"I came back yesterday." Leonard realized that he seemed too calm. As he walked inside, he tentatively asked the old man beside him: "Mr. Xue, have you heard about the recent rumors in our Privy Council?"
Along the way, people from the Privy Council greeted them, and the two of them walked side by side without looking at each other.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Leonard deliberately stretched out his voice and said, "I heard that the direct descendant of the Ji family is not a clean one."
The silver-haired old man walked outside the Senate first. When he heard his words, he paused for a moment, turned around, looked at him with a half-smile, gathered his sleeves, and said casually, "Really? Why did I hear a different version? The version I heard was that the candidate recommended by the Queen was notorious in the Independent State and had done a lot of shameful things."
He even deliberately asked back: "Mr. Lei is in the Independent Continent every day, hasn't he heard of this?"
The old man with the hooked nose suddenly showed a look of astonishment, a little embarrassed, turned his eyes away, and said vaguely: "Haha, I haven't heard of these things in the hotel."
"Yes." The silver-haired old man straightened his Tang suit. He had no intention of kicking the man when he was down. He nodded slightly and said calmly, "Let's go in."
Leonard felt as if he had thrown a punch but hit cotton.
But since everyone had gone in, he couldn't just stand there at the door alone, so he had to put on a gloomy face and walk into the Senate.
…
As the central institution of the hidden families, the Privy Council represents the interests of hundreds of families, so when encountering some major decisions, everyone needs to vote.
When the two of them walked in one after the other, the forty-one seats were already full.
The silver-haired old man walked straight towards the conservatives, and Leonard also walked towards him with a stern face.
When he passed by the neutral party, he stopped to greet one of them: "Is the Archbishop not here yet?"
"Quentin has other things to do, he will arrive before the meeting starts." The person speaking to him was the man who hid in the shadows of the church that day.
Reynald nodded and said very friendly: "Give my regards to the Archbishop."
He said this and returned to his seat.
He always had the final say on the radical side. As soon as he sat down, someone came over and asked, "Mr. Lei, there won't be any accidents in today's vote, right?"
"Hmph, don't worry." The hook-nosed man gathered his clothes and said casually, "The Queen has taken care of everything. The neutral faction will stand on our side."
He turned his head and looked at the silver-haired old man sitting on the other side without leaving a trace. He raised the corner of his mouth and sneered again: "They are definitely going to lose today!"
"That's good."
"Then let's just vote against it."
With his words, the radicals felt reassured and all of them looked relaxed and smiled.
Leonard ignored them and sent another text message to Ji Zinyin on his cell phone amid the noisy noises of the crowd.
[Remember to sweep your tail clean, don't let anyone catch it.]
Ji Zinyin replied quickly.
[Mr. Lei, don't worry, I have already done it, there won't be any problem.]
Leonard looked down and saw the text message on the screen, and the last trace of worry disappeared.
He raised his head again, waiting for the meeting to begin with great interest.
*
Meanwhile, outside the Senate.
The only key member of the Privy Council who had not yet arrived arrived outside the venue three minutes before the meeting started.
(End of this chapter)