strokinit Chapter 1266 Passing on the Throne, Queen of Blood Roses!
Chapter 1266 Passing on the Throne, Queen of Blood Roses!
Chapter 1266 Passing on the Throne, Queen of Blood Roses!
"Da da da da da..."
The dense sound of horseshoes passed by like rolling thunder, and the cavalry of the Star Knights rushed under the city gate like a whirlwind, without stopping at all, and rushed into the imperial capital like a gust of wind, flying dust brought up by the horseshoes. Meter high, the Royal Guard soldiers near the city gate were all ashamed.
As soon as they entered the city, the cavalry of 5000 men rushed straight towards the imperial city along the Avenue of Fontainebleau in the imperial capital. Countless civilians along the way gave way in panic, fearing that they would be swept up by the torrent of cavalry. .
When the cavalry went away, the soldiers and civilians along the way couldn't help but whispered:
Everyone knows the banner of the Star Knights, and understands that this is an elite unit under Princess Helen's command, but.It stands to reason that cavalry are strictly forbidden to mount horses and march in the imperial capital, let alone marching at such a fast speed. Does their actions today indicate that there is some urgent military news coming back?
Is there another fief noble who rebelled?Or have those enemy countries who took advantage of the situation captured another imperial county?
Or... is there a change in the imperial capital?
Some smart people immediately realized that something was wrong. Many people turned around and went home, planning to take their wives, children, and children to the countryside near the imperial capital to take refuge.
Finally, after galloping for more than half an hour, the Knights of the Stars finally arrived at the square outside the imperial city.
At this time, it should have been covered with stone materials, and the smooth ground was full of potholes and bloodstains seeping into the stone slabs one after another, confirming the tragedy of the chaos in the imperial capital three months ago.
After Zhou Chen killed the gods against the sky and attacked the gate of heaven by himself, the rebels, the Knights Templar of the temple, and the imperial army continued to fight fiercely on the ten-mile long street and square, causing countless casualties, and the situation was dire. The imperial royal family is extremely disadvantaged.
At this critical moment, Anakin Tianxing, the swordsman in the sky, was seriously injured and forced to retreat Luke, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar who was fighting with him. people;
Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Alice's teacher, the former president of the Magician's Guild, the astral traveler Karazhan who had been hiding in the silver tower for thousands of years, suddenly appeared, and with his legendary Dusky Star's terrifying strength, he killed the temple The five holy rank powerhouses of the elders group forced the Son of God who was hidden in the Shenghui Temple of the imperial capital to escape from the imperial capital in a hurry, and instantly sealed the victory.
The temple with the most fighting power was cold, and the tens of thousands of rebels under Prince Oberyn were not enough to see. After a burst of weak resistance, they were completely defeated.
In the face of defeat, Prince Oberyn was daring. He rode his horse forward among the rebellious army, talked to the emperor Odysseus from a distance, and after getting the emperor's promise not to kill or surrender troops, he ordered the rebels to All surrender.
Afterwards, Oberyn, unwilling to be humiliated, killed himself.The body was taken in by the royal family, hung on the top of the city for seven days, and then buried with the ceremony of a prince.
Oberyn's flipping operation ruined the commander of the Royal Guards, Lundstedt.At this time, Rondestedt managed to cleanse the 20 Guards officers who were extremely loyal to the royal family. He was leading the army to the imperial capital, planning to cooperate with Prince Oberyn and completely capture the imperial capital.
However, when he came with his army and finally saw the majestic city wall of the imperial capital, he found that the emperor himself and Princess Helen were standing on the top of the city, and the body of Prince Oberyn was hung in the city wall. on the head.
Then, the royal guards who had already been deceived were in an uproar, coupled with the transcendent strength of Karazhan and the Star Sword Master, they quickly captured Long Destedt alive among the thousands of troops, even if Long Destedt There are two saint-rank members from the Shadow Council guarding Te, but it is useless at all, just adding two heads.
After the chaos in the imperial capital was quelled, the imperial official Fang spent more than a month cleaning up the corpses and excavating the ruins. He had no time and financial resources to repair the buildings, so that after three months, the Imperial City Square still looked like this. Scarred look.
At this time, seeing the Star Knights with the silver thorn flower imperial flag rushing towards them, the court warriors guarding around the square hurried up to greet them, while guarding, they sent people forward to inquire.
"Todoroki!"
Seeing that they were about to approach the city wall of the imperial city, the 5000 Star Knights stopped in an orderly manner. Immediately afterwards, a slender figure in a silver cloak who was protected by the knights came to the front on horseback. After seeing clearly the face of the visitor hidden in the hood, he immediately knelt down, and then all the court warriors around shouted homage, the voice was loud:
"Long live the princess!"
"You are exempt."
A clear and majestic soft female voice resounded. Immediately, the speaker put down the hood of his cloak, revealing a delicate and beautiful face. He also had golden long hair and lake green eyes that are standard for members of the Chenxi royal family. It was Helen.
At this moment, Helen looked exhausted. She had only learned a few magic arts and was not familiar with martial arts. She was delicate and frail, and rode all the way from the Valen province. She hardly stopped to rest, and her body was already exhausted to the point of collapse.
Although the province of Waren is a central bank province directly under the royal family, it is located on the south side of the imperial capital plain and is nearly three thousand miles away from the imperial capital. Even the best cavalry troops will need three days to rush back to the imperial capital .
However, when the shocking news reached Waren Province, Helen, who was organizing an army to build a defense line and was preparing to resist the attacks of various rebels and foreign troops, immediately panicked and directly threw the army at the Little John hurriedly returned to the imperial capital with the Knights of the Stars.
Along the way, in order to rush back to the imperial capital as quickly as possible, Helen ordered the entire knight group to gallop all the way day and night, and also asked dozens of palace magicians who accompanied the army to perform many recovery techniques that boost physical strength and lightness techniques that increase speed. , Gale and other spells, finally rushed back to the imperial capital on the evening of the second day of departure, one day faster than the record of the fastest march recorded by the empire.
At this moment, Helen, who was galloping all the way, finally came to the gate of the imperial city. Her first reaction was to look up at the court warriors guarding the walls of the imperial city. She was relieved only when she saw many familiar faces.
As long as there is no unexpected coup d'état, the royal family, which has gone through hardships, can no longer stand large-scale toss.
Gathering her mind, Helen didn't dismount from her horse, she just lowered her head slightly, looked at the commander of the court warriors who had just got up and stood beside her, and said anxiously: "Commander Leonard, please open the gate of the imperial city immediately, and let my army Into town! Besides, I want to see my father right away!"
"As per your order, Your Royal Highness."
Commander Leonard saluted respectfully. As a high-ranking figure in the imperial capital, he certainly knew why Helen was so anxious, and even lost his composure to the point of disregarding the ban and wanting to lead the army into the imperial city.
Because His Majesty Emperor Odysseus VII was assassinated two days ago, and now his life is dying, and he may visit the ancestors of the royal family at any time.
Therefore, Helen is so anxious, and he can completely understand.
As for why Leonard ignored the ban and immediately agreed to Helen's request for the Knights of the Stars to enter the imperial city, that was his own selfishness.
In the past few months, there have been rumors in the imperial capital that after a hundred years, His Majesty Odysseus will hand over the empire to Princess Helen, making Princess Helen the first female emperor in the [-]-year history of the Dawn Empire.
At that time, this rumor was very popular in the imperial capital, and it was widely known, but it was quickly extinguished, and no one talked about it anymore.
The reason is very simple. Everyone thinks that this is impossible.Because of the tens of thousands of years of history in the empire, the position of His Majesty has not been handed over to a princess. Even if the emperor dies, it is generally supported by the emperor's three generations of blood brothers or nephews to succeed.
Moreover, the current emperor Odysseus has a son, how could he pass the throne to a woman?
It is a pity that the truth is often in the hands of a few people, and the masses are just objects to be fooled.
Just like Leonard, he knew very well that this rumor might be false at first, but since the emperor was assassinated the day before yesterday, it has been a practical plan to make Princess Helen the emperor.
If it was placed three months ago, the emperor would never allow his position to be passed on to a woman who would marry in the future and might give the entire empire to outsiders as a dowry, even if this woman was his most beloved and admired daughter.
However, as the so-called one time and another time, the current form is so difficult that the emperor can no longer tolerate any traditions.
Because the emperor was assassinated, his life was dying, and he obviously couldn't live for a few days. Regarding the issue of the heir, the emperor had to make a decision immediately, lest after his death, ambitious people would plot evil, launch a palace coup, and shake the foundation of the royal family.
However, the emperor's only son, Prince Charles, was just a baby less than one year old and still in his infancy.In the face of today's monstrous chaos, letting a baby who can only suck milk ascend to the throne is tantamount to digging one's own grave.
Of course, the emperor also considered, let Prince Charlie succeed him, make Helen the princess regent, and arrange a few auxiliary ministers to assist Charlie, and then take charge of the government when Charlie grows up.
However, this plan doesn't work.Because the emperor clearly knew how much his daughter longed to be the emperor.
Ever since he followed him to suppress the rebels three months ago, Helen's ambitions, or ambitions, have been hard to contain.
Whether it was establishing a star knight order that she was absolutely loyal to herself, or constantly gaining a sense of presence in the barracks of the imperial army in various places, and rewarding the sergeants, it proved Helen's unwillingness to be lonely.
Of course, what made the emperor fully understand his daughter's will was the rumor that suddenly appeared in the imperial capital three months ago.
That's right, the rumor that "the emperor intends to pass the throne to Princess Helen" did not happen for no reason, but Helen sent people to spread it, in order to pave the way for her to ascend to the throne and put pressure on her father by the way.
This move was very clever, and it immediately made the emperor feel on pins and needles, but he was unable to attack.After all, the current him, the current emperor, and the current empire cannot do without Helen.
Once the emperor disposes of Helen, the royal family will immediately fall into a situation where no one is available.
The helpless emperor originally wanted to drag this matter out for more than ten years. When the rebellions in all directions subsided and Charlie grew up, his daughter might no longer have such thoughts.
However, the emperor never dreamed that he would be assassinated in the heavily guarded and powerful palace.
Moreover, the one who assassinated him was only a second-level junior magician.
The magician did not know how to escape the defense of the thorn armor worn by the emperor, and directly sealed the dissociation technique in the magic scroll, which made the emperor's whole body fester and almost died on the spot.
Fortunately, the court magician who was present acted quickly and used a few high-level healing techniques to barely hang the emperor's life.
Afterwards, many great magicians who were good at healing in the court mage group, and even Mrs. Alice asked her master Karazhan legendary magister to do it herself, but it only lasted half a month for the emperor's life.
When half a month is up, he will immediately go to the underworld.
Today, half a month has passed two days.
The emperor had no choice. Just yesterday, he summoned several important ministers on his sick bed and asked them about who should succeed Charles or Helen, but he received no response from any minister.
Leonard who was present did not respond either.
Because he also knew about Princess Helen's ambitions, and he also knew how much damage a baby would do to the empire if it succeeded to the throne at this moment.
Before they exited the emperor's bedroom yesterday, Leonard clearly saw the disappointed expression on the emperor's face.
Clearly, the emperor wanted Charles on the throne and expected the support of his ministers.
However, the ministers who can get into the core of the empire's power are not fools, and it is impossible for them to agree to the emperor and support Charlie.
After all, the power of Princess Helen is now in full swing. Not only has she founded the Knights of the Stars, but she has also firmly controlled the 20 troops of the Royal Guards. The non-stop action of rewarding the army has almost bought it off.
Not only that, many powerful people that the royal family relies on, such as the Sword Master of the Starry Sky and Mrs. Alice, and even the legendary mage Karazhan who saved the royal family from a crisis, all intend to support Helen... I am afraid that the only one who is truly loyal to the emperor is the one who serves the emperor. Lawrence, who has been emperor for three generations, is now the steward.
The strength of this Chief Lawrence is a mystery in the hearts of almost all the nobles. He didn't make a move during the chaos in the imperial capital, but just stayed by the emperor's side silently. According to the Star Sword Saint, he also couldn't see through Lawrence's strength.
But no matter how strong Lawrence is, can he still be as strong as the legendary mage who is known as the only legendary mage in the Ikadiva continent?
Moreover, behind Helen, there is another person.
Although there was no news about that person after he broke into the gate of heaven, no one dares to conclude that that person is really dead?
That venerable master, even the six-winged archangel of the Chenxi God Department would kill like melons and vegetables, and even dared to directly invade the Kingdom of Chenxi, and find the Lord of Chenxi for a decisive battle.
Once such a character returns to Ekadiva safely, whoever snatches Helen's throne will probably die a terrible death.
Because of this, none of the ministers wanted to go against Helen. A smart person like Leonard had already decided to follow Princess Helen... No, he followed His Majesty the new emperor!
(I fell asleep tiredly the night before, and didn’t update it. This is yesterday’s chapter, 4600 words, [-] words for free)
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