As soon as Douglas finished speaking, the entire public trial court fell silent, and even a needle could be heard falling to the ground.
Immediately after a few seconds, suddenly "Boom!" All of them exploded!
The thunder that rose from the ground hit everyone's hearts vividly. Everyone stood up and screamed in panic. Even many diehard old congressmen couldn't believe their ears. The neutral faction and the pro-military faction were even more unbelievable. Some of the older ones couldn't bear the blow, and fell to the ground as soon as they stood up, almost fainting from the shock.
Across the boiling crowd, Douglas stared at Celia coldly, his gaze was gloomy and serious like a vulture, making him intimidating. Kaleyan couldn't help turning his head to look at Celia, and the young Union Marshal looked back at Douglas with the same gaze, without any panic in his expression.
——It seemed that he had been prepared, but when Douglas said those words, Kaleyan clearly saw a trace of unconcealable surprise and surprise flashing across the marshal's face.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it’s quite natural for this to happen: the soul projection sample is an Omega body, and under the effect of genetic modification, it quickly entered adulthood, and there must have been at least one estrus in the middle; Alpha only has Heinrich, Yunes, Osrod and others. If you don't go to find Heinrich's mark, can't you go to those dark star warriors? In comparison, the Emperor of the Empire is already a good choice!
But what Kaleyan wanted to know: How did Douglas know
Not long after the mark passed, even the high-level loyalists in the military department only vaguely guessed it based on the clues on the Nether Sky Star. How the hell did Douglas know it? !
Celia remained silent for a long time, until the uproar in the public trial court finally subsided, and then asked, "...do you have any evidence?"
This is what Kaleyan wanted to ask, and he immediately turned his head to look at Douglas, only to find a smug smile on the corner of the politician's mouth—
In an instant, an unbelievable guess passed through Kaleyan's mind, and his face changed slightly immediately!
"I have," Douglas said.
At this moment, Celia's communicator rang.
The marshal looked down at the flashing military logo on the red screen, a look of original expression flashed across his face, and he raised his hand and pressed the connect button. The tense Lieutenant General Mo Wen suddenly appeared in mid-air, and the stereoscopic image moved to the marshal's ear and said softly: "Marshal, the military department has detected that three foreign armies are gathering outside the Andromeda constellation... The empire has declared war on us .”
Celia raised his eyebrows and looked at Douglas. At that moment, his eyes were a little teasing, but he said to Lieutenant General Mo Wen: "Where is the official declaration of war?"
Lieutenant General Mo Wen shook his head: "No."
"There must be a document, right?"
"No." Lieutenant General Mo Wen showed hesitation: "But... Gemini Emperor Heinrich sent a video communication request."
…
The entire parliament fell into an eerie silence.
Although the ordinary councilors below might not be able to hear the conversation on the stage, the purple-robed councilors could hear them clearly. At this moment, they all remained silent in shock—compared to the declaration of war by the empire on the alliance, Heinli It is even more surprising that Xi sent the communication request to the Union Capitol.
After all, interstellar communication between countries is very rare. If the emperor wants to connect this call, he has to transfer at least a hundred space stations in the middle. It can be seen from this that he has great determination and strong action on this call.
Siriaton looked at Douglas: "This is the witness you found?"
"I don't have any private contacts with the emperor of the empire. On the contrary, my people have predicted the signs of the empire's declaration of war, and have prepared military orders and corresponding supplies—during the period when you were behind closed doors."
Celia acted as if she hadn't heard the obvious sarcasm in his words: "This is the witness you found?"
Douglas laughed, his eyes and expression clearly said "yes", but his words were high-sounding: "I said, I have no private contacts with the emperor of the empire, and I will always keep the fundamental interests of the alliance in mind. "
The two of them looked at each other for a while, Celia nodded, and said to Lieutenant General Mo Wen, "—Go."
After saying this word, he cut off the communication.
…
A signal carrying the highest diplomatic call between the two countries meanders and refracts from several space stations, passes through the near-earth launch pad, and turns to the military headquarters, the Congress, and the public trial court. A few seconds later, the communicator at the marshal's hand lights up again.
The red line quickly formed a three-dimensional image in the air, and Heinrich's tall figure appeared inch by inch above the public trial court, wearing a black cloak and military uniform, with a silver national emblem on his chest, and his deep ice-blue eyes in the seat of parliamentarians. Shanghuan looked around and said, "It's really a long memory, Celia. Did I interrupt something?"
Unlike the threat that Douglas was sure of winning, the emperor's performance was more indifferent, but Celia looked at him with an undisguised sarcasm: "No, you came just in time, Mr. Consettrin was thinking about something. I'm asking you."
Heinrich glanced at Douglas from the corner of his eyes, and the two looked at each other in the air, then turned his head and said in a deep voice: "I am here to submit the official declaration of war, Celia. The 400,000 troops of the Empire are already leaving the alliance. The galaxy is not far away, and the next step is to launch an attack on Andromeda—or the attack is not accurate, the planet you are on belongs to the empire, and we are only here to regain lost ground."
"Recover lost ground..." Celia joked.
"Yes, according to the founding declaration of the Empire fifty years ago, all known galaxies within the Milky Way and some extragalactic galaxies are under the jurisdiction of the Empire, and some planets in Andromeda are also within this range. The Alliance Government-in-Exile can occupy Gold Mercury , but because the empire has a vast territory and the frontiers are not easy to attack, so far it has not been able to recover the lost ground, it does not mean that the empire really does not care about it."
These words are completely nonsense—but since the era of the Milky Way has developed to this day, the conflicts between countries are ultimately resolved by the crushing of strength. The so-called diplomatic rhetoric is that the two groups of people are more realistic than who is talking nonsense there. .
Celia knew this very well, so she asked, "Really, why do I remember that there is no place for the Andromeda galaxy in the territory star map published by the Imperial Military Academy?"
This question was very sharp, but immediately afterward, Heinrich's answer was also quite vicious: "When you were studying at the Royal Military Academy, the map hadn't been updated yet. When are you going to come back and have a look, Marshal Celia?"
A smile appeared in Douglas' eyes.
Unsurprisingly, there was a slight commotion on the trial platform, and the purple-robed councilors looked at each other in astonishment.
"I will go up and have a look when the Alliance Legion captures Egret, and bring back the mecha phoenix that was detained by the empire." Celia seemed to be unaware of the commotion around her, and suddenly smiled: "There are still Miss Edna Consettrin, who is the research director of the Royal Military Academy, but I think there should be other channels to communicate between her and her family... "
Douglas opened his mouth suddenly, but was interrupted by Heinrich just as he was about to explain: "Edna Consettrin has stayed on Egret Star as a prisoner of war since the founding of the nation, and she was officially detained before the declaration of war. However, If she is willing to surrender to the Alliance as a special envoy, the Empire will also be happy to help her contact you—do you need Marshal Celia?"
Douglas's tensed masseter muscles relaxed slightly—he knew the emperor had won the round.
Both of them stared at each other, Heinrich was calm and composed, but there was an indescribable meaning in Celia's expression. If you look carefully, the Union Marshal's face is not completely ridiculed, but more of a subtle pity.
This kind of pity appeared here is actually very abrupt, because no matter from which point of view, he is on the disadvantaged side.
Heinrich frowned slightly. He was still wondering if he had read it wrong, so he heard Celia ask, "Do you really want the alliance to surrender?"
The emperor pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, I believe in defeating the enemy without fighting, and it is best to win while avoiding the disaster of war... If the alliance can voluntarily surrender, I promise to designate Andromeda as a special place." The administrative province, with the method of one country, two systems, will bring the alliance government into the imperial system, and the royal family will come forward to fund the development of the alliance."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the members below were discussing immediately, and even a few purple-robed members could not help but show strange colors-one country, two systems!
"Your Majesty the Emperor!" An elderly member of parliament stood up immediately: "The Union is a civilized regime with a history of thousands of years, and it is highly independent in every respect. We must not condescend to a small administrative province!"
"Or a special administrative galaxy, a free administrative galaxy, as long as there is no alliance, you can call yourself whatever you want."
The congressman looked stunned.
The emperor was obviously prepared, and said politely: "As early as the early days of the founding of the country, I said that the prosperity of the empire will not be at the cost of driving the alliance to extinction. The preferential treatment of the alliance's elders over the years is the most powerful proof-don't worry, everyone. , I promise that if the alliance government surrenders, you will not be under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial family and the system, and you will retain your own government agencies and garrisons, and you can even continue to use the current text, currency, and election system. At the same time, the royal family will also spend a lot of money every year. To help develop the local economy, this funding will be left entirely at the discretion of the council."
There was a burst of discussion in the trial seat, and after a while another big member stood up and asked, "In what form should the funds be repaid?"
"No need." The emperor said lightly, "As a special administrative galaxy, you are already part of the empire system, why does the empire want you to pay back?"
—That being said, the alliance renamed "Special Administrative Galaxy" is just a change of clothes, and the core inside does not need to be changed in any way. Even if it is superficially included in the imperial system, first, it does not accept the direct leadership of the imperial government, and second, it can keep its own parliament and garrison. There is no need to make any changes to the cultural, economic, and political systems. What is the difference between this and the present
A huge amount of money is poured in for free just by changing clothes. The generosity of the Gemini Emperor is simply extraordinary-you know, what the alliance lacks most now is money. Without money, there is no way to enrich the army, and without money, there is no way to expand the territory. To restore the glory of the former alliance, isn't it just a word of money
Besides, let me tell you the tacit truth: when the armament economy is developed in the future, you can get rid of the empire and go it alone, and you will have the confidence to fight again. The alliance government has exhausted its wealth in exile for many years. If you don't use the power of the empire to catch your breath, what is the difference between fighting now and dying!
After whispering to each other for a long time in the trial seat, several particularly elderly councilors finally seemed to reach an agreement. The councilor who spoke before said: "Your conditions are very generous, His Majesty Emperor Heinrich. But we still want to know, you What is the purpose of bringing all this up?"
This kind of bargaining between the top leaders of the two countries must not reveal the hole cards, but it is also impossible to avoid answering completely. If the emperor said that the people of the empire always care about the development of friendly countries, it would be the laughing stock of the whole universe; but if he didn't say this, there would be no other occasions to whitewash this naked negotiation.
All the purple-robed councilors were staring at the emperor's expression, only to see the corner of his mouth hooked up, provoking a malicious smile: "I did all this for you—" He turned his head and looked at the emperor. Union Marshal: "You know what, Celia?"
At that moment, even Kaleyan, who was standing behind Celia, felt that if it was him, he would definitely rush up and strangle the emperor to death now!
—What kind of deep hatred is this! Can be so cruel!
If he said that he had tagged Celia as soon as the communication was connected, everyone would think he was playing with Douglas; if he pointed it out after sending the declaration of war, half of the people He would be skeptical; if he didn't mention this matter at all, and started a war openly, he would be considered a gentleman.
However, now, after giving a lot of favorable conditions, and then saying such an ambiguous sentence in front of everyone... Isn't this trying to cover up
How much more dirty water did he want to pour on Celia's head? !
"For me? I don't accept it."
Unexpectedly, Celia was very calm. His voice did not change. He just looked at Heinrich: "Thanks for your kindness, but the Alliance will not give up the name of an independent government. Please go back and prepare for war."
There was an even louder buzzing sound on the congressman's seat, and Heinrich's expression seemed a little surprised: "I don't accept it? Why? The alliance has not changed except for a change of shell, and the core and spirit of democracy have been completely preserved." gone?"
He paused, and then seemed to be puzzled and said: "I remember you, Marshal, said that the most important thing about the alliance is not the name, but the spirit... Now I abolish the name and keep the spirit, and I will give everything to help the people of the alliance live a better life." Why are you unwilling again?"
Celia remained silent, her cheeks looked like a handsome and cold marble statue.
The emperor fixed his eyes firmly on his face, and after a while he smiled strangely: "Or—in fact, in your heart, nominal independence is more important than the actual interests of millions of people? In order to preserve the so-called 'dignity of soldiers', Or to put it more directly, your dignity, even the lives and blood of thousands of soldiers can be abandoned?"
Kaleyan only felt a wave of anger rushing straight into his heart, and was about to say something when Celia suddenly raised his hand to block him.
"You misunderstood, Heinrich." Not knowing whether it was a cold or something, the Alliance Marshal coughed a few times, covered his mouth, and waved his hand after a while: "I told you to go back and prepare for the war, because even if you prepare This battle can't start either. You have a good plan, but it's a pity that you used it in the wrong place."
— There is a lot of meaning in these words, Heinrich was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Why can't it start? The 100,000 star missiles of the Imperial Fleet have already aimed at the alliance's defensive fortress, as long as I give an order-"
At this moment, he lowered his head and seemed to have picked up a phone call from the action of the stereoscopic image. After a few seconds, the expression on his face suddenly became indescribable: "What did you say?"
"When?... Where has it been?... I see."
The emperor held down the microphone, and Celia smiled at him with undisguised pity.
"How did you move Yunes?" Heinrich asked coldly.
"—'I have no personal relationship with the people in the Dark Star Hall, and I have always kept the fundamental interests of the alliance in mind'." The voice of the marshal of the alliance was full of teasing: "What's the matter, Your Majesty the Emperor?"
His Majesty the Emperor couldn't say anything, he only nodded Celia with his hand, and then picked up the microphone again with undisguised annoyance. This time, he only said one sentence to his subordinates, which was very short and clear, but the meaning in it was unquestionable: "—Send the order, and the imperial warships will retreat from Andromeda immediately!"