Section 16: Assassination Plans

Donkmar was furious, and he complained to King Henry about Arold and the nobleman named Herman, but King Henry lay on the bed and only said slightly, and let him go down, and he had not been in the king's bedroom for more than ten minutes, although the room was full of strange smells that made him nauseous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The king is just old and confused, such a frontier dares to defy the royal family, will those dukes obey the king's orders in the future?" Donkmar said angrily to his friends when he returned to his room at the castle.

"It seems that His Majesty is very ill." A Saxon nobleman looked at the others and said cautiously.

"Yes, I used to be able to sit up from the bed, but now I can only lie down." Donkmar said, shaking his head.

"Then according to the agreement between His Majesty the King and the Dukes, Prince Otto will be the king, are you so willing, Lord Donkmar?" The Saxon nobleman said to Donkmar.

"This is the will of the king, what can I do?" Donkmar picked up the flask on the table, poured himself a glass of wine, and said.

"Lord Donkmar." Suddenly, several Saxon nobles looked at each other and knelt down on one knee in front of Donkmaar, much to Donkmaar's surprise.

"What are you doing here?" Donkmar stood up and asked in surprise.

"Lord Donkmar, it is a great pity for us that you were not chosen as the heir of your noble birth and royal blood, but we have decided to make you king even if you pay with your life." Several Saxon nobles swore to Donkmaar that if the nobles could support a king, not only would they be honored, but their families would also prosper.

"What do you want to do?" Although Donkmar had always thought so in his heart, he was still a little frightened when several Saxon nobles said it.

"There's only one way." The Saxon nobleman, who was the first to speak, said.

"What's the solution?" Donkmar asked curiously.

"You will only be able to inherit the throne if Prince Otto dies."

"What, you're going to let me kill my brother?" Donkemal's face is a little bad, killing blood relatives is a big taboo among nobles, although it is not without royal family members killing relatives in order to inherit the throne, but once this kind of thing is made public, it will be spurned by everyone, and even if you inherit the throne, you will be rebelled by the nobles.

"My lord, please don't worry, just leave this matter to us, you don't know about this matter at all, we will do it very secretly." The Saxon nobleman said to Donkmar.

"But, everyone knows that you are my friends, will this make people doubt me?" Donkmar hesitated as he paced the room, already tempted by his friend's words.

"We weren't the only guests in the castle, wasn't there the Duke of Mecklenburg? As long as the matter is done, and I throw down an item belonging to the Duke of Mecklenburg, no one will suspect us. The Saxon nobleman said to Donkmar.

"Okay, that's it." Donkmar clenched his fists, who didn't want to be a king, if according to Carolingian tradition, as the son of King Henry, he at least had the right to inherit, but now he was deprived for no reason, and the resentment in his heart was unimaginable.

"Dengden~." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the faces of Donkmar and the others suddenly changed, and they were even a little panicked.

"Who, who?" Donkmar asked in a loud voice.

"My lord, I'm the maid in the guest room, and it's time to change the bed in your room." The voice of the maid came from outside the door, and Donkmar and the others were relieved to hear that it was the maid, and when they opened the door, they saw two court maids walking in, and they walked into the guest room without squinting, and made the bed for Prince Otto's brother, and then took the changed bed.

"This maid is quite beautiful!" Looking at the back of the departing maid, a Saxon nobleman couldn't help but salivate.

"As long as you can help me ascend to the throne, this maid will accompany you to sleep at any time." Donkmar raised his glass and told his friends that it was popular for nobles to give each other maids or mistresses.

The maid carried the bed that had been changed from Donkmar down the narrow staircase, and the laundry room was on the lower level of the castle, where there was a dark river, but when the maid had put the dirty clothes and the bed in the hanging basket, she lowered the hanging basket down the aisle, and when she had done all this she turned away.

"Pei Na, where are you going?" The companion asked curiously.

"Oh, I'm a little unwell today, go back and rest first, you know the one of the month." The young maid said to her companion and left on her own, but when she was away from her companion's sight, she did not go to her room, but to Havena's.

The maid seemed to come often, she pushed open the door of Havina's room, and saw Havina lying on the bed, her graceful figure facing away from her, so she walked over, and when she was about to pat her hand on Havina's shoulder, suddenly, Havina turned around and grabbed her hand, and pressed her against the bed, and a bright dagger appeared in her hand and pressed against the maid's neck.

"How are you?" Havina saw that it was the maid Pei Na who was pressed under her, but she was surprised and withdrew the dagger in her hand.

"Ah, do you also carry a dagger when you sleep? Weird and scary. The maid Peina's cheeks were rosy red, and she had left a mark on her long swan-like neck, but she didn't blame Havena.

"Aren't you working today? What do you think of me? Havina laughed too, she reached out and hooked her fingers on Peina's chin, looking at her lips as tender as berries, and couldn't help but lower her head and kiss them.

The room was suddenly full of spring, and Havina had already conquered the little maid's body with great skill, her touch was like playing a lyre, her fingers were always able to press on the exact place of the strings, and soon made a blushing but wonderful sound, and after a long time the maid Pei Na made a high-pitched voice, and her body lay on the bed like a puddle of mud, and her eyes were like silk and her mouth made a sighing sound.

"Little baby is there any news, otherwise you wouldn't be here at this time." Havina looked at Pei Na, who was exhausted by her own play, put on her slippery clothes, and said with a sense of conquest.

"Uh, yes." The maid Pei Na came to her senses at this time, she had come to report information to Havina, but as soon as she stepped into this room, she always couldn't help it.

Every day, after Prince Otto had finished his affairs in place of the sick King Henry, he would visit his father who was lying on the sickbed, and report to the old king, and King Henry became more and more satisfied with the affairs handled by Prince Otto, and he was glad that he had chosen Otto as his heir, and at the same time did not regret that in order to help his second son ascend to the throne, he did not hesitate to force the dukes to violate the Carolingian tradition.

"There is no problem, you have handled it very well, the relationship between the nobles must be balanced, the interests of the bishop must be safeguarded, the trade routes must be opened, the cultivation of the serfs must be supervised, and you have done a very good job." King Henry said weakly.

"There's still a lot to learn." Prince Otto looked at the thin King Henry, and his heart couldn't help but be sour, and he couldn't help choking up and said.

"Learn from others who are more capable! How long I can live depends entirely on God's will. King Henry said with a sigh.

"I will donate some more land to the church so that they can pray before the Lord day and night." Prince Otto said.

"Ahem, Donkmar came to visit me today, you, you have to be careful of him." King Henry coughed violently and warned Prince Otto, but he was soon surrounded by physicians who gave the king various treatments, but did not alleviate the king's pain.

Prince Otto sadly left the king's bedchamber, and when he came out, it was getting late, and Prince Otto went to the prayer room in the castle, and he made the attendants stand outside the prayer room, and he knelt on the cushion in front of the altar, and he looked up at the cross above, and the Christ on the cross who replaced the sins of all.

"All-powerful Lord, merciful Christ, restore my father, King of East Francia! I'm willing to give everything for it. Prince Otto folded his hands and put his elbows on the prayer platform, he closed his eyes and prayed reverently, but at this moment, the door of the ear chamber of the prayer room opened a gap slightly, and a figure came out of the gap and slowly approached Prince Otto who was praying.