The next morning, Leo was lying in bed, and just opened his eyes, he found Morata waiting in front of the bed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Your Excellency, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, the Marquis of Habs, and Princess Bella are already waiting for you in the living room."

Leo let out a long sigh and reluctantly got up from the bed, muttering, "Did you say it's easy to soak a girl?" Not only do you have to run for someone else's throne, but you can't even sleep well. ”

But complaining to complaining, Leo quickly got up from the bed, washed up and went to the living room.

The servants brought a well-prepared breakfast, and Leo gulped down his breakfast as he discussed everything about the throne with his two allies.

"Three days is too hasty," Leo said, "I've already asked people to hurry back to the Holy See to move the rescuers, but I can't guarantee how many will come." ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces became a little solemn.

You must know that the eldest princess's roots are in overseas colonies, and this return to Beijing only brought a small team of elite escorts, and although the Marquis of Habs is an important minister of the empire, he is a civilian official, and he has no power in his hands to command.

In the current situation, Leo is undoubtedly the most worthy of hope, after all, the Holy See is only a few dozen kilometers away from the city of Ridmar, and if you hurry up, you can cover this distance in a day.

Three days was a hurry, but it was enough for Leo's allies in the Holy See to send some reinforcements to the city of Ridmar in time.

But it is precisely because it is too hasty and there is almost no time to mobilize manpower, how many reinforcements can come, and whether the people who come can play a role, Leo really does not dare and cannot pack tickets.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and the eldest princess took the initiative to break the silence: "It's okay, anyway, it doesn't necessarily have to be fought in the end, and if it really starts, unless the Holy See can transfer the Knights of Light, it will be useless." ”

"Knights of Light?" Leo smiled bitterly, that is a force that only His Majesty the Pope can mobilize, with the bad relationship between Leo and the Pope now, you want to let the Knights of Light enter Ridmar City to help? It's a dream!

What's more, at this sensitive time, any wind and grass may cause a big storm, and the movement of the Knights of Light may make the Empire mistakenly believe that the Church is going to take advantage of the chaos to attack Ridmar City, which may even lead to a full-scale war between the Church and the Empire!

So the Knights of Light don't even think about it, Leo can only pray for Bishop Gavin and Master Cheetos in the Holy See to send him a force that is capable enough to make a difference.

At this critical moment when the emperor is on the throne and affects the situation of the entire empire and even the continent, no individual can change the direction of the entire situation by himself, and Leo is no exception.

"Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, how was your meeting with Lord Duke Li'an yesterday?" The Marquis of Habs, who was on the side, asked.

Speaking of this, the eldest princess's very heroic brows furrowed slightly, and she hesitated for a moment before saying, "To be honest, I don't know what the Duke's attitude is, but he told me that he will consider my suggestion." ”

Leo shook his head and said, "To be honest, I think the idea of going to see Duke Lean is simply terrible, even if he still has the power to influence the situation as you said, but don't forget that Emmanuel is the nephew of the Duke, where does he have a reason not to support his family?" ”

"That's what you don't understand, Leo." The Marquis of Habs said: "Although Emmanuel and the Duke are indeed close relatives in blood, don't forget that every generation of His Majesty the Emperor will marry the Golden Lion Family. ”

"In other words, if Her Royal Highness the eldest princess can ascend the throne, then she will also choose a man from the direct bloodline of the Golden Lion family to marry, so anyone who becomes the emperor of the empire can marry the Duke, and Emmanuel actually has no advantage in this regard."

The corners of Leo's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but glance at the eldest princess in front of him with a strange expression.

Because Leo suddenly remembered that his friend, Viscount Juan, the son of the Marquis of Habs, also had a marriage contract with the eldest princess.

In this way, if the eldest princess really ascends the throne, won't there be a drama of two men serving one woman in the palace at that time?

Maybe there are more than two!

At the thought of this, Leo suddenly felt the urge to laugh wildly.

I really answered the sentence - that picture is too beautiful for me to look at!

The Marquis of Habs and the eldest princess were both human spirits, and the look on Leo's face had just changed, and the thoughts in his heart were immediately noticed by the two of them, so the scene suddenly became awkward.

Only the ignorant Princess Bella looked left and right with a pair of big eyes, and she didn't understand why everyone stopped talking all of a sudden.

After a moment, the Marquis Habs coughed very embarrassedly and changed the subject: "In any case, we must find a way to win over Duke Lean, at least to make him neutral, otherwise we have no hope of victory at all." ”

Now the situation is already obvious, the second prince has about 100 iron votes after gaining the support of Prime Minister Paul and the vast majority of civil officials, so he only needs to get about 50 more votes to be able to pass half, and thus become the victor.

And the eldest prince himself also won the support of some generals in the army, but the number of votes for these generals was not much, and according to the estimates of the Marquis of Habs and the eldest princess, it was only about thirty votes.

In other words, there are still about 170 votes still unclear, and most of these votes are held by the military generals and the Ministry of War, that is, the votes that everyone thinks can be obtained by winning over the Duke of Leigh, the first person in the military.

At this moment, the eldest princess suddenly spoke: "Wait, I think there seems to be something wrong with our calculations. ”

"What's wrong?" Leo asked, puzzled.

The eldest princess said: "Actually, it's not just the Duke who can influence these votes, maybe there is another person who can also have some influence on these votes." ”

"Who?"

A name came out of the eldest princess's mouth: "General Herman." ”

"General Herman?" Leo was stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembered the appearance of the archer general, who shot Leo's dagger with an arrow when Leo first came to Ridmar City and clashed with Emmanuel, so as to avoid the outcome of Leo and Emmanuel's defeat.

"That's right," the Marquis of Habs on the side spoke, "This General Hermann is the Emperor's Deputy Minister of Affairs, both in merit and prestige, but he has always been overshadowed by the more outstanding Duke of Lean. If it hadn't been for the eldest princess mentioning it, even I would have almost forgotten about him. ”

"I'll visit him tonight." The eldest princess made a decision.

At that moment, Morata suddenly hurried in from outside the living room, and stopped talking.

Leo glanced at Morata: "Just say something." ”

Morata nodded, and took out two envelopes covered with fire paint from his bosom: "My lord, there is an urgent letter from the Holy See, one from Lord Gavin, and the other from His Majesty the Pope. ”

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