When the goshawk landed on Heinrich's arm, Sir Avaro's expression became extremely ugly, even worse than when Dalton stomped on the bridge of his nose. Heinrich calmly untied the secret letter tied to the eagle's leg, unfolded it, swept it away, and then nodded slightly to the queen.
"You... betrayed the family..." Sir Avaro's voice seemed to be poisoned, the blood on his forehead flowed into his eye sockets, and the eyeballs protruded so that they were not human at all, "The family... traitor..."
"Everything has a price."
Heinrich's voice did not have any ups and downs. He did not look at Sir Avaro on the ground, but bowed deeply to the Queen.
"I apologize to you for all the mistakes the Heinrich family made tonight."
Among the crowd, some people breathed a sigh of relief. The Heinrich family has a long history in Roland. If Sir Avaro's behavior represents the rebellion of the entire Heinrich family, a series of old nobles will easily be involved in the subsequent treatment. Some people feel regretful. The stage of power is so big. If one family occupies more, it means that other families will inevitably have less. There are many people who want to see the Heinrich family completely destroyed. However, Heinrich's actions show that today's chaos has brought about a split within the double-headed snake family.
The defeat of Sir Avaro's conspiracy meant that Otto Heinrich became the real ruler of the Two-Headed Serpent family that could not be dissented from now on.
A cunning and insidious poisonous snake, many people cursed in their hearts.
After the rebellion in July last year, there was a rift between the Heinrich family and the royal family. People in the Heinrich family, like Sir Avaro, are on the road to a complete break with the royal family, and Heinrich Hee chose to mend the crack. At the cost of sacrificing Sir Avaro's family, Heinrich brought the Double-headed Serpent family back to serve the Queen. Perhaps for a period of time, the Heinrich family will be weakened by this split, but never In the long run, this is indeed a way of preservation.
The smart guy is already reevaluating what kind of changes will occur in the palace after this rebellion, what is the relationship between the queen and the Heinrich family, and how should they handle the two...
Everything gets complicated, but one thing is clear:
The Queen is no longer the newly crowned Princess Adele, she has shown looming control over the entire empire, and is rapidly growing into an irresistible monster-like monarch.
"Everyone is shocked."
Adele didn't express her position directly, and the fire in the courtyard was extinguished. She glanced at the corpses on the ground, turned her head and ordered the people to drag down those who died at the muzzle of muskets—Sir Avaro was also taken down.
The aristocratic ladies who were hiding around in a panic also gradually gathered together again, their faces were pale and their temples were disheveled. There are also newly promoted "widows"-their husbands have just made a wrong choice and were executed on the spot by Dalton and his men. Seeing the bloody corpse of their husband, these young widows couldn't help crying and fainting. For these people, the queen ordered them to be taken to a room in the temporary palace to take care of them.
Seeing this scene, the negotiating team of Free Commercial City were horrified in their hearts.
During the rebellion tonight, whether the hall was bombarded or faced the arrows of the rebels, Roland, the young queen, always looked the same, showing a courage that even men could not match. Her control over Roland was beyond their imagination.
Realizing this, a chill rose up the back of the Avery Consul.
He didn't dare to imagine how terrifying Queen Adele would temper the Roland Empire to if given time. A phoenix was about to be born in the flames, and he had to kill it before it trailed the world on fire.
Even if you pay some price for it, it's worth it.
After realizing this, the Consul of Avelli finally made up his mind. When the queen and the nobles were about to bypass the corridor and go to the still intact nave, he led the negotiating team and walked a little slower, falling behind the crowd.
"His Majesty."
As soon as he stepped into the nave, Dalton stopped suddenly, and he had a vague premonition of uneasiness. He took a step forward, stretched out his arm, and stood in front of the queen, holding the round flintlock in one hand. He falconled around the nave, which was somewhat unkempt, but undamaged by the bronze cannon.
Heinrich on the side also noticed something, he raised his head and looked towards the height of the hall.
The buildings along the coast of the Sea of Heaven are known as "the cold city of the gods". The columns of the palace are slender and vertical, giving people a sense of the sublime directly touching the heaven. There are many huge mosaic stained glass windows with lead strips as window lattices on the facade. And this nave also adopts a double-wall structure, and above the upper corridor of the horizontal hall is a small minaret to share the load at a certain distance. The steeple had a high, inconspicuous window, and now that high window was in shadow.
In that shadow, something reflected light.
The light is very small, it disappears in a flash, it is extremely subtle, and it is difficult to attract the attention of ordinary people, and in the palace where the crystal candlestick hangs high, this small light is often considered an illusion.
But when the glimmer of light passed by the corner of his eyes, Heinrich rushed towards the queen without hesitation, and at the same time reminded everyone sharply:
"Over the head! Assassins!"
There was a piercing roar, and when Heinrich shouted, Dalton caught his meaning, turned around without hesitation, and shot towards the high window above the nave. The sound of gunshots and the breath of saltpeter vibrated the crowd who had suffered too much fright tonight. Accompanied by the roar of rounds of flintguns, the glass of the high window shattered, and an assassin dressed in black fell from the narrow window sill.
The assassin's body slammed to the ground, and before his brains and blood splattered, he had finished his work.
The assassin tightly held a specially made arrow crossbow. This arrow crossbow could only fire one arrow at a time, but the speed and strength of this arrow could even pierce through a hard shield. Those who use this kind of crossbow to perform assassination missions are considered the most terrifying assassins, because they have no chance of survival for themselves. They only launch an attack, and after the attack, they die together with the enemy.
Lightning arrows sank into the crowd.
Adele heard the sound of sharp arrows piercing through flesh and blood, and Heinrich frowned once.
"Sorry," he whispered over the din, "I forgot."
Warm blood splashed on Adele's face and fell on the corner of her eyebrows.
Just like that year, when the young Princess Adele was expelled from the palace and escorted her to Reef City, there was only the young heir of the Double-headed Snake family. When the carriage was assassinated halfway, the dagger in the darkness was about to sink into the princess's chest. Heinrich, who was still young at that time and didn't know what the future would hold, subconsciously rushed over.
So the girl put her trust in the hands of a poisonous snake.
Sorry, princess, the young heir of the family always doesn't know how to make a choice, and when he makes a choice, he either does it wrong or it's too late.
On Heinrich's usually silent and serious face, the corners of his lips tugged, as if he wanted to smile.
Adele sat up.
Archbishop Rodri had already gathered the monks of the Knights Templar to protect the queen. But this time the assassination was not limited to the crossbow bolt. At the same time that the assassin fell from the high window, lime powder was wrapped in cloth on the window sills of other minarets and was thrown towards the crowd.
"Close your eyes!"
Dalton was born at the bottom, and he was no stranger to this rogue-like method, so he shouted.
The cloth spread out in mid-air, and Lime instantly created a fog in this space. Some people didn't have time to close their eyes. As soon as the lime powder entered their eye sockets, they immediately rolled on the ground and howled terribly.
When the fog rose, someone in the negotiating team of the Free Commercial City immediately pulled out the sharp sword hidden in his sleeve.
In the mist, the sound of sword clashing sounded.
Dalton, Archbishop Rodriguez, and Prince Arthur were not affected by the lime powder. They stood firmly around the queen. When the assassins wanted to take the opportunity to complete the assassination, they responded quickly and accurately. The Arvillian Consul cursed under his breath.
At the same time, lime powder gradually fell to the ground, and people's vision gradually became clearer.
Prince Arthur cut the throat of an assassin disguised as a negotiating envoy with a sword, and a drop of blood dripped on his pale and feminine cheek, which made him look extra coquettish. Dalton didn't have time to reload the flintlock, so he drew two long and narrow swords to block two enemies at the same time. While sending the Hidden Blade into the chest of an envoy, Archbishop Rodrik bent the assassin who had circled behind him with an elbow, and then stabbed him in the throat with his backhand...
The Consul of Yavelli roared. This Mr. Consul, who seemed to be just the head of the business of the Thirteen Banks family in the free commercial city, unexpectedly showed his extraordinary skills at this time.
He grabbed the corpse of his companion and threw it at Prince Arthur. At the same time, he backhanded a flustered nobleman who didn't know what to do, and used it as a shield. When his companions were almost dead, he rushed towards the queen who sat up from the ground.
When Dalton and the others wanted to turn around to rescue, the remaining envoys of the negotiating team also broke out their final strength and struggled to entangle them.
"Go to hell!"
The Yavilli consul roared sharply, with a ferocious face, he raised his Hidden Blade and rushed towards the Queen.
The scene of the young queen's blood splattered on the spot had already appeared in front of his eyes. It didn't matter if he died, this woman of Roland must die! Otherwise, one day, the Roland Empire will become the new overlord of the sea, and the free commercial cities will lose their proud commercial status.
Just before the sharp sword was about to arrive and the Yavilli consul was about to smile, the queen raised her hand.