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Chapter 1502 The difficult choice of the king's army

"How are everyone's reactions now?"

Sun Chuanting rushed back to Oxfordshire almost without stopping and found Prince Rupert, who was temporarily in charge of affairs.

Among all the people, Prince Rupert has a high status and military merits to suppress all the nobles of the King's Army. Sun Chuanting has always been an outsider, and outsiders can only use their fists to make the other party surrender, and cannot convince them from the aristocratic hierarchy system.

"The situation is not optimistic. You should also know that His Majesty the King is the spiritual pillar of our army. After his accident, people's hearts were flustered, and many officers and soldiers lost their fighting spirit. I know that this must be a secret plan in the parliament. I want to fight back to London immediately... But now people are panic, and we must confirm as soon as possible that the new king leads our King's army to continue fighting. If there is no king, then our King's army cannot be called the King's army. We cannot help His Majesty the King's revenge!" Prince Rupert waved his fists. He has been holding back his anger these days. When Sun Chuanting led the main officers of the Northern Legion back to Oxford, he was finally able to find someone to share the pressure these days.

"When something like this happens at this critical moment, even the king cannot be spared. The council does too well. You can resist recklessness. This is a good thing. Only by staying calm can you deal with what has happened." Sun Chuanting said.

As the governor of the King's Army, the Count, Viscount and Barons gathered here at Oxford University.

Due to the assassination incident, heavy troops were deployed here to investigate explosives and prevent senior officers from causing losses.

When they saw Sun Chuanting arrive, they were somewhat awe of the oriental wizard.

After losing the king, they depended more on officers who were able to fight, and they were the backbone of the King's Army.

"Little Princess Anne is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, but it is difficult for us to persuade him to take Little Princess Anne out of England and return to Paris. In fact, some people do not want the queen from France to bring the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, and the interference from Louis XIII." Astley said to the returnee Sun Chuanting and others.

"I have also considered it during this period. From the perspective of protecting Princess Anne, she can indeed protect her safety. However, letting the princess live in Paris is easy to be used by the French royal family. When there is a problem of inheriting the throne, France may intervene in our internal affairs." Prince Rupert said.

Like the parliament, the royal family was even more trapped in the question of the choice of heirs of the throne. Perhaps it was more important for them to determine that the new king was more important, otherwise the king's army would collapse.

"The worst thing is that if Princess Anne is not chosen as queen, in this case, the Parliament should decide this matter, but the Parliament is against us, and if they still decide the heir to the throne, then the Parliament will achieve their goals, and we will be very passive, which is equivalent to righteousness and money on their side." An earl expressed his concerns to everyone at this meeting of the King's Army.

"You please, Gao Ming, I cannot let my daughter stay in dangerous England." Queen Henrietta also attended the meeting of the Kings Army. Her tone was cold and she was extremely disappointed with the situation here.

The great nobles and squire of the King's Army looked at each other, and they were also wary of the queen from France. If Charles I was still there, they would not be worried about the expansion of the French power in England. But now that Princess Anne is young, someone must exercise the king's power on his behalf. Without the Prime Minister in England, no one is more qualified to temporarily manage state affairs than the queen.

"Now there are princess Elizabeth in The Hague of the Netherlands, Prince Rupert's mother..." A viscount said an alternative.

Almost everyone looked at Prince Rupert, the descendant of the Holy Roman Elector, Princess Elizabeth, who was his mother. If his father, Duke Palatinate, had not died, then uniting Britain and Palatinate, who opposed the Roman Catholic Church, would be a good choice.

However, the Duke of Paladin served as the King of Bohemia and failed in the war with the Holy Roman Emperor, which also triggered the Thirty Years' War on the European continent. Now Princess Elizabeth has nothing, and Prince Carl and Prince Rupert even went to England to take refuge.

If Princess Elizabeth becomes the queen of the United Kingdom, there is no need to worry about outsiders coming to manipulate England, of course there is no benefit. Another problem is...

The issue of Princess Elizabeth's successor, the descendants of Elizabeth and the Duke of Palatinate were Prince Carl and Prince Rupert.

Now Prince Carl is standing on the side of the parliament, Prince Rupert is standing on the side of the King's Army, Prince Carl is the eldest son, and admits that Prince Elizabeth becomes the new king, so Prince Carl is the crown prince, and the parliament has legitimacy. So what should the King's Army do?

The defeated party may be deprived of land and titles, something the royalists do not want to see.

Prince Rupert felt everyone's eyes. This involved his mother, and the matter was a bit complicated. Who could have thought that the two brothers were standing in different camps?

Prince Rupert knew that this was the time for him to start taking sides. If he strongly praised his mother as the queen of the United Kingdom, then the King's Army would have to consider Prince Rupert's opinion. After all, Prince Rupert and Sun Chuanting are now regarded as the imperial double walls of the King's Army, and the nobles of the King's Army need to look at their opinions.

"I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, my mother is not very good to me, and I often go to adventure everywhere... It's better to say that His Majesty the King is more caring for me, so you don't need to consider my position. I have only one requirement and I will never compromise with the parliament. This is my only request." Prince Rupert expressed his thoughts.

Sun Chuanting couldn't help but look up to Prince Rupert. If he supported his mother, Princess Elizabeth, as the new King of Britain, he would be a member of the royal family in England, but he voluntarily gave up this power.

"What should we do?" The nobles and squire of the King's Army were in an unprecedented conflict this time. Whether choosing Princess Anne or Princess Elizabeth, it seemed that it was not in the interests of the King's Army.

"I propose to let Princess Sophia be the queen of England and Scotland." Sun Chuanting suddenly spoke up for Princess Sophia who was not in England at this time.
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