I will be crowned king

In the dull atmosphere of the hall, the imperial nobles silently watched the confrontation between the archdukes with tangled and complicated expressions.

To be honest, most of the people present were mentally prepared for this kind of scene. No one expected that the process of overthrowing an emperor and then coronating another emperor would be so holy, courteous, gentle and thrifty...

Reality is often more exciting than drama, but if it is really like a drama, even a fool should realize that there is a problem.

But it's one thing to be prepared, but it's another thing to see it with your own eyes: to see the high-ranking princes in the past, whose reputation is not inferior to the legendary heroes, criticize each other, expose each other's shortcomings, insult and threaten each other like ruffians on the street. Huo Bin... that was also really disillusionment.

On the throne, Joseph Herred was content, enjoying the farce in the hall as if he was staying out of it. He had no intention of interfering at all. This made the eldest princess beside him, the Queen Mother of Clovis Anne, particularly puzzled and uneasy at the same time. Trapped in identity, I can only remain silent.

Not only her, but also the officer in charge at the scene, Arthur Herred, was confused.

Although the young knight did not understand the emperor, no matter how simple he was, it was not difficult for him to guess that Joseph must have some plans and there was no way he would give up the throne; but the clearer he became, the more confused he became.

Anson Bach's operations also made them unbelievable. They couldn't figure out what the Clovis ruler (rebel) was planning - to stab Archduke Bernard in the back, to betray the emperor, and to confront Archduke Levent. What on earth does he want to do? !

"What on earth do you want to do?!"

Archduke Roland's gray beard trembled rapidly, with a frequency and speed comparable to a battery of organ cannons: "There should be a limit to the nonsense... If you have to push things to the point where they can't be ended, what good will it do to you?!"

"Oh, it seems that the Roland family also has the idea of ​​​​fighting for the throne?"

Archduke Levent still seemed unwilling to restrain himself, and the corners of his mouth and eyes were raised crazily: "My dear Archduke Bernard, you have a new opponent."

"you?!"

"Such a comment proves that you have misjudged me." Archduke Bernard remained calm, still trying to calm the situation and get the election back on track: "I only hope that this election can end smoothly, and I do not regard you as opponents. "

"Ha! Are you saying that none of us are... worthy?"

"I still regard you all as partners, partners who jointly maintain the future of the empire and the ordered world."

"Apart from me and the Levant family?"

"Including you, of course."

"So you don't care who becomes emperor?"

"...I only care about the empire."

"Well said!"

Grand Duke Levent clapped his hands suddenly, spread his arms and looked around: "Everyone has heard that our Grand Duke Bernard not only looks down on everyone present, but also doesn't care who the future emperor is!"

"I personally don't understand why he came here if he doesn't care. I don't even understand that a guy who doesn't care who the emperor is is still here talking about how much he cares about the future of the empire!"

"So it seems you care?"

Perhaps stimulated by the echoes of the surrounding southern knights, Archduke Roland's temples jumped: "I wonder who the respected Archduke Levent is going to recommend. Could it be you?"

Facing the opponent's extremely angry face, Archduke Levent still laughed unscrupulously:

"Of course it's me, who else could it be?!"

The extremely arrogant voice responded to him with even more arrogant shouts from the southern knights, as well as contemptuous boos from others.

"Since the founding of the empire by the Seven Knights and the nearly hundred years since the Dragon Knight occupied the throne, southerners have always been ignored by this palace; we are like the water and air, never worthy of making our own voices heard."

Slightly tightening the curve of his mouth, Archduke Lewent narrowed his eyes: "But at the same time, we, the water and the air, bear the largest taxes and the heaviest military service in the empire... Whenever the empire calls, the Wind Knight will always obey the call, and there is a reward. ?”

"The reward is that you also have the greatest freedom!" Archduke Roland puffed his beard and glared: "The entire southern part of the empire has long been run by Archduke Levent and your ancestors as an independent kingdom, and no one can control you."

"And that is another strong proof that the empire ignores the south!" Archduke Levent said again:

"The empire doesn't care, so the southern knights have to fend for themselves and work hard to manage their territory to cope with the crisis and the harsh treatment of the Snapdragon City Palace! Now that it has caused such consequences, it is time for the entire empire to face up to the south."

"Even Archduke Bernard, don't you admit that the south is an important part of the empire?"

He changed the topic and once again pointed the finger at Archduke Bernard: "If it is so important, why don't you give up the prejudices of northerners and allow the south to produce a just and legitimate emperor today when the division of the empire should be healed?!"

The expressions of the imperial nobles became a little unnatural.

After all, Archduke Levent’s request sounds very reasonable at first glance. Even if we look at the entire history of the empire, if there are not countless emperors from the south, then there is no one at all!

There are many reasons for this: for example, the first-generation Emperor Dragon Knight Herid himself founded the country in the north, for example, the south completely surrendered to the empire late, and for example, the south was far away from the center of disputes in the Order World, or during the sectarian war, the southern lords Almost all of them betrayed the emperor and joined the church...

But no matter what the reason was, or how unreasonable the words were, what Archduke Levent said was indeed true; even the furious Archduke Roland could not think of any particularly good reason to refute it at this time.

"What you said...makes sense."

Archduke Bernard sighed, as if he had made some preparations: "In other words, what everyone in the south wants is an emperor from the south, right?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I be talking nonsense here?!" Archduke Levent's eyes flickered. He obviously didn't believe that the other party gave up so easily:

"Since you northerners can't unite the entire empire, then let us southerners do it. What's wrong with thinking like this?"

"Of course there is no problem. Rather, it is gratifying to say that Your Excellency has such an awareness." A smile suddenly appeared on Archduke Bernard's face:

"Southern nobles have always been stereotyped. They only care about immediate interests, never consider the overall situation, and have no long-term plans... Now that I see you, I have been affected by many false rumors. Seeing is believing."

Archduke Levent was stunned, but the other party lowered his attitude so low that he could not let go even after he was put up. He could only pretend to be calm and continue: "In this case, it means that you support... "

"Exactly!" Archduke Bernard said solemnly, nodding slightly:

"Now I have absolute confidence to convince you all to become the emperor of the entire empire!"

Grand Duke Levent: "..."

"No longer being ignored by the empire, this is your fundamental desire. To achieve this goal, the throne alone cannot achieve it. It is a fact that the northern countries are deeply involved in national affairs. If this does not change, the empire will just have one more courtier. It’s just the emperor of the south who is holding back.”

A smile broke out on Archduke Bernard's lips: "Therefore, I promise you that if I am lucky enough to be crowned, I will immediately increase the number of southern knights in the palace, promote courtiers from the Levent family, and most importantly..."

"...His Excellency Grand Duke Levent, are you willing to become my prime minister, take charge of all military and civilian affairs of the empire, and join hands with me to govern the country?"

His voice was not loud, but it sounded as if a shrapnel had been detonated in the hall.

The southern knights surrounding Archduke Levent opened their eyes wide. Even Archduke Roland couldn't help turning his head and stared at Archduke Bernard blankly.

"You..." Grand Duke Levent suddenly felt a little out of breath: "Even if I agree, can you make all the princes and nobles in the north accept it?!"

"Your concerns are absolutely correct. To be honest, this will definitely not be easy...but!"

Archduke Bernard said solemnly: "I want to be the emperor of all the people of the empire, not just half of them."

Looking at the disbelieving expressions of the southern knights around him, Archduke Levent felt his whole body numb from head to toe.

Archduke Bernard's move of retreating into advancement without warning directly disrupted his original arrangement; he offered an unreasonable price, and the other party agreed without any hesitation; no matter how much he could achieve in the end, I really don't have any room to move around now.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance sideways and subconsciously glanced at Anson Bach standing in front of the throne; even though it was only for a moment, he was still caught by the smiling Bernard.

They really planned it!

As he expected, Archduke Levent was not prepared to compete for the throne from the beginning. All his actions were to disrupt the situation and gain opportunities for Clovis' plan to rule; after all, if he hadn't come out to create chaos, There was no way that his plan with Archduke Roland would go wrong.

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As for what Anson Bach's plan is, that is no longer important... Archduke Bernard smiled secretly in his heart.

Having lost the only helper who disrupted the situation, there was still an alliance between Clovis and himself. No matter what Anson Bach wanted to do, it would be useless; he could only watch everything he planned happen step by step.

The New World colonies were controlled by Louis Bernard;

Clovis, the old nobles who are inextricably linked to him will do their best to restrict him;

He will create a new Bernard dynasty.

In a hundred years, the entire world of order will be completely surrendered to the rule of the Sea Knight bloodline; Anson Bach, there is nothing you can do...

"boom--!!!!"

An explosion without warning suddenly came from outside the hall, instantly interrupting Archduke Bernard's thoughts; by the time he recovered from his shock, the hall was already in chaos.

"What's going on?!"

"The explosion... sounded like a six-pounder?"

"Is it the fireworks show at the dinner? It seems that the time is about the same..."

"Idiot! There's no fireworks show. Someone is treason!"

"Rebellion? Could it be that the Clovis and Hantu people took advantage of this opportunity..."

"Is this... really..."

In the hall where there was an uproar, the three Grand Dukes present had not yet fully reacted. They were surrounded by quarreling vassals and nobles; solemn expressions spread on everyone's faces, and speculations and imaginary conspiracies were blurted out. , no longer shy about it.

After all, there is an emperor, a prince, three grand dukes and a certain Clovis in charge in the banquet hall at this time, plus many imperial knights and nobles... If someone really catches them all, the palace and Xiaolong City will be burned to the ground. I'm afraid Not that most of the world of order will be in turmoil.

“Everyone—silence!”

At this moment, Emperor Joseph Hered, who had been silent on the throne for a long time, suddenly stood up, and even Arthur Hered, who was guarding beside him, was startled: "This is the palace of Xiaolong City. No matter who it is, don't think of acting recklessly!"

In the noisy crowd, Anson raised his hand with an expressionless face to stop the little prince of Hantu who wanted to take him to the corner of the hall, and glanced back at the emperor who was full of righteousness.

It's a pity that no one responded to their emperor-when the election began, Joseph Hered had become a non-existent dead man, just a tool to temporarily keep the crown for the future emperor.

Of course, Emperor Joseph himself did not care. He looked at Arthur Hered calmly beside him: "Immediately lead the royal knights to block the palace gate and find out the source of the explosion."

"Yes!" The young Knight Hered did not hesitate, but immediately realized another problem: "But... if we leave, your Majesty's safety..."

"This is not what you should consider."

The emperor had a blank expression: "Under broad daylight, no one dares to touch me as the emperor; but the traitors who caused the riot must be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise the face of the Dragon Knights and Xiaolong City will be gone!"

Arthur Hered: "...I understand!"

The young knight, who no longer hesitated, left without looking back, and took away all the royal knights and guards in the hall; without these people to maintain order, the already chaotic banquet hall was even more out of control.

"What the hell is going on?!"

Pushing aside the crowd around him, Grand Duke Levent, with a fierce look on his face, grabbed Anson's collar and lowered his voice in the angry eyes of the little prince of Hantu: "Tell me, is this your backup plan?!"

"What a joke, my respected Grand Duke." Anson was not surprised at all: "This is Xiaolong City... I have a whole legion outside the city. If I really want to do this, do I have to wait until now?"

"That's not your man, nor is it my man, and it's even more impossible for Bernard and Roland to be..."

After hesitating for a moment, Grand Duke Levent suddenly thought of something and widened his eyes: "Emperor?!"

Anson nodded calmly.

"So you asked me to delay time and deliberately let your people leave because you guessed that the emperor would have this back-up plan?" Grand Duke Levent's thoughts were spinning rapidly: "So that you can stop him?"

"Stop, why stop?"

"...Huh?!"

"It seems that you have forgotten what we talked about at the beginning." Anson explained with a smile: "The empire is leaderless, the grand dukes are fighting for power, and the emperor is eclipsed; at this critical moment, don't you think it's just..."

"It's the best opportunity to elect an 'emperor who satisfies everyone'?"