Tome of Blood

Chapter 388 -44- The Dust Settles

Louis V's sentence on the third prince caused the entire venue to fall into silence.

No one expected that His Majesty the King would be so decisive.

Charlotte was also somewhat surprised.

Before the central meeting was held, she had also guessed many times what the outcome of the trial of the third prince would be.

Although Charlotte felt that the death of the third prince was not a pity, but based on the known history of Miria, she always believed that the king's punishment for the third prince was to deprive or seal the power of the blood at most, and then exile.

But I really didn't expect that it would be executed directly.

The aristocratic system in Myria is quite strict, and the royal family has a higher status than other nobles. No matter how serious the crime is, the internal judgment will almost never directly sentence the death penalty.

Throughout the history of the mainland, it cannot be said that there are no executions, but they are often carried out in private, announcing the death of illness to the public, and preserving the last dignity of the royal family and related members.

Instead of directly announcing it like today.

Charlotte couldn't help but glanced at the high platform. The aged king was still expressionless, his black pupils were completely indifferent, as if the sentence was not his own child.

Charlotte didn't know whether it was because Louis V was also pissed off by the rotten melons of the third prince, or he was really unselfish.

The only thing that is certain is that the king known as the "Great One" is decisive and ruthless enough.

After all... the third prince Philip was the favorite child of Louis V and a strong contender for the throne a few months ago.

But a few months later, he was personally sent to the gallows by his father.

"The verdict is as above, do colleagues have any objections to this?"

Duke Yuehu's voice sounded again, breaking the silence of the venue.

The nobles looked at each other and were speechless for a while.

The third prince was indeed guilty of heinous crimes. Many evil deeds were to challenge the limits of the nobles, but at this moment they were really sentenced to death, and they didn't know what to say.

Only the Duke of Violet, the tenth seat, Hubert de Boit-Lint, hesitated.

It was obvious that the old duke, who had given up his grandson in the Boulder-Castre War, couldn't bear it after hearing the death sentence at this moment.

He sighed and stood up tremblingly from his seat.

For a moment, all the nobles' eyes were on him.

"Your Majesty, Philip is indeed guilty of a heinous crime, but he... is a direct member of the Valva family after all, and is... your son after all."

The old duke saluted Louis V and said shyly.

Louis V glanced at him indifferently:

"He is indeed my favorite son, but he is also the third prince of the new moon, the most noble nobleman of the new moon."

"Power and duty are equal. The status of a nobleman is not the capital to do anything wrong. Colluding with the Blood Demon Cult is a taboo in our country, not to mention that he has committed so many unforgivable crimes!"

"Since you made a mistake, you have to bear the corresponding price."

"Whoever...he is."

Facing Louis V's deep and determined gaze, Duke Violet opened his mouth and finally let out a long sigh:

"Follow your royal orders."

After all, he sat down tremblingly.

Louis V's eyes swept to the audience, and the majestic voice echoed in the hall:

"Are there any objections to this central meeting?"

Quiet.

No nobleman ever stood up again to protest.

Even those nobles who were filled with righteous indignation and originally planned to protest against the punishment of the "Great Cleansing" after the trial of the third prince at the meeting...

What a joke, the king is about to hang the prince, how can he spare the nobles who colluded with the Blood Demon Cult in the "Great Cleansing"?

Not killing people is already an open side of the net!

The nobles were not fools, and of course they recognized the pun in the king's words.

At this moment, Louis V has already responded to the attitude of the nobles in advance with his own actions!

"Since there is no objection, let's make it so. The execution time is set at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. The execution will not be made public. The Kingdom's cabinet and the dukes will be the witnesses."

Louis V was indifferent and authentic.

After all, he gave the third prince the last bit of dignity, or maybe it was because of the face of the royal family that he did not choose to execute him publicly.

But with the Duke and the cabinet of the kingdom present, it can be regarded as witnesses.

"Gentlemen, do you have any questions?"

Louis V looked at the dukes in the first row again.

Today's cabinet has been cleaned and replaced in half, and the rest are all dukes, so the dukes in the first row also include the cabinet...

After listening to the king's words, the dukes looked at each other, and no one had any questions.

Louis V's eyes finally fell on Eleanor again.

His indifferent and majestic eyes softened slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"As for all the property of the third prince... all belong to Mr. Poulder as compensation for the crime."

Eleanor paused, and gave a slight salute:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding..."

Louis V waved his hand lightly and stood up from his seat.

"Let's break up the meeting."

he said.

After finishing speaking, he left the venue together with the chief priest of the new moon, and left the venue surrounded by royal knights.

And it wasn't until the aura of the king and the chief priest disappeared completely that the quiet venue became commotion again.

The nobles looked at each other, and soon fell into a heated discussion:

"Hanging! It turned out to be hanging! I didn't expect His Majesty to hang the third prince!"

"I must have been pissed off. Although Princess Margaret came from a humble background, His Majesty seems to like her quite a lot..."

"I thought this trial would last for many days... I didn't expect it to be concluded so soon. Hey, the meeting ended so quickly, and in the end, I couldn't raise the objection of 'cleaning' to His Majesty..."

"Hmph! Regret it again at this time? Why didn't you mention it when His Majesty was here?"

"Who dared to mention it just now! They were all overwhelmed by the judgment. Besides, the princes are so harsh, so what about the nobles?"

"well……"

"..."

The nobles gathered their things and left the table while discussing.

Listening to their conversation, Charlotte also secretly sighed.

Perhaps... this is the effect that Louis V wanted.

She greeted several acquainted nobles, got up and left the venue.

...

The meeting was full of thunder and little rain.

A trial that was considered likely to last several days or even more than ten days ended directly in less than a day.

After the meeting, it happened to be meal time, and lunch was prepared in the council hall. However, most of the nobles didn't use it, and instead went back in carriages.

The same is true for Charlotte, but before leaving, she verbally agreed with Duke Yuehu to attend the other party's salon a few days later, and Duke Yuehu said that he would send someone to send an official invitation letter to Charlotte soon.

After a round with Sebastian and others outside the venue, Charlotte also informed his followers of the process of the meeting.

"It seems that His Majesty the King is determined to strengthen the centralization of power."

Sebas touched his chin and said.

Charlotte nodded slightly, deeply convinced.

It's also interesting to say that she was supposed to be one of the fuses of this central meeting, and she was still the main character, but she turned out to be a spectator from the beginning to the end.

But Charlotte is also happy to be at ease, which is convenient for her to keep a low profile and not attract attention.

Today's judgment must soon spread throughout the capital, and then the entire kingdom.

But that has nothing to do with Charlotte.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the second day after the trial of the third prince.

At noon, Charlotte heard the news of the execution in the palace. It was said that the third prince cried and cried during the execution, even peed his pants, and lost the face of the royal family.

But in any case, the third prince of the new moon, Philip de Valva, died of his own stupidity and sin after all.

Charlotte, can be considered to understand a mind.

After noon, the manor rented by Charlotte finally ushered in a new guest.

However, it was not the attendant that Duke Yuehu sent the invitation letter to the salon.

It was a royal knight from the Crescent Palace.

Royal knights brought the king's order.

Louis V . . . wants to summon her.