Episode 128
53. The Empress’s Decision The Empress only knew that there were two people involved in Joheim, Winslting and Zishka.
Of course, the names of Hayes Rollmandy and Barris Cannon that came out of Yuma’s mouth came as quite a shock.
In particular, it was because Hayes was the chancellor of the empire, and Baris was the one who reported the kidnapping of Zishka.
It was a story that tingled the back of the head more than the story of Zishka, who was thought to have been kidnapped, and returned after getting married. It was something that even the Imperial Family Special Task Force had not been able to understand at all.
Even Winslting used drugs on Zishka. It was just a story I didn’t want to believe.
Yuma received Barris’ plan from Jishka and politely handed it to the empress. The empress looked at the proposal and Zishka’s face alternately.
“Lord Duran. Are all the things he said true?”
“I will tell you on my honor. It’s true. It was me and my student who staged the kidnapping in the mountain behind the Hwangseong. I didn’t know that Camel Driss and Lan Gray were sacrificed instead.”
“That cool-headed Lord Hayes…
really prepared for treason so poorly? Even dragging the demons in?”
“It wasn’t that flimsy. If it wasn’t for Yuma, no one would have figured it out.”
Of course, even if Yuma hadn’t stopped them, their rebellion would have failed.
Because the history before the return was like that.
Jeka ran amok in the middle of the capital and caused the Hale massacre, and Yoheim never heard of it. The presence of black magicians, too.
Hayes held the position of Chancellor of the Empire until the end of the Dragon Horse War, and Winslting also lived as a grand duke and ended his life.
The empire was doing just fine.
Even when Yuma was a eunuch and did nothing.
In the end, Winslting and his gang were satisfied with making Varys the head of the Imperial Guard by directly punishing Zishka, who was using them as a puppet.
That alone meant that the Rollmandi family would hold onto a significant portion of the real power of the empire.
Well, in the end, all three families were destroyed by Hella Rose, who went crazy after the end of the Dragon Horse War.
Before returning, Yuma did not know why the rebellion of Winslting’s party continued to fail.
But in this life, I had to take responsibility. It was because he was the one who changed the original history.
He saved Jeka Dean, who was supposed to be the protagonist of the massacre, revealed the tragedy of Joheim, and saved the life of Zishka, who was about to be beheaded as a rebellious princess.
After returning, Yuma realized how much the future could change with just one small change.
As a time reversal, every trivial choice he made could cause a butterfly effect.
It was the same with this treason.
I didn’t know what kind of tragic ending would unfold after I finished Eoyoung and Buyoung.
“your majesty. Can I tell you who… is behind Hayes Rollmandy?”
“It must be my husband. There is nothing to notice. Whoa… Hugo.”
The Empress thought that there would be no benefit in letting Hugo hear more about the empire.
“The Empire will not pursue or kill Zishka. There is only one condition.”
“Something?”
“I am a child who grew up being used by his father and hated by me, his mother. You too, be nice to Zishka.”
Hugo did not answer and turned around. It meant that I would return because I had achieved my goal.
However, Zishka did not follow Hugo and stared at the empress.
“Oh my God.”
“Speak.”
“I won’t ask why you hated me so much all this time.”
Zishka took a deep breath and continued.
“Instead, I would like to raise one last cheong. As Mama said, I grew up being used and hated. Could you please pay for that?”
The Empress silently made eye contact with Zishka and replied that she understood.
“Please make sure to kill Obama. girl I’m leaving This won’t happen to me a second time.
May you always be strong.”
The Empress blinked her eyes a few times, but there was no answer. Looking at the back of Zishka leaving the audience room with Hugo, Yuma prayed for her happiness.
Hugo immediately called Takil and left the castle with Zishka. Tulka did not follow his brother and waited for Yuma.
Although it seems to have ended in a bland way, the negotiation between Hugo and the empress had a great meaning.
Depending on how Jishka dominates public opinion within the Black Wolf, the long-standing grudge between the Empire and Matan could be settled.
Marlon, who was sure to lead the Black Wolf team after Hugo, was also on Yuma’s side. For the forthcoming Dragon Horse War, it was necessary to make as many countries as allies as possible.
In addition to Matan and the empire, Yuma wanted to prepare for the Dragon Horse War by enlisting even the Eastern Kantra Empire if possible.
“Nara-gol is not a word. It’s Jim’s negligence.”
The Empress looked at her hand resting on the armrest of the throne. I’ve never done a rough job in my life. Fine and thin fingers.
No matter how noble the bodies of the imperial family were, they could not go against the flow of time. Looking at the wrinkly back of his hands, he realized that he was old.
I had to make a mistake because I was old and weak… It felt like a terrible feeling filled my heart.
The time for the era of Tekken Asuka Roze to come to an end has come.
The empress pictured the only remaining princess, Hella Rose, wearing a crown. The child still lacked the dignity to rule a great country.
“your majesty. It is my fault for not properly supporting the work of ruling a great country. Don’t think like that.”
“Lord Duran, I will interpret this as your undeserved loyalty. I would have wanted to kill my husband and other traitors right away, but I managed to persevere. Well done.”
Duran tried to do so, but couldn’t bear to reveal the fact that the Jacques mansion was still under construction.
“Yes boy. I won’t hold you accountable whether you tricked me or secretly stole a high-stakes sinner and gave me a new life.
Because it’s true that you uncovered the empire’s cancer mass.”
Yuma quietly bowed her head.
“Yuma. You are the most daring and clever boy I have ever seen. I didn’t have a servant like you. The best loyalists were blind to me.”
As she pronounced the word ‘blindness’, the empress looked towards Duran with a generous face.
“The servants who behaved in order to survive lacked ambition, and those who were ambitious enough to alert me were in a hurry to hide their strength.”
Yuma raised her head and looked into the empress’ eyes. Originally, it was a felony for a commoner to look directly into the eyes of a woman. Yuma was well aware of that fact, but did not look away.
“I want to hear your thoughts.
What should I do with the traitors?”
“It must be killed. Before they become traitors to the Empire, they are the ones who can endanger all mankind.”
Yuma answered firmly.
“That’s a knife-like answer. good night.
Of course you have to kill it. But apart from my husband, Hayes Roll Mandi is the prime minister of this country. If you suddenly kill him, what will happen to the administrative vacuum in the empire?”
It was a problem that Yuma had been thinking about for a long time.
Hayes was a competent person who, apart from the treason he committed, judged all the administration of the Empire without any error.
Needless to say, the commander-in-chief and prime minister had to be the busiest people in the empire. However, there was a huge temperature difference between Duran and Heize’s daily life.
Unlike Duran, Heize only takes two hours a day to perform her duties as chancellor.
If such haze disappeared overnight, there would be a huge vacuum in the administration of the empire.
“your majesty. I fully agree that Hayes Roll Mandi as Chancellor is an impeccable human being. However, I don’t think there is anyone who can replace it.”
“Haha… You say it as if you know everything about the imperial city’s administrative system. What plan do you have in mind?”
“This is the 2nd Princess Hella Rose.”
The eyes of the Empress and Duran were different. It was unexpected that the name of Hella Rose would come out. They knew that Yuma would nominate Sinclay Jacques or Adolfovian.
“Tell me about it.”
The Empress wiggled her fingers as if she were red.
“Hella Jeha is now the sole heir to the throne of the empire. I believe that I can broaden my view of the great country by performing the duties of the prime minister on behalf of Heize.”
“A similar case can be found in the records of His Majesty the previous generation of Euclid 157 years ago. There is a record that Her Majesty Euclid completed her King’s classes while serving as the chancellor during her time as the princess.”
It was something I had read in the imperial seosil when I was a eunuch. At that time, after the dethronement of Jishka, Yuma had searched through the records of the imperial family in order to find a means to quickly end Hella’s King class.
He was a eunuch trusted by Hellas, so it was natural.
“Looks like you’ve seen the imperial family records.
It seems you haven’t read that His Majesty Yukli was the greatest gifted child in the history of the imperial family. Hella is virtuous and intelligent, but she is still far from performing the duties of a chancellor.”
“If eunuch Arantino and Sir Adeline Woods assist you, you will be able to carry out your duties as chancellor.”
“How do you know the eunuch Arantino?”
The eunuch Arantino, who committed suicide before returning, was the smartest person Yuma had ever seen.
The reason why he took care of Yuma, who was brought to the imperial castle as a eunuch after being castrated, was no different.
kinship.
Arantino, like Yuma, was also a case of becoming a eunuch just because a commoner showed off his talent.
He became a eunuch outside the eyes of the lord while drawing a complex formula on the dirt floor to more accurately calculate the tax of the territory.
Arantino, before returning, eventually committed suicide due to self-doubt. Yuma wanted to give him a chance this time.
“…I have some acquaintance with the eunuch Forgnon. While he’s on probation, he’s staying with me. I have been praising Arantino so that Forgnon has the same mouth as usual.”
“You are very good at lying. There was no way that pornon idiot would have praised Arantino. But it is true that Arantino is outstanding. I was keeping an eye on him too.”
The empress was deep in thought and did not argue with Yuma’s lies. It didn’t matter what the reasons for recommending Arantino were.
That boy would have been able to figure out that Arantino was excellent in some way. Whether it was through Zishka or Hela, or by relying on the blue dragon’s awe-inspiring power, which is unknown to the empress.
“good night. Then how are you going to kill Hayes? If Prince Duran steps forward, there is a risk that it will turn into a civil war.”
It wasn’t a good idea for the empress to directly punish Joheim’s act of summoning demons after publicizing it all over the world. As the empress, she had to use the ripple effect of Zishka’s marriage to bury the truth about Joheim.
If the fact that the Grand Duke and Chancellor had summoned demons was known, the entire empire would be thrown into great chaos.
The same was true of exterminating the entire Rollmandy family. After killing Hayes, a trick was needed to reduce some of the influence of the Rollmandi family.
“Your Majesty, I have a friend who suffered an indelible tragedy caused by Hayes. And that friend… is loved by the greatest blue dragon on earth.”
Jessica Dean.
Yuma intended to use the symbolism of Zekka Dean, Pidgin Carta, and Kriesha Ainu as a justification for killing Heize.
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