Chapter Ninety-Eight: Chorus "Silver Moon"
The rise of the Comos Federation has finally given the merchants of Knight Continent the hope of getting rid of their low status. www.biquge.info Although it is inevitable that those pioneers will be squeezed for benefits there, the purely commercial means make them more acceptable.
Unlike the rest of the Knight Continent, once your wealth exceeds a limit, it will be ruthlessly taken away by the noble lords. The slightest complaint will not even save your life. Or, when they do it, your life and that of your family is within the scope of their cleanup.
The Five-Nation Alliance has been established for a short time, unlike several other empires, the aristocracy is powerful, and they have already controlled the upper and lower levels of the empire, and the commoners have no way out except for them. Here, as long as you are willing to work hard, there is still a slight possibility of rising.
The great development of maritime trade a hundred years ago gave many people a chance, and countless people who dared to fight and ate the first batch of crabs. Although most of them sank to the bottom of the sea, some people rose. After the nobles found out later, these merchants had become a big trend, and even the queen did not dare to touch them easily.
And most of their industries are also in places such as the Komos Federation, and they are not afraid of the Qinyue Kingdom. It's just that the wanderer is away, and he misses his hometown, and the Qinyue Kingdom is their root after all, and they don't want to be homeless. Therefore, they have been working hard to promote the transformation of the Qinyue Kingdom, and have also made countless large sums of wealth, so that the queen has promulgated a series of national policies that are conducive to business.
Seeing that the fruit was about to ripen, Gletis was born, and she took a different path, the commercialization of the aristocracy. During her regency, she united a group of enlightened nobles and actively used the existing sea routes to open up new shipping lanes and control the flow of goods here in the Five Nations Alliance.
At first, they rejoiced at Gletis's move, believing that the other party was an enlightened monarch and that their progress could be accelerated. But the other party's follow-up methods disappointed them. Restricting non-nobles from entering the new shipping lanes, the navy of the Qinyue Kingdom is no longer providing escorts for non-nobles. Non-nobles were taxed more than nobles, and the right to trade in dozens of goods was restricted to non-nobles.
After a series of means, the new aristocratic forces that defected to her grew rapidly, and these ordinary businessmen suffered a big loss. In a fit of rage, after the sudden death of the Queen, they joined forces with two other forces to splash Glettis' dirty water on his face and support Hilda's accession to the throne.
And after observing Hilda for a while, they decided to fully support the royal daughter who would keep their agreement with the previous queen. But the good times didn't last long, Hilda was wanted by the Morning Light Church as a witch, this kind of crime may be fine in the Comos Federation, but here in the Five Nations Alliance, it is definitely a disaster.
Without him, it is too old to be from the two old empires, and there are no powerful forces around them that can restrain them.
After urgent deliberation, the group of civilian merchants made a decision to rescue Hilda, one was to show strength to Gletis, who was now in a state of flux, so that he could have some scruples, and the other was to protect Hilda, the princess, in order to wait for the opportunity.
The world is unpredictable, and who can guess what will happen in the next moment. Whether Hilda's identity as a witch or a princess, it is worth their investment!
Time passed slowly in the calculations of various forces, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Hilda set herself to burn herself. In front of the palace of the Qinyue King, countless people gathered, and they waited for Hilda's appearance with sad faces.
Hilda, dressed as a shrine maiden, is going to do one last thing for the Kozuki Kingdom today. Something that every shrine maiden can only do once.
Hilda, who was originally heroic, after being dressed as a witch, did not become gloomy under those weird decorations, but had a mysterious temperament. It is completely different from the image of the vicious witch in the propaganda of the Church of Chenguang. Maybe this is Hilda's own temperament, or maybe this is the original face of the shrine maiden.
Alone, without a single attendant, in the path separated by the guards on both sides, Hilda walked quietly towards the White Tower. Compared to the Qinyue Palace, it was her home, a home where she had lived for nineteen years. Today, she is about to burn it together with it, with the mark they left in the world, and it may be a good experience.
Thinking of this, Hilda's calm expression brought a sweet smile to it. The pure smile instantly infected the surrounding crowd, and countless people were reluctant. Even if they knew that Hilda would continue to live, they might be caught in the flames of war, and at this moment they no longer had any scruples in shouting: "Princess, please don't step into death, and lead us to drive those invaders out of their homeland!"
As soon as the call was answered, the scene suddenly became noisy, and countless calls sounded, but finally they were unified into one sentence, "Wang Maiden, please don't step into death!"
Hilda's tears flowed down her eyes as she could remember. The inexplicable emotion haunted her heart, which strengthened her belief.
After a slight pause, Hilda put away her tears and strode forward more firmly. Although she didn't have words, it made those who saw her feel her belief inexplicably for a moment. As she walked forward, where she walked, the crowd began to quiet down, but they felt sad for some reason, and tears flowed inexplicably from their eyes.
Silver Moon,
High in the air,
The lonely high hangs there,
but sprinkled the cold moonlight;
Silver Moon,
High in the air,
The lonely high hangs there,
but we are in our thoughts;
Silver Moon, Silver Moon,
You are eternal,
Guarding me,
Guarding the home,
Guarding him who loves you.
Silver Moon, Silver Moon,
You are eternal,
When I'm old,
and sleep also,
Under your moonlight.
Hilda's last journey, I don't know who started it, Qinyue's most widely circulated song "Silver Moon" was sung by everyone, and under the choking of thousands of people, this already cold song became sad.
The White Tower is not very tall or grand. It's just that when Hilda was six years old, the queen built it for her for some reason. And when it was completed, it moved her from the palace. At that time, people were still speculating how unpopular this youngest Nine Princes would be to the queen, so he would be imprisoned at such a young age!
But now it seems that our former queen may have something to do with the shrine maiden. Of course, now that the previous queen has passed away, the Church of Dawn will not be troubled by a dead person.
As long as Hilda is captured, this matter will be over. Yes, arrest! If it were an ordinary witch, the Church of Dawn would not have sent a bishop leader at all. This is done in order to capture the other party, and it must be alive.