Chapter 1003: I'm Driving a Mecha in the Interstellar Space (26)
After Song Jin hijacked Dilith and drove Qingluan out of the palace, out of desperation and out of his own guilt, Leo could only do what she asked, but before that, his strong sense of responsibility prompted him to report the theft of the divine beast to the king and queen, and there was also his failure to do so.
At the moment when Song Jin left the palace, the guards informed the king and queen of this matter through Zhi Brain, and when they saw him come in, they didn't ask the reason, the queen frowned, looked at him with a slightly complicated look, and confirmed gloomily:
"Leo, you are what I grew up watching, you tell me honestly, Sophia's girl really escaped from the Interstellar Academy?"
The queen had actually received the news from the Interstellar Academy that Song Jin had defected from the academy, but she didn't believe it.
She knew the weak temperament of her own little daughter, and when she was sent to the Interstellar Academy, she didn't have any resistance, and even obeyed the arrangement without saying a word, how could she suddenly run out of the Interstellar Academy, and also stole the divine beast and kidnapped Dilith?
Could this be a game set up by Leo, just to make Sophia take the blame?
Although the queen and the king are the two supreme people in the interstellar empire, the superiors are quite suspicious, especially Leo in recent years, his reputation among the people has become higher and higher, and the power in his hands is also very huge, and even the guards in the palace are respectful to him, so that they have to guard against it.
For fear of stealing the beast and Dilis, Leo and the guards colluded and planned it.
After all, if the divine beast is lost, the authority and reputation of the royal family will definitely plummet, and once the royal family declines, the ultimate beneficiary will naturally be Leo, the marshal.
As the princess of the empire with the most promising succession, Dilith is undoubtedly a roadblock for Leo.
I don't know if it's cursed or the king can't, the three children born to the queen are all princesses, none of them are princes, otherwise the queen and the king wouldn't let Leo, a person with a foreign surname, be the marshal, all out of desperation, instead of trusting Leo.
I thought that the third child would be a son, so that they could secretly operate and transfer all the power that Leo now has to the younger son, but I never thought that it would be a daughter who came out, and I couldn't help but feel resentful.
It's not that the queen and the king haven't thought about secretly changing their son, but the queen's birth is a national event, which is quite concerned by everyone, and if you want to do something, you can't even kill the child when you know it's a daughter.
So, with the birth of her third daughter, Sophia, the queen watched Leo become more and more famous, full of resentment and anger that could not be vented, and at the same time became more and more unwilling to see this little daughter.
Leo didn't know why the queen would confirm this, but he honestly said, "Yes, Queen, Sophia... It did come out of the Interstellar Academy. ”
The king pondered for a while, his old eyes staring at him sharply, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but he said in a deep voice, "You said that she escaped and took away the divine beast and Dilith together, but what about the evidence?" ”
Evidence?
He brought almost nothing with him when he entered the palace, if he brought a mecha, the image of the mecha recorded as evidence, it would naturally be better, but at that time, even if everyone had a smart brain, no one thought that he would record this process.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I really don't have any evidence, but the guards saw it at the time," Leo said earnestly as he looked at them, "and you just have to find a random person to ask you to know if what I said is true." ”
The queen's eyes flashed slightly, and when she heard that only the guards had seen it, and there was no other evidence, her heart was overjoyed, and she was worried about what excuse she should find to reduce Leo's power, and this was sent immediately, and she was kind on the surface:
"Leo, it's not that we don't believe you, it's just that Sophia is the third princess of the empire after all, if you say that she stole the divine beast for no reason, what do you make others think of us."
"But the guards saw it." Leo opened his mouth to defend himself, in fact, he also wanted to tell them the truth about the previous incident, telling them that Sophia had every motive to take revenge on Dilis, but she was afraid that the king and queen would be disappointed in him, and for some reason, these words circled around her mouth, and finally did not come out.
The queen sighed, "It's not that we don't want to help you, we are also anxious if the beast is lost, and Dilis is still our daughter, so we naturally won't sit idly by and ignore her," the queen said so, but what she thought in her heart was not at all.
The beast was lost, although she and the king were angry and shocked, but then they thought that they could use this matter to restrain Leo, whether it was Leo's work or not, it was a good opportunity, if it was really Leo who stole the beast and kidnapped Dilith, they also saved the need to find Sophia, as long as Leo's power was reduced, it was only a matter of time before the beast and Dilith returned.
Besides, even if this matter has nothing to do with Leo at all, it was indeed Sophia who did it, but Sophia's timid girl still dares to do something to her sister? The divine beast is in Sophia, and it is not in the hands of their royal family, so it is better to take this opportunity to solve Leo.
Thinking of this, the queen sighed again,
"After the last incident, the entire interstellar people knew about the guards' hatred for Sophia, and if they were allowed to testify, it would not be enough to convince the public."
The king and queen glanced at each other, and said with a timely smile, "And Sophia, she has no need to steal the beast, especially Dilith is still her sister, Sophia's character I know best, she is kind by nature, and it is impossible to kidnap her second sister, it must be the marshal that you are mistaken." ”
Seeing that the king and queen were so eager to clear Sophia's crimes, Leo, who had always been righteous, couldn't help but be a little annoyed, but he still said in a respectful voice:
"Your Majesty, Queen, I know that Sophia is your daughter, and it is normal for you to not want to believe that she will become so depraved, but Sophia has made such a big mistake, if you don't stop it in time, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster in the future!"
Song Jin's ruthless hand to Dilith at that time made everyone present tremble, and Leo had to worry about his past cowardice.
The queen was very embarrassed when she saw him say this, "But since the last incident, Sophia has not been close to us, and even her mind has been cut off from us, if she knows that we doubt her like this again, wouldn't it be ......"
She stopped, and sure enough, Leo immediately answered, "If the Queen and Your Majesty allow it, I am willing to come forward on behalf of the Queen and Your Majesty and capture Sophia back." ”
"But aren't you going back to the border in a few days? Won't that be too much of a hassle for you. ”