Origin Paradise!

No new ruler will like a family that has killed its own kind, and most nobles will also spontaneously despise such rule-breakers.

"Only the blood of the king can kill the blood of the king, Father, your executioner is here!"

The second prince was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by the Great Golem. Grizzly Bear used his speed to reach the prince's side. Looking at the king walking with the golem, he felt a headache coming on, especially the construct knights. Although they were easy to defeat, they greatly affected his movement efficiency.

"Go together."

Two hundred armored knights attacked from all directions, clashing with the prince's guards, while four Grand Golems surrounded the enemy.

Grizzly paused briefly after killing several armored knights in his crash, just as he was about to make his move, Henry VI suddenly appeared behind the target golem. He could only forcibly restrain most of his strength, because once the golem was shattered, the aftershocks alone would have killed this frail "knight".

"You're insane! You're completely insane!" Grizzly cursed. His strength was unparalleled among almost all experts of the same level, but his speed was an unavoidable weakness.

"laugh!"

Henry VI scoffed, "Let me duel with my rebellious son!"

These words surprised not only the Grizzly Bears but also the construct knights.

How could such words come from a monarch?

"What, you want to become king but still cower in fear!?"

Henry VI roared, his expression a mixture of anger and contempt.

None of his sons satisfied him.

"Then as you wish."

The second prince stepped out of the protective circle.

Grizzly felt deeply constrained. Under normal circumstances, he could have dealt with the Great Golem in a few minutes, but now he had to control his power to avoid hurting the two monarchs. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, the Great Golem should be able to self-destruct. This thing was originally a consumable created by alchemists and had no humanity whatsoever.

The knight's sword clashed with the ceremonial sword.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the second prince and Henry VI engaged in a one-on-one sword duel. Almost all the great knights turned their attention to them. Although the sword skills of the two combatants were not worth mentioning, this battle would determine the future of the kingdom.

The knight's sword slashed across Henry VI's neck, drawing a drop of blood. He swung the sword back to strike his second son's shoulder, but failed to break through his defenses.

Unlike the king's ceremonial attire for events, the second prince wore a grand knight's armor, giving him a significant advantage in sword fights.

Bang!

The second prince stepped forward, his arm bending as he turned the blade, and delivered a powerful elbow strike straight to the king's chest. The knightly spirit was unleashed, and the slight cracking sound of bones breaking resounded like thunder in the ears of all the great knights.

Henry VI staggered backward, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Die! I've had enough of you!"

The second prince beheaded the king with a single sword stroke.

At the same time, the higher-ranking nobles and royal elders tacitly stopped fighting, and the various knight captains hurriedly ordered the construct knights to stop their infighting and focus their attention on the criminals.

The second prince raised the king's head as a symbol of his victory.

"Today, in the name of the knight and the god of fertile land, I slay the most heinous criminals..."

puff!

Time seems to stand still.

The Duke of Golden Lion and the royal elders were dumbfounded.

On the city wall, the Royal Guard Knights looked at each other in bewilderment, while Mordred kept stroking the greatsword in his hand.

In a house on the street, Margaret covered her mouth with her hand, tears welling in her eyes. Her face was not sad, but rather filled with uncertainty about the future.

The construct knights stood frozen in place like puppets.

"You..." Grizzly stammered, reaching out to grab the lawless guy in front of him, but felt an unprecedented powerlessness.

puff!

This is the second sword strike.

Jiang He tossed aside the ceremonial sword he had picked up and broke free from the shadowy infiltration. He reached out and grabbed the second prince by the back of the neck. The man was already dead, with one sword to the back of the head and one to the heart. For a knight, this was an irreversible and fatal wound.

"Gentlemen, let us welcome the new emperor."

As soon as she finished speaking, Queen Margaret carried the ninth prince onto the platform.

She easily obtained the king's secret decree to legitimize her status by virtue of her own favor. Henry VI disliked his sons, but the three-year-old child was still immature, so the process was simple and smooth.

Margaret remembered someone's words: their faction had no support from the great nobles, so they had to take the moral high ground.

"...The second prince, Sosacles, plotted a rebellion to assassinate the king. Minister Anor quelled the rebellion, representing the will of the royal family, the ninth prince, and myself..."

"...Those who lay down their weapons now will be forgiven for their past transgressions..."

"...I will ask Grand Duke Mordres to step in and take charge..."

The nobles, who were initially unwilling to accept defeat, gradually laid down their weapons. With the second prince alive, their movement was an internal change. Now that the prince was dead and no royal blood was involved, it became a military rebellion of the nobles. The titled knight Mordred was bound by an oath never to interfere in politics, but he could act at will against the rebellion.

"Please, Your Majesty, ascend the throne."

Amidst the confusion of everyone's thoughts, Count Hru, who had escaped from his family's territory, was the first to kneel on one knee.

"Please, Your Majesty, ascend the throne." Marquis Soren, the father-in-law, followed closely behind.

The shouts grew louder, and the construct knights bowed in turn. Duke Golden Lion glanced back at the city wall, sighed softly, and knelt on one knee.

……

Blue River Manor, outside the capital city.

The Black Marquis, the chief strategist of the Second Prince's camp, arrived, accompanied by a high knight from the Holy Blood Church on each side.

Blue River Estate was the residence of the third prince, who was fond of witchcraft but unfortunately lacked talent. He often stayed at the estate, detached from worldly affairs. Henry VI greatly appreciated this sensible behavior, and the third prince was not implicated in the previous bloodshed at court.

The Marquis of Black had a serious look in his eyes.

According to the inheritance rules that have been in place for thousands of years, after the death of the second prince, the third prince and Princess Eleanor are nominally in line for succession before the ninth prince. Eleanor is an elf half-blood, and once this identity is revealed, she will lose her legitimacy to inherit the throne. Therefore, no nobleman is considering her.

Compared to the child on the high platform, the third prince of Blue River Manor, who has been forgotten for many years, is the rightful successor.

The Black Marquis charged into the manor castle, his speed leaving the two Grand Knights on either side far behind. However, his expression gradually turned serious. The corpses of his servants and guards lay by the roadside, appearing to have been dead for no more than a quarter of an hour. Among them was even an ordinary Grand Knight.

"Not good."

The castle gates collapsed, and when the Black Marquis arrived at the entrance, a cold and aloof woman was walking out carrying the prince's head, her fingers still dripping blood.

"Oh, isn't this Marquis Rune?"

Si Ning, as if taking a stroll after a meal, raised her hand in greeting: "You're a step too late. He colluded with the Second Prince and deserved it."

The Marquis of Black's gaze was cold. "The Third Prince has always stayed away from trouble. What crime has he committed? Your Highness is plotting a rebellion."

Si Ning raised an eyebrow and mocked, "These words are truly disgusting. You presented the famous painting 'Margaret' to Henry VI, and it was your suggestion that noble ladies need betrothal gifts. You not only instigated the conflict between the red and white roses, but also incited the second prince to rebel against his father. You are the one who plotted rebellion."

The two sides faced off. The Black Marquis activated his true form. He knew that Princess Chesia had a killing ability comparable to a peak Grand Knight. Even if her physical qualities were slightly inferior, he estimated that it would take him half an hour to kill her. If he wanted to capture her alive, the difficulty would be immeasurable.

But at that moment, a group of golden-armored knights stormed into Blue River Manor. The first vice-commander of the Royal Guard had arrived in person, clearly indicating that the guardian of the throne—Mordres—also believed that the third prince should inherit the throne before the ninth prince.

The first deputy commander glanced at the tense situation and then at the prince's head. Today, the Summer Hunt had completely turned into a day of bloodshed. The death of three Lancasters who were qualified to sit on the throne in half a day was enough to shock the nations.

"You two..." The first deputy commander's expression was complicated. "Instead of fighting here, you should prepare to attend His Majesty's enthronement ceremony. As far as I know, today's events have made my master very unhappy. Please do not cross the line again."

Si Ning shrugged, picked up her head, and turned to leave.

The Black Marquis lowered the brim of his cloak and left with two great knights. He took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to his trusted confidant.

"Send it to the Duke of Djouk."

"clear."

Chapter 309 Shocking change!

Explore the year 1600, August 16th.

The "Duel of the Two Kings" incident broke out in the Kingdom of Stuart.

The second prince murdered his father and rebelled.

The garrison captain, Anor, killed the second prince and quelled the rebellion. During the incident, the third prince was also affected, and all three perished in a single day.

With the help of Queen Margaret, the ninth prince held a simple coronation ceremony on a high platform on the main road in the north. Because the prince was young, the queen took charge of all affairs and served as regent.

After the ceremony, the Queen exercised royal power in place of Henry VII, promoted Annegret to Privy Councillor, granted him the title of Earl of Court, and ordered him to reorganize the Red Castle's ruling cabinet.

Due to heavy casualties in both the Royal Capital Knights and the Red Rose Knights, the two were merged into the Rose Knights, which consisted of 2500 construct knights. The Red Rose Knights and the Royal Capital Knights served as vice-commanders, while Princess Chesia served as the commander and commander of the garrison, overseeing the defense of the Royal Capital.

Anor announced the appointments after taking office.

The first rule was that all members of the royal family had to come to the capital and swear allegiance to Henry VII.

The Privy Council members of the four superior noble families—Golden Lion, Grizzly Bear, White Eagle, and Brown Wolf—remain unchanged. Earl Hru is promoted to Minister of the Seal, and Marquis Soren to Minister of Finance.

While compromising with the nobles, Anor ordered the confiscation of all Black Serpent family property in the capital and the imprisonment of all members. This was a necessary punishment for the "mastermind" of the rebellion, but the affairs and personnel in the Black Serpent Duchy were not investigated.

With no nobles objecting and even cooperating unusually, it meant that the matter of participating in the "rebellion" was now closed, and the new prime minister had brought the rules of the game in the capital back to what they were before the Mad King's era—a cause for celebration.

In addition, the three-year-old rubber stamp—Henry VII personally promoted the Grand Duke of Modrace to Lord Chancellor and Minister of War, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Fleet, and the titled Knight—the Grand Duke of the Rose—to Minister of the Sea and Minister of Colonial Affairs, both of which were hereditary in the Grand Duke's family, which was equivalent to relinquishing royal power in exchange for support.

7 month 17 day.

Since the conflict between the Red and White Roses, the main force of the Kingdom's fleet, which had been stationed on the south bank of the capital, has made its first large-scale departure from port, advancing along the Blue River and stationing itself in the central port.

The Archduke of the Roses ordered that ships from Djouk be prohibited from entering the Blue Heights and petitioned the Red Keep to remove the prefix from the name of the Order of the Roses. The Rose family had no intention of interfering with the military power of the capital.

Henry VII declined, but expressed his trust in the king.

Meanwhile, amid the riots in the capital, the Duke of Djouk led the main force of the Warring States Knights to northern Narcshire. The four great earldoms swept across the Northland. With the death of Henry VI, Margaret, a Bourbon native, became regent, and the northern nobles surrendered without resistance.

The Duke's fleet and the Kingdom's fleet are facing off in the central port.

The Duke of Nachshire is Mordres' brother-in-law, and the county is Mordres' stronghold. With the Storm and the Royal Guard knight orders heading north, war between the two titled knights is imminent.

……

July 22, Red Fort.

Jiang He handled affairs in the ruling cabinet for five days. The content was nothing more than mutual compromise and adjustment among all parties, and redistribution of interests. After the "battle of the two kings", many positions were vacant, giving the newly formed ruling cabinet room to operate. Overall, it was not too difficult.

"In just five days, twenty-seven weddings were held in the capital. Fortunately, we didn't have to give any money as a wedding gift."

Si Ning complained, and the two headed to the royal treasury side by side.

One of the main means of forming alliances among the nobles of the capital was through marriage. The offspring born from the union of husband and wife carried the blood of both families and, as they grew up normally, naturally developed a goodwill toward both families. Based on this, marriage was guaranteed to be trustworthy and eventually evolved into a way of publicly expressing one's stance.

Jiang He calmly said, "The Marquis of Rune disappeared five days ago after leaving Blue River Manor. His origins are mysterious, but it is certain that he is not a player. Seven years ago, he came into the sight of Henry VI because of his superb painting skills. He has never lost trust, but has never held any actual position."

Si Ning stroked her chin and replied, "At the time, I was prepared to fight him. To be honest, I wasn't sure I could win, but I was sure I could leave whenever I wanted."

Jiang He frowned upon hearing this. Marquis Rune was neither a Gold nor a Silver power, otherwise he would have crushed the peak Grand Knights. This guy had been a painter for seven years. Unless he was born of the same mother as the Mad King, he must have other motives.

The Royal Treasury is an ancient, colossal fortress, constructed entirely of massive, heavy black stones, its surface rough and covered with mysterious alchemical patterns.

The treasure vault's gate was forged from magic steel. On either side of the gate stood a majestic, fully-fledged magic statue. The statues' eyes were wide open, staring intently ahead, like loyal guardians. The vault's dome shimmered with a strange metallic luster under the sunlight, creating a striking contrast with the surrounding dark tones, making it appear even more majestic and solemn.

Upon their arrival, Margaret was already waiting with Henry VII in her arms. The former Grand Master of the Royal Treasury opened the vault door, which was only opened when the King himself arrived.

"7560 pieces of calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, 2250 boxes of various jewels, more than 800 million gold coins, 3000 sets of knight-level armor..." The commander of the royal capital reported the inventory one by one. Despite Henry VI's extravagance and waste, the treasury still had reserves worth tens of millions of gold coins, which shows the wealth accumulated by the Red Rose family to this day.

"What about the treasures of the sea?" Jiang He asked.

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, in the second year after the First Queen's disappearance, His Majesty the VI's condition worsened, and his health deteriorated. Grand Duke Mordres ordered the transfer of all the treasures, personally taking control of the Heirloom—Storm, and forbidding the sale of any set of armor. There are also restrictions on His Majesty's annual gold coin expenditures," the Royal Capital Commander replied.

Otherwise, given Henry VI's capricious nature and extravagant spending, the royal family would never have been able to preserve any of his treasures.

Jiang He remained expressionless.

Si Ning moved a little further away from him. This guy was willing to stay in the capital and participate in politics, patiently handling government affairs, simply to successfully seize a large number of secret treasures. She had already sensed a hint of anger. However, objectively speaking, it was unreasonable for Modres to indulge and ignore Henry VI's squandering of the royal family's wealth.

"The royal treasury is no longer safe. The garrison will move and hide these items later."

Jiang He calmed himself down. Mordres was not in the capital at the moment. The royal family had vast direct territories and colonies. Since all the treasures were missing, he could sell official positions and exchange them with the nobles. If the Eternal Dragon Spear could not be upgraded to the Supreme level by taking this opportunity, there would be no point in him being the prime minister.

The royal commander looked at the queen. He didn't care; the royal treasury was empty, and he could just get out of this position.

Margaret hesitated, for these were her and her child's future.

“Minister Anor, the royal treasury is impregnable. I think it would be better to leave it here for the time being.”

Jiang He glanced sideways, her eyes cold as ice, and said indifferently, "Margaret, I hope you always remember to know your place. When the late king passed away and the nobles wanted to expel you, a Bourbon, there were no madmen standing in your way."

Margaret turned pale and unconsciously hugged Henry VII tightly in her arms.