Silver Ring City, the residence of the Earl of Narr. (Fifteen days to escape)

　　 "Earl, the man and woman have met again."

　　 Hearing the housekeeper's words, the short and fat middle-aged man raised his head from the desk, put down the pen in his hand, and asked, "Viscount Philson didn't doubt it?"

　　 The butler shook his head, his tone was full of contempt and disdain: "That idiot, I am convinced that the woman who meets him is the queen herself. I would never think that she was just a prostitute!"

　　 Earl touched the top of his head, and said cautiously: "Be careful in everything! If the idiot who is obsessed with the queen accidentally sees something, my plan will fail!"

"My lord, don't worry. We paid a lot of money to buy a female officer and a guard. Every time we saw the Viscount, they accompanied them to testify and fully grasped the queen's schedule; and that person, whether it was voice, The prostitutes who were similar in shape to the queen, we spent more than half a month teaching her to imitate the queen's every move; not to mention that the other party was the stupid and arrogant Viscount Philson..."

　　 The butler said that, he took a letter from his arms and handed it to the earl: "My lord, this is the love letter that Viscount Philson gave to the "Queen" tonight. The content is roughly the same as we wanted."

　　 The earl took the letter, carefully opened the envelope, and spent some time reading it carefully, and finally nodded with satisfaction, and asked the housekeeper: "Where is the painting?"

　　 "Along with this love letter, he also gave that painting to the "Queen" tonight."

　　 "What about the decoration in the palace?"

　　 "Everything is in order."

　　 "Very good, so that the plan is half successful." The earl said, suddenly remembering something, and said to the butler: "After this matter is over, those insiders, including the prostitute, do you know what to do?"

　　 Watching the bald fat man gently clasp his fingers on the tabletop, the housekeeper swallowed and nodded heavily.

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　　 Silver Ring City, the palace of the palace. (Eleven days to escape)

　　 "Your Majesty, it would be better if you put some herbs on the corner of your eyes."

　　 Queen Mary looked sadly at herself in the bronze mirror, at the corner of her eyes and right collarbone, two obvious bruises were very dazzling. She gently pushed away the ointment handed by the maid Cathy, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty hasn't come back yet?"

　　 Cathy was taken aback, and whispered: "Your Majesty and the nobles went hunting."

　　 "Where are those official documents?"

　　 "I heard that they were all thrown to the ministers of state..."

　　 The queen closed her eyes and sighed heavily.

When Cathy said this, she first looked at the host’s expression, and then said angrily: “If you want me to say, that picture and that letter, it’s obvious that someone is blaming you! You actually said that you just told you for a picture. The Viscount Philson has a tryst! What kind of love letter has he received!"

　　 The queen shook her head: "A botched scam with many flaws, but it hit the king's weakness... As long as you give your Majesty some time, I believe he can see the trick."

　　 After saying this, Mary gently touched the wound on her face with her hand, but there was a place in her heart that was aching.

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　　 Silver Ring City, the front gate of the palace. (There are still seven days to escape)

　　 "Knight Hermann! Why hasn't the Queen's house arrest been lifted?!"

　　 Looking at the maid in front of her who yelled at herself, Herman shrugged helplessly: "Sorry, as the guard knights, we are only carrying out the king's orders."

　　 Cathy was waiting to say something, and was suddenly startled by the shouts in front of the square.

　　 Hundreds of Yinhuan City residents yelled slogans and held up wooden signs, rushing to the square, pouring anger and dissatisfaction in the direction of the palace.

　　 "Reduce taxes and fees! 』

　　『Stop drawing our blood! 』

　　 "It's all the queen's fault! She made us so poor! 』

　　『Kill her, she is an evil witch! 』

　　 Herman frowned further and deeper as he listened to the voice of the people. The conversation between the two palace guards behind him attracted his attention.

　　 "I heard that someone once mentioned to the Queen that the people of the Silver Ring Kingdom couldn't even eat bread, but the Queen replied, "Then why don't they eat cake?"

Another person followed and said: "Yes, I have also heard about this. Some people also said that the treasury had asked the queen to make clothes, buy jewelry, hold banquets, and build gardens. Number-"Mrs. Deficit"."

　　 "People say that His Majesty the King is kind and loving to the people and is a good monarch. The queen is wicked and cruel and profligate. The king's reputation is dragged down by her..."

　　 Knight Commander Herman became more and more annoyed as he heard it, he drew his saber towards the ground and shouted behind him: "What are you doing in a daze?! Stop those people and don't let them run into the palace!"

　　 The man watched his men rush to the front to maintain order, and signaled the maid Cathy to return to the palace first, but in the corner of his eye he saw a cavalry galloping from a distance.

　　The cavalry had a patent leather barrel symbolizing the emergency military report on his waist. He shouted at the civilians and guards in front of him, and rushed directly into the palace on horseback.

　　 Herman looked at the badge symbolizing the "Eastern Legion" on the chest of the cavalry, and was lost in thought.

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　　 Silver Ring City, Guards Barracks, late at night. (The day before the escape day)

　　 Herman lay on the bed, looking at the cold moonlight outside the window, thinking about what happened in the past few days.

　　 The situation in the kingdom is getting worse and worse.

　　 The anger of the people is getting heavier day by day. In the past few days, the number of people participating in the anti-tax rally has exceeded 3,000 each time. People took to the streets and had several large-scale conflicts with the army. Casualties were heard every day.

　　 Compared to the civil strife, a recent news circulating in the barracks made him even more worried. To the east of the Silver Ring Kingdom, the army of the Holy Acropolis has approached the national border, and the war between the two countries after four years may break out again.

　　 And your Majesty the Queen...

　　 In Herman's mind, that beautiful and strong figure emerged. Half a month ago, with the "painting incident" as the fuse, the queen's reputation plummeted. Coupled with the charges of squandering the treasury, bewitching the king, and the princess of the enemy country, she was completely thrown on the cusp of public opinion.

　　 Herman sat up from the bed and rubbed his forehead with a headache. He deliberately sorted out the dispute, but didn't know how to sort it out.

　　 "Sir, are you asleep?"

　　 The voice of a sentry from the door interrupted Hermann's thoughts: "What's the matter?"

　　 "There was a woman who claimed to be from the palace and said that she must see you."

　　 Herman opened his eyes wide and stood up: "I'm here."

　　 Five minutes later, the knight commander saw the crying maid Cathy at the entrance of the barracks, and pulled the latter to a hidden corner. Herman eagerly asked, "What happened?!"

　　 From the intermittent words of the maid, the knight finally knew what had happened.

Half an hour ago, the Supreme Judge of the Great Court of Silver Ring sealed off the dormitory with a team of soldiers. Not only did he hand out an arrest warrant signed by the king, but also publicly read Queen Mary including the crimes of corruption, bewitching, and innocence. , Treason, crime of possession of the enemy and other eleven crimes.

　　 Seeing the ill-behaved maid Cathy, she sneaked out while everyone was unprepared. Desperate, she could only come to the guard barracks and turn to Knight Commander Hermann for help.

　　 "What?! Why didn't anyone tell me about this in advance..." Herman stopped talking, and suddenly thought that just yesterday, he was transferred from the palace to the barracks. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com thinks so, the arrest of the queen tonight must have been premeditated.

　　As the Knight Commander of the Guards, Herman knows best what kind of person Queen Mary is. He doesn't believe these charges at all. Thinking of everything that happened in the past few days, he has gradually understood the truth of the matter-in order to calm the anger and stabilize the situation, Queen Mary was pushed to the trial as a scapegoat, waiting for her sentence is likely to be a guillotine.

　　The question is what should I do now?

　　 Herman is the knight of the kingdom and the guard of the royal family. It is his duty and responsibility to maintain the king's authority, defend the country's honor, and unconditionally obey orders. but…

　　 "My lord Knight! Please save the queen!"

　　 Cathy's cry deeply hurt the knight's heart, duty and justice, Herman wandered in pain in the dilemma of choice. There was sweat on his forehead, and his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.

　　If the father is here, if it is him! What kind of decision will he make? !

　　 Herman recalled the words his father, Baron Cumberland, said during his knight canonization ceremony.

　　『Remember what I said! The strong enemy is now, fearless and fearless! Courageous and loyal, worthy of heavenly Father! Geng Zheng said frankly, I would rather die than blame! Protect the weak, no wonder! 』

　　 Herman closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, there was no more hesitation and hesitation in it.

"Kathy, give this to the commander of the South Gate Barracks. My father, Baron Cumberland, told him to come to the west gate of the palace to meet me." Herman took the cross he was wearing from his neck and handed it over. Hand of the maid.

　　 Cathy looked at the token in her hand and whispered, "My lord, what are you going to do?"

　　 "Go and do what a knight should do."