Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 363 Secret Meeting
Dealing with Prince Edward is not a problem that can be solved directly by arresting him.

Even the Queen herself was very cautious about this matter and even held a small-scale secret meeting for this purpose.

In addition to Princess Anne, the Duke of Gloucester, military representatives and the speaker of the elected parliament and other powerful officials in the empire were summoned by the queen to ask them about their attitude on this matter.

"Your Majesty the Queen, it is best to end this matter. Your Highness Justinian's weight is already heavy enough. If Prince Edward is added to the mix, this matter will be very difficult to deal with. It will cause serious consequences to the empire. Serious turmoil." The Duke of Gloucester spoke first. He had no intention of explaining for Prince Edward, but he also clearly expressed his attitude towards maintaining the stability of the empire.

The reason for this is because several previous meetings with Purficott made the Duke of Gloucester understand that only if the empire's current society is stable enough, they will have enough margin to deal with the end of the world.

Otherwise, if everyone focuses on political struggle or maintaining the security and stability of imperial society, then they will not have the energy and time to deal with the end of the world.

With such knowledge and awareness, it is not surprising that the Duke of Gloucester showed such an attitude.

As for the military, apart from hoping to retain some young officers with sufficient talent who have not been deeply involved in the matter, they have not clearly stated their support for anyone or a certain party's views or attitudes on this matter.

This is actually understandable. After all, the military controls violence. Once they are involved in political struggles, who knows whether these people with guns will physically eliminate their enemies in certain emotionally charged situations.

As for who is the enemy of the military, this is completely free.

It's just that for the empire, although this system is indeed written in the legal provisions, the empire has not conducted a king's trial for a long time.

At that time, the empire did not have as many things to deal with as it does now. At the same time, the king of the kingdom, as the supreme ruler of the country, had the right and obligation to make rulings or trials for everything that happened in the kingdom.

Therefore, no one wants to really release soldiers to interfere with politics. Therefore, everyone can understand and feel grateful for the military's attitude of not supporting anyone.

So the King's Trial came into being, where the King himself decided whether a person was guilty or not.

The so-called king's trial, as the name suggests, is a trial process initiated by the king and personally serving as the judge.

No one wants to be the next name thrown into jail.

This system was born in an era when the empire was not yet an empire, but only a kingdom.

Just like the saying goes, if you have a hammer in your hand, everything you see looks like a nail and you want to hit it twice.

However, the military did not want to get involved in this matter, but the speaker of the democratically elected parliament rushed to participate in the matter and actively expressed to the queen that a special court should be formed, and then summoned Prince Edward to conduct a private king's trial.

Even the queen herself has never done this. The last king's trial held by the empire was when the current queen's father was still alive.

One can imagine what kind of big news it was for other important ministers of the empire when the speaker of the democratically elected parliament made this suggestion.

"This cannot be done, especially Prince Edward, who must not be tried as a king. Doing so will not do any good to the empire. Prince Edward's influence is enough to make the people question the fairness of the king's trial, and even affect Her Majesty the Queen herself. "The issue of legitimacy, who can be responsible for such a big thing?" The Duke of Gloucester still expressed his position and attitude, insisting that social stability should be given priority. The Queen herself seemed to be somewhat uninterested in the King's trial, but she did not express her attitude.

She just looked at Princess Anne and asked her, "Annie, what's your opinion?"

During this period of time, as the Queen gradually leaned towards and cultivated Princess Anne, anyone with a discerning eye in the empire now knew that Princess Anne was the true heir to the future of the empire.

Coupled with her close relationship with Purficott, Princess Anne's influence in the empire is growing day by day.

No one can ignore her opinion, because behind her is the most popular northern lord in the empire. Once the earl plans to participate in the political struggle, no one can guarantee that Perficott will not Will physically destroy the opponent.

So after the Queen asked this question, all eyes turned to Princess Anne.

However, the eldest princess did not say much, and just said to the queen: "Mother, we should clean up all unstable factors in the empire. No matter whether it is my brother or your brother who needs to be faced, no matter how important they are, It’s nothing compared to the future of the empire.”

After listening to Princess Anne's speech, the Queen fell into deep thought, but soon she looked back at the military representative and asked him: "If the Empire really arrests Prince Edward, the military can guarantee to assist Anne in safeguarding Is the empire stable now?”

There is no doubt that Princess Anne's opinions have influenced the Queen, and her starting point is to deal with the subsequent effects of the suppression in accordance with the law.

Regarding this issue, the military representative only expressed reservedly: "Your will, Her Majesty the Queen, as long as you give an order, the army has enough confidence to handle this matter for Princess Anne and you."

The military's attitude is very clear. They do not participate in any political struggle and only obey the person sitting on the throne.

"Then let's control Prince Edward first. No matter what, we can't let him escape before arresting and taking action." Her Majesty the Queen stated her current decision.

In the previous arrest operations, because there were so many people to be arrested, and many people had already been arrested, some people escaped trial by relying on foresight.

So Her Majesty the Queen does not want these things to happen to Prince Edward.

You must know that Prince Edward's status is completely different from that of Justinian. Coupled with his past influence, once he escapes from the empire, the surrounding countries will never easily give up such an opportunity that can affect the political stability of the empire.

So the first priority is to control Prince Edward.

Once you understand this, the rest is easy to talk about.

So the next step was to arrest Prince Edward and have a heated discussion on how to determine Prince Edward's culpability in this matter.

(End of this chapter)