This sudden news shocked everyone. The Duke of Aquitaine had actually assassinated Emperor Anthony. But what was strange was that everyone's first reaction wasn't that they didn't believe it, but that they suddenly felt that the Duke of Aquitaine finally wanted to be the Emperor.
That's right. In fact, no one doubted Li Huailin's assassination. It was as if Li Huailin had really done it. The calmness that everyone displayed towards the assassination of the Emperor was unimaginable. Not to mention the commoners, they didn't seem to be angry at all. They didn't even have the intention to crusade against the Duke of Aquitaine. What was even more impressive were the important ministers and military officers of the human race. None of them immediately made any statements, such as swearing eternal loyalty to the Emperor or insisting on opposing the atrocities committed by the Duke of Aquitaine. After receiving the news, all of them actually pretended that they didn't know about this matter at all.
Yes, everyone was panicking. Everyone was waiting for the result. No one dared to take a stand at this moment. If they supported Anthony now and Li Huailin took the throne, what would happen to them? Needless to say, their entire families would be wiped out. If Anthony's side was slightly stronger, then of course they could show their support. But the problem was that they weren't strong, while the Duke of Aquitaine was unbelievably strong.
Yes, this was a very strange phenomenon. Everyone was shocked, but no one talked about it at all. It was as if it was a taboo. Everyone craned their necks to watch the development of the situation.
The only person who was more annoying now was Li Huailin. He was really finding trouble for himself. He already said that he didn't want to be the Emperor anymore. The mission had finally progressed to this point, and Anthony was about to remember the situation. After that, he would be able to get the last piece of secret information. Then … Marina jumped out to cause trouble for him. And the funny thing was that he actually fell for such a simple framing plan …
Li Huailin had to think about how to deal with this matter. Of course, the first thing he had to do was to return to his own territory. Right now, there were still two guys around him who were useless. He needed to give them some antidote to dissolve the Dou Qi suppressing potion in their bodies. There was a Master Alchemist in his territory who could probably concoct this potion.
Without saying anything, Li Huailin flew straight back to his territory. In fact, the distance between Li Huailin's territory and the main city was quite far, but it didn't take long to fly there. During this time, Li Huailin also received some very unpleasant news.
"Huailin, one of our shops was sealed," the person who spoke to Li Huailin was Red Moon, the president of the Red Army of Women.
The shop that Red Moon mentioned was naturally the one registered under Li Huailin's name. When Li Huailin bought five shops, he transferred four of them to others, and kept one for himself. Of course, this shop was also used by the Red Army of Women to do business. Because the deputy manager was Su Ruoyan, the name was still under Li Huailin's name.
Now, because of Li Huailin's "rebellion," the palace here naturally began to seize Li Huailin's things in the main city, including the shops and Li Huailin's house in the main city. In fact, all of them had been sealed. Although there was nothing inside, it still had a great impact on Red Moon's business.
"What are you doing now …" Red Moon also couldn't figure out what Li Huailin had done. Anyway, according to the soldiers, the Duke of Aquitaine assassinated the emperor and then rebelled against the country. It was really an act of courting death.
"I don't know what to say." Li Huailin held his forehead. "Will it have a big impact on the guild?"
"Not really. Originally, your shop was used as a warehouse. The current situation is that the business is not affected, but the things in the warehouse are all sealed. When the things in the shop are sold out, we will be in a little bit of trouble," Red Moon said.
"Understood. I will deal with this matter quickly." Li Huailin nodded.
While chatting, Li Huailin arrived above his territory. As soon as he flew to the Duke's house, he saw that the Duke's house was busy. Everyone was walking around crazily.
"What? No crown? We will make it now. We have a lot of gold. Why didn't we think of this before? Why didn't we prepare this thing in advance? "
"What?! The emperor's robe … Take it and let the tailor make it. What are you all waiting for? You guys should help out too. "
"The location of the coronation? We will talk about this when Sir Lord arrives. "
"I will leave the matter of contacting the ambassadors of the various countries to you …"
Several cabinet ministers kept giving orders to the servants, giving them orders that made one's scalp go numb.
"Hey, hey, you guys, stop messing around like that," Li Huailin said as he jumped down from the sky.
"Sir Lord!" Everyone hurriedly greeted Li Huailin. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Geert, stepped forward and answered, "Sir Lord, we are preparing what we need."
"Who told you that I need a crown and a yellow robe? I didn't say that I want to be the emperor," Li Huailin said with a puzzled expression.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned. Geert stepped forward and asked, "This … Forgive this subordinate for being blunt. Sir Lord, if you don't want to be the emperor, why did you assassinate His Highness Anthony?"
"F * ck, who told you that I assassinated Anthony?" Li Huailin felt a headache coming on. "Which f * cking bastard made up this rumor?"
"Sir Lord, the palace has issued an official announcement. Take a look." Oliveira, who was at the side, immediately handed over something that looked like a document. It denounced Li Huailin's despicable act of assassinating His Highness Anthony. Not only did he assassinate the emperor, but he also killed hundreds of palace guards, kidnapped two prisoners on death row for treason, and destroyed the palace.
"…" Li Huailin was speechless. This … This last one was really his doing. Li Huailin flung the document in his hand and said with a displeased expression, "Nonsense, this is all framing. Are you guys stupid? This is a f * cking document given by the enemy, and you believe it? If the enemy asks you to surrender, are you going to surrender?"
"Yes, Sir Lord." As everyone spoke, Geert immediately took a step forward. "Everyone, listen up. His Excellency the Duke is definitely not an ungrateful person who would assassinate the late Emperor. This is all a ploy by the enemy to shift the blame! We were forced to retaliate. The righteous side is on our side! "
"Yes, Sir Lord!" Everyone replied in unison.
"Why do I feel that something is wrong?" Li Huailin held his forehead. "No, let's not talk about how Anthony became the late emperor before he even died. I really didn't assassinate Anthony, okay? It's not about righteousness, I really didn't."
"Yes, Sir Lord, I really didn't." Geert nodded seriously. The others also had an expression that said, "We'll definitely pretend that nothing happened."
"…" Li Huailin really didn't know what to say. He looked at Dernate behind him and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "Hey, wait, someone can prove it for me. Dernate, hurry up and tell me, did I really not assassinate Anthony?"
"Yes, I can prove that Her Highness the Empress used drugs to control His Majesty," Dernate immediately said. This was the truth.
"Oh, I see." All the ministers on Li Huailin's side had an expression that said, "I see." Geert immediately said, "Sir Lord, that's a good plan. Not only did you drag the Empress down with you, but you also have His Highness the Emperor's Knight Captain Dernate as a witness. Now, this matter is much more credible. Should we report this to the entire continent?"
"Report your cousin. This is the f * cking truth. Why are you telling me whether it's credible or not?" Li Huailin was about to go berserk. "I'll f * cking say it again, I really didn't assassinate Anthony. This was really done by Empress Malina."
"Yes, Sir Lord. This was done by Empress Malina. It has nothing to do with you." Everyone replied in unison again, repeating what Li Huailin had said, as if they were trying to remember what he said in their hearts to deceive themselves.
"I …" Li Huailin finally understood what it meant to be unable to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River. This really had nothing to do with him. Why did everyone believe that he was the one who did it?
"Duke, the most important thing now is to rescue His Majesty Anthony. As long as we can rescue His Majesty Anthony, everything will be easy," Dernate immediately said. He had a good idea.
"Yes, I want to do that too. The problem is where Anthony is. Who knows? If you were the Empress, would you put Anthony in an obvious place?" Li Huailin said. "Now that the other party said that I stabbed Anthony, we can use the excuse of him being seriously injured to hide him. We definitely won't be able to find him now."
"But … will His Majesty Anthony be in danger?" Dernate asked worriedly.
"He's not in danger." Li Huailin immediately said, "If Malina wanted to make a move, she would've done it long ago. We wouldn't be able to make it in time. If nothing happened now, then nothing will happen. The main thing now is to kill Malina, but we don't know where she is."
"Duke, everything depends on you now." Dernate was also out of ideas. He immediately said, "If there's anything I can do, I'll do my best."
"Think about what happened in the past few days. Did Malina issue any strange orders? I believe that since she dared to do this, she must have made preparations," Li Huailin said.
"Oh, right." Dernate suddenly said, "I remember. Yesterday, I heard from a few prison guards that there seemed to be some movements in the army."
"Army movements?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned.
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