What kind of girl would travel to another world?

The previous chapter said that the Swordsman King took Wei Qingping to "ask for money" from a shop owner who had been "sponsored" by him, but suddenly heard news that the city defense army was searching for him throughout the city.

Even earlier, before they escaped the dungeon, the queen was coordinating various matters in the palace. In a short period of time, the queen had taken control of the entire palace, and then the entire capital, and finally the entire country.

After a long period of timidity, the eldest princess finally mustered up a sliver of courage and asked the queen, "Mother, you're not going to kill our father, are you?" Her face was thick with worry as she spoke. She felt that it was fine for her father and mother to simply fight for the throne, and she didn't want a life-and-death struggle between her family members. After all, she had witnessed their struggles for power and gain countless times since she could remember. Given the family tradition, how could she dare express any opinion?

The queen replied to the eldest princess, "That depends on whether he is willing to cooperate. If he voluntarily admits his mistake in front of the people, abdicates, and immediately hands over the throne to me, I can spare his life." She said this with a ruthless look on her face.

The eldest princess felt a little relieved after hearing this, but after thinking about it, she said to the queen: "Then I will go and persuade my father!" She volunteered mainly because she was afraid that her father would not cooperate, and she wanted to try to end the dispute between them as soon as possible.

After hearing this, the queen said to the eldest princess, "Don't be so anxious to persuade him. Let him stay in the dungeon for a few days and think about it to see whether it is more comfortable to live in the dungeon or outside. Hahahaha!" At this point, she could no longer control her inner joy, and burst into laughter, and her laughter echoed throughout the hall.

The Queen refused to send the eldest princess to persuade the Swordsman King to surrender, fearing she might be persuaded by the Swordsman King and ultimately help him escape. Her first priority was to control the entire royal court before sending someone to persuade him to surrender. Even if the Swordsman King did manage to escape the dungeon, he would be trapped and could no longer pose any threat to her.

The eldest princess fell silent after hearing this. Afterwards, amid the queen's laughter, she did not dare to mention going to the dungeon to persuade the king to surrender.

Soon after, several nobles arrived at the palace with four captains of the city defense force. These nobles were the last remaining nobles in the Kingdom of Grilanchi. Following King Jianhao's reforms, most noble titles expired upon death, with no further renewals. The queen's successful palace coup was made possible by the support of these nobles. The nobles funded and mobilized the troops within and outside the capital, including those in the two important towns to the east and west. With their help, the city defense force was now completely under the queen's control. The queen had previously promised that upon ascending to the throne, she would allow their titles and territories to continue to be hereditary.

One of the nobles standing in the front congratulated the queen and said, "I didn't expect you to succeed! Congratulations!" After he said that, he turned around and looked around, then asked the queen, "Where is His Majesty the King?" He didn't see any bloodstains in the hall, so he was worried that the king had run away.

The queen retorted to the noble, "Why are you still calling him Your Majesty? There's someone else sitting on the throne now!"

The nobleman quickly admitted his mistake and said to the queen, "Yes, yes, yes! The queen is your majesty!"

The queen directly rebuked the nobleman, saying, "Count, watch your words! It's Her Majesty the Queen!"

After being scolded, the earl knelt on the ground and said to the queen: "Your Majesty!"

The other nobles and captains of the city defense forces in the hall also knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty!"

The queen said to everyone, "Get up!" After she finished speaking, everyone stood up. Then she said to everyone, "Sit down!" Everyone sat down at the long tables on both sides.

That earl was the lord of the village Wei Qingping had passed by earlier. After all, the country's territory was so small that the territory of a single village was already considered an earl. Rather than earl, it would be better to call him village chief. Before King Jianhao's reforms, the country had two dukes, each controlling East Town and West Town, and several marquises controlling several villages. These were all eliminated by King Jianhao's reforms. Now, the highest nobility title in the country is earl.

At this time, the food on the long table had not yet been removed. This food was prepared by King Jianhao in the morning. King Jianhao and Wei Qingping left the prison at noon, and when they arrived at the main hall, it was already afternoon. They had started eating in the afternoon, and only joined the dinner at the last moment with the arrival of the eldest princess. The three of them couldn't eat much, so there were many untouched leftovers on the table.

The queen shouted, "Someone come! Serve the food again!" After she said that, the maids immediately took away the leftovers and began to serve the food again.

Amidst laughter and joy, a dinner party began. During the dinner, Noble A asked the Queen, "Your Majesty, will the King come back to take the throne?" He was clearly still worried, fearing that the Swordsman King would return and bring disaster upon himself.

The Queen, who had just had a few drinks, suddenly opened her eyes wide and shouted, "I own this throne! Not even the gods can take it from me, I say!" She exuded the dominance of a king. After regaining consciousness, she added, "Don't worry! I've locked him up. He can't possibly come out and try to take it from me."

At this moment, the chief jailer brought two injured jailers into the hall. The bandages wrapped around the jailers' heads were still oozing with blood.

When the queen saw the chief jailer with two injured jailers, she immediately had a bad feeling.

The chief jailer half-knelt on the ground and reported to the queen, "Something terrible has happened! Several masked men knocked the jailer unconscious and abducted the prisoners in the dungeon!" After he finished speaking, he immediately lowered his head and said nothing more.

The queen was furious when she heard this and scolded the chief jailer, saying, "Fool! You can't even handle such a small matter!"

Everyone in the hall was in an uproar, whispering among themselves. At this time, the nobles and the four captains of the city defense army did not know that the queen had imprisoned the Sword King in the dungeon, so they did not know that the "abducted prisoner" the head jailer was talking about was the Sword King.

The eldest princess asked the queen, "Mother! Could it be that some bad guys have captured our father?" If it was just a fight for the throne, she would certainly hope that her mother would win in the end. But at the same time, she didn't want her father to be in danger.

When everyone heard that the king had been kidnapped, they immediately fell into chaos. The earl was so frightened that he was speechless and even dropped his wine glass. He knew that if the swordsman king returned to the throne, he would definitely attack the nobles who betrayed him, and he would be the first to bear the brunt of the consequences.

The queen immediately shouted to the crowd, "What's the panic? Go and announce that the king's conspiracy to tangle with the enemy has been exposed, and he is fleeing the country with the help of several enemy spies. Arrest him!" Then she said to the four captains of the city defense force, "When you capture the traitors and return, I will reward you according to your merit! Those who capture them will be knighted!"

The four captains of the city defense force, who had been staring at each other in bewilderment, suddenly shouted in unison, "As you command, Your Majesty!" Then, they immediately stood up and set out together to capture the Swordsman King. Just like that, a capture operation suddenly became a competition for a title.

Even after giving the order, the queen remained baffled. She thought, "The key to the dungeon was indeed returned to me by the executioner, precisely to prevent the king from bribing the jailer and releasing him. Who robbed the dungeon, and how did they know the king was imprisoned there? Only a few people would know." She believed her plan was flawless. Those who might have aided the king were currently away from the capital. She couldn't imagine anyone in the capital who was still on the king's side.

However, the Queen did not know that the Chief Jailer, half-kneeling before her, had lied. In fact, when the Swordsman King escaped from the dungeon, there was no jailer guarding the dungeon. As for why the Chief Jailer lied, we need to go back a little further.

The chief jailer had been bribed by the queen a long time ago. He even secretly informed the queen about King Jianhao taking Wei Qingping out of the prison. However, the queen was wary of the chief jailer and asked the executioner not to tell the chief jailer that the prisoner in the dungeon was King Jianhao. She didn't want too many people to know where King Jianhao was imprisoned. So when the chief jailer received a notice from the executioner to guard the dungeon, he hastily sent only one jailer to guard the long-abandoned dungeon. After guarding outside the dungeon for a while, the jailer heard the king's voice in the dungeon and realized that the prisoner in the dungeon was King Jianhao. After thinking about it for a long time, the jailer finally left the dungeon and told the chief jailer about the prisoner in the dungeon.

The jailer who arrived at the prison camp immediately pulled the chief jailer to a deserted area and said to him, "Oh no! Sir! It's His Majesty the King in the dungeon!"

When the chief jailer heard this, he panicked and thought to himself, "No wonder the queen wants to use that empty dungeon. It turns out she wants to imprison the king. Oh my God! Is the queen rebelling?" He became a rebel without knowing it, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

The jailer saw that the jailer had been silent for a long time, so he hurriedly asked him, "What should we do, sir?"

The chief jailer asked the jailer, "Did you see the King with your own eyes?"

The jailer replied to the chief jailer, "I can't get into the dungeon without a key, but I heard that it was indeed the voice of His Majesty the King."

The chief jailer rebuked the jailer, saying, "Alas! How dare you abandon your post without actually seeing it was the King?" After rebuking him, he continued, "Come! Take me there to confirm it!"

After the chief jailer finished speaking, the jailer immediately led the way. The chief jailer followed the jailer to the dungeon. However, when the jailer and the chief jailer returned to the dungeon, they found that the dungeon door had been pried open and the Swordsman King was gone.

The head jailer was very angry at this moment. He scolded the jailer and said, "Oh! No matter who is in the dungeon, it's trouble now! It's all your fault for leaving your post! This time, even I will suffer!" He thought to himself, "I only sent one jailer to guard it. This is not justifiable. We will definitely be held responsible together later." Thinking of this, he was extremely anxious.

After scolding the jailer, the head jailer immediately called two of his closest jailers to discuss the matter.

After the chief jailer told them the general situation, he asked for their suggestions and said, "What should we do?" After saying this, he still looked extremely worried.

One of the fatter jailers said to the chief jailer, "You didn't tell us that you had taken refuge with the queen." His words sounded like a complaint, and he guessed that the chief jailer must have received a lot of benefits from the queen.

The head jailer hurriedly said to the fat jailer, "Oh, don't worry about this now! If the queen dismisses me because of this, no one will take care of you in the future!" He was telling the truth. If he was dismissed, no one knew who the queen would appoint as the new head jailer.

Another thinner guard said to the chief jailer, "Whatever the case, this is a family matter between the king and queen, and there's no definitive answer yet. First and foremost, we must minimize our guilt. Since we can't be sure the escaped prisoner is the king, we should simply pretend we don't know. We must report this immediately. Any longer, and it will be difficult to explain later."

The fatter jailer also said to the chief jailer, "Report it quickly." His attitude showed that he held the same opinion.

The head jailer thought for a moment and said to the two men, "I got it! Just say that someone knocked out the jailer and abducted the prisoner. Since they were all knocked unconscious, they wouldn't know that the abducted prisoner was the king. It's just you two, and we can't let more people know. Quickly, pretend to be knocked unconscious and come with me to the main hall to report." After that, the two jailers began to wrap bandages around their heads and sprinkled a few drops of chicken blood on the bandages.