"What did you say!"

Nicholas looked at Anthony angrily, like a tiger descending from a mountain, eager to devour him.

"At this time, do you still have to think about fighting for power and profit?"

Lawrence didn't look very good at Anthony, the empire was at a critical moment, and he even had to dismantle the stage behind his back, Lawrence had the idea of forcibly giving military orders to Nicholas.

Anthony looked at Nicholas and Lawrence's unkind eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Lord Marshal, you have all misunderstood me, I want to say that the central government needs Lord Marshal more than the locality, and Betika must have advanced to the border of the Empire The Mandal army is our big trouble!" If they break through the defenses of the Legion of the Blood Rose, then only the Marshal will be able to resist them, and besides, although I don't want to admit it, but with the Marshal in Wellington, we can guarantee to deter other vice-Chancellors with bad intentions!"

Lawrence and Nicholas were silent, they knew that Anthony was very correct in what he said, and that Nicholas was more important in Wellington than in Betica.

"Marshal, then please choose a general, bring as many people as possible to quell the rebellion, if possible, please also go to the border of Assyria Province for the time being, force back the Mandal army as much as possible, and then gallop to the aid of Betica, the Blood Rose Legion is under your command and there is no need to consider plans such as setting up a second line of defense within the empire, we will force the Mandals back at once. ”

Lawrence glanced at Anthony and said, of course he knew that Anthony had left Nicholas in Wellington just now because he didn't want his political enemies to take military power again, if he forced the Mandals back. Nicholas will be rewarded with another great merit, and in this way, the royalists will gain prestige again.

Such political battles were played out every day, every moment, and Lawrence felt a sense of exhaustion in his heart, and he longed to go to sleep like this, and to sleep forever, never to wake up again.

His gaze swept across the room, and the last lingered on Caroline's pretended calm face, her daughter's fingers tightly twisted. It seems that she doesn't want people to see the fear in her heart.

No way. I can't sleep yet, and now is not the time to sleep for the Hoder family to be able to control the empire more smoothly.

The people in the room suddenly felt that Lawrence, who was extremely weak from vomiting blood, suddenly burst out with an astonishing momentum, which seemed to be more domineering and violent than before he was injured.

"I! The generals sent to Betica don't choose anyone else. That's him!"

Lawrence's fingers were pointed like a powerful spear at the youngest man in the room.

Philip Rose!

Everyone looked at Philip in amazement. Lawrence's order came as a surprise to them. How can such a young face lead an army?

Even Philip himself was a little confused.

Rebel yourself?

"Why? think he's not qualified?" said Lawrence, "he's the governor of a province. He once defeated 5,000 men with a thousand miscellaneous soldiers, once fought against the orcs on the bloody battlefield, dealt with the crisis of Galia and the Bithynian strike, and it was best to send him to deal with this rebellion. ”

Nicholas quickly recovered from the shock, looked at his only son, and worried, "Your Majesty, he has no experience in leading troops, I'm afraid he is not talented......"

"Old man, I know what you're worried about. A smile appeared on Lawrence's pale face, "Actually, you think that if you don't have enough troops, something will happen to him, right?"

Nicholas's old face was slightly red, but this involved his son's life and future, and he couldn't help but be careless.

In fact, there are still words that no one has said just now.

The general who went to fight against the rebellion was actually an object of sacrifice, and his role was only to temporarily stabilize the situation, so that the rebellion of Betika would not spread to other provinces, not so much as a conquest, but more on defense, and it was a great sacrifice to defend it.

"Don't worry, how can I treat my son-in-law badly, the Guards allocate three thousand men, and in addition, allow Philip to draw any other troops except the Guards and the Blood Rose Legion, and the salaries will be paid by the central government!"

This news is even more surprising than the appointment of Philip as the commander of the expeditionary army just now, to form an army by himself, and then to conquer the rebellion, once successful, Philip will grow into a powerful political giant in the Bugas Empire, a political giant like Nicholas and Anthony who belonged to his father's time.

At that point, even if Lawrence remained ostensibly neutral, in reality, the political power of the Bugas court would change radically.

The Big Three, two of whom are still father and son, Anthony and the Republican Party will have a hard time.

Anthony opened his mouth unwillingly and said: "Your Majesty, this seems to be a bit unruly, Philip is still the governor of Galia, and the funds of the Ministry of Finance have to deal with the attack of the Mandals, if the number of troops is too large, I am afraid it will be difficult to pay the soldiers." ”

"Since he can be the special envoy of the Bithynia incident, what does it matter if he leads the conquest army to crusade against the rebellion, Philip's position is the commander-in-chief of the conquest army and the governor of Gallia, and the deputy prime minister of the Executive Yuan can be removed temporarily. ”

Lawrence also made a little concession, it doesn't matter if the deputy prime minister doesn't want to be in office, when Philip returns successfully, his prestige will be on a par with Anthony, a deputy prime minister obviously can't reflect his merits, and it's a matter of time before he gets rid of it, it's better to use it in exchange for Anthony's concessions.

"As for the salaries of the soldiers, the treasury is insufficient, and my Hoddle family will come out of the private treasury!" Lawrence said proudly: "Even if I sell the palace, I will definitely let Philip form a brave and warlike army!"

It's all said and done, and if you go a step further, Lawrence can say that this is an army formed by the royal family itself, and it has nothing to do with your government, if you say so, it will be a slap in the face of Anthony, because there is no money, the emperor privately formed an army to rebel, and to some extent, he is incompetent as the prime minister who presides over government affairs.

Anthony sighed and stepped aside with a gloomy face. Looking at Philip's eyes, it was extremely complicated.

"Stinky boy, don't hurry up Xie Lu Xie Your Majesty!"

Philip, who was shocked, was slapped on the back of the head by his father, and the voice of the marshal with suppressed joy rang in Philip's ears.

"Ah, Your Majesty, Ah, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister must live up to his trust, be loyal to the royal family, and be loyal to the empire!" Philip quickly became organized after his incoherent speech at first, putting the royal family before the empire, indicating that he remembered Lawrence's grace.

"What's it called, Your Majesty? Bub. You want to marry Caroline in the future, we are a family, and you will call me father in the future, but. I guess you can't change your words yet. Just call me uncle. ”

"Huh? Yes. Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie, I will definitely live up to your trust!"

Lawrence gave Philip two more words of encouragement, and then Anthony a few words about government affairs. Her face became very bad again, and she coughed violently several times in the middle, and Caroline quickly stopped the conversation.

"Your Majesty the Emperor can't work any longer today, ladies and gentlemen, please come back tomorrow. The court doctor examined Lawrence, and said with an ugly face, if it weren't for Lawrence's extreme health, he would never dare to say this in front of so many important ministers of the empire.

After sending off a room full of people just now, Caroline returned to her father's side, Lawrence's eyes were already closed tiredly, silently serving him to cover his quilt, Caroline was ready to leave, temporarily taking on the duties of the emperor, which meant that she had a lot of official business to deal with.

Suddenly, his hand was grabbed by Lawrence, weak but unwilling to let go.

"Father, I'm here, I'm not leaving. Caroline comforted Lawrence and said that the seriously ill patients wanted to be accompanied, and Her Royal Highness was hesitant to bring the official documents here to deal with them.

Carolyn...... I'm going to tell you something...... You should never say it to anyone. Lawrence's eyes were wide open and his expression was solemn, "Even if it's Philip, you can't say." ”

Caroline "chuckled" in her heart, and said with a reluctant smile: "Okay, father, I won't say anything to anyone." ”

"That knife is poisonous. ”

The blood on Caroline's face faded completely, and her voice trembled and asked, "Father...... What are you talking about......"

"The knife that stabbed me was poisonous, poisonous, and there is no cure for it......"

Tears flowed down Caroline's pretty face, she didn't scream for the doctor, she didn't cry for your father, you don't want to die, Lawrence didn't say these words to her until everyone was gone, she must have known her body very well.

As a daughter, Caroline still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "Teacher Robert, have you asked?"

"Come," said Robert, beckoning Caroline closer and touching his daughter's hair and youthful face.

"Do you want your father to become that kind of person? Birth, old age, sickness and death are the inevitable journeys of life, daughter, I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid that when I die, I will not be able to leave you with more help. Philip is a nice man, a rare figure who still has a sense of justice even after being in a high position, as evidenced by his fearless escort back to the palace. I don't know when I'm going to die of poison, your teacher said that he had never seen this kind of poison and had no way to do it, so I don't have much time, I just want to do more things for you in the last days of my life......"

Tears were falling on Lawrence's bloodless hands, and Caroline was already in tears......

Walking out of the palace, dark clouds were already rolling outside, and Philip tightened his clothes, buttoning the top button to prevent some cold wind from pouring into his clothes.

"Your Excellency Philip, please wait. ”

Abton shouted behind Philip, walked briskly forward, and handed the man a paperwork.

"This is an order for the transfer of 3,000 men from the 1st Guards Division, including the soldiers who accompanied you to Galia and Bithynia, and some of your brother's old subordinates, I hope you can use them well. ”

Philip smiled and accepted Abton's kindness, "The general is free to visit the Blood Rose Manor." ”

People can give you some random people, but giving these soldiers who have something to do with Philip is a favor.

Seeing that Philip understood what he meant, Abton smiled heartily, didn't say anything more, and immediately walked outside the palace, today's task is still very heavy......

"Abton is ingratiating himself with your future boss, who didn't even have much contact with your father before. ”

Robert's pale face appeared next to Philip at some point, and the faint voice seemed to come out of the ground. He was not wrong to say that Philip was Abton's future boss, and that once Philip and Caroline were married, the Guards would definitely be in the hands of him, the Empress husband.

"Boy, it's going to change the sky! I didn't expect His Majesty to give you the position of rebellious, and what I gave you may really be used. Robert said lightly, his eyes looking into the distance, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

"yes, it's about to change. ”

The old fellow didn't know what he was selling, so Philip simply followed him, and stood together on the high stairs in front of the palace, looking down on Wellington.

The dark clouds had completely obscured the blue sky, turning day into night, the streets and houses had to be lit with magic lights, and the soldiers of the Guards in elaborate iron armor spread down the streets next to the palace like ants in an orderly row.

Bang!

A blast of thunder slid across the sky, instantly illuminating the dim Wellington.

Sky!

It's changed!(To be continued......)