Chapter 1197.2: The Big Shot
But it was different now. In the current situation, there was no point in them pretending that they were on bad terms.
Once the battle for the throne started, no matter how many officials died under the king's orders, the situation in the kingdom's capital would still be turbulent, which made it impossible for there to be any conflicts between the four top officials of the kingdom basically. At the moment of the battle for the throne, the four main officials will have to act as one to help the current king so that he can keep the situation under control..
— Joseph Ke? Army Commander Huslet asked. He obviously knew something about Joseph. "And right now, he's —" Huslet continued, as if to keep the subject straight, but what he really wanted to hear was that Joseph was still alive.
— I killed him. If I understand correctly, he sided with him to repay the debt.
— Really? Huslet asked and sighed with regret in his eyes. This regret wasn't feigned, but came from his heart.
In the past, he had fought alongside Joseph.
— Let's have a drink, " Huslet said, and raised his glass of wine. Rowan Harvey and Joe Valentine raised their glasses, so Su Xiao followed suit.
*Ding~*
The four men clinked their glasses and downed them in one gulp.
They weren't trying to hide anything. Everyone in the banquet hall could see them calmly clinking their glasses together.
— Byakuya, let's talk about something personal. When you killed the high priest, did he say anything interesting?" Joe Valentine, the thin, middle-aged man who was responsible for managing most of the officials, asked.
Hearing this, Su Xiao looked at him. "Interesting?" He wanted to marry his daughter to me on the condition that I would spare him.
— The high priest has a daughter?
— Maybe, but only if she's illegitimate. This guy's connections have always been messy, but given his looks, his daughter...
— Khuslet laughed out loud.
— By the way, who will you bet on? Rowan asked Harvey, setting his glass down on the table. He could definitely provide one of the strongest supports to any candidate, after all, he had the kingdom's treasury under his control.
— I like the third prince. I'll bet on it no matter what, " Huslet said. His choice was very obvious, and almost everyone was inclined to believe that he would bet on the third prince. Even if the third prince doesn't ascend to the throne, nothing will happen to him. He was responsible for the entire front, and if such an important person suddenly disappeared, the entire defense built up over the years could immediately collapse in the blink of an eye.
If the new king wasn't completely mentally retarded, he wouldn't touch Huslet, unless of course he wanted the kingdom to be destroyed by the undead.
— Bids? Do you think I don't want to live anymore? Joe Valentine said, and gave a dry laugh. He couldn't just say who he was supporting. Although he had great power, if he ended up on the wrong side, it would be very bad for his position.
— Did your wife beat you up again?" Why is your face so pale? Rowan Harvey suddenly started teasing Joe Valentine.
Joe Valentine was a big man, but he was a very gentle man ... yes, he was a henpecked man, and his wife was very ruthless. When they spent the night together, it was hard to tell which of the two was the real man.
— Shut up, you old pig.
— Apparently, his wife beat him up badly again, " Khuslet added fuel to the fire.
— You two are real assholes, " Joe Valentine said.
They were the most powerful people in the kingdom after the king, but did such people have to always be serious? Should they have always been polite? Every big shot used obscene language in their daily lives, but it just didn't become public knowledge. In the eyes of outsiders, they were great and aloof people who exuded a noble aura just by sitting on their butt..
Not to mention these three people, the king himself would swear at Iron Hand and these three when he was very angry. Once the king was so angry with Huslet that he poked him in the forehead with his finger and shouted, "Get out of here," but that was all right, for they were old friends. If the other officials had angered the king so much, no, they wouldn't have been able to anger him because they would have become corpses earlier.
At a dinner table in the distance, two girls of about seventeen or eighteen were chatting and laughing in low voices. They were two princesses, but because they were young, they had given up fighting for the throne, so they didn't need to plot with each other right now.
— Lydia, what do you think the four of them are discussing? one of the princesses asked.
— I don't know. They must be discussing something important. Mr. Joe Valentine's face was flushed. It's definitely something very important, " Lydia replied, wanting to know what the most important officials in the kingdom were talking about right now.
In fact, at this point, Rowan Harvey was describing a time when he and Joe Valentine were having fun, but suddenly Valentine's wife found them. Because Joe Valentine was very scared, he forgot to put on his pants and quickly jumped out of the window. Since he was one of the most important officials of the kingdom, he had a first-class mind, so during his bare-ass escape, he covered his face with both hands.
The doors of the banquet hall suddenly swung open and the king walked in.
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