307, The Storm of the Empire (4202 words)
Delos Empire.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, Duke Kruger is here, and the other nobles are still waiting outside the palace." The Cabinet Officer stood behind Leon Hainrich III and said softly.
"Are they all here?" The emperor's body moved, gently wiping the water stains off the photo.
"Summons, let them come in too." The palace is very large, and it is estimated that it will take ten minutes to walk from the door to the council chamber.
However, this also indicates that the conversation between the emperor and Duke Kruger will not exceed ten minutes. He fastened the photograph in an ornate brocade box and covered it with a layer of black satin.
In the Delos Empire, black, which represents solemnity, is mostly the color that appears at funerals. Duke Kruger, who was sitting in the council chamber, saw the emperor for the first time, and he understood that he could not object to it in any way.
It doesn't matter if it's a small meeting between two people, or a big meeting that will take place later. The ambitious, cruel and iron-blooded emperor back then... It seems to be back again!
Kruger sighed in his heart, and at the same time, the almost cooled blood also boiled slightly. Delos, the whole country, from the name of the country, to the style of the surnames of various princes and nobles, has a strong 'de' flavor.
The 'virtue' of the art students who fell off the list!
"Your Majesty the Emperor." Duke Kruger called softly. The Emperor raised his eyelids, then placed the box containing the photograph on the table in front of him before sitting down.
"The corps of the south and the north are already moving!" Southern Legion, Northern Legion!! The words were like thunder in the sky, which shook Kruger's heart.
The Delos Empire was bounded by the Gulf of Faroe and divided into north and south. The capital is located in the southern part of the golden city of Vertaron.
Although it was a centralized state ruled by an emperor, the atmosphere between the two places was very different due to the separation between the north and the south.
Let's just say that this country is so strong that the emperor can't replace all the henchmen of the legions with his own people.
In Dross, if the emperor is not good enough to convince the leaders of the North and South Legions, something really will happen.
But if the Emperor is good enough, they are still the most loyal of the legions. In a word, the slogan for the establishment of the empire is not just a matter of shouting two sentences.
Make 'Peruth' great again. Therefore, in the Delos Empire, after the emperor's state begins to decline, the real heir will be finalized as soon as possible.
At the same time, the heir will also expand the territory to get the approval of the two army commanders, and then continue to declare allegiance.
The appearance of a mediocre emperor was eliminated from the root, but at the same time, a lot of trouble was buried. The reason why the emperor in front of him is called the famous 'Holy Monarch' in the history of the empire is that during his reign, he completely mastered the southern and northern legions.
This is a wrist that has never been seen except by the founding emperor. Duke Kruger forcibly stabilized his mind: "Your Majesty, I still don't know what happened?" "You are an emperor, but you are the largest controlling person in the group, why, now you have mobilized all the forces of the branch, and you have not notified us?
What I was thinking just now was gone, and even when I opened my mouth, it was a rhetorical question that bordered on questioning. Delos is not a hall of words after all, every big nobleman has quite terrifying strength and right to speak.
Not to mention that Duke Kruger is also the prime minister of the empire. Maybe he didn't dare to covet the position in front of him, but that didn't mean he didn't dare to question the emperor's words.
It's all a 'traitor' killed in a nest, who doesn't know whose family's old bottom!
"Kruger, don't you really know?" Half of the emperor's face, under the dim candlelight, was uncertain.
"I don't know!" Kruger's reply was categorical. If you know, you have to say you don't know, and you can't have a second answer.
At this moment, stop teasing the emperor's sensitive and fragile nerves. At this moment, anyone could be behind the scenes.
Celia, the eldest princess, Vane Franz, and Nosa Dia, the second princess. Including every nobleman who is about to come in.
The Emperor did not speak, but looked at the door of the conference hall with a calm gaze. The door was not closed, it was reserved for the nobles in the back.
At the end of the conversation, there was a brief conversation and a statement of determination. It can only be said that he is worthy of being the emperor, and he is the emperor in the end.
Call Duke Kruger to be the first to inform him of the activation of the Legion in the North and South, and at the same time knock and question the other party.
Regardless of whether the other party is the real culprit behind the scenes, he can't refute the emperor's opinion of activating the northern and southern legions.
In other words, do not dare to object. That's enough, don't object, just agree. In the political arena of Delos, there are only no votes against and yes, no abstentions, not even acquiescence votes!
Soon, the follow-up nobles also came, and they pulled one out at random, all of them were big people who stamped their feet and trembled the empire.
Well... Except for the Marquis of Aswan. He ruled over the Grey Desert, a territory in the northern part of the empire, and was backed by Prince Franz.
If he comes, it can only be that the capital of the empire has suffered a disaster, and he has led his troops to relieve the siege. The emperor coughed lightly, and immediately the internal official next to him pressed down with a special magic prop in his hand.
While shielding from the prying eyes of the outside world, a small, relatively serious 'bell' sound was issued to remind the nobles that the emperor was about to speak.
"The princes and princesses of the empire haven't come yet, but they don't need to come to this meeting."
"In three days' time, the Empire will be in full swing with the 'Great Plan!' ”
“!”
"This!"
"The original plan wasn't.."
"Did something happen?"
"Ho-ho-ho, go to war, make the empire great again!" Suddenly, everyone made different sounds, but their eyes looked at the silent prime minister at the same time.
It's not that the prime minister's power is higher than that of the emperor, and it's not that the prime minister has overthrown the emperor. The main thing is that he is the only one who has not spoken.
The entire conference hall, even the emperor's personal officials, spoke, albeit out of duty.
But the prime minister and a certain nobleman have not yet spoken.
"Seconded." Kruger spoke, and at the same time the five fingers of his right hand were brought together into a palm, palm facing down, and raised diagonally upward.
“.....”
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"Seconded."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
"Seconded." A litany of secondments. However, there are people everywhere who are special, such as... The Marquis of Crowwell slammed the table: "I object!" "He is the head of the Imperial Order.
It may be that you don't understand what this concept is. To make a horizontal comparison, his status and strength are equivalent to Galen's family's status in Demacia.
Also equivalent to Deleus, the status of Noxus... This one may be a little worse. He has become a spiritual leader, of course, limited to the Knights.
His objections surprised everyone. Excluding the northern and southern legions, the Imperial Knights are almost the most powerful legions in the empire.
Others, corps and other institutions, are far from enough.
"One vote against." The internal officials did their duty and shouted out the negative votes. The Emperor ignored Crowwell.
"The second decision is to establish the Iron Wolf Knights, and the leader is Barn, the sword saint Barn Bashut." Now everyone is numb, and the prime minister is also numb, and he scolds his mother in his heart.
You g.... Is the emperor crazy! It's still the old lake! At the critical moment when the 'Great Again' plan is about to be launched, what are you provoking the head of the Imperial Knights for no reason!
The Iron Wolf Knights, the Imperial Knights, this fucking sounds like two legions of conflicting powers.
It's not even possible to extract most of the elite from the Imperial Knights. The plan to establish the Iron Wolf Knights has indeed been in place for a long time, but it does not mean that it can be easily realized.
What's more, Crowwell is sitting here. No matter how much he disagrees with the Emperor, he is still one of the sharpest spears in the Empire at the moment!
In front of him, weaken his status and strength, are you going to deal with this old marquis? And also... Didn't you just say that?
Kruger felt like he was being tricked, and he was put on a hard slap. But now that everything is over, all eyes are on themselves.
"Seconded." Ping's voice rang out. It was very surprising that the first secondment was not issued by the prime minister, but by Chowl.
He stood up and slowly bowed to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, the minister feels old and weak, and may no longer be suitable for the position of head of the Imperial Knights." Rumble!
! This sentence exploded in the minds of all the nobles like thunder. It's been a change! Delos, it's really changed!
Emperor Nunu mouthed, but after all, he didn't say anything to save him. In any case, no matter how obnoxious Crowwell is, he always disagrees with himself.
But one thing is undeniable. He has made great contributions to the Empire, and he is also a staunch 'Imperial Allegiance'.
Not an emperor, not a certain prince, but an empire. Theoretically, Crowwell would have to work for at least another twenty years before he could retire.
And his role is to check and balance the next emperor, and what stupid things the young emperor of the province does. Crowwell was gone, carrying the heirloom knife at his waist.
The back was a little gloomy, and Prime Minister Kruger stared at it for a while, thinking that this should be the twilight of the hero.
His brother, son, his daughter, nephew, niece. Relatives who can be counted, the younger generation, almost all died on the battlefield.
Either open up territory and expand the territory, or suppress the rebellion internally. At present, there is only a half-dead adopted daughter and a 'granddaughter' who is missing.
This granddaughter is actually the adopted daughter of the adopted daughter. Even her granddaughter doesn't know who her adoptive mother and grandfather are, what their identities are, and where they live.
After Crowwell walked away, the emperor still frowned. At this time, a nobleman who supported the eldest princess Celia couldn't help but whisper to the nobles around him.
"You say, that sick tuberculosis of the Marquis of Crowwell's house... Patient, can she survive until old Crowwell helps her find her adopted daughter? ”
"This...."The other hesitated and shook his head slowly.
"It's difficult, I'm afraid it's..." According to the law of succession of the nobility of the Delos Empire, the first priority is the son/daughter, the second is the younger brother/lover, and the next is the nephew and niece, as well as the niece and nephew.
In short, after the peers and juniors have finished counting, if they haven't already, they can also inherit to their adopted sons and daughters.
But there is one point, the adopted son and daughter succeed to the throne, and then the title is cut once every generation. The marquis, cut five or six generations, is basically not a big noble, except that the fief is still super large.
The fief cannot be cut, even if a mistake is made, the fief cannot be cut, unless the nobility is exempted, and then the fief is recovered.
Otherwise, the emperor will cut the fief of a certain nobleman today, and tomorrow more than eighty percent of the nobles will start to contact the rebels, saying that you will say whatever you want.
If Crowwell inherits the title to his adopted daughter, it will not be until she can make a great contribution and then become a hereditary nobleman again.
If Crowwell can't find his granddaughter, it won't help to give his adopted daughter the title. What do you do with the past?
Slashing? And then watching his adopted daughter die, and he can't return to power? The Crowwells... You may be lonely... The meeting continued, and the number of people was not small, but there was a slight change in personnel.
The Marquess of Crawwell departed, and Barne entered. The Crowwell family station .... A 'royal sister' with a beautiful posture, holding a small knife and a 'big knife' at her waist, is attacking with extremely sharp moves.
Her enemies are fifty high-level magic dolls. The royal sister seemed to sense that someone was coming, and immediately changed her tactics.
As the blade swung, countless white threads that were hard to see with the naked eye burst out. In the next second, a huge white storm swept away all the dolls.
The threads are as sharp as artifact blades under the action of the storm, easily slicing all magic dolls into pieces.
1vs50, complete victory! Bang Bang Bang! Crowwell smiled and clapped his hands with considerable satisfaction.
"Did you have a name?"
"Not yet." Somewhat unexpectedly, the voice of the royal sister was actually crisp and pleasant. Belch... It seems that she has just grown into a royal sister, and this royal sister is actually a girl.
Crowwell looked at the big trees, eaves, fountains, and even all corners of the courtyard were covered with white silk, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Hang your body with the Devil's Bond, and then strike a storm of blades... Why don't you call it a suspense storm! ”
She thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Then, she couldn't wait to say, "Father, my body is completely healed..."
"Not yet!" As if he knew what she wanted to say, Crowwell sternly refused.
"After all, the Magic Secret Realm is the Magic Secret Realm, you have spent more than ten years there, healed your injuries, practiced your sword skills, but you have not obtained the mind to match it!"
"But...," Crowwell dragged out a long note, giving her a great deal of hope.
"Next, I will guide you on some of the things you have seen and heard and the routines of going out, and if you can master it, I will allow you to find it..."The Marquis paused, and touched his nose with a wry smile.
Be... Daughter, right? You girl, you were only a teenager back then, how dare you adopt a daughter!
Shouldn't it be a sister who is in love? Unknown space ....
"Alice, fate is off the rails, and your mission is to bring the derailed fate back on track."
"If left unchecked, it will cause great disasters to the world." At this time, Alice, who was sitting in the carriage, shook her delicate body, nodded and did not speak.
It's a pity that this woman is just a puppet and can't complain. Otherwise, I have to say something... Are you doing it?
Gan! The fate of derailment, not only the fate of a few adventurers, but also the terrible old man!