Working Prophet.

Chapter 543 Where Are My Rewards?

Ilea won the championship in the tournament, and as the only female champion in history, it should have caused an unprecedented wave of heated discussions.

However, everyone's attention is now attracted by the death of Edward II, and everyone from nobles to civilians is discussing this matter.

It is not that no emperor has been assassinated before, and just a few years ago Edward II had just experienced a court coup against him.

However, being poisoned to death in front of tens of thousands of people like this, and the glass of poisoned wine was brought by his own son, the drama in it was full at once.

In addition, before his death, Edward II revealed that the Wing Clan would invade the continent of Bratis.

The speech he gave before his death was not long, but the content in it was extremely rich. Just picking out a word could shake the mainland, but the words of His Majesty the Emperor disappeared before they could be spoken.

Now the people in the royal capital are also arguing about this, and some people think that all this is just Edward II's imagination.

He concocted an excuse to launch a war against elves and dwarves, to complete the great cause that the emperors of the empire failed to complete, to satisfy his pathetic vanity.

Others firmly believe that what Edward II said is true, the peace that has lasted for hundreds of years is about to be broken, and powerful enemies are about to attack.

In contrast, the nobles are more concerned about the candidate for the next emperor of the empire, but there is actually not much suspense about this issue. Although Edward II died suddenly, he had already appointed his heir before his death—— His eldest son Gals.

As early as five years ago, Edward II began to let Gals participate in the imperial meeting and listen from the sidelines.

Last year, Edward II simply asked his eldest son to attend the imperial meeting instead of him and handle daily government affairs.

And he himself often disappears for a month or two, praying to the Goddess of Life with Priest Cornelia.

Several former imperial ministers have already figured out the prince's temper and temperament very clearly, and the previous cooperation between the two parties was relatively pleasant, so they all supported Gals's succession to the throne.

The Conclave even fixed a time for the coronation, and in two days' time Garth would be able to wear the crown and sit on the bone pedestal his father had sat on.

Thinking of this, Gals's heart was also agitated, but because Edward II had just been poisoned to death, he didn't show too much excitement to the outside world, but just handled the work at hand meticulously as usual.

This also allowed him to get more praise from the imperial meeting. In fact, compared to Edward II, who has become more and more eccentric and worships the goddess of life, the nobles in the royal capital are generally more optimistic about the future new emperor. .

He was obviously better off than his father.

However, at this time, there was a person in Lionheart Castle who didn't care about these hotly discussed topics. He only cared about one thing - who poisoned the emperor of the empire.

In the afternoon, the head of the imperial guard came to the hotel where Miss Rabbit lived, and had a private conversation with the girl.

Lord Du Lun was most concerned about two issues. The first was whether Ilea had noticed anyone acting suspicious in the arena today.

The female lord thought for a while and said truthfully, "I basically put all my energy into the battle in the morning, and I didn't pay much attention to things outside the competition after that."

"While waiting for the reward, I noticed that you were a little absent-minded, can you tell me what you were thinking at that time?"

"Oh, I was thinking about His Majesty's plan to seal the crab horn to me." Ilea said.

"But you didn't seem particularly happy then."

"Because with my current identity and the family behind it, it is obviously difficult to truly rule that harbor.

"And Crab Point is too far away from my previous territory. One is at the easternmost point of the empire, and the other is at the westernmost point. It would take more than half a year just to go there." Miss Rabbit explained.

"Your Majesty has also considered the problems you mentioned, so he seems to hope that you and His Royal Highness Alister..."

"To be friends?" Miss Rabbit said seriously, "I will definitely obey His Majesty's last wish."

Du Lun looked at the girl who was pretending to be stupid, and actually didn't quite understand why the latter was so resistant to this marriage. Judging from their identities and backgrounds, Ilea was undoubtedly the one who took advantage.

However, this question should have little to do with what he wanted to investigate, and Edward II was dead.

Although His Majesty hinted very clearly before his death, and he was short of the last step to directly point it out, but he didn't say it or he didn't say it. Now even if Ilea is willing, this marriage will probably fall through, and it's pointless to continue to entangle.

The head of the imperial guard stopped there and asked the second and most important question of this trip.

"What did His Majesty tell you before he died?"

"Huh?" Miss Rabbit was taken aback when she heard the words, "Did Your Majesty tell me anything?"

Du Lun was carefully observing the expression on the girl's face, seeing that her astonishment did not seem to be fake, so he said.

"Your Majesty was the closest person to him before he died, besides me. And when I hugged His Majesty, he was speechless, but I saw that he seemed to say something in your ear...

"Your Majesty has always admired you, and has praised you in front of other people more than once. Under the circumstances at that time, it is possible that he told you his last words.

"Uh, when you said that, I also remembered that His Majesty's lips seemed to be moving when he fell on me, but the voice was too low. I was also very flustered at the time, so I didn't hear anything."

"Is that so?" Du Lun frowned, "Can you think about it again, because this matter is very important, and it may help us catch the murderer and avenge His Majesty."

The female lord thought hard for a while when she heard the words, and finally shook her head and said, "No, I really don't know what His Majesty was talking about at that time, but most people are probably calling for help in that situation, isn't Your Majesty calling for help before?" Can Priest Cornelia save him?"

"Your guess is also very reasonable." The head of the imperial guard looked a little disappointed, but he still said politely, "Thank you for your hard work, I have finished asking all my questions, and congratulations on becoming the champion of this martial arts tournament."

"Thank you, I wonder if I can also ask a question?" The female lord said cautiously, "Although it may be a little inappropriate, but that reward... still counts?"

"........."

After a while, Du Lun nodded and said, "Of course, the rewards of the tournament are distributed by His Majesty on behalf of the empire, and although His Majesty is no longer here, his promise is still valid.

"It's just that if you want to get the money and land in the end, you have to wait until the new emperor is crowned, but it should be soon. I heard that the imperial meeting has set the coronation day of Prince Gals as two days later."

　That's one update today, good night everyone
　
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