Chapter 807: The Emperor's Family's Only Conscience
Thus, this time the Imperial Military Council and the Privy Council ended with the sound of wind and thunder, and the Emperor's last tired and uncreative orders.
The Emperor's outrage in the Pallas Hall tonight may soon spread throughout the Yongchen Palace, and even the entire imperial capital, Serokxia, but even so, the big names in the Privy Council still can't give any constructive advice to the Emperor who has spoken out of his mouth. In the end, they could only find a way to recruit as much as possible, or even "buy" a part of the army, to see if they could find a way to raise as much as possible an army that could fight before the "rebels" arrived in the imperial capital.
Of course, it would be nice if the army of King Qin of Lancaster and Dragonburg could reach the imperial capital first before the rebels arrived. In the eyes of these poor people who have been completely broken by several big victories of the "rebels", they have long lost the spirit of winning and losing with the real swords of the rebels, and the armies of those two adults may be their only lifeline.
However, with the experience of Duke Eufflik of the Eagle Helm, can Emperor Icon and his terrified ministers really be sure that the two great men who have not clearly stated their attitudes and positions for nearly a year must be trustworthy?
"Our emperor was originally forced to such an embarrassing situation because he believed in the people of the Lancaster family too much." Leaving the hall of Pallas, and walking down the corridor outside, the Marquis de Gerbat whispered to his colleagues beside him.
"Hehe, because our Majesty the Queen will only cause trouble?" The Duke of Selleras let out the same sneer, he had wanted to marry his sister to Prince Iken, but in the end it ended up in the hands of the Lancasters, so naturally he would not be happy. It would be fine if the Lancaster-born Queen Selene was really a virtuous queen of the world, but she was also a big-minded and brainless person, who was smart and super powerful. This kind of guy is also the easiest to become a pig teammate.
She mobilized her husband's knights and magic advisors without permission, and hired assassins to assassinate her niece. Such a plan would have been extremely risky. But if you are not cautious, this is equivalent to sending a big handle to the opponent's hands.
To put it bluntly, assassination, poisoning, and planting blame, this kind of palace conspiracy is commonplace, and it is also one of the essential plays on the Game of Thrones stage, but it is one thing to say. It's another thing to do. Your gameplay is so clumsy and stupid, and you directly turn the attack into the opponent's god assist, who do you despise if everyone doesn't despise you?
In the eyes of many Auckland aristocrats, the Queen's stupid actions were the biggest trigger for the Auckland Civil War.
"Arrogant and arrogant, self-righteous. The Emperor should have deposed this stupid Lancaster woman from the throne a long time ago. The Duke of Celeras said viciously, but she then realized that if she did, the long-awaited savior, the Duke of Lancaster's reinforcements. Maybe it won't be seen again.
As soon as he thought of this, the old duke, who was old and rich and sick, felt a little relieved. He hurriedly said goodbye to Gerbat and left, presumably preparing to go back to his mansion again, relying on the food and wine and the warm ketones of the young beauty to regain a little vitality, naturally not noticing the complicated expressions on the faces of his colleagues.
"Huh...... What if His Excellency the Prime Minister led everyone's savior, Lancaster's reinforcements rushed to the aid of the imperial capital, deceived the trust of the defenders and entered the city, but suddenly broke out? Won't the entire emperor fall completely under the control of the Lancaster family? And so it goes. Even in the face of the hundreds of thousands of troops under Her Royal Highness Caterina's troops in the city, this group of lions in the western realm can completely sell them for a good price. Maybe it will inexplicably become the biggest contributor to the civil war. Even Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was bent on reducing the influence of the lords and local lords, became the empress, and she had to continue to rely on the power of the Lancaster family. Well, it has to be like this, right? Anyway, in history, they have not done something like this. "The Marquis of Gerbat had been thinking so much as he walked out of the Pallas Hall at the end of the meeting.
Truly. Although the Lancaster family uses a golden lion as a coat of arms and family emblem, and is also one of the oldest gate lords in the world, the family line can be traced back to the founding of the Yanlong Dynasty, which sounds very noble and very bullish. It's very forced, but in fact, there are a lot of things that are very undisciplined.
Gerbat's so-called "similar thing" actually happened at the end of the Yanlong Dynasty, when the Black Dragon Prince Fatel mutinied and killed his cousin Vyal IV, who is considered by orthodox historiography to be the last king of the dynasty. Fatair then became emperor, but as the one who killed the king, he was not recognized by the princes everywhere at all.
The coalition of nobles, led by the Draxley family, was soon assembled and approached the imperial capital from the north and south.
Fatel was a reckless man who lacked political brains and vision, and even a bit of a tendon, but he was indeed the most courageous of his time. He led the elite troops that were inferior in numbers, fought from north to south, and won one brilliant victory after another with fewer victories, which made the princes' coalition army disgraced for five years, and even failed to see the walls of the imperial capital after all.
However, no amount of tactical victories could save him from losing points politically and becoming more and more strategically depleted, and the most ferocious general of his time was finally besieged on the north bank of the Honghe River by a coalition of princes ten times his size, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, annihilated his entire army, and died in the chaos.
Fatel's son who remained in the imperial capital, Serlyon, was forced by his generals to ascend to the throne, but at that time, the throne seemed like a crater to him. He looked at the stormy imperial capital tremblingly, and he couldn't stop worrying. When this young nobleman, who was originally only a keen on antiques and art, finally mustered up the courage and decided to live and die with the imperial capital, the current Duke of Lancaster, Komer, led a coalition of 120,000 nobles from the west to the outskirts of Serokhia.
Serleon trusts each other so much. On the one hand, the Lancaster family was the only nobleman who never expressed their support for anyone in the war, and on the other hand, it was also because the Duke of Comer and the Prince of Fatel were classmates who studied the art of war and swordsmanship under the same teacher, so they were very good friends.
The gates of the imperial capital opened, and the last emperor, surnamed Dracole, opened his hands to his "Uncle Colin" in order to sincerely thank him for his rescue. And then, his "Uncle Colin". It was also his father-in-law who personally drew his sword and stabbed him in the chest.
"This is for the sake of the deceased Late Monarch." Duke Comer said this beside his young son-in-law.
Lancaster's army then stormed the imperial capital, slaughtering all of Fateel's generals and their families. They then extended their blow to the people of Fateel and Serlyon himself. Even any nobleman with the surname Dracol. As if they had forgotten that they wanted to avenge it, the former Emperor Vial IV, who had become a bannerman, was himself a member of Dracol.
Duke Comer killed his son-in-law, after all, brutally persecuting his daughter, Empress Serlyon, to strangle his infant child. Faced with this completely unrecognizable father, the poor girl, who had lost her husband and everything in one day - she was only seventeen years old at the time - jumped from the tower of the platinum dragon, which was the tallest in the imperial capital at that time, with her child less than half a year old.
The Flame Dragon Dynasty was officially declared dead on that day, as 90% of Dracol had been slaughtered on that day. The rest of the estimates can only be incognito, and finally disappeared into the long river of history.
Subsequently, the Lancaster family controlled the imperial capital and the fertile valley of the two rivers in this way, becoming the most powerful faction among the princes of Auckland, and also the most likely to unify the world during the Warring States Period.
Of course, fortune is not in the hands of the golden lion of the Lancaster family after all. Stopping them were the Demon God and the subsequent Kaiming War, as well as the genius Claudius the Great.
"Yes. At the beginning, the duke killed his son-in-law with his own hands, and forced the cold-blooded lion of his most beloved daughter and grandson to death! Who can guarantee it. This little giant who fell into the sea of stars, won't kill his sister and brother-in-law again? What's more, the relationship between our queen and her younger brother is not good, and a dwarf will not think the same as ordinary people," Marquis Gerbat thought of this, and couldn't help but take the opportunity to laugh at the innate defect of His Excellency the Prime Minister. He didn't dare to make any mistakes in front of the "little giant", and he could only slander others behind his back.
Maybe he was playing so well that he didn't even notice the person standing in front of him. Almost hit a full bosom.
"You are rude, Lord Marquis." The other let out a sneer. Although there is no obvious hostility, there is a clear malice to look down on.
The Marquis of Gerbat shook his spirit, and recognized that the other party was the third son of His Excellency the Prime Minister, the Duke of Tyrion, who was slandering him, Tyrrell? Sanskrit? Sir Lancaster. Unlike his father, who was short and rickety due to congenital diseases. The young knight had a majestic physique and a majestic appearance, a head taller than the thin and feminine Marquis of Gelbat, and he was more than a lap strong and burly.
"I'm sorry, sir......" The Marquis subconsciously lowered his head, but then realized why did he apologize to a junior? He just wanted to raise his head to argue, but he heard the other party continue: "Your Highness has called you several times just now, but you have always turned a deaf ear and hurried away!" ”
Your Highness? The Marquis de Gelbat was slightly stunned, and then realized that although His Excellency the Prime Minister had not said anything, his son Sir Tyrrell had remained with the Marquis of Césaire...... Ah no, the current Prince of Calgary, Prince Somans, serves as the first military attache next to him.
The Marquis froze, and sure enough, from behind the burly body of the young knight, he saw the crown prince's somewhat cowering look. I couldn't help but shake my head in my heart again.
It can also be seen from the heirs that the line of Emperor Iken is actually quite hopeless.
"Your Highness, Weichen was a little stunned, it's really rude." No matter how wasteful the other party is, but he is still his young master, the marquis hurriedly bowed his head and expressed his apology.
“…… That, Lord Gelbat, father...... Uh, Father, was you very angry just now? The crown prince carefully squeezed out a smile on his face, even a little pitiful: "If he has said anything excessive, please bear with me." Even if he is a little mean, but in his heart, you and you have always been his most trusted right and left hands, I hope you, uh...... I hope you don't hold a grudge against him. ”
The Marquis could not laugh or cry when he heard this. He carefully observed the other party's expression and made sure that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was serious, and immediately felt a breathtaking sense of frustration......
"Your Highness is really serious. Your Majesty has just been a little upset lately...... However, it's a good thing that you're back. If I see you, no matter how angry I am, it will naturally disappear. The Marquis saluted, and departed in some haste. He was worried that if he stayed any longer, he would faint.
He is a minister, and others are kings, but what is the words of that precious son? Talking a little too much? Excuse me? Mean? Hate? Hey, if you don't know that this Highness is such an ignorant fool, others must think that you are trying to squeeze me and commit suicide, right?
“…… It's a pity, if you weren't born in such a family, this is actually a good child who is humble, polite and gentle! The world of Game of Thrones is really cruel to a child like him. Gerbat felt a little compassion in his heart. Even he didn't realize that this was the first time he had such a positive view of a member of Emperor Iken's family today. (To be continued.) )