Chapter 5: The Unification of the Kingdom

For the king Constantine, this night was destined to be unable to calm down and would be filled with blood and violence. In just a few hours, the guards loyal to His Royal Highness, with the support of hundreds of dark creatures, rushed into important official residences and residences in various places, controlling all the high-level officials, nobles and parliamentarians. While watching a few behemoths looking at themselves with fierce eyes, these unfortunate kidnapped immediately made a wise choice and swore all loyal to His Royal Highness Isabel... No, it was His Royal Highness Isabel!

Of course, in this process, the stubborn elements who were loyal to the Prime Minister had tried reactionary counterattacks. However, because of Lawrence's mysterious disappearance, these forces who fought alone could not organize effective attacks and were quickly defeated by Isabel one by one. The troops they controlled could only choose to surrender or remain neutral when they were headless, which also led to the situation further turning to the princess.

Therefore, by dawn, Isabel had already controlled the entire Constantine, and except for the Prime Minister Lawrence who had not been found, everything could be said to be perfect. But now it is obviously not the time to celebrate. Isabel had red eyes and issued dozens of orders in the palace, including personnel promotion, army dispatch, martial law in the capital, etc. At the same time, dozens of messengers also set out from the capital and rushed to various territories, demanding that those lords swear to obey the orders of His Majesty the Queen.

More than ten days later, the messengers of these territories arrived in Constantine and expressed their loyalty to the proud Isabel. In fact, many of these lords had been very close to Lawrence, but when Lawrence disappeared, they did not dare to make any changes. However, strictly speaking, there was a lord with unclear mind who had tried to send troops, but the dark coalition of Paradise City arrived here five days later and brought the sleeping lord directly into the royal capital...

At this time, even those who lack IQ know very well that even if Prime Minister Lawrence appears again, he is powerless to turn things around. After nearly twenty years of internal instability, the royal family will now truly control the regime. No, perhaps it should be said that it is controlled by the royal family in the north, but the south has become the one-man of Mr. He Taiping.

This situation was originally worrying, but surprisingly, the two sides showed no sign of turning against each other, but they got along and cooperated happily. In fact, Isabel's wish was only to help her father regain power, and she confessed in private that she was not the king's material, because just those miscellaneous political affairs were enough to break her down.

In this case, He Taiping made a rather ridiculous suggestion. He took out the real blood scroll and handed it over to the most famous mage, alchemist, and scholar in the Principality for testing. After ten days of testing, dozens of appraisers finally declared that this blood scroll was different from the one that Lawrence had obtained at the time, and had not touched any trouble.

After obtaining the authoritative guarantee, Isabel held a secret recognition ceremony with Andre in the secret room. This time, He Taiping finally made a bet right. The red light emitted on the scroll showed that Andre was Isabel's biological brother and indirectly equivalent to the only son of the late king. In other words, Andre now has the power to inherit the throne, as long as Isabel is willing to give up the seat he had just sat on.

Of course Isabel was willing. In her words, my life dream was not to wait for hemorrhoids on this hard chair. However, He Taiping temporarily stopped her abdication, because when the situation in the principality was not stable enough, this was obviously not a rational approach. Therefore, a few senior figures who knew about this reached an agreement. After the situation in the principality was fully stable, Andrei would inherit the throne of the principality.

Poor Isabel, out of inertial knowledge, did not check Andre's true gender. In fact, she even believed the lies of the so-called Lord-Subordinate Contract between He Taiping and Andre. So in this case, Isabel felt very relieved about the future of the Principality - in her opinion, her talented brother was a good heir to the throne, and his ascension to the throne also meant that the southern territory would truly return to the rule of the Principality.

"Sorry, this is just a kind lie, because I really don't have the idea of ​​ruling this principality." Looking at Isabel's affectionate and trustworthy gaze, He Taiping sighed helplessly and forced a smile. But in Isabel's opinion, this smile seemed to encourage himself to abdicate earlier and then start to enjoy a happy life with his "lovers"...

So, with Isabel's hard work, the situation in the Principality finally gradually stabilized. At the same time, Prime Minister Lawrence, who was seriously injured but was finally rescued by his subordinates, slowly woke up in a dilapidated hunting ground hut near the dark desert. After learning about the current situation in the Principality, the old man was silent for ten minutes before he punched the wall beside him and said angrily: "It's hateful, it's only a little short..."

Even though he was in exile now, Lawrence's power was still as strong as usual, so several subordinates lowered their heads and did not dare to anger him at this time. After a moment of venting, Lawrence fell into silence again. After a few minutes, he slowly pondered: "I understand, but I won't give up like this, I don't think you won't! You know, we have been operating for that goal for more than ten years, and there is no reason to give it to those two little kids like this!"

Hearing his mobilization, several subordinates raised their heads, and their originally somewhat depressed morale was immediately boosted. Lawrence glanced at his subordinates with satisfaction and said slowly: "In fact, we did not lose. Isabel just took power. As long as there was some change at this time...Far, let our lurking personnel spread messages, saying that the king's death was related to internal struggles in the palace. In addition, we can also do some articles on Isabel, such as killing meritorious ministers, such as brutality and willfulness and inability to manage the country."

The figure lurking in the corner of the cottage had a slight head, as if he knew that the master had other orders, but he did not leave immediately. Lawrence nodded with satisfaction and continued, "There is one more thing, our spies lurking everywhere can also carry out some damage in time - arson, poisoning, assassination... I don't prohibit them from doing these things. In short, it's best to muddle the water. As for other methods, let's leave it to Farr to command. Is there any problem?"

"No, follow your instructions!" Farr bowed and immediately jumped out of the window. Lawrence took the medicine soup from his subordinates and took a few sips, and pondered: "As for us, we may have to use external forces to fight Isabel. So I suggest that we try to enter Mufat's territory through the dark desert, and ask for the protection of Mufat's Principality, the Principality of Adeland and the Holy Holy Church to achieve our goal with their power."

Several subordinates looked at each other, and finally someone couldn't help asking: "Sir, although your idea is correct, the Principality of Mufat and the Principality of Adeland have never had much contact with us. Will it be too reckless to just ask for their help? In addition, we have rejected the alliance with the Holy See some time ago. If they hold a grudge for this, it may be unfavorable to us..."

"Don't worry, don't I know how to find a way out for myself?" Lawrence smiled slightly, secretly glading that he had done his best over the years. In fact, while trying his best to seize the throne, he did not forget to secretly keep in touch with the senior officials of the Principality of Mufat and the Principality of Adeland. The valuable gifts he gave over the years may be able to play its role now.

"As for the Holy See..." After a moment of pause, Lawrence turned his mind to this difficult issue. He knew very well that for the two principalities of Mufat and Adeland, the Holy See's advice often plays a lot of role. Therefore, if he really wants to regain everything he has lost, he must form an alliance with the Holy See, but what should he do if he had a bad relationship some time ago - wait, maybe that's a good choice.

At this moment, Lawrence suddenly remembered the secret news that Fal brought back during a trip to the Holy See. The next moment, he had quickly come up with the plan and smiled: "So that's it. I didn't expect that we could use the power that almost killed us... Although I don't understand what that is, I can just send troops to conquer Campas!"

As soon as he thought of this, the old man couldn't help but gently tap the bed beside him, thinking carefully about what he wanted to prepare. After a while, he stood up first and walked out of the hunter's hut with the help of several subordinates. Looking back at the direction of Constantine, the old man was silent for a long time, but the smug smile on his face was gradually replaced by a sinister expression.
Chapter completed!