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Chapter 17 Safe Return (Part 1)

Princess Alice, who was sleeping very uncomfortable, woke up. The first thing she did when she woke up was to check her body. After finding out that there was no abnormality, she looked outside and looked for the trace of Cons.

I found that Cons was baking the leftover food I ate last night, and I couldn't help but say good morning to Cons.

Cons didn't say anything, just nodded, threw the baked food to Alice, and said simply: "Let's go after breakfast." Then he went to take care of the white horse.

The greasy meat and tasteless spring water made Alice, who was used to making breakfast with exquisite desserts and milk, feel very uncomfortable when she saw Cons treating Baima gently and dedicating herself to her beauty.

As a princess of the Wang family, when did she suffer such indifference? If she hadn't thought Cons regarded herself as a maid, she would have probably had her princess habits.

When Cons saw Alice finishing breakfast, he didn't say anything and led the horse over. Alice got on the horse nervously. Cons didn't hesitate, and immediately turned over to the horse, hugged Alice and ran wildly.

Although I was carried all night yesterday, Alice still felt uncomfortable all over. Although she couldn't say anything, she just felt hot all over.

After running intermittently for three days, Cons and Princess Alice had already left the border for more than 300 kilometers.

Now Cons no longer rode with the princess. The princess was riding on the horse, and Cons was walking on the mountain road with a horse rope in front.

They did not dare to walk the main road. They discovered the scout cavalry of the Black Rock Kingdom in a village two days ago. If they weren't in the jungle, they would have been discovered by these scouts.

The enemy's attack was very fast, because within the range of more than 300 kilometers, there were only those annihilated garrisons on the border. They were like no one within more than 300 kilometers. If they hadn't been for the sake of rule rather than plunder, the army would have been ahead of Cons and the others long ago.

Princess Alice rode on the horse, staring blankly at the Cons who was straightening his waist in front of her, looking ahead, pulling the horse.

The princess found it strange because she has maintained this standard military posture since she got off the horse and walked, and she didn't understand how Cons could have kept such a stiff move.

In the past seven days, the conversation between the princess and Cons can be counted. The most common words are "rest" and "leave". As for other words, most of the words are determined to speak first, and most of them are questions.

"Cons, do you have any wishes?" The princess thought to give Cons a good reward after returning to the capital.

"I wonder what kind of expression he would look like when he knew his identity? Was he shocked, knelt down to apologize, or was he stunned?" This thought more or less dissipated the princess's sorrow.

"Wish?" Cons did not turn around, nor did he stop, but looked up at the clear sky. Then he shook his head and said with a hint of indifference: "I only have the wish to live."

"Living? Do you want wealth, status, and beauty?" the princess asked strangely. Because these are the goals that everyone pursues.

"Well, probably," Cons responded casually.

Alice knew that Cons was about to end the topic. Although she was strange that Cons' wish was so strange, she had already understood Cons' personality and shut her mouth tactfully.

Sitting on the saddle, shaking, blown by the breeze, Alice couldn't help but recall the days spent these days.

Since escaping from danger, although he still took good care of himself, Cons seemed much silent, giving people the feeling that he was like a starry sky, which could be seen but could not be touched. Moreover, his tone has become elegant, not as imperative as before.

Alice thought at first that this was a natural manifestation of a man showing off in front of a beautiful woman, but later she realized that she was wrong.

Because even in the mountains, a lonely man and a widow are together, there is no strange language or movements in Cons.

The next day after he escaped, a snake suddenly appeared while taking a bath in the mountain spring, and called Cons in shock.

Cons, who killed the snake, left without even looking at his beautiful figure, which made him both grateful and shameful.

It’s just that the feeling of shame and anger is much stronger than the feeling of gratitude, and I haven’t talked to Cons for the whole day.

However, this emotion soon disappeared under the silent care of Cons. He only watched him work hard to find a place to stay away from the wind and stay overnight, find and cook food for himself, not to mention saving himself from thousands of troops, and escorting himself back to the king's capital without asking for anything in return. This is definitely a real knight.

The princess secretly decided that after returning to the capital, she must enthrone Cons as a first-class knight, because he showed the style of a knight.

Qihongguo has first to fifth grade knight titles, the highest grade.

Knights are respected, and only cavalry can be named knights. The squadron leader of the cavalry unit is a fifth-class knight, and so on, the commander of the cavalry division is a major general, which is a first-class knight.

Princess Alice gave Cons the title of the title, just to make him a general. As for people like the Legion Commander, they don’t care about the title of knight, because they are all nobles.

Alice, who was thinking about it all, suddenly found that Cons stopped and was about to ask what was going on. Cons had already pulled the horse into the woods.

The princess also noticed something strange at this time, because several dead leaves were not blown by the wind, and then the earth shook. Without thinking, it was the cavalry of a squadron that appeared on the mountain road.

The princess's face changed, and her jade hands covering her mouth were even pale.

The two thoughts of enemies and friendly forces are constantly flashing in my mind.

However, the princess knew that the hope of friendly forces was slim and the enemy had a greater chance.

"Cens thinks the same way, right?" The princess had already seen Cens pull out the saber.

Seeing the cavalry and seeing the military flag at the front, the princess smiled nervously on her face and said, "Cons, it is General Gula's army, and it is his own." After that, she rushed out without waiting for Cons to react.

Cons was stunned when he heard the name Gula, but he immediately knew that the commander of the Seventh Legion.

This general is from the royal family. Although his bloodline is very distant, it has nothing to do with the royal family. Therefore, the Seventh Legion is all cavalry. After the fighting power of the Imperial Guards has become the strongest in the country. Of course, these are what the princess said on the road.

Seeing that the princess ran out, Cons had to go out too.

"Who?" The cavalry who was leading the way suddenly rushed out two people wearing imperial guards' corps costumes and immediately surrounded them, showing a look of hatred.

The collective betrayal of the Imperial Guards has long been spread throughout the country. If it weren't for the only two people in front of them, they would have come forward to fight.

Princess Alice immediately shouted, "I am Princess Alice! Where is Gula?"

The cavalry were stunned for a moment, and then everyone realized that the two soldiers of the Imperial Guard had a woman, and they claimed to be the princess who was unknown to life and death. Although everyone showed an expression of disbelief, they subconsciously put down their weapons.

When the cavalry was hesitating whether to inform the chief, a very rude and loud voice came from behind: "Who dared to pretend to be the princess?"

The cavalry immediately made a way out and a very strong young man appeared on horseback.

Judging from his exquisite armor and the military rank and position marks on the armor, he knew that he was a lieutenant colonel team leader.

"Kain, why are you here? Where is your father Gula?" Alice shouted quickly when she saw the team leader.

Kane heard someone calling her name and felt that the voice sounded very familiar. He couldn't help but rub his eyes and looked at the little man in front of him. After seeing his appearance clearly, he couldn't help but shout in surprise: "Ah!? Madam...Princess?!"

Although Kane was stunned for a moment, he turned over and dismounted immediately, knelt down and kowtowed: "Seventh Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Kane, meets His Majesty."

The soldiers brought by Kane knelt down cleverly when Kane shouted, and kowtowed to see him.

Alice was obviously stunned when she heard Kane's words, but she quickly helped her and said, "No gifts, get up."

Alice said to Kane: "Cain, how did you give such a big gift?"

Although Alice cares about the most about what Kane calls her, Alice does not point it out.

Kane looked quite stupid and straight, but in fact, this guy was very smart. When he heard Alice's question, he immediately understood what was going on and said whispered: "The enemy army used a fast horse to send His Majesty's coffin back to the royal capital."

When Alice heard this, she realized that this was a conspiracy of the Black Rock Empire, which was to provoke civil strife in the battle for the throne to facilitate the attack of the Black Rock Army.

"Mother and the others..." Alice said softly.

"Your Majesty, the city guards of the royal city, and most of the troops around the royal city have been loyal to the queen.

"But the Seventh Legion led by Wei's father is all loyal to Your Majesty. Of course, there are many old ministers in the royal city who are loyal to Your Majesty." Kane also said softly.

After Kane's account, Alice realized that the situation was very bad. Now the nobles of Qihong Kingdom can be said to be divided into two factions.

One faction supports itself as the only heir to the throne. Although many old ministers in this faction are not high-ranking and powerful, they are just small officials from the past.

The most important army is that only the Seventh Legion far away from the royal city supports it. No wonder its power is so weak. First, the news of escape has not been spread yet. Most of those people think they have passed away. After all, following the king to the front line and the king dies, then the princess is definitely in danger.

The other faction is the legions, because their competitor is the queen who is the mother of the world. Since the past, the queen has used her special identities to win over the army, and there is no way to fight for her children in this regard. It is not surprising that those legions support the queen in this chaotic moment.

Although Alice was a little grateful to the Seventh Legion, she also understood that what they supported themselves for some reason could not be sincerely supported by them.

After all, not long ago, I didn’t even know if I could escape. Will normal people give up the queen who has ruled the royal city and instead support myself, the princess who may have died?

I'm afraid the queen did not give enough benefits, otherwise, they would have been loyal to the queen as early as when they saw the coffin of their father.

According to the custom of Qihong Kingdom, the queen should ascend the throne after her father passed away. However, this queen was not her biological mother, but her stepmother who was only five or six years older than her.

And this mother did not give birth to blood for her father. If she allowed her to succeed to the throne, the blood of the Qihong Kingdom's royal family would be cut off. Therefore, she would never be able to ascend the throne in any case!

Alice made up her mind secretly. Although Alice lived a carefree life except for her stepmother being unfriendly to her when her father was alive, no matter what, as the king's only bloodline, she was still educated by the emperor and understood what politics is.

So, Alice immediately analyzed that if she wanted to seize the throne, her only bargaining chip was the Seventh Legion, and she must not let the Seventh Legion pull the Queen!

Thinking of this, Alice's heart moved, gave Kane a praising look, and vaguely expressed that she would definitely repay the support of their father and son for her.
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