Chapter 244: Two in one Two in one, 6,000 words in a big chapter For an emperor, the biggest problem is the problem of heirs.
Especially for the kind of emperor who has already made a name for himself.
It has been a year since Chen Daolin came to the Roland Empire, and after a year, what he has come into contact with and heard and seen is that the current emperor's majesty, whether it is in the upper echelons of the empire or among the people, has a good reputation.
The Roland Empire is currently in a stage of long-term confrontation with foreign races, that is, it has entered a period of relatively stable and peaceful development, in this stage, although the emperor did not show too much initiative and ambition, nor did he establish any immortal achievements, but at least in terms of keeping the achievements is still quite good.
Moreover, Chen Daolin noticed that the emperor was not without achievements, at least, he was very far-sighted in the development of the overseas province of Neuhoven.
Governor Fritz, an upstart of the empire, was also single-handedly promoted by this emperor.
The governor also lived up to the emperor's expectations, and managed the chaotic situation of smuggling in the province of Newhoven in an orderly manner, and the taxation was doubled.
Nowadays, many people are already optimistic about this Fritz governor, believing that with his ability and age, he should have a good chance of becoming the last chancellor before he retires in the future.
However, the biggest problem that plagued the emperor was the establishment of the prince The absence of an heir was the emperor's greatest fatal wound In fact, this emperor also had children in his early years, but unfortunately died at an early age.
And just a few years ago, His Majesty the Emperor had an accident and was accidentally injured during an outside hunting activity.
The injury is said to be something special, and since then he has lost his fertility.
Regarding the emperor's injury, the imperial family has always been secretive, so the people do not know much about the specific details of this matter, only know that the emperor has no heirs, which is a big hidden danger for the empire.
Of course, those "real Augustinians" have fanned the flames in recent years, deliberately unleashing many strange rumors, and also have the intention of muddying the waters and putting pressure on the emperor.
But what is the truth of this matter, Chen Daolin is not very clear.
But it is obvious that the woman in front of her definitely knows the truth "If you tell the truth about that incident in the past, I'm afraid there is no way to find out now."
Du Weiwei's words came out, which surprised Chen Daolin, and she didn't even know it "Your Majesty's hunting for fallen horses back then was very strange."
Du smiled bitterly, and then slowly said: "Our Majesty is not too addicted to women, but he has always been very interested in martial arts.
He is the emperor of the king, so naturally he has no chance to go into battle.
Moreover, the empire is currently in a confrontation phase with the alien race, and no one will rashly provoke a war.
When His Majesty is idle, his greatest hobby is to take people to hunt on horseback.
Although you can't really go into battle, leading the team to hunt some fierce beasts is better than nothing.
Three years ago, His Majesty's only prince died at the age of eight.
The pain of losing a child made His Majesty very sad for a while, and during that time, it is said that he rarely saw the queen and others, just for fear of touching the sadness in his heart.
During that time, His Majesty was attached to landscape hunting, and even neglected state affairs for a while.
And just half a year after the death of His Majesty's prince, such a major event happened.
His Majesty led people out of the city to hunt, and it was the Gretan family who was in charge of the royal hunting grounds outside the city at that time.
The Gretan family is also a side of the royal family, and it can be regarded as a branch of relatives.
And more subtly, they are part of the real Augustinian community.
It's just that after two generations of His Majesty the Emperor's wooing and preferential treatment, the Gretin family has gradually moved closer to the royal family and has gradually been assimilated, and the royal family has also continued to win over other unstable Augustine, and has given special preferential treatment to the Gretin family, intending to make them a model.
I think you can understand the meaning, that is, to let everyone else know: Look, as long as you really come and come to me, you can live well.
This strategy cannot be wrong, at least at the time, it was successful.
The Gretin family was favored by the emperor, and many royal estates were entrusted to them, especially the royal hunting grounds on the outskirts of the city.
And it was during that hunt that an accident occurred.
His Majesty accidentally fell from his horse during the hunting process and was seriously injured.
This matter was originally very strange, because His Majesty himself was good at martial arts, and his riding skills were even more excellent.
The royal horses were highly trained, and His Majesty's mount was naturally one of the finest docile horses in the world.
And the investigation afterwards revealed a shocking result: His Majesty's mount was tampered with" "Move your hands and feet," Chen Daolin took a breath.
"Yes, there is a poisonous needle secretly hidden in the saddle, and the poisonous needle is very delicately set up and well hidden.
You can't see it from the outside.
But as soon as someone rides up and gallops, the saddle squeezes and the needle pierces the horse's skin.
The needle was placed under a special drug.
When these drugs enter the horse's skin, it will make the horse go crazy and no longer be able to control it. ” When Chen Daolin heard this, he felt more and more puzzled, and couldn't help but say: "Since these people have a way to get a poison needle on the saddle, why do they still poison the horses, if they have this ability, just get a poison needle, as soon as they run, they will stab the emperor's body and poison him directly, isn't it the simplest?"
Speaking of this, he said again: "If you make such a play, even if you succeed, it will make the emperor fall at most, and of course he will be injured a little, of course, the emperor is injured and loses his fertility, this should be regarded as an accident, otherwise, even if ordinary people fall ten times or eight times, they may not have such a coincidence, and they will break their lives."
I think there are too many loopholes in this statement to stand up to scrutiny. ” Du glanced at Chen Daolin slightly, and said with a faint smile: "You are really an understanding person."
Then her face suddenly turned red, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Who did you listen to, who said that the emperor fell, broke and broke that thing." ” Chen Daolin glared: "Huh, isn't it?"
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"Phew, of course not."
Du bit her lip slightly, even if her surname is free and easy, after all, she is still a girl, speaking of this topic, she couldn't help but blush, and glared at Chen Daolin fiercely: "Let me tell you, this thing is strange because the poisonous needle in the saddle here is true, it is also true that the poisonous needle drove the spurs crazy, and it is also true that the emperor fell because of this."
But His Majesty was only injured, but he did not lose his fertility because of this. ” "Hey, what's that," Chen Dao said curiously.
"Don't be in such a hurry, listen to me tell you slowly."
Du frowned slightly.
Chen Daolin hurriedly closed his mouth and honestly waited for this woman to continue.
"When it first happened, I also wondered how His Majesty could fall off the horse in such a good way.
On the spot, the guards stopped Crazy Horse, examined His Majesty's saddle, and discovered the mechanism.
I know that after that, I also had the same thought as you: since it was a blow to His Majesty, why didn't you just go through so much trouble and make such a big deal of money, is it just to make Your Majesty fall?"
Then Du Weiwei's face gradually became gloomy: "However, the next thing is not simpler and simpler."
His Majesty travels hunting for fallen horses, and he is outside the city.
At that time, it was a traumatic injury, and such an external injury required medication and treatment at that time.
I can't wait to be sent back to the palace for treatment.
After all, it takes half a day to return to the palace from the outskirts of the city, and His Majesty is injured and bleeding nonstop, so it is definitely not possible to ride a horse and bump along the way.
Naturally, there is a palace in the royal hunting ground, and the people who accompanied him moved His Majesty to the palace for treatment.
Then things went wrong.
It stands to reason that His Majesty travels and hunts, and the people with the surname are free and royal, and the accompanying personnel are complete, up to the high-ranking guards and martial arts halls, red feather riders, civil attendants, and the chief of the inner court.
The servants who went down to the palace to bring tea and water, and even the cooks brought a group of people.
But at that time, I searched the whole team, but I found that I didn't bring a doctor That's weird Imagine the emperor's travel, how could the entourage have such mistakes and omissions, not to mention that the trip was to go hunting on horseback, and it was inevitable that there would be some accidents when dancing knives and guns, not to mention falling from a horse and falling, even if it was cut by a branch, it was common.
How could a hunting team, a royal team, not have a physician with them?
However, the emperor fell into a trap and was injured, and there was no doctor in the team at that time However, at that time, His Majesty was accompanied by guards and generals, and people in the army, who still had some experience in this kind of falling.
Therefore, at that time, a few guards from the Royal Forest Army had to help His Majesty heal his injuries.
It is not surprising that people who practice martial arts have some ordinary bruising medicine on their bodies. ” Speaking of this, Du Weiwei suddenly shut up and was silent, without frowning slightly, his expression was full of solemnity.
"And then," Chen Daolin finally couldn't help but ask.
"Then," Du smiled bitterly, "Then Your Majesty used the ordinary bruise medicine sent by the guards." ” "And then what?"
"Then, His Majesty has not been able to give birth to a child for three years" Chen Daolin was stunned, he couldn't help but exclaim: "How is this possible?"
Du spread his hands slightly: "This is also what I can't figure out." ” Then the woman sighed: "His Majesty was injured in that hunt, and as a result, he returned to the palace, and he fell seriously ill that night, and many doctors in the palace were helpless, even the court magicians were helpless.
His Majesty's illness was a full month of illness, and finally he even urinated blood for a while.
Later, it was finally found out that His Majesty had been infected with a strange poison that had invaded His Majesty's body, especially the most important aspect of men.
Your Majesty, everything else is fine, and even after recovery, he can still be humane, but the ability to give birth is completely gone. ” "What the hell is this?"
Chen Daolin glared: "How did the poison come about?"
"I don't know."
Du shook his head slightly: "Everything has been checked."
In addition to His Majesty's diet, the most suspicious thing at that time was the wound medicine that His Majesty had temporarily used in the hunting grounds.
But the wound medicine was taken out by the general of the Imperial Forest Army, and the general would never disagree with the emperor's loyalty, and the remaining medicine had also been examined, and there was no problem And the most helpless thing is that the general of the Royal Forest Army, even if the drug is found to be no problem, still can't get rid of his suspicion, he has no choice, so he knelt outside His Majesty's bedroom in the palace and killed himself with a knife to show his innocence. ” "Is the wound medicine absolutely okay?"
asked Chen Daolin.
"No problem."
Du Weiwei said: "There are many people who have examined the wound medicine, doctors, magicians, court mages, and masters in my family have all seen the wound medicine, so many people have examined it, and they will never be tampered with." ” "What about the diet?"
"Naturally, I checked it too."
Du smiled bitterly: "The palace chef who traveled with the emperor was arrested and interrogated for ten days, and the interrogation did not yield any results.
His Majesty's diet and ingredients have been thoroughly checked, and there is no problem. ” Chen Daolin thought for a while and thought: "From this point of view, the biggest suspicion is that the emperor traveled on the wound medicine, and he didn't bring the imperial doctor in the palace, so the emperor wanted to use the ordinary bruise medicine sent by his generals no matter what, this is a doubt." ” "You're right.
The subsequent investigation also started from here.
The person who was originally responsible for arranging all the affairs of His Majesty was naturally Pete, the head of the inner court.
But just a few days before His Majesty's hunting trip, Pete was sent out by His Majesty on other business.
This is confirmed by His Majesty himself.
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And in the days of Pitt's absence, the person in charge of arranging His Majesty's affairs was a deputy minister of the palace's internal affairs. ” "This person is suspicious."
Chen Daolin sighed.
"If you can be the deputy minister of the interior, you are naturally also a trusted confidant of Your Majesty, otherwise you will never be able to sit in such an important position.
And it was he who arranged for His Majesty to go hunting, and he actually did not arrange a doctor for the entourage of the team.
This suspicion is enough for him to be unable to clear his suspicion. ” "Then the Undersecretary of the Interior must be out of luck."
Du was silent for a while, and nodded slowly: "His fate is indeed miserable." ” Afterwards, Du Weiwei whispered in a solemn tone: "The Vice Minister of the Interior was imprisoned and tortured.
At first, he refused to admit his guilt and denied it in every possible way, but in the end he was tortured one night and died of serious injuries.
At that time, His Majesty already knew that he was poisoned and could not give birth for the rest of his life.
His Majesty was furious and ordered the body of the Deputy Governor of the Interior to be exposed at the city gates.
It wasn't until many days later, when the body had been gnawed by the crows that only a skeleton remained, that it was removed.
His Majesty refused to spare him, and sent people to put the bones in cloth bags and throw them on the road, and then let hundreds of cavalry trample them back and forth, until they trampled it to pieces, and then ordered the bones to be crushed and thrown into the Lancang Canal.
It can be seen that His Majesty hates the poison of this person's heart."
Chen Daolin couldn't help but be clever when he heard it I can't imagine that the seemingly kind-faced emperor has such a ruthless side.
"It's not over yet."
Du Weiwei smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has never had an heir in the past three years, and the important ministers of the empire are worried, and people keep coming to see Your Majesty to quickly establish a prince."
And because the question of His Majesty's absence of a queen has become a foregone conclusion, the originally stable government has gradually become chaotic.
There have been some very bad fluctuations in the question of the Lichu, and a lot of people have poured out of the water, you know, even the big families like the Liszt family have been involved.
And His Majesty has always not responded or made a decision on the matter of Lichu, allowing the people below to speculate and confuse in every way.
Just at the beginning of this year, something big happened. ” "Big Deals" "The Gretin family."
Du smiled bitterly.
Chen Daolin suddenly remembered that on the first day he arrived, he met Montoya and others on the street to assassinate the emperor on the street, and he deliberately did it in the name of the Gretin family.
"As I told you just now, the Gretin family was originally a member of the real Augustinian group that had been co-opted, and they were set up as a benchmark by His Majesty, and they were treated extremely favorably.
This is the meaning of buying horse bones with a thousand dollars.
And at the beginning of this year, a sensational news suddenly broke.
It is not surprising that the Gretan family originally engaged in some smuggling business in private, and even sold some forbidden items to orcs.
Many of the wealthy families of the empire do these businesses, and as long as they don't go too far, they generally turn a blind eye.
But just this year, His Majesty probably thinks that these guys are making too much trouble, and wants to beat them up and make them restrain a little bit of this kind of thing, usually once every few years, which is not surprising.
But it was only at the beginning of this year that His Majesty released his mouth to strictly investigate smuggling at the border, and then it was revealed that a core financial manager of the Gretin family defected.
This guy is at the heart of the Gretin family, knows a lot of secrets in the Gretan family, and is also involved in managing the accounts.
This person actually judged the Gretan family in the midst of His Majesty's investigation of smuggling, and took the initiative to turn himself in.
Then the steward confessed a great thing The Gretin family, who died after that incident three years ago and was crushed by His Majesty, the deputy head of internal affairs, had an affair."
Chen Daolin was taken aback According to his confession, the Gretan family had secretly gifted a mansion in the western suburbs of the Acropolis to the deputy chief of the interior shortly before His Majesty's accident, and in addition to the mansion, a large sum of money was set aside.
The words were accurate, and even the steward took out an account book that he brought with him when he turned himself in. ” Chen Daolin sighed: "The Gretan family is finished. ” "Yes" Du Weiwei's expression was very complicated: "Your Majesty has been convinced of the poisoning of himself, there must be the involvement of the Deputy Minister of the Interior, he hated this person in his heart, and found out that the Gretan family is actually related, and just before his accident, there happened to be such a money and wealth exchange."
His Majesty was furious and ordered the Gretan family to be arrested and imprisoned on charges of smuggling and treason. ” Du Weiwei said this, and said with a wry smile: "These aristocratic and wealthy families, which one is clean, who is not secretly making a lot of money, if you really want to check it, the back of everyone's head is a lot of pigtails."
With such an investigation, the evidence that the Gretan family smuggled prohibited items to the orc kingdom was quickly discovered.
His Majesty was determined at that time, and immediately punished the Gretan family for collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the patriarch of the Gretan family and several leaders were punished with four horses.
The rest of the tribe numbered three hundred and twenty-four, some of whom were hanged, some were beheaded, and some were poisoned.
Not a single one of the people survived. ” Chen Daolin sighed.
The emperor's hand is really hateful But it's no wonder.
The emperor originally gave preferential treatment to the Gretan family, gave countless benefits, and set up a benchmark.
But in the end, the family who didn't want to be so kind to them was a poisonous snake, and biting themselves fiercely was equivalent to digging their own foundations This kind of hatred is the anger of a man who has lost his ability to have children, coupled with the resentment of being betrayed.
It's all piled up, and it's so intense "Extermination," Chen Daolin muttered to himself.
"Yes, extermination."
Du smiled bitterly: "In the hundred years of my Roland Empire, this is the first time that there has been a huge case of extermination.
The Gretin family has been completely eradicated, and the bloodline has been severed, so it can be said that from the noble lineage, this family has been completely removed. ” Chen Daolin sighed for a while, and suddenly his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something: "Ah, isn't this so, isn't it?"
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Du Wei looked at Chen Daolin, and her face was also worried: "You also thought of it, didn't you?"
"Hmm" Chen Daolin sighed: "Your Majesty did it with this hand, but I'm afraid it will be the opposite."
The Gretin family was the benchmark that the Emperor had come up with to win over other "true Augustinian" groups.
It is the intention of buying horse bones There is also a story in this world about the daughter buying horse bones, and Chen Daolin already knows it.
Needless to say, it must have been made by that guy from Du Wei again To be fair, this strategy has indeed achieved some results.
But now the emperor has completely exterminated the Gretan clan, such a cruel and decisive means I'm afraid that the other "real Augustine" groups, naturally, after watching it, everyone is in danger, and the rabbit dies and the fox is sad.
Even if someone secretly wants to fall to the royal family, I am afraid that after seeing the fate of the Gretin family, they will die there.
Thinking of this, Chen Daolin asked: "So is it because since the destruction of the Gretan family, His Majesty has been assassinated one after another?"
Du raised his eyebrows slightly, and then nodded: "Judging from the time, it is indeed like this." ” Then she smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty's affairs are a foregone conclusion, and now, these guys who claim to be the real Augustine can't bear it one by one, and they have taken action.
Some began to drill camps to win over, some bought people's hearts, some created public opinion, and some tried to secretly collude with some important ministers.
It can be said that as His Majesty gets older, the absence of children has become His Majesty's fatal wound.
And he has been reluctant to establish a prince, and many important ministers have suggested to him that even if it is to appease people's hearts, it is necessary to establish a prince, but His Majesty has not taken any action, but has repeatedly delayed, and gradually some important ministers of the empire have gradually become dissatisfied.
In such a situation, the actions of the real Augustine seem more and more dangerous.
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