Chapter 543 Where is my reward?
Ilea's victory in the tourney, and as the only female champion in history, should have sparked an unprecedented wave of heated discussion.
However, now everyone's attention has been attracted by the death of Edward II. Everyone from the nobles to the common people are discussing this matter in the streets and alleys.
Emperors had been assassinated before, and just a few years ago Edward II had experienced a palace coup against him.
However, being poisoned like this in front of tens of thousands of people, and the glass of poisoned wine was brought by his own son, the drama in it was full of drama.
In addition, before his death, Edward II also revealed that the Wing Clan would invade the continent of Bratis. This news also caused an uproar. Immediately afterwards, Edward II also hinted that both the elves and the dwarf kingdoms had fallen to the invaders.
The speech he gave before his death was not long, but it was extremely rich in content. Picking a sentence at random could shake the continent, but His Majesty the Emperor's last words were lost before he could say them.
Nowadays, the people in the royal capital are still arguing about this. Some people think that all this is just Edward II's imagination.
He made up excuses to launch a war against the elves and dwarves and complete the great deeds that successive emperors of the empire had failed to accomplish in order to satisfy his pathetic vanity.
Others firmly believed that what Edward II said was true. The peace that had lasted for hundreds of years was about to be broken, and a powerful enemy was about to attack.
In contrast, the nobles are more concerned about the candidate of the next emperor of the empire, but there is actually not much suspense about this issue. Although Edward II died suddenly, he had already decided on his successor before his death—— His eldest son Garth.
Edward II had asked Garth to attend the royal council as early as five years ago and sit in on the sidelines.
Last year, Edward II simply asked his eldest son to attend the royal meeting and handle daily government affairs on his behalf.
And he himself often disappears for a month or two, praying to the goddess of life with the priests of Cornelia.
Several imperial ministers had a very clear understanding of the prince's temper and temperament, and the cooperation between the two parties had been relatively pleasant before, so they all supported Garth's succession to the throne.
The royal council even set the time for the coronation ceremony. Just two days later, Garth could wear the crown and sit on the bone throne that his father once sat on.
Garth's heart was agitated when he thought of this, but since Edward II had just been poisoned, he didn't show too much excitement to the outside world. He just handled the work at hand meticulously as usual.
This also earned him more praise from the Imperial Council. In fact, compared to Edward II, who had an increasingly erratic personality and worshiped the goddess of life crazily, the nobles in the royal capital were generally more optimistic about the future new emperor. .
He was obviously easier to get along with than his father.
However, there was one person in Lionheart Castle at this time who didn't care about the topics that were being discussed. He only cared about one thing - who poisoned the emperor of the empire.
The captain of the Imperial Guard came to the hotel where Miss Rabbit lived in the afternoon and had a private conversation with the girl.
Lord Durun is mainly concerned about two issues. The first is whether Ilea noticed anyone acting suspiciously in the competition field today.
After thinking for a while, the female lord said truthfully, "I basically put all my energy into the battle in the morning, and I didn't pay much attention to things outside the competition field after that."
"While waiting for the reward, I noticed that you were a little absent-minded. Can you tell me what you were thinking about at that time?"
"Oh, I was thinking about His Majesty's plan to seal the crab horn to me." Ilea said.
"But you didn't seem particularly happy at that time."
"Because with my current status and the family behind me, it is obviously difficult to truly rule that seaport.
"And the Crab Corners are too far away from my previous territory. One is in the easternmost part of the empire, and the other is in the westernmost part. It would take more than half a year just to travel there." Miss Rabbit explained.
"His Majesty has also considered the issues you mentioned, so he seems to hope that you and His Highness Allister..."
"Be friends?" Miss Rabbit said seriously, "I will definitely comply with your Majesty's last wish."
Du Lun looked at the girl who was pretending to be stupid, and actually didn't understand why the latter was so resistant to this marriage. Judging from their identities and backgrounds, Ilea was undoubtedly the one who took advantage.
But this question probably has little to do with what he wants to investigate, and Edward II is already dead.
Although His Majesty made it very clear before he died, he just needed to make it clear in the last step, but what he didn't say was what he didn't say. Now even if Ilea is willing, the marriage will most likely be ruined, and there is no point in dwelling on it any longer.
The captain of the royal guard stopped here and asked the second and most important question of the trip.
"What did His Majesty say to you before he died?"
"Huh?" Miss Rabbit was stunned when she heard this, "Did your Majesty say anything to me?"
Du Lun was carefully observing the expression on the girl's face, and seeing that her shock didn't seem to be fake, he said.
"Besides me, the person closest to His Majesty before his death was you. And when I hugged His Majesty, he was speechless, but I saw that he seemed to have said something in your ear...< br>
"His Majesty has always admired you and praised you more than once in front of others. Under those circumstances, it is possible that he told you his last words.
"Well, when you said that, I remembered that His Majesty's lips did seem to move when he fell on me, but the sound was too low, and I was in a panic at the time, so I didn't hear anything."
"Is that so?" Du Lun frowned, "Can you think about it again, because this matter is very important. It may help us catch the murderer and avenge His Majesty."
The female lord thought hard for a while after hearing this, and finally shook her head and said, "No, I really don't know what your majesty was talking about at that time, but most people would most likely be calling for help in that situation. Didn't your majesty call for help before?" Will the priest of Cornelia save him?"
"Your guess is also reasonable." The captain of the royal guard looked a little disappointed, but he still said politely, "Thank you for your hard work. I have asked all my questions. Congratulations on becoming the champion of this martial arts tournament."
"Thank you, I wonder if I can also ask a question?" the female lord said cautiously, "Although it may be a bit inappropriate, but that reward...can it still count?"
"…………"
After a moment, Du Lun nodded and said, "Of course, the rewards of the tournament are all distributed by His Majesty on behalf of the empire. Although His Majesty is no longer here, his promise is still valid.
"It's just that if you want to finally get the money and land, you have to wait until the new emperor is crowned, but it should be soon. I heard that the Imperial Council has set the coronation date of Prince Gars for two days." Today. First update, good night everyone
(End of chapter)