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Chapter 48: Questioning the Church (Part 2)

() "Five diocesan bishops, five archbishops, and three metropolitans! Almost half of the named diocesan bishops of the entire Constantinople are here! Two deputy abbots of the monastery of Mount Athos! The Holy Land of our Imperial Church

It’s a grand event that all the cities will participate in. It’s no wonder that a dozen abbots or deputy abbots from other regions suddenly appeared in the small Holy Spirit Convent. Why, is an ecumenical meeting going to be held today?” Those people who know how to hide have appeared.

When I saw the priests who came out without hesitation, I started to sneer at them, and then gave the dean of the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit a cold look, "Maybe they are plotting a rebellion!"

"Your Highness, no! We have absolutely no intention of treason! This is definitely an injustice!" An old bishop immediately shouted that it was an injustice.

"That's right! We have always tried our best! How can we talk about rebellion! Instead, His Highness brought a large number of people into the church's important territory. Do you take the church seriously?"

I laughed, very happily, but I don’t know if it had the effect of making me laugh in anger. Who the hell is this? I turned around and saw a guy who was quite young among the old guys. He really stood out from the crowd. If I looked carefully,

Look, this person is not in my mind at all, "You said I don't take the church seriously? If I don't take the church seriously, what's here now is not just a cavalry team from Theofano family.

, but an imperial brigade of four squadrons plus four six-pound cavalry cannons! If I didn’t take the church seriously, let alone the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, even if you were hiding in Sophia Cathedral, I could demolish it.

! If I didn’t take the church seriously, you would still be standing here!”

"Profane..." It was the young priest again. This time he only said half a word from his mouth before the old dean grabbed his robe. Although it was only one word, I still understood what he was thinking.

What to say and where he stands!

Among the group of bishops, a middle-aged priest smiled charmingly and said: "Your Highness, what is it that makes you so angry? Is it some blind priest who pissed you off?"

"Yes, what exactly is going on?"

"What's the matter? Actually, it's nothing, just rebellion!" I pulled out my rapier and tapped it gently on my palm, "Tell me, who is the mastermind? Why are you treasonous and for which kingdom did you sell your souls?"

"Slander! This is slander! Don't think that because you are the second heir of the Theofano family, you can do whatever you want here! You know, without the orthodox recognition given by the church, your Theofano family

Never try to become an emperor!"

"I'm slandering!?" This ** is really cooperative enough. Yes, I am slandering them, but so what, I took a few more steps forward and I was frothing at the mouth, "Well, how do you explain yourselves?

To seize the heir of a great Prussian noble and an envoy of the Kingdom of Prussia in full view of the public and throw him into the church’s private prison!?”

As soon as these words came out, all the priests present, regardless of their status, changed their faces.

"I saw you arresting them into the dungeon with my own eyes! Now they are in the courtyard of the dungeon. You want to use cruel torture to turn them into madmen. Not only did I hear it with my own ears, but I also had witnesses and physical evidence! Now among them

One of them is covered in scars, what’s wrong? What else can you say? Could it be that what I see with both eyes is an illusion?!"

"Your Highness, did you just say that they are big nobles?" A shocked bishop ran out and grabbed my hand, his eyes still full of fantasy. I knew what he was imagining, and that I was being alarmist!

But alas, that's not the case!

"A Prussian nobleman from the German region who came to negotiate with us! You are working for others and you still don't know the importance of the Kingdom of Prussia in that region of Northern Europe? Although the Kingdom of Prussia is not large, it has a large territory among Austria, Sweden, and Russia.

It is a force that must be fought for. This weight can break the balance of the entire scale no matter which force you side with! Now, you caught that noble and beat them! We are done with the Kingdom of Prussia! The entire empire

The strategic layout is over!" I pushed the bishop away, and he fell to the ground. Just like that, he sat on the ground in despair. When he looked up, the other abbots and bishops of the monastery were stunned in place, especially

They were the two deputy abbots of the Mount Athos Monastery, and their faces changed so quickly.

The appearance of people from the Mount Athos Monastery here was an accident that even I didn't expect. But even better, this has been a holy place for the Imperial Church since the eleventh century. Ever since Emperor Constans IX ordered a ban on all female sex

After the sexual creatures entered the mountain, they relied on the protection and favor of the imperial emperor, and they have enjoyed a transcendent status for hundreds of years. Even the influence of the Mandeora Monastery, another holy place, cannot compare with this group of taboos. In recent years,

For hundreds of years, the church's activities in the empire have seen their active presence everywhere.

"This is a frame-up! It's a frame-up!!!"

"Yes, listen to our explanation! We are innocent!!!"

Several bishops wanted to rush over and explain, so I quickly asked a few guards to hold them back. Now I know what it feels like to be wronged, but what about before...

"Your Highness!" A bishop knelt on the ground, crying loudly, "I came here just because I heard that a heretic was going to be tried, a heretic from Germany, them!" The priest pointed at Easel.

The abbots headed by Sishan Monastery said, "It's all their fault! They said that man was just a small German noble! This has nothing to do with me. I only came here because I received kindness from one of them in the past.

!”

Soon, after this bishop, there were several bishops and archbishops who all made the same rhetoric and quickly clarified the relationship, saying that they came here more out of love and had no idea how simple it was.

A heresy trial case will involve treason! Treason, I have made it very clear. The church has arrested two great nobles of the Kingdom of Prussia, and they are also envoys. This is no longer a purely religious matter, but a diplomatic matter.

The incident has risen to the level of imperial strategy. Anyone involved can know what it means as long as they are not a fool!

The criminals will be arrested for treason, and only death can be used to appease the anger of the envoys of the Kingdom of Prussia!

"But, Your Highness, we did some research beforehand. They are just ordinary little German nobles! If they are envoys, why can't they live in the embassy!"

"Yes. In addition, Your Highness, please don't be deceived. They wrote a counter-book! Not only is that book blasphemous, but it has been verified through verification that the Satan in it is you! We also know! You are conspiring with others to rebel.

!They want to overthrow Theophano!!!”

"Your Highness, we can make the mistake right. Capture the two German nobles again and kill them! As long as the relevant people are silenced, and then the news of the accidental death is released to the outside world, the Prussian side will say that the envoy died accidentally while playing.

Isn’t that enough?”

People who are inseparable from this matter are still struggling to their death. The books written by artistic girls and young people are the last straw for them. These people will do anything to survive and retain their power.

!

Facing these sanctimonious animals, I can only live up to my conscience by making the reality they face more cruel: "Little German nobles? Maybe you don't know,

I was the first person to receive this messenger! I was also the one who introduced him to Miss Pennywise of the Jimmyski family! Otherwise, why do you think I was the first to receive the news today! As for rebellion and treason,

Go talk to my father Caesar about this! See if he believes your one-sided words or the messenger who has both personal and material evidence! Caesar will not wrongly accuse a good person, but he will not let a bad person go either!"

"Come here! Separate these priests and put each one in a separate room! No one is allowed to visit during this period! No one is allowed to hand over anything! Even if you bring food in, you must search it thoroughly! But you must also be careful not to let them in the house.

Commit suicide!" The guards took the order. I got on my horse and rode up to the priest who was talking so eloquently. I still had a few words to say, but these words were not just for him, but also for others.

“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s! This is the original word in the Creed, and it is also God’s admonition to the church! Have you forgotten? Even Christ Jesus must obey Roman law, and on the day of the Great Judgment, he relied on

The virtues of the people will truly judge the world! What power do you, you, your church have, and who gave it the power to judge a person’s soul? Ah, could it be that you think you are gods!”

"Oh, that's right!!" I looked down at the young priest who bumped into me several times, "You said that our Theophano family can't survive without the church. That's right! But you forgot that the church is not just you.
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