Chapter 185: The Princess's Decision (Part II)
Angel's appearance in Cork's group is an inevitability, but also an outlier, the same pursuit of interests and the political position that has been tied together from the beginning, which makes Angel inevitably board Cork's boat, and she is a newcomer and a princess of another country, which makes the courtiers of this group more or less repulsive her.
Changed to ordinary people, under the forced eyes of such high-powered generals and ministers, I am afraid that I would already tremble and not be able to say a word.
But Angel is no ordinary person, this is a woman who grew up in the most brutal and dark palace of struggle.
Cork has collected a lot of information about his fiancée, and he also knows a little about her abilities and character, although this woman's behavior angered him at once, but this anger only lasted for a while, Cork is the deep prince of the city after all, and he understands that Angel's seemingly "frivolous and reckless and no manners" behavior must be a special behavior.
Otherwise, a woman who has just come to the power group and has no relatives dares to laugh contemptuously in front of everyone like this, she is not brain-dead, so who is brain-dead?
But if Angel was really so brainless, would she be able to live until now?
Cork took a deep breath, and his voice was filled with deep anger: "What is your opinion?"
Cork spoke slowly, almost word after word popping out between his teeth.
Angel has been sitting on the periphery of the long table in the conference room, she saw Cork ask her by name, she was not polite, and immediately stood up, Shi Shiran came to a hanging map, smiled at Charles on the side, and stretched out his snow-white palm: "Is it okay?"
Angel's smile really has the power to seduce the soul, and the powerful people in this room, who were originally angry, saw this smile that captivated the country and the city, and their anger suddenly dropped by half.
Charles was stunned for a moment, he looked at Angel's beautiful and charming face, and suddenly his mouth was a little dry, and he did not dare to look at her, and handed over the whip in his hand.
Angel took the whip, nodded gracefully to him, lifted her skirt, and nodded and smiled at a room of magnates who could make Garcia tremble.
Since ancient times, no matter which world or country, there are always some women, when they show a smile, it is enough to captivate a city, and when they show a smile again, it is enough to captivate a country!
Men are naturally animals that think in the lower half of their bodies, and strong desires dominate their actions and thoughts most of the time, even at this critical time, a room of magnates looking at Angel, a beautiful and elegant woman, one by one, silent, breathing heavily, the anger that had just accumulated suddenly dissipated without a trace in Angel's two smiles.
Although Prince Cork is sometimes easily angered by Angel and Tang Jie's affairs, the one who calms down the fastest is this prince who has been a prince in the palace for decades.
Cork looked at Angel, and then at the eyes of a room of men, and somehow a thought suddenly rose in his heart: red face and trouble!
It's a good thing for a woman to be pretty, but if she's too pretty, it's not necessarily a good thing!
He was thinking about it here, Angel was holding a horse whip, standing in front of the map more than two meters high, and suddenly her expression was abrupt, she raised the leather whip in her hand, and walked around the distribution line of the forces marked with a red pen on the map of the Pound Continent: "Gentlemen, you have been discussing just now, which territory has been subordinated to Fernandez, and which has fallen to us, right?"
In the face of such a nonsense, the room did not arouse much angry laughter, but someone said lukewarmly: "Didn't Her Royal Highness the princess just laugh at our discussions?
Angel smiled slightly: "Yes, I was laughing, I was just laughing at you for taking the awakening of His Majesty the Emperor as a wonderful news......"
"Bastard, dare to be disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor!" an older nobleman rebuked in a low voice.
Angel didn't care at all, she glanced at the nobleman, and said lightly: "Oh, it's the Marquis of Hunt, it's no wonder, when you were twenty years old, you were taught by the court teacher with His Majesty the Emperor, and at that time you were in the prime of life, and you were the most favored person of His Majesty the Emperor, I really envy! But now, His Majesty the Emperor's favor to you is not as good as before, how long have you not spoken to His Majesty the Emperor? I think about it, if I remember correctly, it should have been seven years, right? Why do you remember to talk to him?"
Hunter was a little surprised, how could this woman know him so clearly, he stared at Angel tightly with a pair of cloudy and dim eyes, but did not say anything more.
He didn't speak, but the people next to him felt that Angel's words were becoming more and more excessive, and he didn't respect the emperor or the old marquis in front of him, and at that moment, a middle-aged man taught Angel in a deep voice: "Your Royal Highness Princess, is this the etiquette of your Falco Empire?"
Angel turned her head and looked at the middle-aged man who was speaking, she smiled and said: "Ah, it's General Ibodala, I've always heard that you are a brave general, and the scar on your face is really majestic, I heard that it was a medal left by the battle with the berserk orcs of the Northern Continent?
Angel said something in her words, she recognized the magnates in this room like a few treasures, and was very familiar with their past, with praise and thorns in her words, and there was an unceremonious reserve in her elegant tone, what impressed Prince Cork the most was that there were still some unconvincing looks in the eyes of other nobles, but Angel's last sentence suddenly quieted down the other nobles who were eager to try to pick on Angel.
Now that everyone is in the same boat, what else is Falco and Pound?
Angel's eyes wandered, glanced at everyone, and seeing that they were no longer talking, he smiled slightly, and continued: "I laugh, of course I have a reason. Since you must think that I am an outsider from the Falco Empire, then I, an outsider who is a bystander, will give you a little of my opinion. ”
Angel's whip went to a place on the map, and it landed on Garcia, and said something that was not shocking: "It seems to me that if His Majesty the Emperor dies now, it will be the real good news!"
The crowd was in an uproar!
The magnates in the room suddenly turned on the pot, some scolded loudly, some severely criticized, some sneered, and some thoughtful.
Angel looked at the room of people, she didn't speak, her eyes were sharp, blazing like a torch, sweeping over everyone's face, as if she was carefully observing everyone's different reactions, and then remembered it deeply.
Cork was a little surprised by Angel's words just now, but he was an extremely intelligent person, and he quickly understood the effect of Angel's words, and he couldn't help but be amazed.
First, Angel pointed out the most critical key point at the moment: His Majesty the Emperor has not yet held a ceremony to give up the throne, and he has not given up the throne to Prince Cork for a day, and the situation will be unstable for a day, because the position of Prince is established by the Emperor, and he can be abolished at any time, who said that in the last few days, Kriza XVI will not suddenly abolish Cork?
Although it is unlikely, the last thing that can be done in a political struggle is not to gamble on anything and not to take chances.
Thinking about it deeper, what if Fernandez controlled His Majesty the Emperor at this time and made him change his mind?
Although this possibility is not very large, it is indispensable to guard against people! All unfavorable situations must be expected!
Second, Angel said this, and immediately he could clearly see the sincerity of the people in this room, although these people are deep old fritters in the palace, this gesture is suspected of being contrived, but no matter how he acts, sometimes careful observation can always see some clues.
Thinking of this, Prince Coke's gaze at Angel suddenly changed, this woman is not simple!
It wasn't until Prince Cork raised his hand and the noisy people in the room quieted down a little that Angel continued to smile and said, "Gentlemen, your loyalty and patriotism really opened Angel's eyes and deeply admired. But now, we must see clearly that our life and death are in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor, and he will not live long, and when he dies, if we find a Emperor Majesty who saves our lives, it is not the one sitting in front of us, but another ......"
Angel stared at the men in the room one by one: "...... What are you going to do?"
Angel's gaze was terrifyingly sharp, and even these powerful people who were up and down in the sea unconsciously avoided it for a while, not daring to look at her.
Silence, the silence of the room like a tomb.
If Christina, who was familiar with Angel, saw her here, she would definitely be very emotional, and she would not dare to associate the woman in front of her who was full of murderous aura with the woman who was screaming and crying in the gladiatorial arena.
Cork stared at Angel intently, thinking like lightning in his heart: this woman is too smart, she knows very well what she wants, and what is even more awe-inspiring is that she can always fight and grab what she wants!
In order to save Tang Jie's life, she did not hesitate to self-destruct to negotiate terms with herself; after Tang Jie survived the gladiatorial fight, she immediately threw herself into this power struggle like a whirlpool meat grinder, like a different person, to fight for her own power and position, to take it!
The most important thing is that there is something in this woman's body that only a very few people have, a royal aura that can suppress the scene!
Angel stared at everyone for a long time before she smiled slowly, and the horsewhip in her hand pointed out on the map again: "You are limited to the gains and losses of one city and one place, and you are always thinking: once the coup breaks out, once the forces of the two sides clash, how much is the difference in the balance of power between the enemy and us...... But have you ever wondered why we have to drag the war until that point, why don't we settle everything in Garcia, but let the conflict spread throughout the empire?"
"Whew......" one of the magnates sneered.
Charles next to him said politely: "Dear Highness Angel, can you allow me to say a few words?"
Angel nodded at him as if expecting someone to speak.
Charles bowed, bowed, and said, "My Highness, you have just arrived in Garcia, and there are some things that you may not know. His Royal Highness Fernández has always liked to recruit all kinds of powerful people and manage his own power, and under his hands, there are countless strong people, including a magician who can use spatial teleportation. Once his coup fails, then he can use spatial teleportation to escape the imperial capital in an instant and go to a place where we don't even know where it is. ”
"You mean, win or lose, Fernandez would have been extremely easy and inevitable if he wanted to escape from the Imperial Capital?" Angel asked rhetorically.
Charles sighed: "That's so, my Highness. ”
"Then we don't have a mage who can master space-time teleportation?" Angel asked, "Let them find the teleportation point through the magic fluctuations in the air, touch it, and wait for them at the teleportation point!"
Sharde smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I've tried it a long time ago, the three holes of the cunning rabbit, it's useless, our magician said that there are hundreds of such teleportation points in the empire, and it is impossible to arrange manpower one by one." Moreover, even if Fernandez does not use spatial teleportation to escape, he can choose to take the sea route, he has a powerful water magister by his side, and he can get there in one day during the ten-day trip. ”
Angel nodded, and there was no look of frustration and surprise on his face: "So, you have been thinking about fighting a long-term and protracted battle with him on the frontal battlefield?"
Charles said helplessly: "It is in this protracted civil war that His Majesty the Emperor seized the throne, if he can, who wants to make the empire into a mess? What's more, Fernandez's power in the imperial capital is no less than ours, and it is entirely possible for him to win a direct victory in the coup." ”
"Coup?" laughed Angel, "what a good word! But why should we wait for him to do it?"
Charde's face became even more bitter: "We don't have the will of His Majesty the Emperor, we don't have the name of righteousness, if we strike first, then the counties under Fernández will have an excuse to directly raise troops." ”
"The name of righteousness ......" the smile on Angel's face couldn't tell whether it was mockery or exclamation, "So, we can only be beaten passively and wait for Fernandez to make the first move, and then we take the name of righteousness and accuse Fernandez of plotting misdeeds and attempting to mutiny?"
Charles looked at the room and nodded, "That's right." ”
Angel smiled and looked at everyone: "Now you understand, why I laughed before? Do you have to wait for this righteous name to fall from the sky? If Fernandez has been holding back, what will you do? Do you have to endure until the day of His Majesty's abdication ceremony?"
Cork suddenly said in a deep voice, "What else can you do if you don't do this?"
Angel glanced at him, then said meaningfully, "That's what I just said...... If His Majesty the Emperor is really dead now, this is the best news! On the other hand, His Majesty the Emperor is not dead now, but has woken up, and this is the worst news!"
The eyes of the people in this room suddenly lit up, and they couldn't help but look at Angel with a somewhat strange look.
There are no stupid people here, even stupid people can't stay in this position, they can't live now, just when Angel said these words before, some of them were extremely smart people who had already guessed what Angel wanted to say, and now Angel clicked again, so everyone reacted.
As long as the emperor is killed, then according to the rules, the throne will inevitably be inherited by the prince Koke, and at that time, the righteousness will be on his side!
Political struggles are often like this, this kind of thing looks like a fig leaf, as if it is not important, but with it or not, it is completely two effects, no matter who it is, they are desperately yearning for the moral high ground to stand on it, trying to grab the name of this righteousness!
At that moment, some nobles trembled their lips and said, "You mean, to ...... Want...... Kill ......" Before he finished speaking, he was gagged by the person next to him with his hand.
But the rest of the word was not spoken, and everyone knew what it was!
Regicide!
These two words are terrible......
They came out of hell like devils, and the magnates here couldn't help but tremble!
But more people trembled, and there was a strange light in their eyes, as if the devil in their hearts had been released.
This idea is not unexpected, but Kriza XVI is different from his father XV, although the 15th reigned for a long time, but in general he was a do-nothing king, while Kriza XVI is different, he is brilliant, civil and military all-rounder, in his hands, the empire completed several victorious conquests of the southern continent, and the cultural and martial arts of the Pound Empire reached a peak in his hands.
This emperor is a role like a god in the hearts of the common people and the powerful people.
Just think about it, when Kriza XVI seized the throne, the empire experienced ten years of civil war, the entire empire was almost erosive, and the population of the empire fell by almost half!
But such a mess, Kriza not only did not let it collapse in his own hands, but also relied on his own great power to make this ancient empire rise again and rejuvenate it!
The most unfortunate thing is that while he rebuilt the empire with iron and blood, he also withstood the huge pressure from the Kelsman family and fostered the Klumber Chamber of Commerce and the Illuminati Cult that could compete with the Kelsman family.
Among the emperors recorded in the annals of the Pound Empire, many emperors were controlled by the Kelsman family and became puppets at the mercy of others, and there were very few emperors who could not be completely controlled by this huge family.
And Kriza XVI was one of them!
It is conceivable that such an emperor has been in power for decades, and how deep his prestige is in the hearts of his courtiers!
Therefore, even if the idea of killing the monarch came up in the hearts of some nobles and magnates, they were quickly dispelled.
But now, after Angel, an "outsider", boldly pointed out such a way out, everyone was moved, even Cork was unstable, and a pair of eyes stared at Angel.
It is said that this woman is scheming and ruthless, but now that I look at it, it is really not a false rumor!
The room was extremely quiet, and Cork's subordinates were staring at their Royal Highness the Prince, as if waiting for his decision.
Angel, on the other hand, was hunched down and stared at the ground, and no one could see what she was thinking through her eyes.
Depressed, this suffocating depression!
The candlestick hanging high on the beautiful wall of the room suddenly burst into a candlestick, and this small sound suddenly made everyone's hearts jump, like a thunderbolt!