My queen is rebelling!

Upon hearing Dickinson's words, the people in the mansion were immediately terrified, their faces drained of color.

The Grand Duke had actually been assassinated by the Head of the Chamber of Servants! This news made them feel as if the world was spinning.

The person in charge of the mansion quickly realized something: as staff members of the mansion, they bore an unshirkable responsibility for the Grand Duke's assassination!

They had to try their best to absolve themselves of responsibility…

Faced with Dickinson's stern gaze, the person in charge of the mansion quickly regained his senses and replied urgently:

A sinister smile appeared on Dickinson's lips, his voice full of threat:

"You'd better think carefully before you speak, and don't give false testimony!"

The person in charge of the mansion's speech also became much smoother:

"I can vouch for what I said. It was indeed the people from the Chamber of Servants who imprisoned us. We had no idea what was happening inside the banquet hall."

Dickinson nodded slightly and said:

"Good, very good. Remember what you said. If you want to recant later, I won't acknowledge it!"

After speaking, he sent soldiers to guard everyone, and then led his personal soldiers into the banquet hall.

Without much effort, they easily found the three girls hiding in a secret corner of the banquet hall.

The three originally beautiful and elegant women were now pale with fright and disheveled. When they saw the fierce soldiers barging in, they couldn't help but scream.

Dickinson approached Grand Duke Silverfrost and Viscount Claude, each with a large hole in their chest, sneered, and signaled the personal soldiers behind him to cover the two with white cloths.

Then, with what he thought was a kind smile, he walked up to the three girls and said softly:

"Miss Rella, Miss Heidi… and this must be the very popular singer, Ms. Goya.

My daughter is your biggest fan!

It's an honor to meet three beautiful ladies. I am Colonel Dickinson, the Commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Capital Garrison Command.

You can just call me Commander."

The three women were trembling with fear. The singer, Goya, had experienced more, so she tried to calm herself, but her voice still couldn't help but be filled with terror:

"Commander, we… we didn't murder the Grand Duke. It was… it was that man named… Reynold who did it…"

Colonel Dickinson suddenly let out a sinister laugh, interrupting Goya's words, and then said in a cold voice:

"Miss Goya, think carefully before you speak. Who exactly assassinated the Grand Duke!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura rose from the ground, forcing the three girls to collapse to the ground.

Goya was immediately terrified, her body going limp.

Dickinson said coldly:

"Tonight, the one who assassinated the Grand Duke was Shepherd, the Head of the Chamber of Servants. Do you understand?"

The three were suddenly shocked. Even in their current state of confusion and disarray, they knew what he meant by those words.

He wanted them to frame the Head of the Chamber of Servants who was close to the Grand Duke?

They didn't have the guts!

Dickinson continued coldly:

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, but your families…"

As he spoke, he threw out a few crystal stones from his pocket, showing images of the three girls' families being imprisoned.

Horror and anger simultaneously filled the eyes of the three. Their families had actually been kidnapped by the other party!

Dickinson said coldly:

"If you want your parents, brothers, and sisters to live well, then say what I just taught you.

Don't try to seek help from anyone, because the person you seek help from might be our ally!"

Dickinson had made it very clear. There was a secretly lurking coup force within the high echelons of Silverfrost, who orchestrated the Grand Duke's assassination and wanted to shift the blame onto Shepherd, the Head of the Chamber of Servants.

And the testimonies of the three of them, as direct witnesses to the assassination, would be the most convincing.

Therefore, Dickinson wanted to coerce the three of them into siding with this coup force.

The three had no choice. Their families were in the hands of the other party, and the power they had demonstrated was far beyond what the three ordinary girls could withstand.

Goya suppressed the fear in her heart and said in a trembling voice:

"We… we can agree to your demands, but you must ensure the safety of us and our families."

The smile on Dickinson's face gained some warmth, and he said:

"Of course. I guarantee that your families will not only be safe and sound, but in the future, you will also receive unimaginable wealth and glory!"

After dealing with the witnesses, Dickinson received a message from his subordinates that the Grand Duke's Guards had finally arrived.

Dickinson chuckled softly. The timing was perfect. He told his subordinates to watch the three girls and led his men out of Silver Heron Mansion to rendezvous with the Guards.

…

"Silver Heron Mansion has been successfully taken over. The Chamber of Servants security team resisted fiercely and no one was left alive, but the mansion's management personnel and the three female companions who attended the banquet are still there.

According to preliminary inquiries, the murderer who assassinated His Highness the Grand Duke is Shepherd, the Head of the Chamber of Servants!"

Chief of Police Koch's voice stirred up a wave of uproar in the command room.

This was followed by a chorus of angry curses and denunciations.

Prime Minister Faria's eyes revealed deep anger. He waved his hand to stop the crowd's激愤之辞 and looked at Perez, who was full of anger, and said:

"Director Perez, all the people in Silver Heron Mansion will be taken over by the investigation team. Find out the truth of the Grand Duke's assassination as soon as possible.

I authorize you to use the power of investigation and interrogation against everyone. You must investigate the matter thoroughly!"

Perez responded with a yes.

Faria then looked at Koch and said:

"Tomorrow, I will announce a state of emergency nationwide. All military forces will be under the command of the Martial Law Department.

General Reynold, you will serve as the Deputy Commander of the Martial Law Department, assisting General Koch in handling national military affairs.

All work will be reported to the Minister of Defense."

After arranging the specific work, the Prime Minister's voice became much heavier:

"The country has suddenly suffered a great disaster. I hope that all my colleagues can unite sincerely and overcome this crisis together!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, the movements of the two Legendary-rank transcendents in Frost Star City gradually dissipated, and the battle ended.

Soon, that Legendary-rank guard came to the Prime Minister's residence. Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, he asked:

"Who exactly assassinated His Highness the Grand Duke?"

Faria repeated the information he had just received to the Legendary-rank guard, including General Reynold's speculation.

After listening, anger appeared on the guard's face, and he cursed:

"Beast!

That bastard! His Highness the Grand Duke trusted him so much, yet he did such a beastly thing!

Where is he? I want to tear him to pieces!"

Prime Minister Faria waved his hand slightly, stopping the enraged Legendary-rank guard, and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know the identity of the Legendary-rank who fought with you?"

After a brief silence, the guard said:

"More or less. Judging from the situation of fighting with him, he should be a Legendary-rank assassin from the Black Tomb!"

People from the Black Tomb!

Hearing this judgment, everyone was shocked. They couldn't understand why this continent's number one underground organization would suddenly target their Silverfrost Principality.

Just as everyone was puzzled, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, "Perez", suddenly slammed his fist down and said loudly:

"I know!

General Reynold was right. That beast Shepherd really colluded with the people of the Ceylon Kingdom!"

Everyone turned their attention to Perez, who was full of indignation.

Perez said angrily:

"The Third Prince of the Ceylon Kingdom, Saxon, had colluded with the Black Tomb before. The attack on King Effie two years ago was done by Saxon in conjunction with the Black Tomb?

This person has a previous conviction of colluding with the Black Tomb to attack the monarch of another country!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly showed a look of realization.

As the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Perez did have a lot of unknown information.

With the revelation of King Effie's identity, various pieces of information about him were collected and sorted out by interested people, wanting to carefully study this shocking young king.

A gloomy look appeared on Faria's face, and he said in a deep voice:

"The crisis in Effie has not yet been resolved, and this Ceylon Kingdom is here again. They really think of our Silverfrost as a soft persimmon, and everyone wants to take a bite!"

Reynold said at this time:

"Effie is one thing, after all, our Silverfrost was not righteous enough before, but the Ceylon Kingdom, that bastard actually dared to take advantage of the fire!

It's really hateful."

Reynold spoke the minds of everyone present. Many people present also opposed Silverfrost's full tilt towards the Ceylon Kingdom, but the Third Prince Saxon had convinced Viscount Claude, which led to this situation today.

But now it's meaningless to say these things.

Prime Minister Faria seemed to have aged a lot overnight, waved his hand and said:

"Let's not talk about the rest for now, let's stabilize the domestic situation first, and then I'll go to the Western Regions Empire to ask Emperor Monroe to uphold justice!"

…

With the search of Shepherd's home and office, more and more evidence showed that he was the mastermind behind the assassination of the Silverfrost Grand Duke.

Not only did his family all disappear inexplicably overnight, but a lot of secret communications between him and the Third Prince Saxon of the Ceylon Kingdom were also found in the secret room in his home, as well as some orders that were not destroyed in time.

The headquarters of the National Steering Committee is in the Noble Council Building. As the Chairman of the Committee, Faria informed the members and the noble representatives of the country about the specific situation of the Grand Duke's assassination.

Now the entire Chamber of Servants' forces are temporarily taken over by the military police under Reynold.

Faria said in a deep voice on the stage:

"The most important thing now is to eliminate all of Shepherd's forces in the government and the army, to prevent them from making a comeback.

I will personally be responsible for the government, and General Reynold will be responsible for the army. We must uproot Shepherd's forces."

Prime Minister Faria issued orders in an orderly manner, striving to stabilize the country in the shortest possible time.

But soon, the cry of panic from the Minister of Foreign Affairs made all of Faria's efforts come to naught.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs took the latest international report handed over by his subordinates, took a look, and a pale color suddenly appeared on his face. He couldn't help but exclaimed, then looked at Prime Minister Faria, his voice intermittent, but the content revealed above made everyone present's scalp tingle:

"Your Excellency, the Western Regions Empire has just submitted a proposal to the Charter Treaty Organization and the Northwest Alliance at the same time.

“The proposal… the content of the proposal is to allow Effien to impose all forms of sanctions on our Silver Frost and Saint Oak!”

Moreover… and the people of the Central Empire have also agreed, this proposal has already come into effect!”

The Foreign Minister's words immediately stirred up a storm in the conference room.

Everyone turned their shocked gazes to Faria. Didn't Prime Minister Faria say that the Western Regions Empire was willing to mediate the relationship with Effien?

How could it turn out that the Western Regions Empire was taking the initiative to provide Effien with the legal right to attack Silver Frost!

Chief Faria trembled violently, his face immediately showing a look of old age, he shook his body, and only by supporting the table hard did he not fall down.

He signaled the Foreign Minister to bring the briefing over, and when he saw the detailed content on it, he immediately felt a sense of absurdity and despair.

Why?

Why would Emperor Monroe of the Western Regions Empire propose such a proposal?

And why did the Central Empire actually agree? Didn't King Effien also attack the people of the Central Empire at the Northwest Regional Exchange Meeting?

Shouldn't they be enemies!

Faria took a deep breath, trying to suppress the shock in his heart, and then issued the most correct order:

“Block the news with all your might, especially in the army, no one is allowed to spread this news!”

As he spoke, his eyes stared intently at Redinos.

Only the military police can control the public opinion within the army, otherwise, once the soldiers learn the truth, their morale will plummet.

It is estimated that before Effien even attacks, the Silver Frost army will collapse on its own.

Redinos nodded seriously and said:

“Prime Minister, don’t worry, I know what to do!”

…

…

Central Empire, Imperial Capital Constantine, Imperial Palace.

A tall female official walked steadily into Her Majesty the Empress's palace and said in a low voice:

“Your Majesty, intelligence has come from the Northwest Continent.”

Since Her Majesty the Empress learned the true identity of her fiancé, she has increased her investigation into Cohen.

Not long ago, the puzzling proposal submitted by the Western Regions Empire made Sennis think.

Even Grand Duke Roland personally came to Constantine to lobby, wanting their Central Empire to agree as well.

Sennis suspected that Cohen was secretly plotting something behind all of this, perhaps Cohen had secretly reached some unspeakable deal with the Western Regions Empire.

Her Majesty the Empress wanted to inquire about the specific situation through the dedicated communication stone with Cohen, but previously, in order to prevent Cohen from knowing that she was his fiancée, she pestered him relentlessly.

Therefore, she has been constantly mocking and harassing Cohen with the communication stone, wanting to lower his favorability towards her.

Sennis was too embarrassed to take the initiative to contact Cohen again, so she had to ask the Empire's intelligence department to pay more attention to the situation in the Northwest Continent.

Especially the Kingdom of Ceylon, the Duchy of Silver Frost, and the Duchy of Saint Oak, which are related to Effien.

Sennis unfolded the intelligence, and the content above made her frown slightly—

Grand Duke Silver Frost was assassinated, and the murderer was the Director of the Attendant's Office.

Silver Frost entered a state of emergency nationwide, with the Prime Minister taking over the highest power.

King Effien has not shown his face for nearly half a month, and Yadel has been in charge of the national affairs of Effien.

Rumors have appeared in the Ceylon Kingdom's city streets that Effien has three thousand elite-level demihuman legions that have disappeared and are going to borrow a road from the Western Regions Empire to attack Silver Frost.

Sennis fell into deep thought. How could Grand Duke Silver Frost suddenly be assassinated for no reason?

Also, if Cohen is really preparing to take action by force, how could he leak the information so quickly?

Most importantly, where did Cohen run off to?

Although Sennis didn't know the general situation, she still came to a reasonable conclusion based on various signs—

The assassination of Grand Duke Silver Frost must have an inextricable relationship with Cohen!

…

…

Army Military Police Headquarters, Coup Command Post.

In the spacious room, generals gathered, and everyone's face was filled with excitement.

The first action plan was perfect, completely exonerating Redinos and placing the blame for the assassination of the Grand Duke on Shepard.

So far, no one has noticed the existence of their coup group.

Soon, familiar footsteps sounded from outside the door, and everyone stopped talking immediately, their faces showing respect and hidden fear.

Cohen pushed open the door with Windsor Dreler, with a gentle smile on his face, congratulating the Silver Frost military大佬s:

“Congratulations, everyone, we are only one night away from success.

After tonight, the power center of Silver Frost will be born among you!”

Everyone cheered a little upon hearing this.

After a brief celebration, everyone began to prepare for tonight's action in full swing.

There are two goals of the action: to arrest Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Steering Committee Faria, and to take down Commander Koch of the Martial Law Division, who holds national military power.

With the matter settled, everyone waited quietly for the night to fall.

Late at night, the Noble Council Building, brightly lit.

Outside the door, there was a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps.

Hiddenly, it was also shrouded in a legendary-level magic circle, which Silver Frost had spent a lot of money to purchase from the Kingdom of Ceylon.

It was to protect the safety of core agencies and important leaders when the country entered a state of emergency.

There were three sets in total, one in the Grand Duke's Palace, one in the Noble Council Building, and the rest in the Martial Law Command.

In the National Steering Committee office on the third floor of the Council Building, the service staff were all cautious and gentle, even when serving tea and water, they tried to reduce the noise as much as possible to avoid disturbing the current supreme leader of the country, Chairman of the National Steering Committee, Prime Minister Faria.

Since the news of the proposal submitted by the Western Regions Empire came, Faria had not closed his eyes for two consecutive days and nights. This middle-aged man, who currently holds the supreme power of the entire Duchy of Silver Frost, seemed to have aged dozens of years at once.

The whole person became old and lifeless, without any fighting spirit.

If it weren't for the sense of responsibility and mission of a three-dynasty minister pushing him, Faria estimated that he would have been unable to hold on long ago.

Getting up from the myriad of thoughts, Faria stood at the top of the building, overlooking the night view of Silver Frost.

Various strangely styled ice sculptures shone brightly under the light of magic lamps, which was quite beautiful.

But the beautiful scenery in front of him did not make Faria feel much better. At the thought that such a beautiful country was about to be destroyed by the flames of war, his heart couldn't help but twitch.

The bodyguard behind him stepped forward and said softly:

“Chairman, it's getting late. Even if you are a Transcendent, you won't be able to hold on if you don't rest for such a long time.

This country still needs you!”

Faria shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:

“Let the people from the Chief Police Department go to the Intelligence Bureau and ask when Director Perez will come?

We agreed that he would come tonight to report the details of the Grand Duke's assassination case.”

After the Grand Duke was assassinated, all of Shepard's forces were temporarily taken over by the Chief Police Department and the Special Operations Division.

Including the Grand Duke's Guards, because Shepard had served as the commander, they also lost the trust of the higher-ups.

Now the core agencies of Silver Frost are guarded by the Chief Police Department's trusted subordinates personally appointed by Commander Koch of the Martial Law Division.

After another period of time, just when Faria was getting impatient, the gatekeeper brought news that people from the Central Intelligence Bureau wanted to come in.

Faria didn't think much about it and directly let the gatekeeper let them in.

The gatekeeper's guard performed a series of operations and opened the magic circle that enveloped the entire Noble Council Building.

Ackerman, the assistant to the director of the Central Intelligence Bureau, was overjoyed when he saw the magic circle covering the building gradually disappear, and winked at the people behind him.

Subsequently, the burly figure of Dickinson, the commander of the 9th Regiment of the Chief Police Department, appeared in sight.

Dickinson didn't say much, waved his hand, and a dense crowd of figures suddenly pounced out of the darkness.

The guards at the gate were stunned for a moment, but seeing the Chief Police Department uniforms and familiar faces of the people who came, they still didn't suspect anything, but asked in surprise:

“Commander Dickinson?

Why are you here? I haven't received the order to change defenses.”

Dickinson shouted angrily:

“Nonsense, Commander Koch personally gave me the transfer order, dare you say you didn't receive the order?

Do you want to disobey the order!”

Dickinson waved the military order in his hand, scolding the guards at the gate.

In an instant, the soldiers under him had successively passed through the magic circle.

The guard at the gate was just an ordinary soldier. He was panicked by the roar of a colonel and was worried that the order was not updated in time.

He quickly said:

“Commander, don't be angry, please wait a moment, I'll report to the captain.”

A hint of coldness flashed in Dickinson's eyes, and he shouted softly, “Do it!”

Several soldiers who had already entered the magic circle quickly pounced towards the magic circle control center. Dickinson himself also burst out with momentum, taking the lead in subduing the guard who wanted to exclaim, and then directly destroying the gate. The army behind him filed in.

It didn't take long to take over all the gates.

Ackerman squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice:

“Tonight, the 3rd Garrison Regiment of the Chief Police Department is guarding the Noble Council Building. It is the main infantry regiment personally controlled by Koch. From the regiment commander to the logistics officer, they are all old comrades who have been with Koch since he enlisted in the army. It is estimated that we will have to attack strongly.”

Dickinson frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said:

“Contact the military police within the 3rd Garrison Regiment, first find out the troop deployment inside, and then launch a strong attack.”

Ackerman nodded and said:

“Okay.”

Not long after, Redinos sent a clear troop deployment of the Noble Council Building. Dickinson took a deep breath, looked back at his brothers, and shouted loudly:

“Everyone, the envelopes you found on your bedside this morning are just a small appetizer!

After tonight, wealth and glory are all in your hands!”

The soldiers did not answer, but the fanatical and firm gazes in their eyes told of their determination and courage.

Dickinson clenched the command stick and shouted angrily:

“The 9th Regiment, move out, target, Chairman of the National Steering Committee, Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Faria!”