rise of empire total war

Chapter 574 The Finale
In order to welcome Richard's arrival, the old emperor held a grand banquet in the Iulia Palace, and invited almost all the nobles of Rome to attend. At the banquet, the two emperors tacitly did not mention Ha Liangde's poisoned murder case, on the contrary, seems to have a harmonious relationship, and they hit it off right away.

The banquet continued until late at night. Richard was made drunk by the Roman nobles. He was carried directly to the room prepared for him by his slaves and fell asleep. Most of the praetorian guards he brought with him were arranged Entering the military camp in Rome, only a centurion was allowed to guard around Richard's room to protect the emperor's safety.

Although the emperor of the Romans seemed very friendly, the soldiers of the Praetorian Guards were still worried about the hostile relationship between the two countries, so everyone was on guard, for fear that the Romans would turn against them and attack them at night.

Fortunately, nothing happened overnight, and the Romans did not move at all.

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Richard slept until noon that day before waking up. After he washed up and had lunch, he went to visit Emperor Derrick. The latter seemed to have expected him to come, and directly in the study waiting.Thanks to the banquet the night before, their relationship was less tense than Richard had feared.

During the conversation, Richard first expressed his gratitude to the old emperor as Elizabeth's father, thanking him for taking care of Elizabeth during this period, and then brought the topic to Hariand's poisoning case.

Richard didn't like to talk nonsense, he directly took out Khalid's confession and evidence, and then said: "The messenger Khalid has also been brought here, if His Majesty the Emperor wants to interrogate himself, I will do it now Someone can bring him in."

"No need." The old emperor waved his hand, holding the document that recorded the confession in his other hand, and said, "To be honest, I never thought that your country poisoned and killed Lukius from the very beginning."

"Oh?"

"It's obvious." The old emperor smiled and explained to him: "When the poisoning occurs, your country is about to go to war with other countries, as long as it is a smart person, it will not poison another country in this critical period." For a general of a powerful country, this is tantamount to setting himself on fire. Besides, there is no reason for your country to poison Lukius, is there?"

"Indeed." Richard nodded, and said: "I really have no reason to poison Hariand, it will only create another new enemy for me. But the real murderer, the Vicnia, has a reason As long as our two countries go to war because of this incident, our military power will naturally be dispersed because of this incident, and they can take advantage of it."

"However, what they didn't expect was that the distance between our two countries is too far away. Even if there is a real war, I will be able to wipe them out before your army arrives."

"So this is just a misunderstanding." The old emperor smiled and said, "But I also want to thank them. If it weren't for this misunderstanding, I wouldn't have known Elizabeth."

"Huh?" Richard frowned slightly. Although he knew that the other party didn't mean that, he still felt weird.

Seeing his appearance, Emperor Derrick sighed softly, and said: "Your Majesty Stuart, I have always treated Elizabeth as my daughter, because she looks very similar to my daughter who died young. Whenever I see her When smiling in front of me, I would subconsciously think that it was my Domitia who came back."

"I'm sorry." Richard lowered his voice and said, "But Elizabeth is still my daughter after all, and I will definitely take her away."

"I understand." The old emperor said with a wry smile. Seeing his appearance, Richard was moved with compassion. Everyone is a father. How could he not understand Emperor Derrick's current mood? He hesitated for a while, thinking of Elizabeth's happy face when she told him about her experience in Rome, he said, "Your Majesty, if Elizabeth is willing to stay, I will respect her opinion."

Hearing this, the old emperor suddenly raised his head and looked at Richard. Although he didn't speak clearly, the old emperor could still hear his implication. Therefore, his gaze towards Richard was full of gratitude.

Facing Emperor Derrick's gaze, Richard looked a little dazed. This gaze was familiar to him. Before he traveled through his previous life, when he followed his classmates to a nursing home to spend time with the lonely elderly people, they looked at him like this. .

He gave a wry smile, didn't say anything, just thought he had done something good.

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In the end, Elizabeth still chose to stay with Emperor Derrick. Although she also missed Richard and Stephanie, she still couldn't say no to the old emperor's pleading gaze.After getting her answer, Richard was a little disappointed, but he didn't go back on his word. Instead, he made an agreement with the old emperor that he must let Elizabeth go home once in five years.

Emperor Derrick had no objection to this agreement. He knew that Richard's letting Elizabeth stay was already the biggest concession. If he refused to let him go home, he would feel unjustified in his heart.In order to express his gratitude, the old emperor took out the technology of building sail warships, allowing Richard to enhance the strength of the imperial navy.

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Time flies, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

During these ten years, Emperor Dirickian of the Roman Empire died of illness, and his son Licini succeeded to the throne and became the No. 16 emperor of the Yulian Dynasty of the Roman Empire. After he succeeded, he followed the will of the first emperor , more frequent diplomatic ties with the Holy Roman Empire on the other side of the ocean, and established two royal marriages - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick and Roman Princess Osilina, Roman Emperor Marcus and Holy Roman Princess Elizabeth.

Nearly 300 years later, the Romans no longer valued blood so much, so the marriage between the royal family and foreign royal families was not opposed by them, and Emperor Dirick also wanted Elizabeth to become a member of the royal family of the Roman Empire before his death. Licini's successor Marcus married Elizabeth.

On Richard's side, he originally didn't want to agree to the marriage request. The Roman Empire was too far away, but the Romans brought out many advanced technologies as dowries and betrothal gifts, including breech-loading gun technology and machine gun technology, as well as The most important steam engine technology made him reluctantly agree.In Richard's opinion, with steam engine technology, steam-powered ships can be built, and the efficiency of navigation will be greatly improved. When the time comes, if he wants to see Elizabeth, he can take a faster steamship to do so. , it only takes a few months to come and go.

Therefore, under the impetus of the royal families of the two countries, in 1142 in the mainland calendar, the heirs of the two countries got married and formally became allies.

In 1150 in the continental calendar, Richard died of illness in Vienna at the age of 60.

When he was lying on the bed dying, he seemed to see himself in his youth in a daze, but he quickly realized that it was the soul of the original owner of this body.

"You, why are you here?" He asked hoarsely.

"I have always been by your side." Richard said with a smile, his right hand slowly stretched out, and said: "Do you still remember what happened after you captured Nord City? I said at that time that I would give A helpful reward for you."

"Helpful reward?" Richard repeated what he said with difficulty, and a sentence suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Thank you for everything you have done. In order to repay you, I will give you a helpful reward at the cost of my own soul..."

He remembered that Richard did say this at that time.

Seeing that he remembered, Richard's soul continued: "You are a soul from another world, I can send you back to your original world, are you willing to go back?"

"Go back to the original world?!" Richard's body shook violently, and he looked at the soul in disbelief. He always thought that he would die in this world, but he didn't expect that he could go back at the last moment of his life. .

"Yes." Soul nodded.

"..." Richard was silent. He was full of affection for this world, but he still felt a little bit reluctant. He didn't want to part with Stephanie, Frederick, Elizabeth, and the huge territory he had spent his entire life building.

However, no matter how reluctant he is, his lifespan will end soon like a burnt candle. Instead of wandering in the void and darkness after death, it is better to return to the original world and remember here. everything of.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "I am willing."

"Very good." Soul smiled. The next second, Richard felt his eyes go dark, and his consciousness dropped rapidly with his body. His consciousness became more and more blurred. At the last moment of losing consciousness, he vaguely heard the sound coming from the distance. There were cries of pain and other sounds.

"The old emperor is gone, the new emperor is on the throne, long live Emperor Frederick—"

……

The whole book is finished.

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