"You are trying to draw a sword out of fire, hanging a rope over a cliff, and those who play tricks will die." The archbishop and Adele passed each other in the corridor, "You will go to hell."
Adele put the secret letter into her sleeve, and at the same time responded to the bishop: "Aren't I already in hell?"
Her voice was soft, with something creepy about it.
The archbishop suddenly turned his head, the setting sun slanted across the stone corridor, the queen had gone far away, her shadow was stretched very long, the light outlined a dazzling outline on one side of her, and left a deep shadow on the other side.
God can't save her, demons can't seduce her, she walks in the kingdom of God and hell at the same time.
It wasn't until the Archbishop received the news that the Templar Knights had been sent into the Palace of Days in a special way that he vaguely understood the meaning hidden in the Queen's words.
Dalton pulled a trick.
When he was in a stalemate with the rebels, he made no secret of the fact that King Yager had offered him 200,000 yuan to buy the head of the Queen, with great fanfare, as if he was about to unite the Kingdom of Yager. The rebel nobles had to take heavy precautions against the port where the Yager fleet might land, and when they were distracted, Dalton dispatched a small group of elite mercenaries with ten artillery pieces to the capital at full speed.
These cannons are all cast in bronze, and when they are thrown into the battlefield, they can tear apart the thick city walls like iron leopards. The artillery was mixed with the timber convoy, and almost no one noticed them along the way.
It is not difficult for the archbishop to imagine, once these artillery pieces fall into the hands of a "weapon of war" like Dalton at this moment, what terrible direction the situation will take.
Fortunately, they were intercepted by Heinrich in time, and at this time they were less than a kilometer away from the capital, which was a distance that sent chills down everyone's backs.
Adele Roland is certainly a heretic playing tricks and tricks, but even a pious archbishop must admit that she has made great contributions in preventing further escalation of the situation.
For a moment, the archbishop felt a little worried.
Dalton has a long reputation for cruelty, and if he finds out that the Queen is behind it all, there's no telling what he'll do.
Soon, the archbishop realized that he should not worry about a heresy while praying to God.
Only, the Archbishop didn't understand one thing.
— How would the Queen know about Dalton's plans
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The queen and her maids are resting in the rose garden of the Day Palace.
Out of respect for the ladies, the musketeers who "protected" the queen only stood in the corridor and did not approach.
"Stopped at Erin, it is said."
Mrs. Kelly softly informed the hostess of the inquiring news.
"Heinrich has always acted quickly." Adele said, "If you lose ten cannons at once, even Moore's mercenaries, who are known for their wealth, will suffer... unless Dalton can come up with a large sum of money." The money comes, otherwise he will never think about the mercenaries taking another half step forward."
"You and..." Mrs. Kelly hesitated, wondering if she should ask her doubts.
Adele saw what she was thinking and smiled: "The Heinrich family has always wanted to monopolize the wool export industry from Rose Strait to the Bay of Paradise. But the Yager Kingdom and the Heinrich family have always competed fiercely in this regard, and when I promised to forgive them and give them permission to arm civilian ships, they knew what choice they had to make."
A gust of wind blew by, and the trees and flowers were whirling. The queen lay down halfway, resting on her elbows leisurely, flipping through the books carelessly.
At the end of July, the temperature in Roland was still very high. On occasions where political authority is not needed, Adele did not wear those pearl-filled dresses, but only wore a looser white silk dress, the light shone through the leaves and shattered her body, decorating graceful curves like stars.
Even so, what they discussed was a bloody and vicious topic.
"As for Dalton..." Adele smiled, "People should always pay for their arrogance and prejudice."
Dalton made a fatal mistake.
He gave the queen "freedom" to move around the castle out of political considerations.
These days, the queen has often ascended the castle tower to relax, which is not unusual for a woman under house arrest. But she used this to carefully observe the changes in the defense of each crenel in the castle, and deduced his plan.
If it had been a king instead of a queen who had been imprisoned, Dalton might not have made this mistake... It is true that he valued Adele enough, but the prejudice of the times still limited his thinking: people think that women are weak in spirit, wise and weak. The lack of will and will make them only serve as men's vassals.
No one thought that a woman could be proficient in military affairs.
She has no armor, but a sword in her heart.
"He is a smart man. Now that he is negotiating, he can still suppress the nobles on the merits of suppressing the rebellion. He knows what he should do." The queen turned the pages of the book, smiled and said cold and cruel words, "If he is not smart enough, then Go on, make him have to be smart."
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Dalton's rage swept through the castle like a storm.
The mercenaries refused to move forward. After King Jager heard about this, he immediately changed his original attitude and became stronger as if Roland's throne was already in his pocket. If he wants to preserve greater interests, then he can only reconcile with the nobles-the rebel party has released a signal for negotiation.
Everyone involved in the plan, from lieutenants to staff officers, was scathingly investigated. Dalton is almost digging three feet to find the traitor.
nothing.
When Dalton's boots stepped on the stone surface, almost no one in the entire castle dared to look at him in a rage. He rubbed the flintlock at his waist, thinking of many names... one of them quickly passed through his mind.
He catches it.
Adele Rowland.
Compared with other people, this suspicion is almost absurd... Dalton never underestimated the Queen's attraction to men, so even those who protected her were not allowed to get too close to the Queen, let alone those involved in the war.
But Dalton has always valued his intuition.
Holding the handle of the gun along the corridor, he went straight to the garden, and the expression on his face was so cold that one could mistake him for hell.
However, after passing through the Marble Arch, the rose garden of the Kingdom of God suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Under the laurel trees are small shrubs and flower bushes carefully pruned by the gardener. The flowers are either deep or shallow, thick or light, and bloom among the leaves. The queen in a loose white silk dress is half lying in the shadow of a rosebush, with bright red roses on top of her head, petals falling on her moonlight curly hair, and falling on her waist and shoulders that undulate like willow branches. She lazily propped up her pretty face, flipped through the open-page coloring book, and whispered something to the maid beside her.
For a moment, Dalton believed that the stories depicted in the holy paintings were true, that the Virgin Mary would indeed tell beautiful stories to the redeemed souls in the rose garden of the Kingdom of God.
The air is filled with a sweet floral fragrance, rich as a dream.
Before Dalton could react, he had stopped for a while until the female dynasty looked over to him.
She didn't know what to say to the head maid just now, and there was still a little smile on her lips.
Dalton let go of his hand on the butt of the gun.
He stepped on the grass as soft as a thick blanket and walked towards the queen, the head maid got up and backed away.
The afternoon air was exhausting. Seeing Dalton approaching, Adele lazily raised a hand so white that it was almost glowing, causing Dalton to kneel down and kiss his arm without getting up.
"Why did you come here?" Adele asked, "Our Mr. General actually appeared in such a place where women stay?"
Dalton knew she was teasing himself.
He was born as a commoner, and he was not welcomed in the gardens where the nobles liked to use them for leisure. He did not avoid some unnecessary troubles, so he simply seldom entered such places. This has become another proof that he doesn't understand customs and art.
"Our mercenaries were intercepted." Dalton didn't let go of any change in the Queen's expression, "Someone revealed the news to your dear mentor."
"Are you suspicious of me?"
Adele sat up, her sharp eyes fell straight into Dalton's eyes.
"You have a deep relationship with Mr. Heinrich..."
There was a crisp sound.
The queen slapped hard and fast, and with all her strength, even the "weapon of war" was slapped heavily on the head. Dalton didn't understand what happened at first, his face was already hot. The moment he realized it, he almost immediately reached out to draw his gun.
Mrs. Kelly, who retreated into the distance, screamed and was about to rush forward.
"Stand there, Kelly," the Queen snapped.
The fury of being slapped hard didn't abate, but Dalton managed to regain his sanity. Adele's order reminded him that what he was facing now was Queen Roland, who was his most important pawn. It would be too wasteful to lose it like this.
"Come on, shoot," Adele said, "Shoot now."
When meeting Adele's eyes, Dalton's anger went blank for a moment.
"OK!"
Adele gritted her teeth, the lines of her face became cold and sharp, but tears filled her eyes at some point, those beautiful eyes were like roses washed by the rainstorm.
"It really should be seen, Roland's most outstanding military genius is like this! I trust your talent and ability, I trust your reputation and courage, I trust your invincibility, so I don't care about it. Here, it’s fine if you didn’t bring me the crown of victory, but you want the prison bird to bear the crime of defeat?”
The laziness brought about by the afternoon rest was swept away by the queen, she was angry but her eyes were watery.
"Tell me! Tell me!"
There was disappointment in her voice.
"Mr. the most outstanding military genius! That's where your achievements come from?"