Mystery: From Celestial Venerable's Backup to Red Priest

Chapter 56 Chairman of the Military Intelligence Committee

The ball lasted until the early hours of the morning. During this time, Evan danced with several noble ladies and young girls, and several of them showed interest in Evan, frequently exchanging flirtatious glances with him. However, Evan had many things to discuss with Robert, so he could only reluctantly decline the invitations of these beauties and go home with Robert.

On the carriage ride home, Evan couldn't wait to ask about things he hadn't been able to ask before. He was very curious about how Earl Hall had appeased Duke Negan.

Robert was clearly tired; dealing with these old foxes was exhausting, even for someone as extraordinary as him. However, upon hearing Evan's question, he opened his eyes and replied:

"Actually, it's nothing much. He just mentioned his support for me and persuaded me together with Prime Minister Agushid."

Robert's words immediately cleared up Evan's doubts. Duke Negan might not be willing to let Robert off the hook because of his pride, but his brother wanted to settle things peacefully.

Robert has become a leader of the Conservative Party’s younger generation and a key minority in Parliament. Without this force, the Conservative Party could lose its majority in Parliament.

It's hard to say what will happen to others at that time, but Agusid Negan's position as prime minister is almost certainly going to be lost. So, in persuading the Duke of Negan, Prime Minister Agusid is even more proactive than Earl Hall.

This also explains why Prime Minister Agusid invited Evan to join his office in front of so many people. Whether Evan accepted the invitation or not was not important; what mattered was that he was showing Robert his friendly attitude.

"At the urging of Earl Hall and the Prime Minister, the Duke of Negan has agreed to let me serve as Chairman of the Parliamentary Military Intelligence Committee, formally entering the decision-making level. The price is that I must be in line with the party's policies and support the election conditions restriction bill and electoral boundary delineation bill that the Duke of Negan will put forward in Parliament in the future."

I also took the opportunity to make one more request: that the "Government Employees Recruiting Act" be renamed the "Robert Horn Act," to which the Duke of Negan agreed.

Ivan was delighted to hear that Robert was going to become the chairman of the Congressional Military Intelligence Committee.

Part of MI9's funding comes from Parliament, and the Military Intelligence Committee is responsible for reviewing this funding. This means that even before Ivan joined the committee, he already had a powerful backer that no one could ignore.

The benefits of having a powerful backer are self-evident. This means that Evan's previous plan to quickly improve his military rank through meritorious service can be successfully implemented. No one dares to offend the god of wealth, so no one dares to take away Evan's credit, even though Evan is a complete newcomer.

But Evan's brows furrowed again, because the content of the bill that Duke Negan was about to propose sounded very familiar to him.

Evan recalled the contents of Lord of Mysteries and finally understood why the name sounded familiar.

This is because it was something that Duke Negan was pushing forward before his assassination in the original story, and it is very likely the reason that led to his death.

This bill severely hinders the path for the bourgeoisie to directly participate in politics and will inevitably encounter extremely fierce backlash.

However, although the aristocratic class is constantly decaying, it still has the advantage of being the first to act, influencing all levels of the country and holding the reins of power. Therefore, the Duke of Negan's attack is very likely to succeed.

If the historical trend driven by the Twilight Hermits was indeed the rise of the bourgeoisie brought about by the Industrial Revolution, then the Duke of Negan was stepping deeper and deeper into the abyss of death.

As for whether Robert's support for Duke Negan's election reform bill would provoke hostility from the Twilight Hermits and lead to his death, Evan was not worried.

If Duke Negan, who strongly advocated for this bill, gets into trouble, then there will be no one to organize it again, and the bill is very likely to die in its infancy. So we can just watch Duke Negan cause trouble.

Evan would do anything to help Klein save Tingen, just so that Klein would have more people he cared about and more vulnerabilities, but he would never care about Duke Negan. If given the chance, Evan would even give him a push.

Because if something were to happen to the Duke of Negan, Robert's position within the Conservative Party would become even more important, which would be a great thing for Evan.

After all, the higher the position, the rarer it is. It's like one radish for one hole. If you want a hole, you have to pull out the radish. Duke Negan's death is in Evan's interest. It's just a pity for his second wife, Lady Della, who is young and beautiful but has to be a widow.

"What are you thinking about? Why aren't you saying anything?" Robert couldn't help but ask when he saw that Evan had been silent for a long time.

"It's nothing. By the way, now that you've reconciled with Duke Negan, there shouldn't be any surprises regarding the succession case, right?" Evan suddenly remembered the situation the butler had described a few days ago and asked.

Robert was taken aback, not expecting Evan to know about this, but after thinking for a moment, he figured that since the matter had blown up so much, he was bound to find out sooner or later, so he smiled and said:

"I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you. As for whether this matter will just be left unresolved, I don't know."

Even if Duke Negan really was behind this, I couldn't say it out loud, and Duke Negan wouldn't admit it either. But if it really was him, I think we'll see in a few days.

Evan nodded in agreement, then solemnly said to Robert:

"I know my brother didn't want me to worry, which is why he didn't tell me about this. But I'm all grown up now. We're brothers, so please don't hide these things from me anymore. Please tell me. I want to help."

Looking at Evan's serious expression, Robert felt a surge of relief and solemnly agreed to Evan's request.

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Tinggen City, Golden Phoenix District, Golden Apple Street

Klein, dressed in a formal suit, looked at the gate in front of him and gazed into the villa with its huge garden. He was filled with emotion. While he was still renting this house, someone was living in a villa in the middle of the city. Klein, who had never lived in a mansion in his two lives, couldn't help but feel envious.

Today is Sunday, and Klein received a letter from within the city. The writer was none other than Barker, the butler whom Evan had recently introduced to him.

Butler Buck has been diligently helping Evan find investment opportunities and has already made some progress.

However, before leaving Tingen, Evan repeatedly instructed that all investment opportunities must be reviewed by his classmate Klein, which Buck's butler found very puzzling.

Based on what I've learned over the past few days, this Mr. Klein, like Evan, has just graduated from university, majoring in history. He has no experience in finance, management, law, or any other related fields, and his family doesn't have any investment businesses. I don't know why Evan would entrust the final review to him.

However, Butler Buck was a man who strictly adhered to his duties as a butler. He would carry out his employer's instructions whether he understood them or not. So yesterday, he wrote a letter to Klein, inviting him to come here today to review some materials prepared by Butler Buck.

Barker's steward was determined to keep a close eye on Klein, and he would definitely refute any wrong investment advice Klein gave.