Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Storm
The Duke of Kentan did not make any special statement about Albert's farewell; his determination to confront Emperor Diviot to the end was unshakable; the actions of the young Duke Borot were in a sense conducive to his subsequent arrangements; he resolutely demanded that the very few people who knew the inside story keep it strictly secret. Whoever dared to 'revue' a word would be punished on the spot. The negotiation of the exchange of prisoners in the city of Birti was still going on in an orderly manner on the surface. The chaos was so real that things didn't get to the bottom until months later.
The Bilti Church, which helped Little Ah escape, was eventually secretly pulled out by the Duke of Kentan.Since the Holy See was far away in the country of Hope, after the death of Bishop Mirière, there was no orthodox successor here.Several monks finally tried to get the unreligious Duke to agree to save the church from humiliating the sages who were sleeping underground.
The only gain for the rebel duke was to learn Albert's possible whereabouts. Hope, and he didn't have much of an eye for the island's famous pious King Richard, a young, hairless boy who kept putting the cause of erudition first, and even gambling with the kingdom, which alone could not make Duke Kentan feel good.
The old duke, who was serious about Albert's choice, immediately made what he thought was a fair assessment: "Two dolls together can only make things worse."
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While Albert and the others were resting temporarily in the Redthroat Tavern, a mysterious guest was welcomed in Constantinople.The Grand Commander Savarin quietly received the envoy of the Duke of Kentan without the Emperor's secret from General Iros, who had been sent by the Emperor.The man was extremely short. If you only looked at the back, you would even think that he was an underage fellow.But Savalin did not judge people by his appearance.He quickly noticed many bright spots in the other party's speech and demeanor.The man called himself His Royal Highness Raool.After thanking the Grand Commander for his sincere reception.Open' The Gate pointed out a striking piece of news: Duke Borot was likely to pass through this place to Hope Island, and Kentan hoped that the Grand Commander would 'want' to sink his ship at sea.
When Savarin heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "The murder of an Elector is a big crime.
"Your Excellency, the Tambolance Empire is about to change, Emperor Elliot's seemingly stable country has long been tightly surrounded by undercurrents and dangers, my father is a brave man who opened this opening, and it will surely get a response from many people, if you are willing to help with this, after the change of dynasty in the future, you will definitely be one of the greatest heroes......"
"Your Highness." Savarin interrupted with a wave of his hand. Let's be honest, I don't have much interest in who sits on this, Constantinople is all I have, Emperor Deliotot's cunning is well known, but you father and son treat him like a fool, and I don't know where the source of your confidence comes from."
"Your Excellency, Duke Borot himself is the best weapon, he can push the emperor into the infinite abyss, as long as the news of the young man's murder spreads, the entire Bodi continent will point the finger at Deliotio, the Duchy of Borot itself is extremely rich, and it occupies the vast plain in the center of the empire. Raoult's face was thrilled as he said this, as if he had experienced the results firsthand.
Savarin had to wake him up and said, "Your Highness, there is no impermeable wall in the world, if you want people to know it, you can't do it unless you do. Now the emperor's henchman, General Iros, is closely following me. Do you think he is an ornament? For Constantinople, the murder of that young man will not gain any real benefit, but will take a lot of great risks that may come at any time. Of course, I can formally arrest them on the dock and then 'hand' them over to the emperor in a proper manner. I will keep in mind the merits of your father and son, and if there is any long-term and short-term in the future, maybe I can excuse the emperor for a while."
"Your Excellency." Raoult's face changed suddenly, and he put his hands behind his back, trying to contain his anger. Please be smart, your 'private' reception of a rebel duke's envoy is already a capital offense in itself. Aren't you afraid that I will go out publicly? What kind of heart do you have to hide from the emperor and take a huge risk to talk to me?"
"Your Highness." Savarin, though he was old, was in good spirits, and he replied in an unusually loud voice. Please don't talk nonsense, in my realm, you can make people who don't exist disappear at any time, and the emperor will only reward me, because I have successfully cut off the rebel duke's vain attempt to contact King Hope.
Raoult retreated angrily, and the spy under the command of the Grand Commander immediately followed him to make sure he didn't do anything out of the ordinary.
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It was close to the second half of the night.
The people gathered in the Redthroat Tavern gradually dispersed and went home to rest, and Albert and Catherine tossed and turned on the 'bed', unable to fall asleep easily.
After getting married, you must be one and the same, Catherine has practiced this ancient adage very well, and has been muttering in the ear of the little Ah about the plan to leave the port and the future plan.
The 'woman' was at times very accurate in her calculations, and Catherine herself was very clever, so she had more troubles than Albert and no less than he did.
Catherine has had many nightmares in the last few days.She has become a widow.She is pregnant with a child.The poor little girl has not been able to see her biological father since she was born.From the moment she is born, she will be wandering with her.She has even had more terrible thoughts.Albert may voluntarily give up marrying her for the sake of her happiness.The relationship between the two of them has been severed ever since.
Young people who are deeply in love with each other often suddenly burst into several strong conflicts, which seem to be unexpected, but in fact they often have their own rules behind them, and those contradictions are hidden deeply, and they are covered by a thick sweet love, just like the magma under a volcanic crater, only when it is accumulated to a certain amount, it will suddenly erupt.
When Catherine intermittently offered her thoughts that seemed ridiculous and childish to Albert, the young duke immediately put his hand over her mouth and said, "How is it possible. Don't '' these illusory things, we just need to keep our feet on the ground, take one step at a time, and we will be able to get through the current difficulties."
His lover was noticeably not so optimistic, and still lamented in a very uncomfortable tone: "It would be nice if you were not a duke of such a prominent position. We can live diligently by the labor of our own hands, and we don't need many children to raise. Of course, there will be all kinds of hardships in loving them, but I don't know how many times better it is than in the current situation. I am really worried about ......."
Catherine's mouth was once again tightly covered, Albert straightened up, gently stroked her lover's forehead with her other hand, and said, "Everything will be fine.
His mouth covered his palm gradually moved down, but was about to touch the key part of the road when Catherine stopped: "I'm not in the mood. In this hotel, I feel like I could be threatened at any time, our baby shouldn't be born in this kind of place, my mother-in-law told me ...... before."
Albert was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his mother to be so broad-minded, although Mrs. Charlotte's consideration was very reasonable, in such a volatile environment, if she accidentally got pregnant, it would be irresponsible to anyone, but Xiao Ah was already an adult after all, and it would feel uncomfortable to be pointed at by anyone in the matter of male and female affairs.
"Can we put all our troubles aside for a while? God's reason for separating day and night is to give ordinary people a chance to release themselves after a busy while. Xiao Ah said, continue to persistently perform offensive measures on his lover.
Catherine was 'made' anxious.She was about to turn over.But she inadvertently threw her hand and hit Xiao Ah in the face.This action would not have a big impact in normal times.But this time it was very different.Because Xiao Ah was already holding a ball of fire in his heart.Now after being suddenly triggered.Turning her face became inevitable: "Okay.Then you continue to nag you.I'll sleep alone."
The young duke jumped up from the bed, and despite Catherine's feelings, he lifted the thin futon and wrapped it around himself, and lay down on the floor beside the bed.
She whispered and sobbed, "If you think I'm wrong, you can point it out..You can't use this kind of cold violence to abuse me.The union between me and you is a pleasure.But that doesn't mean that I can't be completely free from a little assertiveness and thought after that.I know you're under tremendous pressure.You need to find relief in me.But I didn't think about sharing all these pressures on you.But you don't understand me at all..Just treat me as a person with long hair and short knowledge." Women's people look at it, how can we talk about it together."
"Yes, in your eyes, I'm just a beast who only knows how to take." Albert said a lot of stupid things in a rage." I tried to save you from the troubles of the outside world, but you said to me like that, of course husband and wife should be honest with each other, but you turned me away from a thousand miles.
Catherine cried into tears, and Xiao A's words hurt her deeply, and men never need to bear any responsibility in this kind of thing, and all the consequences were silently borne by the weak 'woman'.
Although the weather was warm and comfortable, it was bitterly cold with Catherine, she shivered, her hands clasped tightly in front of her chest, her eyes were dark, everything in the room was gone, only Albert's ethereal image swirled there, and after a few minutes, Catherine suddenly spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, and fell from the edge of the bed to the ground, unconscious.
Xiao Ah was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly shouted for help.
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