Pei Luo did not expect that he would revisit the old place so soon.
He didn't want to leave the warm house in such a cold winter, especially when the evil beasts were raging, but Duke Ryan named himself to hand this hot document into the hands of the fourth prince.
Of course he knew the contents of the document—in fact, the entire upper-class nobles of Greycastle were discussing this shocking news: the King of Greycastle fell due to a murder, and it was Gron Wimbledon, the king's eldest son who murdered him. Then the second son rushed to the capital and announced that the country could not be without a ruler for a day, and he would ascend to the throne as the second in line to the throne.
However, this behavior was not accepted by everyone. Some people claimed that Goron's trial was very strange. During the whole interrogation, he only appeared a few times, and he was speechless and his hands were tightly bound. I hope to wait until the matter is thoroughly investigated before deciding on the ownership of the throne.
There are also rumors that this is just a play directed by the second son, Tifeko Wimbledon, and the real murderer is the second prince who pretends to be sad but can't wait to be enthroned.
Regardless of who was right and who was wrong in this dispute, the second prince, with the strong support of the former Prime Minister, still temporarily seized the power of the supreme ruler of Greycastle as the king's proxy. At the same time, he issued a recall order to all the competitors - the battle for the king is over, and the princes and queens should return to the capital before the end of winter after receiving the order. The new king will formally confer the domain and title according to the six-month rule.
Pelor certainly could see the urgency in this order.
Whether Timothy Wimbledon can sit on the throne or not depends on the reactions of the other princes and queens. If all obediently give up fighting for the king and return to the royal city, then he will naturally become the undisputed King of Wimbledon IV.
The documents sent to Frontier Town will be forwarded to Longsong Fortress first, and Duke Ryan himself scoffs at this recall order. When the king was alive, he still had a high degree of control over the lords of various places. As for the second prince, the forcible enthronement alone was extremely blunt. Coupled with the precedent of Goron being sent to the guillotine, I am afraid that no one is willing to return to the capital alone.
However, in the eyes of the six fortresses, this was a timely order.
More than two months ago, the action planned by Earl Elk made the Duke very displeased, especially because it failed. The prince's reaction was also very fierce, and he directly sentenced Hills Medd to hang. If it happened next time, the two sides could be considered to be publicly tearing their faces.
Originally, the duke had planned to wait until the end of the month of demons before freeing himself up to solve this trouble, but now that he has this official document, he can do it more justifiably. When Roland Wimbledon returns to the capital, Border Town will naturally belong to Duke Ryan. If he doesn't return to the capital, he will be able to use force against him - under the banner of the new king.
As for who the final crown falls on, the duke doesn't care too much.
As an ambassador, Pei Luo was obviously not very comfortable. Last time I swore that I would bring a new trade contract, but it turned out that the black hand of the Elk family came. Now he is here, and he brings the same bad news-whether it is the news of Wimbledon III's death or the recall order of the new king, Pelor believes that the fourth prince does not want to see either.
The voyage along the way was relatively smooth. Graycastle was a country on the southern side of the mainland. Even in winter, the river would not freeze.
From time to time, Pei Luo visited the river bank through the window, and along the way, he did not see the dead starving people, nor the people who fled. This shows that Border Town has not fallen.
This made him a little surprised. After all, the last time he visited the city wall, he witnessed how the other party built the city wall. Pei Luo really didn't have much confidence in these stone walls made of mud.
Then, what surprised him even more, a sailboat with the flag of Willow Leaf Town slowly sailed from the right side of the river - this scene seems familiar, but now it is the moon of the devil! They even have time to do business while fighting against evil beasts? How can you resist those brutal monsters if you don't transfer all the mining workers to the defense line!
Three days later, the ship arrived at the border town wharf.
It was still the dilapidated wooden pier, but there was a simple wooden shed beside the pier. After the boat docked, two guards stepped out of the wooden shed and watched the boatmen's every move.
Peiro immediately understood Roland's intention to set up the sentry here.
The fourth prince obviously didn't want anyone to sneak out of the town through the waterway.
After he jumped off the side of the boat and explained his identity to the guards, someone brought a horse and accompanied him to the castle.
As in the last procedure, Prince Roland Wimbledon met him in the living room. Not only that, even though it was not meal time at this time, the prince still ordered the attendants to serve a rich meal.
Charcoal-grilled pork legs, sliced dried fish, a pot of unnamed wild vegetables, and the buttery bread and vegetable soup that can be found at any banquet.
It seems that the prince likes to eat before talking about business.
Pei Luo thought so, but his hands did not stop for a moment. After all, there were not many opportunities to have a full meal. Even the honeysuckle family, when there are no guests, basically eat potato bread with bacon jerky.
After the main meal, when the dessert was served, Pei Luo respectfully handed over the paperwork.
Roland took it, cut the sealing wax with a dining knife, took out the paper roll, took a quick glance, and was stunned.
The king is dead
For this nominal father, Roland had no feelings at all. When he crossed over, he was already in Border Town, and he hadn't even seen each other, not to mention that the fourth prince only had complaints and dissatisfaction with his father in his memory. Because of this, he felt that he was in an inexplicable embarrassment - should he show sadness
And the following content made him smell a hint of conspiracy. Wimbledon III killed by eldest son's murder? The second prince announced the end of the contest as the new king and ordered himself to return to the Royal Capital of Greycastle from now on
Roland coughed twice and raised his head, just in time to see Peiro's apologetic eyes.
It turns out that, he thought, the duke of the fortress was only afraid that he would be happy to see it, and whether he obeyed the new king's order or not, it would be a dilemma for himself.
He didn't bring the agreed contract, but brought bad news like a talisman, and he was afraid that he would feel sorry for it. Roland smiled secretly and folded the document again, "I see."
"Uh, Your Highness, then you plan to..."
"Even if I want to leave, I have to wait until the end of the Demon Moon. Now it's freezing and snowing. If I leave, what will happen to the people of Border Town?"
If it was someone else, Peiro would definitely say "don't worry, the fortress will handle it properly for you", or other diplomatic responses. But in front of the fourth prince who had only met twice, he couldn't speak easily. For the first time, Pelor was disgusted by his status as an ambassador, and finally he just nodded, "I see, do you need me to pass the letter back for you?"
Roland asked the attendant to send pen and paper, quickly wrote a reply letter, stamped it on the sealing wax with his own seal, and handed it to Peiro. The latter glanced at the envelope, and the cover clearly stated To the Second Prince of Greycastle, Timothy Wimbledon, not King Wimbledon IV.
He has made his point, Pelor thought.