"Your Highness, is it okay to shout like that? I have a feeling that something bad will happen." After Dernate finished shouting, he immediately felt that something was wrong. That was a little too much of a threat. They were currently doubting your legitimacy to the throne, and now you're threatening them? Won't you force them to rebel?
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's all we can do for now." Anthony, of course, knew that this wasn't a good idea, but he could only trust Li Huailin's judgment.
Unexpectedly, Li Huailin's threat worked well. After he finished speaking, the entire city fell silent. The civilians instantly stopped talking. The soldiers on the city wall watched as Li Huailin walked towards the rebels. They really wanted to see what Li Huailin was going to do.
"It's the Duke of Aquitaine." After walking a little closer, the rebels saw who it was. At first, they saw someone jump down from the city wall, but they didn't see who it was. Now that they got closer, they realized that it was actually Li Huailin. This surprised them. Wasn't Li Huailin supposed to be the commander of this defense? Why was he suddenly here?
"Hah!" The rebels immediately raised their spears and charged forward. Although there was only one person, they acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They seriously organized a defensive formation.
"Wait, let him come here," Fantine suddenly said from the stage. "I want to hear what he wants."
"Okay …" Ames nodded. He was confident that he could protect Fantine, so he wasn't worried that Li Huailin would attack her. Of course, he didn't think that Li Huailin was here to assassinate him. After all, he was walking so obviously. No matter how you looked at it, it didn't seem like an assassination. He probably wanted to talk about something.
After receiving the order, the soldiers in front naturally made way for him. However, they still didn't put away their spears. One by one, they pointed their sharp spears at Li Huailin, as if they would immediately stab him if he made any strange movements.
Of course, Li Huailin completely ignored the soldier beside him. He leisurely strolled to the front of the wooden platform, flipped himself over, and quickly stood in front of Fantine.
Facing Li Huailin, although Li Huailin didn't reveal any killing intent or oppressive aura, Fantine subconsciously took a step back. Emms immediately took a step forward and stood on Fantine's right to prevent any accidents from happening.
Because Ames was beside her, Fantine calmed down a little. She looked up at Li Huailin and asked, "Duke of Aquitaine, why did you come here alone?"
"Hmm …" Li Huailin thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Out of courtesy, I'll give you one last warning. All of you, get out immediately. I'll let you go this time. Did anyone listen?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. The soldiers beside him looked at Li Huailin like an idiot. Didn't he know which side had the upper hand now?
However, Fantine didn't laugh at him. Instead, she replied very seriously, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I refuse. As the princess of the Empire of San Felipe and the future empress, I have the responsibility to save the people from you and that fake king. Thank you for coming here to inform me. Also out of courtesy, I won't take you down here. Please go back and prepare for battle."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was a little stunned. "Wait, you seemed to have said something very interesting. You said you want to save the people?"
"Of course, is there something wrong?" Fantine said.
"No, I just think it's very interesting." Li Huailin said. "What you mean by saving the people is that the people are in a situation where they can't survive, and you're here to save them?"
"It's not that they can't survive, but under your terrifying control, even if the people can eat their fill, they don't have any freedom at all. Of course, we need to save them. This is my responsibility as the princess of the Empire of San Felipe," Fantine said seriously.
"Hehe … You're not joking, are you? A reign of terror … I'm really speechless," Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Am I wrong?" Fantine said. "Just like what happened just now, you ordered the whole family of those who went out of the city gate to be killed. Under your rule, the people don't even have the freedom to go out of the city gate. Isn't this a reign of terror?" Fantine asked, a little angry.
"Hmm … I see." Li Huailin nodded. "But Princess, the basis of your words is based on the fact that all the people hate and fear my orders, right? I'm very curious. How do you know that the people hate my orders?"
"Isn't that obvious? Kill the whole family of those who go out of the city. Would anyone like such a terrifying order? "Fantine said immediately.
"No, no, no … Princess." Li Huailin waved his hand. "Please be careful. Don't use your own subjective judgment to determine the thoughts of others. Not everyone thinks the same as you."
"Of course I know that, but how could anyone like your orders?" Fantine said matter-of-factly.
"Alright, let's do an experiment." Li Huailin said with a smile. "You can ask the soldiers, civilians, and ministers in the city now. Is there anyone who disagrees with my orders just now?"
"Is there a need to ask?" Emms said immediately.
"As long as there's one person who hates my orders, I'll surrender to you right here and now, and let the soldiers open the city gate. Do you want to try?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Are you telling the truth?" Fantine immediately asked.
"Of course, I still have a 100% chance of fulfilling my promise. Just like I said earlier, if you had retreated just now, I would have spared your lives. But if you gave up, I would have no choice but to kill you," Li Huailin said.
"In that case, Duke Aquitaine, watch carefully." After Fantine finished speaking, she nodded at a rebel soldier dressed as a mage. The mage immediately waved his staff, and a green magical halo appeared on Fantine's body. Fantine cleared her mouth and shouted in the direction of the main city.
"People of the main city, listen to me," Fantine shouted. Fantine shouted, "Please don't panic. Our target this time is only Anthony, who killed my father, and his rebels. The Duke of Aquitaine has just given an order that anyone who leaves the city gate will have their entire family killed. We will never let this happen. All of you hate this kind of reign of terror, don't you think so? Please don't worry, these policies of terror will leave you soon. Now, please let me hear your voices of opposition! "
After Fantine finished shouting, the group of people looked at Li Huailin as if they were waiting to see a joke. In their imagination, they would soon hear the earth-shattering voices of support for Fantine.
However, reality was often different from what they imagined. Hearing Fantine's words, the people in the city were instantly stunned.
"What's going on? What does she mean? "One of the people did not understand the genteel words and directly asked his companion next to him.
"She said she won't let the Duke of Aquitaine kill our whole family," the person next to him answered simply.
"F * ck! How dare she say something like that? It's my good fortune that the Duke of Aquitaine is willing to kill my whole family. How dare these people stop him! "
"Damn it, I thought the princess was here to help us. In the end, it's this person who dares to stop the Duke of Aquitaine from killing our whole family. This is intolerable!"
"That's right. This f * cking princess thinks she can do whatever she wants with the support of the Church. She doesn't care about our lives at all. Now she even dares to shamelessly ask us if we support the Duke of Aquitaine. This is f * cking nonsense. Which one of you doesn't support the Duke of Aquitaine killing your whole family?"
"Of course we support him!"
"Long live the Duke of Aquitaine!"
"Everyone, let's shout together and get these people to scram!"
"Long live the Duke of Aquitaine!" "Long live the Duke of Aquitaine!"
In an instant, the entire city was filled with shouts of "Long live the Duke of Aquitaine", mixed with endless curses towards Fantine's rebel army. The group of people was so agitated that they wanted to rush out of the city gates to help Li Huailin kill the rebel army.
Hearing the shouts behind him, Li Huailin looked at the dumbfounded people in front of him. He smiled and said, "Did you hear the voices of the people?"
"That's impossible!" Fantine immediately shouted. "That's absolutely impossible!"
"That's why I said that it's hard to understand the hearts of people. Don't think that you know what the people need, because you don't understand them at all." Li Huailin spread his hands and said, "Do you think that the people are easy to deceive? As long as they can eat their fill and have a job to do, that's not the case at all."
"You're talking nonsense!" Fantine said. "You must have done something. That's right, you must have forced them to shout like this."
"Hehe, you still don't want to admit defeat, do you?" Li Huailin said. "Alright then, it wasn't so troublesome in the first place. I just thought it was fun, so I'll play with you a little more. We can do another experiment."
"What are you trying to say?" Fantine asked.
"Hmm …" Li Huailin looked left and right, then suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Cardinal Drusby behind Fantine. "You … Yes, you. Come over here."
"Me?" Drusby was a little strange, but he still walked slowly to Li Huailin. "Your Highness, Duke of Aquitaine, what can I do for you?"
"Smack!" Just as Drusby walked to Li Huailin, Li Huailin raised his hand and sent Cardinal Drusby flying with a slap.
The action was so sudden that no one expected it. Even Ames couldn't react. In an instant, everyone was stunned.
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