Isabella...she's just a stupid tyrant who didn't know anything about the kingdom's situation!
So...how could she ask the ministers to do those complicated things full of political moves?
That's...illogical.
"I have never agreed to all the laws and things you guys did. Not even a single one of you has asked this queen. As for the birthday banquet…"
Mariella pouted and flipped her blonde hair arrogantly.
"This queen never cares about the expenditure.
As for what kind of money used to hold the banquets...shouldn't it be from the royal treasury?"
Mariella swept her gaze over the corrupt ministers and smiled.
"Since when our kingdom is so poor and have to use the money for the disaster relief to hold measly banquets like that?"
Boom!
The ministers and officials all choked up quietly.
They darted their eyes around, not daring to speak, but what Mariella said was like a nail on the head.
What the queen said is true! The kingdom is wealthy, and the royal family is also wealthy.
Just to make a few measly banquets doesn't need them to corrupt the money for the disaster relief!
"And this queen also doesn't understand why you guys have to raise the tax and kill those who can't pay the tax."
Mariella's crisp voice echoed throughout the meeting hall as she tapped her chubby fingers on the wooden table.
"The kingdom is still rich even with the tax, my dad decided when he's still alive. Why raise it?"
Mariella raised an eyebrow and her voice became increasingly sharp.
"And for the poor commoners who can't afford the new tax system…"
Mariella paused before sneering.
"If it was me, killing those people would just be a waste of time and energy." Mariella showed a look of disdain as she continued.
'I would prefer to take them to the castle and make them work as my people until they can pay the tax!"
Selling them as slaves to other kingdoms? They're all her people, why should they work for other kingdoms?
Why not work for the queen because she's their 'owner' in a sense?
"And the slavery thing...what's so good about that?" Mariella clicked her tongue in displeasure.
"My kingdom isn't that poor and can't afford to pay people accordingly and have to employ them without a wage!"
In Isabella's simple mind, taking a slave means that the person was too poor to pay the slave with a minimum wage.
They had to buy the enslaved person with a little bit of money and employ the enslaved person for the rest of their life free of charge!
"That kind of behaviour...I think only the poor and petty people can do that. Right, uncle ministers?"
Mariella looked at the few people who did slavery in the dark, and the pointed ministers or officials instantly blushed in shame.
T-this kind of thinking...how come it's actually quite logical?
If they're wealthy, why won't they hire a large number of people and pay them handsomely?
Buying a slave and only paying the enslaved person once in a lifetime...doesn't that means they're too poor to pay people like the usual??
The ministers and officials were speechless. They had never seen someone with this kind of mindset...and Isabella was the first one.
This...how could she think like that? Don't rich people usually usually want to have slaves to show off their prestige?
The more slaves they have, the more powerful that family is, right?
But in Isabella's mind, the more slave someone owned, the poorer they should be!
That kind of logic was both illogical and logical at the same time.
The prime minister, the ministers and the officials, were dumbfounded for a few seconds.
Yet Mariella didn't care and carelessly waved her hand.
"Anyway, this queen has expressed her opinion and thoughts. So, if any of you dare to say that this Queen likes to raise taxes, enslave people and so on…"
Mariella's tone became even more childish and bratty than before, and she slapped the table angrily.
"It means you guys are bullying this queen! And bullying this queen means you guys want to rebel! All rebels...must be executed!"
The people in the room almost fell from their seats. Even those standing behind the chairs almost staggered and fell.
Your majesty...can your mind stop thinking about bullies, rebels, and executions?!
Mariella's words were so childish that the people in the hall were speechless once more. However, what she said made sense…
And in the end, it all leads to execution, right?
Mariella puffed her cheeks and slapped her scepter onto the table.
"Listen to this queen. The people that Duke Fez mentioned in the list...all of them are bullies, and they shall be executed– tomorrow morning!"
Mariella jumped straight to execution without sending those people to the trial.
The guilty people, who thought that the execution thing was just a childish threat, instantly rioted.
"Your majesty! You can't be like this! Even if you have evidence, you still have to send us to the trial!"
In the trial, there is a huge chance that their punishment would be lightened, and they wouldn't end up with execution.
At most, they would be imprisoned for life or demoted to be commoners.
After all, the kingdom couldn't execute people as they wished, or that means tyranny!
But Mariella smirked. She looked at the guilty people and laughed heartily.
"I will do as I want. I'm a tyrant, anyway. If I don't do things as I want, how am I a tyrant? No more words. Tomorrow morning, all these people shall be executed!"
The guilty people all wailed and screamed in agony.
We...we just dig our own grave!
They framed Isabella to be a tyrant, and now they really created a tyrant!
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