Chapter 9 Ella's Way Home (3)
"Sir, the matter has been done. Tomorrow, a group of hateful thieves will appear outside the city and send our little golden birds to the underground paradise."
This is a letter written by Ella's uncle Su Cornelius Scipio to murder Ella. The original text was encrypted, but Amy unzipped the cipher text under Ella's guidance and learned about this conspiracy in advance.
This is also the beginning of everything.
"Do you use the Caesar password first, then the fence password..." Ella recalled the steps for decryption at that time.
However, when the password table is available, where is the ciphertext? The three letters Amy wrote are longer than the other, and the meaning is smooth. It is said that the letters in these sentences can form new sentences after being reordered according to the rules - although it may not be impossible, Amy should not be that smart.
Ella focused on the letters that were altered by Amy - although they were altered, Amy was very light in her actions. Through the messy lines, she could still see where the letters were originally.
Ella took out the letters and copied them on another piece of paper. Then, according to Amy's prompt, she first used the Caesar password and then the fence password to unravel the cipher text:
"Your Majesty, how idle are you? Wouldn't you just believe that I betrayed me? I originally wanted to use this secret text as evidence to avenge myself in the future?"
In the first paragraph, Amy complained.
Ella laughed: "Amy, how much do you look down on me?"
"But... His Majesty is completely within my expectations of being able to untie these secret texts."
In the following text, Amy reported to Ella what happened during this period. In the essay text of the first letter, Amy first told Ella about Freavone, told Ella about her plans, and finally told Ella that she had captured Hamburg City. The contents of the two letters were all supplements to the latest progress.
"Silly Amy!"
After reading all the content, Ella was so angry that she kneaded the paper into a ball and threw it out.
From the letter, Ella realized that Amy was not really ready to fight a total war with Almani. While going to war with Almani, she had already left Ella with a chance to resolve the situation peacefully - she took all her infamous on herself and portrayed herself as a rebel who seized power from Elmani.
She discovered that the Almani Federation had a grudge against the Pirate Kingdom, so she prompted talks between the two sides in this way.
At the same time, Amy wrote everything that happened in a cipher text in letters to the merchants - I believe that from the very beginning, Amy knew that she would be betrayed by those merchants, and these letters would be handed over to Ella as evidence.
All military progress Amy made in the Almany Federation will become Ella's foundation for the talks
Next, as long as Ella follows the road she paved, puts all the charges on her and successfully "restorm the rebellion". In this way, the Almany Federation will not only not have any grudges against Ella, but will even have a closer relationship with Ella.
But--
"Idiot! Amy, you're a total big idiot! You've thought so much, but what about yourself? What should you do?"
If Ella really follows the path paved by Amy, then Amy will be confirmed to be a thief. This is not something that friends can forgive each other by apologizing. As the king, Ella cannot leave a thief without dealing with it!
"You think the Almany Federation is very annoying, so just fight it! Do you have to make me so clean?"
No—Ela shook her head. The reason Amy did this was to protect her safety.
Amy had already noticed the hostility of the Almani Federation towards Ella, but Ella was unaware of it. In order to protect Ella, she had to concentrate all the hostility towards Ella on herself.
The nobles of the Almani Federation were originally just mercenaries of the Qiqiu Empire. After they rebelled, they occupied more than half of the western territory of the Qiqiu Empire. The founder Carl Carolin even used the title "Augustus", the exclusive title of the Emperor of the Qiqiu Empire, on his head.
In Ella's eyes, the Almani Federation was completely a group of traitors.
The reason why she has been reluctant to attack the Almani Federation was just because the number one enemy at present is the Tianfang Empire, followed by Su Cornelius Scipio, who seized power and usurped the throne. It was not the turn of the Almani Federation.
"But to be honest, the Almany Federation is much weaker than I thought..."
Ella said to herself. She remembered what she saw on the Ile de France. According to time, Amy had already launched a war against Almani at that time, but the vicinity of the Ile de France was peaceful and there was no sign of war at all.
The seemingly huge Almany Federation is actually just a mess.
"Amy, I will try to reach a friendly treaty with the Allemany Federation and open up the road to trade."
Ella looked out the window at the sky.
"If they don't agree... I have to advance my plan to deal with these traitors."
It doesn't sound like a big problem to rebuild the Western Qiqiu Empire first and then regain the throne of the Eastern Qiqiu Empire.
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Early on the third morning, Duke Otto sent a carriage to pick up people. In the evening of that day, Ella arrived at the capital of the Duke of Anglia. Duke Otto set up a grand banquet for Ella. Also present were lords of all sizes in the northern part of the Almany Federation, as well as many well-off merchants.
"Cheers to the return of the Swedish king!"
Duke Otto raised the wine glass high, and everyone cheered together, and drank the wine in the wine glass in one go.
"King of Sweden, see these people who come to the Association, they are all your loyal supporters!" Duke Otto walked to Ella with his wine glass, "The lords have gathered eight thousand elite troops, and the merchants have prepared all the supplies needed for the war. As long as you nod, you can lead those troops and supplies to attack the pirate kingdom and regain your position!"
Someone shouted from the side: "The triumphal will go to the battle, and that will definitely be a success! Those traitors can be destroyed by the blink of an eye!"
"So, what's the price?" Ella asked calmly in her seat.
Duke Otto laughed "haha": "How dare you get the price! We are willing to support the King of Sweden this time, all for peace between Almani and the Kingdom of Heroes!"
"But I have a small, insignificant request," said the mayor of Hamburg. "I want to tie the dog chain to that ruthless Amy and let her be a watchdog!"
"This proposal is good!" The merchants who had been humiliated by Amy smiled knowingly, "It's too cheap to execute that woman. You should strip her naked and tie her to the city gate, so that she can be a guardian dog!"
“Are these only requirements?”
Ella slowly held the wine glass up. Amid the laughter of everyone, she suddenly threw the wine glass down the ground!
"Did you get something wrong? I want to go back, do you still need your help?"
Amid everyone's shocked expressions, Ella pushed away the chair and stood up.
Chapter completed!