Bai Wu Zhang: The deposed king/prince
In a secret room in the Great Training Ground of the "League of Fighters", Lady Elena had just had a runover with Esenhard, her hair was messy and draped over her sweaty shoulders. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info she was not in a hurry to get dressed, just sat on the edge of the bed so naked, looking at Esenhard who was constantly panting with a smile, with a look of unfinished business.
"The god of war will grow old...... the baroness said coquettishly, but she scared Esenhard on the spot! Fort Clarion's long-term support for the Esenhard family is inseparable from this relationship between the two of them, and if the baroness loses interest in his "service", the consequences will be unimaginable! The former god of war quickly cheered up, and tried his best to stop his breath and said: "I'm sorry, Lord Lady, things have been tricky lately, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope Haihan ......."
"Relax, relax...... Yelena smiled and stroked his hair, "Don't think too much, there is no worry that can't be 'done'!" She said softly, "You can rest assured, as long as Hai Shan and Zhang Long are strong enough, the actions of Dangerous Rock Fort will never be known by the other nobles of Vossam, and even if they have suspicions, they will not be able to guess your head." Moreover, now that you have won the favor of the royal family, it will also be very beneficial to the development of the alliance!"
Esenhard nodded sadly and said, "However, since the royal family is already jealous of Wasam, how should I deal with the relationship with the local nobles?"
Yelena smiled mysteriously, "This is a kind of 'art of distance'. If you want to juggle between the royal family and the Grand Duke, you must grasp these "distances". She took a glass of red wine from the bedside table, took a sip, and continued, "This is actually the advantage of a commoner merchant like you, you are not a vassal of anyone's family, the merchant pursues profit, and it is justified. As long as you don't particularly offend anyone, your association with any nobleman is reasonable. I'm so miserable by comparison!"
Yelena took another sip of wine: "Fort Horn was given to my ancestors by the first Grand Duke of Wessam, so our Simonson family has been a vassal of the Grand Duke of Wassam for generations, this is an unchangeable fact. No matter how much I get along with Tristram's royal relatives, I must also be formally loyal to Wasam!, so I should be the bigger one now......
Isenhard seemed to have caught something keenly, and hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask your Excellency, what has happened to the elite in Candras lately?"
"I'm here today to tell you this. Elena's tone suddenly became serious, and her expression was so solemn that even if she didn't have a single strand on her body, she couldn't make people think badly: "This morning, my informant in Tristram sent a very shocking message, and it is estimated that it will reach the market of Vosam in a few days. 」
"Ah, what's so important?" Esenhard couldn't sit still. The speed of crossing the country is much faster than that of carrier pigeons, but it is very troublesome to raise and domesticate, and the cost is very high, and only the most urgent information will be sent to pass on them, which must be a big deal!
"Candras ****, King Leorek's eldest son, Lord Aidan, was deposed yesterday!" Elena said word for word. Esenhard almost jumped out of bed, "What?
The eldest prince Aidan is a very competent heir to the throne, both in the eyes of the people and the nobles of Candras, and has a high reputation. How could a **** with such a good reputation be suddenly deposed?
"It is said to have been the idea of Archbishop Lazarus. "Ever since the completion of Tristram Cathedral," said Elena, "the archbishop's prophecy has become surprisingly accurate, and the king seems to have begun to obey him...... According to my informants, last month, Lazaros spent a long time in a meditation room deep beneath the church before coming out to tell the king that he had been warned by the Light that if Aidan succeeded to the throne, it would bring disaster to the country. Yesterday, however, the decree of dethronement came down......
Isenhard was silent for a long time before he spoke, "In this case, I'm afraid the nobles everywhere won't buy it. 」
"Yes......" Yelena analyzed, "Although the prestige of the Church of Sakaram is very high, and no one can refute this decision in the name of the Light, but the Western Continent is not Kakistan after all! Compared with those mysterious teachings of the Holy Light, the people here believe in real people and real things that can be seen and touched! It's good now, abolish Aidan and make the little prince Yabeqit, who is still a minor, the prince the prince, and the royal family will be in big trouble......
Yelena looked at Esenhard's stunned expression, sighed, and said, "After being subdued by Leorik for so many years, the Grand Dukes of all over Vorsam have long held their breath and are ready to move. I'll tell you the truth, just after the New Year, some of the pure Candras nobility I know have received such things......" She rummaged through the messy dress that had been piled up beside the bed, and took out a tattered scroll from which the handwriting was clearly written by a right-handed man, and it was very ugly to look at, but it also made it impossible to check the handwriting.
When Isenhard finished reading the contents of the scroll, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: This is clearly instigating a rebellion! Between the lines, he used an exaggerated tone to "accuse" Leoric, as a foreign monarch, of destroying the local order in Candras and all kinds of perverse behaviors, and at the same time calling on people of insight everywhere to use all conceivable means to resist his rule, overthrow the "****", and let the power return to the hands of the native people in Candras......
"No wonder ......," said Esenhard, after pondering for a moment, "no wonder the king wants to build a palace on the site of the old Rock Fort......
"Yes. Yelena nodded, "Because Wasam is the dock of Candras, if something goes wrong, it will bring great losses to the royal family. Moreover, Kinmaier is the only person in the Candras who has official military merits, and his reputation is very high, so it must not be taken lightly...... Alas, the deposition of Aidan will certainly add fuel to the fire of the whole situation, and the situation is getting more and more difficult to manage......
"My lordess, could it be that these anonymous scrolls have succeeded in turning someone against them?" asked Esenhard.
"Whether it succeeds or not, the king's countermeasures have already begun. Elena replied coldly, "From the New Year to the present, every day in Tristram's execution ground, people have been impaled for conspiracy, and at the worst time, the executioners have to work overtime all night!"
Esenhard gasped: "This is already a crisis, at this time, if you abolish an originally very wise ****, the situation will be even more chaotic......
Yelena had already drunk a whole glass of wine unconsciously, and in her irritability, she simply grabbed the wine bottle and blew it directly, biting her lip and saying, "It will definitely be more chaotic, so we are the vassals of the Grand Duke! Sometimes there is very valuable information hidden in the market, and it may be able to help me a lot, and if you help me, you will also help yourself, after all, we are one!"
When the wine came up, Yelena's cheeks flushed, and she pounced on Esenhard like a wolf, and the spring light between the rooms was infinite......