Chapter 238

Odysseus sighed when he saw that Arthas was determined to make things happen.

"Alsace, in your eyes, relatives are nothing anymore?"

"Father, do you ever regard me as a relative?"

Arthas looked at his father and asked.

"I thought you only had Elsa in your eyes."

"Alsace, you have lost your mind."

Odysseus wanted to persuade his son again.

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see who I favored over the past twenty years."

"I gave you military power, and I never said anything when you went to those noble banquets. The purpose was to train you to be the emperor of the empire. You did a good job indeed."

"But after seeing Elsa's growth, you gave up your previous investment in me, right?"

"...I just

To compensate her, as her brother, you have been exposed to too many things earlier than her. If she also has the idea of ​​​​being an emperor, this is unfair to her. "

"Is that fair to me?"

Arthas' question tortured Odysseus' heart like an iron fist.

He finally lowered his head, looked at the contents of the edict, silently raised his hand, and slowly wrote his name on it with a pen.

"Alsace, I know you won't listen to me now, but as a father, I have one last piece of advice for you."

"Don't be used by others. If others surround you, it may just mean that you are of value to them."

"Once your usefulness disappears, you will become dissatisfied."

"So, if you want to succeed, think carefully about how to keep yourself beneficial to the majority of the empire."

"Also, I want to ask you one last thing. Please help me tell Elsa."

As Odysseus said this, his tone became weaker and weaker, and his voice became lower and lower.

After signing the edict of passing the throne, he seemed to have reached the end of his life.

"In any case, I... don't want to see you brother and sister fighting each other. At least in the end, please leave each other a way to survive."

Odysseus handed the edict in his hand to Alsace, and then his hands dropped weakly, and his eyes slowly lost their luster.

Arthas looked at Odysseus losing his life in front of him, his face expressionless.

He walked out of Odysseus' chamber.

At this moment, all the guards in the palace have been replaced by his close men, and no one can bring the news out of the palace.

Long after Alsace left, a black cat crawled out from under Odysseus' bed. It jumped onto Odysseus' bed, circled around his stiff body a few times, and then came to the window. , turned over and jumped out of the palace from the window.

Early the next morning, news that shocked the entire empire spread among the residents of Saint Laurent.

Emperor Odysseus was surprised by his last assassination and the chef poisoned his daily meals, which caused his health to deteriorate and he died late yesterday night.

On the night before his death, Odysseus left a testament and appointed Arthas as the new emperor of the empire.

The people of the empire had no objection to this.

Although Elsa has suddenly emerged recently, she is too young after all. In the past ten years, Alsace has been firmly in control of the heir to the throne. It is still difficult to change the direction of public opinion in the empire in a short period of time.

But then, a piece of news caused the city of Saint Laurent to explode.

At noon, the police station interrogated the chef suspected of murdering Odysseus. The chef confessed that Elsa was the mastermind behind the murder.

Anyone who knows anything will know that the chef and Elsa didn't even know each other. However, it doesn't matter anymore. After hearing the official review report, the people couldn't believe that it was Elsa who murdered the late emperor. , but there is not much objection to what Alsace will do next.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a political struggle. If Alsace succeeds, Elsa will be described in future history books as a vicious woman who murdered her father and brother for power.

Likewise, if Elsa succeeds, Arthas will become a buffoon in the history books.

This war is about the reputation of both camps, and no one wants to lose.

The new emperor Arthas declared all of Elsa's status illegal almost immediately and ordered his army to take over Elsa's territory. At the same time, he also deprived Elsa of the judicial power she exercised within the empire.

In the city of Saint Laurent, except for the court magicians and the field magicians in the city defense force, Elsa had no one to rely on.

After Elsa learned the news, she spread the news in the palace magician's residence, saying that all the accusations made by Alsace against her were all lies, and that Alsace was the one who really killed the late emperor.

She also claimed that Alsace forged a posthumous edict in order to usurp the throne.

After the news about Elsa was released, even the farmers knew what happened.

Arthas and Elsa are both extremely ambitious people, and they must have been plotting for the throne for a long time.

Odysseus was able to suppress the brother and sister's struggle for power during his lifetime, but when he died, the accumulated conflicts between the brother and sister exploded instantly.

When the news reached the Duchy of Antica, Lucius was still resting in his room.

After hearing the news about Odysseus' death from his subordinates, Lucius was stunned for a moment, then with trembling hands, he asked again in disbelief:

"you say,

His Majesty the Emperor passed away? "

"Yes." The butler nodded. "The news came yesterday, the magic communication was rushed here. Now Prince Alsace is the new emperor of the empire, and he seems to be still competing for power with Elsa..."

"Okay, please step back first."

Lucius waved his hand and asked the butler to leave the room and be alone.

As the door closed, Lucius could no longer suppress his grief.

To him, Odysseus is undoubtedly his nobleman.

In order to reward his military exploits, Odysseus took the risk of weakening the monarchy, established the new duchy of Antica, and made him a duke.

Later, in order to establish the prestige of his family, he was brought to host banquets many times.

Originally, no matter how high his military exploits were, there was no precedent for awarding him a duchy. After all, all other duchies had "old trees" that existed for hundreds or thousands of years. Odysseus could have rewarded him in other ways.

It can be said that Odysseus is the founder of the Stranik family's current status.

Because of this, the relationship between the monarch and his subjects has always been good, and the Duchy of Antica has always been jokingly called an "undirected territory".

Are siblings at odds?

Lucius suddenly thought of his own Orson and Li Te.

If Orson didn't understand justice as well as before, I'm afraid his own children would be the first to have conflicts, right?

After a few minutes of silence in memory of Odysseus, Lucius took out a dusty letter from his drawer.

This was what Orson had left to himself after the Battle of Naples.

Let yourself open up when major changes occur in the city of Saint Laurent.

And now is undoubtedly the best time to open the letter.

Lucius opened the letter, looked at the contents, and was stunned for a moment.

There are only four words in the letter.

"Help Elsa."

At this moment, in the newly built Duke's Palace in the city of Romulus, the capital of Naples, a cabinet meeting was also held at this moment.

It has become the consensus of the Duchy of Naples that the Duke will not attend cabinet meetings. In this case, the ministers can speak freely and have the effect of free discussion.

Chelinina, as chief cabinet minister, presided over the meeting.

"I believe everyone has heard about what happened in Saint Laurent City." Chelinina said.

The ministers present also nodded.

"This is an internal struggle within the royal family. The Duchy of Naples has always been at odds with the royal family. I feel that not interfering in this matter is the best time for us to ease our relationship with the royal family."

A minister spoke at this time.

Chelinina nodded.

"What you said makes sense. If there were no special circumstances, I think Duke Orson would agree with you, but the situation is different now."

After hearing Chelinina's words, the ministers present looked at her with doubts in their eyes.

"Can you tell us what happened?"

"Duke Orson was arrested in Saint Laurent City. Yes, a few days after he was released last time, Orson was arrested again, and it was at such a critical time. You must understand, right?"

"The new emperor doesn't like our Duke."

"There's only one thing we have to do."

"Either let him change his mind, or let Elsa take the stage."

Chapter 48: Means and trump cards (2.6K)

"Have you asked?"

Duke Henry of the Duchy of Orleans was sitting in his office, listening to the report of the current regent Sean.

"So, Uncle Sean, what's the attitude over there in Antica now?"

Henry asked.

The current world line has changed to the point where he can hardly recognize it.

But there were no problems with several key nodes he knew.

Lite became the heir to the Duchy of Antica, and at the same time, a succession struggle broke out between Alsace and Elsa.

And he knew that the result of this inheritance struggle was that Elsa won and she became the empress of the empire.

Therefore, adhering to the idea of ​​standing in the right position, he chose to side with the protagonist Lite in the original world line, that is, to support Elsa.

Even if there are still many people in the Duchy of Orleans who are dissatisfied with Henry, as long as he expresses his support, at least no one will choose to support Alsace.

He is very

In order to get closer to Leeteuk, he even considered being the first to stand up to support Elsa, but in order not to steal Leeteuk's limelight, he chose to wait for Antika's action.

…

Within the Duchy of Prussia.

Old Duke William sat on the chair, looked at the documents in his hands, and frowned slightly, but after a moment, he still raised his head and looked at the guard standing in front of him.

"What did Olivia and Lianka say?"

"The eldest young lady and the second young lady are currently in the Imperial Academy, and their safety is guaranteed. They probably want us to support Her Highness Elsa."

"I understand." William nodded.

"The future belongs to young people. As a father, I can't do anything against my daughters' wishes. In this case, let them do it."

After saying this, William sighed.

"Sending one hundred thousand troops should be enough, right?"

"It's definitely enough. The rest of the army can be used to guard against Lucia."

However, almost at the same time, the two duchies of Lucia and Aragon also held an emergency meeting and decided to remain neutral in this incident.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Orson was arrested and investigated again at this time, and it was obviously done by the current emperor Arthas.

Orson and Arthas stood on opposite sides, which meant that he and Elsa were allies.

What does this mean?

Orson is the son of Lucius, Duke of Antica, and has a close relationship with Lit. He is the Duke of Naples, and his cabinet ministers are his close friends. At the same time, Orson's fiancée is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Prussia.

Dare to touch Orson, it means offending at least three duchies, and there are only six duchies in the empire.

Arthas offended half of the duchies.

Although Antica and Naples have just experienced a fairly large-scale war, and Antica has even experienced two, but there is still strength to spare.

Not to mention that half of the royal direct jurisdictions are now in the hands of Elsa.