Chapter: 1074

Surely it must be very hard to please the emperor.

“Lannis, where are the other ministers?”

As Fritz recalled, today is the meeting day.

Am I too late?

It’s a little later than usual, but there’s still time.

Lannis answered with a tired face. “The other ministers left earlier after completing the urgent schedule due to sudden illness.”

Fritz was a little surprised to hear that.

“The ministers are all sick?”

Did they secretly have a meeting without me knowing and share some strange food?

Otherwise, would there suddenly be something wrong with their bodies on the same day?

For the past three years, Fritz has maintained quite good relations with the Emperor’s ministers.

It was also thanks to the disappearance of the nobles who were dissatisfied with the successive incidents.

Most of the remaining nobles have little power and are obedient to the Emperor. Fritz tried to make new acquaintances with them.

As a result, his efforts paid off.

At first, the ministers, who were wary of the empress’ family, now showed a certain fondness for him.

His marriage to Gretel, a commoner pharmacist, also helped a lot.

Marriage to Gretel made Fritz appear as a moderate figure who, unlike his father, was not obsessed with power.

If he wanted to strengthen the power of the ducal, he would have wanted a noble lady from an influential family as his bride.

While the nobles viewed him as foolish, they also let his guard down against the young new duke.

Lannis quickly denied it. “No. Count Tyros, due to his daughter’s sudden illness…… he left first after a brief report.”

“Oh, I see.”

The family’s illness is the most effective way to elicit the emperor’s sympathy and understanding.

If ministers had a problem with their ‘beloved wife,’ or their young child suddenly fell ill, the emperor was quite generous in granting leave.

On the other hand, such generosity could not be expected when the person concerned said he was sick.

Fritz took the documents and went into the emperor’s office.