The princess of the empire can stand up to the most powerful political enemies on her own, and Caroline has gone from being a female politician to a female leader!

After speaking, without any mud and water, Caroline took half a step back and made an inviting gesture: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please come in......"

On the gorgeous bed, a crimson quilt covered Lawrence's body, and his face was as white as paper, almost bloodless, even more eerie than Robert's sickly white.

When he opened his eyes, Philip first felt infinite exhaustion, as if he had just fallen asleep and had to wake up.

Gradually, Lawrence's eyes became firm, and it seemed that little by little the energy was returning to his body.

"You're here. ”

When Lawrence said this, Philip had the same feeling as he usually saw Lawrence, calm, composed, as if everything was under control.

No wonder I felt this way when I saw Caroline just now, it turned out to be genetic!

Philip sighed a little in his heart.

"Your Majesty, how do you feel?" Nicholas, Lawrence's best friend and companion, stepped forward and took the initiative to hold the emperor's hand, and he felt no strength in his hand, which made him feel uneasy.

Casting a calm look at the old man, Lawrence said, "A little injury, it's not in the way, I'm still waiting to go hunting with you when I'm well." ”

Lawrence's look seemed to calm Nicholas a little, and he patted his friend's hand and stepped aside.

Anthony stepped forward and took Nicholas' place. Gritting his teeth, he seemed embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, there are some things that I shouldn't have said at this time, but Her Royal Highness the Princess just ordered a curfew on Wellington, which will cause great panic among the general public, and many shops are open at night, and the curfew will also have an impact on Wellington's economy." ”

Lawrence silently listened to Anthony finish speaking, frowned as if thinking about Anthony's words, and sighed. Somewhat helplessly, he said, "Curfew is what I meant." It's not that I'm too angry, and I'm going to have to suffer the whole city with me if I'm assassinated, Anthony, if you see this report. I'm afraid I'll make the same decision as I did. ”

Lawrence nodded at Rob. A piece of paper with the faint purple glow of this magic flying letter was handed to him by the Holy Mage.

See what the letter says. Anthony's eyes bulged out as he opened his mouth wide in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, is this true?"

"Yes. Let's take a look at the report for someone else. ”

The piece of paper reached Nicholas, and the Marshal of the Reich looked a little better than Anthony, but he also had a gloomy face, and when it came to Philip, he understood why these two men who stood at the peak of power in Bugas would have such expressions.

Mario, the governor of the imperial province of Betika, led a rebellion, and the entire province of Betica declared independence.

This is not true!

In order to avoid this, the top brass deliberately placed both royalists and republicans in each province to act as lords of the cities.

In order to supervise each other, even if a certain lord wants to rebel, the lords of other factions around will report to the central government once they find out, and the sprouts of rebellion will be nipped in the bud.

However, not only did Betika rebel, but the entire province rebelled together, and did the other faction lords under that governor not object?

Philip had a sense of unreality.

"The director of the Imperial Intelligence Department in Betaka also rebelled, and the network of the Imperial Intelligence Department in Betaka was destroyed, and this secret report was urgently sent by the Phantom People organization this morning, but unfortunately they did not infiltrate enough in Betaika and failed to find out in advance, do you know what I asked for a curfew, right? I suspect that the assassination of me and the rebellion against Betica are the same incident at all, Mario wants to assassinate me and cause chaos in the empire, and then he can gain strategic maneuver time, and when we stabilize the interior, he may take the opportunity to become bigger. ”

A flush flashed across Lawrence's face, and he suddenly coughed violently, and Caroline hurriedly stepped forward, patted her father's chest gently, and took the cup at the head of the bed, feeding Lawrence some water.

I finally calmed down my anger. Lawrence sneered: "It's a pity, they miscalculated, I'm not dead yet, and the country can't be in chaos, so it's okay, sooner or later, the clowns will have to jump out and solve it in my hands, it's better than leaving a scourge for Caroline and Philip." ”

Her Royal Highness the princess blushed slightly, glanced at her fiancé, and Philip also happened to look over, and the two looked at each other, at this time, this place is not suitable for the two to fall in love.

Lawrence continued: "Marshal!"

Hearing Lawrence call him so formally, Nicholas responded solemnly: "Your Majesty!"

"How much military strength do we have at our disposal now?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the two guards have a total of 80,000, the Blood Rose Legion defending Mandal in Assyria Province is 70,000, which is all our current mobile strength, and the rest are the garrisons of the various provinces, a total of 250,000. ”

Everyone understands Nicholas's words, some local lords are royalists, some lords are republicans, and the armies within a province are all mixed factions, not to mention that they are gathered together, it is simply a hodgepodge, and it is strange that there is no chaos when they go out together.

"Betika's strength last year was about 10,000, according to the report you showed us, Betika hired a large number of mercenaries in this rebellion, without affecting the defense of the frontier, the Blood Rose Legion can be transferred 10,000, the Guards can be transferred 20,000, no more, the news of this rebellion will definitely spread soon, Mandal will definitely have some attempts, even in the country, I am afraid that there will be opportunists who want to take advantage of the chaos, and the Guards must leave enough military strength to deter the place. ”

This is the disadvantage of the great empire, because the territory is too large, the central government's dominance over the local government will be reduced, and in order to flexibly respond to emergencies, defense has to be delegated to local officials.

This has the advantage that in the event of an invasion, robbery by bandits, or a natural disaster, local officials can deal with it quickly.

But this also has a disadvantage, once the central authority is affected, some local powerful factions will have different ideas, rebellion, independence, and even want to take the throne of the emperor.

Now, it is Betica that is challenging the authority of the central government, not only the governor of Betica, Mario, but also some other provinces are waiting, once Wellington sends all the troops out to fight against Bitica, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will want to stay in Wellington, so, as Nicholas said, the Guards must leave a part of the guard.

Beware of the so-called own people!

Everyone present understands it, so it won't be broken, but fortunately, 30,000 well-trained guards and Blood Rose legionnaires should be enough to deal with 10,000 local defenders and some mercenaries.

"Caroline, prepare to issue an order to mobilize 10,000 Blood Rose Legion soldiers, and the 1st and 2nd Guards armies will each transfer another 10,000 to form a conquest ......"

Military power was at some point equal to imperial power, and the signing of orders to mobilize troops had to be in the hands of the emperor.

"Click, click......"

The sound of armor grinding came from far and near, and a powerful magical energy enveloped Philip and Robert, and at this time, any careful measures could not be overstated.

Walking in was Abton, who had just left, Philip and Robert relaxed at this time, and had no time to greet the magnates in the room, Abton hurriedly walked to Lawrence's bedside and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I just received a magic letter from the Blood Rose Legion, the Mandal Republic has raised 150,000 troops to overwhelm the border of Assyria Province!"

Everyone was speechless,

I thought that Mario, the governor of Betica, was behind all this, but I didn't expect that the Mandal Republic also had a share!

"Mandal, one day, I, Bugas, will treading you flat!"

Lawrence roared, "Poof!" and a stream of blood spurted out of his mouth, and there was a rush in the bedroom, Caroline threw herself beside Lawrence, and hurriedly helped him calm his breath, Philip yelled at the doctor, Nicholas poured water for him, and even Anthony looked at Lawrence with a look of concern.

The doctor hurriedly ran over, listened to Lawrence, and lifted the quilt, only then did Philip find that Lawrence's abdomen was wrapped in a thick bandage, and there was bright red blood oozing out, which should be the part of the stabbing wound, which seemed to be very badly injured.

"Your Majesty, don't get too excited, if you tear the wound bigger, it will be troublesome, please take a good rest. ”

The court doctor seemed to want to say something, but Lawrence waved his hand and said, "Okay, doctor, I know everything, you go down first." ”

Sighing heavily, the doctor took his bag, gave Lawrence a deep look, and turned to leave.

"Father, you still listen to the doctor, rest early, and I will come back tomorrow with all the adults. ”

"No!" Lawrence categorically vetoed, "There are some things that can't wait, if they are dealt with one second earlier, the empire will be out of the disaster one second earlier, marshal, prime minister, you are the head of the civil and military ministers, tell me again, what should I do now?"

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is no way to mobilize the Blood Rose Legion. Nicholas lowered his head and thought about it, and when he raised his head again, his eyes became a little hot.

"Your Majesty, please go to war, and the minister will rush to Betika with five thousand elite guard soldiers!"

Nicholas was the royalist whip, the leader of the Rus' family, and a major retainer of the empire.

He's also a military man,

It is a soldier who must abandon the fine clothes and food when necessary, abandon the high position, and abandon the privileges that no one can reach.

For the happiness of his family and the security of the country, he will fight to the front line of the battlefield.

Nicholas felt that his long-dormant blood began to burn, and the nearly two years of Wellington life did not make the fighting blood in his bones solidify, on the contrary, after fermentation, it seemed to burn more violently!

"If the marshal goes out, the rebels of Betika will be vulnerable, but your majesty, the marshal can't go!" (To be continued......)