Chapter 946 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (4)
“Before, war? War? What do you mean by this? War!!!”
Emperor Geos stomped his foot.
Why the hell?
“Jim, Jim didn’t do anything! We were good together!”
Few people know about it, but Emperor Geos had been helped by the Empire to ascend the throne.
So Emperor Geos thought the Empire would side with him.
Otherwise, wouldn’t the Empire have no reason to accept Bianca, who had gone into exile?
‘I must have been in touch with that child a few days ago!’
There was no sign of war anywhere.
The Geos Empire was also in a situation where the state affairs were not being properly operated due to the fighting between the emperor and the nobles.
“They’re obviously nobles. They’ve had an accident! Otherwise, why would this happen! Aristocrats…They’re always a problem. Always!!”
The emperor saw that no matter how much he thought about the reason for the sudden outbreak of war, it was only the nobles.
If not, why would the Empire go to war?
There was no reason for that, so Emperor Geos moved to meet the nobles to see what excuses they would make.
“Your majesty!”
“You’ve finally come out.”
“Did you hear the news, Your Majesty!! What should I do with this!”
“What should I do? I have to show the arrogant imperial bastards a good time!”
Conflicts of opinion were noticeable between those in favor of war who were excited by the word war and nobles who wanted peace.
Emperor Geos had a lot to say to the nobles, but he pretended to be calm and sat on the throne.
“I heard the story. Why did the Empire declare war on us?”
“That’s fine…”
“Is there a reason for the war?”
“Perhaps an old grudge from the past has broken out?”
“They declared the empire and thought it was going well, but the liver jumped out of the boat!”
“Everyone is pretending not to know, but please tell me honestly. Who the hell are you!”
“Do you think someone offended the Empire and started a war because of that?”
Bang!
The emperor struck his armrest with his fist at the aristocrat who was making a noise.
“Then isn’t it? The Empire must have started a war without a reason! There must be a reason!”
“Your Majesty, now is not the time to reason. The war has already begun.”
“That’s right. Now is the time to prepare for war.”
“It’s still too late. Your Majesty. You must start preparing for war.”
“War? Are you really going to go to war with the Empire right now? You just have to find the reason, apologize, and deal with it through diplomacy. Why is everyone so impatient that we can’t go to war?”
The nobles were speechless at the pathetic emperor’s words.
“Apologizing…?”
“How can we, the Geos Empire, apologize to the Empire!”
“Even if the Empire has a reason for doing that, please never apologize!”
I felt a belated regret that I should have woken the emperor.
The nobles were still emperors, so they were brought in thinking they should treat them, but before they even started, the emperor was terrified.
‘What do you believe in such a pathetic man to go to war? Eh…’
‘War has already been declared, but whining and trying to find the cause.’
‘The emperor is young and foolish.’
‘What will become of the Geos Empire…’
‘There is no talent… Talent…’
‘That kind of thing also serves as an emperor, so why can’t I be an emperor?’
There was no consideration in the eyes of the nobles looking at the pathetic emperor.
The emperor noticed their gaze and bit his lip.
He knew how ridiculous it was to say that he himself would try to prevent a war with diplomacy.
But he just thought that by doing so, he had to stop the war.
“Are you sure you’ll win in a war? You really don’t know what will happen when this war starts?”
“They were just kingdoms. It’s also a fledgling empire less than 20 years after its declaration. On the other hand, look at our Geos Empire. An empire that has conquered the continent for over 500 years is here!”
“There is no reason to be afraid of war. Your Majesty!”
“The Geos Empire will not avoid any war.”
The nobles who supported peace were speechless, pushed by the momentum of the other nobles who were crying out for war.
“If it were not for the special circumstances of our empire, the empire would have already been trampled by the army of our empire, Geos.”
“It’s rather a good thing. Let’s take this opportunity to demote the empire back to the kingdom and make them realize that they are the subjects of the Geos Empire!”
Everyone is crazy.
The emperor thought to himself as he looked at the nobles who thought they would win.
Anyone who sees it will know that victory has been entrusted to them.
However, the emperor thought that he would never win the war in the current state of the Geos Empire.
‘These pathetic people bring victory in war? No way.’
It didn’t matter whether the Geos Empire was great or not.
It was because he thought nobles who had to go to the battlefield and fight were pathetic and stupid.
‘There is no one to trust! So you want me to go out and fight the war myself? In the first place, I don’t know anything about war!’
The Emperor knows no war.
And in the eyes of Emperor Geos, other nobles also saw war as being too funny.
“…Okay. If you want to go to war that much, you can’t help it. Then who will go out and fight against that empire?”
The emperor did not have the confidence to know which nobles were good at war or to make the right personnel appointments.
So I asked the nobles.
Didn’t they do it themselves with their mouths?
It’s time to crush the empire. It’s better that the war broke out.
If you had said that, then when the emperor asked this question, you and I would both raise our hands and say that we would step forward.
But.
“Hmmmm, I don’t like my back these days…”
“I’m diabetic…”
“My old mother is doing tomorrow today…”
The nobles began to avert their eyes at the emperor’s words.
He makes excuses, as if he had never raised his voice.
People who are famous for making fun of their lower legs cannot help but laugh when they hear that their back hurts.
‘I knew it would be like this. Trash guys. He only knows how to talk, but he himself doesn’t know how to do anything.’
They are like that
He asks the emperor to do the right thing and points out his every move, saying that he needs to keep his dignity, but if you look at his own life, he does the most vulgar things.
Shouldn’t the emperor imitate you only if you show integrity and innocence?
I couldn’t understand why he was forcing only the emperor to do something he couldn’t do himself.
“Speaking of going to war. Didn’t you say that you would lead the army right away and trample the Empire? But why are you all avoiding your eyes? Is there really no one who can fight the Empire and bring victory? There are so many nobles of the great Geos Empire. Are you standing?”
And there was no reason for the emperor to miss this situation.
I have something to do with the nobles, but there’s no reason not to do it!
There is a saying that if there is a fight inside Bondi, make an enemy outside.
However, despite the appearance of enemies outside the Geos Empire, internal fighting did not diminish.
This was to prove that the empire was doomed, but the parties turned a blind eye to the fact.
It was a human instinct to turn away from a reality that we did not want to face.
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There are pathetic nobles in the Geos Empire, but there are also nobles with a surprisingly normal mindset.
“Why is it a war right now…I thought the empire’s actions were unusual, but I didn’t expect it to be this sharp.”
“What should I do now, Mother?”
The vast land of the fertile territory was proof that no matter how precarious the Geos Empire was, its deep-rooted roots were never compromised.
The power of the nobles who ruled the fertile territory for generations was not too much compared to the now declining imperial family.
That’s why, when the Geos Empire was shaken, there was a nobleman who took the opportunity to become independent.
However, despite the fact that nobles who are truly loyal to the Geos Empire have the power to become independent, the Peyto family silently supported the Geos Empire.
Of course, it would have been nice if that trust and support had come back with good results…
“The Geos Empire is really… Coming to an end.”
“Uh huh! Be careful what you say.”
“Mother. We have to live. Can’t the family end with the country like this?”
It has become a world where people cannot survive only with a mind that is anxious and concerned about the affairs of the country.
“All the nobles are looking for their own way to live. But why does my mother have to go to war? My mother is over sixty years old! Are you supposed to?!”
When the head of the Peyto family was young, they made an outstanding contribution on the battlefield, and that record is now the cause of their family holding their breath.
“Didn’t His Majesty earnestly ask for it?”
“How many talented people in the country do you call your mother? Have other young nobles come in!!”
Despite her son’s wrath, she chuckled and did not discourage her from responding to her Majesty’s call.
“I wonder if you’d ask me for something like this. Stop being angry.”
“The Emperor knows nothing about war! It will surely be lost. Mother will take all the blame!”
“Why do you think you’re going to lose already? Didn’t you call me because you didn’t know? If I give you advice from the side, you’ll win. It’s acknowledged that the Empire is great, but that doesn’t mean the Geos Empire is weak either.”
Geos Empire.
A great country is right.
There is pride in one’s country and self-confidence.
However, it was only a problem that there was no answer when it entered the imperial family and politics.
“Isn’t mother the only noble who experienced the war firsthand? What the hell is the person who occupied the position of general and enjoyed power in place of his mother, so he can’t even see his nose?”
What was more upsetting was the nasty behavior of the former general who, when her mother was young, deprived her of command as a general and enjoyed her power, and refused to retire, saying that her body was aging when the country was in crisis.
Why should her mother, who was not even a general, have to make her sacrifice now?
This was an unfair treatment.
“Didn’t he act as a general? You should postpone this task to him.”
What kind of position is the command of the general?
Isn’t he the highest ranking military officer?
Normally, no one should know more about war than the general.
So, it was normal for the former general to take on this job, not his mother.
Of course, the world wasn’t such a common sense place.
In the end, her mother left to enter the palace again at the age of sixty by the emperor’s people who came to take her there personally a few days later.
The war with the Empire was getting closer.
