Although the Marquis of York was a member of the royalist faction and a sharp sword held by the royal family, he also had another identity that could not be ignored...

politician.

If a confidant makes a mistake, you can criticize him or her in public, or even get angry at him or her, because this may be the only chance you have to get angry.

But you have to compensate your confidants in private, or even promote them secretly, otherwise you might be stabbed in the back before you can do anything.

If a general makes a mistake, try not to criticize him in public. Instead, focus on encouragement and motivation, giving him enough face, and then remind him in private. This is a basic way to win people's hearts.

So here comes the question.

Among the people present, who is the confidant of whom? Who is the capable assistant of whom? Answer: 1. Director Snow is the confidant of the Marquis of York; 2. The Marquis of York is the capable assistant of the royal family.

So, does Olivia belong to the royal family?

belong.

Can it represent the royal family?

……cannot.

For the royalists, there were only two people qualified to exercise jurisdiction over them on behalf of the royal family.

One is His Majesty sitting on the throne.

The other is the first princess Beatrice.

This does not include the second princess who is recuperating in the palace.

Louis could guess that Olivia had found the Marquis of York, who sided with the royal family, because Director Snow's highest superior was the Marquis of York.

With the help of the top leaders, it would be easy to investigate the factional activities.

Louis originally thought that he would investigate slowly and find an opportunity to find out the inside story, and then he would be able to discover the hidden dangers of the explosion naturally.

Knowing the result, it will be much easier to reverse the process.

——After all, the one coming towards him is the strongest form [hindsight].

But for some reason, Olivia, who was only here to investigate a case of forming a clique for personal gain, seemed very anxious.

She even produced the evidence she had found that the sewage treatment was unqualified.

Like...wanting to get the strong support of the Marquis of York? But she forgot that she was not Beatrice.

Her behavior might trigger the sensitive nerves of an old politician like the Marquis of York.

"Without following due process, you are directly demanding an investigation or even liquidation of my confidants?"

"Is this a provocation? Or was he instigated by someone? Or... is he planning to compete for power with the eldest princess?"

"She is coming here for me on behalf of someone else!"

...The Marquis of York probably thinks so.

As it turned out, he guessed right.

The Marquis of York looked at the two of them with a forced smile.

Not showing his dissatisfaction is the highest level of self-control he can display while sitting in this position.

Fortunately, Louis had no intention of investigating the issue of factionalism.

He kept a trick...

So he approached the Marquis of York and whispered, "I'm sorry, Marquis of York, for the sake of your honor, I'm afraid you can't get involved in this matter."

Louis took out a few letters from his pocket and personally delivered them to the Marquis of York. He bent down and whispered a few words in the ear of the sitting Marquis of York.

The Marquis of York's expression suddenly changed. He lowered his head, and his face was so tight as if it was covered with paste.

No one understood what was going on, but seeing the look on their faces, the atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.

The Marquis of York tapped the table with his fingertips, and everyone in the processing plant was afraid to speak.

Olivia leaned over to take a look and whispered, "An anonymous report letter?"

Director Snow looked up suddenly: "An anonymous letter? What's the content?"

Louis's mouth curled up slightly: "Director Snow, please don't misunderstand me. There are some situations that I don't fully understand. Today I am only dealing with the matter, not the person.

Let me tell you clearly now, on the day I first moved into the Prince's Palace, several anonymous letters were found in the palace, and each letter was written to me personally.

The letter said that someone in the factory had embezzled a large amount of funds that were allocated to purchase new equipment, and now the processing plant can no longer afford to handle the magical waste, and has to process the waste through night shifts. "

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became stagnant.

Louis nodded: "It is precisely because I know that I feel something is wrong.

Marquis of York, what kind of situation requires an informant to secretly deliver the report to the Prince's Palace?"

The Marquis of York smiled and said, "Do you think that someone is obstructing the reporting of anonymous letters, forcing the informant to deliver the letter to a prince's palace that has not yet been built and has weak defenses, but has a high enough status?"

Louis blinked and said, “I didn’t say that, but the princess’s secret guards investigated and found that the time of the sewage discharge was exactly the same as the content recorded in the letter.

This is also the reason why Her Highness Olivia asked you to come.

If we don’t call you here, it would be harder than climbing to the sky for us to open the closed workshop of the treatment plant.”

This is a lie.

Louis and Little Swan, who want to expose the inside story of factionalism, have different goals.

His purpose was simply to nip the Tino explosion in the bud.

In other words, he doesn't need any "evidence" at all.

As long as it is confirmed that there is a problem with the processing plant, the next step is to find a way to force Director Snow to open the workshop and let them inspect.

As for the consequences of investigating "fabricated evidence" afterwards... as long as the shady dealings are truly exposed, there will be no consequences.

Yes!

These anonymous letters of denunciation were not really sent to the Prince's Palace by anyone. In fact, every word on the letters was written by Louis himself.

There is no such thing as an anonymous whistleblower.

There is only self-rescue by a poor guy who doesn't want to go to the guillotine.

Director Snow's expression was a little stiff. He snorted and said, "You are targeting me specifically."

The Marquis of York also looked at him and said, "Lord Louis, anonymous? A letter of accusation? Are you going to turn the treatment plant upside down based on this? You have to know that you don't have the power of execution yet."

Louis said respectfully: “Lord York, I was also a citizen.

But when my village was burned down and I was abducted by human traffickers and sold to Bai Ta, I realized that sometimes, speaking out is not enough, it is only enough when someone is willing to listen to you.

How I wished someone could hear my cries at that time. Now I am standing here and hearing others’ cries, but no one can hear them.

Even if you can help me solve this mystery, let's see what the treatment plant is like."

Louis said something nice without blushing.

Thick-faced and black-hearted?

Just as Paradox players clamored that "only those who lose are war criminals", the same goes for Louis, except that he had already made up his mind and was sure of victory.

Louis spoke earnestly, and the Marquis of York snorted coldly: "Have you ever thought about what price you will pay if there is no problem here?"

“I have thought about it.”

"What can you give and what can you bear?"

Louis said calmly, "Everything."

"all?"

"Everything that belongs to me, everything I can give, please help me, open the door."

"Are you there? Lord York, I'm all in, you can do whatever you want."

But Louis never thought about how much shock these fearless words brought to others.

Marquis York felt a little uneasy for a moment. How could he not know what happened to the people who became the test subjects of the wizard? Those who survived were unwilling to talk about this past.

But this kid, this kid...

What a great Prince Louis! He really learned a lot today.

The calm expression on that clean and fragile face softened the Marquis of York's heart, but he still said in a firm voice:

"Okay, then I'll satisfy your curiosity, Snow, and open the processing chamber."

Snow turned to Louis and said, "Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

"Snow, did you hear me?" Marquis York said in a deep voice, "Open the processing chamber."

(End of this chapter)