Chapter 816: Sad Reality
André led the prisoner cart to the central square and ordered Solandelle to be escorted to the stage and made him kneel in front of the gallows.
Sometimes things are so dramatic, and a year ago at this time, Solandale commanded the remnants of the frozen fortress to retreat from the north, saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians at the cost of a broken heart and a lifetime inability to advance to transcendence.
When she was picked up by Percius at the observation deck of the royal palace, countless people in the central square excitedly shouted "Her Royal Highness Princess" and bowed to her.
Now, a year later, the same Solandelle, the same people from last year, are still in this central square, and all they give her is hatred, insults, scolding, and treating her like a street rat.
After Solandale was tied, André came to the front of the stage, and to his surprise, he did not speak as sternly as everyone expected, but covered his face with his hands and sobbed.
This strange behavior caused the people to fall into a stupor, and all kinds of noisy voices disappeared.
With tears in his eyes, Andrei hammered his heart hard, and said in a sad and indignant tone: "I never thought that my sister and I would one day stand here in such a way. ”
"I remember when Solandelle was born, and my beloved father took such care of her. My father was usually very busy with official business, but no matter how late he came home at night, he would go to the room and pick up Solandelle in swaddling clothes and leave a goodnight kiss on her forehead. ”
"My father used to be a person who slept very peacefully, and he couldn't wake up when it thundered, but since Solandelle was born, as long as she snorted at night, my father would wake up immediately and run over to see if she had kicked off the quilt."
"The father regarded this daughter as a weakness and armor, and he always cared for her to grow up, but this vicious girl took revenge! Just because she was not elected as the crown prince, she held a grudge, colluded with Bolton to provoke a coup d'état, and killed her seriously ill father by extremely cruel means! ”
"And the queen mother who loves me..."André said with tears in his eyes, "If the gods give me a chance, I am willing to give up everything and go back to my mother..."
The scene of the prince crying silently touched countless people, and after last night's chaos, many of the people present lost their children or parents, and empathized with Andrei's pain at this time.
At this moment, the public sentiment in the central square was boiling, and the angry people picked up all kinds of things and smashed them at Solandelle again, followed by their shouts: "Kill this demon!" ”
Andrei wiped away his tears, his eyes became resolute, he clenched his right fist in the air, and said heavily: "This kind of tyranny will not be tolerated!" The thief Bolton has been killed by the King of Mercy, and the other thief, Solandelle, and all her allies, will be punished with the severest punishment! ”
André's voice fell, and another group of people were escorted to the stage, some of whom were soldiers who had been rescued by Solandale in the Frozen Fortress last year and later lived in the royal city, and some of whom were ministers promoted to the palace when Perseus had paved the way for Solandale, all of whom belonged to her supporters politically.
Even Solandelle's better classmates at Laurel Academy were all regarded as comrades and sent to the execution table at this time, and André was desperate to wipe out her network.
These people all wore anti-thief signs, the soldiers stared at Andrei with resentment, but could do nothing, and the ministers were like ashes, looking sadly at the boiling crowd in front of them, regretting why they were on the wrong side.
Solandale's classmates cried out bitterly, saying over and over again that they were innocent, but their voices could not be heard at all, and they had long since disappeared into the boiling curses of the crowd.
The guards carried the prisoners to the gallows, and André raised his right hand and swung it down, and the guards pulled the transmission and hung them in the air with ropes.
The death of the hanged man was twisted and hideous, but it ignited the emotions of the people, who were all cheering enthusiastically, cheering for the tragic death of these "thieves" and cheering for the greatness of the new king.
"All of the comrades involved in the rebellion have been executed, and now there is one person who has to pay for his actions." André turned around and looked at Solandale who was covered in bruises, and there was no emotion in his eyes, "That's the mastermind of all this, the culprit who killed the previous king, Solandel van Dogoland." ”
Solandale's eyes were gray, her tears had long since dried up, and she looked at the boiling crowd in front of her silently and sadly, saying nothing, and saying that it was useless.
Under the frenzy of the group, the people do not care about the truth, they only care about what the people around them collectively present, participate in it to gain a sense of identity, and use it to vent the negative emotions that have been squeezed in their hearts in the past.
And truth is often the least cared for by the public.
At the end of his life, Solandale learned a truth at the heaviest price - no matter what era it is, it is not weapons that kill the most, but surging public opinion.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! The populace shouted feverishly, and the overwhelming sound of "killing" spread over the royal city, making Solandale the most hateful enemy.
André turned to Solandale, his awe-inspiring expression in front of the public, replaced by mockery and banter.
He lifted Solandale's chin with his index finger, leaned over to his ear and said in a voice that only she could hear: "I've read that article of yours, take a good look, these are the low-level fools you want to protect." ”
"All along, you are a person who lives in a fairy tale, and you don't understand the laws of the world, and you don't understand true human nature."
"You don't think about it at all, these fools never care what the truth is, when you are glamorous, they cheer at you, you fall into despair, they spit on you."
"For these people, whoever wins will help them, and what the authority says is the truth."
"You don't understand this truth until you die, you are so pitiful."
André personally held the gallows remote control lever, looked at Solandelle with the eyes of a pitiful worm, shook his head and said, "From beginning to end, I did not regard you as an opponent, because you have never been a qualified candidate. ”
"There is no popular heart, no army, no strength, and a program that can never be achieved in the heart... You can't be king without me. ”
"Farewell, Solandelle, don't be born in the Wang family in the next life, be an ordinary girl." André pulled down the lever and tied the rope around Solandelle's neck, hoisting her into the air.
Solandale tensed in the suffocation, tears and saliva overflowed uncontrollably, and she kept twitching, and the darkness spread over her vision like a tidal wave, slowly engulfing her consciousness...