Kingdom’s Bloodline

The important ministers and lords in the hall began to whisper, and many even smiled.

"Good girl," Duke Cullen smiled, and whispered to the "undesirable" Duke Falkenhaus next to him, "Have you ever learned your tongue?"

"Poisonous tongue? Where is it?" Cyril Falkenhauser, who was giggling, raised the corner of his mouth and said quietly: "But in my opinion, this is a natural ability of women."

In the hall, Russell's face froze at first, and then his eyes flashed with anger: "Using this kind of trick to drive apart Exeter's monarchs and ministers? It's really the imperial style of the stars - just like you who murdered our country shamelessly!" Like Prince Moral!"

Thales' heart jumped: the main dish is here!

Hearing this, most of the star nobles in the hall showed unwillingness and anger!

But a few people began to think deeply.

"That duchess is really reflexive, she has already counterattacked the sword before she knew it." Before Thales could react, Gilbert smiled approvingly: "Your Highness, the Duchess of Tebac One sword, already has the result."

Thales turned to look at the beautiful duchess.

Lyanna seemed to feel Thales' gaze, and turned her head abruptly, her gaze piercing like a blade!

Thales was startled, smiled quickly, and then looked around pretending to be nonchalant—it seemed that he just inadvertently glanced at the duchess.

Gilbert chuckled: "This is not simply to sow discord, but to test out whether the will and purpose of King Nun and Grand Duke Heisha are consistent in this crisis - this is very important!"

Taylor's eyebrows twitched!

Gilbert patiently said: "And Russell hastily brought back to the point, which is an answer - obviously he also knows that he can no longer be entangled in the topic of whether King Nun or Grand Duke Heisha is stronger or weaker. "

"In the first round of the sword competition, he was already the one who was forced to draw the sword first."

Thales suddenly realized, and remembered Gilbert's deduction in the carriage before - the assassination of the Exeter mission was also the wish of some people in their own country. It seems...

Although there is no evidence.

but no matter……

At least in the eyes of many people, the quarrel between the Grand Duke Heisha and King Nun was indeed not small.

The vision returns to the hall.

"We, murdered your prince?" The one-eyed dragon of Nantrester snorted, "Even a fool can see that the assassination of your mission is a conspiracy to provoke war between the two countries-Exter likes it that much." Being used as a swordsman? Even my hunting dog is not as obedient as you!"

"Star people, do you think we care about whether you are innocents or the main messenger?" Russell said slowly.

"Since you are not interested in the truth—then why do you still come here? Why don't you just chop off a few heads on the street and return them to King Nunn?" Duke Jann of the South Bank Territory sneered.

Hearing this, Russell's eyes burst into anger and hatred. Under the watchful eyes of the nobles in the hall, he took a step forward, holding the scroll of red dragon wax high in his right hand!

On the throne, King Kessel V clasped his hands, his chin drooped slightly, and his eyes were gloomy and deep.

"No matter who despicably murdered His Royal Highness—we will tear him to pieces! Exeter will uphold justice himself, and there is no need to pretend to others!"

"But our prince! The king of Exeter, the only son and heir of the Grand Duke of Dragon Clouds City! Died within the borders of your stars!"

Russell opened his arms and turned around abruptly, his fiery eyes swept across every lord, noble or official in the hall fiercely.

"His last blood fell on the land of the stars, the last thing he breathed was the air of the stars, and the last thing he saw was the scenery of the stars—he came to the stars with a mission of kindness, but you failed to protect him!"

"Whether intentional or not,

It was your incompetence and connivance that killed him! "

"that's enough!"

"Xingchen must take responsibility and pay the price!"

Russell's eyes were wide open, and he tore off the seal of the red dragon wax——pulled the scroll away!

"Both Exeter and King Nun must get an explanation from Xingchen!"

The six dukes frowned almost simultaneously!

Thales' pupils shrank, and he saw that there was no signature or seal on the bottom of the scroll full of words.

Some are just a handprint.

Bright red handprints.

Could it be—the bloody handprint of King Nuen?

There was an uproar in the hall again!

"He didn't have a signature or seal. I watched him with my own eyes and cut open my palm and pressed the palm print!"

"This is King Nuen's anger and despair! Do you understand! Star people?"

Russell's last words were almost uttered through gritted teeth.

The uproar in the hall began to slowly diminish.

Thales had only heard about the assassination of Exeter's mission before, and that strange foreign prince seemed indifferent to him—but now, he finally understood the seriousness of the matter.

Until the heavy voice of the High King sounded again:

"I understand King Nun's anger and despair—trust me, I've felt that feeling—and the stars will never shirk their responsibilities."

Kessel said calmly.

The one-eyed dragon Kuoside gritted his back teeth imperceptibly.

The king is—is he going to give in?

How can it be? How could the evil dragons in the north be satisfied if they didn't pay a sufficient price and cut off a sufficient piece of meat from the northern border?

If he is soft, Kessel V will not only gain a reputation of being weak and incompetent, but also be destined to have even worse relations with the already discordant northern border.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Val Arend opposite, but the man in military uniform just frowned and said nothing.

It's like the calm before a volcanic eruption.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty." Russell put down his hand, and said coldly, "Yes, I remembered. You, hehe, of course I understand what you said."

Many people showed strange looks.

But Kessel ignored his sarcasm, and said directly: "Stop talking nonsense—what is King Nunn's condition?"

Under everyone's complicated eyes, Russell snorted coldly, opened the scroll again, and began to read aloud.

"Extreme, from His Majesty Nun to the nine Grand Dukes, after learning of the tragedy, endured terrible grief and despair with great reason, and agreed that the stars must be responsible for Prince Moral's misfortune. responsibility."

After saying this, Russell raised his head and looked around.

Until Kessel nodded slightly:

"It's reasonable. The honorable Prince Moral's misfortune in the country is a disgrace to all the stars."

Russell narrowed his cold eyes slightly, then lowered his head and continued to read

"First, appease the dead. The stars must return the remains of our envoys, especially the remains of Prince Moral, in a complete, dignified, and honorable manner."

"Second, justice. Help us find out and hand over the murderer and the mastermind behind the scenes."

Falkenhauser snorted softly: "Assist them? God, it sounds like a call from a superior to a subordinate."

He seemed to be complaining, and said to Duke Cullen beside him.

But the latter, who was preoccupied, just stared at Russell solemnly.

Exeter's emergency envoy's words continued:

"Third, recast the honor. Your Majesty Kessel, please personally issue a public apology to the Kingdom of Exeter."

Thales frowned.

Gilbert's words resurfaced in his mind.

【Whether it is war or peace, His Majesty cannot escape the accusations of being cold-blooded, ruthless, unsympathetic to the people, or weak and bullying, and humiliating the stars. This will greatly damage the prestige and authority of His Majesty and the Canxing royal family in the country. 】

But Russell's cold and blunt words continued:

"Fourth, compensation for losses. Regardless of land or resources, we must be compensated accordingly. Exter should be compensated by the two northern border counties that are not smaller than Songguo County's territory, or Xingchen Donghai 30% of the priority quota for the high-quality perpetual oil of the whaling industry, or 20% of the priority quota of the first-grade asphalt mine on the South Bank of the Stars, or one of the three."

"Fifth, maintain fairness. Exter and the stars must renew the "Fortress Peace Treaty", especially the unreasonable borders twelve years ago-Pine Cone County, Zaratan County, and Revo County , Bear County and Luming County should return to the rule of Exeter unconditionally. The Earl of Watch City should withdraw their reclamation team in the northern Great Needle Forest, and the number of hunters and herdsmen put in the Great Needle Forest every year should be equal to that of the adjacent Black Needle Forest. After discussion, the Grand Dukes of Shaling decided together that the Earl of Lone Old Tower should retract their scout patrol line for six miles, and stop unreasonably preventing the Exeters from entering the public hunting area."

A needle drop could be heard silently in the hall.

But Thales knew that this was just an appearance.

Russell gently lowered the scroll.

"The above are the conditions of His Majesty Nunn and the Kingdom of Exeter."

The eerie silence in the hall was finally broken.

"What the hell are you talking about!"

Earl Zemuto couldn't stand it anymore, he roared: "Watch City will not back down even a single step! Not to mention giving up Pine Cone County and Bear County! Tell that black sand collar bastard: want our territory, Bring your own soldiers to get it!"

Earl Forries also said coldly: "The same is true for Luming County! Moreover, Gu Laota can patrol wherever he wants!"

But the Duke of the North, who had the most right to speak, said nothing at this moment, just staring at King Kessel V.

People with different expressions in the hall all looked at the Supreme King.

"Nuen, Nuen," Kessel stared at the steps under his feet, his face was flat, as if something insignificant had happened: "Exter wants to exchange a dead prince for our seven counties , too greedy."

Russell raised his head and stared at Kessel, and said without showing any weakness: "Exter has lost not only a prince, but also our glory!"

"Going out with good intentions, but being treated like this! Who will wash away Exeter's shame? Who will appease the dragon's anger?"

"Moreover, the stars! What you took away was the only son of a father!" Having said this, Russell gritted his teeth in resentment: "The only orthodox heir of King Nun visited the Kingdom of Stars with friendship and peace, but Died by a despicable assassination!"

"King Nunn lost his blood relatives, his only son, and his only heir! Exter lost Dragon Clouds City's next Grand Duke, the future hope of the Walton family!"

In the end, Russell literally yelled out:

"Under such a blow, King Nuen has not raised his troops in anger, but put forward conditions—isn't this the most restrained and rational choice?"

The hall was filled with the unwilling gasps of nobles.

And Kessel's tone was still flat, but full of unquestionable meaning: "The first three items can satisfy you, while the fourth and fifth items..."

The king's voice spread coldly in the hall: "The stars will not cede our land, nor will they hand over the quota of resources—if I say so, what are you going to do?"

Val frowned slowly.

Duke Cullen sighed deeply, and Falkenhauser gave an ugly smile.

Lyanna and Jen both pursed their lips and said nothing.

Thales lowered his head bitterly: Is war really inevitable?

"Hahahaha, His Majesty Kessel," Russell laughed angrily, "When we came to Yongxing, we also brought the request of King Nun and the nine Grand Dukes, and King Eddie also rejected us. "

"Then what happened?" Russell spread his hands and looked around the hall.

Many of the older lords, nobles and officials present tensed up.

"Yes, we sent troops 'generously'."

"For what it deserves," Baron Russell gasped, gritted his teeth as his face became colder:

"The dragon will fetch it himself."

Everyone in the large conference hall began to think deeply about the consequences of this sentence.

Twelve years ago, the flames of war and disasters that spread to most of the stars are still vivid in my mind.

“If justice is not done, fairness unfortunately falls in the dust.”

Russell raised his right hand with a sense of oppression, and then slowly squeezed it: "Of course, Exeter can only choose to use war to protect our honor and His Majesty's dignity."

Just listen to him threatening word by word:

"At that time, it was not a problem that a few counties or some permanent oil could solve."

"enough!"

Kessel seemed to be full of deep meaning:

"In your eyes, in King Nuen's opinion, between the stars and the dragon, there is no other way to settle this matter decently?"

"Do you want to see the blood of the subjects of the two countries on the border?"

"War or peace, it's up to you, Your Majesty," Russell reacted very quickly, "Should we bear the burden of humiliation and sympathize with our subjects, or should we go to war at all costs?"

He coldly glanced at the officials of the stars, especially Earl Zemuto, and said with a sarcasm: "Especially, your northern border is not enough to hold the Broken Dragon Fortress even in front of the army of the Grand Duke of Black Sand." When the army is strong."

The Duke of the North clenched his fists.

"During the Bloody Year, the Northern Territory faced Exter's most powerful soldiers directly, and suffered a huge amount of damage, second only to the Southwest Blade Commander," Gilbert sighed in Thales' ear, "Once upon a time There was a time when there were more widows than children in the North."

"You want me to make such a dilemma?" Kessel snorted coldly: "Why don't you just let Xingchen change to a king!"

"Your Majesty, you are the supreme king of the stars, and you are destined to bear such a responsibility." Russell raised his head and smiled softly:

"If you can't do it, then as you said - among the nobles in the hall, replace someone with more responsibility to lead the stars, Exeter is also happy to see it."

The people in the entire conference hall were in commotion!

Many people shouted and cursed!

But Exeter's emergency envoy is not finished yet!

"Anyway," Russell said viciously, "Xingchen's next king is destined not to be named Canxing anymore, isn't he?"

Many nobles looked at Kessel with strange expressions, and more looked at Thales.

This envoy doesn't know that the country is a matter of the meeting?

Thales' brain suddenly turned on!

Sure enough, the mission was assassinated, the lord forced the palace, and the dragon came to make an envoy—all of these are connected. If I didn’t show up, it would be a well-planned chain plan. As Gilbert said, in the star and Aix With each other's caring people, and with mutual understanding, they intend to belong to the throne of the stars after the Iron Fist King.

But why would Kessel, his father, bring the subject up here?

And the words that came from his ears made Thales shudder:

"So, Exeter, or the nobles of Exeter," Kessel raised his head in the astonishment of the people in the hall, and looked at Russell coldly: "A certain star who is more interested Noble, come to be the supreme king of the stars?"

"With all due respect," Russell said with a contemptuous smile, "none of you here meets our expectations."

"The Exeters only admire heroes on the battlefield—even our enemies."

"Is there any of you who can meet such conditions?"

"Yes, my vassals are either too far away, or they are unwilling to send troops," Kessel sighed inexplicably: "Those who can gain prestige and recognition on the battlefield..."

"The only one left is the one who has to fight for his own territory, isn't he?"

The entire hall suddenly fell silent for the king's inexplicable words.

Russell realized something, he looked at a person, gradually showing doubts.

wrong.

King Kessel...

he is...

When everyone was confused, the chubby Duke Cullen realized something. He sighed deeply, and looked at that person with a painful expression on his face.

Under Thales' surprised eyes, Gilbert let out a low cry as if he had suddenly realized, but then he gritted his teeth and sighed.

Amidst the doubts and surprises in the hall, King Kessel V took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said:

"I see."

The king said silently:

"From colluding with Exeter's careerists, assassinating the mission, and stirring up conflicts."

"To state the possibility of war in front of me, propose to issue a general edict."

"And then to incite the lords who are about to make a move, forcing me to set up an heir, and watch us fight endlessly with a cold eye."

"Until the envoy of Exeter in front of me forced me into a dilemma, no matter which step I took, it would be the biggest blow to me."

"In the end, you successfully provoked the war, and you, who worked hand in hand with Exeter, could of course easily gain prestige on the battlefield and force me to abdicate."

"He even sacrificed his own land, his own people, and his own country for this."

"Yes, traitor."

The words of the supreme king are more frightening than each sentence.

Thales listened to all this with accelerated breathing.

The Iron Fist King, Kaiser V, opened his eyes desolately, and looked towards the side of the hall, a person who had been silent for a long time.

The king's eyes are full of darkness at this moment:

"It is you."

He said slowly:

"The mastermind of all conspiracies."

The king uttered a name that no one expected in a low and muffled voice:

"Val Arend."

UU Read Books welcomes all book lovers to come and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all in UU Read Books! Mobile users please read here.