While Eder was busy with the army reserves for the past few days, the old king Carol I was gradually losing his health. It seems that it was the birth of the little prince Victor that made the breath that he had been holding up until now relaxed. Now that the old king had difficulty even walking with support, everyone now knew that the days of the monarch who led Romania to independence and gave it decades of development and prosperity were numbered.

Faced with the situation of their own monarch, the Romanian people also spontaneously prayed for this majestic king, hoping that he would continue to lead Romania to prosperity and strength. It's just that the years have changed by anyone's will, and it carries with it too much vitality for this monarch. Now death is quietly waiting, and he is going to take the life of this monarch.

After dealing with the army reserves, Eder also tried to spend as much time as possible with his father. Quite a few politicians and former prime ministers have now arrived in Bucharest, where they will witness the first transfer of power to the Romanian king.

On the night of October 9th, Prime Minister Bletianonu was ready to go to bed, and now the government has a lot of work to do during the day, but he looks at the economic boom caused by the outbreak of war, and in his heart he thinks that under this situation, he can make the Romanian economy grow by more than 25%.

It's just that now he's chatting with his wife before bed.

"Now the king is not in good health. I don't know if the country can develop peacefully like the old king after the crown prince succeeds to the throne. ”

Prime Minister Blettianu replied after hearing his wife's words. "It's impossible. Our Crown Prince is a man of great ambitions, but it is a question of whether Romania can afford his ambitions. ”

"Click~Click~Click"

The Prime Minister and his wife were talking about the crown prince when suddenly there was a knock on the door, which knocked the Prime Minister and his wife into a jump. It's okay to talk about the crown prince in private, but who made him prime minister.

Prime Minister Brettianu asked loudly through the gate. "What's the matter?"

The familiar voice of the housekeeper who has been serving for many years came. "Master, the palace sent someone to let you rush over, the king is dying."

After hearing the butler's words, Prime Minister Brettianu quickly put on his clothes and said to his wife. "I don't think I can come back tonight, so you can rest by yourself."

The Prime Minister's wife knew that she needed her husband to come to the palace at this time, so she also talked about it. "You should also take care of your health."

Prime Minister Brettianu followed the butler to meet the guard who was delivering the news in the living room, and was riding in the guard's car to the palace. Of course, he was not the only one who was urgently recruited into the palace, the former Prime Minister Sturre, the Minister of War, General Courtois, the Chief of the General Staff, General Prieshan, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, and others were all recruited into the palace. The handover of the Romanian throne will also be excessively in their sight.

And the royal family has long since gathered around the old king. The head of the Romanian royal family, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family of Germany, also sent people. It was also interesting to note that Eder's cousin Ferdinand had come on behalf of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family. Interestingly, this Duke Ferdinand, who is more than ten years older than Eder, was the king of Romania in his previous life, but now he is unlucky to meet Eder, a traveler in later generations, and snatch the throne.

In Carroll I's room, Queen Elizabeth stood affectionately beside the sleeping King Carroll, caressing her husband's already wrinkled cheek with her own hand. But the king did not react to this, and the Eder couple stood beside the queen, and Sophie Marie still held the little prince Victor in her arms.

The crown prince looked at his father, who was sluggish and sleeping, and he turned his head to look at Viscount Edri, who had been by the old king's side, and asked in a tone that could not hide his anger. "What's going on with my father?"

The court steward spoke with red eyes and a tone of self-reproach. "Just now, His Majesty wanted to read the book, and I was going to get it. But His Majesty insisted on taking it himself, so I helped him over. Who knew that when I walked to the door, His Majesty's feet slipped and I didn't hold on to it, and then it became like this. ”

When Viscount Edri finished speaking, the sixty-year-old man began to weep bitterly like a child who had fallen into a catastrophe.

Looking at the appearance of the old man who had served the royal family for decades, Eder couldn't blame him, so he had to come forward and persuade him. "Uncle Adri, I don't blame you for this, don't blame yourself like this."

Hearing the words of the crown prince as a child, the palace steward put away his crying, but still silently kept his tears.

At this time, one of the guards walked up to the crown prince and whispered. "The Prime Minister, the Patriarch and others have arrived."

Edel replied. "Got it."

The little prince Victor, who was in Sophie-Marie's arms, seemed to wake up and began to cry, and for a moment the quiet room began to become noisy. Sophie Marie busily coaxed her son. As if startled by the cry of the little prince, the Kingdom of Carol opened his eyes and looked at his wife and children beside him.

Queen Elizabeth looked at her husband who had woken up and said in surprise. "Carl, you're awake."

"How long did I sleep."

"It's been less than two hours."

"Elizabeth, I feel myself being called by the Lord. Queen, I can't keep my promise to be with you at the wedding, and I hope you won't blame me. ”

Listening to her husband's words, Queen Elizabeth covered her mouth and cried. "No, I know Carl you've always kept your word."

"Eder"

"Father, I'm here."

Hearing his father's call, the crown prince hurriedly walked to his side and held his father's withered hand and spoke. Queen Elizabeth knew that her husband had much to say to her son, so she asked everyone else in the room to leave for a while.

After only the king's father and son remained, Carol I said. "Eder now I don't worry at all about your abilities as a king, now your grades are much better than mine. Now I just want to ask without regret, are you ready to participate in this big war? ”

Eder looked at Carol I, who was really looking at him, and said it without concealment. "I will take Romania to the battlefield."

"Is it the Entente?"

"Yes father, we can only join the Entente in this big war."

Hearing his son's unreserved words, Carol I was not angry. My son didn't grow up in Germany, so it's understandable that he doesn't have feelings for the country.

So Carol I continued. "Eder, you are more like the King of Romania than I am. I don't blame you, though. I just hope that you will provide the necessary help to the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family in their difficult times, and you should be able to do so. ”

To the Sigmaringen family, which his father was obsessed with, Eder promised. "Father, you just don't say that we will help them, after all, my name is also Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen."

After receiving the promise of his son, Carol I also made a difference in his own heart and told him. "Let the ministers in, they must have been waiting for a while."

"Yes, father."

Edel opened the door to his room and spoke to the waiting crowd outside. "Now everybody come in."

As the crown prince finished speaking, the prime minister, former prime ministers, military leaders, and religious leaders all walked into the king's room, and of course the royal family was among them. A dozen people walked into the king's room, and the originally empty space was immediately filled.

Carol I greeted them one by one and chatted with them. Everyone knows what they're here for, so keep it short and try to save time.

After greeting them, Carol I asked Crown Prince Eder to walk to him, and he sat up and spoke to the ministers and the military in front of him. "As the crown prince of Romania, Eder von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was undoubtedly a worthy king. After my death, there will be his succession to the Romanian throne. You will pledge to the Crown Prince to abide by your oath. ”

The government and military dignitaries and nobles present all knelt down on one knee and held their chests and bowed their heads to speak. "We are willing to keep our vows and let God bear witness to this moment."

After watching them do all this, Carol I seemed to use all her strength, and fell crooked into the arms of Edel, who had come to catch her.

At 1:18 a.m. on October 10, Carol I died in Bucharest at the age of 75. He reigned for 48 years.

Now Romania, after the reign of Carol I, will usher in the reign of King Eder. So how the new king will lead Romania to the best of this great war will be his main task now.