Metternich's hand holding the teacup paused in mid-air: "What made you come up with such a thought?"
Following the Regent's "script," Saigul said, "After the war ends, someone has to take responsibility for the mess left behind.
"Right now, both Kobutsel brothers have gone to England, and among the influential figures in the Cabinet at that time, you are undoubtedly the most suitable to be put forward.
"For instance, they might say that it was your reforms that angered the people of Vienna, leading to the riots."
"This is nothing but slander!" Metternich managed to say a single sentence and then was dumbfounded.
He had indeed caused dissatisfaction with his reforms of canceling guilds and tax farming, and Earl Walterhausen was likely to make an issue of this.
Moreover, the failed intervention in the Swiss civil war was also a major factor in inciting the riots, and it was originally his proposal to send troops to Switzerland.
