The storm is surging in the imperial capital - now even ordinary civilians feel that the love gifts in the imperial capital these days are a bit wrong.

A large number of soldiers from the Central Cavalry Legion lined up to the streets, replacing the soldiers from the Imperial Capital Public Security Bureau, who were fully armed to patrol the streets.

The Royal Guards, who were in charge of the palace guards, also looked like they were facing a great enemy. Almost all of the 50,000 royal guards were mobilized, and they patroled back and forth on the walls of the palace. The garrison at the palace gate was several times more stringent than before!

The inspection of the entrance and exit of the imperial capital gate is much stricter than before. People entering and exiting, whether civilians or nobles, have been strictly inspected - these actions have fully demonstrated that the current situation is not right.

The high-ranking nobles of the empire all learned that His Majesty the Emperor was critically ill, and then the palace officially announced that His Majesty the Empress was pregnant with the prince... A smarter man immediately thought of an important question: The battle for the throne is finally coming!

Even some dull guys, after receiving the news that Prince Barang suddenly returned to the imperial capital from outside the city, understood that he would naturally fight for the throne when he came back at this time!

Nicole almost moved into the palace and stayed by His Majesty the Queen every day - from the bottom of her heart, she didn't like this in her heart. Facing a woman with a little out of control is not a pleasant thing. But Nicole could understand the Queen's mood at this time - she was in an extremely panic, melancholy, and fearful mood!

The only person the queen can rely on at this moment is the Tulip family - in fact, Nicole is almost worried now that she can't eat every day.

Commander Gordon kept passing in:

Prince Barang is back to the city!

General Bayi, the commander of the Central Cavalry Legion, contacted Prince Barang!

There is an abnormal movement in the camp of the Central Cavalry Legion! The army is gathering!

Marquis of Carolin and Prince Barang come into contact!

The Northern Legion began an unusual assembly!

Every time Nicole hears a message, his sorrow increases a little. According to common sense, the Marquis of Carolin and the Lionheart family are both confidants of His Majesty the Emperor, and they have always been incompatible with Prince Barang - at this moment, the most powerful force that can be won over was Marquis of Carolin.

But two reasons have made this road tightly blocked!

The disagreement between the Lion Heart family and the Tulip family is well known! Now that the queen relies on herself, it is almost impossible for her to win over the Lion Heart family again! The Lion Heart family will never stand on the same front as Tulip.

Of course, there is no eternal enemy in politics, Nicole certainly understands this truth. But now Marquis Carolin also absolutely understands that at this moment, Prince Barang and the child in the queen's belly compete for the throne. Whoever succeeds will be the emperor. Now, Marquis Carolin is facing the problem of standing. If the new emperor is successful, then the Lionheart family will become the biggest contributor to the new emperor's succession!

This is a great opportunity for Marquis of Carolin, who is determined to overthrow the Lionheart family over Tulips and become the first family in the empire!

Moreover, from the current situation, Prince Barang is naturally more likely to win than a baby who has not been born yet!

Although the Marquis of Carolin has always been loyal to Abbas XI, he is not a foolish and loyal person!

Another reason is that the child in the queen's belly is not the Emperor's Majesty at all!

What made Nicole feel a little more at ease was that the Royal Guards were still loyal to the royal family, especially Commander Gordon, who was almost loyal to his side without hesitation!

The Imperial Military Command has also clearly rejected Prince Baran's contact. The old generals of the Empire announced that they remained neutral. Let's talk about everything when His Majesty's condition improves - God knows that the emperor still has hope of waking up!

Nicole believed in his heart that once things change violently and are in the appeal of the Tulip family, the Imperial Command will support itself without hesitation!

But there is a ridiculous problem!

How much strength does the current Imperial Command still have?

In order to reduce the influence of the Tulip family, His Majesty the Emperor has weakened the strength of the Imperial Command in many ways - the four major legions of the Empire, and the Northern Legion handed over to the Lionheart Family of Marquis of Carolin! The Central Cavalry Legion is in the hands of General Bayi, the royal nobleman - among which the Northern Legion was originally loyal to Abbas XI (at least Abbas XI himself thought so), but now in fact, the Northern Legion has become the bargaining chip in the Marquis of Carolin, and they have undoubtedly turned to Prince Baran!

The Central Cavalry Legion, General Bayi, is now closely related to Prince Baran, and now he is even more unable to rely on him!

At present, only General Ello, the commander of the Northwest Legion, was born into a traditional Imperial military force and belonged to the commander. Of course, he could be expected to support him - but the Northwest Legion, can the Northwest Legion be mobilized back? Moreover, after the Northwest War, the Northwest Legion was almost crippled! How much strength is left?

The Southern Legion is also a traditional force of the commander-in-chief military. At this moment, Roddy went to the south, but there is no news yet...

The Northern Legion has begun to assemble. Although there is no next move yet, God knows when the army will head south and reach the Imperial Capital!

Nicole sighed and tried to sweep away the sorrows in her mind, keeping a calm expression on her face. She knew in her heart that she was almost the backbone of her side now. Her Majesty the Queen also relied on her own to support her - but from the bottom of her heart, Nicole was always a little uneasy...

Is it really right for me to do this? After all, the child in the queen's belly is Seit! It is not the royal blood! Speaking of which, Prince Barang is the orthodox descendant of the royal family, and his side seems to be trying to encircle the imperial power...

"Set, Sit, is this your conspiracy? Although you left, you still firmly control the development of things according to your plan... You tied everyone to your chariot..."

Nicole's eyes flashed with hesitation and sighed.

But, is this really going to happen?

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All the soldiers in charge of guarding the gates of the imperial capital were replaced by the people of the Central Cavalry Legion. Teams of soldiers wearing "Thunder Whip" uniforms took over the four gates of the imperial capital, strictly checking the pedestrians coming and going. According to Prince Barang's intention, they simply closed the gates and prohibited entry and exit. However, at the suggestion of the Marquis of Carolin, he finally gave up this idea.

After all, I have not had a coup yet, and there is no rebellion. His Majesty the Emperor has not died yet... If I really ordered the city gate to be confined, I would give my opponent a complaint!

That afternoon, on a road at the south gate of the imperial capital, more than a dozen horses were slowly walking. First, there was a fat man with a bloated figure, and a pale young man behind him, but his eyebrows were a little depressed and looked dejected. Behind him were more than a dozen people with cold expressions, each with cold eyes and calm expressions.

The fat man looked at the city wall in the distance and turned around to the young man on the horse behind him and shouted: "Little bat, is that the imperial capital? We are almost here, why are you still so dejected?"

The young man behind him smiled bitterly and said, "Of course you are relaxed, but I am...ah... I did so many things for you, which is equivalent to betraying Lord Ximang. If you are caught, hum... do you know the way our blood clan punishes the traitor?"

The fat man raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Let me see who dares! You are my follower now, who dares to touch you?"

Then he looked at the city wall in the distance and laughed, "I wonder what that boy Roddy is doing now? Is it because he hugged him Miss Nicole and kissed me? Alas... This boy looks honest, but he is also very frivolous. He sent me a girl a few days ago, which annoyed me... If I hadn't been angry with my eyes and took that woman to the road, I wouldn't know when I would have arrived at the imperial capital!"

Speaking of this, the fat man turned around and shouted at the young man, "I'll ask you! That boy Dark, when will the injury on his body be healed?"

The young man rolled his eyes and said, "There are seventeen or eighteen days left."

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I hope Dak will be sick for a few days... This will lead to the two troublesome women for a while..."

Then he looked at the wall of the imperial capital in front of him and smiled, "I wonder if the palace is really that interesting... If that emperor dared to touch Roddy, I would really set fire to his palace! Hahaha... It must be very interesting to bring more than a dozen blood tribes to the palace!"

The young man behind him couldn't help but stab him: "There are imperial warlock associations and religious institutes of the divine religions in the imperial capital. The pope is also in the imperial capital. If you dare to make a big fuss, you will probably be seeking death."

The fat man snorted coldly: "What kind of warlock association, a group of warlocks, will I see it? And that pope, at worst, burned his religious institute of God! It's no big deal! But you, you've talked too much in the past two days, are you a little looser? "

The young man immediately shivered all over and immediately squeezed out a smile: "How dare I? Lord Tianlie, you are the sun in the sky. I am a little firefly, how dare you compete with the sun and the moon?"

Tian Lie was in a happy mood and was about to laugh a few times when he heard someone suddenly jumping out of the roadside.

The man was wearing a piece of clothing that he had stolen from somewhere. His pants seemed to be pieced together. His face was even more crooked and his nose was slanted. His hands and feet were of different sizes. His legs looked almost one long and one short.

The man walked to the middle of the road and shouted: "I opened this road, I planted this tree, if you want to pass by it...that..."

His eyes rolled and he immediately shouted: "Leave a horse!"

silence……

Then Tian Lie suddenly burst out with a burst of laughter, and almost fell off the horse. The young man on the horse behind him also laughed wildly, looking at the guy standing in the middle of the road, with pity in his eyes...

The man in the middle of the road looked at Tianlie laughing wildly, but he was not angry. He stood there calmly. When Tianlie's laughter gradually stopped, he slowly said: "What are you laughing at? I want a horse with you. Isn't it ridiculous?"

Tian Lie raised his eyebrows, and the young man behind him immediately flew up, stretched out a claw and grabbed the man...

Just a scream was heard, and the young man flew out and hung his body on a tree by the roadside!

"Huh?" Tian Lie's eyes lit up, and a strange expression appeared on his face. He stared at the guy standing in the middle of the road, and couldn't help but say, "You are a thief, you have some skills..."

The man curled his lips, laughed and said, "Then you give me a horse and let me go on the road with you."

Tian Lie glared at his eyes and held back his smile and said, "What did you say?"

The man sighed and said loudly: "Now the gate of the Imperial Capital is very strict. I am not capable of flying around in broad daylight... I am most likely not going to the city for me... So, I have to ask you to help me."

After saying that, the man sat down on the ground casually, and his posture seemed to mean: "If you don't agree, I won't give way!"

Tianlie rubbed his nose hard and cursed with a smile: "You guy, you are not very capable anymore. If someone stops the city gate, just break in directly, or fly in from above. It may not be difficult..."

The man looked at Tianlie with an idiot, and said sarcastically: "Don't you know that the imperial capital is much more strict than before? It is said that vampires appeared in the imperial capital a few days ago. Now a large number of sorcerers have been sent to patrol the city in the religious institute of the Divine Cult to fly in? As soon as you flew into the sky, seven or eight sorcerers surrounded it! It's not difficult to get into the city, but it's so upside down. What else can I do?"

After saying this, he whispered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "Are all the strong people in the realm so brainless?"

Tianlie glared at his eyes: "What did you say?"

The man laughed and said, "You guy, you lend me a horse and let me scramble into the city with you. It will be good for you and me..."

Tian Lie's eyes rolled, and he looked at the person in front of him. His curiosity was getting worse and he was itchy in his hands, so he wanted to go up and beat him up. Is there any life for the thief who dared to rob Master Tian Lie?

But looking at this guy's mysterious and strange appearance, he couldn't help but feel curious again - Tianlie's curiosity was the most serious, which was almost his biggest flaw.

"Okay!" Finally, the fat man gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Give you a horse, you go to the city with us. I want to see what kind of tricks you are doing. The more strange things you are, I will be interested!"

Hearing this sentence, the man on the ground laughed, jumped up, and sat on the young man's horse just now.

Then Tianlie shouted to the young man hanging on the tree: "Little bat, if you are not dead, hurry up. If it is too late, be careful to deal with you well!"

After saying this, he rode his horse and whipped the whip and headed towards the imperial capital.

The strange man was sitting behind him. The man seemed to sigh: "Oh, this is interesting, a fat man with a little weird mind, but he is a strong man in the field. I don't know what kind of trouble is going to cause in the imperial capital... Oh, boy Roddy, why haven't you shown up yet? I will give you a surprise!"

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Mr. Qiu stood outside the hall and quietly looked at the clouds in the sky. His face was calm, but his heart was indeed full of waves... He hardly dared to see the queen again these days. Every time he saw the queen's resentful gaze, his originally calm heart immediately became chaotic...

Nicole came behind him at some point, and looked at Mr. Qiu's back and sighed in a low voice.

Mr. Qiu suddenly turned around and smiled and said, "Miss Nicole, what are you sighing?"

A hint of sadness appeared on Nicole's charming face, and she whispered: "Mr. Qiu, I know you have a very bitter heart... You drove Seit away for the sake of His Majesty the Queen... But you must understand that His Majesty the Queen does not really hate you, but there is no reason to say when a woman falls into love."

Mr. Qiu shook his head and said lightly: "I know, I know all of this. I am not confused for her...I am for myself."

"You yourself?"

"Yes." Mr. Qiu looked at the sky with a bitter smile on his face: "I am mocking myself. I have learned from the swordsmanship and reached the extreme of martial arts. I have reached the realm that others have dreamed of. The world is so great, where can I go? But I still waited in the palace for her... Don't you think I am very sad? Even if a person has the strength of a peerless strong man, so what? Human hearts are fragile. Even if you can control everything in the world, you can't control your own heart."

Nicole was silent, looking at the sky with Mr. Qiu's eyes, with a helpless expression on her face.

She remembered her current situation again - will things really go step by step according to Seit's plan?

At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from the distance behind him. Commander Gordon ran over with his armor and fully armed strode. He saw Miss Nicole and shouted: "Miss! Your Pope is here! He asked to see His Majesty the Queen!"

"His Majesty the Pope?" Nicole frowned. What is he doing? Is the Divine Cult, which has always been out of the struggle for imperial power, also joins in?

She glanced at Mr. Qiu, said nothing, and immediately left with Commander Ge Dun.

A bitter smile appeared on Mr. Qiu's lips...

He suddenly remembered the words before Seit disappeared: "Mr. Qiu, I remind you that the Pope has known your secret for a long time..."
Chapter completed!