After breakfast, the two of them went together to the Privy Council.
The Privy Council and the imperial palace were one street apart.
Not one side of the street from the other, but one end of the street from the other.
It was said that Emperor Gefra I had always been wary of the nobles. Perhaps he himself knew that seizing power and establishing the imperial family would provoke the nobles' discontent. In any case, the two places were somewhat far apart.
By the time Lin Qi arrived at the Privy Council, it was nearly ten o'clock. That was not actually very late.
The Gefra people were accustomed to having breakfast at nine. Their noon actually referred to the period between one and two o'clock, not between eleven and twelve, so by their current time, it was roughly nine o'clock by federal standards.
The Privy Council was enormous. This was not Lin Qi's first visit, but it was much livelier than the last time.
There was still some distance to go before reaching the parking lot, yet both sides of the road were already packed with cars. Quite a few nobles were also walking toward the Privy Council's main building in groups.
The Small Earl's car drove directly into the Privy Council parking lot. The parking spaces outside had long since been filled, while there were still some empty spaces here.
But no one would park wherever they pleased. Every empty space had an owner, and anyone below the rank of Earl had no right to park here.
Once the car came to a stop, the two of them got out. Someone noticed them, but merely nodded in greeting and had no intention of coming over to speak with them.
These were all matters of etiquette. The nobles paid great