"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 would break 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 Bei Roddy's hair fell down, her face was itchy, and she whispered: "You are getting bolder and bolder now..." Seeing the fire 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 thought about this matter from the beginning to now... It's just that it happened so suddenly, forcing us to walk 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, just to support her out of friendship, we can turn the whole life into a new one." Can dragging him into the vortex trigger 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, today's matter would have really become a big deal, and 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 is not born. 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 fiercely, bit her lip, and said, "Why are you laughing?"
Rody shook his head and said, "What you said is wrong."
"What?"
Rody said in a decisive tone: "You are wrong." He sighed and slowly loosened his arms holding Nicole. Shen Shen said: "If I have to choose an emperor between Prince Balang and a baby. Then, I will never choose Prince Balang."
He glanced at Nicole and said calmly: "Nicole. Maybe I am a person who doesn't think too much. I don't think about complicated plans and future things. But right now I only know that I won't choose Prince Baran. 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. The vampires killed Qiaoqiao. Even if such a thing has killed all possibilities for me to support Balang! I But for a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate, I don’t care whether it’s right or not! I just know that I won’t 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. He also killed so many of my soldiers. They are my enemies in every aspect!"
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 eternity will be withered, and when the king is angry, the king will die forever." Anger, blood flowed, and thousands of heads fell to the ground! In charge of Jinwu, human lives were 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, involve the livelihood and destiny of millions of people... Nicole, you don't realize it Is it 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 person, I have not done anything too outrageous. Although he is a little confused, the empire is only declining and has not really died. But if it were replaced by Balang as the emperor, I would be honest. I dare not 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 can use any kind of conspiracy. 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 look like so many people?"
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: "I hate Balang's one thing, but it's another thing for me to cooperate with Seth! Although it seems that I still took the path with Seth in the end, if not With Andy'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 his smile seemed a little bitter: "I know. Many times I do things a little stupidly, or a little stupidly. Maybe, sometimes, if I compromise a little, things will go much smoother - but I I just can't convince myself to compromise! Although Seth's words are tempting, I know that once I agree to him, I will still be a pawn under his control! Nicole... you know! I hate this face 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: "I tell you. I have always had a thought in my heart. If Andy had not shown up that day, I would have tried my best to kill Prince Balang! But after killing him, I They may not support the Queen’s child’s succession!”
"What?" Nicole was really surprised now, with a look of surprise 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..." She 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 Thorn Flower family - anyway, I heard that the family There are also many distant relatives, so I can always find someone to help me.”
Nicole couldn't help laughing: "The queen becomes the emperor? You can really imagine it. Is there any woman who becomes 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 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 head, you shouldn't say it out loud.
But when she said these words, Nicole's heart suddenly trembled - in fact, these days may not be considered "crazy"
Duke Tulip holds military power, and after eradicating Prince Balan, 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, there is no way he can do anything impossible!
Rody glanced at Nicole, smiled, shook his head and said, "I don't want to! I don't like it!"
These days, the most impressive people in the imperial capital are probably the soldiers of the Wolf Fang Army. Groups of Wolf Fang troops were patrolling the streets. All members of the Central Cavalry Corps returned to their barracks and no one was 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. The incident in the palace had already spread - it was such a big news that it was impossible to cover it up even if you wanted to. 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 Fang Army are the relatives of Duke Tulip. 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 noble down without saying a word.
Next, what the emperor did was even more incomprehensible to everyone - the emperor actually took action himself, recruited a group of romantic poets and literati from the imperial aristocratic circle, and came up with a novel thing!
The name of this thing is: "Newspaper"!
No one knows what a newspaper is. 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 thousands of them were obtained, and then they were distributed to the homes of all the nobles and ministers in the imperial capital. The rest were sent to stand at the gates of the imperial capital and in the hotel and shop squares, 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 are always very curious. 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 details of the palace events that day were briefly stated in a veiled tone... Every sentence in the words seemed to accuse Prince Balan of having evil intentions and ulterior motives. Although it is not stated clearly, that level of hint is 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 second day. The entire empire was in a sensation. Those who had already seen it spread the news that the empire had produced such an interesting thing, and those who had not seen it. I'm looking for it everywhere. For a time, there was an endless stream of people looking for "newspapers" in the garbage dump, hotels, and toilets. 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 with Prince Balan was briefly mentioned, and gradually another person surfaced... the Minister of Military Affairs, the Marquis Caroline!
The words are sharp and sarcastic, implying that the Minister of Military Affairs has evil intentions. Not only does he control military affairs while enriching his own pockets, embezzling military expenditures and losing air force pay, but he also seems to have played a more than talented role in court affairs, 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 have gradually disappeared, and almost all public opinion guidance has followed what the "newspaper" said. 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 copy would be released every three days from now on, and anyone who wanted to see it would have to spend two copper coins...
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 the guy who broke his head to grab 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 product in the imperial capital is as popular as "newspaper".
In the end, His Majesty the Emperor ordered those poets and literati to just publish newspapers. Everyone 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 for 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 once in the aristocratic circle slowly making a lot of money and walking with their heads held high, some flexible businessmen finally Can't sit still.
Finally, the first person pretended to be brave and followed 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 booming that his store was almost bursting!
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 newspapers that spread in the imperial capital. There are scandalous stories about a young master from a big family and a promiscuous woman, or a young man from a commoner family falling in love with a young lady from a big family... Such anecdotes that involve sex are all very popular!
Of course, there are also those who hold back their food. 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 to wrap vegetables and roll 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!"