Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game
#14 - Dry wood and raging fire
"Father Emperor was very concerned when he learned that you fainted," Soren said softly. In reality, his meaning was very simple: Father Emperor sent him.
After all, they were not relatives, and his mother had conflicts with her. If he came on his own initiative, it would arouse suspicion.
Sure enough, after hearing Soren's words, Maria-Sasha revealed an expression of 'as expected'.
Even at this time, Gustav would not forget to put on a show.
Soren stood up, gave a salute, and bid farewell: "Seeing that Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha is fine, this son is relieved. This son will go to the church first and come to visit Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha later. Please, Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha, restrain your grief and take care of your health!"
Watching Soren's departing figure, Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha suddenly sighed softly: "What a good child! Unfortunately, I don't have the good fortune."
Over the years, she had been working hard. Under the empress dowager's mandatory demands, the emperor would spend the night with her every week. Unfortunately, despite all her efforts and various attempts, her belly remained as still as ever.
Now that her great-aunt had passed away, her heart was ashen. She understood that she would never have the chance to bear a son or daughter.
Therefore, she also understood that her position as royal concubine would probably have to be moved. If she was lucky, the emperor might arrange a garden for her to retire in. If she was unlucky, she would be kicked out of the palace directly.
These were not the most important things. During this period, people from the family had been running to her place a lot, only to consider a way out for the family's continuation, and had even begun to transfer some of their assets out of the imperial capital.
However, Eileen, who was standing next to Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha, suddenly said: "Your Highness, this subordinate has already inquired about this Seventh Prince. His character in the palace is not bad. Compared to other targets, he is easier to approach. You can consider him."
"Have you contacted the others?" During this period, Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha had considered adopting a son into her name, but several attempts to probe other chief maids were met with ruthless rejection. Many chief maids even planned to use their sons and daughters to take the positions of the Twelve Concubines.
At that time, her great-aunt was still around, but now that her great-aunt was gone, no one would give her face.
Even the family had secretly contacted several princes or princesses who had lost their mothers or had been expelled from the palace, but without exception, they were rejected.
The reason was simple. At that time, everyone knew that the empress dowager's life was coming to an end, so naturally no one wanted to board Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha's sinking ship. They no longer had their mothers to protect them. If they stood on the wrong side again, they would be completely finished if they were kicked out of the palace in the future.
After all, even if they lived in poverty in the palace, they were still princes and princesses. Once they left the palace, they would be nothing.
Only Eileen's words still touched a nerve in her heart.
"Perhaps I can really give it a try." A fierce glint flashed in Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha's eyes. This idea was like dry wood meeting a raging fire.
However, this time, Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha did not plan to come forward personally, but rather let the family come forward and promise to assist Soren in the future to fight for the throne. She believed that this bargaining chip would be enough to move Soren's heart.
In the past, those princes who had lost their mothers were worried about standing on the wrong side, and at that time, Royal Concubine Maria-Sasha was not determined to give enough bargaining chips to move people's hearts. But this time, she was determined to fight for it.
Her great-aunt had just passed away when news came that several families in the imperial capital were planning to take action against the Hallon family and jointly drive the Hallon family out of the imperial capital.
Since you are unrighteous, don't blame me for being disloyal.
She had no choice but to fight.
Through the fog of history, Soren already understood many things.
After in-depth consideration and the intertwining of the game plot, a strong premonition gradually rose in his heart. Gustav did not seem to be in a hurry to establish a crown prince. After all, this ruler was only in his eighties and possessed the extraordinary strength of a Grand Knight Commander. His lifespan was very likely to extend to over one hundred and twenty years. His life journey had only just passed the halfway point.
If he rashly selected a crown prince at this moment, the imperial power would undoubtedly face many unpredictable challenges and drawbacks in the future. In case his cultivation improved further and he lived for several decades longer, while the selected crown prince's strength was mediocre, he might not even live as long as him.
Therefore, Gustav was obviously cautious about this matter and was unwilling to make a decision rashly.
"My cheap Father Emperor!" Soren sighed in his heart.
Judging from the game plot, it could perfectly reproduce the character and personality of the current Gustav.
The current Gustav inherited the throne at the age of forty, and he was already fifty years old when he gave birth to his first son, Nicholas.
Before inheriting the throne, he was known as the imperial family's most likely candidate to become a Grand Knight Commander. A future as a frontier king would not have been bad either. After fighting cautiously for more than thirty years, he picked up the throne in an accident.
Gustav's throne was picked up. At that time, the crown prince was not him. The original crown prince was a person-wife-controller, who was very fond of stealing the wives and daughters of aristocratic officials in the surrounding garrison towns of the imperial capital. As a result, the garrison officer of Dallas Garrison Town splashed blood three feet in a rage and chopped off the crown prince.
At that time, the enraged Holy Prague II almost killed all the garrison troops in that garrison town, but was eventually stopped by the ministers, who only executed the ringleader.
This incident showed that the imperial family and aristocratic forces were intertwined and mutually restrained.
After all, there were also strong people protecting the crown prince. Even if a garrison officer was strong, he could not kill the crown prince, unless those guards were entangled by unknown enemies.
In the end, the throne fell to Gustav. Compared to him, the other princes and princesses knew that there was no hope for the throne and had completely indulged themselves. As a result, this accident completely confused them.
They buried their last chance.
This also left a hidden danger for the dukes and nobles in various places who were dissatisfied with the current emperor for so many years since Gustav took over the throne.
This was an emperor who found it easy to go from frugality to extravagance. The restraint and self-discipline of the first half of his life began to indulge after he obtained the throne.
When the empress dowager was still alive, Gustav did not dare to indulge too much. This was also why the entire Holy Prague Empire fell into war so quickly in the short years after the empress dowager's death. Gustav played a very key factor in it.
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