"Let me out... let me... out..."
In a side hall of the Phoenix Palace, a hoarse and weak shout kept coming out.
But the guards outside the hall turned a deaf ear to it.
The cold and dark steel door was tightly closed, with occasional weak knocking sounds.
"Let me out... let me... out..."
The voice inside the door continued, like weeping and complaining, endlessly.
After all, a guard couldn't bear it, and persuaded:
"Your Highness, you should rest, we dare not release you..."
Before he finished speaking, the guard saw a sharp gaze shooting at him, turned his head, and saw Knight Ralph, the captain of the Phoenix Palace guard, appeared here at some point.
"Master Guard, I..."
"Shut up!" Knight Ralph stared, his voice stern, "Don't blame me for being rude if you dare to say one more word!"
The guard quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.
Knight Ralph stayed outside the palace gate for a while, listening to the voice coming from the gate, he asked indifferently:
"She's always been like this? Hasn't it stopped?"
The guard nodded and replied: "Yes, Your Highness has not rested for three days and three nights. I am worried that if this continues... I am afraid something will happen..."
Another guard next to him quickly added:
"Yes, Master Guard, Your Highness still refuses to eat, and we are indeed worried that someone will die..."
"Refused to eat?" Knight Ralph walked to the window on the side of the main hall and looked in, and sure enough, he saw that the food brought in was untouched.
And that thin figure stubbornly lay by the door, knocking on the door mechanically and numbly, and shouted almost unconsciously.
A trace of resentment flashed in Knight Ralph's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by firmness and indifference.
"Since she refuses to eat, don't send food in the future."
Hearing what Knight Ralph said, the guards couldn't help but look up in horror, but only saw the cold eyes of the Phoenix Palace guard captain.
Only then did they remember that Knight Ralph's wife had also been Emperor Reinhard's lover and gave birth to an illegitimate child for him...
Thinking about some of the rumors circulating in Yulong City recently, a big net against the direct descendants of the San Lorenzo family seems to have taken shape.
The guards immediately didn't dare to say any more, for fear that they would be affected by this political turmoil.
Knight Ralph's eyes slowly swept across the faces of the guards, seeing that no one dared to look directly at him, he nodded in satisfaction.
But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a slight tremor from the ground.
Knight Ralph suddenly turned around, and saw smoke and dust billowing around the gate of the palace, and there was a cavalry squad galloping towards him.
"Blow the horn! Be alert!"
woo—
Accompanied by the low sound of the horn, the Phoenix Palace immediately exuded a chilling aura.
A detachment of guards is quickly gathering in the direction from which the horn came.
Knight Ralph's face sank like water, looking at the cavalry squad that was getting closer and closer to him, and finally saw the opponent's armor and flag clearly.
"Blood Cavalry Army?" Knight Ralph suddenly felt a little doubtful, because according to the news he heard before, the Blood Cavalry Army should not appear in Yulong City at all, let alone dare to enter the Phoenix Palace on horseback.
"In the Phoenix Palace, galloping horses are forbidden!" Knight Ralph shouted loudly.
At the same time, the guards gathered behind him had erected a shield wall. Behind the shield wall, the archers had already bowed their bows and set arrows, waiting for Knight Ralph's order to attack.
Knight Ralph slowly drew out his long sword from his waist, held it high above his head, and was about to issue an attack command, but saw that the cavalry squad on the opposite side finally started to slow down.
He hesitated, and gave no order to attack.
Because since the other party was able to come here, it means that the imperial guards of Yulong City did not stop him, or—
The Praetorians dare not stop them...
Knight Ralph's heart sank, and he decided to observe first.
The cavalry squad stopped at a distance of about 200 meters from the Phoenix Palace Guard's position, and then rode out with a single ride.
"Earl Angelet?" Knight Ralph asked in surprise when he saw the person coming.
"You are Ralph?" Colin glanced at Knight Ralph condescendingly, and asked coldly.
"Yes, I am the captain of the Phoenix Palace Guards, Ralph San Lorenzo." Knight Ralph had some bad premonitions in his heart, but he still bite the bullet and said:
"Count Angelet, how could you bring the Blood Cavalry into the Phoenix Palace? This is a blasphemy against the authority of the royal family! Please withdraw immediately..."
"Where are Prince Harrison and Princess Judy?" Colin interrupted impatiently.
Seeing that the opponent ignored his warning at all, Knight Ralph was about to scold him again, but suddenly felt a powerful aura descending instantly.
In a trance, Ke Lin in front of him seemed to be a terrifying monster, and he couldn't bear any thought of confronting it.
Knight Ralph was horrified, and the hands holding the sword began to tremble.
Colin clamped the horse's belly lightly, came to Knight Ralph, and stretched out his hand to pinch the sword tip held high by the opponent—
Click!
The knight's sword forged from pure gold was like glass, shattered into countless pieces.
But the whole process, Knight Ralph could only watch helplessly.
At the same time, he no longer had any doubts in his heart. The young Earl of the Northern Territory in front of him was surprisingly a paladin!
Only a paladin can make a fifth-order knight like him helpless.
"Prince Harrison was taken to the top of the holy mountain by the church... Princess Judy is in the temple behind me..."
After getting the answer, Colin nodded in satisfaction.
I saw him get off his horse and walk towards the side hall.
The palace guards gathered in front of the hall separated like a tide to make way for Colin.
When Colin came to the gate of the hall, he finally heard the voice that was as angry as it was—
"Let me out... let me... out..."
A red light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately quickened his pace.
Click—
The door of the palace opened, and the bright sunlight dispelled the gloom in the palace, and made Princess Judy squint her eyes involuntarily.
But she still raised her head stubbornly, trying hard to see the figure in front of her.
"Teacher!" Princess Judy burst into tears, but she still struggled and said, "Hurry up and save brother..."
Colin lifted the little girl up from the ground distressedly, only to find that she was skinny and as light as a ball of cotton.
"Don't worry, with me here, Harrison will be fine, and neither will you!"
After hearing Colin's sonorous and forceful words, Princess Judy finally relaxed.
Perhaps it was because Ke Lin's embrace was too warm, coupled with the physical and mental exhaustion of the past few days, the little girl fell into a deep sleep like this.
Ke Lin carried Princess Judy to the bed, and covered the quilt again.
Turning around, the tenderness on his face completely disappeared, replaced by uncontrollable anger.
Seeing Colin walk out of the hall, Knight Ralph hurried forward and said in a deliberate tone:
"Count Angelet, we are only following the order of the Senate to detain Princess Judy here, and we have not shown any disrespect to her..."
Before he finished speaking, Knight Ralph felt a fierce killing intent rushing towards him.
In an instant, the air around him seemed to freeze, and Knight Ralph felt like an insect trapped in amber, and he could only watch helplessly as the irresistible death enveloped him.
Chi!
A red light flashed.
Colin had already beheaded Knight Ralph.
(end of this chapter)