Chapter 706 Showdown

"Father, you...what did you say?"

Apart from the king and his father, there was no third person in the study.

Rodney Eighteen was trembling all over. He was deeply shocked by what Prince Jassim reported to him.

As his plenipotentiary representative, Jasim Rodney actually ceded all the kingdom's territory north of the Cordoba River—almost including the northern and northeastern areas of the kingdom—to the orcs in exchange for peace between the two sides. .

Feeling like a sharp dagger piercing his heart, he sat down swaying.

"I did it as a last resort."

Opposite him, Prince Jassim's tone was very calm.

"The kingdom's army has been completely defeated. Even if we make no concessions on paper, those places are actually under the occupation of the orcs."

The king stood up and looked at the prince with eyes that seemed to burst into flames, "But if we don't sign an agreement, we can send another army to take it back."

Jassim was startled by his son's attitude. In his impression, his eldest son had never been so "disobedient" to him. Even after he became the king, he still respected him.

"Your good sister failed to turn the tide, and took Jingyao's elite to who knows where. The orcs' soldiers and horses swept across the north, and now the Fengfei Plain-the core area of ​​the kingdom-is almost facing The attack of the orc army!"

Rodney XVIII raised the letter in his hand and argued: "No, she was in the northwest and defeated the orcs with the army there!"

Jassim glanced at the letter with disdain. When he just came in, Rodney Eighteen excitedly let him read the content on it.

"A trivial victory!"

The king was angry, "How could you say that!"

The prince didn't even raise his eyelids, "You are still too young. Generals fighting outside like to exaggerate their military exploits. Killing one hundred enemies can be exaggerated into killing one thousand enemies, and killing one thousand enemies can be boasted into killing ten thousand enemies!" Isn’t it mentioned above that the orc army withdrew from the battlefield on its own, and they simply did not win a victory that was enough to turn the tide of the entire war.”

The king's body trembled.

"No matter what, as the King of Aldo, I cannot agree to such an armistice agreement. If I agree, how can the surname Rodney have the dignity to rule this country!" His tone was very firm.

"Alas!" Jassim sighed sadly. The eldest son's attitude towards this agreement did not surprise him.

"Listen to me, Gerd..." He called out his son's name but hesitated.

Rodney Eighteen sat there angrily, not looking at him.

"Do you want us to be called usurpers?"

Rodney was stunned for a moment, then looked at his father, "What did you say?"

Jassim whispered: "In order to relieve your uncle of that heavy burden as soon as possible, I have reached an agreement with certain people or organizations... Of course! I just plan to use their power one day in the future. , I haven't done anything substantial yet, I swear to the Lord of Light that it must be like this! But now, that agreement... has become a handle for others to use."

Rodney Eighteen's brows furrowed tightly, and a terrible premonition exploded in his heart.

But he still said: "I can't quite understand what you are talking about."

The prince stared at him, "There is a huge organization - the Secret Order. Its tentacles are all over the continent under our feet. It has magical power and incredible methods... And I, for a moment, was confused and bewitched by them. "

He slowly told an unknown past event, and Rodney became more and more shocked as he listened.

"Now, these damn bastards actually have contact with the orcs and showed up when I was negotiating with Abal! They forced me to sign a peace treaty that is destined to be humiliating."

After the prince finished speaking, the study fell into a long silence.

Rodney sat blankly behind the table, his body motionless, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

He knew that his father had always had ambitions for the throne, but that was okay. Anyone with Rodney's blood flowing through his veins must be prepared to inherit the throne.

Even he himself was originally a supporter of his father.

But it is not difficult to hear the so-called "let uncle relieve that heavy burden as soon as possible", which is a vague statement of some extremely inappropriate behavior.

My father just said that he didn't do anything substantial. Is this true?

But why did my uncle's health decline rapidly in the last few years of his life?

Gerd Rodney has always trusted his father, but now, he feels that he needs to re-examine this close relative.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they begin to take root and grow.

After a long silence, the king asked softly: "Do they have any conclusive proof? If it's just some..."

But Prince Jassim nodded gloomily, "Unfortunately, they do. But...my child!"

There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the king with bright eyes, "Everything I do is for you, your crown, your glory! You can summon the ministers and push everything on me, so that you will not lose anything." of authority.”

Rodney Eighteen looked at his father with a complicated expression and exhaled a long breath.

If it is really the suspected retrograde handle, there seems to be no good way. If the so -called secrets will announce the evidence, the four of their father and son will be over.

"Father!" He said, but very serious, "I can't do that."

The prince's eyes were a little shining.

"But ..." Rodney's eighteen in firm tone said: "Some things must be changed."

Prince's brows frowned again.

"Some things I wanted to do before, and many things I wanted to stop by unsuitable reasons for you."

The king waved his arms, and he had always showed a little manic.

"However, we have lost the south in fact, and now even more than half of the north are gone. In the past, the prosperous and strong Ordo, now there is only Wang Yu and a bunch of fragmented, but they are only loyal to verbally. The territory.

"I'm very sure now, Oldo is already a dead water, and a pool exudes dead water with rotten smell. If you don't make some changes, waiting for her sooner or later it is the destruction of shame."

"So!" He stared at the prince and said in doubt, "I will exist as a real king in the future."

Both father and son saw the strange side of each other.

"Okay! His Majesty." Prince Jasim was paralyzed in a chair weakly. "According to your thoughts, let go and do it."