The King's Follower [Rebirth]

The bedroom door was pushed open suddenly, and William broke in with a cold air.Edward had already woken up, and was sitting on the bedside drinking medicine. When he saw the panicked little orc, he immediately froze, "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness!" William suddenly stopped in front of his bed, his eyes were red, his hands were tightly clutching the hem of his clothes, as if he was restraining something.

"What's the matter?" Edward said seriously. He put down the medicine bowl, sat up, stretched out his hand to hold William's hand, "What happened to you? Did someone wrong you? Tell me, I am Master of this castle, no matter what happens, I will uphold justice for you."

"Your Highness..." William had a sore nose. He wanted to throw himself into Edward's arms, just like before when his mother was still alive. Her nature still made her unable to hold her son in her arms when William was sad.But William remembered Edward's physical condition and his unusual identity in time. In the end, he just took Edward's hand, knelt by the bed, put his face on Edward's hand, and said sullenly, "It's nothing thing."

"You look like you're okay?" Edward held William's face, "Don't kneel on the ground." He reached through the boy's armpit and hugged his back, trying to drag him up.The attendants at the side hurried forward to help, and William also hurriedly stood up, following Edward's strength and direction, and sat on the bed.

The servant on the other side saw that Edward would not be lying back on the bed in a short time, so he took the nightgown and put it on his back.William also hurriedly helped Edward dress.Edward simply tied the belt of his nightgown, then waved his hand to let the two servants go out first.

As soon as the bedroom door was closed, Edward reached out and hugged the little orc's shoulders, hugging him affectionately: "What happened, you can tell me now."

William didn't dare to put all his weight on Edward's body, and just gently pressed his head against Edward's chest, but as soon as he leaned on it, he thought of this position. A few days ago, he was severely beaten by a sharp dagger. Pierced, the words that Garden Riogust said to him just now echoed in his ears again.

Although William was still young and lived in a very simple environment before, he was not a fool, and he did not fail to hear the hints in August's words that Edward's assassination had a lot to do with the king, and he was not like others thought. That way he knew nothing about himself and Edward. Even if he didn't know that Edward's injury was an order issued by the king himself, he knew that he must have hurt Edward.

So, this knife was actually blocked by Edward himself?If there was no Edward, if he really became the crown prince as his mother thought, then would the knife be stuck in his chest?

As soon as this idea came up, William suddenly felt his eyes became more sore, and his chest seemed to have been stabbed.He leaned on Edward's shoulder and stared at Edward's chest seriously. Under the overlapping neckline of the thick nightgown, the pink scar that had healed was faintly exposed through the thin silk nightgown.

Seeing this scar, William felt extremely sad, couldn't help leaning over, and blew on the overlapping neckline of his nightgown.

Edward froze for a moment, then understood what the kid wanted to do, and said with a smile: "Thank you William, the pain is gone."

William shook his head, hugged Edward's waist, buried his face in his clothes, and murmured, "I'm sorry..."

Edward froze for a moment, a feeling that something was beyond his expectation and almost out of control emerged faintly.He wanted to keep asking, but it could be seen from William's attitude that he would not say anything.The people in the castle were almost changed by the king, and Edward didn't even have any manpower. Even if he wanted to find out what happened just now, it might be revealed to the king that he would be plotting something wrong.

"Okay, okay, it's not your fault." Edward patted William on the back lightly, and followed his words to comfort him. Now he can only take William's endless apology as William's helplessness. Looking at himself hurt in front of him, he blamed himself helplessly, "You are still young, of course you can't protect me, that rebel is an adult orc, and his level is higher than yours, you are lucky that you are not injured .”

not like this!William shouted in his heart, but he didn't say anything, just loosened Edward's waist, carefully held his right hand, and printed his lips on the back of his hand reverently, he didn't want to kiss the ring, because doing so It was as if his loyalty was dedicated to the ring, the position of the crown prince, and the crown of the crown prince, rather than Edward himself, "I will protect you for the rest of my life." He whispered, the panic and bewilderment in his eyes gradually faded Dispersed, only Edward's incomprehensible firmness remained.

"Okay, then my safety is on your shoulders." Edward lowered his head, and gently pressed his forehead against William's.

The little orc touched his forehead in a daze, showing a shy smile, but suddenly felt heavy in his heart, as if a dandelion seed suddenly fell into the ground, and began to think about life and the future.When a person decides to take on the responsibility of protecting a person, he begins to grow from an ignorant child to an adult.

All this, Edward does not know.Right now, his mind is completely occupied by the news from the capital.

When the crown prince was assassinated, the king not only sent Admiral Georgiana to rectify the security of Hull Castle and the public security of Drey, the capital of Somerset, the crown prince's fiefdom, but also sent envoys to condolences.The king felt sorry for the weak health of the crown prince, and told him to take good care of his injuries. He didn't have to go back to the capital for the new year, and sent several ministers to help him with Somerset's official duties. Most of the ministers were the clerks and attendants who followed him when the king was still the crown prince, and they were very familiar with Somerset's official duties.

The envoys from the king's capital also brought the king's latest actions in the court.The crown prince's personal bodyguard actually betrayed the country and assassinated the crown prince. The king was furious and sent Admiral Georgiana to clean up Somerset.Three senior generals were found to be involved in this incident and have been brought into the Black Tower for further investigation. Several royal family members were deprived of their titles and sentenced to pay a large fine to avoid prison. Since the founding of the Lancaster dynasty, the Xuanhe family, which has always been relied on by the king, has been reviled. The high-ranking officials, generals, and councilors in the family have been dismissed and demoted, and their vitality has been severely damaged.In addition, there are various personnel changes, the revocation and establishment of positions, but compared with these major events, they seem insignificant.

Hearing all this, Edward only felt creepy.One of the three high-ranking generals imprisoned in the Black Tower had a wife from the Ablos family; more than half of the nobles who were deprived of their titles were the third successor to the throne, the Grand Duke of Saxant. ;The two reviled families, one is related to Princess Deborah's husband, the family of Prince Haralson from the Scandivian Empire, and the other family is the fence-sitting faction that the king hates , one of the three generals imprisoned in the Black Tower is the heir to the title of this family. Since the family came to power, it has been flattering each other in several battles for the throne, and they will support whoever has a chance to win; for hundreds of years Come on, in order to win them over, the Lancaster family can only turn a blind eye to their previous betrayals. In fact, they have long wanted to find an opportunity to eradicate this kind of courtier who only has power in his heart but no loyalty.

What makes Edward even more horrified are those personnel transfers that are not paid attention to.These seemingly inconspicuous newly appointed officials and newly emerged positions have connected a network. This network is separated from all registered parties in the empire, separated from geographical and family restrictions, and completely belongs to the king.Most of these newly recruited and emerging officials are outstanding graduates from the Military Academy of St. Solsis University, some are descendants of nobles or remote families who have no hope of inheriting the title, and some are ordinary civilians, but no matter where they come from , all have one thing in common, that is, they are inextricably linked with the army.

Perhaps not many people can see it now, but Edward, who has been reborn from the future, knows that the actual significance of the king's arrangement is to use the army and military power to separate the powers of administration, legislation and justice from the powers of political parties, parliament and the people. Take it back in your hand, and push the current dual monarchy towards the direction of the "virtual parliament" system.

The king is a man with a strong desire for control and power, and is the most powerful orc in the empire. He has long had enough of the restraint of the parliament, and plans to become the one and only monarch of the empire.The queen has been aware of this for a long time, and she also wants to become the uncompromising queen mother of the empire, so on the road to implementing the "empty parliament", the Ablos family has made great efforts for the king, but they have also shared a lot of rights and benefits.

If two people are riding a flying beast at the same time, one of them must sit behind.The Ablos family is the biggest supporter of the king, but also the biggest threat. In order to fight for the power of life and death of the empire, these two collaborators will inevitably trigger a war. This war can not only get rid of their own threat, but also It can consolidate the position of the army in the empire and completely return the power to the army controller.

In the last life, the king's arrangements were divided into several times, but in this life, because of Edward's foolish surrender, the king seized the opportunity and made it in one step.