"Looking for Arthur's help?"

The second prince showed a surprised expression: "We are mortal enemies of the Labor Party, he will not help us!" ”

"The rivalry between the Liberals and the Conservatives has entered a tense moment, and with the current size of the Labour Party, Arthur is unlikely to be the new king no matter what he does."

The dinner knife cut the steak, revealing the bright red shredded meat, forked a piece of steak and stuffed it into his mouth, Ma Wei said slowly: "In that case, why can't you try to win him over?" ”

"The Liberal Party is a political enemy of him!"

"It's because you're a political enemy that Your Highness can give him conditions that he can't refuse, isn't it?"

"Your Highness, Nicholas is right." Baron Frederick interjected: "Judging by the current situation, we must seek the help of the fourth prince, if he is willing to help us, we will have more votes in parliament than the Conservatives!" ”

Although he didn't understand the meaning behind becoming the 'new king', Baron Frederick followed Mavi's words, and only in this way could he continue to participate in the inner decision-making circle of the second prince.

"I see."

After a long period of contemplation, the second prince nodded: "Tomorrow, we will visit Arthur!" ”

After dinner, Mavi took Yunia and left, and Baron Frederick lingered a little longer, and the second prince, seeing that he had something to say, asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”

"Your Highness, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

"You shouldn't talk about it!"

The second prince said loudly: "I know what you want to say, it must have something to do with Nicholas, but I tell you, we can't doubt him!" ”

"I'm not asking you to doubt him"

Baron Frederick smiled bitterly: "I want to tell you that in the past, when you had a problem, you would call me, Smith and Girard to discuss, why do you only listen to Nicholas now?" ”

"He's right, why didn't I listen to him?"

"Maybe we disagree?"

"Of course your opinion matters, Frederick." The second prince's tone suddenly softened a lot: "I have always valued you, but there have been too many things that have happened recently, and I don't have much time to think about it, such as the internal split of the Liberal Party, can you come up with a more shrewd way than Nicholas?" ”

Baron Frederick was silent for a while: "His approach is too extreme, obviously deliberately provoking contradictions between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party"

"Hah! Do we still need to instigate the contradictions with the Conservatives? ”

The second prince shook his head and sighed: "This is the biggest difference between you and Nicholas, you think about problems, and always use the thinking mode of a businessman, as if there is nothing in this world that cannot be reconciled." ”

"Nicholas is different, he is more decisive and ruthless, and he often kills the enemy with one blow!"

"Frederick, why should you consider the idea of the Conservatives? We have long since had no way out! ”

Listening to the words of the second prince, Baron Frederick suddenly found that the once well-known Highness in front of him. It's changed.

He became closer and closer to Nicholas, admired each other more and more, and even enshrined the other party's style of behavior as a guideline.

"It's not that you've lost control of the big picture, it's that Nicholas is better suited to the current situation." The second prince said.

Alas.

With a sigh in his heart, Baron Frederick didn't want to say anything more, what he said, the second prince couldn't listen to it at all now.

Early the next morning, the second prince called Ma Wei and rushed to Arthur's villa, and as soon as the front foot arrived, the eldest prince came with the back foot.

"Shukri, I knew you were thick-skinned, but I didn't expect you to be thick-skinned to this extent!"

Seeing the second prince, the eldest prince said sarcastically: "Do you really think Arthur will help you?" ”

"No, how do you know!"

The second prince was obviously a little lacking in confidence, and walked into the villa head-on, and as soon as he arrived at the entrance, Arthur's head maid stopped him: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, Mr. Nicholas, Your Highness invites you two to go to the living room to wait." ”

"What about him?" The second prince asked, pointing at the eldest prince.

"Your Highness, please go upstairs."

His face turned dark, and the second prince almost had a seizure on the spot, if it wasn't for Ma Wei to stop him, he would have to turn his head and leave.

It's not that he has a big temperament, but he really can't pull his head, and he was humiliated by Arthur in front of Charles, who can swallow this breath!

"You can't eat your cheeks as food, you have to endure them when you should endure them."

Ma Wei looked indifferent, and persuaded the second prince: "We are here to ask for help, what are we doing with a straight face?" Come on, laugh one. ”

With a grin, the second prince squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, moved his stiff facial muscles, and then said with some resentment: "It's all your fault, Nicholas, if it weren't for you asking me to come to Arthur, I wouldn't have to be laughed at by Charles!" Well, now Arthur doesn't want to see me at all, and most likely agrees to Charles's terms! ”

"The future is undecided, how can His Highness dare to assert it?"

The small door on the side of the living room opened, and Gulhana, who was wearing a long blue dress, walked in with elegant steps, and while bowing, she said to Ma Wei and the second prince: "Mr. Nicholas, Your Highness, Arthur already knows the intention of the two, and he asked me to tell the two that he will not help the eldest prince." ”

"Please take care of yourself."

With that, Gulhana turned to leave, and the tea brought by the maids was still steaming.

"She, her."

The second prince looked at Gulhana's distant back blankly, "What does she mean?" ”

"Literally."

Ma Wei took a sip of hot tea and said, "The fourth prince won't help the eldest prince, you heard it just now, didn't you?" ”

"I know it's good news that Arthur doesn't help Charles, but if he doesn't help us and stays neutral, we still can't surpass the Conservatives!"

"The fourth prince didn't say he wouldn't help us."

"He didn't say anything to help us!"

"It's enough that he doesn't help the eldest prince." Ma Wei said in a calm tone: "Of course, I think the fourth prince will agree to the eldest prince's request. ”

Now the second prince couldn't understand it even more, agreed to the eldest prince's request, and refused to help the eldest prince

Isn't that a paradox?

"It's already helping us." Ma Wei said: "Your Highness, imagine that if the fourth prince accepts the conditions offered by the eldest prince, will the eldest prince think that the victory is in his hands, so he will relax his guard and give us an opportunity?" ”

"If Arthur accepts the conditions, Charles will certainly not think of any other way. I know this, judging from the current number of votes, there are only a few parliamentarians left who have not stood in line, and even if they are all wooed, it will not be enough! ”

The second prince took a puff of his cigarette: "We can only win next month's election if we have Arthur's support!" ”

Ma Wei was just about to speak, when he suddenly heard a noisy voice from outside the corridor, took a closer look, and heard a bombshell news:

The king is sick!

It is said that Rhodes IV suddenly fell into a coma when he met William V and visited Princess Sophia's estate in the countryside, and finally woke up after some rescue, but he was already incapacitated, lying on the bed and breathing, and is currently on his way back to China.

In order to ensure speed and avoid bumps on the road, Wilhelm V used the Berlin airship, he was really afraid that Rhodes IV would die in Frederick's kingdom, because according to Pope Doppler II, it was determined that Rhodes IV had been poisoned by a soul poison, which shocked Wilhelm V.

It is the most unjust to take the blame for what he has not done, but fortunately Rhodes IV did not look for trouble, but just asked to leave for China as soon as possible, and the Berlin airship is very fast, and it is expected to return to London in three days.

At this moment, less than half a month has passed since the poisoning.

It's going on so fast!

"Why is this happening?" The second prince panicked and said, "Didn't you say that it would be a good month?" Could it be that Charles increased the dose? ”

"It shouldn't be the eldest prince's problem, the situation in London is changing day by day, and he must set aside enough time." Ma Wei pondered: "The soul of Rhodes IV is already on the verge of collapse, this long journey, not to mention mental exhaustion, and long-term use of soul medicine, it is normal to be sick. ”

There is another reason that Ma Wei did not say.

Rhodes IV's coma is most likely related to emotional agitation.

If he really loves Princess Sophia deeply, there will be a lot of mood swings, which are often fatal for an old man who is dying.

There is no point in discussing the reasons for the fall of Rhodes IV, and the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with what happened after the king's return.

"Father's !!"

Just as Ma Wei was groaning, there was a sudden sad cry from upstairs, and anyone could hear that it was the voice of the eldest prince, full of emotion in the poignant, heartbreaking, making those who heard it weep and those who watched shook their heads.

Ma Wei glanced at the second prince, who was stunned and indifferent, and frowned: "Your Highness, what are you still doing in a daze?" ”

"Huh?"

"Cry! Aren't you sad that Rhodes IV fell ill and probably died soon? ”

"Oooh oh"

The second prince reacted and put on an expression of extreme pain, looking like he hadn't pulled out for three days.

A few minutes passed, and not a single tear passed.

"I can't cry!" The second prince stomped his feet anxiously: "I don't feel it!" ”

The second prince is an acting school, but he has too many worries now, and the news of the king's illness came too suddenly, and he was not psychologically prepared, and he couldn't squeeze out tears.

"I have a way."

"Do you have a way to make me cry?!" The second prince was shocked, he couldn't cry himself, Ma Wei actually had a way?

"No"

Ma Wei picked up the ashtray on the table, and in the stunned gaze of the second prince, a jar smashed on his head, only to hear a muffled sound of 'bang', and the second prince fell on his back and completely fainted.

"Someone! The second prince was so sad that he fainted!! ”

Hearing this, the crying upstairs stopped for a moment, and then became louder.

The second prince woke up in the church.

He was lying on a stone platform under the statue, his hands crossed on his chest, countless candles lit around him, and a priest was caressing his forehead with the palm of his hand, and he was muttering words.

His mind was in a trance, and before he could come back to his senses, a face appeared in his field of vision.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

"Nicholas?"

The second prince sat up, looked around blankly, and asked, "What happened?" How am I here? Didn't we have tea at Arthur's house? ”

"His Highness has been hit hard in the head, and although the injury is healed, it will take some time for the memory to recover," the priest next to him whispered.

"Thank you."

Mavi pulled out a ticket and put it in the donation box, and the priest nodded: "May the goddess protect you. I'm going to pour a cup of holy water for Your Highness. ”

After two cups of holy water, the second prince burped, jumped off the stone platform and prepared to leave, but when he was halfway through, he paused violently, covered his head and let out a scream.

"Memories returned." The priest whispered.

"Nicholas!"

The second prince turned around and rushed in front of Ma Wei, "Why did you stun me!" ”

"To make His Highness look sadder than the eldest prince."

"You can tell me! I'll just pretend to be unconscious. Forget it, it's all knocked anyway! ”

The second prince took a deep breath in frustration and turned around twice: "After I fell unconscious, what happened to Arthur?" ”

After the priest left, Ma Wei replied, "As I guessed, the fourth prince agreed to the conditions offered by the eldest prince. ”

"It's over."

The second prince sat on the bench and muttered, "Even if Arthur is pretending to help Charles, we won't have time to win over the other councillors."

"I have a treaty here, Your Highness, take a look."

"Treaties? Whose? ”

"After you fell unconscious, the fourth prince sent it."

"Give it to me!"

As soon as he heard that it was a treaty sent by Arthur, the second prince immediately came to his senses.

The content of the treaty is simple: after the second prince ascends the throne, a constitution must be promulgated, recognizing the legality of strikes, allowing people to hold rallies, not suppressing demonstrations by force, etc.

It seems simple, but in fact, each of them is not simple, and they are all challenging the authority of the king.

"I agree."

The second prince agreed without thinking about it, he had no choice at all, if he didn't agree, the king was the eldest prince's bag!

At that time, did the authority of the king still make sense?

signed the treaty, and Ma Wei took it into his arms: "Then I will go and reply to the fourth prince, Your Highness, you should rest assured now, right?" ”

"Hmm." The second prince nodded: "Next, I only need to submit an application to activate the emergency plan." ”

The eldest prince arranged for people to poison him, and after the completion of the second prince's application to the parliament for an emergency plan, this was all a good matter to discuss, but there was a premise - to determine that the old king was no longer able to participate in political affairs.

The news of the king's illness spread throughout London in just three days, and the people were in fear as to what to do.

In the eastern suburbs of London, in the huge open space, the Berlin airship landed slowly, the hatch opened, and Rhodes IV, who was lying on a stretcher, was carried down, and the eldest prince cried out with a 'whoosh', and rushed forward, crying the most sad.

Looking at Rhodes IV with his eyes closed on the stretcher, the second prince, who had been mentally prepared, squeezed out a few tears, while the third prince stood in place, as if he was scared stupid, Arthur was expressionless, and he didn't even have the idea of camouflage.

Arthur's indifference was criticized by many nobles, but he didn't care at all.

Ubre I stepped forward with his scepter, stretched out his index finger and pressed the center of Rhodes IV's eyebrows, closed his eyes for a few seconds, and said with a serious expression: "3 months, at most 3 months, your soul will be completely exhausted, I suggest you follow the guidance of the goddess of sin, Thilde, give up your body, and let your soul enter the realm of death, so that you can live longer." ”

Rhodes IV shook his head slightly and rejected the pope's proposal.

"Well, since you're determined to do so."

Pope Ublis I sighed:

"The Holy See will do its best to prolong your life."

(End of chapter)