In the palace meeting hall.
Hundreds of imperial guards are guarding the area around the throne. Since the palace suffered an inexplicable sudden earthquake yesterday, the entire palace has been under martial law.
You must know that when choosing the location of the royal city, the royal family took natural disasters into consideration.
The royal city where the Saint Sodin Kingdom is now located has not experienced an earthquake for thousands of years.
When the earthquake suddenly struck yesterday, the people were so frightened that they almost thought the Necrons had invaded.
This was very frustrating for the fourth princess, and she finally managed to calm down the panic among the people after a lot of effort.
In the next room to the council chamber, the fourth princess held a pile of official documents and battle reports in her hands. These documents described the current critical situation in detail.
Recently, the soldiers of the Necrons seem to have gone crazy, attacking the Wall of God like a tide.
The fierce offensive suddenly increased the pressure on the front line. The kingdom's general Heslett had sent messages asking for help many times, and every word revealed the tightness and difficulty of the front line war.
Looking at the financial situation of the kingdom, it is simply too miserable to look at.
After Rowan Harvey explained all the situation, not only the four princesses were shocked, but also the entire upper class of the kingdom exploded.
Today the kingdom's finances are in name only, like an empty shell.
On the surface, it seems that there is still a lot of property, but in fact, the remaining property is difficult to maintain the normal operation of the kingdom.
Fortunately, the old king had the foresight to deal with the chief justice in advance, leaving a large fortune to the new king.
Otherwise, relying on the current empty treasury, not to mention supporting the frontline war, it is far from enough to even pay salaries to the officials of these kingdoms.
Now the fourth princess is guarded by four holy warriors. Since she obtained the seventh prince's seal symbolizing the wings of the kingdom, the fourth princess can be said to have firmly controlled the military power in her own hands.
During the short few days when she acted as the king, the fourth princess suddenly felt that the position of the king was simply a hot potato, and anyone who wanted to be the king could take it.
Looking back on the past, she was really obsessed with fighting for the throne.
The exhaustion of dealing with state affairs in the past few days made her miserable. She only slept for three hours in four days, and the dark circles under her eyes were so thick that it felt like she had been punched twice.
What was most difficult for her to accept was that she found that she was losing a lot of hair.
So the fourth princess has already thought that as soon as the seventh prince comes back, she will immediately return the royal power in her hands to that guy.
After all, the fourth princess fought for the throne to a large extent to save her life.
In this turbulent royal family, if you perform particularly well in a certain aspect, you will naturally become a thorn in the eyes and flesh of others.
Even if the fourth princess no longer wants to fight for it, she is still coerced by various forces around her and has no choice but to fight for this thing that symbolizes power.
"Pass my order to mobilize the 300,000 troops from the Northern Military Region to the Wall of God. We must block the attack of the Necrons no matter what."
"Yes!" After hearing the fourth princess's order, the officials below did not dare to delay at all, and quickly bowed down to deliver this urgent order.
Although the fourth princess only took the stage for a few days, in this limited time, she fully demonstrated her resolute and iron-blooded methods.
Relying on the holy warriors around her, she directly targeted those stubborn and clique-minded officials from the Establishment faction, executing more than a hundred officials in one fell swoop.
This bloody move was like throwing a huge boulder on a calm lake. It instantly caused an uproar in the entire royal city, and everyone in the royal city was in danger.
Just when the fourth princess was having a splitting headache from this series of events, she suddenly heard a faint movement coming from next door.
Bang!
Gold and iron collided, and the throne high up in the meeting hall flew up.
At this moment, a large group of imperial guards rushed into the kingdom's meeting hall like a tide.
The fourth princess hurried to the Kingdom Council Hall with several holy warriors.
"Sure enough, the air above is better. After staying down there for a long time, the air sucked in too much and I felt like I was about to turn into a corpse." Hearing this voice, the fourth princess's eyes lit up instantly. She was sure that she was not You heard it wrong, this is the voice of the seventh prince.
The next second, Ammu climbed out from under the throne with an ice hammer.
Afterwards, the Seventh Prince, Lin Yi, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang filed out, and the last one to come out was Prisoner.
These people now looked dirty, or as dirty as if they had just crawled out of the garbage.
There was nothing they could do about it, after all, there was no place to wash down below, and the blood on their bodies had dried and congealed.
"Is this the breath of freedom? It's so comfortable." The prisoner raised his head slightly and focused his eyes on the ceiling that had not yet been repaired. Looking at the beam of sunlight that came in, the breath on his body escaped involuntarily. part of it.
The fourth princess forced herself to put her hand on the shoulder of a guard beside her, and then managed to stabilize her figure without making a fool of herself in front of everyone.
"Control your aura." The seventh prince frowned, walked over quickly, raised his hand and gave the prisoner a bang.
Prisoner, who was a little stunned by this sudden blow, finally came to his senses and took back his breath.
"In this case, the contract is over and it's time for me to leave." Prisoner murmured.
As he spoke, a contract appeared in front of him and began to burn out of thin air. The blue flames jumped and quickly devoured the contract.
What Ling Xingzong never expected was that after this contract was burned, there would be another contract hidden under the ashes.
Under everyone's gaze, the newly emerged contract suddenly seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand and split into four.
The strange thing is that these four contracts all have the fingerprints of prisoners on them.
The prisoner had never seen such a strange scene before. His eyes widened and he was stunned, looking dumbfounded.
Looking at this new contract and the power of the contract that was constantly surging from his body, Prisoner's mind seemed to have suddenly shut down and went blank.
After a while, he slowly turned his head and turned his attention to Lidya Su.
"This is some guarantee I asked you to make to prevent you from turning your back on me when you come up." Su Xiao said leisurely and lit a cigarette.
The smell emanating from his body was indeed a bit pungent, but it was not noticeable when he was under the Shia Temple. After all, the decaying and thick smell in the tomb was much stronger than the smell on their bodies.
But now that we're up there, the smell seems a bit unpleasant.
Prisoner's face became a little gloomy and ugly. He then looked at the contents of the four newly signed contracts, and his face softened a little.
The main content of these four newly signed contracts is actually to restrict the prisoner from attacking three other people. To put it simply, this is equivalent to a one-way inviolability treaty.
"You guys are nothing like your ancestors." The prisoner stared at Su Xiao. In his impression, how could the Shadow of Extinguisher make so many complicated twists and turns? With one person and one sword, everyone was frightened and fled away.
"I can't help it, I'm not as powerful as my senior."
Su Xiao didn't feel the slightest guilt about this. In his opinion, these were just some necessary means to ensure his own safety.
"You are finally back! Come on, this is the Iron Crown. Take this thing back quickly." As soon as the fourth princess saw the seventh prince, she walked forward quickly and couldn't wait to put the crown on her head that symbolized the supreme royal power. The iron crown was handed to the seventh prince.
When the seventh prince saw the iron crown, he felt as if he saw a bomb that was about to explode at any time, and his whole body suddenly trembled.
He coughed twice and said quickly: "Ahem, Fourth Sister, look at how embarrassed I am now. How can I be a king? Look, haven't you been managing quite well these days? How about you be the king?"
The seventh prince racked his brains and tried every means to get rid of this hot potato. He was not willing to be tightly bound by the throne for his whole life.
In his opinion, if he really sat on the throne, then he would not be able to go outside the Wall of God to find trouble with those undead monarchs, and he would not be able to freely go outside with those beautiful ladies. Have fun.
The fourth princess laughed angrily, she finally figured out that the seventh prince was just going to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
"Don't try to push this thing to me anymore. Just sit on this throne for me." The fourth princess smiled ferociously and put the crown on the seventh prince's head without any explanation.
The seventh prince felt helpless and raised his hand to gently touch the iron crown on his head.
It's really strange. Just a few days ago, everyone was fighting for this crown, but now, everyone has begun to dislike it.
"Okay, since the crown has been returned to you, I'm leaving. I haven't slept well these past few days, and I have dark circles under my eyes." The fourth princess took out a small mirror and looked at herself in the mirror distressedly appearance.
You know, before she sat on the throne, the fourth princess took care of herself to be even more beautiful than those 28-year-old girls, but now, she looks as if she has aged more than ten years.
"Don't bother me. Fourth sister, you must help me. Politics is really not my area of expertise. How about I give you the position of head of the cabinet? What do you think?" When the seventh prince saw that the fourth princess was planning to leave, he immediately He became anxious and hurriedly reached out to hold the fourth princess. Such a capable helper cannot be allowed to run away so easily.
"Head of the cabinet?" Upon hearing this position, the fourth princess frowned slightly and began to hesitate.
The position of head of the cabinet is actually equivalent to the prime minister, with great power.
Moreover, the affairs of this position are not that complicated. The only responsibility is to submit some key matters to the emperor for final decision.
"Deal. But now, I have to go back and have a good beauty sleep. Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do." The fourth princess glanced at the seventh prince, then turned and left the kingdom's meeting hall.
She hummed a light tune while walking towards her villa in the capital.
She planned to clear all the messy things in her mind first, and as for the follow-up matters, she would wait until she took good care of herself.
Several people did not mind the blood stains on their bodies and held a banquet directly in the kingdom's meeting hall.
Ten minutes later, they sat down in a circle in the meeting hall and began to feast.
Lin Yi originally thought that Eminem's appetite was ridiculously large, but when he saw Qin Xing's unique eating style, he suddenly felt that Eminem's eating appearance looked very well-educated compared to Qin Xing's.
Eminem at least finished the meal before putting the plate in his mouth.
The prison sentence was even more severe. He directly picked up the plate and stuffed the plate and food into his mouth. I really didn't know if his intestines and stomach could digest these things.
"Two more roasted sheep and one roasted cow." After the prisoner crunched the bones in his hands, he continued to shout to the attendant beside him.
Fortunately, the prisoner learned human language very quickly. Although he still stumbled a bit when speaking, there was no problem in normal communication.
After the surrounding servants heard the prison sentence's request, they immediately walked out of the meeting hall and asked the chefs in the kitchen to work overtime to prepare the food.
"What are you going to do after you come out from below?" The seventh prince looked at the prisoner with bright eyes, and a strange idea suddenly came to his mind.
"I want to go around first to see how much the world has changed compared to the Shia Dynasty." A look of confusion appeared on the prisoner's face.
He has been trapped in the Temple of Shia for hundreds of years, and this long time has been enough to erase the scenes in his memory.
"What about after the transfer? What are your plans?" the seventh prince asked.
The prisoner shook his head slightly and said softly: "I don't know."
The seventh prince smiled and said enthusiastically: "If you have nowhere to go, why not come to my place. I dare not say anything else, but at least I can ensure that you have enough food."
After hearing the seventh prince's words, Prisoner stared at him deeply.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a trace of Emperor Shia in the seventh prince.
This meal, everyone ate and drank to their heart's content, lasted for three hours.
There have been three batches of chefs in the kitchen. The first two batches of people were helped out because of hand cramps.
Eminem ate all the lamb leg meat in front of him, and then he burped with satisfaction.
As for Lin Yi, the Seventh Prince and others, their stomachs were already round after eating, and they lay on the carpet of the meeting hall with their stomachs covered.
As for the dried blood on several people's bodies that made the carpet of the meeting hall dirty, the seventh prince didn't care at all. In his opinion, the worst thing to do was to replace it with a new carpet.
"By the way, this is the iron crown you want." The seventh prince was lying on the ground, as if he suddenly remembered something, and then casually took off the crown symbolizing royal power on his head, and threw it to the dragon-slaying flash that was being carefully maintained. Su Xiao.
Su Xiao reacted quickly, raised her arm slightly, and firmly caught the iron crown.
This crown is made of iron, which is hard and not easily damaged.
There was a bright ruby inlaid in the middle of the iron crown. Su Xiao deftly pulled off the gem easily, and then threw the crown back to the seventh prince.
"I'm ready to leave." Su Xiao suddenly said this to everyone after obtaining the Stone of Law.
Lin Yi was not surprised by this, because before they left, Su Xiao had said in the contact channel that he was going outside to look for the ruins of the extermination method.
Originally, Su Xiao wanted to invite Lin Yi to go with him, but Lin Yi refused.
The extinguishing ruins are Su Xiao's exclusive ruins. Su Xiao will definitely gain something if he goes there, but he may not necessarily gain anything if Lin Yi goes there.
"Huh? What are you going to do?" the seventh prince asked curiously.
"I want to go outside the Wall of God. It is said that there are ruins of extinguishing magic there. I have to go and take a look." Su Xiao did not try to be mysterious, but told the seventh prince his plan without reservation.
The seventh prince and the old king are two completely different people. The old king is full of conspiracies and tricks, and likes to go round and round in everything he says.
When dealing with such people, if you don't keep a little more caution, you may get tricked without even knowing what happened.
But the Seventh Prince was different. He was strong enough and didn't even bother to play those crooked tricks.
He prefers a straightforward and open-minded approach, and likes to explain everything clearly.
Although sometimes you may think that this person has some brain problems, in most cases, this kind of person's affinity will make people around him unconsciously attracted and slowly come to stand beside him.
With the seventh prince's ability and lifespan, maybe he will become another Shia Emperor in a few hundred years.
"Oh, I really hope you can continue to be my iron hand. I have to say that the position established by the old man is really useful. I will definitely establish such a position in the future." The seventh prince's face There was a hint of disappointment, but he quickly adjusted his mentality.
He then asked: "Then what do you need me to do for you on this trip?"
Su Xiao waved her hand and said: "It's not necessary. Your sphere of influence is not outside the Wall of God. If I go alone, the target will be smaller."
The seventh prince nodded: "Okay, I won't take back the golden lion mark that the old man gave you. If you need help in the future, just go to Heslett. The old man should still be in the Palace of Gods now." We’re fighting with those stinky guys from the Necrons at the wall.”
"Um."
Before leaving, the seventh prince gave Su Xiao a map outside the Wall of God. This map was not a treasure of the kingdom, but was drawn by the seventh prince himself based on his own memory and understanding.
Because of this, the map looks a bit difficult to identify, but for Su Xiao, this has been a big help.
Having a map and not having a map are two completely different things. After leaving the Wall of God, the Seventh Prince's map will definitely play a huge role.
Later, Lin Yi also said goodbye to the Seventh Prince.
The seventh prince said with some reluctance: "Cousin, your seventh brother and I are in need of someone right now. Why do you have to leave?"
For Lin Yi, the Seventh Prince was really reluctant to part with him.
There are really not many people he can speak his mind to now, half of them are the fourth princess, and one is Lin Yi.
After Lin Yi left, the seventh prince felt that he would not be able to find anyone who could speak his mind to him.
Lin Yi waved his hand and said: "Hey, I just want to go out for a walk. When the old man was alive, I never had time to go out. Now that I finally have free time, I definitely want to go out and walk around. By the way, old man Where is his tomb? I want to pay my respects before leaving."
The seventh prince replied: "It's still in the same place, the Royal Cemetery. You should be able to see it when you get there."
With that said, the seventh prince handed Lin Yi a hand card. With this thing, Lin Yi could directly call on the local army no matter where he was in the Saint Sodin Kingdom.
It can be seen from this that the seventh prince really regards Lin Yi as one of his own.
After Lin Yi left the Kingdom Council Hall, he came to the Royal Cemetery.
This place is in sharp contrast to the bustling and bustling royal capital, making it seem particularly quiet.
After all, this is the resting place of kings of all ages, so no one will intrude randomly.
In the entire cemetery, apart from Lin Yi, there were only royal guards patrolling around.
Bayherbert's tomb was not difficult to find. It didn't take much effort for Lin Yi to find the newly piled grave. This was the burial place of the old king.
Looking at the sacrifices placed in front of the tomb, Lin Yi smiled and said softly: "Now, you can finally have a good sleep."
"Reincarnation Paradise, return." (End of chapter)