"What? what did you say?" Reading did not expect that the first exchange he had with His Majesty the Emperor and the Duke Regent after returning to his own capital was actually this.

The thin old man here sat beside His Majesty the Emperor, looked at Reading with a wicked smile, and repeated: "Reading, you are guilty. ”

Reading immediately screamed: "Disgusted Duke, I'm afraid it's not up to you to decide whether I'm guilty or not." Without His Majesty the Emperor speaking, you unilaterally declared the guilt of an auxiliary minister of the empire and an earl. Is this what you are qualified to do?"

The Duke of Disgust did not reply immediately, but leaned his head over to the already aged emperor and whispered a few words. So the old emperor nodded, and said in an extremely weak tone: "Yes, yes." ”

Yes, yes, what does this mean? Redding hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, I have just returned from the frontline battlefield, and I have the latest and most important news to give back to you. Please block out outsiders, because this news can only be heard by you and me. ”

As soon as Redding's words fell, the Duke smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I wonder if the outsider you are talking about is me? Yes, I wanted to leave too, but now His Majesty the Emperor can't do without me." Then he turned his head to the old emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, may I ask if what I said is correct?"

The old emperor still maintained his previous tone, and said sluggishly: "Yes, yes. ”

"What the hell have you done to His Majesty the Emperor!" Reading quickly walked up to the Duke of Disgust, grabbed him by the collar and made him stand up: "What the hell did you do to His Majesty the Emperor!

Disgusted with the Duke of letting himself be mentioned by Reading, he asked with a strange smile: "Auxiliary Minister, who gave you this right to attack an Imperial Duke in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and at the same time the Auxiliary Minister of the Empire? ”

Redding's face suddenly turned red, and he didn't know whether it was because of shame or other reasons, but he immediately let go of his disgust for the Duke and immediately knelt down in front of the old emperor and said sincerely: "Your Majesty the Emperor! This news is really important! If you can listen to it, then you can save the entire empire!"

"Redding, how dare you say that our Imperial Majesty is too old to listen to you!" The Duke of Disgust stood up and pointed to Redding who was kneeling on the ground and said, "No matter what unrealistic news you heard from the Courage Line, but no matter what, your treason charge has been established!

Reading raised his head gloomily and looked at the disgusted duke, and said coldly: "Excuse me, are you His Majesty the Emperor?"

The Duke of Disgust was stunned by Redding's question, and immediately sat back in his seat: "No, I'm not. ”

"According to the laws of the Empire, I am still an auxiliary minister, although the official position is one level lower than yours, but if you want to talk directly to His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that you will not be able to call the shots. Reading said coldly: "As long as I am still an auxiliary minister, then I have the qualifications to speak directly to His Majesty the Emperor, and this is something you can't stop." Isn't that right? And since you can take care of His Majesty the Emperor, then I can also take care of His Majesty the Emperor. So, during this time, please don't worry about it. ”

And at this time, the old emperor also repeated the words that had been repeated once before: "Yes, yes." ”

At this time, the regent had nothing to say, and after a casual salute to the old emperor, he walked aisle next to Redding: "Auxiliary minister, please enjoy this conversation with His Majesty the Emperor." Because after this time, whether it is you or His Majesty the Emperor, this is the last time you have a conversation. With that, the regent walked out of the old emperor's chamber and slammed the door shut.

When the regent closed the door, Reading immediately walked to the door, and after making sure that Reading's footsteps were getting farther and farther away, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, have you really become like this now?"

"Yes, yes. ”

"Your Majesty, I have completed my mission, but why are you like this?

"Yes, yes. “

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I beg you to wake up, if you don't wake up again, this empire will really be over!"

Finally, the old emperor finally did not repeat his previous words, but asked softly, "Is the Duke of Loathing gone?"

"Yes, yes. Reading was stunned for a moment, nodded subconsciously, and then immediately said happily: "Your Majesty, I know, I know that you are not so confused!

"But I can only pretend to be confused. ”

Reading looked at the old emperor with a wry smile in disbelief and asked, "How is it possible, Your Majesty, how can you pretend to be confused?"

"Reading, Reading. The old emperor sighed: "Maybe you are the most loyal to me, but you are the one who can't understand me the most." Do you understand? Now that almost the entire empire has been controlled by the Duke of Disgust, and the officials he has installed have completely drained my power, even if I go to the toilet to wipe my ass, it is the people sent by the Duke of Disgust to spy on me. ”

"So what?" Redding stood up and asked eagerly, "What does this mean? Maybe now you are under the control of the Duke of Disgust, but now I have enough information to make the Duke of Disgust be connected to the Nine Clans a dozen times!"

The old emperor looked at Reading like a child, and smiled helplessly: "Reading, you still think too simply. Do you think I don't know what the Duke of Loathing has done during all his time in power? No, you're wrong. Not only do I know all about the agreements I made with those apostles, but I also know very well how many killers he has sent along the way. You are really very powerful, even if you are disgusted with the Duke sending your own clones, you still destroy them. ”

Before Redding could be pleased, the old emperor continued: "But do you know how I know all this? He thought I was completely stupid, so he's now seen me as a good listener. ”

"No, no, my majesty. Reading hurriedly said: "This is the best and last chance for us to bring down the Duke of Delay, if we can't even do this, then our country... ”

After a light sigh, the old emperor stopped what Redding wanted to say. "You're late, you're too late. Do you still think this country is mine? No, since I have grown old, the actual control of this country has been completely in the hands of my dear brother. Do you know why he hasn't killed me until now? I thought the only reason was because we were half-brothers. But he told me that the only reason he didn't kill me was that there was no hope for the empire, and he had not considered the Danmos Empire in his cooperation with the apostles, so since this empire was completely out of the apostles' considerations, why should he care about an emperor or not? Besides, in the heart of the disgusted duke, he was already the emperor of this country, the central city of this country. So, you're going to ask me what else I can do now, okay, I'm going to tell you, the only thing I can do right now is to play dumb and spend the rest of my life on the back of my life. Reading, I'm very old, and I don't want to get involved in anything anymore. And you, it's better to give up. Because, I can't help you. If you really want to die, I can only say, "Yes, yes, like a fool, when I hate the Duke, my dear brother, and say like a fool that he wants to kill you." ’”

How so? Reading was at a loss. Why, why is this bloody reality completely different from when he came back? Now he, when he recalled the last look that the lady sighed at him, realized that in fact, the lady had already expected that Redding's return would be like this. Because, this country is really useless, because this country has been completely corrupted from the inside out. There is no silver bullet that can save a country that is already dying.

Seeing that Redding did not continue to speak, the old emperor said in an extremely pitiful tone: "You hurry up, while my dear brother has not returned, you can leave quickly." For you are far inferior to my dear brother in terms of power and ability. When he returns, you'll be left with a dead end, but I don't want to see you die. I don't want to see the only person who is still loyal to me die. ”

"It's too late. The Duke of Disgust suddenly opened the door, he looked coldly at Reading and the old emperor with a panicked face, and said lightly: "I really didn't guess wrong, you have been pretending to be stupid all along." ”

"No, no... The old emperor became extremely frightened, and even his voice could not remain calm: "It's all him, it's all he who instigates me! Before he left, he told me that I could bring you down in some way, but I never agreed! Because you are my dearest brother! Even if you want the position of emperor, I can pass it on to you without reservation." Because you're more suitable than I am!"

Reading didn't speak, he just laughed miserably. This is reality, bloody reality.

Like him, the Duke of Loathing was laughing. But that smile looked too scary. Because even the current old emperor didn't dare to look at him directly, he just lowered his head, and his eyes were scanning back and forth in this dormitory because of extreme nervousness. At this time, the old emperor wanted to need a few guards to stand beside him, although he knew that even these guards were basically people who hated the duke, but he still naively thought that as long as there were many people, then he would not face such a cruel reality alone.

The Duke of Disgust did not look at the miserable Redding, but directly stepped over him in an extremely humiliating way and came to the old emperor who was already trembling: "Your Majesty the Emperor, my dear brother, why did you betray me?"

"I, I didn't, I never wanted to betray you! You are my family, you are my dearest!"

"But if you didn't want to betray me, then why did you play stupid before?"

The old emperor quickly pointed to Redding, who did not keep any movement, and hurriedly said: "It's him! He instigated me! If it weren't for him, the country wouldn't have become such a mess! So we have to kill him, kill this deceitful thing to make our country settle, my dear brother, what do you think?"

The Lord Regent kicked Reading in disdain, and Reading fell to the side without any reaction. Then, word by word, he said to the old emperor: "He, he and I are naturally going to kill, but, but what about you?"

"Me?" the most terrible thing finally came, the old emperor did not even have the strength to sit on the stool, and then, disgusted, the duke smelled a faint stench. This made the disgusted duke immediately wave his hand: "Forget it, anyway, you can't be in this position for long anyway." Dear brother, why don't you understand that everything I do is to save as many of our people as possible? You will never understand how powerful those apostles were, not to mention that our Dammoth Empire, which has begun to gradually decline, will not be their opponent even if all the forces of the whole world are combined. Now, the only way to survive is to cooperate with them, but you, and you, you don't understand such a simple truth. Someone!"

Immediately outside the door, about ten or so guards stood out, and before that, there was not a single guard here.

After seeing the guards, the Duke of Loathing said his final goodbye to Redding: "Come to think of it, it is not a good thing to end your life in such a way as to die." Do you want to die with your head held high? Well, I'm going to fulfill you now. Then he turned to the guards: "Pull this traitor to the most lively street and cut me down!"

Reading let the four guards pull him up and dragged him towards the door. Until he was completely pulled out of the sight of the disgusted duke and the old emperor, he didn't say a word. He just stared blankly at the ground and laughed miserably.