The next day, the condolence group left the city of Ridmar in a majestic manner, but this time the scale was several times larger than when it entered the city yesterday, because Her Majesty Teresa I, the Empress of the Spany Empire, led a large number of officials, generals and escorts from the Spany Empire to join the condolence group, and the two sides formed a joint condolence group and set off.

There were two Majesties traveling together, and the condolence group with tens of thousands of people almost attracted the attention of everyone in the entire continent.

At the same time, the information on the front line is also constantly being sent to Leo's hands, although the rebel coalition army under the leadership of the Duke of Lean stormed Tuk City, but Marshal Rommel has delayed and thwarted the coalition attacks again and again with endless small tricks, plus reinforcements from the territory of the Jimny Empire have also begun to arrive in a steady stream, the whole battle situation has become completely stalemate.

"Rommel, the old fox!" Leo closed the battle report in his hand with some unhappiness, and tapped his fingers on the table in front of him vigorously: "It seems that this Tuke City has not been a year and a half, and it is estimated that it will not be able to be defeated at all." ”

This made Leo a little anxious, knowing that every day the war dragged on, the people of the Kingdom of Frans would suffer one more day, and the soldiers who rebelled against the coalition would have to suffer a lot of casualties, which was undoubtedly unacceptable to Leo.

After all, the Kingdom of France has long been regarded by Leo as "my wife's territory", and there are also a large number of church soldiers among the rebel coalition.

At this time, a court envoy from the Spani Empire came to Leo through the transmission and saluted Leo very respectfully: "Dear Pope, according to the itinerary of the condolence group, we will arrive in Reims City before sunset tomorrow, and the local nobles of Reims City will hold a welcome banquet for the two Majesties in the city, Her Majesty the Empress has sent me to ask Your Majesty the Pope if you and Princess Bella are attending the banquet?" ”

"Reims City?" Leo quickly found information about this city in his mind, he is the largest city in the middle of the Kingdom of France, and it can also rank among the top three in the whole kingdom, and belongs to one of the important towns of the Kingdom of France.

Due to the fact that the war in the past few months has been concentrated in the east and north of the kingdom, the central city of Reims has not been affected by the war at this moment, and a large number of nobles from the Kingdom of France have fled here.

Leo nodded slightly, and said to the court envoy, "Tell Her Majesty that Bella and I will be attending tomorrow's banquet." ”

After the envoy left, Bella, who had been sitting on the side, couldn't help but snort, and a dissatisfied look appeared on her pretty face: "Sister Empress is inevitably too lenient, when will it be her turn to inform us about the affairs of our Kingdom of Frans?" ”

Bella's dissatisfaction is justified, as the only bloodline of the Frans royal family, and now the future queen of France, who is now known on the mainland, Bella has always regarded the Kingdom of France as her own territory as a matter of course, and her dissatisfaction with Teresa I's desire to get involved in the Kingdom of France has long existed in her heart.

Leo was relieved: "Dear Bella, you can rest assured, as long as I am here, no one can take away your Franz kingdom." ”

Bella sighed softly, leaned into Leo's arms, and said helplessly: "Sometimes I really think this kind of life is annoying, I really don't like these political intrigues, maybe I'm only suitable to be a wife, a little woman standing behind you." ”

Leo smiled slightly, kissed Bela lightly on the cheek, and said, "That's enough, I will protect our Kingdom of France for you and our future children." ”

Yes, although the Pope of the Church of Light is not hereditary, since there is only one person left in the François royal family, the child born to her and Leo in the future will be the undisputed heir to the throne of France.

Because of this, in Leo's mind, the Kingdom of France is even more important than the Church of Light - of course, he only expresses this meaning when facing Bela, the closest person.

While Leo and Bella are worried about the future of France, a very secret meeting is quietly taking place in an inconspicuous mansion somewhere in the city of Reims in the middle of France.

One after another, well-disguised and ordinary-looking carriages stopped at the back door of the mansion, and the carriages were followed by black-robed men with hoods and faces, and these black-robed men quickly entered the mansion and came to a secret room.

Duke Bismarck, the prime minister of the Jimny Empire, has been waiting in the secret room for a long time.

The helmsman of the Jimny Empire appeared in the heart of the enemy country at such a fierce war.

When the thirteenth black-robed man also took his seat, the seats in the secret room were finally filled.

Bismarck nodded with great satisfaction, although he couldn't see the faces of the black-robed people in front of him clearly, but he knew very well the identities of the thirteen people in front of him, most of them were ministers in the Kingdom of France, and the lowest rank was also a marquis, and there were even two dukes present.

Duke Bismarck coughed and spoke unhurriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think it is clear to everyone why we are here today. The so-called rebel coalition formed by the Spanny Empire and the Church of Light in a vain attempt to use the young and ignorant Princess Bella as a puppet to annex the Kingdom of France, a despicable act that must be resolutely resisted. ”

The black-robed people were completely unmoved, and the entire secret room was silent, and only after half a sound did a slightly hoarse voice say: "Prime Minister, please don't forget, for the kingdom, your Jimny Empire is also an invader. Don't shout those vain slogans, if you are patriotic, you won't be here, if you have something to say, just say it. ”

Although he was refuted, Duke Bismarck's face did not show any anger, but instead showed a smile: "What the Duke of Pétain said is, in that case, I will tell the truth, as long as this plan is achieved, the Kingdom of France will cease to exist." On behalf of the Jimny Empire, I can assure each and every one of you that in the future a piece of land from the divided Kingdom of France will be granted a state and the protection of the Empire. ”

"Nationhood?" When the black-robed man heard this, there was a commotion, and everyone's breathing became a lot shorter.

Who wouldn't want to be a king? Even if it is a small duchy or even a princely state, it is much stronger than being a dog of the François royal family.

After a while, the black-robed people finally calmed down, and the black-robed man who Bismarck called "Duke Petain" spoke again: "Dare to ask Bismarck, what kind of plan do you want us to do?" ”

Bismarck smiled slightly, glanced around the audience, and then slowly spoke: "The plan is actually very simple, that is, to kill Pope Leo and Theresa I at the welcome banquet tomorrow. ”

(End of chapter)