Standing by the window of the tower, looking out at the empty streets of the city, Pilagos had a self-deprecating smile on his face.

It's all the fault of arrogance.

The Northland nobility was one of the first to follow Orlando I in founding the country, and the Orlando Empire was not so large in the beginning. After Emperor Orlando I raised the banner of overthrowing the Holy Empire in the Northlands, the Northland nobles responded one after another, and it can be said that almost all of the top ten golden nobles in the Empire were from the Northlands. In the ensuing war, Emperor Orlando I gradually moved south and east, and finally completed the feat of ants devouring the dragon, and established the Orlando Empire, which has lasted for 375 years.

After the founding of the country, Emperor Orlando I gave the nobles of the Northland a lot of privileges and benefits, on the one hand, the nobles of the Northland were the first to follow him to change their flags and pay a lot of sacrifices for this, and on the other hand, it was also to deter the nobles of the south and east through the strong strength of the nobles of the Northland. So from the very beginning, the "style" of the nobles of the Northland is so different, and in the process of family inheritance from generation to generation, the nobles seem to have firmly engraved this glory in their hearts.

In the minds of Pilagos, Isaac, and even most of the nobles of the Northlands, their relationship with the royal family was not simply that of a monarch and a minister, but that they were the ones who helped the royal family seize the world and keep the empire running to this day. Under this cognition, the attitude of the Northland aristocracy towards the royal family gradually underwent subtle changes.

Just as many times the aristocracy would say when they reminisced about the past when they gathered, without their ancestors, there would be no Orlando Empire, let alone the Orlando family that is the royal family today. They have ushered in a new era, and they are the well-deserved masters of this era.

The inheritance from generation to generation, the continuation from generation to generation, has created the arrogance of the nobles of the Northland, and it has made them have no reverence for the royal family in their hearts, no matter what they do, they will think that the royal family owes them.

After all, there is only one emperor in an empire, and their ancestors gave up the empire to others at great expense, so what if they are a little out of line? During the civil strife during the reigns of Emperor Orlando II and Emperor Orlando V, the nobles of the Northlands also paid a lot of money to help the Orlando family suppress those rebellions.

It is undeniable that some of the nobles who suppressed the rebellion were also nobles from the Northland, but they were a minority after all, and those people also paid a very heavy price.

The mentality of the nobles in the Northland has changed subtly, and the new nobles who have grown up in this special environment and an environment full of imbalances are happy to challenge the royal family.

In fact, deep in the hearts of these people, there is something hidden that they themselves are not aware of, and their purpose of confronting the royal family and provoking the royal family is not simply to keep warm in a group, but to get more power, and like their ancestors, try to subvert the imperial power at a certain level!

Now, it's their turn to pay for their actions.

"What does the Empress say?", Pilagos's chief of staff casually hung his trench coat on a shelf, and his refined dress made him look like a successful man. Of course, this is indeed the case, even if Pilagos has no future at this time, he is still the marquis of the empire, he is still a great nobleman, and he is the chief of staff of this big man.

The relationship between the chief of staff and the master is very close, and it can be said that to a certain extent it is closer than that of a brother, and there is nothing to say about this chief of staff, Pilagos, who has never hidden anything.

Pilagos turned around and walked to the edge of the sofa and sat down heavily, the sofa slid back a little, he leaned back a little dejectedly, tilted his head and closed his eyes, and sighed, "The Empress has agreed to our request, so in order to avoid some people interfering with this matter, send Kant away as soon as possible." During this time, Pilagos felt that he was extremely stupid, especially in the matter of Prince Kant, when the chief of staff was a little suspicious that there was some unknown secret behind this matter, but he was fooled by himself.

Judging from the current situation, if there is no matter of Prince Kant, then he can completely admit defeat, even if he attacks other nobles, and it seems that he is attacking the imperial capital, but this can be completely covered up by a private battle between nobles. He may be knighted if he admits defeat, but it doesn't matter, he only needs to pay a considerable price, he is still the nobles of the Empire, and he is still the leader of the nobles of the Northlands.

But since he got in touch with Prince Kant, the nature of things has changed dramatically, and all the things he did before could be covered up in other ways, but now he just wants to subvert the rule of the royal family, and he can't even find the slightest excuse.

At the beginning, he was too blind, and he was stimulated by Isaac, and no one would have thought that Isaac, who had fought from the north to the hinterland of the empire in one go, would be wiped out in the satellite city in one go. Pilagos couldn't think of it, neither could the nobles of the Northland, not even those who watched the excitement.

In an instant, the situation was reversed, and Pilagos, who seemed to be able to break his wrist with Isaac, suddenly became embarrassed. Attacking, pointless, Isaac lost, not to mention that he had a Wren in front of him at the time. retreated, and maintained the current situation, with the Northern Expedition, many northern nobles were either killed in battle, or could not bear to surrender.

It can be said that Pilagos himself has made a pit for himself, and this pit is also very deep.

I don't think he should have escaped from the imperial capital in the first place, even if the empress caught him, what could he do? It was nothing more than smuggling something to the ice field, and it was nothing more than secretly building some controlled weapons. He, the leader of an aristocratic group and a great nobleman of the empire, could not have fallen so simply. Even if he did, the nobles who were attached to him would not agree.

In the end, it is nothing more than a cut-off, a short period of captivity, and then a punishment and it will be over.

It's all my fault, I can't take care of anything in a panic, I have to doubt my life, why am I so stupid?

But think about it another way, with the circumstances at the time and the arrogance he still retained, could he choose to tie his hands and become a joke of the aristocratic class? Impossible, at that time, even if he knew that there was nothing to do, and if he took a step, he might face death, he would not submit to the will of the royal family, he would only rely on the inertia of thinking to resist.

He suddenly raised his head and opened his eyes to look at the chief of staff, "By the way, what is that...... , that is, Kant's staff, killed him. ”

Even if Pilagos had reached the end of his rope, he still had his own identity, status, and majesty until he died. A small staff member calculated himself several times, and he could tolerate it when he didn't have much disagreement with Prince Kant before, after all, this was about Prince Kant's face and more things. But now that he has decided to give up Prince Kant, there is no need for this little staff member to continue to live.

The mouse runs to the lion's territory to pee, and the lion does not waste his strength trying to catch it and bite him to death for the sake of the mouse, but when the lion becomes a cat, then the situation is different.

The chief of staff nodded, picked up the trench coat and put it on the forearm of his left hand, "I'll do it now." ”

Pilagos looked at the slowly closing and shook his head with a dumb smile.

Pilagos was about to give up Prince Kant, and Prince Kant also realized something, he walked back and forth in the room anxiously, and tried to go out of the door several times, but was stopped in the room by the guards sent by Pilagos. He roared loudly to show his identity as a prince, but for these guards who dared to rebel, even if you were the emperor, let alone just a prince.

"What should we do now?", Prince Kant looked up at Joseph uneasily, the worry in his eyes made him look a little helpless. Living here is really not lacking, he can enjoy everything that he can enjoy as an identity, whatever it is, as soon as he asks, Pilagos will arrange for someone, or something, to be delivered. But to leave this house, it is absolutely impossible.

Joseph had a pipe in his mouth, and he used to like to smoke cigarettes, but in recent times he has found that pipes are still suitable for him. When he holds the heavy pipe, his heart will also become a little quieter. Faced with the problem of Prince Kant, Joseph did not have any good solutions. He's not a powerful professional, he's just an old man who likes to use his brain, maybe he has some ambitions, some desires, and in the final analysis, he's just an ordinary old man.

In fact, he had already noticed some signs that something was wrong, originally there were only a dozen or so guards outside the house staring non-stop, but since a few days ago, there were more than twenty more guards guarding the surroundings. Whether it is the windows or doors, or even the eaves that extend out of the second floor, there are people on duty. And this is also the reason why Prince Kant is anxious, and both of them realize in their hearts that something must have changed.

And this change may make them lose something.

It took a long time for Joseph to take off his pipe and knock it on the handrail. The white and black ash fell to the ground, and he took some more from the shredded cigarette box in his arms, added some spices, and stuffed them into the trough of the pipe.

"The only thing we can do now is wait, we can't get in touch with the people and things outside, and the people who Pilagos has arranged here can't be bought, and we can't do anything but wait. Joseph took out the fire sickle and lit it, and smoked it on the trough of the pipe, took a deep breath, and the flames rushed downward, igniting the tobacco in the trough. "The best-case scenario now is that Pilagos is going to defect, and wherever he flees, we are free. ”

Prince Kant slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth, his eyebrows were raised, and his slightly messy hair left him without the slightest hint of what a prince should have, "What about the worst?"

Joseph smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "It's nothing more than death." ”

Yes, nothing more than death. When Joseph was involved in such a game, he already realized that there would be no better end for him. Even if he had done all of Wren's expectations and left alive, the best outcome would have been for Wren to send him to a barely populated place and die. There are so many things he knows, participates in, and accomplishes with his own hands, even he feels that it is incredible for him to survive.

But he doesn't regret it much, everyone's pursuit is different, some people pursue wealth, some people pursue power, and at his age, this experience, what he pursues is a kind of enjoyment. Enjoy history in an unknown direction in your own hands, and the thrill of being a high-level pawn when you change the situation of the empire.

Of course, if you can survive, it will be good.

Prince Kant's face turned pale, and he sat down with the armrest of the chair, his legs a little weak, "Isn't there a better choice?"

"A better choice?", Joseph's smile was a little strange, and he was about to say something, when the main door downstairs was suddenly pushed open, and then a sound of footsteps gradually walked downstairs down the stairs to the front of the study.

The next moment, the door to the study was opened.

The man who came in, Joseph, knew Pilagos, the chief of staff, and he and Prince Kant both stood up.

"Meet again, Mr. Joseph. Pilagos's chief of staff was polite, and he bowed slightly to greet Prince Kant, but his eyes remained fixed on Joseph. "Your intelligence is impressive, and if I'm not mistaken, you were the one who created the situation from the beginning, didn't you?"

Joseph laughed, he puffed on his pipe, a little proud, a little proud, "Yes, that's right." ”

The chief of staff pursed his lips and hesitated, then nodded, "It seems that you know what will happen if you do this, but you still do it." ”

"Yes, I'm proud of what I've done. ”

The chief of staff sighed, "Then that's right. He pointed to Joseph and said to the soldiers behind him, "Arrest him." ”

The wolf-like soldier pounced on Joseph and pinned him to the table, and his beloved pipe fell to the ground, sparks scattering. He tried to maintain his demeanor, but the soldiers didn't give him a chance at all, leaving him with a twisted smile on his face.

He didn't resist, he didn't struggle, and when the shackles locked his hands tightly behind his back and the chains around his neck, he burst out laughing, "I see, you're nowhere to go." ”

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