Chapter 1398: Reviewing the Situation

At this moment, Paris, France.

Louis XV usually managed to maintain a noble, gentlemanly demeanor.

He regarded "elegance" as the highest standard for all codes of conduct.

But at this moment...

Bang!

Louis XV smashed his favorite cup on the spot, stared at his ministers, and let out an angry roar that resounded throughout Paris!

"A bunch of trash, what is the use of keeping you!" Louis XV flew into a rage and bellowed at his ministers.

A group of ministers knelt tremblingly before Louis XV, their faces pale, their eyes looking upward to see the military report lying quietly on the table, inscribed with the word "top-secret."

All the ministers knew the contents, but they could not figure it out no matter how hard they racked their brains.

How could it have turned out like this?

"Speak, everyone, how did the Longyan know about our operation in Egypt!" Louis XV calmed his mood and questioned them coldly.

The ministers looked at one another, exchanging blank stares.

This military order was issued directly by Louis XV to Sashaer in Egypt, without any stops in between.

Not many people knew about it, so how could there be a leak of intelligence?

One minister pondered for a moment and said tentatively, "Is there a possibility..."

Louis XV's chilling gaze fell upon him, staring at him.

"What possibility!"

All the ministers looked at him, but they only saw him lower his eyelids and fall into deep thought.

If there is a possibility, then say it!

The ministers looked at him anxiously; they hated people who only said half of what they meant, and if it were any other time, they would have slapped him across the face already.

That man continued to ponder, his mouth slightly open, but he did not say a word.

The veins on Louis XV's forehead bulged, his face darkened, and he slapped his chair hard with a *thwack*.

He stood up with a *whoosh*, pointed at the man, and said coldly, "There is only one possibility, and that is that you must die!"

Hearing this, the man seemed to wake up instantly, suddenly raising his head to look at Louis XV.

"I meant to say, is it possible that the Longyan just happened to run into it by chance."

"Heh." Louis XV laughed out of extreme anger, and the ministers offered a forced smile.

But they all looked at that man as if he were an idiot; the probability of such a thing happening, if not one in ten thousand, must be one in ten million.

That man also laughed awkwardly twice.

He hadn't dared to say it before, and he regretted it as soon as he thought of it.

How could the Longyan know his plan so coincidentally? Could it be that they were the people chosen by the heavens?

Louis XV's smile stopped abruptly, his gaze suddenly like a knife, sharp enough to pierce his soul.

"What is the use of keeping such trash? Drag him out and kill him!"

The guards came up quickly and dragged the man away.

Less than three minutes passed before a scream was heard; the ministers were suddenly as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to say a word.

Louis XV's cold gaze swept over the ministers present, and he paced with his hands behind his back, his thoughts unreadable, but he said indifferently.

"There are six military and political ministers in France, and I have had to kill four of them."

"There are three frontier generals, yet I have had to kill two of them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers gasped, looking at Louis XV; they knew in their hearts that the more calmly Louis XV spoke about a matter, the more terrifying it was.

Louis XV relaxed his tone, sat back in his chair, lowered his eyes, and said, "Which one of them was not a military and political minister, which one was not a frontier general, and which one was not a pillar of France."

The ministers lowered their heads even further.

Louis XV's face suddenly turned angry, and he shouted in a booming voice, "You are the ministers of France, if you rot!"

"Then France is finished!"

"If you cannot come up with a countermeasure for this matter, I think you should all go back to farming!"

"Bruce, you are the Prime Minister, you tell me, how did the Longyan know we were going to attack Cairo!"

Bruce stood up, lowered his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I believe it was a coincidence."

Upon hearing this sentence.

The whole room fell silent, and the ministers felt a chill in their hearts.

Was Bruce crazy? You saw what happened to the last minister who said that.

The corpse is still outside, the blood hasn't even cooled yet, and you still dare to say that!

Are you truly not afraid of death?

Louis XV looked at him coldly; Bruce was the Prime Minister of France and held great power.

"Bruce, one must be responsible for what one says. If you cannot explain why, you saw what happened just now."

The ministers felt a bit of pity; Bruce did not become the Prime Minister of France by relying on some patron or the like.

He relied on solid political achievements, the kind that made people admire him sincerely.

Bruce, however, was not flustered at all; instead, he said with conviction, "Your Majesty, I will be responsible for what I have said!"

"Then tell me, why would the Longyan know we were going to attack Cairo, and they just happened to attack our port city in Egypt."

"It is very simple, the Longyan had long planned to attack our port city."

Bruce stepped forward and presented the recent military reports from the Longyan.

Louis XV had seen these military reports, and not only him, but many of the ministers present had also seen them.

But when they first read them, they did not feel there was anything special about this intelligence.

Louis XV frowned, stared at this military report from the Longyan Unit, and said indifferently, "What is different about this military report?"

Bruce replied, "There is nothing special about it, it is just that we have overlooked some content within it."

"Your Majesty, please look at the military report; the Longyan Unit, ever since entering the Mediterranean Sea from the Suez Canal, has been active on the Austria side, and only after occupying the port city of Austria did the Longyan Unit disappear without a trace."

"According to the latest intelligence, the port captured by Longyan was later obtained by a person named Liu Sheng for reasons unknown, and Grand Duke Theresa's husband, Franz, is also said to have died because of him!"

"Although Liu Sheng's identity is not certain, it can be concluded that he should be one of the key figures in this Longyan Unit march into Europe."

"Secondly, the Longyan side in America is accelerating cooperation with Britain to squeeze our France."

"We have not received military reports from America for some time; it seems our people in America must have been trapped by Longyan and Britain."

"Longyan is moving frequently in Europe and America, so why was there no movement at the Suez Canal during that time?"

"The Suez Canal is our important maritime shipping channel connecting to Asia and the outside world, yet at this very time, Longyan actually did not blockade the Suez Canal?"

Speaking of this, Bruce's gaze fixed, facing Louis XV directly.

"Your Majesty, do you not find it suspicious!"

Louis XV suddenly widened his eyes, looking at Bruce, his eyes bursting with a sharp glint; hearing this analysis of his, he truly felt as if he had been enlightened.

How fortunate it is to have such a Prime Minister!

The ministers were also stunned as they listened, but as they pondered the line of reasoning within, it became increasingly terrifying.

Suddenly, a certain possibility came to mind!