Public trial?You deserve it too!

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When Leicht walked into Augustus' study, he felt an indescribably strange atmosphere, but when he looked at Augustus, he saw nothing.

"Your Highness, this is my plan."

The old man handed the proposal to Augustus.

The eldest prince took it over, looked at it very seriously, and even asked Gutenberg and Leicht about some details in detail. Obviously, he was very concerned about this plan, and he didn't mean to reject it at all, or to be perfunctory.

This made Leicht somewhat relieved. At least after doing something wrong, Augustus was still willing to make up for it with all his strength, instead of giving up on himself and breaking the can.

"His Royal Highness still has the blood of the royal family, at least he explained the matter clearly, and there is still hope for everything. '

Leicht sighed softly in his heart, and then began to explain the details of the plan and the preparations to the other party more attentively.

"The plan is perfect. As expected of the teacher, you can come up with such a comprehensive plan in such a short period of time. Apart from you, no one else can do this kind of thing."

Augustus was not stingy with his words of praise, as if the farce that almost caused two people to tear apart their faces did not exist at all a few months ago, even if the fuse that caused this incident, he is now standing aside .

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Gutenberg was brought in by force by Leichter.

"If you want to survive in the future, you must follow me to see His Highness the First Prince—the dissatisfaction of those great nobles is nothing, but you must first settle your differences with His Highness Augustus."

That's what the old man told him.

In fact, Gutenberg really didn't care much about his future, whether it was revenge and execution by Augustus, or being tried and publicly judged by the Empire, he really didn't care anymore.After all, I was very separated from my younger brother and family before, so I couldn't get involved with them anyway.

As for himself, it’s nothing more. Gutenberg is not Leicht. With those decades of life experience, facing this situation, he can still come up with a whole set of plans to make up for it and cover it up.As a young man who considers himself an elite and has always been in high spirits, everything that happened in the past two years made him exhausted physically and mentally.

The ideal has been shattered, the road to the future has been cut off, and the loyal lord now seems to be a son of man in vain—it is not an exaggeration to describe his heart as hopeless, and the current Gutenberg is just a man whose soul is out of his body. empty shell.

The reason why he is still standing here is just out of guilt and admiration for Leicht, and he is unwilling to live up to Leicht's kindness to him.

However, out of a businessman's professional habit, he began to observe Augustus subconsciously - this kind of thing was almost unimaginable for him before, but now Gutenberg just wants to be right and right. , coupled with the collapse of the image of Augustus, even if he did something outrageous, he would not have any burden at all.

Therefore, he saw Augustus who was completely different from Leichter.

The eldest prince has never seriously considered implementing this plan.

All the behaviors of the man, from language, to movements, to facial expressions, are all performances for Leicht. With such a reasonable performance, the old man can feel at ease and tell the other party that Augustus is still the same Augustus , is still a good student who knows his mistakes and corrects them.

This discovery sent chills down Gutenberg's body.

He realized that something was wrong, that something had happened that shook Augustus' mind, but neither he nor Leichter knew.

You know, this plan of Leicht can be said to be the most feasible plan under the current situation and the one that benefits Augustus the most, because Leicht took all the scapegoats into himself and all the praise to Augustus.

Although it is impossible to hide the truth from the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, it is enough to explain to the officials and citizens as an excuse for propaganda. In this way, even if Augustus loses the qualification to seize the heir apparent, he can still keep his own glory and dignity. Go back to your own fief, and have no worries for the rest of your life.

But why... Augustus is completely indifferent to this plan?

The conversation between Leicht and Augustus was still going on, but Gutenberg was already dripping with cold sweat.He was desperately thinking about why the First Prince behaved like this.

Unless...he still covets the position of crown prince...he still has the ambition to make a comeback?

"I have understood all this, sir."

Gutenberg was awakened from his contemplation and found that the conversation between the two had come to an end.

"Leave these preparations to me. Whether it's the deployment of supplies or the deployment of personal guards, I, the eldest prince, will do these things, which is more convenient than you."

Augustus's tone was very high-spirited, and he took over these things in a big way, and seemed to be very concerned about this plan.

"As for Gutenberg... I can't let him leave you now. After all, I have to stabilize the emotions of those nobles. Let him come out now. I am a little hard to appease, so let him continue. How about staying with you?"

Recht nodded and said yes, this time he also planned to do so - after all, the best way to deal with it is to launch Gutenberg and chop it with a knife, so that the anxiety of the big nobles will calm down, but he said that he must protect the other party. , will never let the other party die.

When Augustus said these words, he didn't look at Gutenberg, he just continued to talk to Leicht about the subsequent arrangements.

"These big nobles will only come here to gather here during the annual meeting, so it will take a while. Moreover, this is the imperial capital, after all, I want to prepare to use weapons, even I have to be more cautious in my actions .So, can I ask you to go and see Father and explain this matter to me?"

The First Prince made a "reasonable" request.

Indeed, in the capital city, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, even the prince is looking for death if he wants to mobilize his armed forces reasonably. Those big nobles are obviously rats, but every time they leave their burrow, they have to go inside and outside. It is not realistic to bring the guards and take all of them down quietly.

Lecht nodded. He had planned to do this. Naturally, this plan could not have been approved by the emperor.

...It's just that the emperor must have been waiting for Augustus to hand over the plan, right?

"Your Highness, won't you... go in person?"

Augustus' hand tensed suddenly, then suddenly relaxed.

"Do you want to go in person... Teacher, you know that my father has always disliked me, and this time I have caused such a big disaster. Unless I really make up for my mistakes, I will have no face to see Your Majesty."

He said with a bitter face, and Leicht could only sigh slightly.

"Your Highness, please believe that Your Majesty really loves you."

Augustus nodded slightly, then raised his head, looking directly at Leicht sincerely.

"Teacher... You took all the faults on yourself for this plan, but it doesn't make sense, right? Why did you sacrifice your political future?"

"Your Majesty naturally knows the truth. This kind of cover-up cannot be concealed—but, if I do this, you can have a good step and get down from the current situation steadily."

Leichter said.

"As for me, I have nothing to sacrifice. I am already old, Your Highness. If I can get rid of these great nobles, I will have no regrets in my political career—then as your teacher, I must protect my students. "

Augustus took the old man's hand and took a deep breath.

"Thank you, teacher."

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The old and the young got into Leicht's carriage.

"Go back first."

"Yes, sir."

Leicht gave an order to the coachman, then looked at Gutenberg opposite him, and was a little surprised at his expression.

"What's the matter, Gutenberg?"

"...No, nothing."

The man forced a smile.

"It's okay, Your Highness doesn't mean to kill you, and I let you continue to live with me to protect you - go back to my house first, you continue to live there, I want to see His Majesty first."

But apparently Gutenberg had other ideas, Leichter said.

"Your Excellency...can I trouble you to postpone going to the palace for now? I have some things that I want to talk to you about in your study."

Gutenberg gritted his teeth, his voice was so soft that only Leicht could hear it.

The old man's face changed. He looked at Gutenberg's face and found that it was full of struggle and firmness.

He didn't speak, but nodded slowly.

The carriage arrived at Leichter's small building, and the two got out of the carriage, walked up the stairs, and entered the study.

"... Gutenberg, what do you want to say?"

Leicht got straight to the point with a serious expression, but his voice was equally low.

"Your Excellency... Do you think that His Highness Augustus has really bowed his head and surrendered readily, and decided to carry out your plan wholeheartedly in order to atone for his sin?"

Gutenberg spoke his mind word by word.

"Pay attention to your words! Mr. Barr!" Leicht's voice subconsciously raised a level, but immediately suppressed it again. "what do you want to say in the end!"

"I want to say, no matter whether you choose to believe me or not, I will tell you what I have seen—I assure you with my many years of business career, Your Highness Augustus, there is absolutely no sincerity in reaching an agreement with you !"

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"This is impossible."

Leicht did not believe a word of what Gutenberg said.

"Although my plan cannot be said to be perfect, it is also the painstaking effort I have condensed over the years. Both in terms of feasibility and results, it can be considered comprehensive." The old man said seriously, "His Highness Augustus There is no reason to reject this plan, and he discussed some details with me very seriously just now, obviously he is very caring."

"And the most important thing is that His Highness has no other choice. He has only one way to go. How can he trust anyone else except us at this time?"

Gutenberg smiled wryly. An upright person like Leichter naturally doesn’t know what kind of ghosts and monsters they are engaged in business negotiations—he has seen too much enthusiasm like Augustus. up.

Maybe after removing that high-level filter, Augustus is just a mortal.After Gutenberg completely lost respect for his former lord, he looked back at Augustus and felt that the other party was too easy to see through.

The previous seriousness is all false. For Augustus, finding the key point in Leicht's plan is an easy thing.

The approval of the plan was also fake - because the decision was made too quickly.For a person who had even hoped to support his own power through foreign funds, how could he have the courage to break the boat for the empire?Even if he believed in Leichter's plan, it was absolutely impossible for him to agree so simply.

The only thing that seemed genuine was the question he asked Leichter at the end—Augustus really wanted to know if it was really hopeless.This is reasonable, after all, this is also equivalent to the future collapse of His Highness, and there is always some fluke.

Gutenberg hesitated for a long time with the reason stuck in his throat. He was thinking about how to convince the old man in front of him. After all, the other party was the teacher of Augustus, and he had never been married and had no children.Obviously, for Leicht, Augustus has placed too much on him, and it is obvious that a favorability filter will affect the old man's judgment to some extent.

And the most important point is that he lacks a decisive evidence and conclusion-that is, as Leichter said, Augustus has no other way to go, he can only follow Leichter's plan , Come to save yourself a last bit of decency, there is no other way than that.

So Gutenberg ended up shaking his head.

"...It's just that I have this feeling."

"..."

Leicht looked at the silent Gutenberg, but failed to hear a single word from him.

"You continue to live here, I'm going to have an audience first, show this plan to His Majesty, and apply for the privilege of action for His Highness Augustus."

The old man didn't worry about this problem, he just said something briefly, then got up and left the study.

Only Gutenberg was left with a bitter and lonely face.

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"Come with me."

Heinrich said something briefly, and then led the way ahead.

Leicht followed in the young man's footsteps.

Soon, they walked into the Roman Palace.

"See Your Majesty."

"Get up, Mr. Leichter, you suddenly said that you would come to see me, do you have anything to say?"

The emperor still had the expressionless expression, as if he didn't know what had happened recently.

"Your Majesty, minister, come and plead guilty."

Leicht knelt down again and told everything about this period of time.

"...I know that I have failed His Majesty's high hopes and failed to let His Highness Augustus go on the right path. I hope His Majesty will punish you!"

There was real pain in the old man's voice.

"If Qing just made a mistake and came here to plead guilty, then I would think that I valued you so much if I was really blind in the first place."

The emperor is still waiting for Leicht's next words.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to allow me to carry out a comprehensive cleansing plan for the great nobles!"

Leichter presented his plan with both hands, the emperor nodded slightly, and Heinrich immediately walked up and took the memorial to the emperor.

The emperor took it in his hand and looked at it very carefully. He didn't look at Leicht, who was kneeling and crumbling, until he had finished reading it all.

"Get up."

"Thank... Your Majesty."

The old man stood up with difficulty, and even staggered a bit before standing still.

"This is your handwriting, why, Augustus agreed?"

"Yes, before I came here, I did a detailed deduction with His Highness Augustus before I dared to report it to His Majesty." Leicht said immediately, "His Highness Augustus has expressed his willingness to fully support, but I just hope that His Majesty will give you some convenience. , relax a little on some things, so as to complete the preparatory work."

The emperor was noncommittal, but turned his head and gave Heinrich instructions.

"It is said that Mr. Nicholas and Mr. Lauenburg ordered them to enter the palace immediately."

"Yes."

Heinrich took the order to leave. In the Roman Palace, there were only two monarchs and ministers left, and a wordless silence spread.