xymnovel Chapter 120. Senator Matthias
Chapter 120. Senator Matthias
Chapter 120. Senator Matthias
"My lord, Yuri has already found out that William has rented two mansions on Donom Street, each with a woman living there, and on Knight Island, it has also been discovered that William's butler has rented a mansion."
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Roman reported to Sergei.
Sergei's eyes flickered.
After leaving the Panin mansion, he immediately had Roman inform Yuri to inquire about information regarding William's rental properties.
Since William is a womanizer, he must know how to keep women as mistresses.
The two women living on Donom Street were undoubtedly William's mistresses.
Knight Island —
The palace is on City Island, and so is William. This is William's main area of activity, while his butler, who can only stay by William's side, rents a mansion on Knight Island, which is far away.
"Tell Yuri to find out the identities of those two women on Donom Street, and then focus on uncovering all the secrets of that mansion on Knight Island!" Sergei ordered.
"yes!"
Roman left.
Sergei looked outside, lost in thought.
Having worked in secret for so many years, his intuition told him that the mansion on Knight Island was likely rented by William under the guise of a butler, and that it must be hiding an important secret.
Perhaps this is the handle that brought William down!
Sergei returned to his bedroom, opened the drawer of his desk, and found more than a dozen wooden plaques inside.
The names of people are engraved on it.
"The Hat Faction, Speaker of Parliament, Joachim."
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"French Ambassador, Jones."
"The Hat Faction, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anders."
"Top Hat Faction, Member of Parliament, Johannes."
"Top hat faction, member of parliament, Lars."
"Elijah, a member of parliament."
"British Ambassador, William."
"The cap-wearing member, member of parliament, Matthias."
"The cap-wearing member, a member of parliament, Hedwig."
"The cap-wearing member, Nyarlathotep, a member of parliament."
"Neutralist, Prince Jonathan."
"Neutralist, Attorney General Ingrid."
That night, Panin explained everything to him in detail, including each person's personality and responsibilities.
Social circles and so on, nothing is too small.
Sergei took out a plaque and placed it on the table.
"You can go first."
The name on the sign: Matthias.
The Hat Party was inclined to maintain peace and was close to Russia and Britain, but due to the alliance between Britain and Prussia, some rifts naturally emerged within the Hat Party.
The original plan was that Panin supported MP Hedwig, and William supported MP Elias. Together with other members of the Casualty Party, they would deal with the Top Hat Party.
At this point, everyone is united against a common enemy, and there's no need to distinguish who the leader of the "hat faction" is.
But with the alliance between Britain and Prussia, the relationship between Panin and William became delicate, and Heidwig and Elias naturally vied for the leadership of the Hat Party.
To Panin's surprise, Sergei suddenly appeared at this moment, and he went from being the Russian ambassador to the Russian ambassador's deputy.
William immediately seized the opportunity presented by Panin's demotion and the absence of a new ambassador to attack Hedwig and help Elias become the leader of the Hat Faction.
Even Prince Jonathan, a neutral figure, was targeted by Elias because of his grudge against him.
Panin was furious about what had happened and naturally harbored resentment towards Sergei, who had instigated the whole affair.
At first, he thought Sergei was someone with connections, but after he learned about the situation in the Russian court, he no longer had any hostility towards Sergei.
The Grand Duchess gave birth to the future heir to the throne, and Sergei's ambiguous relationship with her led to his demotion and exile by Queen Elizabeth.
To put it bluntly, we're all in the same boat.
Now that Sergei wants to deal with William and Elias, he must first take action against their people.
Congressman Matthias is one of the people in the Hats faction who sided with Elias!
That evening.
A carriage arrived at the residence of parliamentarian Matthias, but was stopped at the door by the butler.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, it's inconvenient for you to meet with Ambassador Saltykov."
Roman's face darkened slightly, his eyes turning cold.
"You're overthinking it. My husband didn't come. He asked me to give this to Councilor Matthias. If he wants to talk, we can go to Feline Park tomorrow afternoon."
He threw a letter on the ground, turned and entered the carriage, which then drove away.
The butler, with a gloomy face, bent down to pick up the letter and returned to the mansion.
The following afternoon, at Fairyland Park.
At a restaurant, Sergei ordered several local specialties and was enjoying his meal when a middle-aged man with thinning hair came in and, without any hesitation, sat down opposite him.
"Saltikov," the other person addressed Sergei directly.
Sergei continued to enjoy the delicious food.
"Do you think I'm afraid of your threats?" the other person said again.
Sergei looked up, smiled, and picked up his handkerchief: "If I didn't do this, I wouldn't be able to see the councilor, would I?"
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
The other party was a member of parliament, Matthias.
"It's nothing, I just want the councilors to help the Hats faction rediscover their original purpose." Sergei wiped his hands.
"Original intention?"
Sergei ordered Matthias a hot chocolate and then said, "The competition between the capists and top hatists is fundamentally about their different ideologies. The capists' original intention was to maintain peaceful relations with Russia and preserve the current peace."
"Does Sweden not live in a time of peace?" Matthias retorted.
"The delicate relationship between Russia and Britain is self-evident, so if Matthias continues to support Senator Elias, the peace monument is likely to crumble, since it is already riddled with cracks."
Matthias narrowed his eyes: "Are you threatening me, threatening Sweden?!"
Sergei shook his head: "I was just stating the facts. To show sincerity, I showed the member of parliament the mistakes he made unintentionally, didn't I?"
"If I disagree, will a letter with the same content appear on the King's desk tomorrow?"
Sergei nodded.
Matthias snorted and got up to leave.
"Then go and pay it!"
Watching the other person's departing figure, Sergei neither tried to stop him nor felt any disappointment.
It would be good if he could win them over, but if he failed, it would be within his expectations, since Matthias had a certain amount of confidence.
Matthias left the restaurant and walked angrily through the park.
"That bastard dares to threaten me! He's just an outsider, while I'm a member of parliament!"
"You think you can threaten me by accepting bribes? How ridiculous!"
"The King and Queen need the support of the Hats faction. With Senator Elias speaking up for me, how could such a trivial matter become a pretext?"
In the restaurant, as Sergei finished his meal, another customer sat down opposite him.