Chapter 372

Seeing that Orson was about to say something, Elsa interrupted him.

"Don't talk to me about logic. I know I'm not as good at talking as you."

"Sincerity for sincerity, tell me if it has anything to do with you, and I'll help you cover it up and get rid of it completely."

"No need." Orson shook his head.

Since Elsa has insisted that he did it, he can't deny it anymore.

I don't know how Elsa got the information. He obviously didn't leave any clues during the process.

It can't be that she asked a fortune teller to calculate it, right?

But in any case, Orson himself is still unwilling to be too involved with Elsa in this matter.

Elsa's identity has already determined that if Orson cooperates with her, someone with ulterior motives will definitely make a fuss about it.

Although the succession of emperors in previous dynasties was accompanied by a period of internal struggle, Orson now has no power except for his identity as the son of the Duke. The real decision-making power is still in the hands of his father Lucius. He does not want to be a son who betrays his father, so he will not force Lucius to change camps with him through his own decision in school.

"Why?" Elsa showed a puzzled expression. "Although the baron is the lowest level of hereditary noble title, they are also nobles protected by the laws of the empire!"

In the empire, there is a law that always distinguishes nobles from civilians, wealthy businessmen and the like. It is also this law that divides the empire into two camps: nobles and non-nobles. Rich businessmen are scrambling to spend money to become nobles because of this law.

That is the "Noble Protection Law".

At the beginning of the establishment of the empire, although the first emperor enfeoffed many nobles of all sizes, the power and influence of the central government were still very large at that time.

After several generations, the rulers' ability gradually declined and they could no longer suppress the local forces. They then enfeoffed several grand dukes and handed over all the land outside the direct jurisdiction of the royal family to the dukes.

However, in order to prevent the dukes from governing the land too smoothly and arbitrarily annexing the land under their control, thereby further expanding their power, the emperor of the empire at that time, while ensuring the current political system, also formulated a set of laws specifically for protecting small nobles.

The "Noble Protection Law" clearly mentioned that since the nobles exist because their families have made great contributions to the empire in history, the right to life and property of all nobles are protected by the empire. Once an ordinary person tries to undermine these two rights of the nobles, the empire will directly punish them.

In all social places, ordinary people see nobles wearing family emblems, whether the nobles are as big as dukes, princes, or as small as barons, they must salute the nobles.

The superior lords of the nobles shall not arbitrarily take back the nobles' fiefs unless the nobles have made damage to the empire sufficient to offset the contributions of their ancestors.

As for the criteria for judgment, it depends entirely on the judgment of the imperial court.

Yes, the role of the Imperial Court is not to hear cases between ordinary people.

Ordinary people are not worthy of the services of judges.

Only nobles and wealthy businessmen who joined later can mediate conflicts of interest through the court.

When there are disputes over land and property between nobles, or when there are direct incidents of human lives, the Imperial Court will take charge of mediating these issues.

As for the credibility of the Imperial Court, it is guaranteed.

There are seven judges in the Imperial Court, who come from the Royal Direct Territory and each duchy. Once they take office, they will serve for life until they retire voluntarily.

There is no need to worry about the situation that the judge will be partial to the law during the trial of the case. Above the Imperial Court, there is a more powerful judge, that is, the emperor.

If the emperor knows about the partiality and perversion of the law, not only the judge, but also the family and power behind the judge will be affected.

If the fact that Orson sent someone to murder Drizzt is confirmed, because both of them are nobles, although Orson's noble rank is far higher than Drizzt, it will still be handed over to the Imperial Court for trial.

At that time, it will not be the time for Elsa to help Orson.

Therefore, Orson knew that if Elsa wanted to help him, she would have definitely helped him, and now she was talking here just to get his verbal promise to let him agree to help her compete for the position of emperor.

In fact, Orson's attitude towards Elsa was quite tangled.

If we respect the original work and follow the development of the events in the original book, Elsa is undoubtedly a member of Lit's harem group, and he should help Elsa.

Because Elsa's success in ascending to the throne must have been helped by Lit.

But whether Lit can help Elsa now or not, just talking about the harem group is completely a matter of no reason.

No wonder when I deliberately matched Lit and Lianka before, nothing happened between the two, and Lit even got a little angry about it.

I also talked about the concave and convex, and the two concave, how can they not be put together.

"Your Highness." Helplessly, Orson simply tried to change the subject. "What do you think of the law "Noble Protection Law"? "

"Me?" Elsa was stunned when she heard this, and then said: "In my opinion, this law is quite good. The royal family itself has stronger control over the territory directly under its jurisdiction than the duke. After the introduction of this law, It is basically equivalent to cutting off the Duke’s illegal expansion.”

"Yes, for political considerations, this law seems to be very good." Orson nodded. "But as a result, it gave birth to a group of nobles who did things unscrupulously, doesn't it matter?" With that said, Orson stared at Elsa, trying to see something in her eyes.

"Uh... Orson, what do you mean?"

"Your Highness, you should know, right? In the current empire, there are many nobles like Drizzt. In fact, there may even be many nobles who have done more excessive things than Drizzt. It's just that we didn't get that information. ”

When Orson said this, he basically confirmed that he did it.

But Elsa originally came with a determined attitude, and the previous question and answer was not at all trying to trick Orson, so Orson simply stopped acting.

"Those scum, regardless of their status as nobles, they can't even make a living in this society by their own abilities, but just because their ancestors have made more or less contributions to the empire, they have become so unscrupulous stand up."

"They stay in society, and their harm to this society has actually far exceeded their ancestors' contribution to the empire. They are like silverfish in a piece of wood. If their number is allowed to continue to expand, sooner or later the entire empire will be destroyed by them. Destroyed.”

"Those businessmen will lose all their wealth because of poor management by their descendants, and the speed of class decline will be within a few generations. And for most nobles, more than ten generations have passed since they owned this land!"

"They committed a crime, and the empire helps them deal with the aftermath, and they only need to sit in their castle or manor, drink wine, sing songs, and watch dramas every day, and they can live like a human being."

Orson's words can actually be placed anywhere, anywhere.

It is more applicable to the country where the organization is organized.

After all, once class solidification is serious, the probability of jumping between classes becomes extremely low, and there is a lack of social mobility, the entire society can be said to be in an extremely dangerous situation.

"But, the nobility is the foundation of the empire..." Elsa said.

"I know, Orson, you may think that ordinary people are more important, but don't forget that with the current education the nobles receive, if the people want to launch a rebellion against the nobles, they themselves can even Suppress it with direct force."

Indeed, if Elsa hadn't reminded him, Orson would have almost forgotten that this is a different world filled with magic and various fantasy elements.

There are many things here that cannot be solved using previous ideas.

Just like what Elsa said, when the nobles control 70% of the country's wealth and 90% of the armed forces, the nobles no longer seem to care what the people and businessmen think.

"I also hate those nobles who behave badly, but if you want to be in power, you need the support of the nobles. In the final analysis, this country is still a country of nobles."

"Yes...a country of nobles." Orson sighed.

Seemingly noticing Orson's expression, Elsa felt she had an opportunity to take advantage of it. She said directly: "Oson, believe me, if I become the emperor, I will definitely improve the problems of the nobility."

"Your Highness Elsa, I can understand that you are trying to draw a pie for me?" Orson looked at Elsa expressionlessly. "Anyone can talk big words, but making a commitment requires you to have enough strength."

"..." Elsa was silent.

She knew that there was really nothing about herself that Orson could like.

It seemed that after thinking for a long time, Elsa raised her head and said:

"If, if I became the queen, let you be the royal husband, and give you enough power to do this, would you agree?"

When Orson heard this reply, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Elsa: "Your Highness, you should know that I am engaged, right?"

"So, if you choose to believe me, Orson, you can cancel the engagement, and I will immediately go to discuss the engagement with you."

"No." Orson shook his head. "This statement is still too unrealistic."

Let’s not talk about whether Orson is willing to get engaged to Elsa.

By separating him from Olivia, whose relationship was already semi-confirmed, Orson thought he was not a scumbag yet.

Moreover, if this matter spreads to the outside world, it will not be nice. Then others will think that Orson is a person who likes others, and they will also think that Elsa steals other people's men, which will easily have a bad impact on both of them. .

After thinking for a while, Orson finally said: "Well, Your Highness, I want to ask you a question. If you can answer me, I can consider whether to help you."

"Okay." Elsa nodded. "Orson, just ask."

"Your Highness, can you tell me why you are so determined to become the emperor?"

As he said this, Orson stared at Elsa, his eagle-like gaze as if he wanted to see through Elsa's heart.

Elsa was stunned when she heard Orson's question, and then said: "I...this is the education I received since I was a child."

"My brother and I seemed to have a good relationship since we were young, but both our father and our court teachers taught us a concept since childhood, that is, the royal family is like a row of saplings planted together."

"In this row of saplings, only one can thrive and grow into a towering tree, providing shade to other small saplings around it."

"Sounds good, doesn't it?"

"But that towering tree has actually taken root deeply into the ground. Its roots have penetrated deep into other saplings, absorbing nutrients that should belong to other saplings. This has created a kind of shelter with many situation.”

"This kind of warmth on the surface is actually cruel to other saplings."

"If some saplings can only grow so big, don't need more nutrients, and hide under the shade of big trees all their lives, then that's fine."

"However, if some small trees can grow into towering trees themselves, when they need more nutrients, the big trees cut off the source of nutrients and sunlight, and they can only gradually die."

Orson listened to Elsa's words and nodded thoughtfully.

"So, sometimes it's good to be willing to be a little tree." He said.

"Oson, do you really think so?" Elsa asked.

"After all, with the shelter of a big tree, I don't have to face the sun or rain. Isn't it nice?"

"But in that case, can it still be considered a tree?"

"..."

"If the emperor becomes emperor, given his political ambitions, I will probably be used as a political marriage tool in the future to marry someone I don't like."

"I don't want to be like this, so I want to change my destiny."

"Also, don't look at my usually indifferent appearance. In fact, I care about rankings more than anyone else. I feel that I am no worse than Brother Huang."

When Orson heard this, he nodded.

"I can understand you, Your Highness."

"You said before that you should change your sincerity for sincerity, right?"

"Then let me tell you directly. In fact, in this matter, my position has always been on your side, Your Highness, Princess. However, due to some reasons, I can't end it directly now. Please forgive me."

"All you need to know is that I'm here to help you."

Elsa's eyes lit up when she heard Orson's words.

"Really?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded.

"You know, I'm not a liar."

"In that case..." Elsa stretched out her hand towards Orson. "Then first wish us a happy cooperation in advance."

Orson reached out and held Elsa's hand.

Cold and delicate skin, soft and boneless touch, this is Orson's first feeling.

As expected of a princess, it seems that she takes good care of her skin.

"Well, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Lee Teuk stood at the corner of the stairs, looking at the scene of the two chatting downstairs with a thoughtful expression.

…

"So, Orson, why did you agree to help Her Highness Elsa?"

After sending Elsa away, Orson returned upstairs.

At this time, Lite also changed back to the men's clothes she usually wears most, and she asked Orson in confusion.

"Li Te, when did you start eavesdropping?" Orson did not reply directly, but took a sip of water first.

"Uh... I probably had already changed my clothes when you were talking about the "Nobles Protection Law" and was ready to come down directly. But when I saw what you were discussing, I didn't dare to disturb you."

"Oh." Orson nodded after hearing this, and then told Liteuk all about their conversation.

This time he had no reservations because he wanted to let Li Teuk know the camp behind his own.

"Eh? Drizzt? Why does this name sound familiar to me?"

"Well, the doctor told me about the contracts he saw in the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group's office. One of the contracts was for kidnapping and imprisonment. The doctor and I speculated that people could be saved, so I sent the doctor there."

"Now that Drizzt is dead, he should have been rescued."