Chapter Thirty-Eight: Camillica's Letter
Constantinople, the Golden Consul Palace.
Suleiman, the god-emperor of the Seljuk Empire, was sitting on the ivory throne of the successive Solomon emperors, staring at a piece of stationery in a daze.
The letter was written by the traitorous Empress Cameriga, who had lost contact for four years, urging him to stop indulging in the glory of the capture of Constantinople, and to recognize as soon as possible that the strength of the two sides had been diminished, to withdraw his strength to the Bosphorus, and to concentrate on the defense of Asia Minor.
In other words, Constantinople will definitely not be able to hold it.
For the daughter of Kamilica, Suleiman wants to say that he has no feelings, but that is false...... When he had not yet ascended the throne as the Emperor of God and assumed the post of Governor of Damascus, he was so fond of this daughter that he would even spare half an hour every night after heavy government work to patiently read bedtime stories to her.
However, from the moment he chose to embark on the path to power, the relationship with this daughter gradually drifted apart.
In other words, the imperial system of the Seljuk Empire, which led to the fact that any emperor would become a loner.
When he received the news of his daughter's treason, Emperor Suleiman was so furious that he even offered a reward for the head of his daughter who dared to disobey him.
However, he soon withdrew the bounty, not because he was worried about the queen (in fact, the succubus queen had no true feelings for her husband and daughter), but because he suddenly remembered the unfinished "One Thousand and One Nights".
I remembered the warm time I used to spend with my daughter.
To tell the truth, since becoming the emperor, although the power and strength have almost climbed to the extreme, the happiness of being a human being has become less and less, so that every happiness in his past memories has been regarded by him as a treasure, and he often takes it out and tastes it.
Now, when he saw the letter sent back by his long-missing daughter, Suleiman was surprised and more angry at being fooled and provoked.
However, after he calmed down, he began to seriously think about his daughter's suggestion.
What prompted him to change his attitude was, of course, the fact that his long-lost daughter had become a demigod - which meant that Cameriga was indeed qualified to talk to him on an equal footing.
And according to Camelliga, there are five demigods in her team alone......
The news is a bit scary. Six demigods are enough to become a decisive force in any faction, even if it is the transcendent empire of Seljuk, the number of demigods who are completely loyal to the emperor is almost that.
In other words, if Cameriga is willing to return to China, she can even wrestle with him, the emperor's father, on the spot. If that's the case, at least she's still on Seljuk's side......
However, from the description of the epistle, the reality is that Camelica is in the camp of the crusaders. As a result, the Empire's original war plan for the Crusaders was immediately overturned, and these six demigods who appeared out of nowhere had become a huge weight that overwhelmed the balance of war.
Now is not the time to think about how to hold Constantinople, but how to withdraw from Constantinople with dignity and keep Asia Minor.
Suleiman looked up at the young chief of the guard in front of him. This is a young man from Syria, alert and intelligent, and he is quite trustworthy on weekdays.
However, just a few minutes ago, it was the young captain of the guard who had brought him a letter from his daughter, and according to the judgment of his telemagicians, he had been manipulated by some kind of demigod order, rather than deliberately betraying His Majesty.
That law...... It's a bit like some kind of parasitic psychic creature that is so deeply embedded in his mind that it can't even be solved by ordinary psychic means. If you insist on uprooting him, the young captain of the guard will become a mentally and physically crippled fool - it would be better to kill him with a single sword.
"Take it down." Emperor Suleiman rubbed his eyebrows and announced the end of the chief of the guard: captivity.
After the young chief of the guard was brought down, a large-scale psychic investigation began to be arranged in Constantinople to prevent more people from being secretly manipulated by his good daughter Cameriga.
Emperor Suleiman silently paced into the inner room and was silent for a long time before taking out a candle.
The candle was lit, and soon, from the light of the fire that danced on the wick, a vague figure appeared.
"Koneo Petra!" Suleiman said solemnly, "I received a letter from Kamalica. ”
"Oh." The other side said, "What's wrong?" Finally remembering my good daughter? ”
"She sent me a letter in the camp of the crusaders, asking me to surrender Constantinople as soon as possible." Suleiman said in a deep voice.
"Then you can hand it over." Said the other side.
"That's what you mean?" Suleiman asked coldly.
"Nope." The opposite answers.
"That's Camelica's own initiative." Suleiman said majestically.
"My majesty, you seem to have mistaken something." The other side finally couldn't help laughing, "Do you think Camelliga is still the little girl who ran between us?" ”
"She is already a demigod and has inherited my position as Succubus Queen, and my entire legacy in Limbo City. Even Malkina is under her command, do you think I can still influence her? ”
"But she's still in that mercenary group called the Azure Sword." Suleiman frowned.
"Maybe she likes to play house." The other side said nonchalantly, "Didn't I also play the role of a slave, Your Majesty?" ”
Suleiman:..................
Well, when he met the succubus queen, the other party was indeed playing a slave girl in the slave market, waiting to be bought home by any man who didn't know whether to count "lucky" or "unlucky".
In this respect, these succubi do have quirky fetishes.
Ended up with the Succubus Queen...... To be exact, the correspondence of the former Succubus Queen. Suleiman walked out of the study again and pondered on the ivory throne for several hours before instructing the guards stationed next to him:
"Bring the chief guard back."
Soon, the chief of the guard, who had been imprisoned, returned to the hall of the Golden Consul Palace with shackles.
Despite being behind bars, he still has a nonchalant smile on his face, or the demigod behind the scenes who manipulated him has completely stripped him of his normal thinking abilities.
"Camelica, what exactly do you want?" Suleiman stared at the captain of the guard and asked in a deep voice, "I know you're listening!" ”
After a while, the head of the guard with a stiff smirk slowly changed his complexion.
He smiled and spoke, his voice already soft and feminine:
"I don't want anything, father. You can't give me what I want. ”
"You don't look like the kind of person who cares about the relationship between father and daughter." Suleiman patted the armrest of the Ivory Throne, "So why did you remind me?" ”
"Quite simply, because if the Seljuk Empire were to lose badly in the Holy War, someone would have the greatest benefit, and that would not be what I expected for the future." Camelica's voice laughed and continued, "So, I just hope you don't lose too quickly so as not to disrupt my plans. ”
"Someone?" Suleiman's eyes narrowed slightly, "Olympia, Apperius?" ”
"You don't have to guess anymore." Camerica said in a ethereal voice, "Go, leave Constantinople, go to Asia Minor, and try to hold her back." ”
"Then set your sights on Illania and prepare yourself for the future. Father, if you consider yourself a monarch with great talents, then you should know that when the general trend of history has been achieved, it is no longer something that can be stopped by the will of man. ”
"I don't want to see your head on the walls of Constantinople, and I don't want to hear in a few years or decades that you were killed in battle or murdered by the Praetorian Guard, that would be too cruel for my daughter."
"Let's live well, maybe we will have the opportunity to meet in the future, or even cooperate."
"I'm looking forward to that day."