It's ironic.

After the death of the previous king Noah, the Noahs had held a succession ceremony for two months, and now the ceremony is still not over, and the heir has not yet been determined.

Kaphne and her aunt and uncle are still fighting fiercely in the open and in the dark - and at the same time, it doesn't even affect the normal functioning of Noah's kingdom.

And on the night after the dragon transformation of Grand Duke Ivan, Annan had completed the succession ceremony without hindrance.

When Annan succeeded to the throne, his older siblings had not even had time to return home.

Even so, nothing happened when the power was transferred...... After all, it was not so much the ministers or the Grand Duke who actually controlled the country as the Winter Hands.

The main work of the Grand Duke is only to make decisions in the general direction.

The "precept-keeping" Winter Hands are in a sense the highest level of the country - they not only have the power to discuss the direction of policy with the Grand Duke, but are even responsible for the specific supervision of implementation.

The Winter Hands, who were scattered all over the country, were not only responsible for monitoring the nobles and officials in various places, but also oversaw these policies.

These are the top echelons of the Winter Hands, which make up the "Ten Fingers of the Rings", which is equivalent to the cabinet of the Duchy of Winter.

When Grand Duke Ivan was unable to move at will, it was the "Ten Fingers" who ruled over Winter.

Today, only six of the ten fingers remain. Because of the rebellion set off by Vladimir the Winter, the power of the Winter Hand has shrunk significantly - the four foreign powers of "military and political", "espionage", "diplomacy" and "foreign trade" have also been regained from the hands of the Grand Duke.

So far, the "ten fingers" of the hand of winter have not yet been completed.

It's not because Ivan Winter doesn't have the ability to find four trustworthy people from Winter's hands...... This is actually for Annan's sake.

The other six "Ten Fingers" have all seen the excellent means of young Annan.

They more or less knew the origin of Annan, the intimate relationship between Annan and the Twelve Righteous Gods, and had also seen Annan's demonic wisdom.

Well, after Ivan's death, they will not have any bad thoughts of Annan...... And Annan was able to "use" them normally.

And if Ivan refills the ten fingers at this time, he will face a new problem-

"Those who are loyal to Grand Duke Ivan are not necessarily loyal to you; Those people were convinced of the Grand Duke Ivan because they knew him, but they did not bear witness to your talents......"

At the morning dining table, a mature woman with dark blue curly hair and a gentle temperament sat on the table and whispered.

Her left ring finger was covered by a transparent ring that exuded chill.

There are only two people at this table, she and Annan - because of the ten fingers named "Zhuoya", they are responsible for all internal affairs including the food, intercourse, travel, and dress of the Grand Duke of Winter.

Now that Annan has officially succeeded to the throne, then Zhuoya naturally has to continue to serve him. Annan asked her to eat with her, so Zhuoya naturally would not refuse.

In fact, the reason why she did not eat with Grand Duke Ivan was not because Ivan did not let her share the table with her, but because Grand Duke Ivan was too weak...... She must always keep an eye on whether Grand Duke Ivan chokes and whether he will suddenly fall ill.

It's not just about eating...... Even bathing, changing clothes and going to the toilet, Ivan was always under the watchful eye of Zhuoya. It was the fear that Grand Duke Ivan would suddenly fall, choke or die suddenly - this is indeed a probability.

And now that the Grand Duke has become a healthy Annan, she doesn't have to worry so much.

However, the other "ten fingers" have their own government affairs to deal with. Ten fingers, who can stay in the Grand Duke's Mansion for a long time and have always been with Annan, are still only the "left ring finger".

Ivanronized too hastily.

The job of teaching Annan how to be a competent Grand Duke fell to Zoya.

"I understand, Aunt Zoya."

After Annan swallowed the food, he said in an orderly voice: "Father is hopeful, let me fill these four positions by myself." ”

"But my advice is...... Don't appoint the 'Ten Fingers' just yet. ”

Zhuoya said in a deep voice.

"I understand, too."

Annan nodded: "After all, I am still young, even with your help and support, I haven't even seen the other nobles and officials in Winter...... It's hard to get their approval.

"This is the time to appoint senior executives, or to make personnel changes. This will lead to instability within the Winter Hand. My idea is that we can throw out some new decree or some other big event to get their attention. ”

…… Annan is really worry-free.

Zoya sighed silently and with satisfaction.

Much better than his stupid brother.

His Excellency Dmitry, who obviously has the feminine face of a conspirator, has a very simple personality.

He doesn't like to be suspicious of others, and he doesn't want to be wary of people - if it was Dmitry who succeeded to the throne of the Grand Duke, then after listening to Zoya's proposal, he would definitely just "It's okay, I don't think it's so complicated" Yunyun.

Mary, on the other hand, didn't care about those people at all.

She was undoubtedly a natural tyrant - Zoya would rather than be succeeded by Dmitry than by Maria.

For Mary cares more about her relatives than about her friends, for her friends more than for strangers, and for strangers more than her enemies. She acts with a very clear "priority", and this priority depends only on her favorability...... If she becomes a Grand Duke, then she will be unabashedly cronyistic, making decisions based solely on preferences.

They are all right, and Mary has a good relationship with them, and she won't pull them down. But she's sure to recruit a bunch of incompetent, but likable fools to sit at the top.

It is undoubtedly a blessing to have Annan, a smart man, inherit the Duchy of Winter.

Although Annan did not act as gently as Ivan...... It's not like Ivan, who can make friends with everyone. His wrists were undoubtedly much tougher than Ivan's.

But now Noah is also changing a new king, and the one in the United Kingdom is said to be dying...... The world is about to enter a "new generation".

It may not be a wrong thing to be tough at this time.

"So, for the decree that attracts their attention...... Do you have any ideas? ”

Zoya asked in a low voice.

"Show me the list of spies first."

Annan replied: "We sent them to other countries." Other countries sent to us. ”

He'd wanted to see this before.

But even as the first heir, Annan did not have that power to access this. Because this is the authority that originally belonged to the "middle finger of the right hand", but now it belongs completely to the Grand Duke, and even the Grand Duke's wife, children, or parents cannot touch it.

Soon, a winter hand handed over a thick stack of papers.

…… There are quite a few accidents.

Although the "right hand" representing the attack in the hands of Winter is almost gone, at least not completely abolished with the best efforts of that "right thumb".

Annan took a general look - the intelligence officers in Noah were the least, followed by the church. And in the United Kingdom, which does not border at all, Bitter Winter has buried at least thirty nails...... This is not unrelated to the chaotic situation in the United Kingdom.

But most of all, there is the underground world.

There are more than a dozen official Winter Hand alone - counting the peripheral members, and those temporary members who have not even entered the Winter Hand, and the spies who have broken into the underworld, there are a total of one hundred and eighty-six people. Most of them exist in the form of illegal armed forces and mercenaries, but three of them have become "diggers".

Annan checked carefully, but did not find the name of the "Winterbreaker".

…… What's going on?

This made Annan frown slightly.

It was a little different from what he had thought at first.

But when Annan checked the three highest-ranking spies......

He had some windfalls.

"It's ......"

Annan was stunned.

One of the three...... Annan actually knew each other.

He was immediately rejoicing...... Fortunately, the nail was not activated when the Fallen were checked.

Because the Duchy of Winter has driven the deepest nail into the underground world...... It is the overseer of the Spore Mill.

—Niusel.