Quadruple split

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The Chauvinist Empire, the royal capital of Trone, and the palace of Tula

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Imperial Emperor William Bohe lay on the easy chair with his eyes closed, and asked a little tiredly: "Not only did our sin lord have no problem, he even anticipated the intervention of the Griffin Dynasty in advance, allowing us to avoid a close call. To the disaster of destroying the country, right?”

Sitting opposite him, Archduke Jude Fossey blew out a smoke ring, then smiled helplessly, spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you come to this conclusion yourself half a month ago?"

William shrugged and nodded: "You are right, Jude. If this were not the case, I would not have listened to Arthur's suggestion and promoted Mo to a hereditary earl. Ha, if I remember correctly, the previous one You should be the one who has achieved such an achievement at his age, right?"

"You are right, Your Majesty."

Archduke Fosset chuckled and extinguished the cigarette between his fingers: "And the situation at that time was also your admonishment to the late emperor, but the difference between the two is that although His Royal Highness Arthur is just as good as you were back then. , but I can’t compare to that Sin Lord.”

William raised his eyebrows: "But you can always find a chance to let me leave the palace. I still remember the first time I was taken to the Pink Magpie Courtyard by you."

"Ahem, I'm sorry that I don't remember the situation when we went there."

Grand Duke Fosset touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment and said with empty eyes, "I only remember that I was beaten by my father afterwards and couldn't get out of bed for three days."

William lazily opened his eyes and curled his lips and said, "You deserve it. Who told you that you had to say that you forced me to go? Everyone knows what happened."

Fosset rolled his eyes: "You don't understand this, right? It's because everyone knows that I take the responsibility on myself, so that Your Majesty and my father will appreciate me more, uh, even though there is a little bit of miscalculation That’s it.”

"Which point?"

William tilted his head and looked at his old friend with interest.

The latter sighed: "My father is really cruel."

"Haha, hahahaha~"

"Hahahaha~"

The two of them burst into hearty laughter at the same time, and the slightly gloomy atmosphere before was immediately swept away.

After a while

"But I still feel a little uneasy."

William suppressed his smile, gently rubbed his forehead and said solemnly: "Maybe it was because I had too many doubts before, maybe because Mo Zhen is too good. I always have a very unreal feeling."

Grand Duke Fosset frowned: "Did you find any clues from the Seventh Army?"

"It can't be said that we found nothing there, but it is not different from the conclusion we obtained from the evidence before."

William casually picked up a piece of parchment from the low table next to him and said softly: "First of all, what can be determined is that during the time when Zai Mo took control of your private army, he did issue a large number of very cruel and cruel orders. Even an order that is contrary to humanity. At this point, all the investigation results are consistent and can basically be deemed to be completely true."

Grand Duke Fosset stared at the burning fireplace next to him. After a while, he sighed: "Nearly ten thousand innocent lives. To be honest, from what I have learned about Mo in the past six months, he does not seem to be the kind of person who can do this." The person who did this inhumane thing."

"But he did."

William leaned back in his chair tiredly and said in a deep voice: "Not counting the rebels, there were a total of more than 7,900 innocent lives. This is the content of the title page of the Seventh Army report, written in red ink."

Fosset was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "I can only say that I made a mistake."

"No, maybe you didn't make a mistake."

William unexpectedly denied it, and then looked down at the parchment in his hand with a complex expression: "According to the Seventh Army's multiple researches, the Sin Lord seemed to have something to do with Griffin when he noticed the strange movements of the rebels. Before being associated with the dynasty, his marching strategy was very mild, and he would even distribute grain reserves to the civilians during the execution of the battle plan. Not to mention the almost frenzied burning and looting in the later period, they would even use all their food while resting at night. Avoid disturbing those ordinary people as much as possible, and those people are also the people of Kunda Territory."

Duke Fosset was slightly stunned: "Why haven't I heard this news before?"

"Because someone deliberately concealed this information."

William replied calmly.

Fosset's pupils suddenly shrank: "Who?!"

"The Lord of Sin himself."

"What!?"

"That's right, it was the Sin Lord himself who gave the hush order."

Emperor William gently poked the parchment in his hand twice and said calmly: "This testimony was asked by the commissioner of the Seventh Army from the mouth of senior ranger Willow Coffin. Yes, it is your private army. One of the two people in charge, and the other high-ranking knight Varez Carrel, also confessed the matter after the commissioner took out Ms. Willow's testimony. In addition."

Fosset's face looked a little ugly: "What else?"

"In addition, there is one more thing that was deliberately covered up by the Lord of Sin."

William threw the parchment into the fireplace and said softly: "At that time, after Zaimo judged that the rebels in the Conda Territory might be colluding with the Griffin Dynasty, he, Willow and Varèse were in Prince Batlló's territory. There was a discussion in Rislus Town, and the core of it was the next action pattern. In this process, the person who first proposed silencing was not the Sin Lord. To be precise, it was not just the Sin Lord."

Archduke Fosset did not speak, but lit up another cigarette with a headache.

"The idea of ​​​​silencing them was thought of by the Sin Lord, high-ranking ranger Willow Coffin, and high-ranking knight Varese Karel at the same time."

William waved his hand to drive away the second-hand smoke created by his friend, and shrugged: "But the Sin Lord made everyone think that that order, and even the countless inhumane orders in the future, were all issued by him alone. The reason is that if we investigate afterwards, As a noble and having a good personal relationship with Garros and Arthur, he can bear the consequences better than others."

Fossey frowned with a complex expression: "In other words, those orders are not because he is cruel by nature, but because he is helpless?"

"Yes, this is the conclusion I finally came to. There is nothing I can do about it."

Emperor William, who was suffering from second-hand smoke, finally lit a cigarette for himself in desperation. After taking a puff, he said solemnly: "If he was not the subject of our serious suspicion earlier, this matter would have happened long ago. It can be explained clearly, because the situation is actually very simple. If absolute stealth operations cannot be guaranteed, the Sin Lord troops whose specific number has been judged will definitely not be able to attract the attention of the rebels, let alone create a trap for the main force led by you and Arthur. If there is an opportunity, then the war situation will be greatly prolonged, the Griffin Dynasty will calmly intervene, and a war between countries will break out. Once the war breaks out, there is at least a 90% chance that we will be swallowed up by the Griffins."

Fossey sighed and smiled to himself: "More than seven thousand innocent lives and the disaster of the country's destruction, it is really a simple and easy-to-understand arithmetic problem."

"So I decided not to doubt Lord Sin anymore, at least after this conversation between you and me, I will never doubt him again." William stood up, walked to the window and looked at the starlight that had not shone through for a long time. Yekong smiled and said: "As for his talent that I can't let go of until now, and the almost non-existent ambition that is inversely proportional to it, let's use Arthur's words of 'character dictates' to explain it."

Naturally, Fossey would not continue to sit after the emperor stood up, so he quickly stood up and walked behind William, hesitantly said: "But didn't Mr. Astor say?"

"Mr. Astol shared my view after the previous counter-insurgency war."

William shrugged and smiled: "He will have a meeting with us later."

"Have a meeting with us?!"

Fossey's eyes widened in shock and he exclaimed: "But Mr. Astor wasn't always here"

There was a knock on the door, and the Queen's soft voice came from the front hall: "Your Majesty, Jude, everyone has arrived."

"Okay, honey, we're coming."

William responded loudly first, and then patted Archduke Fosset on the shoulder: "You will know soon."

After that, he took the confused latter out with him, and together with the queen and duchess waiting outside the main hall, they greeted the invitees at the door.

Marquis Robert Diggory, the head of the intelligence department of the Chauvinian Empire, and his wife, as well as their son Cedric and his female companion Cassana Isabella.

Lord Moody Burke and his wife, Lord Inspector-General.

Duke Bart Garros, leader of the Hurricane Mage Group.

The leader of the Knights of the Tsar's Sword and Imperial Marshal Galahad Wadelstein.

Justice Nafario Clemente, Marquis and his wife.

Miranda Fisher Marquis.

Earl Perkins Fred.

Lord Will McBride.

Imperial Prince Arthur Bohol.

as well as

Mo, who has just been canonized as a hereditary earl, and his female companion pray silently.

"Haha, it's been so lively for a long time. I have a hunch that today's dinner will be very enjoyable."

Emperor William Bohe smiled and winked at the core members of the empire in front of him, and after everyone saluted, he smiled teasingly at Cedric, the only son of Marquis Digory: "And today seems to be the first time that little Ced has brought an A day when the female companion attends a formal occasion.”

The only female noble present, Marquis Mirada Fisher, smiled narrowly.

But Cedric waved his hands with a blushing face and said hesitantly: "Well, Your Majesty, I think you must have misunderstood. Although I did invite Isabella to come with me today, there is nothing between us."

Marquis Diggory poked him covertly and heavily, and said in a low voice: "Listen, Syd, your explanation will make Miss Isabella look ugly."

"I mean, although I have tried hard, the current limit is that Isabella agrees to come to the banquet with me. Well, and it is very likely that she is only willing to show favor to His Majesty and the Queen because she admires him very much."

Cedric's reaction was also very fast, and he immediately made a powerful supplement to his previous gaffe without missing a beat.

As for Cassana next to her, she was already blushing so much that she couldn't even raise her head, but her lowered eyes would still occasionally glance at a certain newly promoted earl standing outside, her thoughts clearly revealed.

How could these experienced people present not see it, but everyone led by Emperor William chose to see through it without telling it, and changed the topic with a haha.

On the other hand, Arthur quietly came to Mo Tan's side and gave him a narrow look, and the latter gave him a hidden white eye in return.

Then, after a brief greeting

"Although the chefs have almost prepared it, but"

The queen coughed slightly and smiled: "There is still a little time before the dinner starts. Is there any lady who would like to practice her crafts with me and give the gentlemen a surprise?"

Mrs. Burke immediately stepped forward and raised her skirt to the Queen: "I am happy to oblige, my dear Highness."

"And us."

Mrs. Fossey, Mrs. Clement and Mrs. Diggory also walked over together, smiling.

"I won't do it. Fisher's family cooking skills can only frighten the gentlemen."

Marquis Miranda Fisher smiled wryly and waved her hand, then gently patted Cassana Isabella, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "Dear Isabella, are you willing to go to everyone on my behalf?" Do you want to start with me?"

"ah!"

The latter was startled at first, then immediately nodded with a red face and said: "I'm so happy!"

and then trotted over to Mrs. Diggory's side.

"And you, little Ced."

Marquis Miranda pushed Cedric again, raised his eyebrows and said, "Go and help with the physical work."

How could the latter not understand the meaning of the latter's words? He immediately walked over quickly, and in the process, he secretly shrugged at Arthur and Mo.

"I also want to help with the manual labor!"

Arthur smiled and volunteered.

"It's a pity that you inherited your talent in cooking from your father, my dear."

The queen smiled gently and signaled Arthur not to cause trouble.

"Are you expecting a surprise?"

Ji Xiaodao turned his head and blinked at Mo, with a smile as bright as a flower.

"certainly."

The latter answered in the affirmative without hesitation.

So Ji Xiaodao released his hold on the other party's arm, made a face in ink, and quickly ran to the group of ladies around the queen.

"I really envy you, Lord Sin."

Marquis Miranda Fisher didn't know when she appeared beside Mo, covered her mouth and chuckled: "You are the most popular man among ladies I have seen in the past twenty years."

Mo smiled coquettishly and did not answer.

But Arthur next to him asked curiously: "Who was the most popular man among ladies twenty years ago?"

"It's your father, Your Highness."

Miranda, who was already over forty but looked as if she was in her early thirties, winked at him and whispered: "You can never imagine how many fanatical supporters His Majesty William had back then, nor can you imagine that he decided to marry your mother. How many girls cried and wet their pillows."

Arthur chuckled: "Then how many pillows have you wet from crying?"

"I?"

Marquis Miranda made a face at Arthur: "I didn't cry."

"You are so strong."

"It's okay, after all, I was the one who brought them together~"

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Chapter 647: End