"Your Majesty, Duke Locks has asked to see you outside the palace" Buel cautiously walked into William's ear and whispered, William's brow furrowed when he heard Locks want to see him.
< －》 "Tell Your Excellency Locks, just say I'm busy, you take him to the hall to sit for a while, and then I'll go over when I'm done."
With that, William waved his hand and told Buel to retreat.
At this moment, it was the second day after William returned from hunting, and Locks came to Sanssouci Palace unexpectedly early in the morning, presumably he also received the news.
"Buel, tell me honestly, how is Your Majesty's mood?"
When Buel relayed William's words to Locks, the elder Locks asked Bouel with a somewhat bad face.
"I said, old man, you must have known about yesterday's situation, in such a situation, do you think our Majesty's mood is good or bad?"
Buel was a little speechless when he heard Locks's words, he didn't expect that his old friend, who had always been shrewd, would suddenly ask such a brainless thing, no matter how he thought about it, His Majesty's mood would not be much better.
"Oh........."
With a sigh, Locks was gone, his face filled with gloom.
When Locks learned the news from Wyander last night, he never thought that his unsuccessful junior would provoke William without opening his eyes, although Wyander said that he was very innocent, but Isabella's words made Locks understand the truth of the matter.
Originally, Huiander had already colluded with all the calibers of his group, and in his opinion, as long as he concealed something, then Locks would punish himself but not too much, but he forgot Isabella.
In terms of blood, Isabella is Wyande's cousin, but in the eyes of this cousin, Wyande is simply a good-for-nothing child, if it were not for the favor of the family elders.
I can't tell if I would have died in the wilderness.
After seeing that Huiander caused a catastrophe and still wanted to hide it, Isabella was suddenly angry in her heart, Huiander was going to drag the entire family into hell!
You must know that everyone is a witness to the events of the day, although Wyande can temporarily unify the voices of the people, and then deceive Locks.
But if Locks argues with the king on this basis.
At that time, it was foreseeable that the entire family would be torn to shreds by the king's wrath.
Although Locks is indeed one person above ten thousand people in Prussia, but William is one person above that, it seems that the Locks family is powerful, but if the real rulers are determined to deal with the Locks family.
That would be a catastrophe.
At first, Locks listened to Wyande's description and thought it was just a prey battle between the two, which was not a big deal in Locks' opinion, even though William was the king.
But if he used this matter to attack Huiander, it would definitely be worth the loss, after all, a king and a nobleman are a little narrow-minded when they think about the problem of a wild deer.
But when Isabella stepped forward, Locks had completely abandoned his previous thoughts, and he kicked Wyander to the ground.
Dare to blackmail the king, and then fist and kick, this has completely deviated from Locks's expectations, if William is more serious, it is not an exaggeration for Wyander to be convicted of treason.
Thinking about it, if William really made up his mind and punished Wyander for assassinating the monarch, Locks's heart suddenly became extremely terrified.
But Locks is still Locks after all.
The old fox, who had been in Prussian politics for decades without falling, was still able to quickly calm down.
After only a moment of panic, Locks had an idea.
Huiander definitely can't keep it, even if William doesn't say it on his face, but he must be full of evil feelings for this person who disrespects him, in such a situation.
All Locks can do is lose the car to save the handsome.
Just as Locks was worried, a thunderbolt flashed through his mind, and he suddenly thought that Huiander was the representative of the family branch and the second in line of succession of the family.
Is it possible to use Huiander's great negligence to force the family branch to give up the family inheritance?
That night, Locks ordered his attendants to arrest Wyande and escort him to Potsdam's city hall, despite the fact that it was already late at night.
Not only that, Locks also ordered the collection of all the evidence of Wyande's crimes, and Locks also took the opportunity to deprive Wyande's branch of the inheritance of the family.
Although, Locks' order caused a riot throughout the family, everyone was stunned when Isabella's testimony was brought to the family owner.
No one thought that Wyander would be so bold as to blackmail His Majesty the King of Prussia, and that he would fight with fists and kicks, and everyone shuddered at the thought of punishing the whole family in the event that His Majesty would be furious with a thunderbolt.
This night, Locks had a rare insomnia, and he thought of many things, the king's attitude towards him, Karina, the future of the family, the affairs of Wyande, and so on.
After leading Locks into the living room, Buel apologized to Locks and left the room, where Locks was the only one.
Locks looked around the room, this room he was once very familiar with, when Frederick the Great was in power, Locks, who was deeply trusted by Frederick, had participated in the later construction of Sanssouci Palace, and this room was arranged by Locks himself.
On the east wall of the room hangs a huge oil painting of Frederick the Great, which was made by the court painter at that time after Frederick conquered Silesia, and the whole painting took nearly half a month.
The carpet laid on the ground was presented to Frederick by the Ottomans in 1768 as a state salute.
Even the tables and chairs in the room, Locks could know the origin, and looking at everything in front of him that must be familiar but seemed unfamiliar, Locks felt a lot of emotion.
Just as Locks reminisced about the eventful years of the past, a shout refocused Locks' spirit "His Majesty the King has arrived!"
Hearing this, Locks quickly stood up from his seat, although he did not need such respect in his qualifications, and William had indeed given Locks the privilege of not having to get up to pay respects.
But at this moment, Locks knows what to do and what not to do now.
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Seeing Locks standing respectfully to the side and saluting, although William didn't say anything, the look on his face was a little better.
If Locks relied on the old and betrayed the old in such a situation, it would make William extremely disgusted, and at this moment, Locks's interest undoubtedly made William's dislike of the old prime minister a little less.
"Your Excellency, I wonder why you came in such a hurry?"
William had just stepped up to his seat and sat down to ask, and while both of them knew exactly what Locks had come for, there were times when the gesture had to be done.
"Your Majesty, I heard that yesterday you met an unsuccessful junior in the Ralvin Forest, and I apologize for his offense to you.
Last night, the subordinate had already ordered Huiander to be handed over to the Potsdam Public Security Office, and I ask you to forgive him for not governing the family strictly."
As he spoke, Locks bowed deeply to William.
Locks' attitude surprised William, he didn't expect Locks to send Wyander to the Sheriff's Department so decisively, this step can be said to make William's draft that he had typed many times in his heart completely indescribable.
"Your Excellency Duke, I think that although Hui Ande's personal character is relatively lacking, it has nothing to do with you, after all, he is not your immediate family, and there is nothing wrong with governing the family."
Seeing that Locks had taken a step back, William naturally didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, otherwise wouldn't it seem that William was narrow-minded, but William didn't intend to end the matter.
"However, what I didn't expect was that this Huiander not only lacked character, but more importantly, he was too bold.
Lord Duke, this is not to say that I am going to sue, but I am going to tell you plainly everything I saw yesterday, that Whiander has long imposed all kinds of miscellaneous taxes on several towns near Ralveen Forest, without a permit from the government to collect taxes.
I would like to ask if there is still a government in Wyande's eyes, and there is still me, His Majesty the King?
” The look on William's face was not very serious and even revealed a hint of relaxation, but this remark made Locks's face sweat coldly, and he said unceremoniously that William's words could be described as heart-wrenching.
"Your Majesty, I think you may have misunderstood, several small towns near the Ralvin Forest are the fiefs of the Chen family, and as for Huiander sending people to collect taxes, I don't think it is to despise you, after all, each family collects taxes at different times for their respective fiefdoms, maybe Huiander is collecting taxes from the people this year!"
Although Locks didn't know why William mentioned that Wynander had sent people to collect taxes, when William's words came to fruition, Wyande only thought for a moment before coming up with a more appropriate answer.
And indeed, this answer also made William unable to play for it.
It was incumbent upon the inhabitants of the realm to pay taxes to their lords, and although William had emancipated the serfs, this did not mean that the exorbitant taxes on the fiefdoms of the nobles had been abolished.
You must know that in the original history, it was not until Wilhelm I ascended the throne that a generation of iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck personally abolished the harsh taxes on the various noble domains of Prussia.
To be continued... ）