Chapter 26

At the end of a significant duel, there should be a warm cheer. But the nobles were shocked by the cruelty shown by the king, and no one responded for a moment.

Except for one person.

The Duke of Buckingham.

Wearing a scarlet cloak similar to his nephew's, the old prince walked out of the VIP seat. He came to the middle of the nave and knelt down on one knee in front of the young king on the high platform. He made a knight's pledge of allegiance. Just like when the king was crowned here, he led all the people to pledge allegiance to the king.

"God bless the king!"

The Duke of Buckingham's voice echoed in St. Louis' Cathedral.

"God bless Legrand!"

The royalists with iron roses followed the Duke of Buckingham and left the seat. They also came to the narrow red carpet and knelt down to the king on one knee.

"God bless the king!"

"God bless Legrand!"

Their voices come together and stir up the blood in people's hearts.

The weapons in the hands of the nobility of the new royalists fell to the ground one after another. One by one, with pale faces, they left their seats and joined the ceremony of swearing allegiance again in disguise. In the end, all the knights on the scene fell to their knees. The first large-scale pilgrimage since King purland I ascended the throne achieved its due political purpose.

The cardinal's face was livid, watching it all happen, but he couldn't stop it.

He understood that his plan to strengthen the influence of the holy see on Legrand this time had come to nothing. Among the cheers, the majesty of the royal power of the Legrand empire was strengthened unprecedentedly.

His plans are all over! His dream of promotion is over!

Outside St. Wes Cathedral, Edmund, the Army General of Engel, who was guarding the place, sighed softly.

All along, people mistook a lion for a coward.

General Edmund seems to have seen the prosperity of the rose family again God! Bless them, angel, and hope that their gamble will not be lost.

Cheers reverberated under the glorious dome of St. Louis cathedral.

The winter wind is blowing, and the body of the man who tried to usurp the throne is lying under the throne behind the young king. The blood is gurgling out. For hundreds of thousands of years, day after day, the blood is soaking the chair which symbolizes the supreme power. The king looked down at everyone.

This is Legrand.

Here, the people with the blood of the rose are king from generation to generation.

God bless the king!

God bless Legrand!

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Rose Palace.

This historic palace has returned to its true owner.

In the king's room, the fire in the fireplace was burning, and the light of the fire made the exquisite relief paintings on the walls more vivid. Here, rose patterns can be seen everywhere, the floor of the room is covered with a complex and slightly strange carpet.

The king looked down at the embroidery on the carpet.

The craft was exquisite, but what attracted the king's attention was the content of the design.

It was a pale keel circled by scarlet roses. Judging from the ratio of the keel to the mountain range on which it crawls, the dragon must have been huge before it died.

"Your Majesty."

The prince of Buckingham, who had changed his clothes, came in, and his nephew's safe return made him much more relaxed. He smiles when he sees the king.

"You arrived in time."

"You held them back." The king closed his book and put a chair beside him, apparently for the Duke of Buckingham. In the king's character, this is a kind of implicit intimacy. "The hands of the holy see are getting longer and longer."

"They've been on the move all these years."

Referring to the Vatican, the Duke of Buckingham's face was a little cold, he said lightly.

"I heard that the holy Court on the other side of the abyss Strait has begun to fight among different factions. Coupled with the booming business, I'm afraid some old antiques can't sit still." If the king thinks about it.

The young cardinal, the special envoy of the Pope, quickly left METZL after the second swearing of allegiance in disguise at St. Louis.

It seems that he also understands that after the King returns, he will be killed deeply.

If the king wants to stop him, it's not impossible, but now that civil strife has just subsided, it's not a good idea to turn against the Pope. So the king only sent people around the cardinal's house. The young Cardinal was so frightened that he climbed over the wall and got out of the room at night and ran away in a panic.

It's a little bit of revenge for the king.

The Duke of Buckingham gazed at his nephew and said, "you have grown up."

"You said it in a clear tone and treated me like a child." The king replied, "let me remind you that I am an adult."

The Duke of Buckingham laughed and said nothing.The king also laughed.

In other people's eyes, everything today may seem like a miracle assisted by the Lord or the devil - well, it does - but only the king himself knows that it is actually the result of all-out cooperation.

Oh, Lord Grice himself has made a lot of efforts in this cooperation.

In spite of that, Dagong would not be happy at all.

Things have to go back.

The most important thing is that the king saved the Duke of Buckingham in late September.

On guard against any possible assassination and coup, the king sent the Duke of Buckingham back to the Rose Palace and granted him the right of Regency in public. Therefore, when the news of the king's death spread, the Duke of Buckingham could suppress the deterioration of the situation as quickly as possible.

When the Duke of Buckingham tried his best to reduce the influence of rumors at METZL castle, the king sent the Knight Commander and another pledge knight to act as messengers.

As an exiled member of the royal family of angers, the Knight Chief went to contact the kingdom of Angers on behalf of the king himself, while another swore knight took the king's letter, disguised and rushed to METZL castle with the fastest speed and the shortest distance.

This second letter is to the Duke of Buckingham.

In the letter, the king carefully described his situation and the next plan.

Because of the heavy guard of Lord Grice, the oath Knight spent some time and energy to get rid of those annoying mice, otherwise he should have arrived earlier.

Fortunately, the Duke of Buckingham, who is in the Rose Palace, is loyal to his nephew. He fought against grace strongly and won precious time for the king. When the Pope's special envoy arrived, the oath Knight also successfully sent the letter to the Duke of Buckingham in secret.

The Duke of Buckingham, who was already in despair, immediately regained his spirits when he received the king's letter.

In his letter, the king mentioned which route he would take to reach the capital. The experienced Duke of Buckingham immediately sent his cronies to try his best to get in touch with the king. This is one of the main reasons why there are so few royalists attending the coronation ceremony of grand duke Grice today.

After getting in touch with the king, the Duke of Buckingham immediately gave up the confrontation with grand duke Grice and chose to give in.

The old Baron was so lifelike that he even held a reception outside the gate of METZL to deal with the occasion.

Of course, Lord Glasgow, who has lost his life, is not so stupid.

He was very wary of the Duke of Buckingham, which happened to be in the plan of the king and the Duke of Buckingham.

In order to attract the attention of the Duke, the Duke of Buckingham refused to hand over the Rose Palace, and personally stationed in the Rose Palace. He was in the same city with the Duke, which forced the Duke to pay close attention to the movement of the Duke of Buckingham.

Let's take a look at the general sphere of influence of the royalist party and the new royalist party.

The royalists represented by the Duke of Buckingham mainly concentrated in the north, while the Grand Duke of Glasgow, relying on the five Port Alliance in the southeast coast, mainly distributed in the south. In order to guard against the Duke of Buckingham's violence, grand duke Grice had to guard the north.

However, by the time Archduke Glasgow turned his attention to the north, the king had quietly led the army disguised as Archduke Glasgow from the south to the side of METZL.

Thanks to Lord Glasgow for constantly transferring troops to the North during this period, the king made his army put on the white rose flag, and the speed of his journey was much faster.

I have to say that Lord Glasgow is a good man.

The Duke of Buckingham knew his old rival so well that he even guessed who the Grand Council of Glasgow would choose to command the rescue army, and promptly conveyed the news to the king.

When the king received the news, he immediately realized that it was a good opportunity.

As the capital of the Empire of Legrand, METZL has a large and thick wall, which is suitable for defense. If you want to attack METZL, it will not only cost a lot of manpower and material resources, but also take a long time. Originally, the king intended to cooperate with the Duke of Buckingham and open the gate from inside.

But the Duke of Buckingham is watching closely at this time, which is more risky.

Now, Lord Glasgow gave the key to the gate to the king.

Angel's army is light and easy to March, and the speed is faster. Last night, the king had already arrived near METZL with his soldiers.

After careful observation of the terrain, the king stationed his troops on both sides of a necessary valley. At dawn this morning, the rescue troops of grand duke Grice arrived in the valley, and huge trees and rolling stones rolled down the hillsides on both sides. Many cavalry lost their lives before they knew what happened.

It was not a battle at all, it was a massacre.

Bewildered reinforcements crowded together and trampled on each other, while the energetic King's army, like the dog teeth interwoven left and right, cut the team to pieces.In the end, they almost came out with blood and bodies, including the king. All of them were bloody.

Baron born survived.

But it wasn't out of luck, it wasn't because he was brave, it was because the king ordered him to save his life in advance.

Baron Bowen is the key to the city gate.

However, in order to prevent Baron born from betraying them, Baron Born's armor was stripped off, and when he left the army, at least ten bows in the army were aimed at the back of his head - the word "follow the rules" didn't appear in the king's dictionary, and he didn't care whether the means he used were mean or not.

The white rose flag representing the new royalist party, the familiar Baron Bowen, the correct flag language

The gate opens.

From that moment on, everything was doomed.

The king returned to the throne with blood and war.

The Duke of Buckingham sighed at the king's understatement of the journey.

It's like that.

And his father.

"Well, I'm so happy." The Duke of Buckingham gave a happy smile. "Now Legrand has a real king."

The king made a single tone, but did not contradict him.

The king knew exactly how much risk the Duke of Buckingham took in this series of plans.

If the king really died, the Duke of Buckingham would be ruined. If the king does not arrive at St. Westminster Abbey in time, the Duke of Buckingham will fight to the death with the new royalists

In the end, the Duke of Buckingham and the Duke of Glasgow died together.

No one mentioned that.

As a result, people will naturally remember what they should remember.

"God bless Legrand."

Said the Duke of Buckingham.

The king didn't think so.

It's more appropriate to say that the devil helped.

The king defended his throne with the blood of grand duke Grice, and it was generally over, but there was still a lot to do.

For example

A liquidation.

Ah, don't forget that our king is also very good at keeping grudges. It's time for those new royals to pay for what they have done.

It is worth mentioning that after the "Coronation" ceremony, the king simply and neatly invited all the nobles to the Rose Palace. He just asked the soldiers to point the iron arrows at them instead of putting the knives on their necks. Isn't it polite enough?

"What are you going to do?"

Asked the Duke of Buckingham.

"It's better to kill them all than ever?"

Said the king as if nothing had happened.

In the view of the king, Legrand lacked everything, but he could not lack nobility.

Any nobleman has dozens of children waiting to inherit the title. The time when the new nobles grew up was enough for the king to strip away their rights.

However, after thinking about it, the king regretfully gave up the plan.

After all, in this era, the rules of world chivalry are still there. Even the defeated nobles will not be killed, but will be released after paying ransom. Moreover, during this period of hiding, the king also got a general picture of the county and the bottom of Legrand.

The great nobles play an important role in the national political system. If they deal with too much at one time, they will cause new turbulence.

It's very sad.

However, it is still a long time.

The Duke of Buckingham looked at the king speechless.

"A joke. Don't be so serious."

Said the king easily.

No.

Thought the Duke of Buckingham.

I don't think you're joking at all.

"Well, let's meet these..." The king stood up, paused, and gave a meaningful smile. "These rich and generous gentlemen."

He bit the words "rich" and "generous" very hard.

The author has something to say: King: it's a joke.

Duke of Buckingham: you seem to be more than just joking.