Chapter 363 The little emperor ascends the throne, and the ministers hold great power!
These people who came to Ye Zai's house were nothing more than the so-called "clean" ministers.
Because the ministers were now able to cover the sky with one hand, these people were dissatisfied with the ministers monopolizing the power, but they didn't want to abandon their "noble" identity and leave the capital, so they came to Ye Zai.
They hoped that Ye Zai would contribute and take the lead to prevent the little emperor from ascending the throne.
Now, there were only a few people in the capital who could wrestle with the ministers.
General Budo's family, as a family that had guarded the royal family for generations, naturally supported the little emperor. After all, he was the legitimate heir.
As for Esdeath, these ministers were scared to death. They heard that the other party was a person who killed people without blinking. They were afraid that if they came to her house, she would kill them if she was unhappy.
As a former general of the Empire, Najenda was also a good friend of Esdeath.
But Esdeath didn't hold back at all when she started to attack her…
And even if they were not afraid of death, Esdeath was only on her way back at this time and was not in the capital.
Then, the only one left in the capital who had the ability to wrestle with the ministers and had no malice towards them was only Ye Zai.
Especially a few days ago, when the ministers used the identity of the little emperor to splash dirty water on them and prepared to execute them, it was Ye Zai who stood up and saved their lives.
This made these ministers think that Ye Zai was actually on the same side as them, and he was also dissatisfied with the ministers monopolizing the power.
In fact, they thought too much. Those who opposed the ministers monopolizing power were not necessarily good people.
Ye Zai would save them just to give Najenda face. After all, the two had a friendship.
Among those ministers who were going to be executed by the ministers, many of them were once Najenda's men. They were saved just because of Najenda.
There were also some people who Ye Zai thought were not bad to the core, so Ye Zai also saved them.
The ministers also gave Ye Zai face. After Ye Zai spoke, they were exempted from the death penalty, but they deprived them of their noble identity.
For the existence of Ye Zai, the ministers were still quite afraid. The strength of the man in front of them had been proven in the past few years.
He just wanted to use the little emperor as a puppet to enjoy the desire for power.
The minister thought that Ye Zai and Esdeath were the same kind of people. They were martial artists who were not greedy for the so-called power.
Since everyone had different goals, the minister felt that there was no need to provoke Ye Zai.
After all, if he wanted to enjoy power for a long time, he had to rely on a powerful general like Ye Zai to defend against the enemies outside the Empire.
Esdeath and Ye Zai had now become the two pillars of the Empire. No matter how rotten the Empire was internally, as long as the two of them existed, the Empire would not fall.
Not only would they not harm Ye Zai, but the ministers would also deliberately please him, just like how they please Esdeath.
For existences like them, they were the foundation of his firm grasp on power.
"Yezai-sama, you have to step in. If you let the ministers continue to run amok, the empire will be finished!"
"Yezai-sama, the late emperor treated you well. You can't just watch as his son becomes someone's puppet."
After hearing Fina's message, most of the courtiers outside the door were still unwilling to leave. They began to shout at the door.
In fact, only a small number of these people were really for the future of the Empire. Most of them said that they were for the Empire, but they were actually for themselves.
After all, in this era, how many of the people who claimed to be "nobles" were kind people?
Although most of the people outside now said that they were for the sake of the Empire, the real situation was that they were dissatisfied with the power in their hands that was swallowed up by the ministers.
When the minister was promoted, then his followers who were waiting to be fed naturally needed to rise as well.
As a result, the minister assigned all the people in his faction to various important positions, and these people naturally became sacrificial lambs.
They were dissatisfied with the power they had, but now they were pushed to the bottom. However, they couldn't win against the ministers, so they urgently needed to find a general to support their camp.
"Don't think that Lord Yezai doesn't know what you are thinking. Saving your lives is already Lord Yezai's mercy. If you don't leave, I will kill all of you!"
Fina persuaded the people present to leave with kind words, but Fiya was not so easy to talk to. She directly took out a dagger and threatened.
The little girl had never had a good impression of the "nobles". If they hadn't met Yezai, the three of them might have ended up like rats in the smelly gutter.
"You are just a servant. How dare you be so rude to us? Don't you know that we are aristocrats?"
Although Fiya was one of Yezai's people, the people present were all aristocrats. Being scolded by a little girl like this made them feel ashamed.
"Oh, aren't you being pushed to the bottom?
You don't have any position or title now. Compared to now, your status seems to be lower than mine, right? "
After being choked by Fiya, the courtiers at the door were suddenly speechless. In the past, they used to oppress people with their status. They didn't expect that they would be treated like this one day.
As for Ye Zai himself, he had already left his residence from somewhere else. Fina, the little loli, had also accompanied him.
"Yezai-sama, those courtiers still refuse to leave. Fiya is about to fight with them."
"A group of guys who can't bear hardships. When they are hungry, they will naturally leave. If they still don't know what's good for them, let Fio and Fiya fight. Just don't kill them."
For these courtiers, Yezai had almost no good impression. Those who were really for the empire and had a little bit of courage had already left with Najenda.
The rest were just unwilling to let go of the power in their hands.
At this time, Yezai went to the palace again because the new emperor was about to ascend the throne.
Therefore, the courtiers summoned all the remaining courtiers. This time, even Esdeath, who often went to war outside, would also arrive at the palace.
Having said that, although Yezai had been a general of the empire for several years, it was the first time he met Esdeath, the sadist and battle maniac.
They were all generals, and they were all out fighting all year round instead of in the imperial capital. So even if they had been colleagues for several years, they had never seen each other.
When Yezai came to the hall, most of the courtiers in the court had been replaced with new faces. Obviously, these were the new subordinates of the courtiers.
Now in the hall, except for a few people, they were already the people of the courtiers' faction.
Although Yezai was that other person and did not belong to the courtiers' faction, when he came to the hall, the courtiers still surrounded him enthusiastically.
After all, Yezai's strength and status were there, they couldn't afford to offend him.
Moreover, the ministers behind them had warned them not to provoke Yezai and Esdeath for no reason.
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