514 The royal party and the imperial party, a difficult choice
"Your Majesty! I am worthy of maintaining military discipline and suppressing the rebels!"
Roydas cried, "Pity my son, who was secretly ambushed by traitors, and a whole cavalry regiment is dead...... Dead ......"
There was a gasp in the hall, and the Iron Fist Count Roydas Jr. and the entire Norton cavalry legion were finished!?
Before, the petitioning officers and soldiers and the congratulatory telegrams in the sky were extremely noisy, and no one knew what was happening further away, but they did not expect that on this festive night, there would be an extremely tragic battle!
Theresia was also shocked, and her deep voice shook the hall: "What's going on!?"
Ruimac looked at Qi Li in horror, the "one cavalry" that Finn said before turned out to be Little Roydas and the entire cavalry legion!?
Qili looked back at Rimako, and the calmness in her eyes made Rimako realize.
The war is not over yet, the war is not only a contradiction between himself and his eldest brother, not only the route of the Sachidon Kingdom, but also a duel between the two factions of the Order Alliance.
It looks like you've become the vanguard, so let's charge ahead and win a real and complete victory!
In an instant, Prince Rhemak made a choice, he spent half a second sorting out his thoughts, organizing his words, and stepped out of the crowd and said in a loud voice: "Tell Your Majesty, Marshal Sylvie should have told you about the Seventy-Fourth Legion. The marshal helped me to thwart my eldest brother's plot, and I thought at the time that if he dared to seize the legion, there must be someone else organizing the army to rebel, so I took the legion to the West Fort. ”
"Sure enough, on the way I met several heavily armed troops, all of whom were there to suppress the petitioners. There were many clashes that broke out in the meantime, but fortunately I found the Duke of Prell's troops and defeated them together. ”
Rimac lowered his head, and his tone became heavy and regretful: "I don't know the situation of Count Roydas, after all, the troops of me and Duke Prell are too fierce, and I accidentally ......"
The faces of the generals in the hall have become ugly, if you are not careful, are you showing off or intimidating?
But no one refuted it, since the 74th Army of Rimac entered the war, it has always been the most advanced equipment and the most flexible tactics, often doing the work of four or five legions at a time, and often winning undefeated. A cavalry legion is really not enough for the seventy-fourth legion.
As for the "Duke of Prell's troops" mentioned by Rimako, even if Li Qi is not here, people's hearts are blowing cool air. The scene of the decisive battle in the north a while ago is still vivid. With less than one legion, he cleanly defeated the entire flank of the Northern Coalition Army, directly captured the Lion King City, and cut off the back route of more than 200,000 Northern Coalition troops.
With this unit present, a mere cavalry corps was killed, and it can really only be said that it was "accidental".
However, Ruimako's words still brought out Fei Gong, and made people have a clearer understanding of the origin of the situation tonight.
"What do you mean by carelessness! You accidentally wiped out the entire cavalry legion, and there are not even a few people alive!? You are planning a rebellion!"
Roydas jumped to his feet and roared in a swagger: "They are all troops I have transferred to maintain order!
Rimako sneered: "Your order? My eldest brother came to seize the legion, and it was also your order? It was also your order to use force against the petitioning officers and soldiers? Do you have His Majesty's order?"
"You're just a legion commander, do you want Your Majesty to give you an order personally?"
Roydas gritted his teeth and said, "I'm the deputy marshal, I'm in charge of the security of the West Fort, of course I can give orders! You acted without receiving the order, you are not a traitor, who else is!?"
From the point of view of military law, there is indeed no problem with this.
Based purely on military law, Rimacko is indeed guilty.
The atmosphere at the scene was suddenly a little embarrassing, and even Theresia was speechless for a while, and no one could say anything about Roydas's death of military law.
"I told Rimako to bring his troops to Fort West to beware of any rebellion," Sylvie stood up and looked at Roydas with a provocative gaze: "I have violated military law, so what?
Roydas was stunned, he didn't expect Sylvie to run out to endorse Rimako, this is His Majesty's close best friend, or a marshal, her identity is transcendent, how can military law control her.
Brinto also hurriedly stood up: "Is tonight's incident just a matter of military law? The matter of the crown can only be decided by His Majesty himself, and only after this matter is determined can we talk about the issue of military law, why do you decide this matter on Your Majesty's behalf?"
If the tiger of Roydas is not killed, not only will the support of these "imperial parties" not be implemented, but the "rebellious clique of the royal party" headed by Roydas will not be able to sit down.
Theresia spoke, and Brinto and the other people's faces changed slightly: "Is little Roydas dead, he is a brave and determined paladin, I originally had high hopes for him." ”
The Empress looked a little tired: "Even if there is an argument, why do you have to come to this point? Roydas, please plead guilty, and I will forgive you for your crimes." ”
The Empress was obviously very angry at the actions of the royal party, but she did not want to punish them too harshly.
Sylvie pursed her lips, Brynto gritted his teeth, and Grand Duke Tangus snorted even more angrily.
But no one spoke out against it, Her Majesty the Empress's Sacred Heart is dictatorial, and jumping out at this time to advocate the pursuit of fierce rule will undoubtedly make the Empress's perception of the "Imperial Party" worse.
All eyes fell on Roydas, and even some members of the royal party urged him to confess with their eyes and mouths. Now that the queen has become the queen, the wheat has been baked into bread, and it is irretrievable, and the safety of her own family is still important.
"Please......
Roydas looked directly at the queen and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, where am I guilty!"
The old general's lips trembled, and he asked forcefully: "Didn't you swear to protect the noble inheritance before the broken tower? Aren't you going to return to tradition in order? Knights, viscounts, counts, grand dukes, and kings are all united by your side because of such an oath, why did you break your oath!?"
"Roydas ......"
The empress's face sank: "It is precisely because I want to protect the inheritance of the nobility and return the order to the tradition that I will wear the crown and face the doubts of people like you." ”
"For the sake of a just cause, for the sake of victory, many people have lost their lives. In the future, we will face even more serious challenges, and we will need to unite everyone under a nobler and more cohesive banner, and there will be more sacrifices. And you, for the sake of a change of form that may threaten your interests, do not hesitate to raise your sword against others. Is this the virtue of a nobleman, or is it the greed that refuses to lose even the slightest profit?"
She sighed and softened slightly, "Roydas, I know you're loyal, but you've been fooled. Now, tell me who is the instructor. Admit that you are too short-sighted, and you still have a chance to follow me forward and fight to protect the world. ”
Roydas's body trembled, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my belief in Kem and my loyalty to you have never changed!
He looked extremely painful: "The one who has been bewitched is you, Your Majesty!"
People gasped, and Theresia's pupils constricted.
"It's you, you bewitched Your Majesty......"
Roydas looked around at the crowd, his gaze swept over Sylvie, Brintor, Rimaco, Hathaway, Gordon, and others, before finally stopping at the tallest and most obtrusive pointed ear.
"It's you, you elf!"
He rushed at the pointy-eared ear, but was of course immediately stopped by Theresia's squire.
Roydas's mouth was still unwilling: "You have come to avenge the elves! you are instigating Your Majesty to deviate from her path, you are dragging Your Majesty into the abyss of sin that has broken your oath!"
The word "elf" suddenly oozes a chill in people's hearts, and it also makes everyone feel a strong sense of alienation from the situation in front of them and the change of the queen becoming the empress.
Indeed, it was the officers and soldiers who petitioned, the congratulatory telegrams from various countries and localities, and the support of all the "imperial parties" that brought things to this point. But in the end, it was this self-proclaimed half-elf righteous saint of the Fei Gong who made a key admonition at a critical moment, and the queen made up her mind to wear the crown.
Is it really a conspiracy of the elves?
Even Hathaway, gloatingly glaring at Kirly, frowned.
"I still have some sympathy for you, General Roydas......"
Qi Li shook her head and said, "As a result, you are still confusing right and wrong, are you saying that it is me, it is us who have distorted Kem's will and made Her Majesty change her original intention?"
There was a continuous low exhalation sound at the scene, well said!
Sure enough, Theresia's waist tightened, and her posture on the throne became erection, and she said coldly: "I really didn't expect that in order to escape responsibility, even the old things from millions of years ago were pulled out as a cover, and her heart can be punished!"
"Roydas, I'm with Kem, if you can't even insist on this understanding, what kind of faith in Kem and loyalty to me can you talk about!"
She waved her hand and said, "Take him down and put him in custody!"
"Your Majesty, you're sober!"
When he was dragged down by the squire, Roydas was still shouting. Most sneered, a few smiled bitterly, and some turned pale and their eyes flashed, looking like a catastrophe was coming.
As soon as one person seemed to be unclear, Norton Grand Duke Mitte Norton muttered in surprise as if he had just finished napping, "What's wrong with Roydas? What did he do to be locked up?"
The empress said in a cold tone: "Those who tried to stop the officers and soldiers from petitioning and colluded with Roydas are indeed linked together, and there is also the possibility that others will contribute to the trouble. ”
There was a tumultuous crowd of people kneeling down in the hall, shouting forgiveness in fear, all of whom had been in contact with Roydas, who had made statements about the queen's becoming empress, or the suppression of petitioning officers and soldiers.
These people then exposed each other, a series of people were pulled out, and a list of "royal rebel groups" quickly took shape.
The rebellious group led by the Grand Prince of Sachiton, needless to say, the crime of seizing the legion is ready-made, and there has also been a conspiracy with Roydas.
The Earls of Sunset and Morning Song of the Forgotten Forest immediately sent people to drive away the petitioners, and the Earl of Sunset contacted the kingdoms and principalities everywhere, preparing to join forces to resist the queen's wearing of the crown at tomorrow's high-level meeting, and the video records provided by the "warm-hearted" were conclusive.
The two Grand Dukes of Redstone were instructed by Roydas to transfer troops without authorization in an attempt to suppress the petitioning officers and soldiers, as evidenced by Prince Rimac and the officers of the Fei Gong, who could not be denied and were also one of the main culprits.
There were even more middle- and low-level aristocrats, who were either the executors of Roydas and the various culprits, or openly opposed the queen's wearing of the crown when they were blocking petitions from the barracks.
These nobles were found in various countries, including even certain counts and viscounts of Hadron and Elanis. There are even the nobles of the original Valentine Kingdom, who believe that if the queen becomes the empress, the Valentine Kingdom will lose the possibility of recovering the country, and they are clamoring to use radical means to stop it.
"Our focus tonight is to look forward, not to judge the criminals",
The list was so thick that Theresia's face was extremely ugly, and she threw the list to Brinto: "Including the viscount and the legion commander, people above this level will be directly dealt with by me, and the viscount and the legion commander and those below will be organized by you to organize an investigation committee and detain them for careful trial." ”
Brinto bowed down to answer the order, and when he looked up, his face was indifferent, only a flickering gaze leaked the tide in his heart.
dragged the members of the royal party on the scene down, and there was a small number of people in the hall, and the empress sighed: "So it seems that the head of this royal party, or the main messenger behind the scenes, is still very hidden." ”
It seems that the Empress is a little dissatisfied with the list ending at Roydas, and of course she may be trying to find a way to alleviate Roydas's guilt, and she still has a heart to save the loyal old general.
Then Duke Norton was focused by countless glances and countless fingers......
"Yes, I'm going to sign that initiative," the fat man with big ears and big ears looked puzzled: "Didn't Your Majesty say that the empire is not good? Why is she going to be the empress again? I think Roydas is right, there are villains around Your Majesty!"
He said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you are not very old, you are about the same as me, and sometimes you do have to have more eyes. Like this time, I didn't want to come, and I couldn't help much. There's a bastard in the house who says he can eat dragon meat here, but it turns out that it's just a dragon! I'm going to punish that bastard when I go back!"
Many people burst out laughing, and Qi Li also felt miserable, so she turned her head and stroked her forehead, pushing this guy out to be the culprit? That was really the biggest joke of this era.
The corners of Theresia's mouth were obviously twitching, but she didn't know whether she was struggling to laugh or be angry, she said lightly: "Then now that I am the empress, as the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Norton, do you oppose or support it?"
"Uh......"
The Fat Archduke said, "If you promise us that Norton will become a kingdom, and then marry Norton......"
The sound of pumping gas converged into a bellows-like tidal sound in the hall, and everyone looked at this archduke with frightened eyes, what a mistake this guy was, this is not a stupid person, a psychopath!
"Alas, you misunderstood, how could I be stupid enough to ask to marry Your Majesty, I still have self-knowledge", the fat man shook his head repeatedly, and the oil flowers on his hands could be seen, I was afraid that he was not gnawing on some meat just now.
He smiled flatteringly at Theresia: "I just proposed that I marry the Duchess of Transnesia, so that I will not be a family with the Empress." ”
Kiri coughed repeatedly, glad Catherine wasn't here.
The others fell into a terrible silence, and finally the fat man realized that something was wrong, and he looked around and said blankly, "I...... Did you say something wrong?"
"Hehe......"
Theresia laughed out loud and sneered: "Is that why I still have to make an agreement with other kingdoms and principalities through marriage?"
The fat man nodded subconsciously: "What? Is there something wrong? Hasn't it always been like this?"
"But I ...... There aren't so many sisters", Theresia threw a cold look at the fat man and waved her hand, "He's also a member of the traitorous party, so let's take it down." ”
The attendant carried the fat duke away, and when he left the hall, he could still hear his sharp shout: "It's okay if you don't want a sister, and you can adopt it!"
The queen shook her head and cheered up again: "I will deal with the matter of betrayal of the party, so don't continue to talk about this, and now start sorting out the imperial decree." ”
"I put on the crown and build an empire, which does not mean that the promises and oaths of the past are nullified. On the contrary, it is to better fulfill the promise and protect the oath. Therefore, the content of the Oath of the Broken Tower, as well as the provisions of the laws and regulations made by the Order Alliance, will be summarized in the imperial decree. ”
"The Empress is wise!"
"Divine Emperor Peerless!"
"My Emperor is great!"
People raised their arms and shouted, the queen is also reassuring the countries and princes. What has changed now is just a formality, and even if there will be changes in the future, it is clear that the empress wants to wrap the Broken Tower Oath with the Empire, not abandon it.
An attendant entered the hall through a side door, with a graceful posture and flexible steps, holding a large thick book.
The others looked at the purple-haired girl with slightly strange eyes, if nothing else, her right hand was wearing a silver glove, which was probably a mechanical prosthetic hand like the empress.
Kiri's eyes flashed, Nama!?
Nama glanced at everyone generously: "I am Nama, the holy daughter of Longerde, and I serve as a clerk by His Majesty's side, responsible for checking the provisions of the decrees made by the Order Alliance......"
Nama really became the saint of Longerde, and when she came to Theresia, it seems that she inherited the divine will of Longerde, so I don't know which one still maintains a sober will, and what kind of justice it is.
On this night, taking advantage of the presence of most of the high-ranking officials of the former Order Alliance, Theresia took out the corresponding French decree and some of the details of the Oath of Breaking the Tower to agree on it, and determined it to be the founding imperial decree of the Dawning Empire.
A bit of a Magna Carta feel......
Qi Li thought so, and shook her head again, no, it's not Magna Carta.
She looked at Gordon, who was arguing with Nama about the details, and Hathaway, who didn't know what she was doing, and said to herself, when you have a firm foothold in the empire and are full-fledged, and then take out what you can talk about with Theresia, that is Magna Carta.
Now, it's something like "Qin Law".
Sensing Qili's gaze, Hathaway turned to her and smiled, "What am I thinking?"
The glamorous legend curled the corners of his mouth and whispered: "I, I'm thinking about the situation this night, when it happened in the Divine Fall Plateau, to be precise, when Beta City, I don't know if Li Qi can handle it so easily like Her Majesty the Empress." ”
Qi Li's pupils shrank slightly, the report sent by Aurora in the past few days is indeed worrying, the contradictions accumulated on the Divine Plateau are on the verge of eruption.
What's worse is that because Little Red Riding Hood/Pseudo still steals the kingdom of God, the real Little Red Riding Glory has not returned to its place, and the Fei Gong has not been able to make an effective response.
Strange ignored Hathaway and turned to Theresia, who was looking at the decree and muttering, and secretly said that this was indeed the case, and both sides were equally faced with difficult choices.