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Zane made a judgment without hesitation - rather than trying to please the scheming, temperamental prince, it was better to take refuge in the stupid prince in front of him.

Veronica had completely offended the eldest prince by seizing the caravan of human traffickers under Albert's power, and with her strong character, she would never have listened to His Majesty's words...... What bothered Zane the most was the old king's decision.

Although the barbarians on the border have the upper hand for a while, as long as the old king is determined to send the royal knights, it is only a matter of time before they are exterminated.

In other words, there was no need for the king to issue an order for Princess Veronica to travel thousands of miles to the imperial capital to ask for help.

The princess could not see the meaning of this order, but as a guard, he had to foresee it, and did his best to prevent her from falling into a quagmire - between the kingdom and his daughter, the elderly king chose the former, and it would be best if Veronica did what he said to repair the rift in the relationship, but if the princess did not do his bidding, he was ready to abandon Veronica.

It seems that even after the events of the Assassins' Guild, the royal power is not optimistic about Prince Richard, who has been very vocal recently.

"Your Highness Richard, I have a request. ”

In order to calm the matter, Richard could only bypass Albert and directly send troops to support the Fifth Kingdom. Even if Prince Albert wants to pursue it at that time, he will be unknown.

"If you agree, I will do my best to persuade His Majesty the King when I return home!"

He knew that the promise was a blank check, but he had to get away with it.

"Zane, what did you say all of a sudden?" Veronica was a little puzzled, and Zane got down on one knee and gave Richard a standard knightly salute.

The knight was very particular about etiquette, and this salute was performed to show Zane's allegiance to Prince Richard.

Her father's order was to ask Henry V for reinforcements, which had nothing to do with the two princes, and she didn't want to get involved in such a complicated power struggle.

The situation of the Fifth Kingdom is already complicated enough, and several great lords do not like each other, and they fight every once in a while. The barbarians invaded, and no one wanted to consume manpower in the war, for fear of being stabbed in the back by other lords after the war.

This is also the reason why the capital of the Fifth Kingdom is strong and strong, but it is helpless against the outside world.

All of the above was told to her by her father before leaving.

"I'm sorry I can't promise you. Richard shook his head.

After Henry V's illness, Albert quickly assumed two powers - one to adjudicate and the other to war. All but the Praetorian Guard, which was directly subordinate to Henry V, were now under Albert's direct command. This is also the reason why Albert has been overwhelmingly supported from the beginning of the battle for royal power.

Military power is what the nobles value the most.

They wouldn't have done anything foolish to support the Commander of the Light Pole, not only would they not be able to achieve their full glory, but they might even have their private Order of Knights in it.

"If it's military power, it's all in the hands of Prince Albert. ”

In addition to Elisa's direct Praetorian Guard, even the captains of the guards who have returned from various countries at this moment must obey Prince Albert's command.

"Wait. Lin Qiu interrupted Richard's words: "The so-called friend of a friend is our enemy...... Phew, it seems that something is wrong? No matter, anyway, don't be in a hurry to refuse, this matter will be left to me. ”

Rejecting Princess Veronica now is equivalent to rejecting the entire Fifth Kingdom.

Sooner or later, Richard's conflict with Albert will break out.

Until then, there were only a few kingdoms that could be co-opted, and no matter how great Albert's power was, it could not be greater than the union of the kingdoms of Holutia.

And his misdeeds may turn into his mortal wounds, even if the nobles are reluctant, they still have to carry the slogan of justice.

Obviously, in terms of image, Richard is much more brilliant than Albert.

He had a plan not only to prevent Richard from sending a single soldier, but also to have the Fifth Kingdom as his solid backing.

"Give me a few days. ”

......

"Your Highness, the princess of the Fifth Kingdom has arrived in the imperial capital, and for some reason she seems to have formed an alliance with Tyr-Cyrus. In front of Albert, a dark shadow rose up.

With a glass of red wine in his hand, he lay on a bench in the palace without the image of a prince.

Even so, no one in the huge palace dared to accuse him of misdemeanor.

Albert didn't seem to have much interest in the princess of the Fifth Kingdom, and he asked bluntly about something else: "How is the matter with the 'Floating Dream Palace'?"

"As you might guess, they're in cahoots with people in the underground towns. ”

"Tsk. ”

The red wine in the glass shook, and the clear red liquid tumbled in the glass: "No matter how good the wine is, it will feel boring if you drink too much, and sell the noble children of the underground towns who have lost their wealth to the Byron Empire, they should be thinking like this, right?"

The Hundred Years' War has only been over for ten years, and the hatred caused by war is not something that can be subsided in ten years.

The Byron Empire's own large voters hate the nobility of Helutiah, as long as they are stained with the name of the nobles, they are called the "goods" of the descendants of such and such nobles, and whether the people of the Byron Empire recognize them or not, they can fetch an astonishing price. Of course, the fate of "goods" sold into the hands of enemy countries can be imagined.

But their tragic fate has nothing to do with the traffickers.

Of course, it has nothing to do with Albert. He was not sympathetic to the plight of the nobles, but simply disgusted with the mixing of different forces under his command, and he knew very well that the forces under his command were colluding, and it was often the unfortunate ones in power who were unlucky.

In the history of Holutiah, there were many people in power who were checked and balanced by their lords. In Albert's eyes, these were the losers of the times.

"Do you need me to do it?"

"No, you don't. Albert took a sip of his wine.

Those nobles were not stupid, even if they disposed of those leaders without knowing it, as long as they thought about it a little, they would understand that he was the assassination leader.

"You just said that the princess was in a relationship with Tyre Cyrius?"

Albert suddenly laughed: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend...... Haven't you heard of it, tell the fat pigs for me—they don't seem to have sold the princess of a kingdom yet?"

Even if they weren't enemies with Tyre-Cyrus right now, he could always push them against each other.

With what he knew about Tyr, if the Confederates were to be robbed, that guy would definitely turn those people's nests upside down.

"Got it. ”

The dark shadow slowly disappeared, and the gloomy smile on Albert's face became even worse.

If Tyr-Cyrus had eliminated those leaders, it would not only have no effect on him, but would also have the effect of knocking the mountain and the tiger into the army, so that the forces that were about to leave would be desperately thrown into his command in order to prevent the same fate.

Collusion in the shadows, joint checks and balances?

That's all a little trick of what era.