After a significant duel, there should indeed be a roar of cheers. But the nobles present were horrified by the ruthlessness shown by the king, and no one reacted for a while.
Except for one person.
Duke of Buckingham.
Wearing a scarlet cloak similar to his nephew, the old duke stepped out of the VIP seat. He came to the center of the nave, knelt down on one knee facing the young king on the high platform, and performed the ritual of a knight swearing allegiance. Just as the king was crowned here, and he led everyone to swear allegiance to the king.
"God bless my king!"
The Duke of Buckingham's voice echoed in St. Wieth's Cathedral.
"God bless Legrand!"
The royalists wearing the Iron Rose followed the Duke of Buckingham and left their seats. They also came to the long and narrow red carpet and knelt down on one knee towards the king on the high platform.
"God bless my king!"
"God bless Legrand!"
Their voices came together, stirring up the blood in people's hearts.
The weapons in the hands of the nobles of the new royal party fell one after another to the ground. With their faces pale, they left their seats one by one to join in this disguised ceremony of renewing their allegiance. In the end, all the knights present fell to their knees, and this large-scale pilgrimage, the first since King Purlan I ascended the throne, achieved its political purpose.
The cardinal's face was ashen as he watched all this happen but was powerless to stop it.
He understood that his plan to enhance the influence of the Holy Court on Legrand had come to nothing. Amid the cheers, the majesty of the Legrand Empire's kingship has been strengthened like never before.
His plan is over! His dream of promotion is over!
Outside the Cathedral of St. Weiss, Edmund, the general of the Angel army guarding here, sighed softly.
For a long time, people have mistaken a male lion for a puppy.
General Edmund seems to have seen the glory of the Rose family prosper again... God! Bless them Angel, and hope that their big gamble this time will not be lost.
Cheers echoed under the splendid dome of St. Weiss Cathedral.
The wind of winter whizzed by, the corpse of the person who tried to usurp the throne lay lying under the throne behind the young king, the blood gurgled out, the blood for hundreds of thousands of years, day after day, soaked the chair that symbolized supreme power . The king was condescending, his eyes swept over everyone.
This is Legrand.
Here, the blood of the rose is the king for generations.
God bless the king!
God bless Legrand!
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Rose Palace.
This historic palace welcomes back its true owner.
In the king's room, the fire of the fireplace was burning brightly, and the exquisite relief paintings on the walls were reflected more and more vividly. Here, rose patterns can be seen everywhere, and the floor of the room is covered with a complex and slightly strange carpet.
The king lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the embroidered pattern on the carpet.
The workmanship was exquisite, but it was the pattern content that caught the king's attention.
It was a pale keel surrounded by scarlet roses. Judging by the ratio of the keel to the mountain range on which it was crawling, the dragon must have been astonishingly large before it died.
"His Majesty."
The Duke of Buckingham, who had changed his clothes, came in, relieved that his nephew had returned unharmed. When he saw the king, he smiled slightly.
"You arrived just in time."
"You held them back." The king closed the book in his hand, and put a chair beside him, apparently for the Duke of Buckingham. With the character of the king, this is already a kind of implicit intimacy. "The Holy See's hand is getting longer and longer."
"They've been around the corner all these years."
Referring to the Holy See, the Duke of Buckingham's face flashed a hint of coldness, he said lightly.
"I heard that there is already a battle between different factions in the Holy Court on the other side of the Abyss Strait. Coupled with the booming business, I am afraid that some old antiques can't sit still." The king thought thoughtfully.
After the disguised second oath of allegiance ceremony in St. Weiss Cathedral, the young cardinal, the papal envoy, quickly left the city of Metzl.
It seems that he also understands that after the king's return, he must have serious killing intent.
It is not impossible for the king to stop him, but now that the civil unrest has just subsided, it might not be a good idea to turn against the Pope. Therefore, the king only sent people around the cardinal's residence. The young cardinal was so frightened that he climbed out of the room overnight, and fled in embarrassment.
A little revenge for the king.
The Duke of Buckingham stared at his nephew and let out a long breath: "You have grown up."
"The tone in which you said this clearly treated me as a child," replied the king. "May I remind you that I am an adult."
The Duke of Buckingham smiled and said nothing.
The king also smiled.
In the eyes of others, everything today may seem like a miracle that the Holy Lord, or the devil - well, this one does have - help, but only the king himself knows best that this is actually a full-scale, multi-party cooperation result.
Oh, Archduke Grace himself also contributed a lot in this cooperation.
Having said that, the Grand Duke would not be happy at all.
Things have to be dialed back.
The most crucial thing is that the king rescued the Duke of Buckingham in time in late September.
The king, on alert for possible assassinations and coups, sent the Duke of Buckingham back to the Rose Palace, and publicly granted him the right to regent. Therefore, when the news of the king's death spread, the Duke of Buckingham could suppress the deterioration of the situation as quickly as possible.
When the Duke of Buckingham made every effort to reduce the influence of rumors at Metzl Castle, the king also sent the knight commander and another oath knight to act as messengers.
As an exiled member of the Anger royal family, the knight commander went to contact Anger State on behalf of the king himself, while another oath knight carried the king's letter. After disguising, he walked the shortest distance at the fastest speed. The road rushes to Metzl Castle.
This second letter is addressed to the Duke of Buckingham.
In the letter, the king carefully described his situation and his plans for the future.
Due to the heavy guards of Grand Duke Grace along the way, the oath knight spent some time and energy in order to get rid of those annoying little mice, otherwise he should have arrived earlier.
Fortunately, the Duke of Buckingham, who was in the Rose Palace, was loyal to his nephew, and fought with Grace in a strong open war, winning precious time for the king. When the papal envoy arrived, the oath knight also successfully delivered the letter secretly to the Duke of Buckingham.
The Duke of Buckingham, who was already almost desperate, received the king's letter and immediately regained his strength.
The king mentioned in the letter which route he would take to reach the capital, and the experienced Duke of Buckingham immediately sent his cronies to get in touch with the king - this is also the royalist who attended the coronation ceremony of Archduke Grace today. A major reason for so few.
After contacting the king, the Duke of Buckingham simply and neatly gave up the confrontation with Archduke Grace and chose to back down.
The old duke acted realistically, even resisting the desire to chop off Grand Duke Glace's head with a sword, and held a welcome ceremony outside the city gate of Metzl for the occasion.
Of course, Archduke Grace, who has already lost his life, is not so stupid.
He was on guard against the Archduke of Buckingham, which happened to be in the plans of the King and the Duke of Buckingham.
In order to attract the attention of Archduke Grace, the Duke of Buckingham refused to hand over the Rose Palace, and personally stationed the Rose Palace, in the same city as Archduke Grace, forcing Archduke Grace to pay close attention to the Duke of Buckingham. movement.
Let's take a look at the approximate sphere of influence of the Royalists and the New Kings.
The royalist party represented by the Duke of Buckingham is mainly concentrated in the north, while the forces of Grand Duke Glace, who rely on the alliance of the five ports on the southeast coast, are mainly distributed in the south. In order to prevent the Duke of Buckingham from attacking, Archduke Grace had to guard the north.
However, by the time Grand Duke Grice turned his attention to the north, the king had already led an army disguised as Grand Duke Grice quietly from the south to the side of Metzl.
Thanks to Archduke Grace for constantly moving troops to the north during this period of time, after the king changed his army to the white rose battle flag, he traveled a lot faster.
I have to say, Grand Duke Grace is really a good man.
The Duke of Buckingham knew his old adversary so well that he even guessed who the Grand Guild of Grice would choose to command the rescue army, and promptly relayed the news to the king.
After the king received the news, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity.
As the capital of the Legrand Empire, the city of Metzl has tall and thick walls and is suitable for defense. If you want to storm into Metzl, it will not only consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but also take a long time. Originally, the king planned to cooperate with the Duke of Buckingham and open the city gate from the inside.
But Archduke Grace was closely watching the Duke of Buckingham's movements at this time, and doing so would be riskier.
Now, Archduke Grace gave the key to the gate to the king.
Angel's army is light and simple, and the marching speed is faster. In the evening of yesterday, the king actually led his soldiers to the vicinity of the city of Metzl.
After careful observation of the terrain, the king stationed his troops on both sides of a valley that they must pass through. It was dawn this morning, Grand Duke Glace's rescue army arrived in the valley, and the giant wooden rolling stones rolled down the hillsides on both sides. Many cavalrymen lost their lives before they could figure out what happened.
It wasn't a battle at all, it was a massacre.
Confused reinforcement horses crowded together, trampling each other, while the recharged king's army smashed the ranks like canines intertwined from left to right.
In the end, they came out almost dripping with blood and corpses, including the king, everyone was covered in blood.
Baron Bourne survived.
But it was not because of luck, nor because of his bravery, but because the king had ordered him to have a small life in advance.
Baron Born is the key to the city's gates that can be tricked without blood.
However, in order to prevent Baron Born from betraying them, Baron Born's armor was stripped, and when he left the team, at least ten bows in the army were aimed at the back of his head - there seems to be no "following" in the king's dictionary. With the words "Routine", he didn't care whether the means used were despicable or not.
The white rose flag representing the New King's party, the familiar Baron Bourne, the correct semaphore...
The gates opened.
From that moment on, everything was doomed.
With blood and war, the king returned to the throne.
The Duke of Buckingham sighed softly in his heart as he listened to the king's understatement of the events along the way.
Really like ah.
and his father.
"Okay, I'm so happy." The Duke of Buckingham showed a relieved smile, "Legrand now has a real king."
The king made a monophonic sound without refuting his words.
The king knew exactly how much risk the Duke of Buckingham took in this series of plans.
If the king did die, the Duke of Buckingham would be completely ruined. The Duke of Buckingham will fight the New King's party to the death if the king doesn't arrive at St. Weiss Cathedral in time...
Then the final result is nothing more than the death of the Duke of Buckingham and the Archduke of Grace.
No one mentioned these.
The result is what people want, what should be remembered, the people who should remember will naturally remember.
"God bless Legrand."
said the Duke of Buckingham.
The king disagreed.
It is more appropriate to say that the devil is helping.
The king defended his throne with the blood of Grand Duke Glace, and things were largely over, but there was still a lot to do.
for example…
A liquidation.
Ah, don't forget, our king is also exceptionally good at holding revenge, and it's time for those new kings to pay for what they did.
It is worth mentioning that after the "coronation" ceremony, the king simply and neatly invited all participating nobles to the Rose Palace - he just asked the soldiers to point the iron arrows at them, not Isn't it polite enough to put the knife on their necks
"What are you going to do with it?"
asked the Duke of Buckingham.
"Killing them all is more permanent, right?"
The king said nonchalantly.
From the king's point of view, Legrand lacked everything except nobility.
Any noble, who doesn't have dozens of children waiting to inherit the title. This group of unconscious nobles died, and the time for the new nobles to grow up was enough for the king to strip them of their rights.
However, after thinking about it, the king regretfully gave up this plan.
After all, in this era, the rules of this world knight war are still there. Even the defeated nobles will not be killed, but will be released after paying the ransom. Moreover, in the hidden identity of the king during this period of time, he also got a rough idea of the situation of the county and the bottom level of Legrand.
The great nobles played an important role in the country's political system, and dealing with too much at one time would create new turmoil.
Very regrettable.
However, time is long.
The Duke of Buckingham looked at the King speechlessly.
"Just a joke, don't be so serious."
the king said lightly.
Do not.
The Duke of Buckingham thought to himself.
I don't think you're joking at all.
"Okay, let's come and meet these..." The king stood up, paused, and gave a meaningful smile, "These rich and generous gentlemen."
He bites the words "rich" and "generous" hard.
The author has something to say: King: Just kidding.
Duke of Buckingham: You don't seem to be just joking.