Chapter 148

"I'm not talking about you and Lena, it's the other one."

Chapter 39: Cat cries mouse

Suddenly hearing Olivia say this, Orson was stunned.

Are you talking about yourself and Chelinina?

"Olivia, you mean...between me and Chelinina?"

"Since you know, don't hide it." Olivia unexpectedly spoke with a tough tone, no longer following Orson's wishes like usual.

Orson is silent

.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Olivia sighed.

"Let me rephrase it, Orson."

"Did you know Chelinina likes you?"

"...I know." Orson nodded. "Because I helped her before, she has a good impression of me..."

When Olivia heard this answer, it was in line with her expectations.

Then she asked again: "What about you, Orson? You know that Chelinina likes you, but what do you think of Chelinina?"

Orson was silent again.

Olivia sighed, and then buried her head in Orson's chest.

Feeling Orson's heartbeat gradually getting faster, Olivia reached out her hand to Orson's waist, and then squeezed hard.

"Hiss..." Orson took a breath.

"It's my problem that I can't control men. Maybe I'm not good enough." Olivia's tone contained a hint of self-blame, but at the same time it also gave Orson a sense of relief.

Some things shouldn't be so obvious, otherwise it will only damage the relationship between two people.

Just keep it tacit.

What's more, for a man as good as Orson, it's reasonable for other little vixens to keep an eye on him.

What's more, Chelinina is not just a little vixen. She is very capable and helps Orson no less than she does.

Maybe Orson also felt that he owed her something.

But that being said, who can bear to see his man being obsessed with another woman?

"Please give me some advice in the coming days, my fiancé, Orson~" Olivia said, whispering in Orson's ear.

Olivia especially emphasized the word "fiancé".

"Well, please... give me some advice." Orson said and nodded.

"Also, I'm sorry..."

"Can you only say I'm sorry?" Olivia's anger, which had just been suppressed, was now rising again.

Then, she felt herself being held in Orson's arms.

Orson then kissed her.

She widened her eyes and looked at Orson in front of her in disbelief.

She never thought that Orson would be so proactive.

Her eyes became confused at this moment.

At this moment, the door to the room was suddenly opened.

"Sister, that chamber of commerce you told me about, they don't have your stuff?"

Lianka stood at the door of the room and looked at Olivia with confusion.

Almost instantly, Orson and Olivia sat back in their seats. Except that the distance was slightly closer, they looked exactly like Lianka had just left the room.

"Ahem, then, I must have remembered it wrong." Olivia said this and sighed.

"Well, I have something else to do. I'm going back first..." At this moment, Orson also stood up, with a hint of apology in his eyes.

"Yeah." Olivia blushed and nodded.

She didn't want Orson to think she was a weak-minded woman, but she also didn't want to suffer the loss in vain.

Orson's behavior just now barely filled up some of her inner dissatisfaction.

Lianka glanced at Orson curiously, and didn't focus on Olivia again until he left the room.

"Sister, is Orson feeling unwell?"

"Eh? Lianka, why did you say that?"

"When I just saw Orson leaving, he seemed to be bent over..."

"..." After hearing Lianka's words, Olivia's face turned a little red.

I don’t know if Lianka did it on purpose, and Olivia didn’t want to reply to this question.

…

After walking to the corridor to blow some air and calm down completely, Orson returned to his room downstairs.

It was almost time for dinner, and the person responsible for delivering food changed from the original chef to the elf lady at the front desk.

"Well, Mr. Orson, could you please give me... ahem, just sign?" Standing at the door, after Miss Elf had delivered the meal, she shyly said to Orson.

"But I remember that I signed both of your ears..."

Looking at his extremely fanatical fans in front of him, Orson reluctantly took the pen from the opponent's hand.

"

So now I can only sign in more important places..." With that said, Miss Elf lifted up her skirt again.

"Didn't I tell you that it can't be done there?" Orson quickly stopped the other party's behavior.

"Huh? Why is this..." Miss Elf said in frustration.

I originally thought that by collecting two signatures, I could get Mr. Oson to sign it on my thigh, but now it seems that I need to work harder.

Orson took the pen, thought for a while, and signed his name on the tie of Miss Elf's clothes.

"I don't quite understand this behavior of signing..." Orson said and sighed.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Orson, but for fans like us who have always supported you, your signature is our motivation to move forward!" Miss Elf said this, bowed to Orson in gratitude, and then turned around and left to deliver the remaining food.

"Alas." Orson turned into the room and shook his head.

He felt that he was completely unworthy of being worshipped, or rather, he felt that he was unworthy of being worshipped.

A war criminal who committed genocide, a scumbag who played two women at the same time, a scumbag who took advantage of his family, if all these things were exposed, he would definitely be infamous, right?

"Orson, is it that Miss Elf again?" Lit asked curiously when he saw Orson's sad face.

"Well, as a fan, she is a little too enthusiastic." He sighed.

"Do many people admire big brother?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded. "There are many people who admire me, but to be honest, I don't know what they like about me."

After dinner, Orson asked Lit to take care of Lena, and he went out to do business again.

This time, the place of business was in a restaurant on the street closest to the palace.

In the box, Orson looked at Elsa who was sitting opposite.

"Orson, I did what you said to me." Elsa said so, and took out a note and handed it to Orson.

"It's all the forces they are involved in. I have told you before that the nobles are intertwined, and they will rise and fall together. If we are sure to take action against these people, the counterattack we will encounter will be unprecedented, and it is even likely to trigger a civil war in the empire."

"Then, Elsa, do you think that if we let them go, will the empire be better?"

"I don't know." Elsa shook her head.

"Your Highness, do you still think that as long as you do nothing, you won't do anything wrong?" Orson said so, as if he could see through Elsa's heart.

"The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. Your Highness, if you don't do some things, the environment will force you to do so. Do you want the political environment of the empire to remain calm?"

"Your Highness, don't forget that you are now at a disadvantage in the succession dispute. If there is no major change in the empire, more nobles will choose to support His Highness Alsace instead of you. If you want to gain an advantage, you must take this opportunity to disrupt the empire. Only by suppressing the nobles who originally belonged to His Highness Alsace in the name of anti-corruption can you rise."

"Do it, Your Highness Elsa. It is not a ruler's job to seek perfection blindly. What you should do is to play the role of a new and reformist party and set a good example. Supporters will naturally come in droves."

"I know." Hearing Orson say this, Elsa nodded, and a hint of decisiveness appeared in her eyes.

"Orson, thank you."

"It's okay, Princess, after all, we are on the same front."

"By the way, speaking of which, I have one more thing to ask Princess." Orson suddenly remembered something.

"Princess, you trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I will turn against you and join the camp of His Royal Highness Alsace?"

"If Orson were that kind of person, you wouldn't give up the right to inherit the Duchy of Antica, right?" Elsa smiled when she heard Orson say that.

"Orson, you are looking at something more important, and that kind of thing, Brother Alsace can't give you, right?"

Hearing Elsa's words, Orson certainly knew what she meant, and he nodded.

"Probably."

"Anyway, it's a pleasure to cooperate."

"Yeah, it's a pleasure to cooperate."

The next morning, the Imperial Court conducted a large-scale judgment. The nobles who committed war crimes in the Duchy of Antica were sentenced to death or exile according to the degree of their corruption.

In the jury composed of royal family members, Alsace sat next to Elsa.

"Elsa, is this your decision?" He frowned. "To execute so many nobles at once, even if they are really guilty, is it too radical?"

The reason why Arthas questioned it was because of his conservative character.

In his opinion, the nobles contributed greatly to the glory of the empire and the prosperity of the royal family.

Even if Elsa is his competitor, she also represents the royal family after all.

This time, the royal family's style of respecting the nobles was changed. The punishment in the court was so severe that it would obviously damage the relationship between the royal family and the nobles.

It would make other nobles think: If you treat them like this this time, will you frame us next time?

However, if Elsa did this, she would completely ruin her political career.

The worry shown by Arthas was completely a false sympathy.

As long as he vindicated those nobles after taking office and put all the blame on Elsa, the relationship between the royal family and the nobles would be restored.

Chapter 40: Welcome to the Imperial Academy

After the trial of the Imperial Court ended, many nobles surrounded Elsa, hoping to get an explanation from her.

"Your Highness, I heard that you are in charge of this case. Do you have to judge it so harshly? You know, as nobles, even if they have made serious mistakes, their ancestors have made contributions to the empire after all. It's not good to let the meritorious people die like this?" A count stopped in front of Elsa and asked.

He was a vassal of the Dukedom of Naples. One of the nobles in charge of the trial this time was his in-law. The relationship between the two families was very good. Now his married sister is also implicated because of this. How could he accept it?

"I'm sorry, but the laws of the empire are here." Elsa said expressionlessly: "There will be new people who make contributions to the empire. If everyone who makes contributions to the empire has to enjoy this privilege from generation to generation, and even if they make mistakes, they will not be punished, the empire will only become more and more decadent."

"Your Highness, I understand your concerns, but we also have our own ideas. I wonder if you can tell us whether this group of nobles is the last group of nobles you will deal with? Or, will you deal with your political enemies through the imperial court in the future?" Another count also said.

"I don't know." Elsa shook her head. "All this depends on whether the nobles have violated the laws of the empire. I have always insisted that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. If you do your job honestly and conscientiously, there will be no trouble. But if you can't manage yourself and violate the laws of the empire, don't blame me for being ruthless." After saying this, Elsa signaled the guards on the side to clear the way for her and stopped answering other people's questions.

After Elsa left, the nobles present gathered together.

"Hehe, the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people, my pah!" A noble couldn't help but spit. "The high-sounding words are all in order to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents."

"Alas, it seems that this person is really unreliable. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince is still protecting our rights." Another noble said.

"Well, now it seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess's behavior can only be described as crazy. Let's support His Royal Highness the Prince." Many people agreed with this.

On the other hand, with only one day left before the start of the school term, Orson came to the dean's office in the afternoon.

"Orson, regarding the student you mentioned, we have discussed that if she is really as good as you said, we can set a precedent for her and give her a student number of 1001, allowing her to enter the school as a freshman, but she must make up for the first half of the semester with the new freshmen next year." Sitting at the desk, Luca looked at Orson and said.