In the Name of the Queen

Sussex Imperial Capital, Cabinet holds an emergency meeting.

William's face was solemn, and his hand holding the intelligence trembled slightly.

He thought that Her Majesty would be quiet after leaving the Imperial Capital, but he still underestimated Sif's ability to make things happen.

Or rather, he underestimated the Queen's ability to make things happen under Roland's instigation.

The fleet was attacked at sea, which made him sweat coldly and his back felt cold.

Although the Queen often did not play by the rules, she still respected tradition and entrusted government affairs to the Cabinet before she officially ascended the throne.

If Sif got into trouble and a new emperor was replaced, who knows what would happen.

What if the new monarch is the second generation of the "troublemaker king"?

Fortunately, God blesses the Queen, the attackers are not strong and did not cause too much damage.

I thought Sif went to the three overseas provinces to confirm the death of the previous emperor and to relax, but I didn't expect her to make a big move as soon as she arrived in Hansa.

After arriving in Hansa, the Queen immediately issued a bounty order to the three overseas provinces.

"Anyone who provides clues to the whereabouts of His Majesty the Emperor Edward will be rewarded with a large sum of money.

——Hilfe York Sussex, Crown Prince and Acting Emperor of the Sussex Empire."

The simple reward seems to be problem-free, but in fact it is a big problem.

According to the imperial law, people without clear evidence of death are considered missing and dead only after three years.

So the late Emperor Edward is not dead in theory, but still missing.

Since Edward is not dead, Hilfe is acting as the Crown Prince.

In this way, she will officially ascend the throne in three years, not one year.

At first glance, delaying the time of ascension is stupid, but in fact it will also delay the moment of showdown.

The state system of Sussex is neither a constitutional monarchy nor a complete monarchy.

The emperor and the cabinet share the highest power.

The division of imperial power and prime ministerial power depends on the balance of power.

If it is a strong emperor, the imperial power is solid, and the cabinet ministers are just senior clerks.

If it is an incompetent monarch, the prime ministerial power is hot, and the emperor is a human seal.

Most of the time, the monarch is not as good as the emperor, nor is he useless. The imperial power and the prime minister's power will reach a tacit balance.

Ascending the throne is the moment of showdown in sharing power.

Sylph respects tradition and will share some power when ascending the throne, but she doesn't want to share more, so she finds an excuse to delay the time of ascending the throne.

As long as she hasn't ascended the throne, the power belongs to her in theory, but it is temporarily lent to the cabinet.

This change caught William off guard.

If it was just this, he wouldn't be in such a bad mood. After all, not ascending the throne is just a delay rather than a solution. Whether it is lent or given, the power is in the cabinet during this period.

But Sylph soon gave him a new surprise.

The queen announced that because there are no nobles in the three overseas provinces for the time being, they will be managed by the royal family. In order to facilitate the management of the territory, she appointed a new governor.

Roland.

This time William was really confused.

The empire's title is tacitly granted in the homeland, and the title granted outside is equivalent to demotion. The great nobles are not happy, and only some small nobles and high-level knights are willing to accept overseas colonies as fiefdoms.

The three overseas provinces have a special status, neither the mainland nor the colony.

Because of the controversy, they have never been granted external fiefdoms.

After all, the three overseas provinces are in the rich land of Rodinia, and there are many nobles who covet this land.

But the temporary lack of fiefdoms does not mean that they are directly governed by the royal family!

William cast his eyes on Alban with some annoyance, and felt relieved.

Alban and the queen have always been at odds, and he will definitely make interpretations that are not favorable to the queen.

The final right of interpretation of the law lies with him.

William tapped the table with his fingertips, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then asked Alban.

After listening to William's statement, Alban asked in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, do you declare that the three overseas provinces belong to the royal family permanently or temporarily?"

William was slightly startled, and his face became even uglier.

Alban has not explained yet, but he already knows the answer.

If the queen directly declares that the territory that has not yet been allocated belongs to the royal family, it is a serious violation of the law, which is equivalent to treason.

Although it sounds strange that the emperor is treasoning, this is what the law stipulates.

Alben explained to the cabinet ministers by citing classics.

William said dejectedly: "Your Majesty, she said it was a custodial."

"That's completely legal."

Alben said helplessly: "Any judge can find relevant legal provisions, which are very clear and cannot be misinterpreted, unless they are talking nonsense regardless of the facts. And this kind of behavior."

He didn't finish his words, but everyone understood.

Misinterpreting legal provisions to discredit the head of state, isn't this treason?

The atmosphere in the meeting hall was stiff, and the ministers were speechless.

Several people cast their eyes on the seat of the Minister of the Interior, Wald.

Vacant.

Since the Queen went to sea, the old guy has never attended the cabinet meeting, using the excuse of being unwell all day long.

At first, the ministers thought it was a good thing, and they could speak freely when the old guy was not there.

Now they are a little regretful. If the old guy was there, they could at least question him.

William pondered for a long time and slowly asked: "Alben, Grisius, is it legal and compliant for His Majesty to appoint Roland as governor?"

Alben looked grim, just nodded, and didn't want to say anything extra.

It can be seen that he didn't want to talk about this.

Grisius thought for a moment and slowly said: "There are two situations for setting up governors. One is the important colonies, such as Governor Barat, Governor of the Far East, Governor of the Corner of the World, etc. The other is the governor who manages the direct territory on behalf of the emperor."

"The former is a high-ranking government official, who needs to be appointed by the cabinet and approved by the parliament. The latter is a private position of the emperor, appointed by the emperor himself."

In fact, everyone knew it even if he didn't say it.

The royal territory is private property, sacred and inviolable, and it is not the turn of the ministers to say anything.

As long as the queen is willing, let alone appointing Roland as governor, even if he is made a prince, everyone can only congratulate him.

Everyone looked at each other, all a little confused.

How did Her Majesty find these unpopular legal provisions from the corners?

Especially the temporary custody bill, which was a temporary law more than 300 years ago and has long been forgotten.

However, when the parliament was reviewing the law, it forgot to stipulate when the temporary bill would last.

No one mentioned this bill afterwards.

Such an unpopular law was actually used. Who would believe it without the guidance of an expert?

A few suspicious eyes were cast at Alban.

This man who claimed to be proficient in all laws must understand.

Looking at the suspicious eyes of others, Alban laughed in anger.

He raised his right hand, suspended between his chin and chest, and said coldly: "I swear, if I am the one who came up with this idea behind this, I am willing to bear the most severe legal sanctions."

Alben said so much, and if others say anything more, they are just looking for trouble.

This matter can only be dropped.

William grabbed the collar of his chest and pulled it open in an ungentlemanly manner.

He was about to suffocate.

Just when his mind was blank, the director of the military intelligence who had just left the conference hall returned.

He walked towards William with a secret letter.

Seeing the director of the military intelligence, William became even more uneasy.

"What's the matter?"

He frowned.

"It's nothing. His Majesty declared Hansa, Brucke and Sellin as territories directly under the empire, and local residents can obtain citizenship."

The teacup in William's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

This time he didn't need to ask Alben.

This is also legal.

The three overseas provinces are not colonies.

Since it is not a colony, it is the empire's homeland.

Although the people of the rose flag certainly don't recognize this, the people of the three overseas provinces do.

Previously, the three provinces were not granted citizenship because they were not allowed to enter the power center of the empire.

It was against the rules to not grant citizenship when it was clearly the territory of the empire.

This was a balance to suppress overseas forces, and it was an unspoken rule.

Who would have thought that Sylph would not care about the unspoken rules at all and would just do things according to the law.

William didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

As the emperor, the most privileged class, the first thing he did when he went overseas was to do things according to the law?

He probably didn't wake up.

He stood up suddenly and announced the adjournment in an almost self-destructive tone.

This emergency cabinet meeting was destined to be a failed meeting.

The only consensus reached at this meeting was that no consensus was reached.

The cabinet ministers were a little at a loss when they left the venue.

They got the power they had dreamed of.

The Queen's actions allowed these powers to last for at least three years.

No matter how you look at it, they should open champagne to celebrate, but they couldn't be happy.

Everything Her Majesty did was reasonable and legal, but she never turned back on the road of rebellion.

That's right, Her Majesty the Queen is accumulating strength to prepare for a rebellion.

She stopped pretending, this is an open conspiracy.

However, they cannot do anything because the Queen is accumulating strength.

Are they going to mobilize the army to attack the young Queen who is defending the interests of the empire overseas and investigating the disappearance of the previous emperor?

Let alone whether the generals are willing or not, the soldiers will never point their guns at the Queen without any reason.

After the meeting, William suddenly felt very tired.

Is the Queen's clear and innocent eyes all pretended?

Is the Queen acting from beginning to end, just to gather a volunteer army overseas to catch all the "traitors" in the imperial capital?

No, absolutely not!

William muttered, and the Queen's smiling face on various occasions kept appearing in front of him.

She would never do this, it must be the instigation of the traitors!

William found the root of the problem.

It must be Roland!

He returned to the mansion with a dark face and began to redeploy.

He wanted to collect Roland's black material and bring down this white-faced traitor.

After sitting in the study and thinking for a long time, his mind was still in a mess.

He was a little curious, what was the queen doing at the moment, and what was Roland doing?

It was obvious that the queen was probably coaxed around by Roland and willingly handed over power, and Roland must be very busy, managing his own power, it must be like this!

Roland, who was drinking tea in the Governor's Mansion of Hamburg, sneezed suddenly.

He muttered softly, complaining that the temperature difference between day and night was large recently, which was easy to cause a cold.

Completely different from what William thought, Roland was very idle now.

On the contrary, William thought that Sif, who was sidelined and idle, was busy.

Roland returned the government affairs to Sif and became a hands-off boss in order to let her receive training.

Although Sif questioned, Roland's reasons were very sufficient.

"Sif, if you can't even govern three provinces well, how can you govern a super empire with thirty-four provinces?"

Although Sif wanted to ask me what I did after doing all the work, I still held back.

Because she could think of Roland's answer.

"Of course I'm checking for you."

Roland really didn't treat her as an outsider.

Forget it, since she is now the deputy governor as well as the earl, it makes sense for her to work for the governor.

Although it's tiring, Sif knows it's for her own good, and busy work is indeed a good thing.

It has been a week since I arrived in Hanseatic Province.

Time is like an alarm clock that has been set forward, passing quickly.

She didn't need to be so busy, but she could clearly feel that at least two of the three senior officials had obviously slowed down their work recently.

Of course she knew why.

Someone got promoted, but it wasn't me.

Who else can be more motivated?

She also knew that Roland had a very bad image in the eyes of these people.

She felt aggrieved and felt unworthy of Roland.

"Roland, do you really not care about this?"

"Which ones?"

"Don't act stupid, you know what I'm talking about." Sif stared at Roland, not giving him a chance to act stupid.

Roland spread his hands and said with a smile: "I care. But what can I do, please don't tell them? Even if she is as powerful as Sophia, Huang Yao is still flying all over the world, and people say that she changes lovers every night."

"Even if she is really promiscuous, she is a woman after all, and she doesn't need a lover for a few days every month. Many people still believe such outrageous rumors."

He smiled and said: "Only losers will not be jealous. Don't think about this, you should think about how to solve real problems."

"I can't think of any."

Sif murmured in distress: "I know what they want, but it's impossible for me to appoint them as governor. They can't understand our true intentions."

"Loyalty and diligence cannot make up for this."

She was right, only they knew what she and Roland were conspiring to do.

If Roland is not the governor, no one can do it.

But senior officials from the three provinces would not think so, they would only feel hurt.

Sif thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of a good way.

"What they want is to be promoted to a higher rank, but I can't give it to them now. They can only give it to them after they officially ascend the throne."

"If you want to draw a pie, you must pay attention to two things."

Roland stretched out two fingers and said softly: "First of all, let the person who eats the cake think that he can eat it. Secondly, let the person who eats the cake think that he can eat it in a short time."

"You have to get them to enjoy it as quickly as possible."

"Then let them make more money?" Sif asked tentatively.

"Of course not. They've already gotten a lot. It's good that they didn't spit it out. Giving more will only make them think you're stupid."

"Then what should I do? I really couldn't think of it this time." Sif felt a little embarrassed.

Roland leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"The biggest pursuit of an official is power and status. Let's start from here. We can spread rumors that you came to the three overseas provinces just to seek a title for me."

"You plan to entrust the Hanseatic province to me. In order to prevent others from making irresponsible remarks, you will also entrust the provinces of Selin and Brooke to other provinces."

Sif's eyes lit up.

It is not easy to be granted a title, especially a hereditary title with a high gold content.

The benefits of official promotion are far inferior to those of formal knighthood.

One is the immediate interests, and the other is the long-term interests of the descendants of the Huize family.

Even just a rumor is enough to get officials excited.

"What if they really accomplished something worthy of being knighted?"

"Then seal it!"