Chapter 56: Frederick and Euphelia
"Your Highness, the enemy is attacking!" Just as William was about to say something to comfort his daughter, a soldier defending the city rushed in, hissing and roaring at William, and then after seeing William raise his head to look at himself, he ran out, this attack, the enemy is already sitting in the last preparations, he must go to the front line, delay even a second for his master.
Looking at the soldier who had left his sight, William refocused his eyes on his daughter, at this time Euphelia looked a little shy, he had never been stared at by his father for so long without speaking, but she could feel the love and reluctance in her father's eyes, and did not want to hurt her.
William looked at his daughter, he knew that his brother would never spare his life, this attack might be the last, he had to take a good look at his daughter, and imprint her firmly in his mind, Euphelia looked very much like her mother, which made William love his eldest daughter far more than his son.
Thinking of his wife, the dignified woman who often advised herself not to indulge in fun, had now committed suicide in the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Wilhelm had a little regret in his heart, he didn't have much love when his wife was alive, it was just a political marriage, and now, what he missed the most was the person who didn't care the most at that time, and the things of the world were so interesting.
"Dad. Euphelia couldn't bear her father's gaze, there were too many emotions in those eyes that she couldn't read, she only knew that her father was very unhappy now, and she didn't want her father to be unhappy, so she opened her mouth and screamed tentatively.
"Well, Euphelia, my darling, Daddy is distracted, I'm sorry, please forgive Daddy. "The pity for his daughter and the anxiety for the future made him hide the guilt he felt for his wife, and now he must let his daughter and son live and not be swallowed up by this disaster, his daughter and son are still young, they have not participated in political struggles, they have not oppressed anyone, they should not be affected by this coup d'état.
"Well, I'll forgive you. Hearing her father's answer, Euphelia laughed, he was really a little afraid that his father would be angry, in her impression, her father often made his mother cry, and every time his mother talked to his father, he was also indifferent, he was dependent on such a father, but timid.
William was about to say something more, but the sound of rolling stones hitting the stone wall in the distance was getting louder and louder, far exceeding the movement of the previous days, and the wails of the soldiers who were hit by stones on the city wall also continued to reach William's ears, and his heart instantly became cold, the army outside couldn't wait to besiege the castle anymore and wait until the ammunition ran out, they were really going to attack.
"Euphelia, where is your brother?" asked William in a soft, gentle voice to Euphelia, who was frightened by the impact outside, these two children are the only blood that he has left in the world, and he will definitely not be able to escape this disaster, and he will not let go of himself compared to Kigadrei, but if his children can escape from the territory of Bredenburg and go to other places, his younger brother will not be embarrassed by these two children who are only 7.9 years old.
"Do you mean Frederick, it should be in his room. Hearing her father ask where her brother was, Euphelia frowned, she had always liked her brother very much, so she didn't know exactly where Frederick was doing at the moment, so she could only roughly say where Frederick would usually stay.
"yes, let's go. William breathed a sigh of relief when he heard his son in the room, as long as he hadn't left the castle, then at least he would be alive now, and that would be fine, and he took his daughter's hand and ran towards Frederick's room.
"Dad, what are we going to do with my brother?" Looking at his father's back, the blood-stained armor did not frighten Euphelia, as a nobleman, she had already seen a lot of blood, but he was a little panicked about what his father was doing at this moment, and his father should have gone outside to quiet down those noisy voices, instead of going to Frederick.
"You and your brother are leaving here and going somewhere else. Speaking of this, William's heart was actually at a loss, he didn't know where he was going to send these two children to ensure their safety, Euphelia and Frederick, who had lost their shelter, were worse than ordinary children from poor families, but if they stayed here and sat in the city of sorrow, then they would definitely die, and there was still a chance to escape, and in this case, William of course hoped that they could escape.
"Leave?" Euffilia muttered as she repeated her father's words, and suddenly countless questions swept towards her little head, leaving now, where is she going, Dad, are you going, is it just me and my brother?
The question that should have been blurted out came to an abrupt end when it came to her mouth, she had vaguely understood her father's intentions, and without saying a word, she followed her father to her brother Frederick's room.
Time was urgent, and William couldn't care about any etiquette, so he pushed the door open with one hand, ready to let Frederick run with his sister, but when he pushed the door open, he and Euphelia were stunned by the scene in front of them.
I saw that many of the cupboards in the room had been opened, and all the clothes that had been contained in them had disappeared, and there was an additional package on the floor, which was not very large, and Frederick was sitting on his bed, holding a picture book and studying it carefully, looking at his father and sister who had broken through the door with a quiet and calm expression.
"You're finally here, and if you don't, I'm going to run alone. “
William was in a state of consternation before he could speak, but Frederick closed the book, got up from the bed, walked up to his father with the package on the ground, and complained lightly, without the slightest feeling that the enemy was approaching and his life was in danger, but as if he had already calculated that his father was going to let him and his sister escape.
"How do you know" William looked at this child, who was quite strange to him, and was speechless for a while, never expecting that the rope of escape that he had formed with a thousand thoughts was just a thing that he had expected a long time ago in the eyes of his son.
"Of course I know, let's go, people are going to come in. "Frederick has been in his room for the past few days, and he is constantly planning where he should run to avoid this catastrophe, so when William and Euphelia came here, Frederick was not panicked at all, and even a little joyful, he didn't want to die in this place, if he didn't have his father's protection, it would be very difficult to leave this castle.