"Naldo Kero? What Naldo Kero, I don't know this person."
At the Supre Council, Norberto said with a sneer:
"When speaking, one must have evidence. Don't bla everything on Gu Hang, who knows if he has offended so people?"
Ou Juren felt sowhat helpless.
He had brought the matter of Norberto illegally instructing the Assassin Court to assassinate Gu Hang to the Supre Council.
As expected, Norberto denied all the accusations.
Moreover, there really wasn't sufficient, concrete evidence to prove that Norberto was the culprit.
This was anticipated. Norberto had covered his tracks very well; the key person who could incriminate him, the assassin tutor Naldo Kero, had already disappeared without a trace, likely vanishing soon after issuing the mission. Other evidence was either not crucial or had not been collected.
Overall, nailing him down was fraught with difficulties.
However, since this was an expected outco, Ou Juren was not disappointed.
Everyone knew it was Norberto's doing, which to so extent, was enough.
Assassination is a transgression of the rules, a destruction of the political baseline. The resulting outrage not only fueled the anger of factions already against him but also dissatisfied so of the original neutral parties and even those who were vaguely on Norberto's side.
He didn't pay any price—although Gu Hang was assassinated, he didn't die!
And the enemy had paid a huge price, exposed a massive flaw, and gained nothing!
This was an excellent opportunity!
Ou Juren had already prepared a whole basket of proposals, from reducing the permissions of the Military Affairs Departnt, to legitimizing the alliance with Gu Hang, to deciding on the vacant deputy pri minister position of the Military Affairs Departnt that had yet to be filled, to finding a way to eliminate a few key figures within Norberto's faction...
And the most important asure was to initiate an investigation into Norberto based on this incident. Regardless of whether enough evidence could be found to bring down Norberto, at least entering into the investigative procedure would surely hinder his ability to exercise his power smoothly.
Of course, Norberto would not so easily comply.
"Pri Minister Ou Juren's proposal is so preposterous! To initiate such a disgraceful investigation against , a High Lord, without any evidence! This is simply an insult!"
"I can't help but ask: if I now suspect that you, Ou Juren, orchestrated all this, assassinated Gu Hang, and frad , can I also request an investigation of Ou Juren?"
Norberto rebutted, arguing by reason or, rather, being unreasonably stubborn.
His opposition indeed had so effect.
The entire council was in an uproar.
'Tap, tap, tap'...
Heavy footsteps ca from the doorway.
It quickly quieted down within the Supre Council chamber.
That was the sound of powered armor.
Inside the venue, the representative of the Interstellar Warriors unconsciously reached for his waist and felt nothing.
It's prohibited to carry weapons into the eting.
They could only watch helplessly as the great doors of the eting hall were pushed open.
Leading the way were two golden-armored warriors.
Seeing them, the High Lords breathed a sigh of relief.
The Imperial Guard, no worries then.
In the history of the Empire, the Imperial Guard had never been involved in any palace coups.
On the contrary, in many court coups, the Imperial Guard sotis passively played the role of bringing them to an end.
For those who prided themselves as the true guards of the Emperor, though the Emperor had ascended to godhood, wasn't the Imperial Palace still there? Although guarding the Emperor remained their primary task, which was not needed; next, guarding the Imperial Palace beca their most important duty. You carry on with your coups; the Imperial Guard cares not for these mortal squabbles. But causing chaos in the Imperial Court, that will not be tolerated, whoever does it will be dealt with.
Inside the Imperial Palace, truly, none could stand against the Imperial Guard.
Now that it was the Imperial Guard entering, no worries about a group of the Rebel Army coming in with bombardnt guns to mow down all the High Lords.
But what was the purpose of these Imperial Guards, usually indifferent to the Empire's politics, suddenly showing up?
Following the two Imperial Guards were a whole column, led by a Centurion.
Shielded by the guards was a group of four people.
Among them, three stood side by side, while another was bound and brought in.
The three standing, everyone was familiar with.
Bochoya Galaraldo, the executive director of the Military Affairs Departnt, Clent, the Great ntor of the Assassin Court, and Gu Hang, the leader of the Alliance.
The person dragged in by the Imperial Guard behind them was unfamiliar.
The crowd couldn't help but look towards Ou Juren. Both Galaraldo and Gu Hang could now be considered part of Ou Juren's faction.
But at this mont, Ou Juren's expression was also one of surprise, seemingly not expecting this.
At the sa ti, the High Lords imdiately noticed that one person's reaction was the greatest: Norberto.
He still endeavored to appear calm, but his face began to pale, and a fine sweat broke out on his forehead in the comfortable temperature of the assembly hall, witnessed by many.
Those present were all clever.
From the unusual actions of the Imperial Guard, the appearance of the Great ntor of the Assassin Court, and the state of the bound person, they could roughly guess what had happened.
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