On the high platforms on both sides of the imperial city, those aristocratic families were shocked!
Such a scene broke out too suddenly, without even the slightest sign!
His Royal Highness... He actually rebelled just like that!
You can sit on the high platforms on both sides of the imperial city. They are all dignified and respectable upper-class figures in the imperial capital, among them, there are naturally many guards brought by themselves in those wealthy families. However, those guards at most a hundred can only guard their masters firmly at this moment. Facing the swarming rebel army of the eldest prince below, and the thousands of archers around... It is conceivable that if the opponent shoots a round of bows and arrows, the upper class circles in the imperial capital may have to draw up a new list!
Quiet!
It's so quiet!
In such a tense situation, the entire central square suddenly fell into a strange silence. Although there were still shouts of frightened and fleeing people in the distance around the square, there were still corpses who died tragically after being trampled on the long street of the square. And the screams of the seriously injured and surviving people.
But other than these voices. In the entire square, whether it is the eldest prince's side or the emperor's side in the imperial city, it will take a long time. No one talks alone!
Finally, after a long time, Augustine VI stood there like an angry lion. Suddenly the body shook. A trace of deep sadness flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, it seemed that he was not an emperor who owned the world, but just a haggard and weak old man.
"Tell me... why, my son." Augustine VI pressed his hands hard on the chair, supporting himself not to fall, and the two mysterious strong men who followed him closely seemed to come to help him, But he stopped him with his eyes.
Augustine VI stared at his son riding a horse below... He looked at the sharp sword in his hand. That brightly pointed at his sharp sword.
He suddenly felt like laughing...
Hmm... His swordsmanship, he should have taught him by himself back then.
What a wonderful irony! What a dreadful mockery!
The emperor suddenly stepped forward. He walked to the edge of the plateau step by step, at this angle. He looked down at his son even more.
"Your swordsmanship is taught by me, and your riding skills are also taught by me... My son, even how to fight and how to plan. All of this. I taught you!" Augustine VI's eyes were filled with brilliance. With deep pain: "But why. Why did you do such a thing today!"
At this moment, the eldest prince looked at his father without hesitation. There was an arrogance on his face, and at this moment, the arrogance from the heart actually covered up his original gloomyness! Even Du Wei, looking at this eldest prince, couldn't help but feel that this guy is really quite generous!
"Do you want to know why?" The eldest prince said loudly: "Because you taught me all this! But you didn't give me the status I deserve!"
Speaking of which. The eldest prince suddenly turned over from his horse, and the knights on both sides immediately moved out of an open space. The eldest prince stood there, suddenly raised the hilt of his sword and knocked off his helmet.
"Father! I'm already fifty years old!" The eldest prince pointed to his hair: "Since last year, when I wake up every morning, I can't help but look in the mirror to see if my white hair has grown a little bit more." root!"
He held his sword aloft. There was a complex and bitter smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, you are right! You taught me my sword! You taught me how to ride a horse! But have you forgotten something! When I was young, you taught me When I ride a horse and shoot an arrow, you teach me how to use a sword and teach me everything, you often say a word to me!" At this point, the eldest prince raised his neck and said loudly: "Maybe you forgot! Maybe you forgot on purpose. Yes! But I remember it clearly!! You said to me "You have to work hard to learn this! Because in the future, this empire needs you to rule! "! Yes! That's right, that's the sentence! From the age of five to the age of thirty-five! For thirty years! I worked hard to learn and show you! I tried my best to be an excellent Prince Chu! But what about you!"
Swish!
Long sword a little. Jian Feng pointed at Prince Chen who was sitting on the other side of the high platform from a distance, and the eldest prince bit his lip. Shen Sheng said: "But because of him... when he was only five years old, you suddenly changed your mind! For a five-year-old child, for a child who can't even walk steadily, you just had a thought, but Just that one thought easily wiped out my thirty years of hard work! Just because you "like", so you can ignore my thirty years of hard work casually, just because you "like". So you can According to your preferences, you want to replace my position as the crown prince with a child who doesn't understand anything!"
The eldest prince said this. After taking a breath, his eyes became sharper, and then he suddenly laughed, he laughed so wildly that the laughter spread throughout the square: "Haha... Father! My father! You know when I wanted to Did you turn against you? It was twenty years ago! On the day of this kid’s fifth birthday, when you expressed your desire to become the crown prince! On that day, I was completely disappointed in you! And... on that day, you used your I think I have shown one thing in the most real way... This is: Power! Power!!"
He suddenly raised his left hand. Ling Kong gripped hard, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Why can you just erase my thirty years of hard work! Because you are the emperor! Why can you arbitrarily appoint a child as the crown prince! Because you have this power! So, you can Do what you "like"! Because of power! On that day, while hating you, I suddenly realized the benefits of "power"!!"
Augustine VI looked at his angry son, his eyes were full of strangeness and disappointment. The old man sighed softly and shook his head feebly.
The eldest prince suddenly knelt down on one knee with a plop, leaning on the long sword in one hand, and then slashed fiercely on the ground! After the sharp and ear-piercing sound, a set of deep cracks were drawn on the floor in front of him, and the First Prince just half-kneeled on the ground. Looking up at Augustine VI: "Father! Today, I have only one purpose in doing this! Please abdicate!"
As soon as the words fell, thousands of knights around him shouted in unison, and their neat and majestic voices soared into the sky!
"Your Majesty, please abdicate!!"
Ten thousand royal guards are also shouting: "Please abdicate, Your Majesty!!"
Wave after wave of voices, those giants on the high platform are basically ashamed.
Augustine VI still stands amidst the sound. A flash of determination flashed in his eyes, he stopped looking at his son, but turned his head to look at the high platforms on both sides: "What about you? What happened today, he was able to mobilize the army, it seems... Raymond, you betrayed me, right?"
Earl Raymond stood with his hands behind his back all the time, facing the emperor proudly, with a calm tone: "Your Majesty, it is not I who betrayed you, but you who betrayed me."
At this moment, in the palace, there suddenly came a wave of magic power source that excited Du Wei!
This strong fluctuation almost made Du Wei, a magician with such a level of magic power, lose his mind in an instant! Suddenly, Du Wei felt as if he was standing around a turbulent vortex, and the powerful fluctuation of magic power seemed to have infinite suction, which made Du Wei's mental power disordered almost instantly!
But then, after the strong magic vortex fluctuated, a more powerful and abundant magic slowly drifted past, and Du Wei felt that from the "White Tower", the tallest building in the imperial capital in the center of the palace, the Countless magical tentacles came!
In an instant, the white pagoda in the distance suddenly emitted a brilliant light! It was as if a bolt of lightning had descended from the sky, striking the spire of the White Pagoda! The largest piece of magical gemstone on the mainland on the top of the tower suddenly emitted a dazzling light!
Although the sun has been blocked by the clouds, the intense light on the White Tower is actually more dazzling than the sun. Even more glaring! Immediately, endless circular arcs of light spread from around the White Tower! Soon, with the imperial capital in all directions as the fulcrum, the branch points of the magic formations on each high arrow tower on the outer city wall of the imperial capital responded immediately, and the magic power lightning like lightning gathered from the west and gathered in the Above the spire of the White Tower! It's as if a big net has shrouded it, covering the entire imperial capital!
The streams of light in the sky intertwined together, finally forming a huge light curtain! Above the light curtain, the streamer is brilliant, even in the daytime. But the naked eye can still clearly see one pattern after another flashing past on the light curtain... as if roaring like a dragon, roaring like a monster!
Magic patterns and symbols emerged one after another on the light curtain, and Du Wei could feel the powerful source of magic power! The vortex centered on the White Tower is still turning, just like a millstone. The rotating magic circle is on!
At the same time, the city walls around the entire imperial capital were also shrouded in the brilliance of the magic formation! On all the city walls and gates, there appeared dense magic charms composed of dense light and shadow, and those charms were floating on the city walls and gates!
Built in the Aragon era, the strongest magic circle on the mainland has revealed its true colors!
When Earl Raymond saw this, he sighed softly and whispered to himself, "I haven't seen this scene for twenty years..."
After finishing speaking, he raised his head, looked at Augustine VI in the distance, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the magic circle has been activated... As far as I know, the magic circle has been activated. It requires all court magicians to exert their full strength and spend at least It takes an hour to activate the magic circle! That is to say, before the First Prince made an attack just now, those court magicians were already activating the magic circle! Once the magic circle is activated, it cannot be stopped even if you want to! And once the magic circle It will take at least three days to turn it off, and during this period, all court magicians who preside over the magic formation cannot leave their posts!"
Earl Raymond said this in a gentle voice, and Augustine VI's eyes suddenly became gloomy: "Raymond, you have even found out about this... You have calculated the time to make my son angry. Could it be that you helped me with these ideas?" Does he want to?"
"You are still so wise." Earl Raymond bowed slightly, and he said lightly: "Now, the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army in the palace, the most elite 3,000 people, have been killed in Victory Square, and the remaining 7,000 people , It is impossible to defend the huge imperial palace at all. And the power of the court magician, you cannot mobilize it within three days, and even if the magic circle stops after three days, those court magicians who have consumed all their magic power may not be of much use " Count Raymond sighed when he said this: "Of course, in normal times, you can use the last guards to defend the palace, and then ask for help from the acropolis or other troops outside the imperial capital in the palace. But unfortunately, the imperial capital Once the magic circle is opened, no one can enter or leave! Even if you mobilize reinforcements, they can only wait outside the city for at least three days! Three days, we are in the imperial capital, which is enough to solve all the problems. You Is that right? In other words, within the palace, there are not many forces you can rely on."
Count Raymond suddenly bowed deeply in front of everyone, and made a very respectful aristocratic courtesy to Augustine VI, and then said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty! Please abdicate!"
"Please abdicate!"
On several high platforms around. Many nobles and ministers who originally belonged to the First Prince's party finally spoke at this moment, and dozens of voices gathered together...
Augustine VI's fingers trembled, his eyes viciously swept across Earl Raymond and the others one by one, and finally stopped on an old man!
"Marquis of Solomon!" Augustine VI suddenly became agitated, with a trace of deep resentment on his face: "You! You white-eyed wolf! I have always trusted you so much that I even handed over the royal estate to you! Now you have betrayed me with them too!"
Marquis Solomon, who was stared at by the old emperor, looked calm. He raised his head calmly and looked at Augustine VI. Then nodded: "Yes. Your Majesty, I did work with them on this matter. Now the archers below are the fleets of your Royal Chamber of Commerce. They are quietly transported into the imperial capital. And because With your special warrant, no one dares to interrogate even on the river."
"Then what about you! Junker!" Augustine VI suddenly pointed to General Junker who was standing not far from Earl Raymond. The old emperor roared angrily: "Junker! I trust you so much! I even handed over the second division of the Guards to you! I handed over the entire imperial capital to you!"
Jun Ke's face was indifferent, he straightened his body, looked at the old emperor coldly, and replied calmly: "Your Majesty, you have indeed handed over the defense of the imperial capital to me...but if I guess correctly, if I If you don't do anything today, you will replace me within a month! You are old, and you are preparing to pave the way for Prince Chen's succession, a general like me who is in the imperial capital and still holds military power. Soon You will be relegated to other places by you! Prince Chen needs some newcomers he trusts to take up the position of city defense... and I, unfortunately, have not had a good relationship with His Royal Highness Chen over the past few years."
The old emperor shook his body violently, this time he seemed to be really knocked down, he bit his lip so hard that blood even came out from the corner of his mouth.
"Betrayal! Betrayal! It's all betrayal!!" Augustine VI's voice roared.
Count Raymond looked at the aged Augustine VI. Sighing: "Your Majesty. As I said just now, it's not us who betrayed you. It's you who betrayed us!"
"You...you! Nonsense!!" The emperor suddenly slumped down on the chair, and his fall made the people around him exclaim. Augustine VI gasped violently, staring at Earl Raymond: You said I betrayed you! Nonsense! Nonsense! ! "
"On the contrary, what we said is the truth." Earl Raymond looked at Augustine VI calmly: "Your Majesty, everything I say is the truth!"
As he said that, Earl Raymond turned sideways, raised his hand, and pointed behind him... On the high platform behind, most of them were wealthy aristocratic families and ministers from the imperial prince's party.
"Your Majesty." Earl Raymond said slowly, "Have you noticed that those of us who support the First Prince are mostly people around his age! I think, if you haven't forgotten, you should still Remember what the First Prince said just now."
Standing behind his father, Du Wei watched Earl Raymond face the emperor of the empire with an almost indifferent tone, and a strange and complicated emotion suddenly arose in his heart.
"Your Majesty, when the eldest prince was still young, you told him that everything he learned was to prepare him for succeeding you in ruling the empire! You told him these words, and in the same way, You have said the same thing to many of us!" Earl Raymond pointed at Prince Chen: "Before His Royal Highness Chen was born... no, to be precise, it was when the First Prince had just come of age At that time, at that time, for more than 20 years, you trained the First Prince as your heir! We, as a group of the same age as the First Prince, set foot in the upper-class inner circle of the Imperial Capital at the very beginning. At that time, I was trained by you as a person who would assist the First Prince in the future! I can still clearly remember that just before the Northwest War broke out twenty years ago. I was about to go to the front line of the desert with the First Prince! At that time, you still I was summoned into the palace alone, and you said to me, "Raymond, you will be the best person to assist him from now on! You represent the future of the empire! "This sentence. I have not forgotten! Because from very early on, you have placed many of us around the First Prince, almost intentionally or unintentionally, and you have single-handedly connected us closely to the First Prince. Beside! Since we set foot in the political arena, you have been branded as "Elder Prince and One Party"! This brand is not branded by us! It is precisely you who, in order to train successors and train successors, choose Let us be the eldest prince's assistants! All this happened before Prince Chen was even born!"
Afterwards, Earl Raymond changed his tone: "Thirty years have passed... We, back then, are now gray-haired. We grew up with the eldest prince. We are friends and companions, because you have been with me since I was young." It has been hinted to me many times that the eldest prince will become the new emperor in the future, and he will be the object of allegiance to our generation! I think I did it... and the people behind me. We all worked hard! But... "He suddenly gave a wry smile: "Suddenly one day, you changed your mind! Just because of a ridiculous decision for no reason! Those of us who have followed the First Prince for thirty years, what should we do in the future? You told us back then that the First Prince will He is the future emperor, you have to assist him! Okay! We did it! But thirty years later, you suddenly said that the eldest prince will not become the emperor! Then I would like to ask... Where are we going to go? You changed your mind, Let those of us who have worked hard for thirty years become aimless! Prince Chen is young and promising, but unfortunately he is not the object of my allegiance! To say something outrageous, if Prince Chen succeeds to the throne, he will naturally have his confidants Team, when the time comes, where will we, members of the eldest prince's party, be put?? So... "
The patriarch of the Rollins family finally sighed and looked at Augustine VI: "So, it's not that we betrayed you. It's that you betrayed us first! You first gave us a goal, let us fight for thirty Years! Then you easily canceled our goal and made our thirty-year goal come to naught. Excuse me, this is not a betrayal, what is it!"
Earl Raymond's eloquent talk made Du Wei almost couldn't help applauding his father!
Father... amazing! Even rebellion can be so righteous! To put it this way, it seems that Augustine VI is really sorry for them.
"Count Raymond."
Suddenly, a melodious voice came slowly. Prince Chen, who had never spoken but had been sitting on the sidelines all this time, suddenly spoke, with his iconic smile still on his face: "Your Excellency Earl Raymond. I think Let me ask you a question, as you said just now, if my father had made you and the people behind you loyal to me from the beginning, would you have done what he ordered?"