There was turmoil in the imperial capital - now even ordinary civilians felt that something was wrong in the imperial capital these days. 【】

A large number of soldiers of the Central Cavalry Regiment took to the streets, replacing the soldiers of the former Imperial Capital Security Office, and they patrolled the streets in full armor.

The royal guards in charge of the palace garrison also looked like they were facing a great enemy, almost all of the 50,000 royal guards were mobilized, and the walls of the palace were patrolling back and forth, and the palace gate was guarded several times more tightly than before!

The gates of the imperial capital were inspected much more strictly than in the past, and those who entered and exited, whether commoners or nobles, were strictly inspected - these actions have fully demonstrated that something is wrong with the current situation.

The high-ranking nobles of the empire learned the news that His Majesty the Emperor was critically ill, and then the palace officially announced that Her Majesty the Empress was pregnant with the prince...... The clever ones immediately thought of an important question: the battle for the throne was finally on the table!

Even some guys with dull brains, after getting the news that His Royal Highness Prince Balang suddenly returned to the imperial capital from outside the city, also understood that when he came back at this time, he was naturally going to compete for the throne!

Nicole almost lived in the palace and stayed by Her Majesty's side every day - from the bottom of her heart, she didn't like this very much, and it was never a pleasant thing to be faced with a woman whose emotions were a little out of control. But Nicole could understand the queen's mood at this time - she was in a state of extreme panic, melancholy, and fear!

The only person the queen can rely on at the moment is the Tulip family - in fact, Nicole is now almost so worried that she can't eat every day.

Gordon sent in one message after another:

Prince Barang has returned to the city!

The commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, General Bayi, is in contact with Prince Balang!

There was an unusual movement in the barracks of the Central Cavalry Corps! The army was gathering!

The Marquis of Caroline and Prince Barang are in contact!

The Northern Army began an unusual build-up!

Every time Nicole heard a message, her heart grew a little more sorrowful. According to common sense, the Marquis Caroline and the Lionheart were both confidants of His Majesty the Emperor, and had always been at odds with Prince Baran—and at such a time, the Marquis Caroline was the most able force to win over.

But two reasons make this road firmly blocked!

The discord between the Lionheart family and the Tulip family is well known! Now that the queen is relying on herself, it is almost impossible to win over the Lionheart family! The Lionheart family will definitely not stand on the same front as Tulip.

Of course, there are no eternal enemies in politics, of course Nicole understands this truth, but now the Marquis of Caroline also absolutely understands in his heart that at this moment, it is Prince Barang and the child in the queen's womb who are fighting for the throne. Whoever succeeds is the emperor - and now, the Carolingian Marquis is faced with the question of position. If the new emperor is successful, then the Lionhearts family will become the biggest contributor to the new emperor's succession!

This is the perfect opportunity for the Marquis of Caroline, who is bent on overshadowing Tulips to become the first family of the Empire!

Moreover, judging from the current situation, Prince Barang naturally has a better chance of winning than an unborn baby!

And the Carolingian Marquis was loyal to Abbasid XI, but he was no fool!

And another reason is: the child in the queen's womb is not His Majesty the Emperor at all!

What reassures Nicole a little is that the Royal Guard is still loyal to the royal family, especially the Gordon Commander who is almost undepressed and loyal to his side!

And the Imperial Command has also clearly rejected the contact of Prince Balang, and those old generals of the empire have announced that they have maintained neutrality, and God knows if the emperor has any hope of waking up when His Majesty's condition improves!

Nicole believed in her heart that once things changed drastically, out of the appeal of the Tulip family, the Imperial Command would not be depressed to her side!

But there's a ridiculous problem in it!

How much strength does the current Imperial High Command still have?

In order to reduce the influence of the Tulip family, His Majesty the Emperor has weakened the strength of the Imperial Command in many ways - the four major armies of the Empire, the Northern Legion has been handed over to the Lionheart family of the Marquis of Caroline! The Central Cavalry Legion is in the hands of the royal nobleman General Bayi - among them, the Northern Legion was originally loyal to Abbasid XI (at least Abbasid XI himself thinks so), but now in fact, the Northern Legion has become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Carolingian Marquis, and there is no doubt that now they have fallen to Prince Barang!

And the Central Cavalry Corps, General Bayi, is already close to Prince Balang, and now he can't count on it!

At present, only the commander of the Northwest Army, General Eliot, is from the traditional forces of the imperial side and belongs to the command, so naturally he can be counted on to support him -- but the Northwest Rochenthal looks down on the wolf, can the Northwest Army be mobilized back? Not to mention that after the Northwest War, the Northwest Army was almost crippled! How much strength is left?

The Southern Army is also a traditional force belonging to the military of the High Command, and at this moment Roddy is heading to the south, but there is no news so far......

The Northern Army has begun to assemble, although there is no next move yet, but God knows when, the army will go south, and it will be under the imperial capital!

Nicole sighed, trying to sweep the sorrow away from her mind, keeping a calm expression on her face. She knew in her heart that she was almost the backbone of the party now. Her Majesty also relied on herself to support her - but deep down, Nicole was always a little uneasy in her heart......

Is it really right to do this by yourself? After all, the child in the queen's womb is Seth's! Not the royal blood! Speaking of which, it is Prince Barang who is the legitimate descendant of the royal family, and his own side seems to be plotting for imperial power......

"Seth, Sette, is this your conspiracy? You are gone, but you are still firmly in control of things according to your plan...... You have strapped everyone to your chariot......"

Nicole sighed with melancholy in her eyes.

Only, is that really the case?

The soldiers in charge of guarding the gates of the imperial capital have all been replaced by the people of the Central Cavalry Legion. Groups of soldiers wearing the uniform of "Thor's Whip" took control of the four gates of the imperial capital and forbade them to enter and exit, but at the suggestion of the Marquis of Caroline, Prince Barang finally dispelled this idea.

After all, there is no coup d'état yet, let alone a rebellion. His Majesty the Emperor is not dead...... If you really order the city gate to be closed, you will give the opponent a pretext!

In the afternoon of this day, on a large road at the south gate of the imperial capital, more than a dozen horses were moving slowly. At first was a fat man with a bloated body, and on a horse behind him was a young man with a pale face, but his eyebrows were a little depressed, and he looked dejected, and then behind him were a dozen people with indifferent expressions, each of whom had indifferent eyes and calm expressions.

The fat man looked at the city wall in the distance, turned back to the young man on the horse behind him, and shouted, "Little bat, is that the imperial capital?

The young man behind him smiled bitterly: "You are naturally relaxed, but I am a ...... after all Alas...... I've done so many things for you, it's tantamount to betraying Lord Simao, if you get caught, hum...... Do you know how our Bloodlines punish traitors?"

The fat man raised his eyebrows and shouted, "I'll see which one dares! You are now Lao Tzu's follower, who dares to touch you?"

Then he looked at the city wall in the distance, and grinned, "I don't know what that kid Roddy is doing now......? This kid looks honest, but he's also very romantic. A few days ago, she brought me a girl, but it annoyed me to death...... If it weren't for Lao Tzu's glaring eyes and taking that woman on the road, I don't know when I would be able to reach the imperial capital!"

At this point, the fat man turned back to the young man and shouted, "Let me ask you, when will the wounds on that Duck boy heal?"

The young man rolled his eyes and said, "There are still seventeen or eighteen days." ”

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I hope Duck will be sick for a few days...... That's how we can drag those two troublesome women for a while......"

Immediately, he looked at the imperial capital city wall in front of him, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the imperial palace is really that interesting...... If that emperor dares to touch Roddy boy, Lao Tzu will really set his palace on fireworks!hahaha...... It must be a very interesting thing to take a dozen blood clans to the palace!"

The young man behind him couldn't help but stab him: "There is an imperial examiner association in the imperial capital, as well as a religious institute of the Divine Cult, and the Pope is also in the imperial capital, if you dare to make a fuss, most of them will be looking for death." ”

The fat man snorted coldly: "What kind of warlock association, a group of warlocks, Lao Tzu will look at it? And what kind of pope, it's a big deal to burn down his god religion! It's not a big deal! It's you, you've been talking a lot in the past two days, are your bones a little loose again?"

The young man immediately shuddered, and immediately squeezed out a little smile: "How dare I? Lord Tianlie, you are the sun in the sky, and I, a little firefly, dare to compete with the sun and the moon?"

Tianlie was in a happy mood, and was about to laugh twice, when he heard a person suddenly jump out of the roadside.

The man was dressed in clothes that he didn't know where he had stolen, the sleeves of his trousers seemed to be pieced together, his face was even more crooked, his hands and feet were of different sizes, and his legs looked almost one long and one short.

The man came to the middle of the road and shouted, "I drove this road, I planted this tree, and I want to live from now on...... That ......"

He rolled his eyes and immediately cut off: "Leave a horse behind!"

Silent......

Then Tianlie burst out into laughter, laughing so much that he almost fell off his horse, and the young man on the horse behind him also laughed wildly, looking at the guy standing in the middle of the road, with a look of pity in his eyes......

The man in the middle of the road, looking at Tianlie laughing wildly, was not angry, he stood there calmly, and waited for Tianlie's laughter to gradually stop, and then said slowly: "What are you laughing at? My old man wants a horse with you, isn't it ridiculous?"

Tianlie raised his eyebrows, and the young man behind him immediately flew up, stretched out a paw and grabbed at the man......

With a scream, the young man flew out and hung himself on a tree by the side of the road!

"En?" Tianlie's eyes lit up, with a strange expression on his face, he stared at the guy standing in the middle of the road, and couldn't help but say, "You thief has some skills......

The man pursed his lips, grinned, and said, "Then you give me a horse and let me go on the road with you." ”

Tianlie's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but smile: "What did you say?"

The man sighed and said loudly: "Now that the imperial capital is heavily guarded, I don't have the ability to fly around in broad daylight...... Most of the time I don't let me go into the city...... So, I'm going to ask you for a favor. ”

After speaking, the man sat down with a big grin, and that posture seemed to mean: "If you don't agree, I won't give way." ”

Tianlie rubbed his nose vigorously, and scolded with a smile: "You guy, I see that your ability is not small, there are people blocking the city gate, just break in directly, or fly in from above, I'm afraid it's not very difficult......"

The man's eyes widened, as if he was looking at Tian Lie like an idiot, and he said in a strange manner: "Don't you know that the imperial capital is now much stricter than before? It is said that vampires appeared in the imperial capital a few days ago, and now a large number of warlocks have been sent to patrol the city and fly in? As soon as you flew into the sky, seven or eight warlocks surrounded you! It is not difficult to enter the city, but if the world is turned upside down, what else can I do?"

After saying this, he whispered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "Could it be that the powerhouses in the realm are so brainless?"

Tianlie's eyes widened: "What did you say?"

The man grinned and said, "You guy, you borrow me a horse and let me follow you into the city, it will be good for you and me......"

Tianlie rolled his eyes, looked at the person in front of him, his curiosity became heavier and heavier, and his hands were itchy, so he wanted to go up and beat him up - the thief who dared to rob the master of Tianlie, is there still a life?

But looking at this guy's mysterious and strange appearance, he couldn't help but feel curiosity in his heart - Tianlie's curiosity was the heaviest, and this was almost his biggest flaw.

"Okay!" Finally, the fat man gritted his teeth and waved his big hand: "Give you a horse, you go into the city with us, I want to see what tricks you do, the more weird things are, the more interested I am in Lao Tzu!"

Hearing this, the man on the ground grinned, jumped up, and sat on the young man's horse just now.

Then Tianlie shouted to the young man hanging on it: "Little bat, if you are not dead, hurry up and catch up, if it is late, be careful that Lao Tzu will take care of you!"

After saying this, he rode his horse and led the way towards the imperial capital.

On the horse behind him sat the strange man, who seemed to sigh: "Alas, this is interesting, a fat man with a bit of a strange brain, but he is a strong man in the field, I don't know what kind of trouble I want to make in the imperial capital...... Oh, boy Roddy, why don't you show up, my old man will surprise you!"

Mr. Qiu stood outside the main hall, quietly looking at the clouds in the sky, his face was calm, but his heart was turbulent...... In the past few days, he hardly dared to see the queen again, and every time he saw the queen's resentful gaze, his originally calm heart immediately became confused......

Nicole didn't know when she came behind him, and she sighed under her breath as she looked at Mr. Qiu's back.

Mr. Qiu suddenly turned around and smiled, "Miss Nicole, what are you sighing about?"

Nicole's coquettish face showed a trace of sadness, and she whispered, "Mr. Qiu, I know that you are very bitter in your heart...... You drove Seth away for the good of Her Majesty...... But you have to understand that Her Majesty doesn't really hate you, it's just that when a woman falls in love, there is no reason to talk about it. ”

Mr. Qiu shook his head and said lightly: "I know, I know all this." I'm not upset about her...... I'm for myself. ”

"Yourself?"

"Yes. Mr. Qiu looked at the sky with a bitter smile on his face: "I'm laughing at myself." I have broken the way of the sword, I have reached the extreme of martial arts, I have reached the realm that others dream of, the world is so big, where can I not go?But I still guard the palace for her...... Don't you think I'm pathetic? A person, even if he has the strength of a peerless powerhouse, what is that? The human heart is inherently fragile, even if you can control everything in the world, but you can't control your own heart. ”

Nicole was silent, looking at the sky with Mr. Qiu's gaze, a helpless expression on her face.

She thought about the situation she was in - would things really go according to Seth's plan?

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the distance behind him, and Gordon strode over, dressed in armor and full armor, and saw Nicole, and said loudly: "Miss Nicole! His Majesty the Pope is here! He has asked to see Her Majesty the Empress!"

"Your Majesty the Pope?" Nicole's brows furrowed, what was he doing here? Could it be that the Cult of God, which had always been kept out of the struggle for imperial power, was also going to get involved?

She glanced at Mr. Qiu, did not speak, and immediately left with Gordon.

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Mr. Qiu's mouth......

He suddenly remembered the words before Seth disappeared: "Mr. Qiu, I remind you that the Pope has known your secret for a long time......"

Sighing, Mr. Qiu smiled bitterly: "Do you already know? Could it be that I have been hiding for so long, hiding my strength, and not daring to be noticed, and finally he still shows up?"