Chapter 303: Royal Turmoil (Part I)
In the Imperial City of the Rus' Empire, in the Supreme Council Hall, the leaders of the twelve families representing the twelve major families gathered together and sat on the silver sumptuous seats, and the position at the head was the throne made of pure gold where the king was!
In second place is the current representative of the Melinos family: the Queen! Originally, according to the normal situation, the Melinos family, which owns the twelve counties in the southeast, has been uprooted by Canaan, although she is the queen, she is actually no longer qualified to sit here!
This is the national situation of the Rus Empire, even if she is the queen of honor, but without the support of the family, she is nothing, but why is she still here today? And still sitting in a position second only to the king? It's because she still has one last trump card under her hands: the fourth princess of the empire: Carter Tyrell!
Canaan and Carter have developed such a large-scale city, the news will naturally be revealed, as for where they got the mysterious power, the various families have been trying their best to explore in the past six months, and even asked the king to let them give that mysterious resource.
But the king didn't, there are many reasons, first of all, if Carter or Canaan doesn't have any strength, then naturally there is nothing to say, what should be handed over must be handed over, the so-called guilt is such a reason, but the two of them are powerful!
Let's talk about Canaan first, he was able to take the six northern cities with the power of destroying the withering and decaying, and the military strength he showed could be said to be shocking to the world, no family dared to say that he could face the cavalry of Canaan, and naturally no one dared to oppress strongly.
As for Carter, some people had some ideas at first, and even blatantly sent soldiers dressed as robbers to harass the other party's territory, in a vain attempt to deter Carter by force, but he was shocked to find that in Carter's area, a civilian with a side sail can fight against ten, which is even more elite than the elite knights
After the fall of the Shenyang Empire, all the nobles have fully understood that the world has changed, Carter and Canaan have obviously been one step ahead of the times through some means, and they can no longer share the cake!
Therefore, for the two forces where the empire is located, all the nobles, including the king, maintain a delicate relationship with them, on the surface they support it, but secretly they are on guard!
But in the end, the king, who had been on guard for a long time, the most fearful thing still happened, and at this time, almost all the nobles fell into panic, because the fall of the Shenyang Empire has shown that these forces that have mastered the mysterious power have the strength to subvert the top empire!
And then the momentum of the other party also proved this, the strength of the Melinos family is not weak, Melinos is a handsome and talented family, once lost their heads in the six northern cities, they are the main force to resist the royal court army that was in full swing at that time, and it is they who make the invincible prince's iron hooves no longer have any inch!
And the leader of Melinos, Swell, is also regarded as the wall of the sky by the people of the empire, but now in less than a month, this family that has stood for thousands of years has been wiped out in an instant, and the opponent's soldiers are pointing at it, and they are splitting the thunderbolt!
After seeing the fangs of the other side, almost no one dared to send their own troops to die, so they kept making noise about the issue of the coalition army.
The king looked at the strange-minded family representatives with a gloomy face, and tapped his finger on the table: "At the beginning, when I said that everyone should join forces to fight, you said that Canaan was just a clown who jumped off the beam and was not afraid, and now that everyone else is about to knock down the door, don't you have any ideas now?" ”
Everyone was silent when they heard this, they all had selfish intentions at that time, but everyone didn't expect that the Merinos family would fall so quickly, and the other party's combat power was simply terrifying, and now it seems that the fall of the Shenyang Empire may really be a lesson for them!
"Your Majesty!" The leader of the Carmel family, who was sitting at the head of the right, said heavily: "The Melinos family is the most brave and warlike family in our Rus Empire, and they are also the only family that can compete with the powerful Bara royal court army in terms of cavalry, and even they can't last a month, I think even if the coalition army is gathered, the chances of victory are not great!" ”
"Heh" The king sneered when he heard this, "Do you mean that we can just wait here to die?" ”
"No, no, no" Carmel hurriedly waved his hand: "I want to say that the only one who can resist the rebellion of Canaan now is His Highness Carter!" As he spoke, everyone looked at Her Royal Highness the Queen, who was sitting on the left!
The queen elegantly drank her favorite tea, and did not care about everyone's intentions, everyone suddenly turned black when they saw this, but no one dared to attack, one was because of the loss, because of the last meeting, Her Royal Highness the queen tried her best to call everyone to unite the army to support the Melinos family, but the major families took the opportunity to open their mouths and ask for various resources, which eventually led to the battle not being discussed, but no one expected that the Melinos family would fall so quickly!
Now that feng shui is in turn, when it is your turn to ask others, you naturally have to bear it!
"Queen, look?" Everyone was embarrassed by each other's coldness, and then they all looked at the king, looking at the eyes of this group of people, the king sighed helplessly, with a reluctant smile on his face, and asked cautiously: "Didn't everyone talk about it at the beginning?" I didn't expect that the thief had such a strong strength, and now it is the moment of life and death, queen, look"
"That's the moment of your life and death" Even in the face of this husband, the county lord of a country, the queen still doesn't have any good looks on her face at this time, the collapse of the family has made her completely see the faces of these people, and now she is asked to put the overall situation on herself? Why? She sneered: "Our Merinos family is dead, I don't think there's any need to worry about what has happened!" ”
Seeing that the queen was so faceless, the king, who had always been scheming, showed displeasure, but he didn't dare to get angry, and in today's situation, Carter can be said to be their only savior!
"What conditions do you have, just say it," said the king, with a gloomy face.
"Humph!" The queen smiled: "That's right, what's the use of engaging in those false things?" Didn't you say to me a month ago that interests come first? ”
Everyone heard the words and breathed sluggishly, it was really a cycle of heavenly principles, and the retribution was unpleasant, who would have thought that the sarcastic words of the queen a month ago would be thrown back to themselves so quickly?
"Two conditions!" The queen said bluntly: "First, if you can recover the twelve counties in the southeast, my family must be tax-free because of the great loss of power, so the empire must tax exempt it, and then in the next ten years, half of the treasury tax will be used to help me rebuild my home, and the major families will not be without support, and I will ask the housekeeper to hand you a list for each of you, and the things on it are not missing at all!" ”
What a big Haikou! Although I knew that the queen might open her mouth this time, I didn't expect it to be so big? Ten years of treasury sharing? Do you want major families to contribute resources? Listening to her tone, you don't even need to look at that so-called list, it must be a deadly rhythm!
"And the second?" The king asked through gritted teeth.
"Carter, you have to be the next king!" The queen said categorically in a cold voice!
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, this woman's asking price is not ordinary ruthless, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a whale swallow!
The king was silent, he actually wanted to oppose it subconsciously, but as soon as he saw the queen's cold eyes, he suddenly didn't dare to speak, he felt that as long as he dared to object, the other party would immediately leave to go directly to his daughter and give up all of his own!
After all, although it was Canaan who caused the destruction of her family in the first place, her own group can be regarded as accomplices!
"Honorable Queen" The king did not dare to raise his head to object, and an old man sitting opposite suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at it, it was the head of the family of the Grand Prince Ron: Grand Duke Herlov!
Short in stature, he squinted his eyes and said with pity: "Is the price you offer too exaggerated?" And have you ever wondered if Carter can really listen to you in his current situation? ”
Everyone immediately looked at the queen again, and there was a trace of awe in their hearts, yes, with the same power of mysterious power, Canaan can rebel, and Carter can naturally do it!
"Huh!" The queen didn't care about everyone's vigilant looks, took the teacup leisurely, and said with a smile: "I should still call you uncle in terms of seniority, I didn't expect you to live for so long, how can you be as stupid as your grandson's Ron?" ”
"You" the other party was first angry, and then sneered: "Why, are you 100% sure that you can recall Carter?" ”
"That's not it!" The queen spread her hands very blessedly, and everyone suddenly had a black line on their faces when they heard this.
"But," she looked at everyone faintly, and suddenly sneered: "You'd better pray that Carter still listens to me, or you guys will have to wait here to die!" ”
Everyone's faces suddenly changed when they heard this, as a nobleman, few people would say it so explicitly, and the queen was already publicly humiliating them!
"Especially you, Lord Duke!" The queen didn't wait for everyone to refute, and directly turned the gun and pointed it at the old man who was picky: "According to the route, if the other party makes another move in the spring next year, the most likely move is the scope of your family, right?" ”
"Eh" The originally imposing Grand Duke Herlov suddenly became embarrassed
"I'll bet a copper coin," the queen continued to taunt, "your family won't be able to survive even ten days!" ”
The people who were still angry just now suddenly became angry, and the other party was right, at this time, what they had to do was not to doubt whether Carter had a different heart, but to pray that Carter had no different heart!
Just when the atmosphere was awkward, suddenly someone outside the conference hall suddenly walked in, everyone looked at it suspiciously, and found that it was the chief butler of Her Royal Highness the Queen, only to see someone whispering softly to the queen, and a smile suddenly appeared on the queen's originally cold face!
Everyone suddenly looked at the queen with apprehension!
"Tsk, it looks like everyone should have prayed just now, right?" The queen suddenly stood up and looked down at everyone, and her momentum was even more aggressive than just now!
But in the face of the caustic queen, not only did everyone not get angry, but they were all happy, because the queen's high-spirited posture now showed a clear message: Carter has enlisted!