Chapter 654: Shocking Change (Part II)
Arden hesitated for a long time about the edict, but he couldn't make up his mind.
It stands to reason that his father is seriously ill and may die at any time, and if he doesn't go back at this time, it will undoubtedly give the Wig faction an excellent excuse to attack! As far as the country is concerned, as an important minister, he does not obey the edict, which is disloyal; As far as the family is concerned, as a son of man, he does not go home to visit his father, because it is unfilial!
Those guys who regard him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh will definitely make a big fuss and wantonly slander and smear! Let him be speechless!
But what if you go back? I always feel a little unsure!
Arden has always attached great importance to his own intuition, and in his previous experience, this intuition has saved his life more than once! So he decided that if he went back this time, he would inevitably encounter unimaginable trouble!
As for the source of the trouble, you don't need to guess to know that there will be no one else except for the faction of the second prince who is unwilling to fail!
So, what should you do?
After weighing it for a long time, Arden gently pressed the button on the table, and in the corner, a heavily armed and grim-looking guard appeared in front of him silently.
"Go, invite General Sha Yutian!" He commanded.
The guard didn't say a word, just nodded calmly, and disappeared silently into the air.
After a while, familiar footsteps sounded outside the door, and Admiral Sha Yutian, dressed in military uniform, hurriedly walked in.
After bowing slightly, he opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness, the minister was just about to go out to inspect, and you called the minister over, is there something wrong?" ”
"Uncle Sha! Let's take a look at this first! Arden handed him the edict on the table.
Sha Yutian's expression was grim, he took the edict with both hands, and after reading it carefully, he frowned and pondered for a long time before asking, "Your Highness thinks there may be a problem?" ”
His mind is not stupid, if such an edict is sent to His Highness, if he thinks it is credible, he should call him now to explain the matters after he leaves, instead of being so hesitant!
"Yes, so I'd like to talk to you, I wonder if you can give me some advice?" Arden said calmly.
Sha Yutian picked up the edict again, examined it carefully, and said slowly:
"There is nothing wrong with the edict itself, it is indeed His Majesty's handwriting, and the code imprint on it and the special anti-counterfeiting secret pattern for the royal family are also authentic! Nothing seems wrong! ”
"The edict is true!" Arden glanced at him and said, "There is also a special contact code left for me by my father, so it can be seen that this edict must be from my father's hand, the question is, how can the people of His Second Highness's faction have no reaction?" ”
"I don't believe that my father made such a major decision, even if it was a secret edict that was not announced to the public, with their energy, they would not have been ignorant of the situation in advance, so that they were still kept in the dark! This is not normal at all! ”
"Perhaps, Your Majesty didn't consult with them at all beforehand, but planned to call you back first, and then suddenly announce the matter!" Sha Yutian hesitated, and then shook his head again to deny his thoughts:
"No, with the minister's understanding of His Majesty, it is unlikely that he would do such a thing!"
"Yes, this is not at all in line with the habits of my father!" Arden agreed, "From this it can be concluded that they must have known the contents of this edict." Even if you don't know, you should be able to detect the change in your father's attitude in advance! But they didn't make any moves, which is so strange! ”
"What the hell are they up to?"
Sha Yutian frowned and pondered for a moment, and said cautiously: "Could it be that something is wrong with the imperial capital?" Your Majesty has been controlled by those guys, they have set up an ambush in the imperial capital, and as soon as Your Highness goes back this time, they will suddenly take action to solve it! ”
Arden's face couldn't help but change, and he said solemnly:
"It's a possibility! My father's health is getting worse and worse, and it is said that he has been in a coma several times last month, and this time they will definitely not be willing to let this king ascend to the throne, and they will definitely make a move! ”
"Most of the military forces near the imperial capital are in the hands of Weig's faction, if they unite to put their father under house arrest, and then set up a killing game, just wait for the king to return, and kill them in one fell swoop! Take advantage of the opportunity to usurp the throne! These damn bunches! ”
Sha Yutian pondered for a while, and then asked, "Then does Your Highness plan to go?" ”
"Do you have a better proposal?" Arden asked rhetorically, slightly surprised.
"Your Highness, what you do can indeed keep you safe for a while! But, in the long run, it's just a trick! Sha Yutian said in a deep voice, "Your father's time is short, and he will definitely explain the future before he dies!" If you, the prince who is most highly regarded by him, don't go back, all the initiative will be in the hands of Weige and them, and when that guy tampers with the edict, he will become the emperor, how will you deal with yourself? ”
Arden's face turned pale for a moment, and he understood what Sha Yutian meant! If Wigg really ascends the throne successfully, then he, the prince who was once the most favored by the previous emperor, will never be tolerated by the new emperor, let alone let him continue to be in charge of the army, even if he wants to give up everything, it is impossible to be an idle prince from now on!
He, as well as his sister, and his mother, will inevitably be killed by the new emperor in secret to eliminate the hidden danger that threatens the stability of the throne!!
"In this way, this imperial capital ...... Does this king have to go? Arden frowned, struggling to weigh it:
"But with those guys in the shadows, it's too risky! What should I do? ”
"Maybe Your Highness can use hyperspace communication to request a face-to-face call with Your Majesty, and ask about the situation before making a decision!" Sha Yutian proposed.
Arden's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head again: "It's useless, my father's condition is so serious, I'm afraid I can't support it at all!" The palace is already under the control of the Wigg guys, and even if they could, there was no guarantee that they wouldn't do anything! So we don't get any useful information at all! ”
Sha Yutian gritted his teeth and finally said:
"Your Highness now has a heavy army, how can you let those guys come to the imperial capital! It's better to do this, and the minister will set off with a fleet of more than two million people, escorting His Highness all the way back to the imperial capital to be crowned! Thinking that in the midst of the heavy guards, no matter what evil schemes they have, they will not succeed! ”
Arden said with some difficulty: "Without the edict of my father, how can I move the fleet at will?" If I did, what difference would the result be from rebellion? ”
"If I'm gone, what about the defense here? Ximeng Xingyuan's side is the million-strong army of the Starlight Empire! ”
"Extraordinary moments, extraordinary things!" Sha Yutian said sharply, "The empire has reached a critical moment now, and only His Highness can save the empire from the edge of the cliff!" Otherwise, let a mediocre person like Wigg steal the artifact, and in the future, the million-strong army of the Starlight Empire will go south, and the disaster of the empire will not be far off! ”
There is another meaning that he didn't say clearly, if before Arden returned to the imperial capital, the old emperor died early and Wigg ascended the throne, Arden, who had a heavy army at hand, could come up with an edict and call on the forces loyal to the former emperor in the empire to take refuge, so as to break the ground and stand on their own!
In this way, the empire will lose a lot for the time being, but as long as His Highness is here, there is hope for the empire! In time, it may not be impossible to destroy the rebellion and regain control of the artifact!
Arden was also a heroic and decisive person, and after thinking for a moment, he finally nodded heavily: "Okay! It's all up to you, Uncle Sha! As long as this king can return to the imperial capital and ascend the throne smoothly, you will be the greatest hero of the empire! ”
The decision was made, and the whole army immediately became busy in a tense and orderly manner.
Because of the constant vigilance of the attack of the Starlight Empire army on the opposite side, the star defense here is extremely perfect, and there are materials stored for more than two million fleets for a whole year, which has become an important bargaining chip for the Arden and Imperial Capital Weig factions at this moment!
Three days later, Arden finally returned to the imperial capital and promised to leave for China immediately, much to the relief of Annabel and the others.
But soon they couldn't laugh, because the prince came back with the fleet! ——
Tianhua Star Domain, in the Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from General Cameron from the Prison Soul Star Sea!" Shuangyan placed a document with a blood-red mark in front of Yun Haoyu.
He hurriedly took it and glanced at it roughly, and his face slowly flushed with joy.
"Let's take a look, too!" He said to several important ministers under the jade ranks.
Shuangyan took the document and then transferred it to Zhong Mingrui, who was the leader.
The above message means that on the opposite side of Ximeng Xingyuan, Prince Arden, the commander of the Rockefeller Empire, somehow suddenly left the defense line half a day ago and embarked on the journey back home with more than 2 million fleets! Even if the Tiloa Empire did everything possible to keep him, it didn't make him change his mind!
The contents of the document were not long, and after a few moments, everyone had already read them.
"What do you guys think?" Yun Haoyu asked.
Zhong Mingrui immediately said: "Your Majesty, although we don't know what went wrong between those two big powers at the moment, which led to the breakdown of the alliance, but it is certain that this is a good opportunity for us!" Without the help of the Rockefeller Empire, the Tyroa Empire, which was greatly injured, would not be able to stop the offensive of the imperial army at all! ”
"Qing is saying, we can consider it now and start the plan to attack the Southwest Star Sea in advance?" Yun Haoyu frowned and said, "But the empire's preparations are not yet perfect, and if you rush ahead, I'm afraid there will be something wrong!" ”
Yang Wentao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the plan can't catch up with the changes, the fighter plane is fleeting, once you miss it, I'm afraid that you will have to spend more money in the future to achieve the same result!" ”
Yu Xinzhe shook his head and said, "That being said! But when we send troops to the Southwest Star Sea this time, the enemy we face is not only a human country, and those half-human, half-snake guys will definitely intervene! Therefore, if the preparation is not sufficient, the losses of the Imperial Legion in the future may be even greater! ”
Next, everyone spoke one after another, arguing over the question of sending troops or not, and both sides had some truth in their opinions, and neither of them was willing to budge, so the final decision returned to the emperor.
Yun Haoyu pondered for a moment, and finally said: "We can't fully detect what happened over there, so in the next period of time, let the people in the intelligence system pay more attention!" ”
"For now, I've decided to let Cameron lead the fleet and try to launch several attacks to probe the truth, but of course the target is limited to the Tyroa Empire!"
"Wait until we figure out the situation over there, and then we will discuss whether to send troops, what do you think?"
Such a proposal was reasonable, and everyone considered it and approved it without objection.
(Luckily, I finally caught up!) Have a late-night snack and keep yarding! )