Although the case went through nearly a month of heated debate, the actual outcome was almost in suspense. The Wang Guoanxi District Court ultimately ruled that the City Hall lost the case, and that the "City Hall Institutional Reform Bill" was not only inconsistent with the "Streamlining Bill", but also unconstitutional.
Immediately afterwards, the Anxi Autonomous Region Parliament dismissed Lu Zhengxuan, the chief executive of Anxi City Hall.
At the same time, former prosecutor Li Fan, who had to resign after his lawyer license was revoked, was investigated by his former colleague prosecutors.
More than a month later, the Kingdom's Senate passed a major bill, the Second Amendment to the Dominion Election Act.
In the autonomous regions of the Northern Territory, local councillors at the city, county, town and other levels no longer need nominations from official agencies. Any law-abiding adult citizen can sign up to run for election. As long as they pass the review of the local election committee and have no felony criminal record, they can run for local councillor.
However, members of the Dominion Parliament still need to be nominated by the Dominion Members Qualifications Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council.
At the same time, various associations and political parties gradually increased in number at the local level.
However, according to the laws of the kingdom, political parties and groups are loose civil organizations. Members must have equal status and be free to enter and exit. The existence of any management structure, any party and group discipline with punitive measures, and the membership model equivalent to a membership club model, etc. are prohibited. Otherwise, they will be regarded as illegal organizations and banned.
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Xinjing Palace.
Two special guests came, Her Royal Highness Christine, the Crown Prince of Donghai, and Lady Windsor, a noble from the imperial capital.
The magnificent banquet hall, the extremely long and spacious banquet table, the snow-white tablecloth, and the dazzling candlesticks.
Lu Ming and Alice sat in the main seat to entertain the distinguished guests from afar.
Alice wore a snow-white lace dress and a gorgeous platinum crown, which made her look even more pure and beautiful, like an angel from heaven.
Lu Ming was talking about recent news, for example, in the waters northeast of the kingdom, a fishing boat got lost and went very far into the deep sea, and returned safely. Later, a survey ship that went there discovered that not only did the electromagnetic interference in that direction seem to have been greatly weakened, but the legendary sea monsters that swallowed the fishing boats, the dense reefs, the strange whirlpools, the terrible seabed gravity, etc. also did not exist.
"From the latest discovery, it is possible to find an island where the border tribes live, because the small fishing boat once found traces of human activities on a small island, including iron pots and pans." Lu Ming paused and said, "But the exploration team is very cautious and has not gone any deeper yet. We haven't found the island yet."
Christine spent most of her time sipping delicious food or listening to Lu Ming with a smile.
Mrs. Windsor seemed to have a lot to say. Looking at Lu Ming and Alice, who was still like a child, there was a lot of emotion in her eyes.
Back then, when I wanted to bring this little brother and Her Royal Highness the Princess together, I was just risking everything. I never thought that this day would come.
However, it seems that things are completely different from what was originally imagined. Her Royal Highness the Princess looks very happy, but it seems that she has no ambition to compete for the throne of the Emperor. With the protection of the King of Han, she is truly enjoying a happy childhood.
Besides, there is really nothing to fight for in the current position of the emperor of the new empire.
"Qianxing, thank you." Lady Windsor was talking about how she was rescued very quickly after being captured. The person who rescued her was a woman with an oriental face, and it was obvious that she was related to her younger brother.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's been almost a year. You've mentioned it many times on the phone. Besides, nothing would have happened to you. Henry didn't want to embarrass you. I'm just worried."
Windsor shook his head gently: "That's not necessarily true. I always feel that William has suddenly aged ten years, which is very wrong."
Lu Ming said nothing.
In fact, I have a vague feeling that the Western mysterious forces are mainly divided into two major factions, the Griffinni faction and the Sonya faction.
However, the Griffinni faction had lost all sense of urgency to fight for anything because Alice's little friend became more and more playful. Therefore, the awakening of this faction seemed to have been delayed by herself.
The Sonya faction was probably the descendants of the group of sorcerers who caused Queen Alice to fall into darkness thousands of years ago.
The eldest prince was easily defeated, and this group played an indispensable role in this.
Over there, Windsor smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, Qianhang. You have done a great job in the Northern Territory. If you were to say that the Northern Territory would directly elect members of parliament ten years ago, I would not have believed it at all."
Lu Ming shook his head. "I don't know if what I did was the right choice. Only time can prove it." He glanced at Christine and said, "Chris, why are you silent?"
Christine smiled slightly: "I miss Her Royal Highness the Princess very much. I have a lot to say to her."
Lu Ming was helpless, "Okay, I'm redundant. I'll leave after I finish my meal with you. You guys have plenty of time to chat." He added, "But tomorrow, a model of Sanmai's aircraft will have its maiden flight at Sanmai's Nanping R&D base. Let's go together!"
Christine smiled and said, "This aircraft looks very special. So, you want to attend the first flight ceremony?"
Lu Ming nodded. "Privately, I call this aircraft a jet aircraft. It can be said to be a groundbreaking product. It is completely different from the propeller piston aircraft in terms of the way it provides power. The model that made its maiden flight is a large aircraft used for transportation or carrying passengers."
Seeing that Christine and Lady Windsor didn't react much, he said, "Let's put it this way. Its cruising speed can reach 1,000 kilometers per hour, and its endurance range is about 8,000 kilometers."
Christine and Lady Windsor immediately looked up in astonishment, and Lady Windsor even exclaimed softly, "No way?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "So, I have to go and see the first flight tomorrow. You guys can go too."
"Then I must go and see it!" Mrs. Windsor was full of excitement, and said, "Qianhang, you are amazing. It seems that many of the companies you invested in are leading the technology!"
Lu Ming laughed and said, "How could that be possible!"
Mrs. Windsor tutted her tongue twice, "Don't be so modest in front of us." She then said with a little expectation, "Then it will only take a little over an hour to get back to Donghai from Xinjing? It will only take three or four hours to get to the imperial capital? And there's no need to stop for refueling?"
Lu Ming said helplessly, "Not so fast. It will just take off tomorrow. Although early tests show that it will be a success, it will take several years before airlines buy it for long-distance routes." He smiled and said, "When that happens, I will give Chris and you a modified plane each."
Mrs. Windsor smiled and said, "That's good enough. Chris and I will be waiting for your gift!"
Lu Ming nodded: "When have I ever failed to fulfill my promise?" Looking at the gorgeous Christine in a gorgeous silver dress beside him, he suddenly felt guilty. In fact, he wanted to touch Christine's silver high heels with his feet under the table, but when he really sat at the table, he felt differently. Such dirty little actions would be unfair to Alice and disrespectful to Christine.
“We should be more careful when exploring the northeastern waters. It snowed in the northern region this year, and new passages have been discovered in the sea. I always feel like there are a lot of weird things going on.” Christine said suddenly.
Lu Ming nodded gently: "It seems that I am not the only one who feels this way."