In Ark Simulator, why do I always start out as a ruthless person?.

And more importantly, she has the intelligence, which is equivalent to having the leverage and secrets of everyone in Leitania.

Such power, such control... This made Gertrude, who had an uncontrollable desire for power, feel extremely excited.

"But, I also have a small request, my dear Lord Qi."

Gertrude smiled evilly.

"Intelligence requires money and connections, so may I ask, what is the authority you are giving me?"

"--everything."

"All the troops, nobles, and soldiers in this region... you can mobilize them at any time as long as you have my permission."

Chen Qi's answer was so decisive that Gertrude, who was looking forward to the answer very much, was startled.

"As long as you can help us achieve results in the future noble council that are enough to shake the twin queens, I will meet all your requirements."

The Parliament of Nobles, which Queen White had mentioned to Chen Qi before, is a large parliament in which only nobles above the rank of earl can participate.

However, since the fall of the Witch King and the ascension of the Twin Queens, this kind of parliament has not been convened for more than ten years.

And this is the best place for Chen Qi to overthrow the rule of the Gemini Queens.

In response, Gertrude, whose desire for power was satisfied as never before, gave Chen Qi a satisfactory answer.

"I will definitely live up to your expectations, Your Highness."

"Well, go ahead. If you need someone, make a list and give it to me."

After Gertrude left with satisfaction, Fremont, who had been silent, could not help but ask Chen Qi, who was still playing chess:

"Are you really confident in handing over the intelligence work to her?"

"This person has long been intoxicated by the smell of power! In order to fight for power, she will stop at nothing."

"That's right." However, Chen Qi knew this very well and said calmly:

"That's why I put Gertrude in charge of intelligence work and kept her away from military power."

"Gertrude's strengths are to seize leverage and plot, but no one likes someone who holds leverage over them. Such a person may be powerful for a while, but without military power and the ability to rebel, she will only end up getting burned."

"I just hope that Gertrude can wake up sooner, otherwise... after I die, no one can protect her."

"...Boy, you really look more and more like an emperor."

However, Chen Qi did not feel the slightest bit of emotion at Frémont's words, which seemed to be praise or fear.

He just pushed the chess game in front of him without saying a word.

In the end, the black pieces held by Chen Qi had eliminated almost all of the white pieces on the opponent's side.

White has no other pieces except the last "king".

Although the winner of this game of chess has not yet been decided, the result can be determined at a glance.

After a careful examination of the lonely white "king", the outline of the chess piece gradually approached the appearance of the twin queens...

The twin queens.

I wonder what you will feel when you find out that the nobles, the common people...everything is no longer on your side.

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Chapter 28: Regent

Several months have passed.

Chen Qi's region, as usual, was busy with conscription, military expansion, enterprise expansion and other endless government affairs.

Batches of immigrants and infected people, regardless of race, were employed based on their work experience, and everything was thriving.

At the same time, other regions are still in sustainable decline.

The nobles who were indifferent to all this continued to study their magic and music, letting time fly by...

Of course, the Gemini Queens were not idle during this period.

Of course, they understood what Chen Qi was thinking from his actions.

For Chen Qi, an ambitious man who even wrote his ambitions in a book and announced them to everyone, the Gemini Queen also began to build her own base.

They still set their sights on the aristocracy.

After all, in Leithania, controlling the nobles is roughly equivalent to controlling the resources in their territory.

Therefore, even if the twin queens wanted to reduce the tax burden on the people of Leitania, they were somewhat powerless.

After all, they all knew that the aggressive Chen Qi would not give them time to improve public opinion.

Improving public opinion means infringing on the interests of the aristocracy. These are two completely opposite options.

A leader like Chen Qi, who has extremely high public support and can also get the support of a large number of nobles... is really too rare.

At least the Gemini Queens had never seen a leader who could do both of these things at the same time before.

Even someone as powerful and outstanding as the Witch-King would be hated by both God and man in the later period of his rule.

Most outstanding monarchs are lucky enough to be able to unify the power of a class.

Therefore, in the eyes of the twin queens whose rule was under great threat, they had to choose to offend the nobles and give the common people a respite.

It is better to sacrifice the interests of the common people temporarily and win over the powerful nobles who have their own private soldiers.

This is not a difficult multiple-choice question.

Once their rule becomes unstable, even if they want to implement benevolent policies, they will not be able to carry them out if they cannot win over these nobles.

Therefore, from the moment the twin queens jointly decided to develop royalist nobles, the people of Leitania once again became victims.

As expected, the public grievances in Leitania, which had finally been calmed down, began to boil over again.

Chen Qi, who has always fought for the interests of the majority of Leithanian citizens and made the leap from a commoner to an elector, once again won over more people's hearts because of the twin queens' helplessness.

Even among the people, people's recognition of Chen Qi's governing ability gradually surpassed that of the twin queens...

And all this continued until one day, when the long-accumulated public opinion finally erupted.

"Alas, now only in Lord Qi's jurisdiction can we live like human beings. The nobles in other jurisdictions don't care about us at all."

"Yes, among so many nobles, only Lord Qi is really practical. He cares about our lives, worries that we can't find a job, our children can't go to school, and worries about the future national defense of Leitania."

"Oh, it would be great if Lord Qi could become the emperor, then we could live a good life."

——Originally, this was just a street interview test by a tabloid newspaper.

The media wanted to conduct a social issue test by asking "common people to evaluate the nobles in their respective areas" and earn some topics.

However, most of the common people in the jurisdiction could not even name the nobles who ruled them, and many of them could not even remember the name of the earl of their territory.

But everything changed when the test came to Chen Qi's jurisdiction.

In Chen Qi's region, whether it is under the high tower or in the mobile city on the border, as long as it is the land covered by his power, there is almost no civilian who does not know him.

And their evaluation of Qi is very different from that of the civilians in other areas.

This is due to Chen Qi's heroic image of being close to the people and resisting tyranny.

Plus, you have always been very active in publicity and public opinion.

Everyone in your jurisdiction knows that their comfortable life today is brought about by Qi.

All the civilians praised Chen Qi highly, and everyone expressed their respect, admiration, and even fanaticism for Chen Qi!

It wasn't until two civilians who admired Chen Qi so much said these outrageous words in front of the camera that the wind direction completely changed.

After this small media published the interview video as it was with the mentality of "seeking wealth and honor through risk", unexpected changes occurred.

The Leitanian citizens, who had been holding grudges for a long time, not only did not blame the two people who said these words, but after venting their emotions, they suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Yes.

Why can't Lord Qi be our emperor?

Just as such voices began to spread among the people, a bombshell piece of news was revealed by major media outlets, causing an uproar in Leitania.

After more than ten years, Lord Qi is going to convene the "Parliament of Nobles"!

Among the topics they were going to discuss, the one that attracted the most attention from the public was——

Qi declared that he would set a precedent in Leitania. He would become the Regent of Leitania above the nine electors!

……

"Please be quiet, everyone, please be quiet."

"Next, the parliament will discuss the vote on the promotion of Lord Elector Shi Tongling, Qi, to the position of Regent."

"Please raise your hands if you agree with this proposal."

"Swish!"

As soon as the Speaker of the Parliament finished speaking, more than 200 hands on the left side of the parliament were raised high in unison, creating a particularly eye-catching landscape in the parliament.

The bigger difference is that in the parliament, everyone of the nobles is dressed gorgeously, but with different styles and colors.

Each of these nobles who raised their hands wore a uniform black military uniform with a black coat. On the wrist of their right hand, they all had a uniform red armband with a symbol whose meaning was incomprehensible to outsiders.

They were dressed in the same attire and acted in the same manner. Although they were in the aristocratic parliament, they looked as well-organized as an elite army.

They were almost telling everyone present that they belonged to the same party and the same force.

And everyone present and observing all this in secret knew who they belonged to.

"The total number of votes in favor is 230."

"…So, what about those who disagree?"

As the speaker spoke, the hands that were raised were not in a straight line, and there were also hands that were anxious and hesitant...

Although there is no momentum, in terms of quantity, the number of those who disagree is still slightly greater than those who agree.

"The number of votes against is 255."

"The results are announced: 230 votes in favor, 255 votes against, and 115 abstentions."

"The proposal was not approved by—"

"Wow!"

However, this time, before the Speaker could finish his words, Gertrude, who was sitting in the front row of the parliament and also attending this meeting, stood up with a smile without saying a word.

Although she did not get the desired result, Gertrude's smile became more rampant. She ignored the Speaker and turned to all the party members and said:

"To all members of the Workers' Party, it's time for us to leave."

"Yes!"

At Gertrude's command, a total of 230 party members stood up without any objection and walked towards the exit of the parliament without any worries.

This kind of attitude of not taking parliament and state affairs seriously made the Speaker of the parliament lose face!

The speaker's face instantly turned pale, and he kept banging the gavel to maintain order, and shouted:

"Please all members of the Workers' Party come back! Come back!"

"This parliament cannot continue without you, come back immediately!"

However, the Speaker's words failed to prevent any party member from leaving, and soon, a large number of vacancies appeared in the seats, and the parliament could no longer continue.

The speaker, who had encountered such treatment not for the first time, had a gloomy face and was completely unable to maintain his dignity.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the gavel used to maintain order was broken by the speaker. The speaker on the stage was filled with resentment, but he could do nothing but sit on the podium and shouted angrily:

"Sons of the Witch King! Sons of the Witch King! A bunch of lunatics with the same style as the Witch King!"

"You don't take the parliament seriously at all! Whoever wants to be the speaker can do it! I'm *Letanian slang* quitting anyway!"

"..." XN

However, such a disharmonious scene was nothing new to the nobles, who had attended parliament for countless times in a row.

Whenever the proposal to "pray for the election of the Regent" is rejected, this group of "Sons of the Witch King" who are internally angry will collectively withdraw from the parliament to express their protest.