Chapter 1089: Don's Decision
"Reinforcements! Reinforcements......"
Palmer on the throne was in a hurry. The messenger carried a magic letter with him, and after handing the letter to Princess Aurelia, he handed over the magic letter to Aurelia on the spot, and Palmer now knew that Aurelia had sent reinforcements, but a few days had passed, and he still hadn't seen the reinforcements, could he not be in a hurry. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Now that Grace's army has surrounded Silas, if reinforcements don't come again, I'm afraid I'll have to collect their corpses!
Queen Dinah next to her secretly wept, clasped her hands and prayed secretly, at such times, she could do nothing but pray for a miracle.
At this time, Palmer suddenly heard a commotion on the street outside, and immediately he panicked: "What's wrong!?" What's going on out there!? Could it be that someone took the opportunity to cause trouble!? β
Palmer hurried to the window, looked in, but was shocked to find that on the originally lifeless streets, the refugees suddenly took action, some of them went to deliver supplies to the front line, some carried buckets of water to pour on the roof, and some helped the old people and children to move to the house......
The image of the whole people working together to get through the difficult situation left Palmer stunned: "What's going on!?" β
At this time, a maid ran into the throne room in a panic: "Your Majesty, Princess Beatrice sneaked out of the castle, she doesn't want to come back, and now she is organizing the refugees to prepare a plan for resistance!" β
"What!?"
Palmer and Dinah were taken aback when they heard this, and Queen Dinah panicked all of a sudden: "Your Majesty! Send someone to bring Beatrice back! It's too dangerous out there right now! β
Palmer didn't immediately agree, he thought of the scene he had just seen, could it be that
He immediately took a closer look, searching the range of the refugees, and soon his eyes were fixed on a small figure, although far away, but at a glance he recognized the busy figure as Beatrice, the jewel of his palm.
For a while, Palmer's mood was very complicated, he didn't cheer up as soon as he became a king, but he didn't expect that the first person to cheer up was Beatrice......
She's just a child......
At the time of this national crisis, even she cheered up, what right did she have to panic here?
Thinking of this, Palmer's panicked and inexplicable heart gradually calmed down.
"Don't panic, Beatrice is doing what she can, and we should work on it too."
Palmer took a deep breath, trying to calm the restlessness in his heart, and he said slowly: "Although we are only a small principality, we should also try to learn to resist Grace, and we can't pin all our hopes on reinforcements from the Irus Empire." β
He looked at the ministers next to him, who were still flustered: "How much grain is still in the treasury now?" β
"Back to Your Majesty, it was originally enough for the entire Silas to spend the whole winter until next year's new grain harvest, but after the influx of a large number of refugees, I am afraid it will only be enough to support a month......"
"Don't talk so much nonsense, if it is breached, all the grain will become Grace's stuff."
Palmer gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Pass the order, open the granary, organize the cooks in the city to start cooking, and at least feed our soldiers before the big war begins!" β
The ministers exclaimed: "Your Majesty! You can't do thatβ"
"Why not!"
Palmer roared, "Now! Obey my orders now! Not only open the granary to put the grain, but also take out the stored weapons and send them out! At the very least, we're going to have to bite off the Grace before we're destroyed! β
"Yes...... Your Majesty......"
"Lift up your heads! Even Beatrice cheered up and began to resist, what qualifications do you pillars of the nation have to continue to be negative! β
"Yes! Your Majesty! β
The ministers stepped back to carry out their orders, and Palmer sat down with a blank look on his face.
He has done what he can do, but it is up to heaven to what extent......
"I have to say, you've impressed me."
A voice suddenly came to his ears, and Palmer suddenly got up: "Who!?" β
Then he saw the air rippling in front of him, and then a young man with a smile on his face appeared in front of him.
Invisibility!
Palmer was shocked in his heart, but he felt that the young man in front of him was a little familiar, and after a closer look, he immediately took a breath of cold air and exclaimed: "Your Majesty Donne!?" β
Don smiled and nodded.
It turned out to be His Majesty Donne!
Palmer, who was in deep despair, was instantly overwhelmed by ecstasy, and he pulled Dinah, who was full of shock, to kneel directly on one knee in front of Don and gave him a bow salute: "Palmer Cecil of the Duchy of Syrah and his wife Dinah Cecil have met His Majesty Donn!" β
Don waved his hand: "Get up." β
"Your Majesty, please save Silas!"
Dinah pleaded, "Now only you can save this place!" β
"Stupid!"
Palmer said angrily: "Since His Majesty Don has arrived here, it means that reinforcements must have also arrived!" Silas is saved! β
Tang En was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "You have raised a good daughter." β
Palmer's eyes lit up when he heard this, could it be that His Majesty Don had taken a fancy to Beatrice!?
Oh, my God!
This is simply the only good news in a desperate situation!
If Beatrice can become the concubine of His Majesty Donn, are they afraid that they will not have a chance to develop in the future!?
It's a pity that the situation is more critical now, and this is really not the time to talk about this!
Palmer hurriedly said: "If His Majesty Don likes it, he can let Beatrice marry him at any time, but the current situation is ......"
"You're mistaken."
Don waved his hand: "I just witnessed what Princess Beatrice did, and it can be said that it is because of her that I have made a great difference in my opinion of this place, so you have raised a good daughter." β
To be honest, Don had a dispensable attitude towards the Duchy of Silas at the beginning, he could save it, and it didn't matter if he couldn't save it, after all, it was just a principality, and compared with Grace, he was definitely more inclined to befriend Grace, who had a larger population, so that it would be easier to unify it in the later period.
But what he saw and heard after coming here made him gradually change his mind.
The cruelty of the Grace people was far greater than he could have imagined.
Since Don came to Purlandal, the most murderous people he has seen before are the bandits and bandits who are forced to live in the wilderness, these people are at most trying to make a fortune, if they obediently hand over their wealth, there is a high probability that they can save their lives - after all, bandit robbery also has to consider long-term development, and the merchants are all dead and scared away, and they will starve to death, right?
Even when facing tens of thousands of troops in the previous battle with Prince Girard, those soldiers had their own reason and judgment, and after learning that Girard was really corrupted by the Dark Serpent, they also obeyed Donn's orders and went home directly.
This is especially true in the kingdom of Sorant, everyone has their own judgment and is not blindly loyal to ignorance, so he can use public opinion to crush Klein's ambitions, and then easily recover Sorant.
However, Grace gave him a completely different feeling.
Here in the Principality of Silas, from top to bottom, what he felt was a deep hatred for Grace.
What kind of hatred can make people who originally belonged to a country turn against each other like this in just over 100 years after the split?
When Donn came to Silas, he did not go to the castle immediately, but walked the streets, observing, listening, and at the same time analyzing and judging the situation in his heart.
But the more he knew, the worse his mood became.
The Kingdom of Grace is probably different from all the kingdoms I have encountered before.
They have ambition, strength, and what's even more terrifying, they still have the ability to act!
The regular plundering of the Sorant border and the Duchy of Silas and the Duchy of Ivalan every year ensured the actual combat capability of the army of the Kingdom of Grace, which made the Kingdom of Grace extremely aggressive.
The Principality of Silas, which has suffered a lot, can be said to be full of hatred for the Kingdom of Grace, and countless people have been separated from their wives and died on the battlefield because of the army of the Kingdom of Grace.
This means that if Don wants to recover the Kingdom of Grace, he will inevitably have irreconcilable conflicts with the people of the Duchy of Syrah, the Duchy of Ivalan, and even some of the border cities of Sorant!
Maybe they will be suppressed by Donn at first, but it will definitely be a hidden danger after a long time, especially if they need to unite and fight side by side in the future, if Grace and Silas are allowed to fight together, the two of them will probably start stabbing each other first.
This is definitely an unstable factor that Don cannot accept.
However, from a purely practical point of view, the best option for him was to abandon the people of the Principality of Silas, the Principality of Ivalan, and choose the Kingdom of Grace.
Because the whole people of the Grace Kingdom have extremely strong combat effectiveness, there is no doubt about it, Don En's priority is to fight against chaos and save the world, the average combat power of the whole people is very important, and the Grace people can undoubtedly greatly improve this indicator.
Is it the Principality of Silas and the Principality of Ivalam that choose to protect the good and peaceful?
Or choose the more practical, yet aggressive, kingdom of Grace?
Donn's heart was in a state of conflict.
Until he saw Beatrice.
This princess, who was born in a castle but was full of hope, tilted the balance in his heart.
Yes, although the kingdom of Grace is now preferred, it means that he has to compromise with Grace's evil deeds!
Now that the compromise has been made, what if there will be a conflict between the Graces and the Ilrus in the future? Does it mean further compromise?
Intransigence? The Graces will start to divide and block him.
Since they are accustomed to only adding all kinds of unstable troubles in the future, why not consider protecting Silas and Ivalan?
Although they are not strong, although they are just kind civilians, even they have the desire to survive!
In the face of a desperate situation, they will also burst out with great strength!
Keep Silas and Ivalan, and give up Grace.
This was Donne's final choice because of Beatrice.