I! Cleaner!

"No... Why did you suddenly get serious?"

Facing Leon's haphazard hammering, the onlooking parliament members were initially stunned, then suddenly furious!

Previously, it was just joking and fooling around, which was fine, because it wasn't them being embarrassed. Everyone could have a laugh, and there's no need to confront you, the acting vice-speaker.

But now, it's about the interests of half the people present. The officer replacement order is of unparalleled importance, and you dare try to settle it in such a ridiculous way? This is simply...

"Absurd!"

Having been fooled twice, Marquis Morley slammed the desk in front of him, stood up for the third time, pointed at Leon's nose, and shouted angrily:

"This is the Senate! Not a place for your monkey business! You're not fit to be vice-speaker! Get down from there!"

"Yes!"

Seeing someone taking the lead, the rest of the noble members whose interests were harmed by the officer replacement order also stood up, accusing:

"How can a sacred place like the Senate allow such nonsense?"

"Get down!"

"In my view, let's propose a temporary motion to cancel the Ryan Family's vice-speaker seat!"

"Yes! Also, the officer replacement order must be re-voted on! We don't recognize proposals passed in such a manner!"

"Step down! Step down!"

...

This is bad!

Seeing the furious crowd below the stage, the finance minister at the side of the main platform couldn't help but widen his eyes, almost wanting to rush up and strangle Leon to death!

Out of the 168 parliament members present, nearly 40% had already sided with the royal family, and another 20% were persuaded by Veronica. If the proposal were submitted normally, it would pass the initial review 100%.

Then Joshua would stand up according to his arrangement, forcefully representing the royal family, suppress some first and then woo some, achieving two-thirds approval to solidify the replacement order.

Attending this Senate meeting and being the main force pushing the replacement order, Joshua could also take a part of Veronica's people, boost his own prestige, and successfully swallow the biggest benefits.

In the end, this matter that could have been a surefire success, this damn Duke of Lionheart insisted on doing something sketchy!

Now the opposition members were angry, causing a ruckus, while those supporting Joshua and him were in a bad position to speak up. If Leon, the acting vice-speaker, were to be ousted, leading to a re-vote, the originally solid matter could be in jeopardy!

Incapable and a nuisance!

Having mentally labeled the fumbling Leon on stage, the finance minister glanced at the helpless Joshua on his throne and sighed inwardly.

He's still an inexperienced child, facing such uproarious scenes, he must have panicked inside. It seems Joshua can't stabilize the situation; it's up to me!

"Everyone, please calm down!"

"Please listen to me!"

The finance minister rose from his seat, loudly trying to dissuade the crowd:

"The most important thing now is for the Senate to function normally!"

"Everyone, please quiet down!"

Although the finance minister had considerable prestige, apparently being fooled by Leon was severe. All members' emotions were peculiarly high, their faces flushed, scolding him for profaning the Senate's sacred atmosphere.

Already prone to anger and losing face twice in a row, Marquis Morley directly began to scream insults, while the finance minister's loud attempts to dissuade were thoroughly overwhelmed by curses.

After trying desperately to shout twice and realizing his voice was masked, the finance minister was getting anxious, and Leon on stage seemed to notice him, beckoning him hurriedly to come up, even picking up the fallen gold bell and bending over to retrieve the silver hammer from the floor.

Right, there's the bell!

Seeing Leon's actions, the frantic finance minister suddenly realized that when emotions are this high, the only way to drown out the curses is with louder noise, and the gold bell on stage is undoubtedly the best solution.

Having realized the "only solution," the finance minister was overjoyed, forgoing the stairs to the main platform and directly scrambling up, grabbing the silver hammer from Leon's hand, readying to strike the bell to calm the situation.

However, at this moment, Marquis Morley's eyes flashed red with rage, feeling an even greater fury toward Leon on stage.

Unable to contain his anger, he suddenly pulled off his thick leather shoe underfoot, shouted, and hurled it full force at Leon on stage.

Though the throw was somewhat off, Leon on stage seemed startled, retreated two steps, dodging upwards with the silver hammer, causing the finance minister reaching for the hammer to lean forward, raising his head...

"Thunk!"

A muffled sound that drowned out the curses filled the hall as Marquis Morley's hefty leather shoe, made with rawhide and weighted with wooden inserts and metal tips, roughly two to three pounds, smacked firmly into the finance minister's nape, knocking him to the ground.

Leon, "startled," instinctively dodged backward, avoiding the finance minister's flailing grasp but failed to avoid the lectern beside him, which the finance minister seized and pulled downwards, crashing onto Leon.

What? What happened?

How did the finance minister fall?

I don't know; didn't see it clearly.

It seemed like something was thrown over, then he went down.

Facing this unexpected scene, all the parliament members below, including Marquis Morley, the culprit in this sudden rage, were dumbfounded, while Leon on stage didn't pause, sighing somewhat helplessly.

Can't believe it didn't knock him out; my luck is really something... but it doesn't matter anymore.

In Joshua's unbelievably shocked expression, Leon's right foot, blocked by the lectern, suddenly swung with force, kicking directly at the finance minister's forehead.

After suffering this kick, with his head repeatedly struck, the finance minister finally fell unconscious with a shoe print on his forehead. Leon, having completed the finishing blow, pointed angrily at the bewildered Marquis Morley below and shouted loudly:

"The finance minister has been assassinated! Guards! Guards!"

"No! I'm not! I didn't!"

Hearing Leon's words, Marquis Morley was suddenly startled, finally breaking free from the uncontrollable rage.

However, startled by the sudden situation and following the vice-speaker's orders, the guards had already pounced on him, aggressively stacking on top of him, painfully suppressing him, while Leon on stage conveniently cried out:

"Minister! Minister! Minister, wake up!"

Dragging the kicked-unconscious finance minister from under the lectern and wiping the shoe dust from his face, Leon, having tidied up the mess, tossed the finance minister back to the ground, then furiously pounded the lectern before him, eyes filled with indignation, he shouted at the crowd:

"Look at what you've done! This is a sacred Senate! Not a street market! What have you turned this place into?"