Volume 2: Empire Chapter 161 Extremely Dangerous
When the news came from the palace that the eldest prince Fania had been executed by the Emperor Augustine the Great, the troops involved in the coup quickly laid down their arms and surrendered as the royal knights and court guards were dispatched.
But the turmoil was not over.
As Qingkong lifted the secret spell, the mud monster turned back into a pool of smelly mud. Under the order of Princess Agatha, the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau began to arrest people throughout the city.
The Silver Manor was sealed off.
Officials and nobles were all in danger. They had never expected that Emperor Augustine would execute Fania so decisively without even going through a trial procedure.
Soon another order came from the palace.
Augustine the Great's health deteriorated due to Fania's shock and he needed to continue recuperation and treatment. He appointed Queen Christina as regent to continue handling state affairs on behalf of the emperor.
The next day, Queen Christina announced a meeting of the Royal Cabinet.
Cabinet ministers went out under heavy protection. The city streets were filled with smelly sludge, and the roadside sewers were dug out from the inside out, forming deep trenches.
The remnants of the battle were everywhere at night, and many bodies were left exposed on the streets without being collected.
Except for the imperial spies, no one dared to go out at this time.
Occasionally, sporadic fights would break out in a corner somewhere.
When the cabinet ministers entered the palace and gathered in the imperial cabinet meeting room, everyone's face was extremely solemn.
What happened last night was so tortuous.
In fact, they were all ready to come to the palace this morning to pay homage to the new emperor.
Because no matter how you look at it, Fania has a sure win.
But no one expected that the Governor of Nutao City, Meteorite, who had not been seen for a long time, would actually run to the Snow City in the north and bring back Queen Christina.
It appeared precisely and timely at the moment when Fania launched the coup.
Although the current emperor of the empire is still Augustine the Great, all the ministers know that... this court will definitely undergo a major reshuffle.
I wonder how many familiar faces will be left at the next Imperial Cabinet meeting.
"Her Royal Highness the Queen Regent has arrived!"
Following a loud shout from the guards, Queen Christina walked in from outside the door .
Following behind her were the eldest princess Agatha and the governor of Raging Waves City, Meteorite.
The ministers saluted the queen, and then everyone took their seats.
The door of the Royal Cabinet Meeting Room was closed, and the Chief Royal Knight Milscom, still wrapped in bandages, stood behind the Queen with a sword in hand.
The Queen glanced at the ministers and said, "Your Majesty needs to continue to rest. The order to appoint me as the Queen Regent was issued by Your Majesty in person when he was conscious, and witnessed by Princess Agatha, Governor Meteorite of Raging Waves City, and Royal Chief Knight Milscom.
Do you have any objections, my dear cabinet ministers, who are trusted by your Majesty?"
The ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to express their opinion first.
In the Winter War and the Battle of Snow City in the North, Queen Christina personally went to the front line to turn the tide and crushed the Art County Alliance's attempt to quickly attack the Empire, turning the Queen's image from a vase into a symbol of victory and bravery.
This time, Queen Christina suddenly returned to Saint-Leon and became the most critical figure in quelling the Fania coup, and pushed the queen's prestige to a new height.
Now Queen Christina has the support of Princess Agatha's Secret Service, the Royal Knights led by Knight Commander Milscombe, and the palace guards, and all three royal guards are in her hands.
The Governor of Nutao City, Meteor, represents more than just Nutao City. The influence of Nutao City is no longer limited to the city. With the vigorous development of the coastal areas by the empire, Nutao City's status as the economic center of the empire is getting bigger and bigger.
The Reform Society founded by Meteorite is a young faction in the new aristocracy system, and its development momentum is extremely rapid.
Plus the trust of Augustine the Great.
Who dares to raise any objection on this matter at this time?
The ministers turned their eyes to Prime Minister Gabriel.
"Ahem..." Gabriel cleared his throat and said, "Since this is His Majesty's order, how could we have any objection? Besides, Her Majesty's ability is obvious to all. Having you as regent is not only reassuring for His Majesty, but we are also convinced.
I think the most urgent issues to be resolved now are the northern and southern borders.
Although Fania... has met his due end, his influence is still there. There are many generals in the Northern Army who are loyal to Fania, as well as General Qiao Xiuer who is leading the army in the South. I wonder how they will react?"
Agatha said at this time: "Before Fania launched the coup, he sent Sinclair to General Joshua. It seems that he also prepared for the failure of the coup."
The emperor's grandson Sinclair is not in Saint-Lun City. He can inherit all of Fania's inheritance, which is a huge hidden danger.
Queen Christina turned to Luke and asked, "Governor Meteor, what do you think of the difficult question raised by Prime Minister Gabriel?"
The Queen looked at Luke.
She found that Yunxing had been a little absent-minded since he left the emperor's bedroom, as if something was distracting him. Even when he attended the cabinet meeting in front of the emperor, he looked absent-minded.
Being called out for questioning, Luke finally came to his senses and said, "Her Majesty the Queen has established the Snow Corps in Snow City based on the Snow City garrison. We can expand all the subsequent reinforcements into the Snow Corps and notify the various units of the original Northern Territory Corps that if they are willing to join the Snow Corps, they can continue to stay in the North; if they are unwilling to join, we will arrange a train to send them all to General Qiao Xiuer.
Then he appointed Prince Sinclair as the commander-in-chief of the southern front, ordered him to continue attacking Tedega Hill, and promised that all military expenditures and supplies would not be withheld. "
Queen Christina asked, "Governor Meteorite means that Sinclair should not be convicted because of Fania."
"It depends on Sinclair's future performance. After all, those who are determined to promote Fania to usurp the throne will not be willing to fail. My suggestion is to gather all these people together and purify the most critical northern war zone first.
When General Qiao Xiuer led his army to the southern front, he took away most of the elite troops of the Northern Army. So they were all sent to the south to face the Duke of Celtic. The Empire could use this war window to rebuild the Snow Army to take on the spring war against the Art County Alliance. "
At this time, Prime Minister Gabriel asked: "If all the Northern Army troops move south, General Qiao Shuer's strength will increase greatly. If the Northern Army troops join forces with the Barbarian Army, how can the Empire resist them?"
Luke said, "I will go to the Tedegar Hills and make sure the Northern Army does not join forces with the Barbarian Army."
Before Luke could finish, Queen Christina said, "You want to go to Tedega Hill? No! It's too dangerous."
Luke said, "I have been to more dangerous places. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there are some tacit understandings that you can trust with Your Majesty Sinclair.
And Miss Qingkong also has some matters that need to be settled with the Abyss Temple."
Agatha said, "Your Majesty, I will accompany Governor Meteorite to Tedega Hill. Sinclair is different from Fania. If we want to solve the hidden danger of the Northern Legion, we need to convince Sinclair."
Seeing that Meteorite and Agatha insisted on going to Tedega Hill to persuade Sinclair, Queen Christina had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I don't know Sinclair very well, but I believe in you. Let the Secret Service handle this matter, and make sure you are safe first."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Next, the meeting began to discuss the follow-up issues of this coup.
Luke continued to slack off. He would express his opinions when asked, but would not express his opinions if not asked.
His attention was on his own consciousness.
To be exact, it is the mobile phone that came into this world with me.
Ever since the phone mutated into consciousness, this thing has been very quiet.
It was not until Qingkong killed the heroic Emperor Augustine that the long-silent cell phone suddenly sent a prompt message.
[Long-term accumulation and high-pressure breakthrough allow your character to achieve awakening status]
[When the character enters the awakening state, it no longer consumes the phone's battery. The existence time is calculated based on your mental strength. (Based on your current mental strength, you can maintain the clear sky and awakening for one hour every 24 hours)
The existence time can be accumulated as the mental strength grows.]
[Note: When a character awakens, he or she will gain an independent personality, which will bring certain uncertainties and dangers, and the ability to execute orders and tacit understanding will be reduced.
Since the character is too powerful, please use the awakening function with caution. 】
After Qingkong left the Crystal Palace, Luke logged out and put the character into his phone. Now on the character page, the newly appeared "Awakening" button has magical patterns on it.
By pressing it, Qingkong will enter the awakened state and gain an independent personality for one hour.
Since he is an independent person, he must have independent thoughts. Having his own thoughts means he has his own ideas and will no longer follow Luke's orders.
Qingkong is so powerful that if she cannot be controlled, an hour will be enough for her to do a lot of things.
What does the awakened Qingkong look like? Curiosity makes Luke extremely eager.
The more I know she is dangerous, the more I want to know how she is dangerous.
This is why Luke has been absent-minded all this time. He wants to find a deserted place to summon Qingkong as soon as possible, and then let her wake up to see what she looks like.
But there were too many things to be resolved at this cabinet meeting, which lasted from morning to noon. When he heard that the meeting would continue in the afternoon, Luke finally couldn't hold back any longer, and he used the excuse of feeling unwell and ran away without waiting for Queen Christina's permission.
Back at the Secret Service's Sixth Division on Copper Mulberry Avenue, Luke announced that today was a holiday and kicked all the spies out.
The gate is closed.
Luke came to a closed basement and arranged a set of secret words using the existing mysterious props.
Place two chairs in the middle of the secret array.
After a while, Qingkong, who had just landed, arrived here from the palace.
The basement door closed.
Luke and Qingkong sat on chairs facing each other.
Chant the secret word: "Empty Wall."
As the mysterious props that made up the Mystic Word vanished, the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room disappeared, leaving Luke and Clear Sky sitting across from each other in an empty void.
Then, with a nervous heart, Luke chose "Awakening".
Qingkong closed his eyes.
There was no lightning or thunder, no burst of fighting spirit, and no loud sound of bells and drums.
Quiet!
The silence made Luke a little confused... Was he fooled by the notification on his phone?
But it is true that the spiritual connection with Qingkong has been severed.
"Clear sky?"
At this moment, Qingkong's eyes suddenly opened, giving people a feeling of strangeness yet familiarity.
"Luke, we finally meet."
Really awakened!
Luke did not greet Qingkong who was in the awakened state, but said: "First of all, you must know one thing. Your existence is based on my existence. It will not do you any good to hurt me."
Qingkong stretched out his hand and looked at it, moving his fingers as if he was getting familiar with this body.
At the same time, he responded to Luke's reminder: "Do I scare you so much?"
"If you and I switched places, you would be scared too." Luke observed the awakening Qingkong, trying to analyze her personality and dangerousness.
Clear Sky lowered his hand and looked at Luke, his eyes and expression showing no emotion.
"What you said makes sense. I know you have a lot of questions for me, and I also have some questions that I need you to answer. But can you give me some time? I feel a little uncomfortable with all these memories all of a sudden."
"Of course you can!" Luke reminded, "But you only have one hour. The next time will be 24 hours later. My current mental strength cannot sustain your awakening for too long."
"It won't take too long." Qingkong closed his eyes again.
Luke pulled out his pocket watch to check the time, then waited patiently for the sky to clear.
At present, the awakened Qingkong is not a hot-tempered person. He is calm and knows his limits even in dangerous situations.
After spending half an hour in silence, Qingkong opened his eyes again and smiled humorously: "You should know that part of your memory is left here with me."
Luke shrugged helplessly: "As a game character, you have always been controlled by me. I will accept everything Qingkong learns, and naturally part of my memory will remain with her.
Some of my more personal memories, sorry to make you laugh. "
"Yes, there are some very interesting memories. You don't belong to this world, and you were almost shot to death by Shelley when you first came here. Your experience is very exciting, and I need some time to savor it slowly.
But what's most interesting to me is... that you spent so much time designing my appearance for that purpose."
As she spoke, Qingkong summoned an ice mirror. She looked at her own appearance in the mirror and couldn't help but feel intoxicated: "Too perfect."
Luke felt a little embarrassed.
"Well... I used to be a homeboy and didn't have a girlfriend, so I had to fantasize about it in the game. But you can rest assured that I have never used your body to do anything bad. My memory can prove what I said."
Qingkong's smile was even more meaningful: "This is another interesting thing. Since I was created by you according to your idea of a perfect girlfriend, why did you do nothing when you could control me?
Is it... because you met a woman better than me?"
"no……"
Luke didn't know how to answer for a moment.
He discovered how accurate the reminders his phone gave him were.
His intuition told him that this was definitely a dangerous woman!
Extremely dangerous!
