"Rody, let me ask you a question." In the room, the two of them enjoyed themselves affectionately for a long time, and Nicole suddenly whispered.
Roddy gently stroked Nicole's hair, put his nose on her hair and sniffed gently, whispering: "What?" He felt really relaxed at this moment. This is the study room of the Duke's Palace. There is no order. Someone came in, so Rody hugged the lover he had missed for many days with peace of mind and said casually: "What do you want to ask?"
Nicole's hair fell down due to Roddy's hair, her face was itchy, and she muttered in a low voice: "You are getting bolder and bolder now..." Seeing the fire burning in Roddy's eyes, Nicole blushed and whispered. : "I really have something to ask you."
Roddy sighed, held Nicole in his arms, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, you tell me."
Nicole seemed a little melancholy in her eyes and said: "Actually, I haven't figured this out from the beginning to now... It's just that it happened so suddenly, forcing us to step by step to where we are today... Roddy, let me ask you, Do you think it’s right or wrong for us to start supporting the Queen?”
"What's wrong?" Rody smiled.
Nicole sighed: "What Andy said today, I always think in my heart... maybe we did something wrong. Just to protect the queen, and to support her out of friendship, we can drag the entire empire into Can it cause a palace coup? Do we have the right to do this?”
Rody raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, but did not speak.
Nicole sighed and continued: "If Andy hadn't suddenly appeared, I'm afraid today's matter would have been really big. A bloody fight would have been inevitable. I'm afraid it would have happened again when Emperor Abbas succeeded to the throne. The tragedy in the palace... Thinking of this, I am very scared... Even if we win, how will the aftermath be resolved? The queen's child has not been born after all. Is it true that the fate of an empire will be handed over to a baby? ? You...what are you laughing at?"
Nicole's face was full of melancholy, and suddenly she saw Roddy smiling slightly, and there seemed to be some deep meaning hidden in the smile. Nicole couldn't help but glared at him, bit her lip, and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Rody shook his head and said, "What you said is wrong."
"What?"
Rody said in a decisive tone: "What you said is wrong." He sighed, slowly released his arms holding Nicole, and said in a deep voice: "If you have to deal with Prince Barang and a baby, If I choose an emperor among them, then I will definitely not choose Prince Balang.”
He glanced at Nicole and said calmly: "Nicole, maybe I am a person who doesn't think too much, and I don't think about complicated plans and future things, but right now I only know that I won't choose Prince Balan, the reason is simple: I don’t think he’s a good person.”
After a pause, he continued: "Maybe I am too selfish, but emotionally, Balang colluded with the vampires, and the vampires killed Qiaoqiao. This kind of thing has killed all possibilities for me to support Balang! I He is a person with a clear distinction between love and hate. I don’t care whether this is right or wrong! I just know that I will not support a person who colludes with the vampire clan to kill innocent people! Besides, the vampire clan killed Qiao Qiao on my way back to the imperial capital. If you still kill so many of my soldiers, Balang will never be my enemy in any way!"
Nicole smiled: "Although what you said is simple, it makes sense."
Rody shook his head and said: "No, Nicole, it's not that simple!" There was a strange look in his eyes, and he slowly said in a low voice: "When the general is angry, all the bones will wither, and the king will wither. In a fit of anger, there will be blood and thousands of heads will fall to the ground! When King Wu is in charge, human lives will be in vain..."
He suddenly smiled slightly: "Nicole, do you know what these words mean?"
Nicole frowned: "I don't know. The tone you said is weird, and the words are even weirder. What are you saying? What do you mean?"
Rody smiled faintly: "I read this sentence from a book called "Sunflower Collection"... It is a note left by Dandong. The meaning is very simple. When a person stands at the pinnacle of power, Then in his eyes, human lives in the world will be as insignificant and unimportant... Such people, whether they are happy or angry, are involved in the livelihood and destiny of millions of people... Nicole, don't you think it's scary? ?"
He smiled bitterly: "After I became the Duke, I led the army to the northwest. Every order I gave, I had to think about it for a long time, because I knew that if one of my orders was wrong, many people might be killed. Many people died! You know, I am still a duke... But what if I am an emperor? If he is a bastard, then too many people will suffer! Although I was not a good thing, there was nothing too wrong in the end. Although he was a little confused, the empire was only declining and did not really die. But if Balang was replaced as the emperor, I would I really don’t dare to think about it anymore... He dares to collude with the Vampire Clan, regard human life as nothing more than a piece of trivial matter, and make all kinds of conspiracies and tricks. First of all, those people in the Vampire Clan are not good people. I am afraid that what this emperor has brought to the empire is not as simple as weakness. It will probably collapse soon!"
Nicole opened her mouth wide and couldn't help but said: "You...you actually think so much?"
Rody shook his head: "I don't like to think so much, but when things are forced in front of me, it's okay not to think about it. Under your pressure, I read so many books and learned so many things, and many times I naturally I think about it, but the more I think about it, the more upset I feel.”
Nicole lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said: "Then, since you think Barang is not good, why didn't you agree to Seth's cooperation with him in the first place?"
Rody said sternly: "It's one thing that I hate Balang, but it's another thing for me to cooperate with Seth! Although it seems that I still took Seth's path in the end, if there is no security With Di's appearance, I'm afraid things will really develop as Seth wants... But if I had promised Seth that way, I would never have done it!"
He smiled, and he seemed to smile a little bitterly: "I know that many times I do things a little silly, or a little stupid. Maybe, sometimes, if I compromise a little, things will go smoothly - but I just I can't convince myself to compromise! Although Seth's words are tempting, I know that once I agree to him, I will still be his shadow! Nicole... Do you know? ? I hate this face very much now. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t wear this mask again!”
Nicole's eyes seemed a little moist and she whispered: "I know."
Roddy gently held Nicole's hand: "Let me tell you, I have always had a thought in my heart. If Andy had not appeared that day, I would have tried my best to kill Prince Balang! But after killing him, I may not support the Queen’s child’s succession!”
"What?" Nicole was really surprised now. A look of surprise appeared in her eyes: "Are you serious? Then why did you still do what I said? After you really killed Prince Balang, you originally planned to What to do?”
Rody shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet, but I think I will probably find someone to be the emperor by then! A baby being the emperor is simply more terrifying than Balang being the emperor! It's just a pity..." He He whispered: "It's a pity that the queen is a coward. If she were stronger, it would be better to let her be the emperor, or just find a suitable person from the Bauhinia family - anyway, I heard that the royal family still has There are many distant relatives, so I can always find someone.”
Nicole couldn't help laughing: "The queen becomes the emperor? Do you really think that there is a woman who can become the emperor? Just find someone to be the emperor? This is even crazier."
Roddy showed a disapproving expression on his face: "Why not? The rules in this world are all set by people, why can't we make one more? Is everything static? I just want to let it change!"
Nicole was a little surprised, with a strange look in her eyes: "You have really changed... But you have never thought... If you just find someone to be the emperor, it would be better... you might as well become it yourself!"
After saying the last sentence, not only Roddy, but also Nicole herself was shocked - why did she suddenly say such a thing? Even if this idea pops up in your mind by chance, you shouldn't say it out loud.
But after saying these words, Nicole's heart suddenly trembled - in fact, this idea may not be considered "crazy". Duke Tulip holds military power, and after eradicating Prince Balang, he has even more power. At the same time, he has the admiration and respect of the subjects of the Bright Empire. If he really becomes the emperor by then, it will not be impossible!
Rody glanced at Nicole, smiled, shook his head and said, "I don't want to! I don't like it!"
In recent days, the most impressive people in the imperial capital are probably the soldiers of the Wolf Fang Army. Groups of Wolf Fang Army patrol the streets. All the people from the Central Cavalry Corps have returned to their barracks, and no one is allowed to go out. It is said that His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that Duke Tulip take over the "Thunder Whip"!
The news of Duke Tulip's return has spread throughout the imperial capital, and the incident in the palace has already spread - such a big movement cannot be covered up even if it is wanted. Everyone knows that Prince Balan planned to usurp the throne, but was defeated by the Duke of Tulip and the Wolf Fang Army. These Wolf Tooth Army are the cavalry troops related to Duke Tulip, and even the Central Cavalry Corps was defeated by them...
Some noble ministers also asked the emperor whether they should send people to patrol the streets and prohibit others from talking about what happened that day. To suppress this public opinion, anyone who dared to talk about the palace coup that day would be arrested!
As a result, the skeleton's eyes widened and he kicked the nobleman out without saying a word.
Next, what the emperor did was even more incomprehensible to everyone - the emperor actually took action himself, found a group of romantic poets and literati from the aristocratic circle, and came up with a novel thing!
The name of this thing is "newspaper"!
Everyone didn't know what a newspaper was, and they had never heard of it. They all felt that His Majesty the Emperor had lost his mind after some illness, and everything he did was so incomprehensible.
The emperor sent hundreds of soldiers of the Guards to wear civilian clothes and go to the streets. They secretly found out all the big and small things that happened in the imperial capital these days, and then asked the romantic poets and literati to compile them all and print them on a piece of paper... A total of tens of millions of them were obtained, and then they were distributed to the homes of all the noble ministers in the imperial capital. The rest sent people to stand at the entrance of the imperial capital and in the squares of hotels and shops, etc., and distributed them to everyone they saw...
This strange thing immediately aroused the interest of everyone in the imperial capital.
Why did Baron So-and-so get his wife to visit him because he had a secret meeting with his lover? Why did the restaurant on So-and-so Street have delicious food? Or when someone’s old man died and his children broke their heads in order to share the inheritance...
People's curiosity is very strong. Usually when I hear something new and interesting somewhere, I can't help but ask about it. Now that there is such a thing, it is very popular.
Of course, this newspaper is not that simple... While recording those new things, in the most conspicuous part of the newspaper, some of the circumstances of the palace incident that day were roughly stated in a subtle tone... In every word, every sentence They seemed to be accusing Prince Balang of having evil intentions and ulterior motives. Although they did not state it clearly, the hint of that level was enough.
When the "newspaper" was first distributed on the first day, no one paid much attention to it. Some people who didn't know what it was just threw it away, and some even used it to wipe their butts after going to the toilet...
But on the next day, the entire Imperial Capital was in a sensation. Those who had already seen it spread the news that something interesting had come out of the Imperial Capital, while those who had not seen it were looking everywhere. For a while, in the garbage heap, In hotels and toilets, there was an endless stream of people looking for "newspapers". In the end, a newspaper was circulated to hundreds or even thousands of people.
Although everyone still doesn’t understand the true purpose of newspapers, some of their effects have gradually become apparent.
After the second newspaper came out, the matter about Prince Balan had been briefly mentioned, and gradually another person surfaced... the Minister of Military Affairs, the Marquis Caroline!
The words were sharp and sarcastic, implying that the Minister of Military Affairs had evil intentions. Not only was he in charge of military affairs while enriching his own pockets and embezzling air force pay, but he also seemed to have played a disgraceful role in palace incidents, etc...
These remarks completely dominated the various rumors and speculations about the palace incident in the imperial capital. The various strange rumors in the past gradually disappeared, and almost all public opinion guides followed the statements in the "newspaper" gone…
Andy, who was hiding behind, smiled treacherously: "How about it? No need for a gag order. This method is much more effective than formal orders and announcements from the royal family..."
Of course, newspapers cannot be free forever. After three newspapers in a row, starting from the fourth newspaper, they will no longer be distributed for free on the streets. It was announced that one will be published every three days in the future, and anyone who wants to read it will have to pay. Two copper plates…
As a result, countless people sighed: "Oh... there is a charge again... there is no free lunch in the world..."
But just like that, newspaper sales are unprecedentedly hot! Everyone wants to know: What happened to those people who broke their heads trying to steal the inheritance? What happened to the baron whose wife caught him in bed? The last newspaper talked about the duel between Prince Barran and Duke Tulip during the palace incident. The prince used a move to "sweep the army", and the duke broke out "golden fighting spirit". How did things develop afterwards? There is also Marquis Caroline. It is said that that old guy also likes old cows to eat young grass. I don’t know if it is true or not
It can be said that no other product in the imperial capital can be as popular as "newspaper".
In the end, His Majesty the Emperor ordered those poets and literati to just publish newspapers. Each of them could get a handsome reward from the Emperor, and His Majesty the Emperor also directly sent more than a hundred Guards for their deployment...
His Majesty the Emperor even personally wrote an inscription on the newspaper: "Andy Express"!
And human imagination and creativity are endless!
After the popularity of newspapers became unprecedented, and seeing those poets and literati who were originally in aristocratic circles making a lot of money and walking with their heads held high, some flexible businessmen finally sat down Can't stand it anymore.
Finally, the first person got the courage to follow suit and got a newspaper...
It cannot but be said that this man is smart - Andy Express publishes one copy every three days, while the newspaper he created publishes one every day!
The sales were so hot that his store was almost crowded!
So, people said one after another: "Hey, these days, updating quickly is the way to go!"
After this new newspaper came out, seeing that His Majesty did not seem to object to someone playing against him, everyone became excited and various newspapers came out one after another.
Some whimsical people wrote some stories in the newspapers that were circulating in the imperial capital, such as the scandal between a young master from a certain big family and a certain promiscuous woman, or a young man from a commoner family falling in love with a young lady from a big family. Ah... This kind of romantic anecdotes that involve sex are all very popular!
Of course, there are also those who can't hold it back. Some poets were moved and published their painstakingly written works in newspapers. As a result, they became sales killers - those poems appeared in the vegetable market the next day - and were used by others. The cabbage is wrapped in meat...
Some poets were unwilling to do so and went to the streets to ask people why they didn't like reading it.
The answer was: "No, it's boring!"