His Majesty, the current emperor of the "great" Roland Empire, Augustine VI... died? !
When this news came out from Prince Chen's mouth, the Prince Regent's face was extremely gloomy, and his bloodless face was so white that it was almost transparent.
Du Wei immediately realized the seriousness of the problem!
He even looked back at his carriage subconsciously: In fact, after receiving the urgent letter from Prince Chen, Du Wei immediately rushed to the imperial capital with a batch of extremely precious magic potions. He thought that maybe relying on his increasingly sophisticated attainments in magic potions, he might be able to make the old emperor live for a while longer.
But…
But that old guy, he actually died
The old emperor who had ruled the entire continent for decades, the old man who launched the first Northwest War and N times of expeditions to the South Seas, who was so overjoyed, died? The emperor who even spent a large amount of military expenses to show off his martial arts, and staged huge triumphant ceremonies several times, died? That old guy who spared no effort to divert imperial military expenditures and widen the Lancang Grand Canal by a hundred miles in order to allow warships to sail to the pier of the imperial capital to show his great achievements, just died like this? !
Perhaps emotionally speaking, Du Wei did not have any affection for Emperor Augustine VI. Moreover, to be fair, this old guy who left a mess to the empire is really not a wise monarch.
In addition to being overjoyed, he is also a power maniac who is extremely possessive of power.
He has been in office for several decades, in addition to wasting countless military expenditures, he has plunged the empire's central government into financial crisis countless times. Apart from changing several chancellors of the exchequer and launching several senseless foreign wars... he has almost nothing to achieve!
During his reign. The taxation of common people in the empire has increased several times, and the richest areas in the south are somewhat unable to afford it. at this point. from his reign. It can be seen that the slave industry in the empire is extremely prosperous!
Even as a father. He is a failure! The eldest son turned against him. And the youngest son also gave up on him.
Such an emperor. Perhaps for many people. Really: die early and die early!
But. For Du Wei. For Prince Regent Chen. He can't die! Can't die!
At least. You can't die now!
Since Augustine VI was seized power by Prince Chen after the coup more than three years ago, although this old man is in name. He is still the emperor of the empire, but he has actually become a puppet! It became a sign—as if he was trying to deal with his eldest son with long wings. And taking out the youngest son as a shield for the imperial power is the same.
The real ruler of the empire. Already Prince Chen. All power. They have already been caught by Prince Chen.
However, even if it is a puppet. Augustine VI lives on in this world. But it still has great significance to Prince Chen!
The day of the coup. The Temple of Light suddenly turned its gun. Falling to Prince Chen's side. Support like this. Prince Yichen was baptized by the Pope. And at the expense of respecting the Pope as the "Godfather" from now on! For the church, this is a great victory in the struggle between imperial power and theocracy! Just think about it. An emperor of an empire humbly calls the Pope Godfather...
But. Afterwards, Prince Chen had already quietly confided his heart to Du Wei: He vowed to be the emperor if all living beings do not praise him!
so. In this case, the church did not know that the regent had such calculations.
According to normal thinking, Prince Chen is already sitting on the throne. Now he is the "Regent" simply because the old emperor is not dead yet. As long as the old emperor dies. Then the crown will naturally be worn on his head!
Even some individuals with dark hearts can't help but think: Maybe one day the young regent will not be able to wait. Find some way to let the old emperor "end" early. Then the coronation can be done logically.
However, only Du Wei and a handful of people know Prince Chen's true thoughts and plans!
old emperor. It has always been a high-sounding excuse to deal with the pressure from the church!
Prince Chen's original wishful thinking was very good: after a delay of more than ten years. My son has also grown up. And the power in his hands is also stable. After the imperial power was stabilized. Military, government affairs. All grips are very firm, so you don't have to worry about the church's challenge!
Now that excuse is gone... Then the next most urgent question is: next. What about the throne? !
Du Wei and Prince Chen both looked gloomy, and then Du Wei walked into the palace with Prince Chen. Go through several squares, several corridors, and finally turn the corner. Came before an empty palace.
Du Wei knew. This is the place where Augustine VI "retired".
Prince Chen treated his ruthless father fairly well. After the old emperor was emptied. He has been living under house arrest. live in this hall. The guards outside are all Prince Chen's confidantes, and even the servants and waiters are carefully selected by Prince Chen.
This old man who has been overjoyed all his life. When he was about to grow old, he had to live in such a big house with grievances, and his entire range of activities was limited. Only allowed in this palace and the surrounding square.
Standing outside this palace, Du Wei seemed to have smelled the death-like silence in this palace. Du Wei's mind is very complicated at the moment.
Suddenly, Prince Chen turned around. His face was strange. There seemed to be a slight mocking smile: "Almost every month. I will let the doctor in the court give him a detailed physical examination. And all the best doctors in the court have guaranteed me : My father is in good health. If everything is normal. He can live at least another fifteen years or so."
Du Wei opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, could it be the way to say love and sorrow? But Prince Chen didn't seem to be sad at all, but was full of suppressed anger.
"Now, the corpses of those doctors are buried under your feet." Prince Chen's voice became cold.
Du Wei was startled, and subconsciously looked at his feet... The stone slabs on the ground looked very flat. There is no trace of the corpse buried below.
"Could it be that the doctors misdiagnosed it?" Du Wei couldn't help but whispered. He glanced at the dark hall in front of him again.
"No. The diagnosis of these doctors is very correct." Prince Chen said lightly: "According to normal words, my father will definitely not die so early."
Du Wei noticed. When Prince Chen said these words. The tone is weird, and the eyes are even weirder...
In fact. As a generation of emperors who have mastered the power of the empire for decades. The old man Augustine VI. It was a dishonorable death... a disgraceful death even.
Since losing his authority and being placed under house arrest. Can
to imagine. A king who once owned a huge empire. I must be very disappointed and angry inside.
And this depression is tangled together. On this old man. But in the end it became a kind of helplessness: his son was younger than him. More energy. The mind is brighter. The means are also more clever!
No matter how stupid Augustine VI is. He also at least understands one thing: he has no chance to turn back!
so. Although depressed. He still lived in this palace obediently. Live the life of a puppet emperor with rich clothes and fine food.
Understandably so. As such an old man. Since regaining power is impossible. Then he must find a channel to vent his depression.
And as an emperor. A once all-powerful emperor. After losing power. He can only release all his energy on the woman.
Oh no no no. Augustine VI certainly did not die on a woman's belly. In fact, even if he wants to die. There is no such opportunity!
Prince Chen is very concerned about his father's health! The old emperor eats and drinks the best. And women. Prince Chen also asked the chief servant in charge of the old emperor's living place to supervise carefully. Try not to let the old emperor have the opportunity to be "excessively addicted to women".
This is also more understandable: after all, he was once an emperor! Power is taken away from you! But now I want to play with a woman. You ordered me to control the frequency and quantity. Don't let me have fun! ? It's just too unreasonable! !
I have no power. It can be said that there is nothing serious except death! Even if it is exhausted. So what
Therefore, the old emperor was even more depressed.
As a result, the old emperor was depressed. Since the "number of times" is limited. He racked his brains to find a breakthrough in "quality"!
And because of the pent-up resentment in my heart for many years. After the outbreak, the old emperor became obsessed with a special way of sex. this way. In Du Wei's previous life, there were also certain groups with special hobbies, and in Du Wei's previous life. There is another general term for this method: SM!
Prince Chen treated the old man very preferentially, almost as long as there were some requests that were not too excessive, he would try his best to satisfy them and feed him with good food and drink. Carefully protect the safety of the old emperor. He was also checked regularly.
It's a pity, after all, when it's in circles. You can't let someone stare at you, right
Moreover, even SM. There are at least some limits too! "Abusiveness" has a certain degree. If it is too much, there will be no enjoyment at all.
The old emperor who was eager to vent. Seemingly forgetting this, he used a whip and a soldering iron. He even used all kinds of whimsical tools to torment those palace women who let him vent his animal desires. While abusing those delicate women, he was satisfying his perverted pleasure. It seems that only by watching these weak women screaming and crying under his whip can he regain some of his former dignity and greatness.
There is no doubt that this approach is extremely abnormal.
And there is another famous saying: Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
There was a court lady. After being tortured by the old emperor's whip, iron and so on for a long time, one day I finally couldn't bear it anymore. With the determination to die, she launched her revenge!
After a hearty SM game, the old emperor was so addicted that he didn't notice the hateful eyes of the woman in front of him, but let the woman serve him with his mouth after the whipping exhausted his energy. result…
That night, there was a terrible scream. The sound was withdrawn from the entire hall. And when the palace guards guarding outside rushed in, the old emperor had fainted in a pool of blood. He got down, a bloody mess.
And the court lady who had been humiliated had already slammed her head against the wall to death when the guards rushed in.
The court physicians and court magicians who came after the incident exhausted all their methods, but in the end they failed to save Augustine VI.
As a result, that night, the old emperor died.
And he was probably the most humiliating emperor who died in the history of the Roland Empire.
Listening to Prince Chen telling the scandal about the death of the old emperor with no expression on his face, Du Wei didn't say a word for a long time. He felt that he was neither crying nor laughing at the moment.
And on Prince Chen's face, the anger obviously remained undiminished.
However, it is more obvious that the news of the old emperor's death is still kept secret by Prince Chen, and the news has not been spread.
And those palace physicians who were executed were also unlucky for them...to keep the word secret.
"The matter is probably like this." Prince Chen's tone was cold: "We are facing a problem now, Du Wei. I can't think of anyone else to discuss this matter with. So I can only call you back."
"But, I don't know how I can help." Du Wei frowned.
Obviously, the next biggest problem is: it is difficult to keep the news of the old emperor's death secret!
Because even though he is a puppet, he is still the emperor of the empire in name. And for a fixed period of time, Prince Chen will also arrange for the old emperor to appear once or twice in some public places to maintain the color of this signboard.
But now the old man is dead.
"I'm afraid you can only be crowned." Du Wei sighed.
What else? Let Prince Chen's youngest son, ten-year-old Charlie be crowned emperor immediately
The son is the little emperor, and the father is also the regent? If so, it would be a joke no matter what!
"Come with me." Prince Chen took Du Wei's hand with a gloomy expression, and walked into the palace.
There was no one in the hall. But Du Wei saw that there seemed to be a person lying on the big bed inside, in the fabric!
Prince Chen pulled Du Wei to the bedside, stood ten steps away, with a gloomy sneer at the corner of his mouth, and coughed: "Father, I'm here to see you."
Du Wei was taken aback!
Then he saw an old figure struggling to sit up on that bed... Well, it wasn't struggling, but trembling!
Through the curtain, Du Wei vaguely saw that familiar face, it was Augustine VI...
He immediately understood everything like lightning in his heart!
"Your Highness... are you planning to do this?" Du Wei said cautiously, "I don't think it's a good idea! A substitute may not be able to hide it from everyone! After all, His Majesty the Emperor has been in power for many years, and many veterans are very familiar with him !Many times, an inadvertent movement or gaze of a person will become a loophole! If it is not done properly, it will become a big trouble!"