In a dark secret room, Lily anxiously asked the guard beside her. She seemed to hear the sounds from the outside world getting smaller and smaller.
Then the two guards carefully looked out from the gap on the side of the secret room and saw several private soldiers of the nobles patrolling and searching the courtyard. They listened carefully for a long time before slowly retreating.
"Outside are the private armies of the nobles. I don't see any guards or soldiers directly affiliated with the legion." The two men spoke in a low voice.
After hearing this, several people in the secret room slowly felt a sense of despair and despair.
The sound of fighting outside has gradually disappeared, which shows that one side has taken the dominant position and gradually controlled the situation, but unfortunately, it is not our side that wins.
The secret room fell into oppressive silence. As the queen, Lily tried her best to calm down. She slowly touched the child in her arms, and then moved her eyes to the bracelet wrapped with golden branches on her wrist.
At this time, we can only hope that Severi can arrive in time.
Although she has a few supporters in the court, the loyalty of those people is probably very limited, and the only one she can truly trust and rely on is this general...
Time passed slowly, and several guards in the secret room could not suppress their emotions, and began to move their hands and feet uneasily, walking around in a small area.
Just before everyone's patience and rationality gradually dissipated, Lily finally felt a special warmth coming from the bracelet.
Severi has arrived.
A general in a black cloak quickly crossed the roof of the palace, landed on the outside of this remote palace, and then glanced around.
He sensed that Lily should be around here, but there seemed to be no trace here.
"It's General Severi." A guard observing in the gap called softly, his voice full of surprise.
"Go and open the secret door and let Sir Severi come in." Lily said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Then a stone door slowly opened, revealing a secret space in the mezzanine of the wall.
After hearing the sound, Severi turned around and saw a few people appearing. He understood in his heart, and then entered the secret room silently.
"Your Majesty." After seeing that Lily and the prince were safe and sound, Severi was slightly relieved. As long as these two are here, everything is not over yet.
"What's going on outside now?"
"I saw that the beam of light in the Blood Moon Hall was shattered. I am afraid that something unexpected has happened to His Royal Highness the Regent. Now most of the Rose Palace is controlled by the enemy, and the soldiers under my command are currently retreating and stationed in front of the palace. They can still hold on for a while."
"If I am alone, it will be difficult to take away His Majesty and the prince at the same time. Now it is better to join the soldiers in the front palace and then rush out of Titania."
"As long as we can break through the enemy's siege, we can quickly summon vassals from all over the country in the name of the royal family for rescue. Although there are many traitors among the nobles, there are still many people who are loyal to the royal family and His Majesty." Severi analyzed calmly.
Maybe it was a branch of the royal family that launched the rebellion this time, but that doesn't mean that all the nobles will approve it. Moreover, during the reign of brothers Edron and Amanke, they also promoted and cultivated a large number of their own forces. As long as they can be summoned
, it is not difficult to recapture Titania.
"I understand this, but now those people probably won't give us a chance easily." Lily said worriedly.
As the emperor of the empire, Amanke died in the assassination of Dark Moon. Now that Edron is gone, the hope of mother and son to escape from the pursuit of Dark Moon is too slim.
After Lily of the Red Queen expressed her worries, others in the room were silent for a moment. In the recent battle, they had vaguely seen the power of those assassins, and it was definitely not easy to escape from the hands of these people.
"I think there is another way to try." At this time, the head maid on the side spoke.
"I know that there is a secret underground passage in the palace that leads to the outside world, but if I want to get there now, I may attract the enemy's attention in the middle, so..."
"So?" Lily was a little confused when she saw her stop.
"So, please let me play the role of Your Majesty and divert your pursuers." Wen Na mustered up the courage to speak.
"As long as you wear appropriate clothes and a veil, most of those soldiers have never seen your true face and will not recognize you for a while." Once she spoke, her words quickly became fluent.
"This..." Although she had heard this method in some knights or stories before, Lily never thought that it would happen to her one day.
Yes, it's a very old strategy, but I have to admit that it does work in this critical moment.
"Your Majesty, just listen to this lady's advice. There is no time to hesitate now."
"If you still want to live with the little prince." Severi decisively advised Lily to take this approach.
Her fingers clenched and unclenched uneasily, and Lily struggled in her heart, but looking at the uneasy child in her arms, her tears suddenly overflowed.
Yes, there is no choice anymore.
"I understand." She wiped away her tears and nodded in agreement with the suggestion.
Soon, everyone took action. First, the head maid and Lily exchanged coats, and then the little prince Hers also took off his luxurious coat and put on a shabby and unfitting simple coat.
After preparations were completed, Severi also assigned a plan. First, he would lead the queen played by Wen Na to break out and attract the attention of the outside world, and then a small group of people would lead Lily into the secret passage.
After that, Severi will buy a lot of time to let Lily take Prince Hers outside the palace, and then find an opportunity to meet up.
"Then, let's get started."
After finishing speaking, Severi and a group of guards protected Wenna and left here quickly. At first, they walked quietly in a low voice. After walking for a while, they started to shuttle quickly after being discovered.
A burst of shouts and horns sounded again in the Rose Palace, and then there were noisy and rapid footsteps rushing in one direction.
Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, three elite guards led Lily and the prince towards Wen Na's place. At this time, they had changed into the clothes of the noble private soldiers, and the little prince was also wrapped in a layer of dark brown.
In his coat, he looks like an injured soldier who needs treatment.
Although the process was very thrilling, fortunately, these private soldiers came from different families and were not familiar with each other, so they were not exposed for a while, allowing them to pass through several palaces without any danger and reach the water channel in the palace.
of the lower level.
Opening the manhole cover of the fence, the three of them, one in front and two in back, protected Lily and the prince in the middle and began to shuttle through it.
The first half of the underground passage is a normal sewer, and the second half is a secret tunnel. After finding the secret secret door, a few people breathed a sigh of relief.
Then a guard lit a candle and opened the way ahead, and a group of people walked quickly along.
The air is a bit cold, but fortunately it's not unpleasant. It's probably the result of being closed here for a long time, so it's a bit dull.
After walking for more than ten minutes, several people estimated that they had left the Rose Palace, and a faint hidden light appeared in front of them. They pushed open the closed stone bricks and wooden boards, and there was a sound of "cracking". Several people walked out of here,
Only then did I realize that there seemed to be a cellar surrounding it, where a lot of bacon and grain were stored.
"It should be in a certain noble's home." Looking at the fine hams hanging around, a guard analyzed.
After hearing this result, several people were happy and worried. Fortunately, Lily spoke in time and allowed them to settle down for the time being.
"Let's go out and take a look at whose mansion it is. The situation is not completely bad yet."
After all, there are only a few who initiate the rebellion, and even the nobles may not be able to stop the few guards beside them. Although there are only three of them, they are all Sequence 6 Transcendents.
Several people quickly walked out of the cellar and opened the closed door. At this time, there was a commotion. Several guards from the mansion rushed over at the call of the servants.
"Who are you?" They looked at the clothes of several people, their pupils narrowed and they were very nervous.
"Who is your master?" Lily took a deep breath at this time, took off her helmet, and revealed her face.
Perhaps it was because of the majesty of the queen that she had cultivated in daily life. Lily's words reminded the guards of some important figures. Their hearts tightened, and they quickly revealed the identity of the owner of this mansion.
"Our master is Viscount Vansden of the Adoni family."
The Yaduni family is a family with a long history in the empire. Although it is not a prominent family, there is also a viscount and two barons in the family. They live in the imperial capital all year round. The family tradition is very good, but they are also relatively low-key. They usually only interact with a small circle.
Several nobles came and went.
Lily quickly recalled the Viscount, and a picture flashed in her mind. It was when Amanke was still alive, and he invited several people to have dinner in the palace, and one of them was the Viscount.
"Van Stern is good at playing black and white military chess. When I was a prince, I used to play chess with him. Unfortunately, due to his personality, he was not very willing to come out and help me." This is what Aimank said about Van Stern back then.
statement.
Although the Viscount did not receive any promotion or benefits after Ai Manke ascended the throne, at least in Ai Manke's heart, he was a trustworthy friend.
Could it be that he had anticipated this day for a long time? Lily couldn't help but wonder, and had a premonition that this was the truth.
In the past few years of getting along with Aimank, she gradually became familiar with the character of her husband and emperor. He was the kind of person who tried his best to consider everything carefully. It was difficult to say that he had not prepared in advance for possible overthrow.
After all, he himself came to power through a coup, so he would naturally be wary of suffering the same retaliation.
After Amanke came to the throne, he only invited a few people to have dinner with Van Stern in the early days. After that, he had no contact or care, as if he had forgotten these old friends. Now it seems that this is not a kind of protection, to avoid crisis.
All were pulled up when it happened.
After a few words of negotiation, the guard went to inform the Viscount, and soon Van Siden appeared at the entrance of the cellar.
He asked the other guards to step aside first, and then he half-knelt and saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty, and you are safe and sound. This makes me feel happy and at ease."
"Was this tunnel built under the guidance of the past emperor?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"I understand, so what else can he do to stay?"
"Please come with me. Time is urgent now. I'll talk as I walk." Then Fein Siden took Lily and others and left here quickly.
Although it is now out of the Rose Palace, it is not safe. Titania has been controlled and sealed by the rebels. If you want to get out of the city, you may have to take another secret passage.
"His Majesty dug five secret passages to the outside of the palace, and he also told five loyal attendants or servants around him so that they could be used at critical moments."
As long as one of these five people is alive or loyal, he can use the secret passage in times of crisis. Moreover, they do not know the identities of the other four people and the existence of the four secret passages. This also prevents the possibility of all being exposed due to rebellion.
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"However, although there are five secret passages from the palace to the city, there is only one secret passage from the city to the outside."
"Titania is a magnificent city built by humans and elves thousands of years ago. Sages and witches even participated in it, giving blessings and protection. But I want to break through the tightly protected barrier of Titania.
It is extremely difficult to pass through without attracting attention.”
"Only His Majesty has relied on his own bloodline and the royal family's sacred objects to open up a narrow passage with difficulty. And once a new emperor ascends the throne and holds the sacred objects in this passage, he will immediately notice it, so we don't have much time left.
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Fein Siden explained the reason why they were going to the secret passage now and the urgency of time, and then he led a few people to the courtyard of the mansion.
"Now that controls have been implemented outside, we don't have time to wait for those people to open the road. At this time, we can only rush over."
"According to His Majesty, General Severi has attracted most people's attention. There will not be too powerful extraordinary beings patrolling the streets, so we must seize this fleeting opportunity."
While the viscount was explaining, dozens of knights in armor had already gathered in the courtyard. They were wearing armor, riding horses, and were ready for orders at any time.
"Steward, move out the money from home."
"Sir, what is this?" The butler didn't react for a moment.
"You will distribute the money to the servants in the mansion later, and then let everyone disperse and leave. Try to hide for a while. When this crisis is over, leave Titania and go to make a living elsewhere."
"After I leave, someone will search here soon. It will be too late to leave by then, so hurry up!"
"Yes, sir, but where are the wife and young lady who are on vacation in my hometown." The housekeeper had a vague understanding in his heart.
"I have already sent them a message. As for whether they can receive it in advance and escape, they can only follow the guidance of the gods."
"A lot of things can't be done perfectly, I think you understand, old man."
"I understand, I understand." The housekeeper responded with a sigh, and then he no longer hesitated and asked the guards to move out the gold coins and belongings stored in the mansion.
"Now, let's go." With that said, the gate of the closed courtyard opened with a bang, and a group of knights opened the way in front, then escorted a black carriage and drove quickly to a corner of the city.
Before they went out, a signal firework rose from the sky and exploded in the sky. Soon there were some riots in several places in the city of Titania, providing cover and buying time for this group of people.
It's time to run away, Lily.
The carriage jolted violently. The still young queen comforted the child in her arms in a low voice. She held onto the carriage wall with one hand and raised her eyes to look at the noisy and warring streets outside the screen window. The uneasiness in her heart gradually settled.
You can no longer hide under the protection of others. Tears are no longer useful. You are already a mother and you must protect your children and survive.
She repeated each sentence silently in her heart, making her heart become stronger quickly.
