A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 137. Chapter 137

Tonight’s stars are bright, dotted with the endless dark night sky, like a silver river running through the entire night sky.

Tapti was sitting in the room, freshened up, and the maid slowly withdrew with the copper basin filled with hot water.

She had changed into a loose and comfortable white nightgown and sat in front of the dressing table. The oval crystal bronze mirror was embedded on the dressing table, and the edge was wrapped by the carved carving made of snow-white ivory, reflecting in the smooth mirror surface. Woman with elegant and beautiful face.

Raising his hand, Taputi took off the hair accessories from his head and placed it on the table. A waterfall of long hair fell on her honey-colored shoulders and neck, and a few strands fell into her slightly open placket.

She picked up the dark brown wooden comb and tilted her head slightly, revealing the beautifully-lined side neck. The pure gold bracelet reflected the glimmer falling from her wrist, and she just sat under the moonlight, once and again, carefully combing her long hair.

The milky white moonstone ornaments on the table reflect the blue luster. Among the many gems, Tapti only likes moonstones, and most of her ornaments are dotted with moonstones.

It stands to reason that this time of the night is her most leisurely and peaceful time.

However, for some reason tonight, she was a little restless.

There was a faint feeling of anxiety, but she couldn’t tell where she was, but she was a little flustered, as if something was about to happen.

Tapti frowned and combed her long hair a few more times, but her mind was no longer on it.

Amidst her irritation, she stopped combing her hair, turned her head, and looked outside through the half-open window.

She remembered the conversations with Prince Gallan before returning to her bedroom tonight.

At that time, the prince who had just washed his hair sat on the side of the bed obediently and asked her to wipe his long wet hair.

The damp golden hair became more delicate and silky, glowing with a golden luster under the light, and slipped from her palm. The velvet-like touch made her love it.

“You are obedient today, you are willing to go to bed so early.”

She smiled while wiping the prince’s hair slowly and gently.

For some reason, Prince Garland’s falling asleep time is always later than the normal falling asleep time, and sometimes he does not go to bed until midnight.

She said it many times, and every time the prince listened to her obediently, but turned his head to sleep late.

She really didn’t take him anymore.

Prince Garland is like a kitten, always very energetic at night and sleepy during the day. Therefore, it is rare that the prince obediently let her wash up and plan to go to bed as soon as the night fell, which surprised her a bit.

“Occasionally, I have to listen to Taputi.”

Said the prince sitting cross-legged on the bed.

“Tapti has been worrying about me for so long.”

He turned his head and looked at Tapti with big cat-like golden eyes, “For so many years, I’ve been in trouble from time to time, which makes you troubled. Tapu, won’t you find it very annoying?”

Tapti laughed.

She wrapped the prince’s head again with a snow-white towel that had been warmed by the stove, and continued to wipe it a few times.

“Prince.” She said with a smile, “Actually, I think it would be nice if you could be more willful.”

“what?”

“Since childhood, you have always been sensible, Prince. You don’t seem to be a child anymore, so I sometimes hope that you will be naughty and mischievous like other children.” Tapti smiled. Said, “It doesn’t matter no matter how self-willed, I hope you will always be a small child, prince.”

“…”

“Well, prince, the hair has been wiped dry, will you rest now?”

“……Um.”

“Then I will withdraw first.”

Tapti said with a smile, and reached out to lift a strand of blonde hair that fell in front of Garlan’s eyes behind her ears.

“I hope you can have a good dream, my lord.”

After speaking, she turned and left with the wet white towel, blowing out the lamp on the table by the way.

“Taputi.”

Gallan’s voice suddenly came from behind and stopped her.

“What’s wrong? Your Highness.”

She turned around.

In the dark room, broken stars fell.

The blonde boy sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes bent and smiled brightly at her.

He said, “Good night, Taputi.”

He smiled to her and said, “Tomorrow morning, I want to wear that eagle-wing headdress, okay?”

Tapti was startled, because it was the first time that Garlan offered to wear a headgear, then she smiled and nodded.

“I see, Your Highness.”

She said, “Tomorrow morning, I will put on the headdress you like for you.”

…………

Waking up from the memory, remembering the smile that Prince Garlan showed to her before he left.

A very familiar smiling face…but somehow it made her feel unsure.

Tapti sat in front of the dressing table for a long time, finally couldn’t help it, got up and walked to the window, looking in the direction of the prince’s bedroom.

Because she was the magistrate serving Garlan, her bedroom and the prince’s bedroom were not too far apart, and she could be seen standing by the window.

There was no light in the room in her sight, and it stood quietly in the dark, presumably the young man in it was also immersed in sleep.

There was no movement in the room.

Probably I think too much.

Tapti thought so.

I also go to bed early.

However, at the moment when she was about to look away, the starlight in the night sky fell into the window of that room, and a figure was reflected.

Tapti’s chest tightened sharply.

That is definitely not the back of Prince Garland!

Who is there?

Who dared to sneak into the prince’s bedroom!

When he thought of this, Taputi couldn’t care about anything else, opened the door and hurried over.

A few steps and one step after another, she ran to the prince’s bedroom. She slammed the door open, and at the same time opened her mouth to call the guard over.

As soon as she raised her eyes, the familiar and handsome face that came into her sight made her almost yelling’coming person’ stuck in her throat.

Over the years, she has been very clear.

The person in front of her will not harm Prince Garlan no matter what happens.

…But…what is the current situation…?

“Prince Huimos, this is the time, what are you doing here?”

She lowered her voice, with anger in her eyes.

“Where is Prince Garlan?”

Heimos, who was looking out the window with a blank face when Tapti broke in, turned his head and turned his gaze to the magistrate.

Those golden-red eyes seemed to be immersed in the dark night, and they were much darker than usual, much deeper.

He just looked at Tapti, silent, saying nothing.

The stern face revealed a dazed look at this moment.

“Prince Huimos!”

Tapti stepped forward and asked.

“……he’s gone.”

“!!!”

Tapti’s chest shrank.

Although Huimos said this sentence without thinking, but she understood it inexplicably.

The smiling face of the prince who was sitting on the bed before leaving tonight flashed in her mind again.

[Taputi, tomorrow morning, put on that eagle-wing headdress. 】

This sentence suddenly appeared in his mind, and Tapti moved in his heart and hurriedly walked to the side of the room where Prince Garlan’s various accessories were stored.

She opened one of the largest gold boxes, and with the help of the faint moonlight, she saw a neatly folded pale yellow parchment under the eagle’s wing headdress.

Her head was a little dizzy for a while, but she took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and pulled out the paper.

Sweeping his gaze on the unfolded parchment, Tapti turned away abruptly without saying a word, hurriedly left here, and ran towards King Camos’s bedroom.

…………

Because of the need to deal with the accumulated political affairs, the lights in King Camos’s bedroom stayed on until midnight before going out.

King Camos went to bed.

But Xie Muer did not leave because it was too late. There were a few empty rooms on the side of King Camos’s bedroom, and he slept there tonight.

It was not the first time he stayed here anyway, and it was not just him. King Camos would allow them to stay overnight in an empty room in the side hall.

It’s just that the lights in King Camos’s bedroom just went out and fell silent for a short time, and a hurried female officer made the bedroom noisy again.

Immediately afterwards, Chief Qianqi, who was on duty in the palace tonight, was urgently and secretly summoned into the palace. After a while, he hurriedly left.

Soon, the guards of the entire palace became operational.

The palace, which was originally into the dark night, was lit up little by little, and the lights spread rapidly in the palace.

Countless servants and maids who had fallen asleep were awakened, and they were surprised to find that an atmosphere of tension had filled the palace at some point.

Countless guards quickly searched the palace, carefully searching every room, every courtyard, and every corner of the palace.

No one knows what they are searching.

Is the assassin in the palace, and the guards are searching for the assassin?

Some people guessed so, but in the end they didn’t get the answer.

The palace was strictly guarded, and entry and exit were forbidden, but until dawn, the guards didn’t seem to find what they were looking for.

After daybreak, the noble ministers who went to the palace to participate in political affairs heard the king’s order issued by King Camos. Today, the court’s political affairs were suspended for one day. Only when there is an emergency, can they enter the palace to meet King Camos.

The people who received this order were talking about it for a while, but no one knew what happened in the palace. King Camos gave the king order and could only go back in wonder.

When they got home, they all showed their magical powers and sent people to inquire about things in the palace.

However, the matter seemed to be tightly sealed off, and everyone was left to beat and probe for a long time, but did not find out what happened.

………………

Half a night has passed, and the sky is already bright.

King Camos sat on the high platform, his brows furrowed, the morning sun shone on half of his body through the skylight, making half of his angular face submerged in the shadows.

He pressed one hand on the high surface of Nuanyu, tapping the surface with thick callused fingers.

The Lion King, who has never known what fear is on the battlefield, has a rare solemn look on his face at this moment. He pursed his thick lips and didn’t know what he was thinking.

A crease of pale yellow parchment was placed beside him, and the writing on it was clearly visible.

The priest of Shamash sat on the side seat. Although there was a pile of papers in front of him and he kept flipping through them, his thoughts were obviously not on the papers, instead he turned his head from time to time and cast his eyes to the outside of the bedroom. , Apparently waiting for the news of finding someone.

As time went by, half a night passed, and there was still no news, and Xie Muer’s face had become ashen. He was holding a sigh of relief at the moment, a cloud of anger burned in his chest, but he couldn’t find a channel for venting, so he could only block it there.

If he caught the little prince who was so stubborn that he would behave like stunned his family now, he would definitely reprimand him mercilessly all day.

The magistrate was standing at the door, her head hanging slightly, her long hair, which she always took care of all day long, was combed together casually today and fell from her shoulders.

She turned her head and looked out through the open door, and there was an endless clear blue sky outside.

The sun is bright and cloudless, it is a good weather.

She turned her gaze back, looked to the other side, and landed on Prince Huimos who was standing by the window.

Huimos stood by the window, and had been standing there since he came to King Camos’s room, motionless, like a stone sculpture.

His face was slightly lowered, and his dark eyelashes were hanging down, casting a deep shadow on his brown cheeks.

The dark shadow seemed to seep into his eyes, making his pupils look like a pair of inorganic dark red glass beads at this moment, cold, and there was almost no anger that belonged to a living person.

The thin lips are as tight as a knife’s edge, giving a feeling of near-pain.

He was clearly standing in the sun, but he stood there, but the light did not fall on him, as if he had rejected the light that was cast on him and was driven away from him.

The sound of rapid footsteps sounded, but in the blink of an eye, the blond knight rushed directly into King Camos’s bedroom, changing his calm and relaxed appearance in the past.

When he rushed in and raised his eyes to see King Camos sitting on the high platform with a calm face, Kaihuos realized that he had rushed directly in front of the king recklessly.

He habitually went to the training grounds of the Guards for training yesterday and stayed there until this morning.

Unexpectedly, early in the morning, he received some news secretly sent by King Camos.

He was so shocked by the news that he rushed over in a hurry, and for a moment lost his sense in front of King Camos.

Kaihuos leaned over and knelt in front of King Camos on one knee.

“Sorry, Wang, I was rude, but now I…”

Because he came in a hurry, he even felt a little panting at the moment.

King Camos waved his hand, motioning him to stop talking, then raised his hand and threw the parchment beside him to Kaihuos.

Kayjos caught it subconsciously and looked down.

The handwriting on the parchment was familiar to him.

‘Sorry, Brother Wang, Heimos is more suitable for the throne than I am. I know you won’t agree, so I left. ‘

‘The world is big, I think, I can look forward to it for a long time. ‘

‘It has nothing to do with anyone, this is my own decision. ‘

…

The room was very quiet, only the breathing of the people staying in the room echoed.

Kaihus read Garlan’s message, and there was no expression on his face at this moment.

He just stood up expressionlessly and returned the parchment in his hand to King Camos.

Then he turned around and walked to the window a few steps.

Likewise, Heimos was standing by the window.

Kayhus jerked his hand out and grabbed Huimos by the neckline.

The only one left was staring at Huimos, his face exploded with undisguised anger.

“What did you do to your Highness?”

He asked Huimos.

Word by word, the intonation is cold.

He didn’t care that his actions at the moment were for the following crimes, and no matter how severe punishment he would be punished for offending the prince, Kayjos stared at Huimos so directly, as if he wanted to peek at all of Huimos. Something to hide.

This is a kind of intuition of Kaijos.

His Highness’s departure must be because of this person.

Prince Huimos must have done something to His Highness that forced His Highness to leave.

He had long vaguely felt that Huimos’ attitude towards His Highness was really strange…

Therefore, he looked at Huimos as if he was breathing fire at the moment.

However, it was himself that made him most angry and unforgivable.

He noticed something was wrong tomorrow morning, but he didn’t pay much attention to it, causing the prince to leave the palace alone………… This is his negligence!

As the guardian knight of the prince, he failed to protect the prince.

There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and Kehos looked at Huimos coldly.

Huimos, who had been staring motionless all the time, finally moved. He didn’t get angry because Kayhus grabbed his collar, just raised his eyes and glanced at the blonde knight faintly.

The pupil was like a cold glass bead, without any emotion.

Kaihus sneered.

Although his face looked calm, it was obvious that his emotions had been out of control from the fact that he had grabbed Prince Huimos by the collar impolitely.

And that look of Huimos completely broke out the anger that he was holding back in his heart.

As soon as he raised his hand, he hit Heimos in the face with a punch.

“Kyjos, stop!”

Xie Muer stood up abruptly, shouting that he wanted to stop Kehuos.

However, once a calm person loses control, it becomes even more terrifying.

At this moment, the scorching sun knight, who was out of control, completely ignored the orders of the priest of Shamash.

He saw that his punch was about to fall on Hiemos.

A faint light passed through Huimos’s eyes, and he raised his head abruptly, and when he raised his hand, he instantly blocked Kehos’s punch.

There was a cruel intent across the golden red eyes.

As if it had been suppressed to the extreme, the pair of inorganic glass beads seemed to shatter abruptly, bursting out a fierce light like a wolf.

At the same time as blocking Kayhus’s punch, Huimos’ right hand also clenched into a fist, as if he was venting something, and hit Kayhus’s abdomen with a punch.

That punch was naturally blocked by Kayjos.

So, next, in the livid face of Xiemuer and the horrified gaze of the Taputi magistrate, Huimos and Kayhos actually ignored the occasion, the location, and even the return of King Camos. Being there, they fought together so hard.

For a while, the surrounding air seemed to be ignited by flames, fiercely hot.

The muffled sound of the fist hitting the meat continued in the air.

They are all real, with fierce wind pressure with every punch and kick, and the dull sound and light of the punches make people feel painful to listen to.

Moreover, the two of them obviously had already hit a real fire, and their eyes were burning red like wild beasts.

Just as the two of them fought harder and harder, suddenly, a feeling of extreme danger came.

A sound of wind whistled.

What followed was the oppressive feeling of high mountains pressing on the top.

Both Huimos and Kayjos leaped back instinctively, avoiding places where they felt dangerous.

With a loud bang, the heavy giant sword struck down hard at the moment when the two of them leaped back.

With a click, it actually split a deep crack in the jade’s hard ground.

That terrible strength is enough to split a person in half from head to toe.

There was silence in the room.

The two who leaped back to avoid the terrible blow were still panting, and King Camos, who had slashed the sword heavily with one hand, spoke.

“Have you played enough?”

As soon as he raised his right arm, he lifted the giant sword easily and carried it on his shoulders.

Golden-brown eyes like scorching coals swept over the two, and the strong pressure radiating from him suddenly pressed the air in the entire room to solidify.

“If it is not enough, I will fight with you.”

The Lion King spoke, his face stinking badly.

“I’m annoying, and I just want to find someone to beat me up, come, who of you will come first? It’s okay to go together!”

Only the low voice of the Lion King reverberated in the room, and the other two lowered their heads, panting slightly, without answering.

After a while, the blond knight standing on the right side pressed one hand to his chest, and knelt down towards King Camos.

“King Camos, since there is no news yet, I’m afraid the prince is no longer in the palace.”

He said, “Please allow me to search in the royal city.”

“Well, go ahead.”

Camos waved his hand sullenly.

Kaihus saluted again, then turned around and left quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Huimos didn’t say a word, and after bending slightly to Camos, he also turned and left here.

Camos looked irritable and threw the giant sword in his hand on the table with a dull loud noise.

He scolded: “The two stinky boys just vented out after a fight, I’m still holding back.”

If King Camos used to call himself Lao Tzu and talk so much, Xie Mu’er, who has always paid attention to the king’s etiquette image, would have spoken out for a long time.

But this time, Xie Mu’er, who was not thinking about it at all, stood there with a black face, without saying a word.

The low air pressure of the priest of Shamash made anyone close to him feel suffocated.

…

Tapti has been dumbfounded.

She felt that she was already a very calm and composed person, but the things that happened just now made her stunned for a while.

Kayjos, who has always treated people with a gentle attitude and unhurried demeanor, actually did something to Prince Huimos? !

Prince Huimos, who has always been calm and sensible in dealing with things and calmly, actually fought with Kaijos? !

They actually started fighting in King Camos’s room–

Moreover, King Camos actually followed suit! He even split a crack in the floor–

This is simply…

It’s simply…

The magistrate who encountered this situation for the first time didn’t know how to describe it.

The reason why Tapti was so shocked was that it was the first time she saw the fierce side of these three with her own eyes.

After all, she has always been with the prince, whether it is King Camos, Prince Huimos, or the knight Kaijos, they are all gentle and obedient in front of the prince.

She feels that the scene just now… is like a group of beasts that are very docile and gentle in front of the master. As soon as the master leaves, they will immediately riot, show their fangs, and become fierce and terrifying beasts again.

This is just the first day that Prince Garland left.

No, not even one day, just one night.

Looking at the deep crack on the ground, thinking of the scene where Prince Huimos and Cajos fought fiercely together…

Tapti became nervous for a while.

It became like this in just one night.

If this is… one day… three days… ten days…

Even if the prince really ran out and didn’t plan to come back for a short time…

…………

Ahhhhh…

Your Highness Gallan, where have you been?

It is totally unimaginable what a terrible situation Garlan’s long-term disappearance will lead to.

The magistrate prayed in her heart.

Please come back as soon as possible anyway.

You can’t leave it here.

Otherwise, these terrifying beasts will be completely out of control when you are away.