As the time slowly moved forward in minutes, the nobles fell silent again, and Veronica brought a map from Sidney, on which several areas were marked with stones and branches:

"December Square and the surrounding area were filled with rioters, and every street from the South Gate to the East Gate was blocked by them. [800] () The fastest way to get to Queens was to the south of Queens, where we noticed a small number of guards on duty confronting the advancing crowd, and in any case these places were not suitable for the passage of guò. ”

She gestured and explained:

"After entering the inner city, there are Praetorian Guards guarding it, even if there is a problem with the patrol cavalry and the city guards, these troops directly under the imperial family will be loyal to their duties, and there are still a small number of monks from the temple of the Yanjun Knights stationed here, even if there are high-level forces infiltrating, it is impossible to disintegrate their combat effectiveness in a short time."

She looked back at Brando and asked, "How sure are you?" ”

Brando shook his head and said truthfully, "Not in one percent." ”

The night wind blew through the hills, through the woods, and the corners of the map rattled, and the stones and branches that pressed on it were scattered all over the ground, and everyone present felt the deep chill of the night.

Veronica didn't care about the map, it didn't make much sense anyway, she looked at the young Eruin with a look of disbelief, as if the answer to this question should have been this way.

The female legion commander said in a harmonious voice, "Then at least avoid the rioting people, they may be your help." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult," said Baron Khomeez, the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Flower and Leaf, and the elder brother of Faina. This is a young man with good facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the upright air of a soldier: "The current riots are far less than the records of twenty-three years ago, not to mention the turmoil of the year of change, I am afraid it is difficult to have an impact on the inner city." ”

Everyone else in the room fell silent, apparently not taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the unrest. But Brando felt that it was not so simple, and it would be fine if behind the rioting people was the shadow of the One Thing, but the shepherds rarely returned empty-handed, once they were launched. There must be an attempt.

However, he didn't say what he thought, he knew that in this era, it was difficult for nobles to distinguish between factions among cultists, even those of insight like Veronica. It is also often confused with the union of all things.

And he was able to tell the difference, but he couldn't explain why he knew the cultists so closely, which was a very taboo topic, and he simply kept silent.

Like Brando, I'm afraid the only one with a calm face is the old prime minister Nidwin. This once powerful man in the empire became silent again after startling everyone before, and he didn't say a word about everyone's discussions, only watched quietly, but his spirit was full, as if he was not afraid of this cold night, and his squinted eyes always flashed with brilliance.

Little Niederwin, who was beside Old Niedwin, hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Her Majesty the Queen has known for a long time that there are heretics behind her back to incite the people, and she doesn't care about it, she is afraid that she is just trying to kill people. ”

It is said that little Nedwin, but the current chancellor of the empire is actually in his sixties. According to the lifespan of the people of Vaughnde's Black Iron, he has also entered middle age, although he is not allowed to be the new queen, but he finally stepped down from the political throne at the last moment, and the understanding and speculation of the queen's political intentions can be said to be the most authoritative among the people present. （

"The Bankel region is politically unstable, and killing people is indeed the best way—" Veronica nodded.

Only Brando frowned, as a man from the civilized world, the topic of slaughtering civilians was still a little unacceptable to him, although he understood that such a topic was nothing to the nobles.

In nature. Social animals often deplete their populations to the point where they have reached a balance with nature, and the same is true for humans, whether through war or internal strife, especially in times when expansion is difficult.

The root cause of the turmoil in the empire's heart stemmed from the severance of supply lines. Moreover, the war between Metz and the south of the Evergreen Walkway looks like it will not end for a while, and it will only be a long time before the population that consumes food will be reduced.

"What do you think, Lord Nedwin?"

Veronica looked at the old prime minister on the side.

Old Niedwin sighed at this time: "In the early years, Her Majesty the Queen was not like this. ”

Brando was stunned, he didn't expect the former prime minister of the empire to say such a sentence, and the others were similar. But the old chancellor's words evoked memories of older aristocrats, such as the Grand Duke of Meholtofen.

"Indeed," the latter nodded, "It is indeed unexpected that His Majesty will become what it is today. ”

"What was it like before?" Brando asked suddenly.

It wasn't that his curiosity was sparkling, but he realized that old Nedwin might have meant something by suddenly interjecting into the subject.

"Captain Veronica should have a memory."

Veronica was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly: "In the past, Her Majesty the Queen was called the kindest princess in the empire, but that was already when she was a princess. ”

"I remember clearly," said the Grand Duke Meholtofen, smiling, "at that time we studied aristocratic etiquette together at the Royal Academy of Griffins, and Her Royal Highness often talked to us young people about the future and ideals, and she was of course most concerned with the status of the empire, but at that time she thought that the Cruz people did not have to go through war, but also through commerce and development to gain prosperity and power......

"Yes, I was a staunch opponent back then," Veronica couldn't help but laugh, as if remembering the youthful days of the past: "I was about the same age as Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I could be half angry with her innocence every time, but Her Royal Highness at that time was indeed much worse than she is now, and she was especially concerned with commerce, hoping to expand into the Black Forest through Guò and trade links within civilizations to achieve the prosperity of the second civilization since the return to glory." ”

Hearing this, Brando couldn't help but touch his nose, thinking to himself how this strategy was familiar.

"To be honest," the female army leader's tone couldn't help but lower: "I actually agree with her more now, but I can't tolerate her splitting the empire, and she violated the rules of the game for the nobles by taking action against the princes." ”

At this time, Brando suddenly realizes that she knows too little about the queen of this empire, and that in another part of history, she is just an over-the-top character. The period of her reign in the empire existed as an era of continuity between the two great emperors.

The Silver Queen, known as Constance on the High Throne, was the most peaceful period of the Empire. The only memorable thing is the Third Holy War, which is destined to be a footnote to the next even larger war, which is already the experience of another legendary emperor.

And as for the princess era of this queen, and even the history of her girlhood. But little is known.

Brando, too, found that his knowledge of the time of the Queen, Princess Xià, was limited to a few descriptions of Tulaman.

Why has she changed so much?

Brando suddenly remembered a conversation at that time, and couldn't help but subconsciously mutter: "...... So what did she see in that seal, apart from crystallization? ”

Old Nedwin suddenly looked up, looked at Brando shrewdly, and shook his head.

"Nobody knows, but I have a guess."

The two of them are playing dumb riddles, and others are confused, but only Brando can understand. The problem is back to square one.

It was a question that even Tulaman was vague about, but the old man in front of him told him:

I'm guessing --

He was stunned for a moment, and immediately stared at the former prime minister of the empire.

The old man was silent for a moment before he spoke, "I have heard a saying that someone has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess bring back a baby girl from there. ”

"What?"

"From the crystal."

Brando suddenly understood and realized that the key to the problem was the baby girl.

The old prime minister stopped talking and looked around with his eyes, and Duke Mehotofen and Little Niedwin, who were present, immediately understood and made excuses to retire, only Baron Hormez was slightly unclear about the situation. But then he was dragged away by his sister.

Faina glanced at Brando with some concern as she left.

Veronica was also ready to retire, but was left behind by the old prime minister.

"You stay, Legion Commander, you are also a party." He said: "In the past, I was skeptical of this statement, suspecting that it was a deliberate rumor, but it was only after witnessing what Her Majesty has done over the past few decades that I realized. ”

Neither Brando nor Veronica interjected, they understood that what the old prime minister was going to say next was the point.

Really. The old prime minister replied slowly:

“…… I suspect that the baby girl was a newborn species. ”

"What is a primordial species?" Veronica asked, a little puzzled.

Brando suppressed the turmoil in his heart, recalled the documents he had seen in the past, and explained to the female captain: "There are many theories about the firstborn species, but the Bugas believe that the greatest possibility is that the pure-blood gods ......"

"God's people?"

"It's not a god, it's a pure-blooded god, the Miner people are also the descendants of the thin-blooded gods, and the dark dragon Odin is also a god, but the real pure-blooded gods of the last generation are only the knights of the azure."

The old prime minister nodded slowly on the side: "Mr. Earl knows more than me, so the azure knight on the epic of the cangzhi is also a nascent species. ”

"Why is there a newborn baby girl on the final battlefield?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the descendants of Odin and the Witch Queen."

"This can't be," Brando shook his head, "The bloodlines of the gods are thin from generation to generation, and the descendants of Odin and the Witch Queen can only be Minr." He paused and asked, "Why do you think so, Lord Nedwin?" ”

The old prime minister was silent, as if hesitating, but finally made up his mind to speak: "Few people know that Her Royal Highness the Princess once made an oath of chastity after the end of the holy war, of course, this is a secret, and the person who bears the vow is Vala. ”

"Later, Her Majesty the Queen married the Duke of Olsen, and seven years later the Duke was assassinated by a cultist on his way to the Metz region, during which time the Queen gave birth to a total of seven princes and three princesses, and I thought that this was all over...... But then I suddenly figured out the joints, and after becoming suspicious, I quietly asked Vala to confirm that Her Majesty had never broken her vows. ”

"What!?"

Brando and Veronica couldn't help but let out a loud noise, they had never heard anything more bizarre than this.

"What about the princes and princesses?"

The old prime minister nodded: "Since then, I have begun to be suspicious, on the one hand, I have announced my seclusion under the pretext of no longer interfering in the internal affairs of the empire, and on the other hand, I have secretly investigated, and finally found some clues. I have discovered that Her Majesty has been secretly supporting some well-known alchemists for the past ten years, and she has exterminated the dark cultists of East Mez and imprisoned Mayad, in fact, all in order to obtain the blood of the gods in the hands of the shepherds. ”

"You mean ......"

"I suspect that Her Majesty the Queen is trying to reproduce the newborn species, those princes and princesses are her masterpieces, of course, she claims to the outside world that these children are her own, and her marriage to Duke Olsen has also become a good cover-up, but in fact, there have long been doubts within the empire, after all, Her Majesty's body does not look like a fertile woman."

"Wait," Brando suddenly felt a little creepy, and he couldn't help but think that the next Emperor of the Cruz people was actually an android? However, he immediately reacted that the eldest son of the emperor of the empire was an exception, because it was the son of the eldest brother of Constance, and she took the throne from her brother, so she would eventually return the throne to the eldest brother's bloodline, which was also one of the promises made by the silver queen to the dragon and the ancestor of the empire at that time.

"Nothing." He waved his hand, signaling that he was overthinking.

The two looked at him strangely, but did not ask.

However, Brando thought of another question, "Since Her Majesty is trying to reproduce the nascent species, what is her intention?" Where did the newborn species she brought back from the final battlefield go? ”

He asked this question, but he didn't expect the old prime minister to shake his head: "I don't know, let's not say that the pure-blood gods can be reproduced with the power of mortals, and I don't know why Her Majesty the Queen is obsessed, but the newborn seed back then did not fall into her hands in the end." ”

"What?"

"I happened to investigate this matter, and the child's cunzài was artificially covered up, and only a few people knew about her cunzài. And among the three of them, I found a man named Pamid. Monsieur of Andor, it is a pity that I went one step too late, and by the time I found him, this gentleman had already been called by the Lord, and I had spent a great deal of money to buy from his widow all the notes of his life, and from the words contained therein I learned the truth of the matter. ”

"I'm sure, Monsieur Earl, it was your grandfather who helped Her Highness the Princess at the time cover up the affair, and the baby girl was eventually taken away by a woman named Gloria, who was not from the Empire - and I went the wrong way at first, I thought she was close to your grandfather, and at one time wasted a great deal of time on it, but found nothing. Later, I changed my mind and turned to the people close to your grandfather, only to find out that this woman was once your father's fiancée, and that there happened to be a princess named in the royal genealogy of the Eruin Kingdom. ”

…… (To be continued.) )xh118I580