Canglan City.
"Prime Minister, things seem to be taking a turn for the worse!
The Crown Prince case has yielded no clues, but the investigation team has dug up a whole pile of other messy issues.
Some of them do need to be resolved, but even more of them simply cannot be resolved.
It would have been fine if we kept the lid on them, but now that they have been brought into the open, where does that leave the government?"
Minister of Finance Marquis Delgado said indignantly.
Half of the problems the Alpha Kingdom could not solve were related to money. Because the government's coffers were empty, many matters that could clearly have been handled had instead been left to pile up.
Now that the lid had been lifted, the government had been pushed into a corner. Yet resolving these problems required funding!
"What is there to fear? At worst, we lose a little face. It is not as if we have never pretended to be deaf and dumb before.
The Crown Prince's unfortunate death has left His Majesty in a very poor mood. We should avoid getting in his way."
Duke Newfoundland said nonchalantly.
The investigation team's actions appeared to have inadvertently affected the government, but who could guarantee that this was not Caesar IV warning them?
A new ruler brought new ministers.
Because old men like them, with their immense prestige, occupied all the positions, Caesar IV had been on the throne for several years without being able to promote his own confidants. His control over the court remained severely limited.
No monarch could tolerate the court remaining beyond his control for too long. Even if they were all pillars of the state and utterly loyal to the kingdom, they could not block the king's path to