"Sir, the matter has been settled. Tomorrow, a group of hateful thieves will appear outside the city and send our little golden bird to the underground paradise."
This is a letter written by Sue Cornelius Scipio, Ella's uncle, in order to murder Ella. The original text was encrypted, but Amy decrypted the cipher text under Ella's guidance and learned of the plot in advance.
This is also the beginning of everything.
"Use the Caesar cipher first, and then the fence cipher...?" Ella recalled the steps used to decrypt it at that time.
However, now that we have the password table, where is the ciphertext? The three letters written by Amy are each longer than the last, and their meanings are all fluent. Although it is not necessarily impossible to say that the letters in these sentences can be reordered according to rules to form new sentences, Amy should not be that smart.
Ella focused on the letters that had been altered by Amy - even though they were erased, Amy's hand was very light, and through the messy lines, she could still see clearly what the original letters were.
Ella picked out the letters from the letter and copied them onto another piece of paper. Then, according to Amy's prompts, she first used the Caesar cipher and then the barrier cipher to decrypt the ciphertext:
"Your Majesty, how much time do you have? Isn't it okay to just believe that I betrayed you? I originally wanted to use this cipher text as evidence to avenge myself in the future?"
At the beginning of the first paragraph, Amy complained like this.
Ella laughed: "Stupid Amy, how much do you look down on me?"
"However... His Majesty's ability to decipher these secret messages is completely within my expectation."
In the following text, Amy reports to Ella what happened during this time. In the cipher text of the first letter, Amy first told Ella about Freiavenet, told Ella her plans, and finally told Ella that she had captured the city of Hamburg. The contents of the next two letters are supplements to the latest developments.
"Stupid Amy!"
After reading all the content, Ella crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it out in anger.
From the letter, Ella realizes that Amy is not really ready to fight an all-out war with Alemanni. While going to war with Alemanni, she had already left a chance for a peaceful settlement for Ayla - she took all the notoriety on herself and shaped herself into a rebel who seized power from Ayla. The image of a thief.
She must have discovered that the Alemannic Federation had a grudge against the Pirate Kingdom, so she used this method to promote talks between the two parties.
At the same time, Amy wrote everything that happened in cipher text in a letter to the businessmen - presumably from the beginning, Amy knew that she would be betrayed by those businessmen, and these letters would be handed over by the businessmen as evidence. Into Ella's hands.
And all the military progress Amy has made in the Alemanni Federation will become Aila's preparation for the talks.
Next, as long as Ella follows the path she has paved, put all the blame on her, and successfully "counterinsurgency and reset". In this way, the Alemanni Federation will not only not hold a grudge against Ella, but will even have a closer relationship with Ella.
But--
"Idiot! Amy, you are a complete idiot! You think so much, but what about yourself? What should you do?"
If Ella really follows the path paved by Amy, then Amy will truly be a rebel. This is not something that friends can forgive each other with just an apology. As a king, Ella cannot leave a traitor undealt with!
"If you think the Alemannic Federation is annoying, then just go and fight it! Do you have to make me look so clean?"
No—Ella shook her head. The reason why Amy did this was to protect her safety.
Amy has noticed the Alemanni Federation's hostility towards Ella, but Ella is unaware of it. In order to protect Ella, she had to focus all her hostility towards Ella on herself.
The nobles of the Alemannic Federation were originally just mercenaries of the Seven Hills Empire. After their rebellion, they occupied more than half of the western territory of the Seven Hills Empire. Its founder, Carl Carolingian, even gave the emperor of the Seven Hills Empire the exclusive title "Austrian" Gustus" used on himself.
In Ella's eyes, the Alemanni Federation is completely a bunch of rebellious officials and traitors.
The reason why she has not taken action against the Alemannic Federation is simply because the current number one enemy is the Tianfang Empire, followed by Su Cornelius Scipio who has usurped power, and the Alemannic Federation has not yet had its turn. That’s all.
"But to be honest, the Alemanni Federation is much weaker than I thought..."
Ella said to herself. She remembered what she had seen in Ile-de-France. Judging from the time, Amy had already launched a war against Alemany, but the area around Ile-de-France was peaceful and there was no sign of any war at all.
The seemingly huge Alemannic Federation is actually just a piece of loose sand.
"Amy, I will work hard to reach a friendly treaty with the Alemannic Federation and open up trade routes."
Ella looked out the window at the sky.
"If they don't agree...then I have to advance the plan to deal with these rebellious officials and traitors."
Rebuilding the West Qiqiu Empire first, and then taking back the throne of the East Qiqiu Empire doesn't sound like a big problem.
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Early on the third day, Duke Otto sent a carriage to pick them up. That evening, Ella arrived at the capital of the Duchy of Angria. Duke Otto held a grand banquet for Ella there. Also present were the large and small lords of the northern Alemannic Federation, as well as many wealthy businessmen.
"Cheers to the return of the King of Sweden!"
Duke Otto raised the wine glass high, and everyone cheered and drank the wine in one gulp.
"King of Sweden, look at these people here. They are all your loyal supporters!" Duke Otto walked up to Ella holding a wine glass. "The lords have gathered eight thousand elites, and the merchants have also We have prepared all the supplies needed for the war. As long as you nod your head, you can take those troops and supplies to invade the pirate kingdom and take back the position that belongs to you!"
Someone shouted from the side: "When a victorious person sets out on an expedition, he will surely succeed immediately! Those rebellious ministers and traitors can be wiped out with a snap of their fingers!"
"So, what's the price?" Ella sat calmly in her seat and asked.
Duke Otto laughed "Haha": "How dare you ask for such a price! We are willing to support the King of Sweden this time, all for the sake of peace between Alemanni and the Kingdom of Heroes!"
"However, I have a small, insignificant request." The mayor of Hamburg said at the side, "I want to put a leash on that rebellious Amy and let her be a guard dog!"
"This is a good suggestion!" The businessmen who had been humiliated by Amy laughed knowingly, "It would be too easy for her to execute that woman, so we should strip her naked, tie her clothes in front of the city gate, and let her A guard dog!”
"Are these the only requirements?"
Ella slowly picked up the wine glass. Amid everyone's laughter, she suddenly threw the wine glass to the ground!
"Did you make a mistake? I want to go back, do I still need your help?"
Amid everyone's shocked expressions, Ella pushed away her chair and stood up.
——Be a little more serious.
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