Chapter 683

"... to his majesty Eckhardt II, the supreme emperor of the Empire, and the Lords of the heavenly palace; Bain has made her choice. From today on, the thirteen leaders of Bain will be reunited under the banner of the golden lion on black background of the Turin family;

Loren Turin was held by the round table parliament, accepted the loyalty of all knights and drank the golden cup representing the blessing of all Byrne;

Byrne's church has witnessed his coronation, and the sacred oath has been made. Please don't question the authority of the Holy Cross in the world, or deny the importance of all Byrne knights to the oath - until the end of his life, Byrne will only devote all his loyalty to him;

If the heavenly palace still has a trace of respect and understanding for Bain, please return the affairs of Bain to Bain; in this way, Bain will continue to prove her loyalty to the empire with iron and blood... "

After reading this, the seal minister finally couldn't bear it, shook his head, put the letter paper in his hand on the table in front of him, and looked at the other members of the former cabinet with the most helpless expression:

"The following contents are basically the same as these, as well as the summary of the causes before and after the incident... Colleagues, who wants to say anything?"

With mettner's voice falling, the former Imperial Cabinet quickly fell into a dead silence, and the needle dropping can be heard.

Cabinet ministers on both sides of the long table looked at each other, silent as if they were a stagnant water without waves;

With a sigh, the seal minister turned his eyes slightly to the end of the long table, where Eckhardt II was sitting on his seat.

The dignified and thoughtful expression made people wonder what he was thinking.

If his majesty makes a decision, he will never change it. Because of this, he will never speak easily and remain absolutely neutral until a minister or member of parliament says what best suits his mind.

With years of experience, Metternich was already familiar with Eckhardt II's style; His Majesty's expression shows that he has made a decision in his heart.

"They said that Byrne's church had witnessed the coronation of Loren Turin, but bishop Byrne had already been called by the Lord in that turmoil!"

The new church judge suddenly said, "this will be a breakthrough point. We can use this point to deny the legitimacy of Loren Turin, let Byrne make more concessions or... Force them to choose a new Duke!"

"I don't want to interrupt you, sir, but you obviously don't know much about imperial law." justice Victor Seuss said coldly, and his sharp eyes made the other party unable to bear to look straight:

"The code only stipulates that his Majesty the supreme emperor must be crowned by the bishop or Archbishop of the church, but it does not mention the dukes. It is just a practice."

"According to your standards, the Archduke of Arles and the consul of eboden also have no church members at the bishop level as witnesses, which is tantamount to depriving the legitimacy of the three principalities at the same time!"

"Although I never liked our Lord Chancellor, he was right this time..."

Severin de sallion, the military minister who always kept silent in the former cabinet, suddenly opened his mouth and looked at the representative of the Holy Cross Church with a sneer:

"What's more, the empire is counting on Byrne to send troops to the Principality of BOI to fight the fire as soon as possible. How much do you people want to see the imperial civil war if you block them again at this time?"

"Or can the Great Holy Cross bring down the gospel and miracles and kill the Centaurs; or..."

"Lord Severin de sallion, speak carefully!"

Seeing the military minister who continued to be aggressive, mettner quickly scolded: "this is the former royal cabinet. You are also a member of the royal family. You must not disrespect the church!"

Severin, who was stared at by the seal minister, snorted coldly and disdained to sit back on his seat; From time to time, his eyes swept over the judge's face, making the sweating church representative tremble and dare not look up.

"Since it is not legally feasible, can we use other means to control the reunified principality of Bain?"

Seeing that the church was suppressed, the young Chancellor of the exchequer suddenly "had confidence", coughed twice and said, "as far as I know, although he was crowned Duke of Bain, in fact, the red blood castle is still in the hands of Charlotte Turin."

"In other words, he doesn't have his own territory. He has to rely on the taxes of the vassals to keep everything running; we can set up some special funds and regulations to increase Byrne's tax rate so that the Duke can't make ends meet."

"At the same time, Byrne's most important trade commodities are wine, war horses, armor and minerals. Increase the taxes on these commodities, set up some monopoly purchase shares and increase the number of tributes."

"In this way, the barons of Byrne will soon complain about the new Duke; then we can have the right to negotiate with him, and then..."

"Then your whimsical cabinet minister will be torn to pieces by the chamber of Commerce in the imperial capital, their behind the scenes forces and Byrne's manors, and lose all his wealth. By the way, you will be slaughtered by assassins who come to the door in the middle of the night!"

While the chancellor of the exchequer was still talking, a very discordant voice suddenly interrupted him and said in a very joking voice.

The former cabinet ministers present looked at each other, turned their heads and looked in the direction of the voice.

Brandon de sallion, who has become the focus of everyone's attention, still tilted his head and turned his mouth like a half moon:

"That's why... For the sake of your personal safety and your family's safety, I sincerely suggest that you'd better not go on."

The young Chancellor of the Exchequer's face was extremely difficult to see: "Your Highness Brandon de sallion, excuse me... What you just said is threatening me?"

"Threat? No, no, no... How can I threaten you? You are an important cabinet member of my father's majesty. I will never threaten you."

Brandon stared at him with a happy face. His eyes narrowed into two crescent moons under the tip of his fiery red hair: "I'm just reminding you of something that may happen, purely out of kindness."

"Very likely... It will happen?" the chancellor swallowed his saliva, his expression more ugly.

"Oh, by the way... You don't seem to know Loren Turin very well, do you?" Brandon suddenly showed a suddenly enlightened expression and scratched his head in distress: "sorry, it's my fault. You've forgotten what just happened."

"Loren Turin... Or my 'former wizard adviser' is not such a person. I mean, he is not so generous - if you dare to do so, the probability is basically... Um... 100%."

"His highness Brandon de sallion --!"

The frightened finance minister has collapsed in his seat. The unbearable seal minister said in a harsh voice: "please don't let me repeat it again. This is the former Imperial Cabinet!"

"According to the regulations of the Royal cabinet, you have only the right to watch and have no right to speak! What's more, you can't indulge yourself in such a solemn and grand occasion!"

"Indulgence?"

Brandon smiled even more happily, stood up directly from his seat, supported the table with both hands, and frightened the chancellor of the exchequer.

Facing the whole Royal cabinet, Brandon looked around with his bright blood like eyes, revealing his white back teeth:

"Is there a more indulgent scene than a group of people discussing things they absolutely can't do?"

"Don't be funny, my adults; at present, all the imperial legions are gathering on the duanjie mountain, and there is nothing to do about the war in Boyi;

In addition to trying hard to curry favor with the bain people, where else can we fool tens of thousands of people to die willingly in the green sea? "

"As for sanctions and constraints... You obviously forget what happened in the Royal trial, right? He was not afraid of you when he was still a nobody. Now he is the Lord of Byrne. Do you really expect this guy..."

"Quiet --!"

The emperor suddenly said in a deep voice, "everyone, get out!"

The cabinet ministers on both sides of the long table looked at each other. They bowed and left one after another.

Brandon shrugged his shoulders and walked with the crowd towards the gate.

"Except you."

The voice behind him came, and the smile around the mouth of the "disgraced Prince" gradually disappeared and froze in place.