At this moment, in the Merlin family mansion in the Central Territory, Duke Merlin was furious.
She quickly mobilized the intelligence organization under her control and launched a thorough investigation into all recent events in the family.
A few hours later, when she looked at the intelligence in her hands, her face was full of disbelief.
She could never have imagined that someone in her family was so bold as to order the local army corps to capture civilian girls.
But why is this? If they really need civilian girls, they can use the power of their own family. Why bother getting involved with the local army?
Duke Merlin acted decisively and ordered all family members to be gathered together.
Soon, after her order was conveyed, family members began to arrive in twos and threes.
Some members were even laughing and joking, completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.
Seeing this, Duke Merlin was furious and shouted, "Enough! Look at what you have become! Don't you know the rules at all?"
This roar was like a thunderclap, and the family members who had already arrived in the hall and those who were still outside the door fell silent in an instant.
Then they hurriedly quickened their pace, quickly came to the hall, and found chairs to sit down according to their respective positions.
Soon, all the members of the Merlin family in the mansion had arrived, except for nine members who were in charge of family affairs in other places and had not yet returned.
Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Duke Merlin said bluntly, "I called you all here today for one thing. Who mobilized the local legion?"
The family members looked at each other, and for a moment, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"You won't tell me anything? Good, that's great! Do you dare to do it but not admit it?"
At this time, Qiao Wei'an's third uncle stood up and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Chief, what exactly is going on? Has something major happened?"
Duke Merlin gave him a cold look without answering. He continued to scan the people present and said, "Since none of you are willing to step forward, I will have no choice but to call out your names."
After saying this, she continued to stare at everyone.
Finally, one family member's psychological defenses completely collapsed. He stood up timidly and said in a trembling voice, "Chief, it's me."
Duke Merlin sneered at this, then shouted, "It seems you've been so used to a life of luxury that you don't understand the serious consequences of privately mobilizing the local garrison without consulting the military and exploiting them for your own ends."
"You are not so naive as to think that just because the current queen is Jovian, you can do whatever you want. If Jovian were not pregnant, there would be no need to start a war."
"Believe it or not, we've already been imprisoned by now. How can we sit here peacefully? Now, is there anyone who is unwilling to stand up and explain clearly?"
When Jovian's second uncle heard what Duke Merlin said, his face turned pale instantly.
He knew very well that arbitrarily mobilizing the local garrison troops was no small matter, and the current emperor was not someone to be trifled with.
He turned his head sharply, staring fiercely at the young man who had stood up first, and demanded loudly, "Are you alone? How did you get such great ability?"
Then, he turned his head to the younger generation of the family and cursed angrily, "You little bastards, you've really grown up! I've only had a few days of peace and quiet, and you've already caused such a big mess! If you did it, just admit it straight away. Don't dilly-dally here. I don't have time to waste with you!"
Perhaps these younger generations felt that with Queen Jovian around, they would not face any serious consequences.
Then, seven or eight more boys and girls stood up one after another.
Seeing this, Uncle Jovian was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to teach them a lesson. Duke Merlin directly asked family members to stop Uncle Jovian.
Then, Duke Merlin's face darkened as he continued, "Why? Just a few of you? You're all so stupid!"
After that, Duke Merlin began to read out the names. In addition to the eight people who had just stood up, she read out the names of nine more people.
The other family members present looked at these people in disbelief, and really couldn't understand why they would do such a thing.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, mixed with the sound of armor colliding with each other.
Duke Merlin's face turned pale as paper in an instant. She was extremely anxious and quickly took out the communication crystal to dial the number.
However, no one answered the phone. She tried several times, but the result was the same.
Duke Merlin smiled bitterly at the family members present and said slowly, "Wait a moment, don't resist."
After saying that, she sat quietly in the chair and closed her eyes.
The family members below were immediately panicked when they saw Duke Merlin like this and heard the increasingly intense noise outside, but no one dared to act rashly.
At this moment, there was a loud "bang" and the door of the hall was kicked open by someone. Then, several dragon roars came from outside.
The family members never expected that His Majesty would actually send dragon knights to capture them, and they were immediately scared out of their wits.
One of them quickly ran to Duke Merlin, knelt down with a plop, and cried and begged, "Master, save me, please! Go ask Qiao Wei'an and see if she can help me. I'm her eldest brother, she will definitely not stand by and watch me die!"
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