Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 369: Powerful Minister? Powerful Minister!
While Perfect was busy receiving the old prince's inheritance, the imperial center also expressed great concern about this matter.

Prince Edward's influence among the people and the government has always been astonishing. Even though he has passed away now, the political assets he has left behind are still astonishing enough.

This even caused some members of the aristocratic parliament to worry that the northern lords, who already played an important role in the imperial court, would become difficult to contain after inheriting Prince Edward's legacy, or even threaten the rule of the empire.

From their point of view, Perfect was already a powerful official through and through, and the kind of official over whom the empire had little control.

If Perfectot wanted, everything she had now was enough to ensure the independence of the North from the Empire, and she herself would become the ruler of a new country.

This will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the empire. After all, the empire has spared no effort in investing and developing the North in recent years.

The huge investment of manpower, material resources and financial resources is a heavy burden even for the empire.

If it were not for the quick victory of the Seventeen-Day War and the brutal exploitation of the Three Kingdoms by the Empire after the war, the Empire's finances would have been on the verge of collapse at this time.

Even so, the current empire's finances are quite tight, and a large number of projects and plans deemed "not so important" have to be stopped in order to ensure that the empire can still maintain its huge investment in the North.

From this perspective, if Perfectot separated the North from the Empire, the blow to the Empire would be huge, even devastating.

And when Perfecto inherits Prince Edward's legacy and influence, her influence on the empire will no longer be a blow.

The Northern Lords, who already hold great power and influence, will be qualified to deprive the Empire of its supreme ruling power, and in a sense, all this is even more likely to happen than the normal succession of the royal heir.

Because the current heir to the royal family cannot directly inherit the throne in name, and if the northern lord wants to seize power, she only needs to make a call.

As the inventor of the Steam Knight Armor, Perfect has no shortage of military power to seize it all.

The greatest significance of the old prince's legacy to her was that it gave her the legitimate right to obtain all this.

Even without all this, it is not impossible for Perfectot to obtain the supreme ruling power of the empire, but if he has the title of righteousness in hand, things will undoubtedly become much simpler.

At the very least she will have fewer enemies and reduce unnecessary killings.

Even though Perfect did not actually have such an idea and had no interest in the supreme ruling power of the empire, this did not prevent her from having the qualifications and legal status to compete for that position after being adopted as a granddaughter by Prince Edward.

Although an adopted daughter does not have the possibility of direct inheritance, at least under the imperial law this identity already qualifies her for inheritance, even if this qualification is ranked almost last.

Given the influence and political capital left by Prince Edward, Perfecto's ranking in this regard is naturally not last.

Naturally, all that Perfectoct has is a huge threat to some people.

This threat is not only the full power of Perfecto's privileged government, but also includes the worry that she can directly control the empire and become the supreme ruler of the empire. Although Perfecto herself does not have such an idea, when you really have this ability and opportunity, and when the possibility is really in front of you, there are too few people who can resist crossing and trying this step.

Those who doubt and worry about Perfect cannot do it themselves, so they naturally extend their thoughts to others and believe that Perfect will actually do so to a large extent.

After all, in political struggles and power changes, one can never rely on the other party's morality.

In fact, even Princess Anne, who had enough trust in Perfectok, couldn't help but wonder in her heart whether Perfectok would really seize the supreme ruling power of the empire when someone began to worry and doubt about him.

For Princess Anne herself, she actually doesn't care if Perfecto really wants the supreme power of the empire.

Even though she is the first in line to the throne of the empire at this moment, it does not prevent Princess Anne from thinking that Perfectocte is the more suitable person to inherit it all.

Perfect can do this in terms of both ability and strength. Prince Edward's legacy allows Perfect to inherit the old prince's great influence and reputation among the people, as well as the most important legal legitimacy.

With this, even if Perfecto did this, she would not be branded as a traitor or a regicide, but rather as a powerful official who was trying to seize power or an heir to the throne.

Don't underestimate this tiny difference. In certain special circumstances, the legality of this identity may mean the difference between life and death.

Princess Anne didn't care about all this because she knew what the future of the empire would be like. At that time, the supreme ruling power of the empire would not be a pleasure, but a task that required strong ability and a lofty sense of responsibility.

It would be a pleasant surprise for Princess Anne if someone could take charge of all this on her behalf.

So she didn't mind if Perfect really tried to snatch it all. In fact, if Perfect was really willing to do so, she would feel sorry for the responsibility that Perfect would have to bear.

But Princess Anne may not care, but those nobles cannot.

They did not know what the future of the empire would be like, but even if they knew, they would not be willing to allow an "outsider" like Perfect to gain the supreme ruling power of the empire.

In other words, they did not want Perfecto to be able to override them and gain the power to rule over them.

Therefore, some people within the Council of Nobles began to propose restricting Perfecto's power, or at least to eliminate or, as much as possible, the possibility of her interfering with the highest ruling power of the empire.

How much loyalty to the emperor and patriotism there is in the people who put forward this proposal is not a question that needs to be discussed.

Because whether it was out of desire for power or concern for the future of the country, the proposal put Perfect on the cusp of the storm, and at the same time intensified the conflict between her and the imperial nobles, turning them into a tit-for-tat situation.

(End of this chapter)