-    Chapter 160

"You mean..." Nicole's eyes showed a surprised look and looked at the Pope Corsica VI in front of her. She couldn't help but look back at the queen sitting behind her.

Corsica VI smiled faintly. He gently held the staff in his hand and wore a white spotless robe. Although he was just standing there, he seemed to look at the two women in front of him with a downward look, and said lightly: "You heard it right now. On behalf of the Divine Empire of Light, I would like to say hello to the future Emperor of the Empire! I wish Your Majesty the Queen good health and the future Emperor of the Emperor of the Great!

Nicole said in surprise: "His Majesty, can I understand what you mean? Is the God Church willing to stand on His Majesty's side?"

Corsica VI smiled meaningfully, but didn't speak, and said lightly: "The Church of God has never intervened in the power of the empire. We are just a loyal believer of gods. But if anyone wants to disobey God's will or subvert the authority of the Church of God in the world, then the Church of God will not sit idly by!"

Nicole took a deep breath: "His Majesty, you mean, Prince Barang..."

But Corsica VI stopped talking, just shook his head to the Queen, and then turned around and left.

The queen looked a little surprised, looked at Nicole and whispered: "Miss Nicole, will your Majesty the Pope really support us?"

Nicole pondered for a moment and whispered: "His Majesty Queen, we can certainly believe what the Pope says... but we must not be careful..."

Looking at the queen's blank expression, Nicole sighed and whispered: "You should know the affairs of the Divine Cult in the Northern Continent..."

In the Northern Continent, the authority of the Divine Cult even surpasses the kings of various countries! It is because the Northern Continent does not have a powerful centralized power! And in the Light Continent, because there is a powerful empire, the imperial power and the Divine Cult are almost at the same time, and no one is stronger than the other.

"you mean?"

Nicole nodded and said in a deep voice: "Although the people of the Divine Cult always regard the temple on the Roland Continent as pagans, in fact, they are actually... Humph, they are envious of the power of the temple in the north! Now in the struggle for the imperial power of the Light Empire, the authority of the imperial power has been reduced to the minimum limit - if the Divine Cult wants to expand their influence, is there any better opportunity than now? Prince Barang is ambitious and a strong person. If he succeeds to the throne, he will not be merciless by the Divine Cult - and you... To be honest, if your son succeeds to the throne, then a young child is easily merciless!"

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Prince Baran is at the Marquis of Carolin at this moment. The old Marquis' face was calm at this moment and said lightly: "Your Highness, you must keep calm now! Even if the Pope has seen the Queen, it's nothing! The God Cult has never participated in the struggle for the power of the empire. Even if they want to support this time, there is no excuse! As long as you insist on the issue of inheritance, then His Majesty the Pope cannot mobilize the Flame Warrior Order to fight with us! Their support is just to take the opportunity to gain some benefits... Humph."

Prince Barang nodded: "It's a pity that Mr. Qiu is guarding the palace now. Otherwise, if you just want to find a way to kill the queen, you will solve all the problems!"

Marquis Carolin smiled faintly: "Your Highness, it is better not to do these things! Using these methods is too obvious after all. Even if it is successful, it will affect your image in the future! Those nobles and wealthy families may not be loyal to you in their hearts! Do you want a complete empire? Or do you want a split empire?" After a pause, a strange smile appeared on his face, and suddenly said: "Your Highness, there is something to do now!"

"What?"

The old marquis smiled slightly: "There must be His Highness's people among the medical officers in the palace? Although His Majesty's health has always been not very good, he suddenly fell into a coma this time. I guess...haha..."

Prince Baran's face was gloomy and sneered: "Marquis, you don't have to be so hiding... It was the past! Now we are standing together, and there is no need to hide those things. The medical officers in the palace do have my people. Abbas XI's health has always been bad because he has eaten something I specially prepared for him every day for the past two years!"

The muscles in the corners of the old Marquis' eyes trembled slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. He whispered: "Then, this matter must be done immediately! The medical officer must be removed immediately! There cannot be any handle on this matter, otherwise your succession will be very dangerous!"

Prince Barang frowned: "It's not difficult to get rid of it immediately... Just get rid of that person, we can't grasp the emperor's condition now... After all, the medical officers around him are not easy to bribe, so I have successfully arranged such a person over the years."

The old Marquis showed a sarcastic look in his eyes: "You don't have to worry so much... Since you have been arranged for this matter for two years, there is no need to report on His Majesty's health now - what the emperor eats, you know best in your heart. Do you still need to worry? We just need to wait for His Majesty once... and then take action immediately!"

Prince Baran nodded.

The old marquis thought for a while and said, "The queen must be more anxious than us now! What they are most anxious now is to hope to decide the title of the crown prince immediately! And before the emperor dies! If the position of the crown prince is still empty once the emperor dies, then you have an excuse to inherit the throne! So they will definitely have actions in the past two days, so we can just wait and deal with it!"

Before Prince Baran could speak, someone came in outside to report.

"The palace has sent an order to summon all the nobles and officials of the imperial capital to celebrate in the Hall of Light tomorrow!"

Prince Barang frowned: "See you? What kind of rituals are you? The emperor is already lying and fainting, how can he meet you?"

The subordinate didn't speak, just stood there with his head down.

Marquis Carolin waved his hand and asked him to go down first. Then the old Marquis smiled faintly and said, "Of course it was the order issued by His Majesty the Queen in the name of the emperor! According to the imperial convention, before the emperor died, he naturally had to inform the ministers of his illness in order to prepare... Although the news has been spread in the past few days, there is no formal notice after all. I think, first, it is to announce that His Majesty is probably going to be out of reach... Second, it is to officially announce that the Queen is pregnant with the prince, so legitimately set the position of the crown prince first! Even if it cannot be settled for a while, it must be put on the table! This is the idea of ​​these two women..."

"Hmph!" Prince Barang's eyes became gloomy: "Is it that easy? I will immediately send troops to surround the palace. I wonder if Mr. Qiu is not able to stop him, no matter how powerful he is, right?"

The old marquis's expression changed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "No! No matter what, the emperor is not dead yet! If the emperor does not die, you will immediately send troops to surround the palace, which is a rebellion! Besides, it would be fine if they could kill them all in one fell swoop. If they were allowed to run out, run to the south or northwest, climb up and call up local troops from all over the empire...that is the empire's full-scale war breaking out! I dare to ask you... In terms of appeal to the army, will those armies follow you Prince Balang? Or will they follow the tulip flag?"

Prince Barang stopped talking immediately. He naturally understood in his heart that in terms of the appeal of the army, he was far inferior to the Tulip family that served as the Imperial Marshals in the era! Even if two of the four main legions of the Empire were already in his hands, he would never dare to start a war head-on!

The empire still has hundreds of thousands of local garrison troops in various provinces. In addition, although the Northern Legion and the Central Cavalry Legion are now on their own side - that is because the commander of the legion is his own. But if the war really starts, those armies are willing to follow them and follow the commander of the legion, it is still a big deal!

Thinking of this, Prince Barang sighed, suddenly looked at the old marquis, smiled, and said, "So according to your words, will we go to the palace tomorrow?"

"Go!" The old marquis smiled faintly: "Of course we have to go! In fact, they hope we don't go! In that way, no one in the hall can justify the status of the child in the queen's belly! We will naturally go tomorrow... You must stick to the issue of inheritance rights tomorrow and cannot let go. As for the prince's problem - will those nobles trust him if a baby has not been born? Tomorrow we will put the conflict out! Let those ministers and nobles follow who will follow! Therefore, your attitude tomorrow must be tough, even if it is more domineering! Tomorrow is when you show your strength, let all aspects of the imperial capital understand your strength and force them to choose which side to stand on!"

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That night, on a street near the imperial palace in the imperial capital, two figures, one big and one small, flashed across the street under the moonlight.

"You guy, first lied to my horse, and now you lied to me to come out and run around with you at night... What's your idea?"

Another person laughed in a low voice: "Look at you, you can't help but be curious again... I said that I came to Emperor and I had to do some interesting things... It was also because you heard me say interesting things and insisted on following me... Now I can't hold back."

Tian Lie spat and said, "You guy is so strange. If you weren't for your interestingness, you would have beaten you with one punch!"

The man next to him shrugged: "It's not difficult for you to beat me all the time... You are a strong man in the field, and there are probably not many people in this world who can't beat me... But if you beat me, you may not be able to see that interesting thing!"

Tianlie looked like he scratched his head and cursed: "I'm convinced! Do what you want to do quickly! I really don't know if you are a human or a ghost. It's okay if you see that I'm a strong domain, but if you keep talking about "domain", are you annoying? Does it mean that I have the word "domain" written on my head? Hum, even if you are not a strong domain, it's probably not much different, right? I've tested you several times since I entered the city. Don't think of hiding any strength in front of my uncle Tianlie!"

The man laughed: "You are that boy's friend. It happened that I have a good relationship with that boy. If you really want to help that boy, just shut up!"

Tian Lie rolled his eyes, but finally closed his mouth.

This street is not far from the palace, but the street feels very quiet - in the past, even at night, there would be many soldiers from the public security office patrolling back and forth.

But now all the troops patrolling the imperial capital have been replaced by the Central Cavalry Legion. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, Prince Baran ordered the army to patrol and try not to get close to the palace when patrolling. The royal guards of the palace also shrank into the palace to guard the palace under the order of Nicole, trying not to step out of the palace to avoid unnecessary trouble - so now the streets around the palace have become a delicate buffer zone.

"It's here!" The man suddenly smiled, pointed to a house in front of him, jumped up and jumped into the wall. Tianlie cursed, but he didn't dare to stop under his feet, and his body rushed in.

This house is not big, but it looks very difficult to decorate, which makes the owner's status seem unpredictable... What's more, living so close to the palace, I believe the owner's identity is not ordinary.

Tian Lie and the man had just taken two steps when the man suddenly whispered: "Hmm? It's weird..."

Tian Lie nodded, frowned and said, "Why does it smell bloody?" He suddenly glanced at the person beside him and smiled strangely, "It's not that the trap set by you as a bastard to block me, right? If that's the case, I'll twist your head off!"

The man gave him a blank look: "Shut up, you fat man, I really don't know what you are doing for such a big head."

The two of them walked in the yard with a swagger, without any intention of hiding their figure. According to Tianlie, "If someone notices it, he will just kick it. Uncle Tianlie never does sneaky things!"

Following the bloody smell, I opened the door and immediately saw a corpse upside down in front of me.

"Who is this?" Tian Lie frowned: "Are you pulling me around the city at night just to see a dead person?"

The man showed a thoughtful expression on his face and looked back at Tianlie: "This person is a medical officer in the palace. Oh... I didn't expect it to be him... It seems that I am really lucky. I just found a random family and found the home of the inner demon arranged by Prince Barang."

Tian Lie shook his head: "What kind of ghosts inside and outside, what exactly are you going to do?"

The man smiled slightly: "What am I going to do? I tell you, I am going to sneak into the palace, planning to find a medical officer who can get close to the emperor, and then go in as he pretended to be his identity. This guy is the person I am looking for tonight. I didn't expect that he would find him so by chance. Judging from his appearance, it seemed that he had been killed for a while. Oh, don't you understand? Now the emperor was fine, but suddenly he was about to die. It must be Balang's hand and footwork. This medical officer has also died. It is probably Balang who killed someone to silence him... Such a simple thing, my old man understood... Your big head..." Speaking of this, looking at Tian Lie's angry expression, he finally stopped and changed his mouth, "Fatty, do you want to see me become an interesting thing for you?"

Tian Lie snorted coldly.

The man smiled slightly: "Let me tell you, my current body was pieced together a few days ago. I always feel it is not suitable for use, because these bodies are... Alas, but now this body is good. Not long after I died, I happened to borrow it for use!"

Speaking of this, the person let out a string of strange smiles.

A strange look appeared in Tianlie's eyes: "What did you say? Your current body... is not yours?"

The man smiled slightly, and a strange light suddenly appeared on his body. Then the clothes on his body gradually broke, and then the muscles on him fell down softly...

Tianlie was stunned when he saw it, and he couldn't help but get goose bumps on his body, and immediately stood far away.

The man laughed constantly, and the muscles on his body gradually shook off, revealing his skeleton, but the bones did not have a white look like ordinary skeletons, but a faint shine of metallic luster.

Tian Lie couldn't help but murmur, "Damn you, what kind of weird thing are you... I've never seen you like this... like this kind of breed!" He couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, it's a hell..."

The skeleton finally fully appeared, then his chin shook twice, looked at the broken body on the ground, laughed out loud, and then said, "Oh, after all, it took a lot of my spiritual power to get it out. Although it was a pity, I had to give up... After all, it was just a test piece."

The skeleton turned around and faced Tianlie who was stunned and laughed strangely: "Fatty, why are you stupid? What you see now is the result of my old man's research after a long time! If I hadn't seen the energy of the physical body of the demon dragon in the south, I wouldn't have thought of this good way to get myself a body!"

After saying that, the skeleton walked towards the corpse of the palace medical officer who was upside down on the ground, and then a strange light emanated from the entire skeleton, and the skeleton seemed to gradually turn into a transparent color.

The skeleton slowly lay down at the corpse on the ground. The whole skeleton seemed to have become transparent like air, and it was inlaid in it...

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On a big road in the south, a team of mighty cavalry was walking like a strong wind. On the leading black horse, a young man with fluttering hair was sitting. His blue eyes flashed with anxious eyes. Countless elite cavalrymen with armed arms followed quickly. Everyone had a strong expression, but his eyes flashed with excitement!

The person immediately was Roddy, and at this moment he had become Seth again.

During the Mercedes-Benz, he couldn't help but gently stroke his face with one hand: "I really didn't expect that I would put on this mask again!"-
Chapter completed!