an award-winning actor? (W)
Time went back to three hours ago.
In recent days, in response to the continued activity of the orc tribes on the eastern border, the emperor invited the six dukes to a meeting in Saint Laurent City to discuss relevant matters.
Since it was an invitation from the emperors, the dukes had to find time to come to the imperial city no matter how busy they were.
Moreover, the problem of orcs cannot be underestimated. After all, eighteen years ago, the orcs invaded the empire and wantonly burned, killed and looted in the territory of the present-day Dukedom of Antica, causing great damage to the empire.
At that time, the Empire relied on Lucius's command to drive the orcs back to the desert where they originally lived, but it was no longer able to pursue them.
Over the past decade, although the orcs and the empire have maintained a hostile attitude on the border, and some people have been killed and injured due to small-scale military conflicts on the border every year, the recent movements of the orc tribes are obviously not right, and conflicts on the border have obviously increased. For this reason, Lucius was worried about the military affairs before.
"So, have you all thought about this? Regarding the issue of the border orcs."
"Your Majesty." At this time, Lucius stood up. "The area invaded by the orcs is mainly our Antica region. As the eastern barrier of the empire, the Antica region has protected the rest of the empire from the invasion of orcs for more than ten years."
He paused and continued, "However, at the same time, Antica's development has been delayed. We can gather soldiers, but we cannot provide them with enough weapons and equipment, or even military pay and food."
"I understand." Odysseus nodded and looked at the other dukes. "You all know how much disaster the orc invasion brought to the empire eighteen years ago. If it weren't for Duke Lucius,
Even if you drove away the orcs, your territory would not be in a good situation."
"Your Majesty, let's get this one thing out of the way," said Giovanni, the Duke of Naples. "Although Duke Lucius made great contributions in repelling the orcs, he was also made a duke after all, which is an unprecedented honor. Duke Lucius has governed the Duchy of Antica for more than ten years, but now he can't even solve the border issues on his own. Isn't this due to Lord Lucius's poor governance?"
“…” Lucius stared at Giovanni without saying a word.
It is true that he is not good at domestic affairs, but he delegates power to people who are good at it, and the governance is not bad.
It’s just that the Duchy of Antica was indeed rebuilt after the war, and its foundation was not as good as others. In addition, in order to guard against orcs, military expenditures have always been high.
This was something that everyone present knew, but Giovanni kept silent about it and only talked about Lucius's problem.
"Okay, okay, we all know the difficulties of the Duchy of Antica." At this time, it was the amiable-looking Duke William of Prussia who stepped forward to help Lucius resolve the embarrassment.
"We all know that the Dukedom of Antica is in trouble right now. If there is a problem with Antica, our territory will also be affected. So we should help them and work together to overcome the difficulties, right?" William said this and made his own proposal. "My suggestion is that the rest of us help Lucius share some of the pressure and provide some war supplies to Duke Lucius."
"Duke William." At this time, Giovanni spoke again. "I'm not questioning Duke Lucius on purpose, but are you sure that if we provide supplies, it will be able to resist the orcs?"
"I'm not pessimistic, but considering the current situation of the Dukedom of Antica, I find it hard to believe that our supplies can actually reach the front line. It is very likely that they will be embezzled before they reach the front line. Duke William, you can't protect Duke Lucius just because he is your relative."
"Sir Giovanni!" At this time, Lucius could no longer sit still. He knew that he and Giovanni had a feud when they were young, but he never thought that Giovanni would disregard the safety of the empire because of this feud. "If you don't trust me, I am willing to use my reputation to guarantee that every batch of supplies delivered to the Dukedom of Antica can be used to resist the invasion of orcs."
"No, no, no, Duke Lucius, I'm just saying this, there's no need to do this." Antica said this, and then teased, "Speaking of reputation, Lord Lucius, I heard that your son, Lit, seemed to have been arrested for molesting a female classmate before?"
"That's just a rumor!" said Lucius.
"Well, of course I believe this is a rumor, but flies don't bite seamless eggs." Giovanni said this with a hint of mockery in his tone.
At this moment, Odysseus, who was sitting in the middle, patted the table and signaled them to be quiet.
"We are here to discuss state affairs, not to gossip about what someone's son has done." Odysseus said this and looked at the audience. "Then, let's vote. Those who agree to support the Dukedom of Antica, please raise your hands."
Having said this, Odysseus was the first to raise his hand.
Then, off the court, Lucius, William and Duke of Orleans François Toulouse all raised their hands.
Seeing that there were already four votes, Duke Leon Lisanus of Aragon and Duke Ivan Petrov of Lucia also raised their hands.
Then, everyone looked at Giovanni.
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