The young King kicked him away from his perch on the horse, his eyes sinisterly dark. Suddenly his tone changed, becoming extremely terrifying: “Brave and fearless enough to violate my orders!”
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”
The earl straightened up suddenly, deathly panicked.
“The Holy Lord above! I would never dare to violate your orders! I have never received a second order from you……”
He seemed to suddenly see a life-saving rope and grabbed it with all his strength.
“Your Majesty! The messenger from the Imperial Conference did not arrive in Mohn County! Your Majesty!”
The whip snaked out like a viper, and snapped heavily on the earl. He grunted and the words were drawn back into his stomach.
“The messenger didn’t arrive?” The young King retracted his whip and his horse paced unhurriedly, his thin lips pulled into a sneer of contempt, “What does that matter? I only know that my order has been violated. Starting today, I will take back all the territories I once granted you——”
“Your Majesty!”
Two voices overlapped.
One was the pale-faced Earl Walter, and the other was another person in the crowd.
Zhu Chi raised his eyes.
An archbishop stepped out of the crowd holding a cross, and lowered his head in front of him: “Your Majesty the King, the Holy Lord teaches us to be tolerant. The good Earl had not received your second letter. May you have mercy and forgive him his sins.”
“Are you pleading for him? My good Bishop.”
Zhu Chi Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, an unkind tone lacing through his voice.
Everyone in Legrand knew that the conflict that lasted between the young King and the church was not a day or two. At this time, it seemed that a battle would break out once again between both sides.
The Master of the Households squeezed his hand nervously on the side. His Majesty did something improper last month, and his conflict with the Holy See had escalated to the point where he was about to be excommunicated from the church. At this time, it was undoubtedly very irrational to start a conflict with a bishop.
“My beloved Majesty, I believe your uncle will definitely support you in maintaining a loving heart.”
The bishop replied.
Everyone, including Zhu Chi, looked towards the platform.
The Duke of Buckingham had been released from the shackles. He stood on a high platform and looked down at his nephew who arrived unexpectedly. The Duke had his back to the light so it was difficult for people to see what his expression was, only seeing his black robe being blown by the wind. He slowly nodded to Zhu Chi.
No one dared to speak.
The two, nephew and uncle, looked at each other in a strange exchange.
Finally, Zhu Chi looked away without any expression.
“Since the messenger has disappeared in your territory,” Zhu Chi looked at the bishop coldly, but said to the earl, “I give you three days to find the intercepted messenger, or else——get out of Mohn County.”
The bishop opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but gave up in the end.
Logically speaking, the nobles obtained the land granted by the King, so they needed to be responsible for various affairs in the territory. However, the messenger set off from the palace and passed through at least three counties along the way. Everyone knew that the messenger was probably intercepted shortly after leaving the palace.
But at this moment, the King directly ignored these facts and declared the site of the messenger’s disappearance to be located in Mohn County, which was obviously a prelude to punishment in disguise.
But for a tyrant like the King, that he did not strip the earl of his title on the spot and throw him into prison was already considered a kind of concession.
The limp earl was dragged away.
The crowd gradually dispersed.
Seeing that the Duke of Buckingham was invited off the guillotine, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bressi let out a faint sigh.
“What a cruel monarch.”
The ambassador of the Kingdom of Plön to Legrand also sighed, this was the first time he saw the King of Legrand who was rumored to be absolute and inviolable. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Plön looked at the Ambassador of Bressi.
“I really pity Legrand’s people.”
Ambassador of Bressi absent-mindedly replied with a few meaningless remarks.
He returned to the embassy and immediately spread out letter paper.
“My dear lord, our plan has fallen to the ground. We may need to carefully consider some more whether we want to help the Grand Duke seize the throne……I think we may have made some inaccurate estimations. The Holy Lord above, I hope this is just my misconception.”
This secret letter was sent out of Mohn County on the same day.
…………
In the study room in the castle.
Although Earl Walter was not stripped of his title at the time, since Zhu Chi was here, the one with highest authority of the castle naturally changed. He stayed in the study, flipping through the library.
The Master of the Households carefully knocked on the door and got permission to come in.
“Your Majesty, the Lord Duke wants to see you.”
He reported.
“No.”
The Master of the Households froze and looked at him in astonishment.
AN: The Tree Tyrant Classics: No, it’s meaningless, that’s all.