The King's Follower [Rebirth]

"You are so sweet, Cousin August." Edward stood up, and Archbishop Francis also stood up. The nobles and celebrities sitting in the front row also stood up when they saw this. The children who were performing on the stage Seeing that everyone stood up suddenly, they stopped their performance at a loss and looked at each other.

"I'm very sorry, my space hasn't fully recovered yet. I'm afraid I can't watch all the performances as energetically as you healthy ladies and gentlemen." Edward walked onto the stage and apologized to everyone with a smile.

"Your body is the most important thing." The nobles expressed their concern for the crown prince's health, and the Marquis Condra hurried forward to Edward's side, squeezing August to hold his arm.

"Your hands are so cold!" He exaggeratedly worried, "Let me help you to rest."

"Please be sure to stay, Marquis Condra." Edward refused his company with a smile, "These children are the protagonists now, please don't neglect them because of me, or I will feel very guilty."

He took advantage of the opportunity to push the hand of Marquis Condela away, walked to the children who were standing on the stage and stared blankly at them, shook hands with them in turn, accepted their salutes and greetings, and kissed each of them on the forehead. Only then did he leave the auditorium accompanied by several attendants including August.

Edward did not return to the castle. The monastery behind the cathedral was the area where the monks lived. There were many empty rooms in it, which were prepared for travelers who came here for pilgrimage from other places, or travelers who passed by Drey and couldn't afford the hotel room.These rooms are of the same grade. The room in the basement next to the cellar is a collective dormitory with only Datong shop, while the room on the top floor is exquisitely decorated, not inferior to most noble bedrooms.

Edward, led by a monk, came down to the room on the top floor. In the room, the luminous pearls for lighting had been placed, sprayed with perfume, and a strong flame was burning in the fireplace. Clean pajamas.

Do you really just want me to rest?Edward was puzzled, but he didn't show it. He just took off his dress with the help of his attendants, put on his pajamas, and lay down on the bed.

The servants lowered the curtains of the gauze bed for him, and the light was blocked by the thick wine-red curtains. Edward lay in the darkness with his eyes open, listening to the servants leave the room and close the door, and then he sat up, He jumped out of bed, put on his nightgown, picked up a book—of course there are only books related to theology here, and sat down by the fireplace. At this point, he has completely calmed down.

A few minutes later, there was a sudden sound of the door opening in the room, but the sound did not seem to come from the door of the bedroom.Edward looked in the direction of the sound, and found a door appeared on the wall covered with gorgeous textured wallpaper, and before that he hadn't noticed the mystery there at all.

A man in a black bishop's robe stood at the door. When Edward raised his head, he immediately bowed and said, "Good evening, Your Highness."

Edward closed the book and nodded indifferently: "Good evening, Bishop." He recognized the man's identity. He was the deputy of Archbishop Francis and the chief bishop Alex of the Archdiocese of Drey City.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing your rest." Bishop Alex walked in front of Edward slowly at a speed that would not give people pressure, "I wonder if you will forgive my rudeness."

"Please sit down," Edward said. "I don't want to be thought boring and arrogant."

Bishop Alex sat down on the chair in front of Edward: "Your Excellency August will come over later, but for now, please allow me to introduce you to some information."

Edward nodded without hesitation, put the book aside, leaned back on the back of the chair, folded the fingers of his hands, and placed them on his lower abdomen.This was a resistive action. Bishop Alex touched his nose and suddenly felt that August's late arrival might be because he wanted him to meet the crown prince's anger first.

He sorted out his thoughts and said, "Your Highness, do you know how nobles are born?"

Edward narrowed his eyes: "Do you need me to complete the whole procedure for you to be knighted by science, my lord?"

Bishop Alex pretended not to hear Edward's words full of sarcasm, and went on to say: "Orgunra's distribution of talents in the world is very unfair. Ordinary people, no matter how much manpower and material resources they spend, are still hard to find." Advancement, and a noble, from birth, is more powerful than ordinary people. Salman Continent is the land where the ancient gods fell, cursed, and wild beasts are rampant. In order to survive, everyone must unite together. The powerful and brutal carnivores in the region , and among these small groups, the most powerful ones are respected by everyone. They pay the most and are entitled to enjoy the best treatment. In ancient times, it was food and sub-orcs. Gradually, when everyone's resources increased , Life is getting richer and richer, and social class divisions have emerged. The powerful orcs and sub-orcs have become nobles, and ordinary people are commoners who support the nobles. Therefore, it is the orcs who support our entire social order. There is a huge gap in ability. The common people need the protection of the nobles, and they can only let the nobles enjoy various privileges."

Edward said: "It's fair. Historically, every time there is a war, the nobles have taken the lead."

"No, it's not fair." Bishop Alex retorted, "It is true that nobles lead the way, and it is indeed a beautiful quality worthy of praise and praise, but this is not a reason to divide people into three, six, or nine classes."

"In Cuthbert, no one divides people into three, six, and nine grades." Edward said, "I hope Bishop Alex will not forget that the constitution of the Cuthbert Empire stipulates that everything in the Cuthbert Empire is legal. Citizens shall enjoy equal protection of the law."

"Do you believe it?" Bishop Alex asked, "Do you really believe that in this country, everyone is equal, no one enjoys privileges, no one is bullied without protection, no one is superior and tramples on others? The dignity of others. Ask yourself, is what the nobles enjoy really worthy of what they pay?"

Alarm bells rang in Edward's heart.Although Cuthbert is a country with a constitutional monarchy, the power in the hands of the monarch has not been completely taken back. The king and the government each hold a part of the power and fight against each other.However, this dualist monarchy with power division is not stable. In the end, there are only two outcomes. One is that the king withdraws power from the government, and the country moves towards a "phantom parliament" system. The government becomes the king's tool, and the parliament becomes One is that the monarch completely loses the power to manage the country, and the country moves towards a "virtual monarchy republic" system, which is essentially the same as a federal republic without a monarch.

The king and the government have been secretly fighting for power. Whether the monarchy and the aristocracy should be preserved has always been a very taboo political issue in the country. As Bishop Alex, he said this and was heard by those who cared. It is perfectly possible to be arrested for treason.

Bishop Alex saw the vigilance in Edward's eyes, and smiled frankly: "Your Highness, you must know that every sensitive political issue is a problem that the country is currently going through. You came back from the royal capital, and you were under the influence of the empire along the way. The citizens are warmly welcoming, but behind this warm welcome, many civilians are already reflecting on the problems of the national system, and feel dissatisfied and injustice for the existence of the aristocracy."

"Why do they want to be unfair?" Edward pointed to the center of the problem, "Our country is now rich, and there have been no sharp conflicts in the past 100 years, and the social environment is peaceful. In this case, ordinary citizens don't care too much about the aristocracy. They may be dissatisfied with the existence of the Lancaster family, but they would not think of overthrowing the Lancaster family. After all, to overthrow a regime requires a war. ?”

"Now our country does appear to be very peaceful." Bishop Alex said, "but His Majesty the King is breaking this calm. He is trying to use the army to take back power, so he has elevated the social status of soldiers and increased military spending. Spending, and eager to start a war. Maybe with our neighbors, the Scandivian Empire, after all, Princess Deborah's husband Prince Haralson is from there. One day in the future, the Crown Prince will be killed, and behind the scenes The Black Hand comes from the Scandivian Empire, because they tried to control the Cuthbert Empire through Princess Deborah, who is the second in line to the throne. Maybe it is with your mother, the queen from the Ablos family, the queen is too ambitious When she grows up, she has contacts with many enemies of the Lancaster family, trying to overthrow the king and take power by herself."

"You want to stop this war?" Edward asked.

"It's not me, it's us." Bishop Alex smiled modestly. "It's not just this war. Our most fundamental purpose is actually to change this country."

"What do you mean?"

"We're just trying to push the country in the opposite direction to what the king intended."

"'Republic of the Illusionary Monarchs'?" Edward frowned, even though he was not the real crown prince, but more than 20 years of royal education made him extremely disgusted with Bishop Alex's words, "You want to overthrow Lancaster Family rule, you are treason!"

"No..." Bishop Alex explained, but Edward interrupted him.

"I think you heard something from Lord August, but he must have forgotten to tell you." Edward stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "I may betray the king, but I will never betray the real crown prince. No matter what happens to me now, I will not join others to steal the country that will belong to him in the future!"

"But the foundation that supported the superiority of the nobles no longer exists." August's voice came over, "The country is bound to move towards the 'Republic of the False Monarchs' system, and it will be resolved in the hands of the current king or the next king. , if it is not handled properly, the entire monarchy system will cease to exist, and even the title of Xujun will not be retained."

"What do you mean?" Edward frowned.

"Alex, leave the next thing to me." August walked over, Bishop Alex nodded, bowed deeply to Edward, and left through the secret door.

"Your Highness." August sat down in front of Edward, "Do you want to know how I died in my previous life?"