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Chapter 905: The Royal Family and the Nobles’ Plan, Flanders, the Replacement of Grand Duke Lanton
"Didn't I die by hanging?" Flanders opened his eyes, looking confused.

He learned that he was going to be hanged because of his crimes, and then he was thrown into death row and tortured for three months, and finally he was hanged on the torture device.

When he opened his eyes, he found that he was not dead.

Of course, compared to the fact that he did not die, what worried him more was that his beloved Princess Lina died because of love.

In the death row, Flanders heard the news of Princess Lina's death. In his opinion, Princess Lina committed suicide for love.

But he is not dead now, but Princess Lina is dead.

"Where... am I?" He climbed up with some difficulty and touched his neck. It was intact and not torn off.

"On the secret way to the Principality of Lanton." A familiar female voice came.

Flanders was so familiar with this voice.

It was Princess Lina who had hanged herself.

When he looked up, he saw the beautiful figure he had been thinking about day and night walking in.

"Princess Lina, I'm so glad you're okay." Flanders looked so excited that he simply ignored what the other person said.

"Of course nothing happened. Grand Duke Lanton is too powerful. I could only fake my death to escape."

"Even the Arbitration Court was interfered with by his power, otherwise you would have already regained the title of Duke." Princess Lina comforted Flanders and told him some of the situation.

"Now he is preparing to overthrow the entire empire to achieve his ambitions."

"We must stop him as soon as possible!" When Princess Lina said this, she looked like a determined princess of a fallen country.

Flanders was so fascinated that he lost himself and quickly responded with several sentences.

But he quickly realized one thing, which was how they were going to stop each other.

His mind is twisted, but he still has some intelligence.

With such a small number of people, let alone conquering the Principality of Lanton, it would be difficult even to meet Lu Xingshi.

"Are we going to assassinate that despicable thief?" Flanders asked hesitantly.

He could sacrifice his life for Princess Lina without hesitation, but he had to ensure that Princess Lina's mission was completed.

Assassination is not that easy.

"Of course not. You are of noble birth and important status. How could you assassinate that despicable thief?" Princess Lina's eyes were full of Flanders, making Flanders wish to die for her.

"Then what should we do?" If Flanders really wanted to let himself assassinate Lu Xingshi, it was not impossible.

"Look at your appearance." Princess Lina took the mirror and said with a smile.

As soon as Flanders came into view, his expression changed.

His appearance and figure changed completely, and he completely became like Lu Xingshi.

"I...how did I become a thief!!!" Flanders gritted his teeth and rubbed his face with his hands.

"Don't rub it. I'll be sad if you damage it." Princess Lina stretched out her hand to stop Flanders. She was worried that the transformation that she had worked so hard to complete would be destroyed.

"The royal family and nobles will help us to make the thief disappear, and you will replace him and become the real Grand Duke of Lanton." Princess Lina explained the plan.

"This is impossible. I will never become the Grand Duke of Lanton while pretending to be a thief." Flanders would definitely not agree. If he really did this, wouldn't all his future achievements belong to that thief?

No matter how great my talents and strategies are in the future, I will not be able to prove myself. I will only be the artist who dies on the gallows?
"I will always be with you, and as the Duchess, I will make the Landon family more prosperous." Princess Lina said shyly.

As soon as these words came out, Flanders' brain froze and he was overwhelmed by this huge surprise.

"Well...it's not impossible." Flanders answered stutteringly.

The royal family and the nobles wanted to win over Lu Xingshi? They were not stupid, so how could they choose to invite a wolf into the house? If they could not control Lu Xingshi, they would only be bitten back.

As for distorting Lu Xingshi's mind like Flanders did, they couldn't do it. After all, Lu Xingshi was already able to use fighting spirit. He was a true knight and would be discovered before his mind was distorted.

On the contrary, it was easy for Flanders.

And with Princess Lina as a tow rope, as long as Flanders successfully replaces Lu Xingshi, the Principality of Lanton will become the biggest help for the aristocracy and the royal family to regain power.

The previous arrangement for Flanders to go to the Duchy of Landon to meet Lu Xingshi, as well as the subsequent accusation of Lu Xingshi and the hanging sentence, and even the fake death of Princess Lina, were all smokescreens.

Getting close to Lu Xingshi is to let Flanders come into contact with Lu Xingshi, so that he can use some kind of magic weapon to change Flanders' appearance. Otherwise, how can he replace it if his appearance is different.

The subsequent plan was to kill Flanders in order to use it as a smokescreen to confuse the Steam Faction. They even spent a huge amount of money, but were further weakened by the attack from the Steam Faction.

But as long as the plan is successful, everything will be worth it.

With the Duchy of Lanton, they have people, soldiers, land, and food, plus the legitimacy of the nobility and the royal family. They can completely break free from the suppression of the Steam Faction and rise again.

Otherwise, how could they have sacrificed Princess Lina? "That's great. You'll have to pretend to be the thief." Princess Lina consoled him and said some tempting words to Flanders.

I can only say that she is worthy of being called a socialite princess and is really good in this aspect.

I directly caught Flanders and turned him into a black carp.

There are many considerations behind choosing Flanders as a replacement.

First of all, Flanders is the eldest son of the Landon family. Even if he has abandoned his surname, the blood of the Landon family is still flowing in his body, so that magical weapon can play the greatest role.

Secondly, his character is more susceptible to mind distortion, and coupled with his obvious weaknesses, he cannot refuse any order from Princess Lina.

No matter how humiliating it was, it was an honor for him, after all, it was Princess Lina's request.

"How long will it take us to reach the Principality of Lanton?" Flanders woke up from his trance and asked his own question.

"It will take at least half a month. Don't you like being alone with me?" Princess Lina frowned, seeming a little unhappy.

Flanders hurriedly explained that he seemed very flustered because of his anxiety and panic.

All I can say is that he was really being controlled.

After a while of arguing, Princess Lina finally said, "Once you successfully replace the thief, you must immediately kill the cabinet minister, military minister, finance minister, and justice minister he promoted."

"They know you too well, and they know the thief too well, so it's easy for them to notice the problem."

After all, these four people watched Flanders grow up and followed Lu Xingshi. It would be a lie for them to say that they couldn't see any problems.

When Flanders heard these four people, his face became extremely gloomy.

"Of course they did. They knew that the wandering knight was a thief who stole my title."

"Not only did you not help me kill this thief, but you pledged allegiance to him."

"If it weren't for you, Lina, pleading for these traitors, I would have tortured them!" Flanders said indignantly.

In his plan, whether he succeeded in regaining the title or replacing Lu Xingshi, he would make these four people and their entire families suffer a fate worse than death.

He would not refuse any request from Princess Lina.

"It's better to be safer by killing him." Princess Lina was glad that she had given him a reminder, otherwise if she had really followed Flanders' approach, things would definitely have gone badly.

According to intelligence, these four people currently divide up all the power in the entire Principality of Lanton.

It's not that Lu Xingshi was sidelined, but that these four people were completely loyal to Lu Xingshi, and their power was also granted by Lu Xingshi. It only took Lu Xingshi a word to take it back.

It was because of this that we were able to get rid of these four people as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if they find out that Lu Xingshi has been replaced, these four people will imprison them immediately and look for the real Lu Xingshi.

As for how they were going to complete the replacement? After all, Lu Xingshi was so powerful that even the great knights appointed by the empire were no match for him, let alone a mere Flanders.

In order to succeed, the royal family and the aristocracy naturally took out all their tricks.

Several powerful magical weapons and several wizards with corresponding attributes.

They just didn't believe that Lu Xingshi could escape.

...

"Cato, what do you think of Grand Duke Lanton's request?" asked a senior imperial official.

After Bri retrieved the Moon Energy Stone energy technology and reported Lu Xingshi's request, the top leaders of the empire gathered together and held a meeting.

Not only are there high-level members of the Steam Faction, but also scattered members of the aristocracy and the royal family.

"It's true that Grand Duke Lanton is pursuing power, but I'm not sure about the rest." Cato spoke very conservatively, but he was sure that what Lu Xingshi said was most likely true.

"The situation in the Dragon Mountain Range has become more serious, and the defense line has retreated again." A senior executive continued, "If we can't stop it next, we will be in trouble."

"We can let Grand Duke Lanton go, but he can't lead the troops, so we can just replace the commander." Another senior executive offered a solution.

"It's feasible. We have the Moon Energy Stone energy technology and the complete training method for Moonlight Werewolves. We can deploy our Moonlight Werewolves to the defense line of the Dragon Mountain Range, with Grand Duke Lanton in command." Cato said, and added: "I can accompany you as the deputy commander."

This means that the soldiers are theirs, and with Gato, the Imperial Beast Zone, as the supervisor and control, the risk will be greatly reduced.

"Yes, but I don't know if Grand Duke Lanton is willing to agree."

"If he can really conquer the Dragon Mountain Range, the Empire can fully cooperate with him to study the Dragon Mountain Range and capture the Immortal Dragon." said a senior official.

As long as the Dragon Mountain Range can be incorporated into the Orei Empire, Lu Xingshi's request is the same as if he had nothing. Compared with the manpower and material resources invested and the output of the Dragon Mountain Range, it is a huge profit.

"Draft a letter and send it to Grand Duke Landon. If he agrees, the Empire will do its best to help him." Someone made the final decision directly. Since everyone approved it, naturally no one would question or object.

(End of this chapter)