Chapter 685: The Pope is missing, Eternal Day is in chaos

Li Chen left the palace for several months, although many government affairs were handled online through mobile phones, there were still a large number of memorials that needed personal vermilion approval piled up in the imperial study.

Looking at the memorials that occupied almost half the wall, he couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, feeling a headache.

Even if he was an emperor, the work that should be done could not be escaped; he sighed lightly, sat behind the desk resignedly, and began to bury his head in reading.

Soon, several encrypted intelligence reports from the Eternal Day Empire in the south caught his attention.

The memorials mentioned that the contradiction between the royal family of the Eternal Day Empire and the Holy See seemed to have intensified to an irreconcilable point, with friction between the two sides constantly, and the atmosphere tense.

Li Chen touched his chin, feeling that this matter had nothing to do with him; he did not intervene in it.

Of course, even if he might have left some influence unintentionally when "playing" in the Eternal Day Empire before, the main contradiction was definitely not caused by him.

The opposition between theocracy and imperial power in the Eternal Day Empire had existed for a long time; this was a historical malpractice; whoever bowed his head first would lose the leading position; this was a fundamental struggle for power.

Just as he was deep in thought, the personal inner attendant, Eunuch Cui, walked in lightly and reported: "Your Majesty, there is an envoy outside the palace seeking an audience, claiming to be a special envoy of the Holy See of the Eternal Day Empire, named Carlos."

"Carlos?" Li Chen heard this name, his eyebrows raised slightly, revealing a hint of doubt.

He naturally remembered this person; when he disguised himself as a pivot guard of the Holy See in the Eternal Day Empire, this Carlos was originally a heretic of the Blood Demon Society, and after being subdued and whitewashed by him, he was inserted into the Holy See and became one of his confidants.

Reasonably speaking, Carlos should stay honestly in the Eternal Day Empire, paying attention to the Holy See's movements for him; why did he suddenly run to May Tian Ce as a special envoy?

"Let him in." Li Chen put down the vermilion pen, wanting to see what medicine this kid was selling in his gourd.

Before long, Carlos walked in nervously under the guidance of the inner attendant.

Although he was a special envoy of the Holy See, stepping into this majestic and solemn May Tian Ce Imperial Palace, especially facing Li Chen who was sitting on the dragon chair, having long since removed his disguise and restored his status as the May Tian Ce Emperor, the invisible imperial pressure made him almost unable to breathe.

He was one of the few people who knew Li Chen's dual identity.

Not only was he once a pivot guard of the Holy See with high status, but he was also the May Tian Ce Emperor who dominated the North!

"Plump," Carlos knelt down almost reflexively, his voice carrying a hint of undetectable trembling: "Carlos pays respects to His Majesty the May Tian Ce Emperor!" He was so nervous that his forehead was sweating; this was a place he had never been to before.

Li Chen looked at his cautious appearance and felt it was a bit funny, waving his hand: "Get up. Not staying well in Eternal Day, running here to see me, what's the matter?"

He understood Carlos; if it weren't for a huge matter, this kid would never risk running here personally.

Carlos was granted amnesty, hurriedly stood up, but still bowed slightly, took a deep breath, tried hard to calm his wildly beating heart, and then lowered his voice, saying nervously: "Boss... no, Your Majesty! The Holy See! Something big happened to the Holy See!"

He subconsciously used the old name, and hurriedly changed it, "During the time I was mixed in the Holy See, I found that the behavior of the Red Cardinal adults had become very strange; after secretly inquiring, I got a shocking news—His Majesty the Pope, he seems to have disappeared!"

"Disappeared?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Chen's eyes.

That old Pope who looked unfathomable would actually disappear?

Carlos continued: "The Holy See is trying its best to block this news, but I don't know how, the Eternal Day Emperor Charles seems to have heard the wind, and it is said that he is secretly mobilizing troops, I fear he is going to take action against the Holy See which has no leader!"

Li Chen frowned slightly: "Charles still has this ability? Even if the Pope is not there, the Holy See has a deep foundation, and those Red Cardinals and the Religious Inquisition are not vegetarian; they are still a behemoth, right?"

Carlos hurriedly shook his head: "Your Majesty, the Holy See's own power is indeed not afraid of the royal family, but the problem is that the Holy See has started infighting! The position of the Pope is vacant, and those Red Cardinal adults, which one is not a Sage Realm powerhouse?

Who doesn't want to sit in that position? Now the Holy See is full of factions, squeezing each other, and is simply unable to be consistent with the outside world!"