Chapter 27: The Direction of the Wind
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Winrington Palace.
Avril was dressing up in her bedroom.
She looked beautiful.
Unconsciously combing her eldest Avril said, "How's Padgett asking you to inquire?"
Avril Lavigne's back, the earth warrior Padget, replied respectfully, "Her Royal Highness has verified it. The young man's name was Sisser, and Dardanelles was the heir to the Dardanelles, which is all he had to do. β
Avril's hand reached back, and the stack of materials fell into her hand.
Looking at the stack of materials casually, Avril's brows furrowed: "It looks like all the information is complete." β
"Yes. β
Avril continued to turn the page, and the news made her heart flutter.
"The Dardanelles are also in Royo City in the early spring of this year?"
"Yes. β
Avril took a long breath.
Is it really that coincidental? Where Huigler appeared, the Dardanelles were also there?
When Hue Igler announced that he was coming to Winlington, and the Dardanelles came to Winrington?
And this Siseda Daniel turned out to be a young alchemist......
Hui: Is that you?
Avril's heart was beating wildly, but there was no trace of emotion on the surface.
"Thank you, Mama. Avril handed the information back to Padgett behind her.
"I hope it can be helpful to the person Her Royal Highness is looking for. β
"The only help was to help me remove a suspected target, and he wasn't Hue Igler. Avril replied lightly: "It's just a few elephants, but it's far worse than Xiuyi, so throw all these materials away." β
"That's a shame. Pagett replied, "If there is nothing to do, Your Highness the Princess, I will step back first." β
"There you go. Avril said without looking back.
Behind him, Padgett carefully stepped away, and Avril didn't look at him the whole time. But through the mirror in front of the dresser, Avril was still there, and Padgett carefully put the information in her arms.
A scornful snort appeared on Avril's lips.
After a while, she suddenly raised her voice: "Cross!"
A figure slowly rose from the ground in the originally uninhabited clearing behind him, and it was the earth-based red-robed ** master Cross.
This ** master looked worried, and it seemed that he was regretting something.
"The document was brought by Padgett from Raschel. Avril said coldly.
"Yes, I saw it. Cross nodded.
Avril sneered: "Who else can I trust?"
Close hurriedly explained, "Pagett is still loyal to you. β
"But he's still secretly communicating with the hound!" Avril slapped the table angrily, scaring Cross into not speaking again.
Avril picked up a bottle in front of the table and threw it back.
Cross hurriedly took it.
"Go buy a gift for Padget's family and sprinkle this thing on it. β
"Your Highness Princess!" called out Cross in a hurry.
"Keep a copy for Padgett too!" Avril exclaimed, "If you refuse to carry it out, I will give your family a great gift!"
"Yes!" said Cross.
The little princess in front of her is no longer the innocent and arrogant girl she was back then.
She already has enough wisdom to face all kinds of people, and even enough intrigues to restrain others.
She herself has studied all kinds of alchemy, especially in potions.
Cross could well imagine what the flask meant.
When the policy of Huai Rou is no longer effective, some necessary coercion tactics will surface.
Cross must be glad that he has been loyal to the little princess early, because he knows that there are also people with the little princess around him who are spying on him.
Although Avril herself repeatedly claimed that there were too few people loyal to her, in fact Avril already had a subordinate of her own in this palace. They do not obey anyone, but die for their princess.
Cross left, and Avril sat alone in the bedroom.
After a long time, she finally spoke: "Mama." β
A cloud of black smoke rose and an old woman wearing a black veil appeared beside Avril.
"Your Highness the Princess. She said respectfully.
"Tell me about the envoy of the Frank Empire. β
"Yes......"
With Mama's elaboration, the anger in Avril's heart gradually surged.
βββββββ Hugh Igler would never have thought that what he had done had almost pushed Avril into a corner.
Since the explosion of Royo City, the Reims Empire has suffered the biggest crisis in its history.
A seventh-level fire ** master abused spells in the city, causing a large number of civilian deaths, attracting accusations from countless countries.
No matter what world you are in, no matter how dark the world is, righteousness will always be needed. No country can survive on the side of injustice, and even if it no longer openly claims to be the best, it will always find many reasons to whitewash itself.
This is why Strick VI could not have acknowledged the main cause of the Purgatory Island incident anyway, and the consequences of doing so were only for fear of another massive earthquake like the Royo City incident.
In fact, the events of Loyo itself have caused the Reims Empire enough to negate the basis of their years of victory in the war.
Accusations from all sides, the diplomatic defeat left Strick VI anxious. The church of the Church of the Holy Spirit in the city of Royo was burned down, a large number of believers died, and even some of the Light priests were affected, and the pope was furious about this, and openly issued a statement accusing the Reims Empire of the war against the Frank Empire and the Georgian Empire as an unjust war.
This statement immediately put the Reims Empire in a passive position. There is an old saying in diplomatic circles: "Power is diplomacy when there is no equality of power, and diplomacy is strength when there is equality." Although the Reims Empire is powerful, it only barely has some victory in the face of the two empires joining forces. In this case, a pope's unjust declaration has almost the power to turn things around.
The material strength of the warring parties did not suffer in any way by this declaration, but its spiritual effect must not be ignored. Inevitably, the morale of the Reims Empire suffered a major blow. Even deserters began to be able to quote the Pope with vigour to justify their actions. On the other hand, the two major empires of the opponent were greatly boosted by this paper statement, and they did not retreat.
The soldiers rushed to tell each other and their courage was doubled. The people in the occupied areas also saw the future and hope, and those who wavered and hesitated dared to take up arms and carry out courageous resistance and struggle.
No matter how dark and filthy the truth is, no matter how despised it is in his heart, whether it is just in war or not, every hegemon does not dare to take it lightly, at least in the superficial form.
These are the rules of the game in the civilized world.
For the Church of the Holy Spirit, a monopoly empire is a divided nation that they don't want to see, and the church at the core is what they want to see. They do not easily participate in war, but they are happy to influence the course of war.
It was acceptable for the Reims Empire to gain the upper hand in this war, but it was not possible to annex other countries.
The city of Royo ** is the fuse for the church's intervention, and the church has a good excuse to naturally get involved unscrupulously. The Reims Empire, which has always been careful to avoid letting the church grasp the sore foot, was slapped by the huge religion behind it, but it could only endure this breath and temporarily accept the armistice.
However, the armistice returned to the land that had been laid down by the armistice, and the Reims Empire was unwilling to return it no matter what. And the Church of the Holy Spirit is not willing to ** the Lance Empire too much, after all, the church is not a state, which can exert influence, but cannot forcibly interfere.
In this case, the church made a peacemaker (which is what they do best), which was to immediately cease their forces and redraw the borders while both sides occupied territory.
In this way, the Frank Empire is out of business. The Georgian Empire itself did not suffer much loss, but the Frank Empire lost three groups in its entirety.
Isn't it a waste of a large piece of territory to divide it according to the territory it has occupied?
However, the Reims Empire was strong, and it was impossible to fight it back by itself. The Church of the Holy Spirit had forced the Reims Empire to agree to give up the war, and in this case, it would be impossible for them to spit out the fat that had already reached their mouths.
As far as the church is concerned, as long as it can assert its own believers, no one cares about the ownership of a small area.
To that end, the three parties engaged in arduous negotiations.
In the end, the Frank Empire finally agreed to redraw the boundaries of the occupied territories, but the Frank Empire also proposed that this boundary must be given to the Lance Empire in a different name - the Frank Empire crown prince happened to be in the year of marriage, and Princess Avril had already held a ** ceremony to get married. The Reims Empire must guarantee to sign a peace agreement with the Frank Empire, and in order to ensure that the agreement is valid, Princess Avril must marry the Frank Empire's crown prince, and the Frank Empire will use the three groups of territories as a dowry. Of course, there will also be a lot of money and belongings as well.
Several countries that were originally fighting for life and death are suddenly about to become in-laws at this moment, and this is the case in the political arena.
It was only the little princess herself who was sacrificed.
It was under this premise that the envoy of the Frank Empire set foot on the land of the Reims Empire.
Listening to Mama's words, Avril's originally pretty eyes showed a cold chill: "Is this how my father loves me?
The old woman behind her sighed helplessly: "The war must end, this is the Pope's warning to His Majesty, Your Majesty does not want so many years of hard work to be in vain, at least the land that has been occupied so far cannot be returned." β
"To get an imperial princess for this?"
"The state has the dignity of the state, otherwise the monarch of Frank would not be able to account to the people. β
"That's self-deception!" Avril almost crushed the jade comb in her hand.
"Princess...... You always have to get married. Mama also sighed, she knew very well what Avril was thinking, but unfortunately she couldn't call the shots in this matter.
"Mama...... What should I do? Shall I just let my father marry me off?" At this moment, Avril finally regained her old look, it turned out that no matter how strong she was, she was still the innocent girl in her bones.
Mama shook her head: "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid no one can help you in this matter." β
Avril sat limply in her chair.
Huey, where the hell are you?
Did you know that my father was going to sell me?
If you're here, you must have a way to save me, right?
Suddenly, Avril seemed to think of something, she suddenly raised her head and said, "Mama, is the crown prince of the Frank Empire here?"
"Three days later, the prince's motorcade will arrive. β
"Okay!" Avril immediately stood up: "When the Frank Imperial Prince arrives, he must hold a grand welcome banquet. I want you to arrange for someone to prepare at once, and after the Imperial Royal Banquet, another small welcome party will be held in my name. β
"In your name?" Mama was a little surprised.
"Yes, in my name. My fiancΓ© is coming to marry me, and I should be my fiancΓ©e, shouldn't I? β
"Do you need to invite anyone?"
"It's up to you who needs to be invited, but there's one person you must help me invite. β
"Who?"
"Cethdar Daniel, I'm going to see him at the banquet!" said Avril categorically.