Chapter 399: Pretend, then Pretend
The process of putting Aiwass’s approval in the suitcase and delivering it to the Minister of the Privy Council who was meeting in the Round Table Hall did not take more than twenty minutes. .
The Minister of Camelot just opened it and glanced at the reply, then took a breath and felt something buzzing in his head.
Blood pressure, blood pressure is up
Aiwass did not use Isabel's signature, but directly signed his name.
But in fact, this is not fundamentally different.
After all, this is a document submitted to Her Majesty the Queen according to the procedure, and Isabel is currently not on the Glass Island at all. According to Avalon's rules, this kind of matter would rather be postponed for a while, and it would be necessary to wait for Isabel to come back before a formal approval can be given.
Aiwass is not the Minister of the Imperial Seal. Logically speaking, he has no right to see these documents.
And not only did he read it, he didn’t even hide it at all, but he signed his name generously to give the approval on behalf of the Queen. There is no doubt that it was Queen Isabel who granted Ai the authority of Minister of the Imperial Seal. Wentz.
Theoretically speaking, ministers can indeed do this.
As long as he has the Queen's direct authorization, he can be temporarily regarded as a minister of any department.
But it was not until he saw this reply that Minister Camelot finally made one thing clear
Queen Isabel had indeed been ignored by Minister Moriarty
Before this, the Minister of Camelot was actually a little unsure whether Isabel's behavior was so sudden and abnormal, whether it was because her previous performances were all disguises, or whether someone was teaching her to do this.
In other words
Is Minister Moriarty the personal favorite of the young queen, or the powerful minister manipulating the entire Avalon behind the scenes?
Now it seems that it is probably the latter.
But how to put it
The Minister of Camelot was relieved.
He also grew up watching Isabel.
It would be too hurtful to say that it was just Isabel’s performance before, and her nature was such a cold and rational strong attitude. This is tantamount to telling you clearly that I have always been I was wary of you, but now I finally don’t have to act anymore.
Now it is finally confirmed that this is just the command from the air like a string operator from Minister Moriarty.
However, on the other hand, it was not the thoughtful Her Majesty the Queen who planned their move. These old guys are still very reluctant to compete with young people at a distance.
The Minister of Camelot remembers Aiwass’s eyes always squinted and his smile gentle. It looks like a cunning fox.
He felt a chill running down his spine.
Aiwass is only eighteen years old this year
In the eyes of the Minister of Camelot, he is just aA child. His grandchildren are all much older than Aiwass.
That’s it.
Own position
The Minister of Camelot thought to himself, closed the letter he had read and put it back into his suitcase. He sat upright, listening to the chaos and noise in the Round Table Hall, squinting his eyes and remaining silent.
"Can't Minister Moriarty get up?"
The surrounding ministers complained dissatisfiedly, "Your Majesty has already left, what excuse does he have for saying that he is not in good health?" ”
Subsequently, ambiguous laughter came from the Round Table Hall.
"Maybe I'm shy."
"Maybe I was scared yesterday. It is said that the murder scene was quite cruel."
Someone said casually "Perhaps the young people feel that they can't chat with us."
"Don't think so," someone else chuckled and explained in a seemingly gentle manner, "Maybe little Aiwass knows I am just a minister without a department, so I simply don’t come to the meeting. After all, ministers only have a false position."
"In that case, he is quite polite. Don't ask for things."
"After all, he is an adopted son of the Moriarty family, so it is normal for him to be wiser than his peers."
"Hey, he is already the head of the family. Your Majesty must also call you "Sir Moriarty"
Voices that seemed friendly but were actually malicious sounded from everywhere.
This is basically the atmosphere in the Round Table Hall where Her Majesty the Queen is not present.
Compared to serious discussions on state affairs, it is more like a street chat or quarrel. If it weren't for the chief knight suppressing them, they would have fought several times every week.
Even with the suppression of the chief knight, there are always knights who have enmity in the Round Table Hall and decide to duel every year.
"Quiet"
As the first great guardian, he rang the bell in front of him with a straight face and an unhappy expression.
His voice spread throughout the Round Table Hall, and the knights fell silent again.
In fact, none of them knew Aiwass, so naturally they had no grudges. I just felt that it was too easy for Aiwass to be the minister, and the two queens, Sophia and Isabel, had obviously given preferential treatment to Aiwass, so I felt a little unbalanced.
For most knights, Isabel chose Awas Moriarty, a new minister who is younger than herself, as her only "team", which is actually the same as Yu admitted that he had no helpers or confidants. This is actually a very humble attitude, which means "everything is easy to talk about, I need people's support."
Because of this
They were so confused after Isabel participated in that round table meeting and showed an unusually tough attitude.
But soon some smart people suddenly realized that almost all those who spoke out to ridicule Aiwass at this moment came fromThe ministers and knights from the Gaolou faction.
The Chocolate Minister, headed by the Minister of Camelot, has always maintained an unusual silence.
So they gradually became quiet.
The only ones who are still shouting like clowns are the high-rise knights who are close to Lloyd's. There are not many ministers among them, and most of them are honorary knights from the Arbitration Hall.
In Avalon, as long as the authoritarian path reaches the fourth level, whether you join the Arbitration Hall or stay in the Judicial Court, you will automatically become a knight. Therefore this is also the faction with the most civilians. They have no real power, they just have access to the Round Table Hall. And they are also the knights who are most easily won over by Lloyd's money offensive.
The expressions of those high-ranking and powerful ministers of the Chocolate Pie with noble backgrounds today, without exception, have become visibly ugly and even, it can be said to be fearful.
Others don’t know, but they all know it.
Just yesterday afternoon, Minister Griffith showed clear and obvious hostility towards Aiwass during the chocolate pie meeting. There were only a few people who could become ministers who were not human beings. At that time, other people also felt a sense of violation, so they were cautious and did not take up the issue. Just watching Griffith perform.
At that time they thought it was sent by Aiwass to fish
But not even a day had passed, but just yesterday evening, Griffith was assassinated.
Aiwass himself, who was "unwell" in the Round Table Hall, suddenly appeared in the news as an "enthusiastic passer-by".
You are so fucking enthusiastic
The knights said to themselves.
People who never leave the Palace of Silver and Tin are either at No. 14 Ronin Street, or at Moriarty Manor, or at the Palace of Silver and Tin, or at Wangli University of Law. Aiwass rarely went to a place where other ministers gathered for dinner, and he inexplicably invited a young reporter with whom he had no previous contact to dinner.
That reporter is not even a transcendent person
There is definitely something wrong with this. Although they can’t explain why and there is no evidence at all, the strong sense of violation makes them speechless. If you dare to speak, you can only remain silent.
Until the morning's regular meeting ended, these elite ministers gathered again at the home of the Camelot minister.
The Minister of Camelot just silently showed two replies to the ministers.
"Let's take a look, everyone."
The Minister of Camelot sighed.
The first letter was a reply written by Aiwas in the name of Isabel yesterday, signed with Isabel's name at the end; the second letter was written by Lily and had just been delivered to him. Si's order.
After the ministers circulated it, their expressions became complicated.
On the one hand, it is because of the existence of "whistleblowers" within the Chocolate Pie, and on the other hand, it is because of the amazement and even fear of Aiwass.
"I actually have a question."
The Minister of Education looked at the reply letter in his hand with a serious and solemn expression, "Is your Majesty's reply really written by herself?"
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Obviously, Isabel is now completely controlled by Aiwass. Then it is possible that this letter was written by Aiwass.
"It doesn't matter."
Minister Camelot said calmly, "Even if it is written by His Majesty, it will definitely be read by Minister Moriarty. In other words, Minister Moriarty He must have already known what Minister Griffith said. That means that when Minister Moriarty saw Minister Griffith's body, he already knew his hostility towards himself and his adopted sister. .
“Now that he is asking to personally verify this matter, I urge you to try to distance yourself from this matter. Minister Moriarty is by no means the kind of incompetent person who only quarrels with us in the Round Table Hall; he is also a more ruthless character than the prince. ”
What he is referring to here is Prince Lloyd two hundred years ago.
“Isn’t this your problem
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< p>Someone asked the Minister of Camelot angrily.After all, they are a small association, with only a dozen people, all of whom are elites, and their number is only one-fifth of the Gaolou faction. Not once. There is no doubt that they all regard each other as partners, and if there is a leaker in this small group, it will make others feel betrayed.
If Old Camelot handles it. If not, this will undoubtedly affect his status within this small group.
But Camelot just sneered without fear, "So what? This undoubtedly shows our respect for His Majesty and Ava." Long's loyalty.
"If we hadn't noticed something was wrong and reported it at the first time, then if this matter had been found out in advance, do you know what we would have faced?"
What he was referring to was, It is the demonic circle in the basement of Minister Griffith.
The words of the Minister of Camelot tied the non-existent "reporter" to himself. At present, no one dares to admit that he is the whistleblower, and no one dares to admit it. Admit that you are not the whistleblower.
The former means betrayal of the alliance, and the latter means betrayal of the queen.
After realizing the Camelot Minister's two-pronged strategy, the man's expression also changed, and he immediately realized why the Camelot Minister dared to directly admit his leak.
And Old Camelot was also very calm
, and said straightforwardly, "I advise everyone, I mean, those who have not written before should also admit their mistakes to His Majesty. Several of them have already He's an old guy, so I won't say much more."
"It's just," the Minister of Law sighed faintly, "Should we admit our mistake to His Majesty, or to Minister Moriarty. I admit my mistake."
"Be careful, Mr. Carter."
The Minister of Defense glanced slightly at the youngest minister here except the dead Griffith, and reminded him.He said, "Mr. Griffith, he disappeared after saying this."
He replaced "Mr." with "Mr." without leaving a trace. Qing is the honorific title given to knights in Avalon, which is equivalent to the knight of Star Antimony. Only the knights who enter the Round Table Hall can be called "lords".
The Minister of Law also immediately stopped talking.
He was indeed afraid of Aiwass who was unreasonable and flipped the table directly.
What is even more frightening is that Aiwass did it flawlessly
Everyone knows that he did it, but he did not leave any traces.
Is this method really something that an eighteen-year-old student with no father or mother and all his elders in the family can think of and do on his own?
"This letter was finally handed in. It doesn't matter who got it, it's important whether we took such an attitude. After all, Mr. Griffith was assassinated after consulting with us; and Awas Moriarty was very clear. Even if he unexpectedly arrived at a restaurant he had never been to and invited a reporter he had never met for dinner, the arbitration court could confirm that he had nothing to do with the murder of Mr. Griffiths."
The Minister of Defense remained calm and calm, as if he had a part in writing the letter to report the matter. "In this case, the matter becomes why Griffith of the Tandem Star Antimony is so close to us. So, even if Just in case, I and Lord Camelot advise you to bow your head and admit your mistake.
“If you didn’t write a letter the first time, you can say that you didn’t react. But if you don’t write a letter now, you can’t. That's a matter of attitude. ”
The Minister of Law’s expression changed, and he looked around and found that everyone basically made such a gesture.
Everyone’s expressions became very relaxed, and there was a smile in their eyebrows. Smile.
It seems that they are all die-hard loyalists who wrote to Isabel immediately, and he is the only one who did not write.
But the Minister of Law can be sure that these colleagues. There must be some pretense. Even if they realize something is wrong with Griffith, it is impossible for everyone to choose to write and report it immediately.
Pretend and keep pretending. But he couldn't help it, who made him jump out first?
"Indeed, what you said is true. "
Minister Carter lowered his head and sighed, and couldn't help complaining, "Are all those who came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs traitors? I have arrested a few of them. I remember that the Sea Secretary also came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." It’s true that those who have been to Star Antimony are related to Star Antimony people, and those who have not been to Star Antimony are also related to Star Antimony people." Halfway through, he recalled that the Minister of Education is also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before becoming the Minister of Education, he was the secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was transferred by the Queen to this field where he had no experience at all.
So Carter nodded and apologized, "Oh, sorry, I am. Not talking about you. It's just an exaggerated expression. "
The Minister of Education was not angry at all, but just smiled bitterly, "It's not too exaggerated. "
"There are really so many traitors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who favor the Star Antimony people"
The Minister of Camelot was a little curious.
"Oh, that's not true."
The Minister of Education thought for a moment and then cautiously added, "I mean, not entirely. At least some of it is biased towards iris. "
"It's a small matter to stand on the side of the Iris people, but it's a big deal to stand on the side of the Star Antimony."
The Minister of National Defense casually complained, "After all, Iris and Iris are now a big deal. We can also be regarded as allies."
"Why," Camelot keenly captured the details, "Do you have any explanation?"
The Minister of Defense hesitated for a moment, but soon He sighed, "Forget it, you will know it soon anyway."
"Remember, the Iris people ceded a lot of interests to us before?"
"Yes ," Everyone looked at each other and looked around. The Minister of Camelot asked cautiously, "Do you have any explanation?"
"The Irises asked us to send a griffin unit to station in Provence. ”
The Minister of National Defense replied.
Provence is a border city next to the Star Antimony Kingdom.
Hearing this, several people’s expressions changed. He became nervous.
The Minister of Camelot confirmed, "In what name is the station stationed?"
"Anything will do. Queen Sofia's offer of a goodwill visit to Provence was recently in the works to host the New Year's Chevalier celebrations. Just go by this name. ”
The Minister of National Defense paused and explained, “After I pass, I won’t come back for the time being.” "
"What do the Iris people want to do?"
Carter frowned, "They want us to defend the city for them. The Griffin Legion is not good at defense. It really doesn't mean they want to trap us." Is it a trap of the Griffin Legion?"
"No," Camelot pondered for a while, squinting his eyes and said, "I don't think so."
He was keenly aware that Iris The Flower Kingdom must want to do something.
Their overtures to Avalon and their active cession of interests can only be explained under one circumstance.
That is. They planned to start a war with Star Antimony.
In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, they needed to hand over Avalon in advance.
Camelot asked, "Does your Majesty know about this?" >
"Your Majesty Sophia knows," the Minister of Defense replied, "and so does the Great Guardian. "
"Your Majesty Isabel should also know. "
Old Camelot stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and replied slowly, "You should write a letter to the Palace of Silver and Tin now to inform His Majesty of this matter. ”
“But now”
Her Majesty Isabel is not here at all, and only Minister Moriarty is in the palace
The Minister of Defense reacted as soon as he spoke.
I want Minister Moriarty to know.
Will the Lloyd incident of the past happen again in the modern era?
The Secretary of Defense took a deep look.Old Camelot nodded slightly, "I understand. I will write to the Palace of Silver and Tin now."
On the other side.
Aiwass has taken Lily and arrived at Griffith Manor, which has been banned by the Arbitration Hall, openly.
Although he was searching for evidence, he was not accompanied by anyone from the Supervisory Bureau or the Supervisory Council. Ligeia, the arbitrator of the National People's Congress, followed him in person.
"Hey, kid," Ligeia was a little curious, "What are you looking for?"
Aiwass raised the corners of his mouth slightly and answered honestly, "Of course it's good stuff."
"Let me remind you first that the Arbitration Hall, Supervisory Court, and Supervisory Bureau have gone back and forth three times here. You are sure you can still find good things."
"I'm sure." "
Aiwass said slowly, "Some things can only be discovered if the right person appears nearby."
If it really exists here.
Aiwass added in his heart.
At this moment, the beholder has also returned to Star Antimony.
"It has been confirmed, Master"
It trembled in the air and replied with great certainty, "Aleister's true identity is Zola Bayard, Emile of Vines. "Baroness."
Today is a two-in-one chapter
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