Chapter 424: The Palace of the Scorching Sun (Part II)

Nicholas's mother, who is also the queen of the Scorching Sun royal family, stood at the door, her face mottled with tears, and her voice hoarse, "Your Excellency, please come in, Your Majesty wants to see you." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

Pazzi took a deep breath, bowed her head to the middle-aged woman, and led the way into the palace with the other ministers.

The stench in the air made him frown slightly, and he wanted to sneeze.

But Pazzi forcibly endured.

Nicholas's two brothers stood on either side of the throne at this time, the younger one with a pale face and red and swollen eyes, and apparently a lot of tears.

The older one, Alex, was a year younger than Nicholas, and at this time he was also pale, with both hands clenched into fists!

Five or six steps below the throne lay an open wooden box containing a rotting human head.

But from the face, you can vaguely see that it is Nicholas.

Even the ministers who walked into the palace, including Patch, couldn't help but gasp when they saw this sight.

Bowing their heads and walking to where they should be, the atmosphere in the palace that had frozen made them dare not even breathe loudly!

Five minutes have passed!

Just when the air was suffocating, Rudolph finally spoke.

The voice is hoarse, like a lion in his twilight years, full of vicissitudes and exhaustion.

"I know you've always been well-informed, so you should already know what happened, so what should I do?"

The prince, who was only a year younger than Nicholas, was the first to speak, his voice angry and containing an incomparably deep hatred!

"War to the North! The barbarians will pay the price of blood for what they have done! No! The price is ten thousand times heavier than blood!"

The younger one also cried and said at this time, "They killed Brother Nicholas, they are a group of executioners!"

The queen sat on the second seat at this time, pursed her lips tightly, clasped her hands together, and looked down with burning eyes, but did not speak.

But no one would dare to speak up at such times.

After another minute of silence, Pazzi saw that no one spoke, and in order to relieve the embarrassment, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, didn't the Holy See put forward any conditions?

Rudolf IV was expressionless at this time, his eyes were cold, and he did not answer Pazzi directly, but said, "Can any of you here take out 10 million gold coins at once?"

10 million gold coins?!

All the ministers who heard this number looked incredulous, bowed their heads and began to whisper.

"Ten million gold coins?! If this is the ransom they proposed, is that Pope poor and insane? God, let alone 10 million gold coins, even a million gold coins is an impossible thing!"

Although Pazzi's face was very shocked, he secretly said in his heart, 10 million gold coins, sell a third of the Albizi family's property, and then scrape together all the money he can muster, I'm afraid it's worth this amount.

Compared to this, I am afraid that the pope is simply trying to find a suitable excuse for starting a war.

When the palace returned to quiet, Rudolf IV suddenly sneered, "Not only 10 million gold coins, but also pay taxes to the Holy See every year, and fully open the right to preach, hehe, the Holy See is simply trying to start a war!"

If 10 million gold coins is enough exaggeration, then these subsequent conditions are simply unreasonable!

Let the royal family pay taxes to the Holy See?

This is simply to treat the dignity of the entire Enomosen Kingdom as a rag, and to step on the ground fiercely!

An elderly minister walked out from the side at this time, holding a wooden staff in his hand, "Your Majesty! Go to war! Prince Nicholas's death will not be sacrificed in vain, we will use the blood of millions of northerners to wash away this shame!"

When someone comes out, naturally many people echo it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I support the royal family's declaration of war on the Holy See!"

"No one can trample on the dignity of Enomosen and the royal family like this!

At this time, many people turned their attention to Pazzi, who was silent, and here, his identity was enough to represent the attitude of the Albizi family towards this matter!

They can contribute to the war, but the real cost of maintaining the war depends on Albizi's opinion.

They are also rich people, and there is another weapon dealer who prefers to deal with the Albizi family, who has noble blood, than the 'high-interest 0 loan maker'.

At least in their opinion, Albizi still has some noble blood passed down from their ancestors, and has a common language with them, and is not just the Grand Duke of the Duchy bought by the 'nouveau riche'.

Rudolf IV also looked at the silent Pazzi and said lightly, "Albizi, what about your proposal?"

Instead of rushing to express his stance like the other nobles, Pazzi cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "All the lands of the Holy See of Divine Light are within the territory of the Beran Kingdom, and although their act of killing Prince Nicholas made me very angry in my heart, my lords, starting a war is not child's play. ā€

Looking at Rudolf IV, his tone began to become a little excited, and even a little gritted his teeth, "Avenge Prince Nicholas is not only you, but also me, and the common will of all the people present, this will not change in the slightest! But if Your Majesty is willing to declare war on the Royal Family of Berland at the same time and wash away the shame of our defeat six years ago, on behalf of the Albizi family, I am willing to fully support Your Majesty's decision!"

There is nothing wrong with Pazzi's counter-argument, and everyone knows that he was captured by the Holy See in the north, so how can there be less hatred in it?

And declaring war on the Northern See is almost like declaring war on the royal family of Berland!

In any case, it was impossible for the Borans to allow their army to cross the fortress of the Stags, so at this moment, Pazzi's angry expression was naturally added to everyone present, including Rudolf IV, as his new hatred and old hatred!

And what the Scorching Sun Royal Family had to do was to add the Kingdom of Berland after declaring war on the Northern See, which was just a verbal declaration and would not have the slightest impact on the result.

If the war is won, not only will the Holy See fall, but the Berland Dynasty, which is inextricably linked to each other, will also collapse.

A trace of bloodlust flashed in Rudolf IV's eyes, and his voice gradually increased, "Your Excellency Albizi! I can guarantee that your shame will also be washed away in the north!"

"From this moment on, Enomosen has officially declared war on the Holy See of Light and the Kingdom of Beran!"

"Alex, go and bring His Excellency the High Priest and Master Zachary here to deal with the Holy See, they are our indispensable strength. ā€