After the queen returned to the temporary palace under the escort of Abigail, it was no surprise that Abigail got a bad eye from Mrs. Kelly.
Abigail couldn't help touching her nose: ... Alas! How kind the old Mrs. Kelly had been to her!
"Okay, Kelly." After the pirate leader left disheartened, the queen called out to Mrs. Kelly gently, and at the same time held up the sailing diary she brought back, "This is what I mean, there are too many things that the Naval Committee has concealed. Now, I need to find a breakthrough. Come and help me brighten the candle."
Mrs. Kelly helped her light up the candles, but she still looked a little unhappy: "You should rest."
"The Holy Spirit's Day is coming soon." The Queen opened the navigation diary brought back from the ship, quickly browsed it under the light, and took out other documents and reports from time to time for comparison, "After the Holy Spirit's Day, it is time to go north to meet the people of the Root Empire , the time to deal with the Rose Strait Fleet is running out."
Mrs. Kelly had no choice but to take a warm coat and put it on the Queen.
No one knows the queen better than her. When she was a princess, Adele was strict with herself and tried to be perfect in all subjects. After the coronation, she will personally look over all state correspondence archives. In the Imperial Council, the officials of the inner court are always surprised to find that the Queen seems to know everything and can see everything. In private, they even speculated whether the queen has the ability to read people's hearts.
In this world, where is there any ability to read people's hearts
It's just hard work day and night. And how does this not worry Mrs. Kelly? The power of mortals has its end, and she is watching her child walking on the road of thorns in a body of flesh and blood, in the wind and rain.
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For the navy in Rose Strait, they are anxiously waiting for the arrival of a storm.
Senior officers of the Navy and members of the Naval Council are sitting in the Hall of White Mirrors, anxiously awaiting the Queen's arrival. The White Mirror Hall is the place where the Imperial Rose Strait Navy has held the most important meetings in history. It is named after the high hanging mirrors on all sides of the hall. Compared with usual, the seats in the lobby seem to be much empty at the moment. The first seat is still empty, and the pattern of crossed swords and roses hangs high on the wall behind it.
The most restless of all was Captain Andrey, captain of the Navy battleship White Swan. After he returned from the brothel yesterday, he found that his voyage diary had disappeared. This almost scared him into a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to search hard secretly.
Tap, tap, tap.
The silver staff made a crisp sound as it hit the ground, and the queen walked in wearing a long crimson dress. The coat and color of the long skirt were similar to the navy uniform of the Rose Empire. The Queen's shoulders are slanted with the ribbon of the army emblem, a row of shining medals is worn on her chest, and a rapier-like silver staff is held in her white-gloved hand.
At least, when it hit the ground, the officers and committee members only felt that the sharp stick tip was actually hitting the back of their necks.
Everyone stood up and saluted her.
"Sit down," everyone in the female dynasty nodded, "I'm glad to see you here, not the Moon Tower."
Her words made some people look slightly pale, while others looked vaguely annoyed. The Moon Tower is a prison at the Rose Strait Wharf, where nearly one-third of the members of the Naval Military Council are now imprisoned, and many naval officers are also imprisoned in it—this is why the White Mirror Hall is so empty today.
"His Majesty."
In the silence, an officer wearing many badges stood up and bowed to the Queen. He is not young, his hair is almost completely white, but when he stands up straight like a sharp sword, there are many wrinkles on his tough face, and all the trials he has experienced are engraved in those lines.
"I want to ask you something."
"It's all right to be blunt, Earl Bolly," said the Queen calmly.
The whole house was silent, and when Earl Boli stood up, he didn't speak again. Because in the audience, it can be said that no one is more qualified than him to take the lead in raising objections to the Queen.
Earl Bolly is currently the oldest admiral in the Imperial Navy. The battleship "Tulip" he commanded is the longest-serving warship in the navy, and Earl Bolly himself is the only one in the navy who insists on being on board. The longest serving soldier. He was nearly sixty years old, and he entered the navy when Edmund III's father ruled the empire. He experienced the most glorious period of the imperial navy and also witnessed its decline.
People say that Earl Boli is the strongest nail nailed to the Rose Strait by the empire, which shows his prestige in people's hearts.
For the people in the navy and the committee, if anyone can face the Queen's arrangement in the Rose Strait and raise objections, then it is only the old earl.
"Since the 1,558 years of the Roland Empire, there has never been a custom of turning pirates into soldiers." Although Earl Boli is old, his voice is deep and powerful, rigid and meticulous, "What should our soldiers do?" Accept the absurdity of pirates being equal to them?"
"The imperial navy has never been defeated by pirates before." The queen crossed her fingers, stacked them on the silver staff, and glanced at everyone, "Since our soldiers cannot accept that pirates will be equal to them, please, Please tell me, all the gentlemen here, why our soldiers are able to let themselves go so far?"
Whoever the queen glanced at, lowered his head uncomfortably.
"Gentlemen, why be silent?" She asked coldly, threateningly, without mercy, "Why don't you tell me why it is difficult for the majestic Imperial Navy to intercept the fleet of the free commercial city? Why don't you tell me that the warships in the entire harbor are not as good as A mere hundred pirates?"
In the long silence, only the queen's unhurried voice was heard.
"Mr. Mihir, tell me," the Queen looked at the naval officers on the left, "Why didn't the 'Golden Lily' you lead even leave the port?"
Captain Mihir's face flushed red when he was named.
On the night of the mutiny, his warship made a foolish mistake and ran aground in the shallows.
"Mr. Etter, tell me, you should be in charge of the observation tower, why was it so easily set ablaze by pirates?" The queen shifted her gaze to the next officer, "The observation tower is responsible for detection and security, and has always served the empire. Hawkeye, now please tell me, is the eagle eye of the empire so easy to be pecked at?"
Lieutenant Etter stumbled and couldn't speak a word.
"Mr. Corty..."
"Mr. Eugene..."
"..."
The queen named them one by one, and what surprised everyone present was that she knew all the details as if she had personally experienced the battle that night. Even if Abigail and the Iron Cross Pirates reported to her about the battle, how did she get the rest of the naval details? Even, what they thought, her insight was correct.
"Your Majesty," a member of the Naval Council stood up, "The pirates just used sneak attacks. How can the results of using such despicable methods be placed under the sun? If it is on the frontal battlefield, the empire Our fleet is capable of crushing them to pieces. Shall we expect to win the battle to come by such despicable means?"
His voice was sonorous, and he felt that his speech was exquisite and courageous.
"Mr. Pizarro," the queen looked at him for a while, and pronounced his name accurately, "I remember you."
Commissioner Pizarro had a look of pride on his face, but his smile couldn't be fully revealed.
"You embezzled 100,000 duro from last year's battleship repair costs. Two years ago, your family had three more good merchant ships. They came from the free commercial city of Avery family. Three years ago, you bribed The means obtained the seat of the Naval Military Council." The Queen said unhurriedly.
The blood on Commissioner Pizarro's face suddenly disappeared, and cold sweat fell from his forehead like a waterfall.
"It's amazing, so you also know what is despicable and what is honor?" The female dynasty nodded, showing a cold smile, "However, I am afraid that your deeds should not be placed under the sun."
Commissioner Pizarro slumped in his chair like melted butter.
As soon as the queen raised her hand, a musketeer drew his gun and walked towards him.
"No, Your Majesty—" Commissioner Pizarro's eyes widened in an instant, and he developed unprecedented strength, struggling to escape from the hall.
Faster than him is the speed of musket fire.
The gunshots shook people's eardrums, and the bloody atmosphere instantly permeated the entire hall.
Red, white and white liquid flowed down Commissioner Pizarro's face. On his forehead was a big dark red and almost black hole, and the skull was faintly visible. With a muffled sound, he fell to the ground.
Naval officers sit at the long table on the left side of the hall, and members of the Naval Military Council on the right. Even though the officers had seen a lot of corpses and blood, they couldn't help but change their expressions. On the other hand, many of the "big shots" in the military committee on the right couldn't help turning their heads and retching.
"All of you here are soldiers, and you should be more aware of the battlefield than I am. On the battlefield, there are only winners and losers. Whether it's a sneak attack or a despicable one, only the winner has the right to judge it. The armor of a knight can no longer withstand the bullets of muskets. Who Before we talk about stale codes, let him make sure he's above reproach like a saint!"
In the blood, the queen's voice was low and full of murderous intent.
"Thirteen years ago, during the battle between Yager and the Empire, Yager sneaked into the flanking fleet of the Empire." After a moment of silence, Earl Boli said, he was a witness of that battle, "They succeeded in sneak attack and opened the left side fleet. The battle line. There is no distinction between despicability and justice on the battlefield, only the difference between life and death. Your Majesty is right."
As he spoke, he bowed to the queen and saluted, and the stagnant atmosphere in the hall eased a bit.
But immediately after Earl Boli got up, the conversation suddenly changed and became aggressive.
"However, Your Majesty. Pirates have been intercepting merchant ships all this time, and they have done evil. You have put pirates into the army, which is tantamount to putting the reputation of the imperial fleet on the ground. Thieves and robbers are confused with soldiers. From now on, people should How can we trust our soldiers to protect them and not harm their existence?"