"What do you mean..." Nicole's eyes showed surprise, looking at His Majesty the Pope Corsica VI in front of her, and couldn't help but look back at the Queen sitting behind her.
Corsica VI smiled faintly, holding the staff gently in his hand and wearing a spotless white robe. Although he was just standing there, he seemed to be looking down at the two women in front of him, and said lightly : "You heard it right, on behalf of the Light Empire Divine Religion, I would like to say hello to the future Emperor of the Empire! I wish the Queen good health and good luck to the future Emperor!"
Nicole was surprised: "Your Majesty the Pope, do you mean that I can understand that the divine religion is willing to stand on the side of Her Majesty the Queen?"
Corsica VI smiled meaningfully, but said nothing, and said calmly: "The divine religion has never intervened in the power of the empire. We are just a group of loyal believers of the gods, but if anyone wants to disobey the will of the gods, or subvert The authority of the divine religion in the world, then the divine religion will not sit idly by!”
Nicole took a deep breath: "Your Majesty the Pope, you mean, Prince Balan..." -
But Corsica VI stopped talking. He just nodded slightly to Her Majesty the Queen in the distance, then turned and left.
The queen looked a little surprised, looked at Nicole, and whispered: "Miss Nicole, will His Majesty the Pope really support us?"
Nicole pondered for a moment and whispered: "Your Majesty the Queen, we can certainly believe what the Pope says... but we must be on guard against it... "
Looking at the queen's blank expression, Nicole sighed and whispered: "You should know about the Divine Cult in the Northern Continent..."
In the northern continent, the authority of the divine religion even overrides the kings of various countries! It's because the northern Roland continent doesn't have a strong centralized authority! As for Guangming Continent, because there is a powerful empire, the imperial power and the divine religion are almost on par, and no one is stronger than the other.
"did you mean?"
Nicole nodded and said in a deep voice: "Although the people of the Divine Religion keep saying that the temples in Roland Continent are pagans, in fact, in their hearts... hum, they may not be envious of the power of the temples in the north! Now the Imperial Power of the Bright Empire is fighting, and the imperial power is The prestige of the Gods has been reduced to the lowest limit - if the Gods want to expand their influence, is there any better time than now? Prince Balan is ambitious and a strong character. If he succeeds to the throne, he will not be affected by the Gods. At the mercy of you - to be honest, if your son succeeds, it will be much easier for a young child to be manipulated!"
Prince Balan was in the Marquis Caroline's house at the moment. The old Marquis looked calm at the moment and said calmly: "Your Highness, you must calm down now! Even if the Pope has seen the Queen, it doesn't matter! God's religion has never been Participating in the struggle for power in the empire, even if they want to support this time, they have no excuse! As long as you insist on the issue of inheritance, His Majesty the Pope cannot mobilize the Flame Warriors to fight with us. Their support is just to take advantage of the opportunity! Just some benefits... Humph."
Prince Barang nodded: "It's a pity that Mr. Qiu is guarding the palace every step of the way. Otherwise, we would just find a way to kill the queen, and all problems would be solved!"
Marquis Caroline smiled faintly: "Your Highness, it is best not to do these things! After all, these methods are too obvious. Even if it succeeds, if word spreads in the future, it will affect your image! Those nobles and wealthy families If you don't say it, you may not be sincere to you! Do you want a complete empire or a fragmented empire?" After a pause, he suddenly said with a strange smile: "Your Highness, right now? There is one thing that needs to be done immediately!”
"What?"
The old Marquis smiled slightly: "Among the medical officers in the palace, there must be someone from His Highness, right? Although His Majesty the Emperor has never been in good health, he suddenly fell into coma this time. He must be... Haha... "
Prince Balang looked gloomy and sneered: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so secretive... The past is the past! Now that we stand together, there is no need to hide those things from you. The medical officers in the palace do have my people, Aba Si XI's health has never been good because he has eaten something specially prepared for him every day for the past two years! "
The muscles in the corners of the old Marquis' eyes trembled slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. He whispered: "Then, this matter must be done immediately! The medical officer must be eliminated immediately! No trace of this matter can be left behind. Otherwise, your succession will be in danger!"
Prince Balang frowned: "It's not difficult to get rid of him right away... But if we get rid of that person, we won't be able to control the emperor's condition now... After all, the medical officers around him are not easy to bribe, and I have successfully arranged it over the years. Just such a person."
The old Marquis showed a sarcastic look in his eyes: "You don't have to worry so much... Since you have already arranged this matter for two years, there is no need for anyone to report how your Majesty is doing now - what the emperor eats, You know best, do you still need to worry? We just need to wait for His Majesty to... and then act immediately!"
Prince Balan nodded.
The old Marquis thought for a while and then said: "The queen must be more anxious than us now! What they are most anxious about now is that they hope to determine the title of crown prince immediately! And they must do it before the emperor dies! If the emperor dies, The position of crown prince is still vacant, so you have an excuse to inherit the throne, so they will definitely make some moves in the next few days, we can just wait and deal with it!"
Before Prince Balang could speak, someone came in from outside to report.
"An order came from the imperial palace to summon all the nobles and officials of the imperial capital to meet at the Guangming Hall!"
Prince Balang frowned: "A gift! What kind of gift? The emperor is already lying down and passed out, how can we meet him?"
The subordinate didn't speak, just stood there with his head lowered.
Marquis Caroline waved his hand and asked him to go down first. Then the old Marquis smiled lightly and said: "Of course it is an order issued by Her Majesty the Queen in the name of the emperor! According to the imperial practice, before the emperor is dying, he will naturally give an order to the ministers. Reporting the illness to prepare... Although the news has spread in the past few days, there is no formal announcement after all. This time I summoned everyone, I think, firstly, to announce that His Majesty may not be able to survive... Secondly, of course. Officially announcing that the queen is pregnant with the prince, we can justifiably decide on the crown prince’s position first! Even if the decision cannot be made for a while, this is the idea of these two women... "
"Hmph!" Prince Balang's eyes became gloomy: "Is it that easy? I immediately sent troops to surround the palace. No matter how powerful Mr. Liang Qiu is, he can't stop it, right?"
The expression of the old Marquis changed slightly, and he shook his head and said: "No! No matter what happens now, His Majesty the Emperor is not dead yet! If the Emperor is not dead, you immediately send troops to surround the palace, that is treason! Besides, if you can kill them all in one fell swoop, it will be treason." That's all, if they are allowed to run out, run to the south or northwest, and call out from high to summon local armies from all over the empire... That will be the outbreak of a full-scale war in the empire! I dare to ask you... In terms of appeal to the army, those Will the army follow you, Prince Balan, or will it follow the tulip flag?"
Prince Balang immediately stopped talking. He naturally understood in his heart that in terms of the appeal of the army, he was far inferior to the Tulip family who had served as marshals of the empire! Even if two of the empire's four legions were already in his hands, he would never dare to start a war head-on!
The empire still has hundreds of thousands of local garrison troops in various provinces. In addition, although the Northern Army and the Central Cavalry Army are now on their own side - that is because the army commander is one of their own, but if a war really starts, those armies It's hard to say whether he is willing to follow him or not, and whether he is willing to obey the legion commander's orders!
Thinking of this, Prince Balang sighed, suddenly looked at the old Marquis, smiled, and said, "Then according to what you said, shall we go to the palace tomorrow?"
"Go!" The old Marquis said with a faint smile: "Of course we are going! In fact, they hope that we will not go! That way, no one in the hall will object, and we can legitimately decide the name of the child in the queen's belly! Tomorrow we will It's natural to go - an unborn baby. Will those nobles trust him? Tomorrow we will bring out the conflict! Let's see who those ministers and nobles will follow. So, your attitude must be tough tomorrow! , It doesn’t matter if Feiyang is a little more domineering! Tomorrow is the time to show your strength, let all parties in the imperial capital understand your strength, and force them to choose which side to stand on!”
That night, on a street in the imperial capital close to the palace, under the moonlight, two figures, one large and one small, flashed past the street.
"You guy, first you lied to my horse, and now you lied to me to follow you out at night... What on earth did you have in mind?"
Another person laughed in a low voice: "Look, you can't help your curiosity anymore... I said I came to the Imperial City to do some interesting things... It was you who heard me say interesting things, so you insisted on following me. Come on... Now I can’t hold my breath anymore.”
Tianlie let out a sigh and said: "You're such a weird guy. If it weren't for the fact that you are somewhat interesting, you are so tempting to me, I would have punched you flat!"
The man next to him shrugged his shoulders: "It's not difficult for you to defeat me... You are a strong player in the field. I'm afraid there are not many people in this world that you can't defeat... But you defeated me, that's an interesting thing. I’m afraid you won’t be able to see it!”
Tian Lie looked like he was scratching his head, and yelled: "I'm convinced! You quickly do what you want to do! I really don't know if you are a human or a ghost. It doesn't matter if you see that I am a strong person in the field, but you I keep saying "field", is it annoying? Isn't it that the word "field" is written on my head? Humph, even if you are not a strong person in the field, I guess you are not far behind, right? A few times, don’t even think about hiding any strength in front of my uncle Tianlie!”
The man chuckled: "You are that boy's friend, and I happen to have a good relationship with that boy. If you really want to help that boy, just shut up!"
Tianlie rolled his eyes, but finally closed his mouth.
This street is not far from the palace, but the street feels very quiet - in the past, there would be many soldiers from the security station patrolling here even at night.
But now all the troops patrolling the imperial capital have been replaced by members of the Central Cavalry Corps. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, Prince Balang ordered the troops to try not to get close to the palace when patrolling. The Royal Guards in the palace, under Nicole Under the orders of the emperor, they also stayed inside the palace to guard, trying not to take a step outside the palace to avoid unnecessary trouble - so now the streets around the palace have become a subtle buffer zone.
"This is it!" The man suddenly smiled, pointed at a house in front of him, sprang up and jumped in from the wall. Tian Lie cursed, but he didn't dare to stop with his feet, and rushed in with his body.
This house is not big, but the decoration looks very simple, which shows that the owner's status is not low... What's more, living so close to the palace, the owner's house must be extraordinary.
Tian Lie and the man had just taken two steps when the man suddenly whispered: "Huh? That's weird..."
Tian Lie also nodded and frowned: "Why does it smell like blood?" He suddenly glanced at the man next to him and said with a strange smile: "Isn't it you, the bastard, who set up a trap to stop me? If that's the case , I will twist your head off!"
The man rolled his eyes at him: "Shut up, you fat man, I really don't know what you do with such a big head."
The two of them walked into the yard without any intention of hiding their figures. According to Tian Lie's words: "If anyone notices, just kick him unconscious. Uncle Tian Lie never does anything sneaky!"
Following the bloody smell, he opened a door and immediately saw a corpse lying in front of him.
"Who is this?" Tian Lie frowned: "You dragged me around the city at night just to see this dead man?"
There was a thoughtful expression on the man's face, and he looked back at Tian Lie: "This man is a medical officer in the palace. Alas... I didn't expect it to be him... It seems that I am really lucky. I just found a house at random. He went to the house of the mole arranged by Prince Balang."
Tian Lie shook his head: "What the hell are you going to do?"
The man smiled slightly: "What am I going to do? I'm telling you, I'm going to sneak into the palace. I plan to find a medical officer who can get close to the emperor, and then pretend to be his identity. This guy is the person I'm looking for tonight. , I didn't expect to find him by such a coincidence. From the look of him, he seemed to have been killed not long ago. Oh, don't you understand? Now that the emperor was fine, he was suddenly about to die. It must be Ba. The tricks that Lang asked this guy to do, and this medical officer has died now, are probably Barang's murder and silence... Such a simple thing, my old man can understand it just by thinking about it... With such a big head like yours..." At this point, look Seeing Tian Lie's angry expression, he finally stopped and changed his words: "Fat man, do you want to see me turn into something interesting for you?"
Tianlie snorted coldly.
The man smiled slightly: "Let me tell you, my current body was pieced together a few days ago. I always feel that it doesn't fit well because these bodies are... Alas, but this body is good now. I just died not long ago. , I just happened to borrow it for my use!”
A strange look appeared in Tian Lie's eyes: "What did you say? Your current body... is not your own?"
The man smiled slightly, and a strange light suddenly appeared on his body. Then the clothes on his body gradually shattered, and then the muscles on it fell softly...
Tian Lie was dumbfounded and couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body, and he immediately stood far away.
The man laughed continuously, and the muscles on his body gradually shook off, revealing a skeleton. However, the bones were not white like ordinary skeletons, but had a faint metallic luster.
Tian Lie couldn't help but murmured: "Damn you, what kind of weird thing are you... I have never seen such... such... such a breed like you!" He couldn't help but cursed: "***, Damn it..."
The skeleton finally appeared completely, and then his chin shook twice. He looked at the broken bodies on the ground, laughed, and then said: "Oh, after all, it took me a lot of spiritual power to do it." The body that came out, although it was a pity, had to be given up... After all, it was just a test subject. "
The skeleton turned around to face the stunned Tian Lie, and let out a weird laugh: "Fat man, why are you so dazed? What you see now is the result that my old man spent a long time researching! If it wasn't in the south, After seeing the demonic dragon's body transformed into energy, I really can't think of a good way to get a body for myself!"
After saying that, the skeleton clattered towards the corpse of the palace medical officer lying on the ground, and then a strange light emitted from the entire skeleton, and the skeleton seemed to gradually turn transparent.
The skeleton slowly lay down facing the corpse on the ground. The entire skeleton seemed to have become as transparent as air and was actually embedded in it...
On a road in the south, a mighty group of cavalry was moving as fast as the wind. On the leader's black horse was a young man with flowing blond hair. His blue eyes flashed anxiously. Countless well-armed elite cavalrymen followed quickly behind them. Everyone had a resolute expression, but their eyes were flashing with excitement!
The person immediately was Roddy, and at this moment he had transformed into Seth again.
While driving, he couldn't help but gently stroke his face with one hand: "I never imagined that I would wear this mask again!"