Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 220: Take the lead

"So Your Highness is saying that, with Kevin Dill's power and credit as a guarantee, Jann has strung together a new chain of interests..."

A quarter of an hour later, Federico sat across from Thales, crossed his hands, and thought carefully.

"...wrapped the Emerald City airtight, and if you take him down, you will damage the ruling order and institutional foundation of the Emerald City, which in turn will affect the status quo of the industry, sources of funds, and market conditions, and even endanger public safety and the people Confidence."

Thales nodded with a sigh:

"When Emerald City wants to preserve its own way of life, it must protect the Duke's family. Overthrow Kevin Dill alone."

Federico has a dignified expression:

"And if His Highness insists on going his own way and is determined to carry out the arbitration and find out the truth of the year..."

Thales hummed softly:

"What the Emerald City has to bear is not only the loss of economy and interests, but also the overall decline of civilization and system, which is not in the interest of everyone, including my father."

Federico was silent for a while.

"Well, using the entire Emerald City and even the South Bank as a hostage to make you throw a mouse, this is indeed something Zhan En can do."

He shook his head:

"Unfortunately, this is the field where he has stolen the position of city lord and immersed himself in it for many years. I am ashamed of myself, and I can't defeat him in this."

Thales' hopes fell through, and he couldn't help wondering:

"Even if you replace him as the city lord, keep Kevin Dill's prestige unchanged, and declare that everything is business as usual, in order to restore the confidence and order of the Emerald City?"

Federico's eyes moved slightly.

Thales tentatively said:

"Even if I use power to weave the truth, wash away the stigma on you and your father, and tell the entire kingdom that you are the orthodox successor of the iris?"

Federico looked back at Thales:

"And that's why you tested my ambition before?"

Thales smiled politely.

Federico's eyes flickered for a few seconds, but after a few seconds, he still shook his head slowly.

"Of course I can ascend to the position of city lord, but the problem is, Your Highness, neither you nor His Majesty will allow 'business as usual'. I can neither give Zhan En the guarantee and protection, the confidence and confidence of Emerald City Order cannot be restored.”

Speaking of which, he cautiously looked at Thales:

"Unless you can promise: From money to personnel, from the army to taxes, not a single cent of the Emerald City will be moved?"

Thales scoffed slightly.

How is it possible.

Isn't that why he's here?

"If I can do it, why should I come to talk to you," Thales said disdainfully, "Why don't I just knock on the opposite door and ask Jann Cavendir to re-board the city lord?" Everyone is satisfied, everyone is happy?"

Of course, as to whether you Federico is satisfied or not, it is unknown.

"Exactly."

Federico thought about it seriously, and couldn't help feeling:

"As expected of Zhan En, with the power of the Duke and the foundation of generations of ancestors, he has a dual identity in the Emerald City: one is the ruler based on the old world, and the other is the reformer who brings the new order , so as to take advantage: In the old world, there is no existence stronger than him in the Emerald City that can fight against him. In the new order, all new forces rely on his breath. Nutrients are restricted by him."

Hearing the other party's emotion, Thales frowned.

"Seeing you so happy, Fei De, I am also very happy. But maybe I need to remind one more thing: If I stand by and let the situation develop, then the Emerald City will only collapse from now on, and everyone will fall apart. Needless to say. And if I compromise and have to give in for the sake of the overall situation of the Emerald City, then it goes without saying that my original intention has failed, but as for you..."

"As for the arbitration of my father's case, you will naturally also have to compromise," Federico calmly took the prince's words, "Jane will escape punishment, and I will lose everything, and even become your winner." A gift to make peace with Jen."

Thales raised his eyebrows and raised his teacup to him.

Exactly.

"So, for your own sake, any new ideas?"

Federico didn't speak immediately, but thought carefully.

Thales waited patiently.

Since everyone is going to die, there is no rush for a while.

"About my father and my uncle, Your Highness, you are right," Federico said a few seconds later, "their political differences back then began with different positions, and also because they cared different groups of people.”

He continued:

"My uncle set an example by forcing the nobles and vassals to sacrifice and change. He firmly believed that the renewal of power would eventually lead to the rebirth of Emerald City and even the South Shore Territory. However, my father insisted on laying a solid foundation and taking every step at a time. Nothing should be rushed." /

Federico was talking, lost in thought:

"As brothers and blood relatives, they should have cooperated well and cooperated with each other to protect Emerald City through difficulties."

Seeing that the other party was distracted again, Thales couldn't help coughing:

"Feder?"

"Sorry," Federico came back to his senses, "don't worry, my lord."

His eyes lit up immediately, and he was confident.

"Just imagine, if the Emerald City is really as interlocking and integrated as Zhan En said, if the new order created by him and his predecessors in the past is really so powerful and invulnerable, then how did he get to where he is now? The embarrassment, so that you want to use Emerald City as a threat, and use this last and most weak bargaining chip to threaten you with an ugly posture?"

"How to say?" Thales rolled his eyes.

Federico smiled coldly:

"Your Highness may wish to recall, how did we defeat him before, making Zhan En ashamed and unable to sit on the seat of the city lord?"

How did you defeat Jann?

Thales was thoughtful upon hearing this.

"You dig up the old accounts, accuse him of murdering his father and framing his relatives, deny his inheritance rights, and question the legitimacy of his title of city lord and duke."

The prince recalled:

"And I, I invoked the law of the stars, carried out the old rules of the nobility, and forced him to give up the position of city lord and accept arbitration."

Federico nodded slowly.

"In Jayne's view, he skillfully used the power of the Duke of Kevin Deere, made a guarantee, replaced the old with the new, forced the South Bank leaders to turn from nobles and vassals to countless people, and successfully pushed the Emerald City forward. Rolling innovation, and then he boarded the car, hid behind the scenes, and let the Emerald City run forward, as if this would make him invisible and shelter from the wind and rain.”

Federico's eyes sharpened.

"But he forgot one thing."

Kevin Dill, known as the Scarlet Iris, stood up with a smile on his face, but he couldn't feel any warmth:

"The power that Kevin Dill uses to guarantee and win trust, and even to coerce and reform, still comes from the kingdom's old enfeoffment jurisprudence. It is the earth and stone of the old age."

Thales frowned.

"The so-called queen of the city, the Emerald City is actually far less trendy, advanced, and civilized than Zhan En boasted. In fact, this city is just a powerful old power rooted in this land to rob other weaker lands The way of the rich and powerful, feeding and feeding new industries and classes, endowing them with new powers, coaxing and cheating, papering all the way, and building up rickety castles in the air.”

Federico started pacing in the living room, but his words became more and more fierce:

"What he is proud of, the so-called new order and new chain created by relying on the Emerald City, is just a hybrid monster mixed with old and new, and the oldest and most decadent among them is also the least innovative..."

"Nothing is better than the Duke of South Bank." Thales murmured after thinking about something.

Federico nodded.

"Jane, or the power he represents, just hides incognito, but there is no fundamental change: the reason why he missed and resigned this time is precisely because of the duke throne he inherited from the blood of his surname, which we regard as the most traditional The most primitive and the most backward, it is also shaken in the way he despises the most, and it is no longer stable and reliable."

He paced slowly and sneered lightly:

"And we didn't even use any more advanced, trendy and more advanced weapons, any system reforms, any commercial tools, and any interest transactions, all of which were unnecessary. The shovel of law, find the part of his dual identity that belongs to the old dignitaries, avoid the hardest and brightest patch on the throne, and pry the most decayed and old soil underneath."

Thales' eyes moved, thoughtful.

"You mean, we continue to use the old legal principles of inheritance, ethics, morality, blood relationship, etc., to pry again?"

But Federico shook his head in denial.

"The soil has been loosened," he said excitedly, "What we need to do is to let the rotten and smelly moths inside show up in the sun, and it will be enough in broad daylight."

Speaking of this, Federico's eyes are like hidden blades, and his eyes are piercing: "Let Zhan En, or let Emerald City itself, do the rest for us."

"It's better to die because of friends than to die because of enemies."

But Thales couldn't help frowning:

"What do you mean? How do you do it?"

Federico turned his head and smiled coldly:

"Your Highness, do you still remember that at the beginning of Jen En's resignation and the change of power in the Emerald City, I wrote to you to suggest that Miss Cecilia be appointed as the regent of the Emerald City."

Thales was taken aback:

"Yes?"

Federico nodded.

"It's not too late, you can just announce that Ren Xilai is the regent, or even the acting city lord," he said with sharp eyes, "tell the outside world that you have finally stabilized the overall situation after the incident, now is the time In light of the wind and the moon, without love for power and position, hand over the Emerald City to Kevin Dill, and let Miss Xi Lai worry about the city affairs."

"What?"

Shocked, Thales was stunned for a while.

"I thought you had some clever plan that could change the balance of the situation and force Zhan En to make concessions on his own, and the result was...using his sister?"

"It's also my cousin," Federico said with complicated eyes. He walked to the back of Thales's seat and stopped, "I said, Your Highness, we don't need any advances at all in the face of Jann." Trendy, advanced and complex political means or weapons, but the simpler and more direct the better, to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses, rather than using the weak to be strong.”

Thales didn't look back, he shook his head in disbelief.

"First of all, Fei De, you have to know, whether it's you who used extraordinary means to pull Zhan En down from the position of city lord, or I tried my best to make Emerald City temporarily agree and get used to not having Zhan En En's reign, we managed to defeat him in the Emerald City."

"That's right," Federico nodded, rubbing the back of Thales's chair, and said with emotion, "It's not easy."

"Secondly, you underestimated Xi Lai," Thales tried his best to be rational. "This girl is close to her brother, and she is wholeheartedly trying to save Zhan En from prison. It may not be wise to hand over power to her: What if her first order after taking office is to summon Zhan En to participate in government affairs, so that he can actually return to the center of power?"

"That makes sense, but that's why," unexpectedly, Federico nodded in agreement with Thales's words, and he pondered, "So, Your Highness, you can't give up the most crucial bargaining chip—about the assassination of the Duke of Leinster." The death case, the aristocratic arbitration concerning the conflict between me and Zhan En. As long as this case is still in your hands, as long as you can still decide how to investigate, how to arbitrate, and to what extent it will be pursued."

Thales frowned.

"In fact, instead of giving up, you have to make a big fuss, investigate quickly, pursue every detail of the old case, so that Jann can know that you are not giving in, but pressing forward: his future will be It is still in your hands, whether he is a patricide, a felon, or an innocent person, a person who steals a high position, or an orthodox duke, it is up to you to decide."

Federico resumes pacing.

"Then, you might as well explain to my cousin in this way: the emerald city's predicament has left you devastated and His Majesty furious. If the situation continues like this and does not improve, then Zhan En's life may be in danger..."

What?

Thales stared wide-eyed.

"Therefore, for the sake of her brother's life, I would like to ask Miss Xilai to help you regardless of past suspicions. As long as she overcomes all difficulties in the position of city lord, whether she sells her property or comes forward to borrow money, as long as she can stabilize the Emerald City Rule, keep the cash cow of this kingdom..."

Federico's footsteps sounded behind Thales, and there seemed to be an incurable poison in his voice:

"Then maybe you, no, no, no, it should be said that His Majesty the King will be satisfied, so that when arbitrating for us, she will treat her brother more 'fairly', at least let him save his life?"

At that moment, Thales felt the hairs all over his body stand on end.

He vaguely guessed the other party's intentions, which made him even more uneasy.

What are you doing?

In this way, Xi Lai will definitely try his best to solve all the difficulties and difficulties he is facing now...

But in that case...

"At the same time, don't forget that you have to let Zhan En—of course, from your highness—"know" that his sister is fortunate to be the city lord, and let him "know" that the female city lord is at the moment. What are you doing?" Federico narrowed his eyes.

Thales was completely stunned.

If Jane knows...

"What the **** are you talking about?"

Federico smiled coldly upon seeing this.

"Zhan En has exhausted all kinds of traps, ghosts and tricks to threaten you to give in, otherwise he would rather the Emerald City collapse than you wish," he said patiently, "but if the person sitting in the seat is his Sister, will the backhands left by Zhan En still work? Will he be willing to sit on the sidelines and watch the Emerald City sink with a smile while waiting for you to compromise with him?"

Federico's voice is low, but the words he spit out are extremely clear:

"If the carriage wants to ensure the safety of its glamorous parts, it has to reluctantly replace the old part inside... If the Emerald City wants to maintain its self and independence, it has to abandon the blood of Kevin Dill When... when the double identities of the Duke's 'protector' and 'ruler' conflict with each other..."

Federico said coldly:

"Zhan En, can he still sit in the car so indifferently, detached and independent, without a leaf on his body?"

In the extreme silence, Thales took a hard breath.

"No, if I were Zhan En, I wouldn't do anything," Thales shook his head vigorously, "Let my sister suffer in her seat and even make countless enemies, even if her reputation is ruined, I won't care unless the prince comes first Concede on the matter of arbitration and promise to close the case and let me get away with nothing."

Federico walked across to Thales and shrugged:

"Then it depends on Zhan En himself, to see if he is so cold-blooded that he would rather choose power, let his sister do her best, and be an enemy of the Emerald City he built..."

At that moment, his voice was as cold as ice:

"...Or do you really cherish the blood and family relationship, and are willing to stand up, clean up your own baskets, take back your own traps, and even... run counter to the carriage you built?"

Thales clenched his fists.

"I always feel that there is something you haven't told me about Zhan En and Xi Lai, about this seemingly ordinary move."

Federico turned around and smiled.

"Since birth, Xi Lai has inherited the weakness of her uncle's lineage. Like her brother, she has been deformed since she was a child..."

Federico paused, then changed his words:

"She was weak and sick and almost died young. In order to save her daughter's life, the duke's uncle and aunt even did not hesitate to ask the gods to ask witchcraft, causing public opinion, and even giving excuses for political opponents to attack. My father is sympathetic to my niece, and the same I have spared no effort to visit famous doctors, even Zhan En traveled to Donglu in those years to seek medical advice, and it was largely because of this little sister, the treasure loved by everyone in the family."

"Now, the relatives of the previous generation are gone," Federico's eyes moved, "Do you think he will inherit their legacy and take pity on this sister who was once protected by the family?"

Thales frowned.

Sure enough, the one who knows Kevin Dill best and can hurt Kevin Dill the most...

Only them.

"The most ironic thing is, no matter whether he would rather abandon his blood relatives for the sake of family tradition, or sacrifice the interests of the family for the sake of blood relatives..."

While talking, Federico was lost again:

"The so-called family is composed of blood relatives one after another."

He quietly said:

"When Zhan En made a choice between the family and the blood relatives, did he maintain the family or destroy the family? Did he protect the blood relatives or harm the blood relatives?"

Thales raised his head and looked directly at Federico.

He suddenly felt that everything in front of him was a little familiar.

"You are forcing Jann to make a choice," Thales said in a daze, "bad, or worse."

Federico is not smiling:

"His Royal Highness's eyes are like torches."

This time, Thales was silent for a long time.

"I once promised Zhan En not to involve his sister."

"Then he must have foreseen today's situation at that time, so he will take advantage of your promise-worthy character to block this road," Federico said unhurriedly, "but if you follow the rules, it will be true His way."

Thales sighed.

"But if you really want to take this move, it would be too low, too despicable."

"Is it more vile and despicable than Zhan En dragging the entire Emerald City to be buried with you to threaten you?"

Federico snorted in disdain.

"Honorable Your Highness Thales, from the predicament of having nothing and no money, I overcame all difficulties and fought all the way back to Emerald City, only to struggle for the situation I am in, so I am very clear: if we follow the rules, we will always win Not Zhan En."

"Because just like all the powerful men who have ruled for a long time in this world," he looked condescendingly at Thales in the chair, "he has already unknowingly turned the 'rules' into his own weapons and Chess piece, if you follow the rules, you will definitely lose."

He narrowed his eyes:

"Sit back and wait for the entire Emerald City to kill itself, and your wishes come to nothing, or force Kevin Dill to make a mess of himself in order to take care of the overall situation. His Highness is well-known, and he must have an answer."

Thales breathed in a trance and remained silent for a long time.

"Well, if His Highness is upright and really unwilling to break the promise, and worried that Hilley will hand over power to Zhan En when he takes office, then you might as well make a gesture first," Federico had to retreat when he saw this. Once, "Please ask Xilai to participate in government affairs as a consultant, and then disclose to Zhan En that you have plans to give up your position to her. Let's see how he reacts?"

After several seconds, Thales looked up with difficulty and looked at Federico.

The latter took a good rest and sat down slowly in the seat that belonged to him. His clothes were still thin and his body was thin.

"Your Highness, are you willing to trust me?"

At that moment, Federico Kevin Dill looked at His Royal Highness with a smile, but the light in his eyes was extremely cold:

"Even if you want to use the curve to seek the straight and use power to weave the truth?"

After an unknown period of time, Thales walked out of Federico's room in a daze under the strange eyes of the Jade Sergeants and Star Lake guards.

"Your Highness?"

Under Glover's worried eyes, he walked in the corridor in a trance, feeling the emptiness of Kongming Palace at the moment.

"Your Highness! Your Highness Thales!"

Miranda's voice sounded in a hurry, and Thales turned around in a daze.

"Your Highness, I am very sorry to disturb you!"

The female swordsman led Kong Mutuo and the others with a dignified expression.

"But just now, a very, very terrible thing happened in Emerald City, and I want to report to you..."

"Why, I owe money again," Thales said blankly, "or is he dead again?"

Miranda's words froze.

"You, how do you know?"

"Is he really dead?" Glover asked in surprise.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Grass, really dead again.

Thales' complexion was gloomy, he pressed his forehead, and snorted in pain.

Grass fuck.

Aside from good things, is there anything wrong with this ruined city?

Even if Miranda tells him now that there is a magician in Kongming Palace, he will not be surprised.

Thales mocked himself sarcastically and feebly.

No, there is already one.

Just sleep on his bed.

"Your Highness?"

No, cheer up, Thales, you still manage a city.

Thales took a deep breath, tried to adjust his mentality, and turned to his subordinates.

"Tell me, who is the deceased?"

To make Miranda lose her composure in such a way that she rushed to report over Mallos, the one who died must be someone unknown.

"An old judge with a lot of experience and high morals, so he has a lot of influence." Miranda paused for a moment, "Speaking of which, you have seen him before."

Thales' eyes changed, and he was suddenly moved.

"The one I've seen - Inquisitor Brennan?"

Miranda nodded solemnly~IndoMTL.com~What are you doing?

Thales woke up completely, he straightened his clothes and quickened his pace:

"Is it Lausanne II?"

"I don't know yet. But the deceased this time, the old judge..."

Miranda hesitated:

"He left a suicide note, as well as old files."

Thales frowned.

"What do you mean? What file?"

Miranda and Glover exchanged glances.

"The death of the Duke of Leinster, Your Highness," the female swordsman whispered, "maybe there is something strange."