Scene 79 The Empire and the Queen
It stands to reason that both of these two are confidantes of the Silver Queen, and a little mistake is not enough to make them so frightened, but just two days ago—to be exact, two nights ago, the empire suddenly lost the Pasilian Fortress. Connections - anyone with even a semblance of reason understands what that means. Bad premonitions are often the most effective, and within twenty-four hours, bad news comes like snowflakes——
First, the Pegasus Knights of Asa's Imperial Garrison detected the movement of a large-scale legion in the Bear Lake area, and then another scouting cavalry detected another legion in the Silver Valley to the south.
Twenty-seven hours later, Valgus, Hemlock Town, and Forest Leaf Avenue were confirmed to have fallen.
Twenty-nine hours later, the twin towns of Nafeel and Taris in the north of the Bear Lake area were in a hurry, and traces of strange troops were found on the outskirts of Huishi Town, a city downstream of the Milky Way.
Thirty-four hours later, the southern town of Twin Towns fell, and two hours later, the northern town fell.
Thirty-seven hours later, an imperial sentry post on the edge of the Boots Woodland received some remnants from the south, and among them was Baron Pierris of the Cooper family.
Forty-four hours later, Greystone Town was besieged.
Half an hour later, the cavalry of Cuijiao Fortress finally brought back the definite news that Pasilian Fortress had fallen, and a large Jogendigan army was attacking along the east branch of the Broken Sword Mountains towards Fort Elno. , the empire's fortress legion is retreating steadily.
Fifteen minutes ago, Rusev confirmed the fall. The Pegasus Knight flew over the city and observed that the city was suspected to have been bombarded by spells exceeding the twelve circles. No one in the city was spared.
Qiao Gendigang launched an invasion of the empire, most of Anzlova fell, the Evergreen Passage was in jeopardy, and Rokozy, the fortress group of the Broken Sword Mountain Range, also became crumbling stars far away in the sky.
As if in an instant, terrible news spread like wildfire one after another, with the White Rose Garden as the center, spreading throughout the whole country like a plague—the news followed the knights on horseback leaving St. Cantipe Palace, Entering the mansions of the duke's mansion, earl's mansion, imperial army, knight order, and the top figures of the temple, it was like a spark splashing into the oil pool, igniting the manors, under the arched windows, above the attic, the nobles In their private room, candles were burning, and then some people in plain clothes with their heads covered came out from the back door, walked through the streets and alleys, and entered the homes of nobles and small aristocrats.
Then the servants appeared on the stage, they hurriedly left their master's mansion, drove a carriage, or just relied on their legs, and went to thousands of unknown corners of the city; Passed from one to the next, and the next boarded the carriage, and went down the street to the twenty-two gates of Rushta, before dawn,
Countless carriages left the city and galloped towards all directions of the empire—some of them headed to the countryside, some to the castle, and some to the docks. Spread out on the map.
This is what happened in the forty-eight hours before Mr. Travis Burney and Mr. Kevin de Sanvaria, the commander of the dragoons, stepped into the White Rose.
At this moment, in front of Constance, the captain of the dragoons still seemed a little rational, while Mr. Travis was almost trembling. The former was in charge of evaluating the promotion of the inner court knights, but he was mainly responsible for intelligence collection and monitoring. Right now The mistake that happened was obviously to be blamed on him. The leader of the Knights was trembling and wanted to explain to the supreme man of the empire in front of him, but what Constance needed was not an explanation, but an answer.
The two of them are not the only ones in the queen's study room. The top figures of the empire have already gathered together at this moment. Standing at the front, you can see Marquess Nigel, the head of the White Legion, and Bandyron, who has a close relationship with the Imperial Navy. Earl, Downers, Nidwin Jr., the head of the Cecil family, the current head of the Blue Legion, Earl Rodney, and Grand Duke Helix. Behind them are some nobles from other families, most of whom are On weekdays, the close ministers around His Majesty, together with the envoys of the Temple of Fire, are roughly divided into three camps. The nobles who are close to the Parut family are obviously gloomy, while the nobles of the Cecil family and the military Most of them looked at this scene with smiles on their faces. The last group of people, headed by Grand Duke Helix and Prime Minister Nidwin Jr., had a serious face, showing no expression on their faces.
As for Her Majesty the Queen herself, Her Majesty's expression is as usual, there is no trace of anger in her eyes, and of course there is no trace of lenient, but anyone who has a little understanding of the supreme ruler of the empire will understand that it is often under this state. She is the scariest.
It was a while before Constance finally spoke.
She glanced at the two of them—although Her Majesty still looked like a young girl, but her calm eyes showed the city of Her Majesty—she said coldly: "This is the second time, my dear." The Palut family, as well as your nobles in the south, have behaved in recent times that they are really not worthy of your status. Mr. Captain, whether it is you or your elder brother, I am really disappointed. You don't say a word, are you waiting for me to speak?"
Hearing this sentence, most of the nobles of the Cecil family gloated, while the soldiers looked like they were enjoying the show. Only Niederwin frowned. In his memory, Her Majesty the Queen rarely Such a clear statement of his attitude - but this is the third time in recent times, whether it is the reprimand of the Cecil family in the St. Cantipe Palace, or the rebuke of Grand Duke Parut in the White Rose Garden The reprimand, as well as her attitude at the moment, made him feel weird inside and out.
But in Niedwen's eyes, it was just weird, but Downas's expression had already changed. The thunderous fury from above the throne was so terrifying, it couldn't help but make people shiver. He gritted his teeth, I dare not speak at all.
And Travis almost shook for a moment. Although His Majesty said the word 'dear', his face was almost blue when he heard it. ,His Majesty."
"Then tell me, to the west of Jadepaw Fortress, what is the movement of the Lions of Torquinin?"
"No action, Your Majesty." Travis quickly wiped his sweat and replied.
"Where are the elves in the Four Realms?"
The answer this time was Nigel, the head of the White Legion, who shook his head: "No action, but the elves probably haven't heard the news, otherwise they won't give up this opportunity."
"In other words, at least Jogendigon has nothing to do with the wind elves?" Constance asked.
When she asked this question, she frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something, but it gave a faint feeling that Her Majesty's mind seemed to be not above all that was happening right now.
Like Prime Minister Nidwin Jr., Nigel seemed to have noticed this, but this doubt only flashed in his mind, and then he shook his head: "Probably not."
"Where are the Lions of Torquinen?"
"The Lions should be waiting for the news. As soon as the Georgian Digan's army arrives at Fort Erno, they will attack." Little Ni Dewen glanced at Her Majesty the Queen, and finally said.
"How big is Georgetown's army?" Constance exchanged a glance with the young prime minister, then looked away, putting pressure on Travis.
The latter was sweating profusely, "Your Majesty, this is not clear, but they should have at least two legions in Anzlova."
The Silver Queen remained silent, as if calculating something.
Little Ni Dewen pondered for a moment, and then said: "It is very likely that those underground kings have already made a move, otherwise, to reach this scale, at least half of the lords of Qiaogendigan would have to be dispatched."
"Their target is Asaph," Constance came back to her senses: "Then do we have any countermeasures now, and those troops are still in Anzlova?"
"Originally we could still draw Anzeruta's army, but now..." Little Ni Dewen said half of the sentence, and then looked at Donalds in the crowd. My lord scolded me half to death, of course he understood what this sentence meant. Apart from the aborigines, the local legions stationed in Anzeruta were mainly in the hands of Earl Jean and Earl Alcons, but this part of the army Earlier, it had been deployed to supplement the Pasilian Fortress. As for the remaining noble army, not to mention everyone present knew that they had gone there.
He hurried out and replied: "Your Majesty, Anzeruta's army has long been supplemented by the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress Group, and the remaining militia and local defense forces are simply unusable. It was defeated by the rebellious Earl Tonigel."
"Being played around by an Eruin seems to be a very honorable thing in the eyes of Mr. Downers." Duke Cecil sarcastically said.
The latter's face was white and red, but he didn't dare to speak back, because the supreme man of the empire obviously looked unhappy at the moment, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with him.
Constance returned to the previous cold expression: "Then where is my nearest army?"
"The two Pegasus cavalry regiments of the White Legion are stationed in the Violet Valley, Your Majesty." Marquess Nigel replied immediately.
"Is it in time?"
The former shook his head: "To support Asaph, we must go through the Evergreen Corridor. Unless Greystone Town can survive at least forty-eight hours, we are unlikely to be able to make it in time."
Constance looked at her courtiers with teasing eyes: "That is to say, we have to give up the Anzlova region? Or if Rokozy, the fortress group of the Broken Sword Mountains, falls, the largest in the history of this empire will be destroyed." The shame of you, you mean to let me bear it?"
There was silence in the room.
The Silver Queen looked at her courtiers and smiled coldly: "Donnas, go and inform Duke Palut, the bottom line I give you is to keep Rokozy - the fortress group of the Broken Sword Mountain Range. If you even If you can’t do it at all, it means that you are not qualified to manage this land, and at that time, let the White Legion take over the defense from Anzelu Tower to the Evergreen Corridor.”
Constance's voice was not high, but it was like a thunderbolt falling on the crowd. Everyone's eyes fell on Her Majesty's long-standing favorite in an instant, with surprise, doubt, and curiosity in their eyes. , It also contains emotions such as sympathy, shrinking, gloating, etc. Almost everyone present is an old fox who has been in the power center of this empire for a long time, and naturally understands the weight contained in this sentence.
Your Majesty is really angry this time.
Downas swayed and almost fainted. He looked palely at the supreme man of the empire in front of him, but he didn't dare to complain. He quickly bowed and said, "I understand."
Then he separated from the crowd in despair and walked out of the study.
In the study, only the trembling Travis was left, but Constance didn't even bother to look at him, and with a flick of her sleeves, she left the room accompanied by the maid.
When Rodney and other nobles left the White Rose Garden, he deliberately took a step behind and followed Grand Duke Helix behind. The latter was about to board the carriage, and when he noticed the actions of the new head of the Ashric family, he turned around and asked, "My lord, what advice do you have?"
Rodney smiled wryly: "Your Majesty the Duke is laughing. I want to ask you what you think about what Your Majesty said just now?"
Hearing this sentence, the Duke's movement of boarding the car stopped, he simply retracted his feet, and looked at the other party with a serious expression: "What do you think, Lord Earl?"
"His Majesty has relaxed the surveillance of the military on the surface in recent days, but secretly suppressed us more and more seriously. I thought she would take the opportunity to support the Palut family, but I didn't expect..."
Grand Duke Helix shook his head: "Your Majesty's surname has become more and more withdrawn recently. The Palut family has not been favored by her for some time..."
Rodney seemed to think of something: "Since that incident..."
Grand Duke Helix gave him a vigilant look: "Shut up, these are not things you and I should discuss, little Rodney, for the sake of my family friendship with your father, let me remind you, while there is still Opportunity, go back to your family's territory."
Rodney was slightly taken aback: "Your Duke?"
The Duke nodded: "In less than a week, I will leave the capital and return to Huayeling."
Rodney looked at him in surprise. Leaving the capital at this time was equivalent to declaring that he had left the center of imperial power. For nobles of their level, it was almost unimaginable.
The old duke shook his head: "Little Rodney, you were still young at that time, but I witnessed it with my own eyes. I don't want to go through it again; well, This is all I have to say. I only tell you these things based on the relationship between our two families from generation to generation. After you hear it, believe it, and don’t spread it to other people if you don’t believe it. Figure it out for yourself."
After speaking, he waved to the latter and boarded the carriage, leaving only Rodney standing there, watching the carriage slide into the darkness thoughtfully.
But in the end, the latter smiled slightly and shook his head.
...
Betisa quietly got into the room, and then closed the door behind her back. She turned around again and looked around in the dark room, as if she was looking for something.
Just at this time, a voice came: "Betsy, are you back?"
The round-faced mountain maid was obviously taken aback, and then she recognized the voice of the Earl, she was relieved, and although she couldn't find where Qian was in the house, she nodded hastily.
After a while, as if there was a moment of silence, the voice asked again: "How is it, is everything said outside true?"
"It's all true, my lord earl. There are so many rumors that the empire has lost the battle in the south, and now Anzlois and Roczy are in danger," she thought for a while, as if recalling something, Then he faltered and replied: "But it's a little strange, this time it's neither the lion man nor the wind elf of St. Osor who attacked us, but some kind of Jogendigon's army. I haven't even heard of it." that place."
"Georgendigan?" Qian was slightly taken aback, and suddenly thought of the cavemen in the Fir Collar. She stayed silent for a while, and her longing for Aruin grew stronger in her heart. With a squeak, she opened the window, and Betisa realized that her lord was actually standing by the window, holding the emerald spear again, staring out the window in a daze, his eyes reflecting the starlight under the distant night sky, making her She couldn't help frowning, thinking that something was wrong, the Earl fell ill again.
After a long while, Qian turned around. She seemed to remember something and called out, "Betsy, Betsy."
"Here I am, my lord," Betisa replied hastily.
"How far is Anzlois from the Rusev you guys mentioned last time?" the mountain girl asked in a low voice.
Betisa opened her mouth and felt a thump in her heart, but she couldn't speak the following words.
Qian stared at him with bright eyes: "Lord, is he there?"
Of course Betisa knew who the 'lord' she was talking about was, but she couldn't help crying secretly at the moment, thinking that she had nothing to do to help the earl find out some news, the other party's real purpose turned out to be here, but As a maid, she didn't dare to open her mouth to lie, so she could only nod honestly. Before she nodded her head a second time, she felt that her lord Earl came to her with a stride, grabbed her by the shoulder, and asked in a hurry: "Where is he, and where is Qiao Gendigang's army now?" place, is he in danger?"
Betisa was so frightened that she almost screamed, she hurriedly shook her head with a pale face, how could she, a maid, know these things, there was a lot of rumors about these outside, but no one was reliable, and at most she could only understand Probably nothing more.
However, she knew that she, the Earl, might not be able to sleep well for the next few days if she said this, so she could only comfort her and said, "My lord, that... that Tonigal lord may have left Ainz a long time ago. Lowa, if he takes a boat from Loen, he will be able to reach Bankle in a short time, and he may already be on the sublime sea by this time."
Qian seemed to have really listened to these words, she relaxed, glanced at her maid, and nodded: "Thank you, Betisa."
"My lord, this is what I should do."
As Betisa said, she also prayed in her heart, thinking that Martha would bless her, so that the Earl's illness would recover quickly, and she should stop talking so much.
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(ps: Thanks to a certain ppt netizen for the character relationship table made for Amber, I have received it, and it is very, very helpful to me-seeing these things, I can really feel everyone’s deep love for Amber from above, I am really I am very touched. I feel full of motivation when I receive this relationship table. I can continue to write Amber until the perfect end. Thank you all.) (To be continued.)
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