I Will Be The Crowned King - Vol 5 Chapter 26

Osteria Palace, Inner Garden.

Sophia Franz, with her hands behind her back, accompanied a woman slightly older than her, walking leisurely in the center of the garden, closely followed by a group of court attendants and young nobles who were looking forward to inviting pets.

Exquisite burgundy imperial long dress, long hair rolled up high… Rao is dressed in regular clothes, and the lady still exudes the nobility and elegance that strangers should not enter; every frown and smile, every eyebrow and every eye seems to follow The innate standards and norms make those who are close to her involuntarily feel awe.

She was known by many names: Anne Herrid, wife of Carlos II, Princess of the Empire, and by the Clovis favorite, Queen Herrid.

For many Clovis people, the most outstanding achievement of His Majesty the “Lucky” Carlos II today was not to preserve the North Harbor during the riots and the “Four Kingdoms Intervention”, or to decentralize the power to create the “King” among the merchants. “The miracle of Lowe”, not the construction of the world’s first railway, nor the fact that he was forced to inherit the throne in mourning in his early years, and ruled the Kingdom of Clovis for 20 years. , marrying the princess to the Kingdom of Clovis.

In this matter, the ambivalence that the Clovis people both admired and dissatisfied with the Empire was vividly reflected: in order to celebrate the wedding of Her Majesty, the kingdom prepared a grand and unprecedented welcome ceremony, which made Her Royal Highness, who just arrived, enjoy an incomparably grand ceremony. of hospitality.

Even in addition to the revered title of queen, the position of “ceremony teacher” was specially created for her – the ceremonies of all major occasions, the daily life of courtiers, daily life, and even the standard of wording, all determined and designated by her.

But other than that, the Queen’s officials and attendants are all selected by the Privy Council, and they must apply in advance before seeing Your Majesty; they are not allowed to show their faces in public except on important occasions, and there is no room for interference in the kingdom’s politics – even It is a crime to disclose current affairs to her privately.

Not only that, the Privy Council even passed legislation specifically to determine that everyone can only call the queen “Queen”. If you must refer to a specific object, it will be called “Queen Herid”. crime.

There is one and only one purpose: to minimize her influence in Clovis as much as possible.

“…So, what happened after that?” Annie blinked her curious eyes, her face full of anticipation: “The great detective Yasen failed to crack the underground conspiracy of Xiaolong City, and was driven out of the empire by the emperor… Then what? ”

“Then… he set off for the Seven Cities Alliance, which is now Hantu, and continued the one-year trip agreed with his newlywed wife.” Sophia’s eyes were a little erratic:

“Of course, there is one more person this time.”

“That’s right, Priest Draco, the author of this book.” Anne nodded slightly: “But according to the plot, Yasen should not have discovered his wife Tereza, in fact, a certain Clovis nobleman arranged The spy around him, waiting for an opportunity to provoke a war between the Empire and the enemies of Clovis?”

“Uh… well, that seems to be the case, that’s why he didn’t go back to Clovis.”

“You mean that Yasen is trying to make the big nobles think that his plan has not been leaked, so he pretends not to know?” The queen looked sideways: “Well, it makes sense, and Tereza has completely fallen in love with Yasen, if He speaks, and he will definitely stop the conspiracy of the great nobles!”

“No, that’s right!”

“And this time they went to Hawthorn because a friend of Priest Draco was there, and he had to settle the trouble of distributing the estate for a deceased old friend – why would an adventurous navigator ask for a name in his will to be churched? What about the excommunicated priest to preside over the distribution of the estate?”

“Er… maybe because they’re best friends?”

“Or, has he guessed that he is likely to die because of this?” The queen’s expression became excited:

“Draco is the only person he knows who is related to the Holy See, so only by entrusting him can he get the protection of the Holy See and ensure that his inheritance can be distributed reasonably; but what he does not know is that the people who came with him this time. There is also a detective named Yasen!”

“Hmmmmmm… Referring to the story of Xiaolongcheng, this so-called ‘inheritance dispute’ is probably not as simple as it seems on the surface. There are young sons with high hopes but suspicious identities… I think they will fight hard to inherit the inheritance, so that the conspiracy and forces behind each of them will surface one after another?” Queen Anne asked herself, rhetorically:

“Perhaps this case will also be an opportunity for Yassen to return to Clovis. Not sure!”

Sophia, who was almost stunned, looked at the excited look of the other party, and could only smile apologetically: “I don’t see that you are really good at writing, Her Majesty the Queen.”

“I don’t dare to be proud of this, but there is one thing I am quite sure of.” The queen smiled and said:

“Dear Governor Sophia, absent-minded you are not a good listener.”

“I-I just…”

Facing the smiling eyes of the other party, Sophia, who was still trying to explain something, had to give up: “Did you see it?”

“Even the attendants at the back saw it.”

The queen glanced at the crowd following the two of them, and the latter cast their eyes to the sides, daring not to look at them.

“You have something on your mind, and it’s very heavy.” She looked back at Sophia, who was a little embarrassed, with gentle eyes:

“I won’t ask too much what that is, and if you want to leave to deal with it, I won’t stop you.”

“NO, I have not…”

Sophia rarely showed a panicked look, her tangled expression seemed to be very embarrassed, and she hesitated.

After nearly a minute, she finally made up her mind and looked up at the queen again: “It’s about the Storm Legion recently.”

“…Storm Legion?”

The queen’s eyes were extremely confused, as if hearing the name for the first time – of course she did.

“It’s an army of the kingdom in the colony, and it just returned to the capital recently.” Sophia explained: “Because of the previous holy war, plus the colony’s mutiny and joining the newly emerging National Free Confederation, they were accused by the Ministry of War of treason and collaborating with the enemy. suspicion.”

“This was originally just an internal matter of the Army, but recently there have been more and more voices saying that they are actually innocent, and the voices are getting louder and louder, and even someone has come to me; you know, my title is Colony The Honorary Governor, theoretically can intervene in this matter, but…”

“No more!”

Queen Anne, whose complexion suddenly changed, suddenly steals the road, with a little panic in her eyes.

“But… ah!” As if suddenly realized, Sophia quickly covered her mouth and glanced vigilantly at the attendants not far away.

After confirming that the words between the two were not heard by outsiders, she finally breathed a sigh of relief:

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

“No, no, Governor Sophia, it’s me who should apologize.” The queen looked very cautious, but she was obviously more relaxed than just now:

“I should have guessed…how can something that gives you such a headache could be an ordinary trivial matter. I’m sorry for causing you trouble.”

The two who had been polite to each other looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, and even the original interest in discussing the novel disappeared.

Around this, the queen who was completely panicked did not let Sophia leave, but took a walk for a while. The two people tacitly separated at a fork in the garden, and said goodbye to each other.

Of course, this was done to avoid misunderstandings, and the servants and nobles who had seen the scene just now had a conflicting misunderstanding between the two.

Walking among the dead flowers, the tension and fear on Sophia’s face disappeared at the corner, replaced by a light mouth and a smug smile.

This is of course the plan, and it is only part of the plan – how could the eldest daughter of the dignified Franz family be so rude in public, or even omit?

The girl’s purpose is actually very simple. No matter whether the nobles behind him heard it wrong or not, those attendants will tell Carlos II about today’s situation and let him know that he has lost his way in front of his queen today.

In this way, he can guess seven or eight points by himself without having to say anything himself; if he guesses it, he knows it.

In Clovis…or more accurately the entire Order World, if a lord and king doesn’t know something, then he can pretend nothing happened; but if he does, he has to respond.

This is both a custom and a political tacit understanding, as well as a moral imperative under the Ring of Order doctrine—taking responsibility as a ruler and a foundation for maintaining authority.

It’s just that as a part of the whole plan, His Majesty Anne’s life will not be easy… In addition to being proud, Sophia still feels a little bit of guilt.

She has no ill feelings for the queen who was born in the royal family of Herid, and even has some sympathy; in the eyes of Clovis, she is probably an expensive statue; it is even more miserable for Carlos II, just to maintain the rule Just a stable tool.

No matter what state of mind she married into the royal family of Austeria 20 years ago, she is now a canary in a cage, and no matter how unwilling she is, she cannot change her status quo.

But I’m different… The girl said silently in her heart, although she is now restricted everywhere and is not valued by others, she still has a certain degree of freedom.

Because of this, she will never give up the rescue of the Storm Legion, the only capital that can break the shackles on her body.

Or aside from the Storm Legion, how could there be a second army that would take her seriously?

But Sophia definitely doesn’t think so – the Storm Legion is an army that she personally formed, funded and cultivated, and it is her most important property, and no one can easily take it away!

She has seen through the War Department’s trick: by criticizing the Storm Legion as traitors, completely cut off the relationship with the Free Confederacy, and take the power to take the ruling country from the Privy Council.

But the premise of all this is that the War Department can really control the Storm Legion, or at least Anson Bach himself, and make him confess to treason.

“What did you say, Anson Bach didn’t go to the War Department, but was taken away by the people of the Inquisition?!”

Staring at Angelica, the little maid who hurried to find her, Sophia was stunned.

………………

“Ah, so you’ve heard of it?”

In Clovis Cathedral, Archbishop Luther, who was sitting at the front of the desk and reading the newspaper, slightly pushed the reading glasses on his face: “If that’s the case, then come over and ask me what I’m doing?”

“Because I must know what you think!”

Standing in front of his father, Ludwig said coldly, completely losing the calmness he had when facing his younger sister before: “If you let the Tribunal do this, you are openly fighting against the Ministry of War, and doing so is a risk to the Franz family. too big!”

“I know what you’re thinking, Anson and his Storm Legion are very good subordinates, and I don’t object to making good use of this, but don’t you think it’s too arrogant to steal people so openly?!”

“I don’t understand what you are talking about.” In the face of his son’s questioning, Archbishop Luther seemed very at a loss:

“Arresting people is a matter of the Tribunal, and the order is a matter of the Holy See. At most, I didn’t create obstacles for them… How can it be that I want them to ‘rob people’?”

“Or do you think it would be more in line with the current status quo for the War Department to bring Anson Bach under control?”

“Of course not!” Ludwig categorically vetoed: “He is my friend, the one I first appreciated; of course I will do my best to save him, but not in this way.”

“…which way?”

“The way to make the Franz family a public enemy!” Ludwig gritted his teeth with hatred:

“Arresting people on religious grounds, don’t you realize that this will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the entire Clovis. After all, you are openly interfering in secular politics and challenging everyone’s bottom line!”

“Why must this method be used? Won’t the nobles who want to ally with the Free Confederation take action, won’t my stupid sister make a big deal out of it, can’t I mobilize the officers and the Whitehall Street police to bring him Are you protected?!”

“So I’m really asking you from the bottom of my heart, what exactly is this going to do?!”

Looking at Ludwig who was getting more and more emotional, the archbishop who was his father suddenly showed a complicated expression.

But this expression was only for a moment, and without even being noticed by Ludwig, it immediately returned to normal.

“Dear Ludwig, if you can think this way, it proves that this jihad has indeed made you a lot of progress; knowing how to think from the perspective of others is a very valuable wisdom.”

Archbishop Luther slowly put down the newspaper in his hand, and pushed the glasses on his face: “So I’m going to tell you another kind of wisdom, called the bottom line.”

“…What’s the meaning?”

“Gambling, competition, duel… Most of the time, we don’t want the enemy to know our bottom line; but in some cases, we take the initiative to show our bottom line, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com is also a threatening skill.” The Archbishop Shen said:

“As you say, my actions are tantamount to fighting the War Department.”

“Then, on the other hand, does it mean to warn them that if they dare to attack Anson Bach, they must be prepared for the revenge of Clovis Parish?”

“And then you think about it, they…”

“…Ready?”