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If he could pilot Kyushu's machine, even if it was when the enemy machine was landing, and achieve some results, it would be useful for his subsequent plans.
and……
Protruding!
This thing definitely came from this palace!
Don’t touch my Lihua.
Chapter 19
Li Xingke, who was on duty outside, rushed to the palace at his full speed, but only a minute later, accompanied by smoke and dust towering into the sky, a huge explosion sounded, and the ground of the imperial capital shook three times.
Li Xingke's face changed drastically. He tried to estimate the enemy's combat effectiveness and huge size. The best result would be that this newly built machine was slightly bloated, and its function was only several times stronger than the original small body. The worst result would be that the combat effectiveness had undergone a drastic change.
Today it is clearly the latter.
Even the former is very bad. With this size, even if it is used as a bomber, it will be enough to cause trouble for any country. The flexibility of the mecha is far higher than that of the bomber.
He remained silent and walked a little faster, and soon arrived outside the palace.
"What happened inside and what the situation is now."
The soldier guarding the gate blinked in confusion and stammered, "I, I can't come!"
"..." Li Xingke had something on his lips, not knowing whether he should say it or not.
"You, you, you, leave the most basic guards behind, and the rest of you follow me in," Li Xingke's face was slightly cold.
The gatekeeper blinked and asked, "What is your position, sir?"
Who are you?
Li Xingke's face twitched slightly. Who the hell are you asking me? Just tell me if you are a guard of the palace. The enemy has flown into the palace from the air, and you are just guarding the gate without moving?
Li Xingke took a deep breath and said, "I am the eunuch's confidant. I came to the palace to protect the emperor and activate the hidden weapons that our country has prepared for this situation. Do you understand?"
I had to enter the palace and find someone to save the emperor, and I had to bear the name of a eunuch.
The gatekeeper heard this and his expression became serious.
The eunuchs in this world are said to hold great power, and they truly do hold great power. This is a world full of personality cult.
In other worlds, eunuchs are worthless without the support of the emperor and can be killed by court officials at any time. But in this world, because of the factor of personal worship, the subordinates of those eunuchs who are in power openly will not easily rebel - this is the foundation.
In a normal world, who would follow a eunuch with no future?
Those who reach the upper class, especially those who rely on eunuchs, basically do so for the sake of profit.
But in this world, some people who are promoted by eunuchs will become their die-hard fans, and some are speculators who admire the eunuchs' power. They will be loyal to the eunuchs as long as there are no signs of their downfall.
——Once there are obvious signs of collapse, most of them will surrender to the enemy.
The situation outside the royal capital is a different matter, but inside the royal capital, the eunuchs have the final say and no one can do anything about it.
When the gatekeeper heard that Li Xingke had a relationship with the eunuch, he let him in without even verifying anything and sent a number of people to follow him.
Li Xingke took a deep breath, directed the guards to clean up the scene, and headed to the innermost part of the palace.
The mecha, which is dozens of meters high, is extremely conspicuous in the palace. It has not left until now. Li Xingke tends to believe that the enemy has not found the emperor yet.
If Lihua was protected by the eunuchs through the secret passage, then he didn't need to worry.
But if chaos occurred and Lihua found a chance to escape from the eunuchs' surveillance and hid... where should she hide?
It is not impossible for Jiang Lihua to escape. It sounds magical. The eunuchs did not attach too much importance to the emperor. They could replace him anyway.
As Jiang Lihua's childhood sweetheart, Li Xingke searched his memory and soon he got the answer.
Without stopping, he headed to a place where he played hide-and-seek when he was a child.
In the garden, in a dead corner of the rockery——
"Lihua, Lihua!"
Li Xingke called out anxiously.
"Is it Xingke? Xingke, here." The young girl timidly showed half of her face from the rockery. After seeing the young man's figure, she showed joy visibly and waved her arms to the outside.
Li Xingke breathed a sigh of relief.
"Li... Lord Tianzi, I'm glad you're okay. I'll escort you to a safe place first. This place is too dangerous."
"No." Loli Tianzi pouted: "Call my name."
"Your Excellency..."
"Call my name. You were just saying that."
Li Xingke: I spoke the truth in a panic without considering so many things!
Jiang Lihua's eyes were filled with excitement: "Xingke, let's take this opportunity to elope?"
Li Xingke was stunned: "Huh?"
"Elope." Jiang Lihua repeated, "Just assume that I died in the chaos. I know a secret passage that only the royal family knows. You take me out of the palace through the secret passage... Well, I need you to stay in the court for a while longer. If we disappear together, even our bodies can't be found, which may arouse suspicion."
"Xingke, you just have to hold on until the storm has passed. After that, you can declare that you are disheartened and leave the court. Then you and I can be together."
"When the time comes, I want to travel around the world... I'm so old, but I've never been out before..."
"Wait a moment, wait a moment." Li Xingke was a little confused: "Your Highness the Emperor..."
"kindness?"
The little Loli stared at Li Xingke with a ferocious look on her face.
Li Xingke swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly: "Lihua, the most important thing now is to try our best..."
"There's no hope." Jiang Lihua spread her hands and said, "British mechas have already arrived at the palace. Jiuzhou is helpless. How can we resist?"
"but……"
"To put it another way, even if Jiuzhou wants to integrate domestic resources and catch up, it must first stabilize the country before fighting against foreign enemies. A vase-like emperor like me is definitely not as good as those shrewd and calculating adults, right? I'll just do a quick job and let them take charge."
"But, but..." Li Xingke felt that it was not a good idea to escape at this time.
"Xingke, you're not going to say that I'm deeply indebted to the country and I should be worthy of the country at this time, right?"
Jiang Lihua spread her hands and said, "Xingke, you also know what kind of life I live... You have indeed treated me well in daily life, but I am always under surveillance, I have no real power, and I am even forbidden to leave the palace. At this time, you will not let me die for your country for that little favor, right?"
The Lolita Emperor paused, pondered for a moment, his body trembled slowly, and he sobbed softly: "But, if, if it is Xingke's wish..."
"No, no, no, how could I let you, Lihua, sacrifice yourself?"
Li Xingke quickly picked up the Lolita Emperor and comforted him.
In Li Xingke's arms, Jiang Lihua's lips curled up slightly.
"I knew you would say that. Xingke is the best!"
Jiang Lihua said softly, "In fact, my ancestors left me a batch of gold that can help me make a comeback. This is a secret that only the royal family knows... After I leave, I will donate all of it to Jiuzhou. Is that okay?"
Li Xingke looked hesitant.
"When the time comes, it will all depend on you, Xingke, to support me."
Li Xingke's face was slightly solemn, and he nodded and said, "Don't worry, even if it costs me my life, I will definitely let Lihua..."
"Shh, don't say that."
The Lolita Emperor put his finger to Li Xingke's mouth and looked at him angrily.
The lolita emperor and the lolita control stared at each other, and each other's eyes only saw themselves...
"Um...are you two done with your affection?"
A body quietly peeked out from behind the rockery.
Originally planning to find a suitable time to appear, Suzaku Kururugi was fed a mouthful of dog food and felt he had no choice but to appear.
"Little Emperor, come with me!"
Charged with dog abuse!
Chapter 20 Explosive Killing
Suzaku had already noticed the young Lolita Emperor.
But Su Qing gave him a task: other people in the palace could live, but the eunuch in power must die.
Firstly, Su Qing is annoying, and secondly, these eunuchs in power actually hold the power of this country. To some extent, they are even the representatives of Kyushu in the international arena.
Su Qing remembered that when she read the original novel, these eunuchs planned to marry the Lolita Emperor to the British prince...Su Qing was full of questions at the time.
What the hell, marrying the emperor to form an alliance? Are you crazy?
They thought that after the marriage, they would become one family with Britain? They would no longer fight with each other? Their status would be preserved.
My brain is absolutely bonkers.
After understanding the situation in this world, Su Qing had to admit that the behavior of these eunuchs did have some rationality.
There are actually very few conspiracies in this world, and they are very simple, except for Lelouch in Area 11, who lacks strength and can only make up for it with his brain.
The real trend is that the strong and the powerful have the final say. The popular base created by the world of C determines that as long as you can win, there will be people who worship you madly even if what you say and do makes no sense.
This is also one of the reasons why the Black Knights eventually rebelled in the original work.
The first reason is that most of the Black Knights are not smart and do not deserve to be in high positions. They were forcibly brought up by Lelouch. The second reason is that Lelouch was lying to them and they did not know his identity.
In the normal world, appropriate deception and lies are part of politics. Don't play it if you don't like it.