Chapter 658: Replacing the Crown Prince (Part 2)

"...Thank you, Mr. Cheng." Jacob's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a relieved smile, "Your words make me feel at ease."

"I am also very happy to make you feel at ease, Mr. Jacob."

Su Cheng smiled and continued:

"By the way, Mr. Jacob. You don't have to call me Mr. Cheng anymore."

"I just said that I always respect you as a father."

"It always makes me feel weird to call me Mr., a father-like figure. You just need to call me by my name in the future, call me Su Cheng or Cheng."

Jacob did not make too many excuses in this matter.

After laughing loudly for a few times, he said:

"Okay, then I will call you Su Cheng from now on. This way of calling is convenient and shows that the relationship between the two of us is close."

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After Su Cheng chatted with Jacob for a while, Albert and Iser came.

Albert and Jacob were good friends.

Although Issel and Jacob had a mediocre relationship, and their relationship was neither good nor bad, they still had to say hello to Jacob, who was the prime minister of the empire and the first person under the emperor.

After the four met and chatted for a few words, Albert said to Jacob with great interest:

"Jacob! Let's go! Let's go to the cocktail party! Su Cheng, do you want to come too?"

The cocktail party that Albert mentioned was a fixed program at the annual year-end dinner - "Knight Cocktail Party"

A large group of people gathered together, drinking the strongest liquor in the continent - Lan Distilled Liquor, to see who could drink the most.

Two years ago, Su Cheng and Alyssa witnessed this crazy cocktail party with their own eyes.

At that time, they even drank a glass by mistake.

Privately, Su Cheng always jokingly called this knight cocktail party at the year-end dinner "Knight Suicide Party", after all, the content of this cocktail party was too crazy.

For Albert's invitation, Su Cheng naturally declined without hesitation.

Jacob, who is old but still has a strong drinking capacity, attends the knight's cocktail party every year.

Su Cheng originally thought that Jacob would happily attend the cocktail party with Albert and others, but he didn't expect that -

"Sorry, I won't attend the knight's cocktail party this year."

Jacob's words made Su Cheng, Albert, and Iser look at Jacob in surprise.

Before the three of them asked Jacob why he didn't attend this year's knight's cocktail party, Jacob continued:

"I have something important to do tomorrow, so I won't make too much noise tonight. Although I originally planned to tell you tomorrow morning, I might as well tell you now - there will be a large meeting tomorrow, which will be held in the meeting hall of Baiyang Palace, so the three of you don't have to make too much noise tonight."

"Large meeting?" Albert frowned, "Are you going to discuss something important together?"

"... It's not to discuss anything important, but to convey some very important notices to you. I can't tell you what the specific notice is now, you will know tomorrow afternoon."

Seeing that Jacob was unwilling to say more, Su Cheng and the other two were not in a position to ask too much.

-This year's year-end dinner... It's really depressing...

Su Cheng said helplessly in his heart.

——His Majesty is seriously ill and has not recovered yet...

——For unknown reasons, His Highness Elsa and His Highness Gael did not attend the year-end dinner...

——Mr. Jacob also looked strange, as if he had something on his mind.

He even did not attend the annual knights' cocktail party...

Su Cheng went back to DìDū in the cold weather this time. In addition to wanting to see Jacob, whom he had not seen for a long time, he also wanted to see Elsa, whom he had not seen for a long time.

But who knew that Elsa and his father Gael did not attend this year's year-end dinner for unknown reasons.

Su Cheng felt regretful and a little panicked at the same time...

Su Cheng always felt that something big was about to happen...

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The next day.

January 1, 292, the lunar calendar of the Britannia Empire.

As Jacob said at the year-end dinner last night, when the first sun of the new year rose, all the senior officials in DìDū were informed that a grand meeting would be held in the meeting hall of Baiyang Palace at 15:00 this afternoon.

Su Cheng, wearing the dress he wore to the year-end dinner last night, set out from Issel's house where he was temporarily staying, and headed towards Baiyang Palace with Issel.

The meeting hall of Baiyang Palace was still the same.

A large red carpet in the middle divided the meeting hall into two sides.

On the left was the queue of knights, and on the right was the queue of civil servants.

According to Su Cheng's current position as the top three in the world of the Britannia Empire, it was reasonable for him to stand at the front of the queue on the left.

When Su Cheng and Issel arrived at the meeting hall, Albert had already arrived.

Su Cheng, Issel, and Albert stood side by side at the front of the knight queue, silently waiting for the convening of this sudden meeting today.

While quietly waiting for the meeting to be held, Albert, who was bored, asked Su Cheng and Iser, who were standing by: "Jacob said yesterday that today's meeting was to inform us of something. What do you think it was to inform us of? Is it to launch another foreign war? Who is the target this time?"

As soon as Albert finished speaking, Isel said:

"I don't think so. Our country just launched two large-scale offensives against the Luolin Empire the year before last. Although the two offensives of 'Spring Awakening' and 'Xia Feng' were successful and received a lot of compensation, some consumption It can’t be made up for by money.”

"These two offensives have consumed a lot of our country's vitality. We will no longer take the initiative to launch large-scale foreign wars in the near future."

"What is the purpose of this meeting?" Albert then asked.

"How do I know?" Iser shrugged, "We won't know when the meeting starts, right?"

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Su Cheng and the other three didn't wait too long.

The meeting was held on time at 15:00 in the afternoon.

After the hour and minute hands of the pocket watch turned to 90 degrees, an unexpected person appeared at the side door of the meeting hall.

Gozevin, who was pale and did not even have the strength to stand up, entered the meeting hall with the support of Jacob and Gale.

And Ilsa followed closely behind the three of them and entered the meeting hall.

Looking at Ge Zewen who suddenly appeared, everyone in the meeting hall couldn't help but look shocked.

Gale and Ilsa came to the meeting hall, and they were not surprised.

But they couldn't help but be shocked when Ge Zewen, who had been seriously ill for a long time, came to the meeting hall.

With the support of Jacob and Gale, Gozevin sat down on the throne.

After Go Zewen sat down on the throne, Su Cheng discovered that Jacob, Gale, and Ilsa all had strange expressions.

Su Cheng looked solemn.

Gale's face was expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ever since Ilsa entered the meeting hall, she had kept her head lowered, her hands folded in front of her, and her fingers intertwined so tightly that even her expression could not be seen clearly.

"Let... everyone... laugh." After sitting down on the throne, Ge Zewen chuckled at the people in front of him in a weak tone, "Because I... really... don't have much strength. ...speak...so let's get straight to the point."

"I decided... to replace the... crown prince of our Britannia Empire."

"Replace the crown prince of our country...from Gael Augustus...to...Ilsa Augustus..."

"And decided to abdicate..."

"I decided to abdicate 2 days later...that is, January 3, 292...and Crown Prince Ilsa will inherit the throne..."

"Two days later...the emperor of our country...will be replaced by...Ilsa Augustus..."

"Ilsa... will succeed us as the 13th emperor of the Britannia Empire!"