Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 623 Imperial Meeting
After Perfecto and the Duke of Gloucester reached a consensus, the two sides did not say anything more and entered the meeting room of the royal court together.

As a royal meeting, the Queen should have been present, and as the heir to the royal family, Princess Anne should have been present as an observer.

But now, the Queen is absent due to illness and Princess Anne is away on a military campaign. Instead, the Duke of Gloucester, Speaker of the Parliament of Peers, is presiding over the meeting on behalf of the royal family.

As for whether there are other members of the royal family who can replace the original members, this is nonsense to all parties.

The current royal family is supported by the prestige of the Queen herself. Although Princess Anne is recognized by all parties as the heir to the imperial throne, that's all.

Princess Anne still has a long way to go if she wants to truly possess the same prestige as the Queen herself and be able to suppress all forces with her prestige alone.

As for the other members of the royal family? There really isn't a single one of them that is capable.

Even at the meeting of important officials at the core of the empire, there was not a single member of the royal family present except the Queen and Princess Anne, which is very telling.

In the past, Prince Edward did have the prestige, identity and status, but because of his desire to retire to the countryside, Prince Edward has never taken the initiative to participate in politics.

As for his secret cultivation of power, that is not within the scope of discussion.

It can be said that the absence of the royal family from this imperial conference cast a less optimistic shadow on the meeting from the very beginning.

As soon as the meeting began, an elderly royalist minister denounced this royal meeting as being against the rules and demanded that the meeting be held at least until Princess Anne returned or the Queen recovered and was able to attend.

Instead of being like now, completely ignoring the existence of imperial power.

This is obviously unacceptable to all parties, even the royalists themselves cannot accept it.

The reason is very simple, because for all parties, the key is to promote the reform of the National Assembly as soon as possible. As for whether it is in accordance with the rules and whether it respects the royal family? If we have a parliamentary system, how can we respect the royal family?

For all parties, this respect is merely nominal.

The royalists wanted to maintain the power and status of the royal family, which was closely related to their own interests, not because they were all loyal subjects of the empire and were completely loyal to the royal family.

To a large extent, the old man's remarks are intended to disrupt the situation, making it easier for everyone to fish in troubled waters.

Facing the old man's disruption, Perfectcott spoke directly before everyone else: "If that's the case, I remember that Prince Edward seemed to have given me a nominal right to inherit the throne.

Although I am at the bottom of the list, according to the current succession law of the empire, I should have the right to inherit the throne and can theoretically represent the royal family."

Perfect's statement immediately shocked everyone, because these words contained a lot of information.

But it was obvious that no one really wanted to see Perfecto ascend the throne, so someone immediately said, "Earl Brandelis, I remember that your nominal right to inherit the throne is in the twentieth or so place, right?
No matter what, it's not your turn to represent the royal family, right? There are so many people before you!"

"Are there really that many people? Are you sure?" Perfect gave the other person a look, letting him figure it out for himself. Without a doubt, Perfect's question silenced everyone.

For the current empire, if Perfecto really wants to ascend the throne, except for Princess Anne, no one else can pose a threat to her.

Especially since Perfect added, "And if my inheritance is not enough, how about Prince Edward's granddaughter? I can always ask her to come if you need me."

Obviously, Perfect was deliberately trying to interrupt the other party.

Prince Edward's granddaughter did not want to get involved in politics. When the old prince passed away, the arrangement for her was simply to let Perfecto ensure that she could live a safe and prosperous life, and no political assets were left for her.

But it must be admitted that the other party's bloodline is still noble, and if necessary, the old prince's granddaughter can always become a strong contender for the throne.

As long as Perfect is willing to support her and fight for her due treatment, the old prince's granddaughter will even be able to inherit the old prince's title of prince, making her rank in the top five in the order of succession to the throne.

Of course, this is a game of turning the table over. Perfect can threaten like this, but he won't really do it.

But no one dared to bet whether she really thought so, because Perfect had the ability to do so.

The Duke of Gloucester saw that the topic had gone off topic from the beginning, so he quickly knocked the gavel in his hand to draw everyone's attention back before speaking: "Let's not talk about these irrelevant topics. What we need to discuss now is the issue of parliamentary reform!"

The Duke of Gloucester still had enough prestige. When he spoke, everyone quieted down and listened to him carefully.

"Regarding the reorganization of the two existing parliaments of the Empire into a national parliament, this topic has now become the most hotly debated topic in the entire North and the New World. No matter whether it is the nobles or the workers, everyone is discussing this topic and is looking forward to the Empire changing." Seeing that everyone was listening to him carefully, the Duke of Gloucester continued, "From the current situation, the Empire has indeed entered a new stage since the crisis of the Doomsday Winter, and we should indeed make some changes."

This also sets the tone for today's meeting, that change is inevitable.

In fact, this is something that everyone knows. Although various forces are arguing over their own interests and positions, there is basically no objection to whether the National Assembly needs to be reorganized.

After all, the trend is set, and anyone with a little insight can see the current situation, and no one can go against it.

As for some people who are not in their right minds and want to go against the trend of the times, such idiots are not qualified to sit in this conference room today.

After the Duke of Gloucester's speech, all parties naturally expressed their opinions, either indirectly or directly expressing their agreement and support for the reorganization of the National Assembly.

But even so, this nonsense still lasted for several hours.

Naturally, Perfect was too lazy to listen to such torturous nonsense. She just sat there calmly and even had the leisure to ask Befa to make tea for her.

However, intimidated by the majesty of the Northern Lord, no one said anything about it.

(End of this chapter)