His Majesty, the current emperor of the "great" Roland Empire, Augustine VI... passed away?!
When this news came out from Prince Chen's mouth, the regent's face was extremely gloomy, and his originally bloodless face became so white that it was almost transparent.
Du Wei immediately realized the seriousness of the problem!
He even subconsciously looked back at his carriage: In fact, after receiving the urgent message from Prince Chen, Du Wei immediately rushed to the imperial capital with a batch of extremely precious magic potions. He thought,
Perhaps relying on his increasingly sophisticated knowledge of magic potions, he might be able to keep the old emperor alive for a while longer.
But……
But that old guy, he actually died?
The old emperor who had dominated the entire continent for decades, the old man who had launched the first Northwest War and n number of expeditions to the South Seas, and who was so happy with his achievements, is actually dead? The old man who even spent a large amount of military expenditures in order to show his power
Martial arts, and the emperor who staged huge triumphal ceremonies several times is actually dead? The old guy who did not hesitate to divert the empire's military spending and widen the Lancang Grand Canal for hundreds of miles in order to allow the warships to sail to the dock of the imperial capital to show off his great achievements.
, died like that?!
Perhaps from an emotional point of view, Du Wei had no good impression of Emperor Augustine VI. And, to be fair, this old guy who left a mess to the empire was really not a wise emperor.
In addition to being very successful, he is also a power maniac who is extremely possessive of power.
In his ten years in office, apart from wasting countless military expenditures, putting the empire's center in financial crisis for many times, replacing several finance ministers, and launching several meaningless foreign wars... he has accomplished almost nothing!
During his reign, the taxes on the common people of the empire increased several times, and the richest areas in the south were unable to afford it. This can be seen from the extremely prosperous slave industry in the empire during his reign!
Even as a father, he failed! The eldest son rebelled against him, and the younger son also turned away from him.
Such an emperor may really mean to many people: die early, be better off!
However, for Du Wei and the regent Prince Chen, he cannot die! He cannot die!
At least, you can’t die yet!
Since the coup more than three years ago, when Augustine VI was seized by Prince Chen, although the old man is still the emperor in name, he has actually become a puppet! Turning into a sign is just like when he was for
It's like dealing with the eldest son with long wings and using the younger son as a shield for the imperial power.
The real master of the empire is already Prince Chen. All the power has already been captured by Prince Chen.
However, even if he is a puppet, Augustine VI continues to live in this world, but it still has great significance to Prince Chen!
On the day of the coup, the Temple of Light suddenly turned its guns and supported Prince Chen. Such support came at the expense of Prince Chen accepting the baptism of the Pope and respecting the Pope as the "godfather" from then on! For the church, this is
It is a huge victory in the struggle between imperial power and divine power! Just think about it, an emperor of an empire humbly calls the Pope his godfather...
However, afterwards, Prince Chen had secretly confided his feelings to Du Wei: He swore that no one would praise him as emperor!
Therefore, in this case, the church did not know that the regent had such a plan.
According to normal thinking, Prince Chen is already sitting on the throne, and now he is the "Prince Regent". Just because the old emperor is not dead yet, as soon as the old emperor dies, the crown will naturally be placed on his head!
Even some people with dark hearts can't help but think: maybe one day the young regent will be unable to wait any longer and find some means to "end" the old emperor as soon as possible, and then he can be crowned as a matter of course.
However, only Du Wei and a very few people know Prince Chen's true thoughts and plans!
The old emperor has always been a high-sounding excuse to deal with pressure from the church!
Prince Chen's original wishful thinking was very good: after more than ten years of delay, his son has grown up, and the power in his hands has also been stabilized. After the imperial power was stabilized, the military and government affairs were all firmly under control.
, you don’t have to worry about the church’s challenge!
Now that this excuse is gone...then the next most urgent question is: What will happen to the throne next?!
Both Du Wei and Prince Chen looked gloomy, and then Du Wei followed Prince Chen into the palace, passed through several squares and corridors, and finally turned around and arrived in front of an empty palace.
Du Wei knew that this was the place where Augustine VI "retired".
Prince Chen was pretty good to his ruthless father. After the old emperor was ousted, he has been living under house arrest and living in this palace. The guards outside are all Prince Chen's confidants, and even the servants and
The waiters are all carefully selected by Prince Chen.
This old man, who had enjoyed great achievements in his life, had to live in such a big house when he was approaching old age. His entire range of activities was only allowed in this palace and the surrounding square.
Standing outside the palace, Du Wei seemed to have smelled the death-like silence in the palace. Du Wei's thoughts at the moment were very complicated.
Suddenly, Prince Chen turned around with a strange expression on his face, as if there was a faint mocking smile: "Almost every month, I ask the palace doctors to conduct a detailed physical examination on him. And all of them
The best doctors in the court have all assured me that my father is in good health, and if everything goes well, he can live for at least another fifteen years."
Du Wei opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say. Could it be that it was just a way to express love and sorrow? But Prince Chen didn't seem to be sad at all, but was filled with suppressed anger.
"Now, the bodies of those doctors are buried at your feet." Prince Chen's voice became colder.
Du Wei was startled, and subconsciously looked at his feet... The stone slabs on the ground looked very flat. There was no trace of the corpse buried underneath.
"Could it be that the doctors made a misdiagnosis?" Du Wei couldn't help but whisper, and then glanced at the dark hall in front of him.
"No, the diagnosis of these doctors is very correct." Prince Chen said lightly: "According to normal circumstances, my father would not have died so early."
Du Wei noticed that when Prince Chen said this, his tone was weird and his eyes were even weirder...
In fact, as an emperor who had held the power of the empire for decades, the old man Augustine VI died in a very dishonorable way... It could even be said that he died in a very shameful way.
Since he lost his power and was placed under house arrest, it is conceivable that a king who once owned a huge empire must have been extremely disappointed and angry in his heart.
And this kind of depression was entangled together, and in the case of this old man, it eventually turned into a kind of helplessness: his son was younger than him. He was more energetic, smarter, and had better methods!
No matter how stupid Augustine VI was, he at least understood one thing: he had no chance to counterattack!
Therefore, despite being depressed, he still lived in this palace honestly and lived the life of a puppet emperor with fine clothes and fine food.
It is understandable that as such an old man, since it is impossible to regain power, he must find a channel to vent his frustrations.
As an emperor, a once all-powerful emperor, after losing power, he could only release all his energy on women.
Oh no, no, no, Augustine VI certainly didn’t die on a woman’s belly. In fact, even if he wanted to exhaust himself to death, he didn’t have the chance!
Prince Chen is very concerned about his father's health! The old emperor eats and drinks the best, and when it comes to women, Prince Chen also asks the palace attendant who is responsible for the old emperor's daily life to carefully supervise and try not to let the old emperor become "over-indulged"
"feminine" opportunity.
This is also more understandable: After all, I was once an emperor! Take the power away from you! But now I want to play with a woman, and you have ordered me to control the frequency and quantity, preventing me from having fun!? This is simply unreasonable
!!
I don’t have any power anymore, so it can be said that there is nothing important except death! Even if all my energy is exhausted and everyone dies, what’s the point?
Therefore, the old emperor became even more depressed.
As a result, the old emperor was depressed. Since the "number of times" was limited, he racked his brains to find a breakthrough point in "quality"!
And because of the resentment that had been pent up in his heart for many years, after it broke out, the old emperor became obsessed with a special way of sex. This way, Du Wei's previous life also had a certain group of special hobbies, and in Du Wei's previous life
, there is also a general name for this method: sm!
Prince Chen treated the old man very favorably. He would try his best to satisfy almost any request that was not too excessive, feed him well, carefully protect the old emperor's safety, and check his health regularly.
It's a pity, after all, you can't let someone stare at you when you're crossing the circle, right?
Moreover, even if it is SM, there are at least some limits! "Abuse" is about a certain degree. If it is excessive, there will be no enjoyment at all.
But the old emperor, who was eager to vent, seemed to have forgotten all this. He used whips, soldering irons, and even various whimsical tools to torture the palace women who allowed him to vent his animal desires. While abusing those delicate women,
At the same time, he was satisfying his perverted pleasure. It seemed that only by watching these weak women scream and cry under his whip could he regain some of his former dignity and greatness.
There is no doubt that this approach is extremely abnormal.
And there is another famous saying: Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
There was a palace lady who, after long-term suffering from the old emperor's whips, soldering irons, and various other tortures, finally one day she couldn't bear it anymore. Determined to die, she launched her revenge!
After a hearty SM game, the old emperor was so intoxicated that he did not notice the hateful eyes of the woman in front of him. Instead, after being beaten to exhaustion, he asked the woman to serve him with her mouth. The result...
That night, a shrill scream resounded throughout the hall, and when the palace guards standing outside rushed in, the old emperor had fainted and died in a pool of blood, and his lower body was a bloody mess.
And the humiliated palace woman had already hit her head against the wall and died when the guards rushed in.
The court physicians and court magicians who arrived afterwards tried all their methods, but in the end they were unable to revive the old emperor Augustine VI, who was already old and frail, and was bitten off his lifeblood.
As a result, the old emperor died that night.
And he was probably the most humiliating emperor in the history of the Roland Empire.
Listening to Prince Chen telling the scandal about the old emperor's death with an expressionless face, Du Wei didn't say a word for a long time. He felt that he couldn't cry or laugh at this moment.
The anger on Prince Chen's face was obviously unabated.
However, what is more obvious is that the news of the old emperor's death is still kept secret by Prince Chen, and the news has not spread.
And those palace doctors who were executed were also unlucky... to keep their mouths secret.
"This is probably what happened." Prince Chen's tone was cold: "We are facing a difficult problem now, Du Wei. I can't think of anyone else to discuss this matter with, so I can only summon you back."
"But, I don't know how I can help." Du Wei frowned.
Obviously, the next biggest problem is: it is difficult to keep the news of the old emperor’s death secret!
Because even though he is a puppet, he is still the emperor of the empire in name. And for a certain period of time, Prince Chen will arrange for the old emperor to appear once or twice in some public places to maintain the color of this sign.
But now the old guy is dead.
"I'm afraid you can only be crowned." Du Wei sighed.
What else could be done? Let Prince Chen’s youngest son, ten-year-old Charlie, be crowned emperor immediately?
My son becomes the little emperor, and I also become the regent? If this is the case, it is a joke no matter how you say it!
"Follow me." Prince Chen held Du Wei's hand with a gloomy expression and walked into the palace.
There was no one in the main hall. But Du Wei saw that there seemed to be a person lying on the big bed and the cloth in the bed!
Prince Chen pulled Du Wei to the bedside and stood ten steps away with a gloomy sneer on his lips, then coughed: "Father, I'm here to see you."
Du Wei was shocked!
Then he saw an old figure struggling to sit up on the bed... Well, it wasn't struggling, it was trembling!
Through the curtain, Du Wei vaguely saw that familiar face, it was Augustine VI...
He immediately understood everything like lightning!
"Your Highness...are you planning to do this?" Du Wei said in a cautious tone: "I don't think this is a good idea! I'm afraid a substitute can't hide it from everyone! After all, His Majesty the Emperor has been in power for many years, and many veterans are very familiar with him.
Yes! Many times, a person’s inadvertent movement or look can become a loophole! If it is not done properly, it will become a big trouble!"
