The long rope passed through the high iron ring and was suddenly pulled up. Several well-dressed nobles were hung up, kicking and struggling, and finally hanged on the rope.
The palace square of Titania was covered with bloodstains, and the corpses of sinners stood on both sides of the square. Palace messengers in red clothes held edicts and read out the charges of these nobles aloud.
Treason, rebellion, disloyalty, and many other frightening crimes were shouted from those voices, and below were the silent nobles and commoners.
Soon after, the sky gradually darkened, and heavy rain poured down, washing the blood-stained ground continuously. The hanging corpses also became more humane and gloomy in the rain.
Since the death of His Majesty the Emperor, the royal capital has been filled with a tense and restless mood. Guards in red uniforms searched house to house, looking for the murderer and accomplices of the emperor.
Countless suspected nobles and officials were dragged out by the Guards, interrogated and beheaded on the spot. Blood flowed across the streets of the royal capital. Many nobles expressed protests and doubts, but these voices were ignored by the Guards Executive Officer De Rosa.
Press down.
This rare Sequence 7 in the empire used his powerful strength to suppress opposition voices, and with an almost crazy attitude, he hunted and searched for suspects who might harm the emperor. He would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
He suspected everyone, even the emperor's brother Edron and Queen Lili Esther were on his watch list.
As a close minister who was favored by the emperor, and the commander of the Praetorian Guards, he also felt great honor when he was trusted by the emperor, but now all of this is lost.
"I swear to kill everyone involved in the murder of His Majesty." Wearing a black and red windbreaker, he led thousands of guards to clean up all possible hiding spots in the capital with force.
In the past, those thieves and thieves who were involved in the gray industry would be hanged by this angry avenger whenever they were discovered and caught.
This happened over and over again. I don't know how many people were involved in this cold-blooded and cruel purge. Killings were happening in the square every day. The only difference was whether it was 10 or 100 today.
Today, after executing another group of suspects, DeRosa returned to the palace and walked on the black and white checkered floor towards the palace where the queen lived.
Arriving at the corridor door of the palace, a maid in a black and white dress stood nervously in front of the adult.
"I'm sorry, Lord DeRosa, Her Majesty the Queen doesn't want to see you." She spoke with a trembling voice, obviously afraid of the commander of the Guards who smelled of blood.
DeRosa stared at the maid with stern eyes and remained silent for a long time. Finally, she spoke only when her legs almost gave out and she fell.
"Your Majesty, I understand." Then he turned around with cold steps and left with a group of armored guards.
Just when the maid behind him was about to relax, he spoke again.
"However, for the safety of the Queen and His Royal Highness, I will have people stationed around the palace 24 hours a day to ensure safety." Then the group walked away with the sound of armor scraping.
Inside the palace, Lily was sitting at a small round table, holding an under-year-old baby in her arms, which was her and Emmank's child.
Rain was falling outside the window, hitting the glass constantly, making a tinny sound. Seeing that the child in her arms was about to be awakened, Lily carefully rocked it to comfort her.
"Be good, mom is right here, sleep well..." She tried her best to whisper in a gentle tone, but her pale face was already full of haggardness.
After the emperor passed away, many matters in the empire and palace suddenly weighed on this innocent girl, making her anxious and terrified.
Watching the child in her arms fall asleep again, the young mother breathed a sigh of relief. She raised her head and looked around, saw the maid coming back beside her, and asked in a low voice: "Is he gone?"
"Yes, Lord De Rosa has left." The maid decided not to mention that there were several layers of guardsmen guarding the outside, so as not to irritate the anxious and distressed Queen.
After hearing this return, Lily's frowning frown relaxed a little, and her expression softened.
"Actually, I don't hate DeRosa, I'm just really afraid of seeing him."
She recalled what she had seen and heard in the past year. Every time DeRosa found a so-called suspect, she would be asked to judge and sentence them to death. Sometimes, she would also be asked to watch those sinners be killed.
Facing such bloody scenes for a long time was such a strong stimulus for Lily that it often caused her to suffer from insomnia and nightmares at night.
"Are those people really guilty?" she once asked the people around her.
"I don't know." The attendant who answered this sentence was hanged on a long pole because of suspicion that day.
From now on, whenever Lily asked, everyone would answer, "They deserve death."
Lily wanted DeRosa to kill fewer people, but the courtier looked at her with a serious and even suspicious look. After being stared at by that cold and stern gaze, it was like a poisonous snake peeping, which made Lily no longer want to
Dare to speak freely.
Sometimes she even thought that if she had not given birth to a prince, she might have been killed by DeRosa and buried with her.
Everything that was happy in the past was like a beautiful dream, suddenly awakened by the cold rain of blood.
It was not like this in the past. When Aimank was alive, she was like a bird living in a peaceful and beautiful nest. The beautiful palace of Titania was like the most beautiful garden in the world, waiting for her to visit every day.
She likes to swing, so Aimanke asked the elves to build a beautiful courtyard surrounded by trees and vines. There are not only swings, but also various small animals.
Sometimes she would go to Aimank with the little rabbit in her arms. This majestic emperor in the eyes of outsiders always showed endless patience and gentleness in front of her.
Lily rarely cares about affairs outside the palace. She knows that she doesn’t understand and doesn’t understand. Interfering and speaking out will only cause trouble. Whenever Aimanke returns to the palace tiredly, she will serve him something she made.
Have a small snack, then let Aimanke take a nap in your arms, and spend a peaceful afternoon.
When Emmank wakes up, Lily will tell him about today's new discoveries, or recite gentle poems. In fact, she was not interested in poetry before, but after becoming a queen, there are always many poets and nobles.
The lady presented some gifts or poems to her, hoping to get the queen's approval and praise.
Over time, she gradually came into contact with and understood some of them. In order to appease her mentally exhausted lover, she would select poems that she thought were suitable and say them to him. And Aimanke would lie in Lily's arms and watch the poems quietly.
Her face under the sun showed a faint smile.
"Lily, you are a treasure given to me by God."
Aimanke reached out and gently touched his lover's cheek, and the coldness in his eyes seemed to have melted away a lot.