Chapter 5: Belia

"What about the two medics?"

"It was sent to the walls of the Jukuntina Palace, near the strait, and it should have been disposed of secretly, and the corpse I ordered it to be thrown into the sea, and it was arranged. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tetisius hurriedly answered the prince's most anxious question.

Now John was a little relieved, and he whispered to Tetisius, "You and Axepocus must take care of Mikhail's affairs." Let's just say that if I ascend to the throne, Mikhail will be the warden of the stables, and he will be in charge of the imperial army. In addition, Theodoro is also one of my men, and I will make a wish to give him the title of 'Grand Chief' and Co-Emperor, so I sent a secret order to him to immediately strike a war with General Marinus and negotiate peace, and the whole army will advance to the imperial capital to support me. ”

"Where's Gawain?"

"Make peace with him as well, restore him the honor of Grand Duke of Anatolia, and recognize his and my sister's dominion over Tarsus."

"Where's BreΓ±us?"

"Tell the Athletic Party to pull out a few eloquent and courageous people, and find a few similar ones in the Priests' ranks, to attack Brenus and my sister in public opinion first, and to shift the responsibility for the defeat of Philo Melellon over. And once the situation in the imperial capital stabilized, he organized a legion expedition and captured the couple from Misia and Lydia. To do this, we also need to win over Raymond of Laudisia, who has a good team to use on our side. ”

"What about the Normans?"

"I can only imitate my father's old tricks." When John heard this, he sighed, "Loot and loot and try to piece together a hundred thousand gold coins to send to Salian Caesana, so that he may send troops to attack Bohemond's rear." In addition, I will give the Venetians another fleet to cut off the supply routes of the Norman bandits, and I will give them the rights and interests of Corfu and Kefalonia, and if the 'great Dalmatian nobles' there (the Byzantine title given to the Venetian governor) are not satisfied, some ports of Crete and Moria may be negotiated. ”

"These are all necessary sacrifices for the foundation of His Royal Highness!" Tetisius hurriedly bowed his head and agreed.

On a summer night in Brachna Palace, a cool breeze drumming in from both sides of the "Isaac Tower" on the palace wall, with the chirping of insects, John raised his hand slightly, paused in mid-air for two seconds, and then patted Tetisius on the shoulder, adding, "If my father were still alive, he would have to flee back to the camp of the birds and Harold, right?" ”

"That's how it should be."

"Then you should return to Prusa in three days, and after contacting Theodoro, you will attack the bird's camp and completely destroy everything there, so as to prevent future troubles." After John finished speaking, he really walked towards the river hall.

When he appeared in the River Hall, Queen Daracena, Empress Irene, and Patriarch Maastas had been waiting for a long time in their respective seats under the vault.

John wept and walked in, but instead of kneeling in front of his mother, he took his grandmother's hand and kept telling him about the bad omen that had happened during the divination at the Cathedral of the Holy Will, and his bitter concern for his father, which he did not expect to become a reality nightmare.

The Queen Mother also shed tears, and after comforting her grandson, "I have already discussed it with the Patriarch." Immediately, all the temples and monasteries throughout the empire will donate one-sixth of the stored grain, wood, oil, and money to you, and the Patriarch will be willing to give you 10,000 more men. Now that my son's fate is uncertain, you are the sole regent of the Empire, with absolute monarchical power, to negotiate or declare war on any enemy. How about Irene, you shouldn't object to my arrangement, right? ”

Over there, the upright Patriarch nodded firmly.

"No, because the crown prince is also my child." Erin sat in a high chair, looking sad but calm.

"That's good, whoever still disobeys John at this time is the out-and-out mortal enemy of the Empire." Darasena said with a strong breath.

"Grandmother, please allow me to follow you to the convent of the Savior where you live, and I would like to listen with admiration to your disposition and arrangement of the present situation." John finally pleaded with his grandmother.

This made Darasena very fond of agreeing, and she could still rejoice in the appearance of her grandson at the dawn of her grandson, who endured the great pain and suffering of the possible loss of her son.

Irene returned alone to her own palace, beneath the inner walls of the Blachna Palace, under the watchful eye of the Isaac watchtower, which the Emperor had arranged for him to hate Anna's escape.

In the cold and silent palace, Erin continued to sit there alone, and as she sat and sit, tears began to flow from her eyes.

Alexios's defeat and disappearance, far from making her happy, plunged her into truly great sorrow.

Because this person is the only man she has loved and hated in her life since she was twelve years old.

She will never forget how happy she was when Alexios, with the support of her family, marched into the Golden Gate of the imperial capital with a mighty army, and she sat on her little shoulder and followed behind! "I will live with you in the Grand Palace, have children for you, and support the country for you." Previously, Erin happily assured her husband.

But when they arrived at the arena next to the palace, when the charming former queen, the Alanyan woman Marlena, stood there, pitifully begging for the protection of the new emperor, and saw Alexios staring at each other's eyes, Erin's heart was broken......

In the end, she also compromised, and she could share the emperor with Marlena.

But the emperor is becoming more and more cold to her, she is petite and beautiful, and she is also very protile, but because of the relationship between the Ducasse family, it may also be because the emperor has a different aura and charm in Marlena.

When Anna was born, Irene was also lying in the purple lion palace, with her infant daughter. And the emperor has now built a new Brachna palace in the north of the city.

Erin felt that this new palace had nothing to do with her, and that the emperor had not built it for her at all, but for another woman.

That Brachna Palace is nothing more than a beautiful golden cage to yourself!

Later, the Emperor actually moved the whole of Komnenos to the Brachna Palace, and Irene felt that her heart had been abandoned like the old Grand Palace, and a clutter of vines grew there freely.

But now in this fortress-like oppressive and gloomy court, Irene is the only one who is crying for the emperor.

Until a handmaiden with her head covered appeared before her eyes.

"Who are you?" Erin came back from her sorrow, gently wiped her tears, and asked.

"Mistress of the Empire, O Honorable Empress, I am the domestic servant of the wife of the chief of the palace guard, and my name is Belia, a nameless and a slave."

"Yes, I know your mistress, what kind of news did you bring to Eudohia?"

"The Brachna Palace is about to collapse, Mount Olympus is about to sink into the sea, and the ship of the Komnenos dynasty is about to be swallowed up by the whirlpool. Queen, my mistress has made me dare to speak bluntly, your son John is a fierce beast, he will kill your majesty, and he will kill you, he is no longer the emperor and your son. ”

Hearing this, Erin laughed sadly, and instead of answering, she said to Belia, "According to Yudohia, I should run away now?" (To be continued.) )