It seems that the villain is targeting me.

"That's it, Butcher."

Earl William pointed to a tall tower not far away and said to Xiao Niao, "Those guards told everything without much resistance. Charles is imprisoned up there now."

The tower is grayish white in color, and its walls are covered with moss due to neglect of maintenance. The long ivy has withered and spiraled upwards, covering half of the tower, creating a withered and desolate scene.

Xiao Niao looked up at the building. She walked forward and placed her palm on the base of the tower, feeling the rough texture of the unpolished stone.

A long time ago, the bird actually came here once, just to see this tower.

At that time, she had just met Gwen and had just learned that the girl was destined to have a tragic ending. The system told her the results of sixteen simulations, and in eleven of them, Gwyneth would end her life in this tower.

This was supposed to be her end.

Xiao Niao thought: Fuck you.

Why should everyone obey that damn, shitty fate?

Just for a little emotionally insignificant entertainment for the Son of Fortune, is the country going to fall into chaos, the people going to be displaced, and a good girl's life going to be wasted?

Fortunately, she finally turned the outcome around.

Even for this, Xiao Niao will never regret his original choice.

Earl William didn't quite understand the complicated emotions in Xiaoniao's heart, but when he stood here, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions.

"Who would have thought?" the count murmured to himself, "When I first heard Gao

I thought the news of the family rebellion was ridiculous...but step by step, I actually made it through it."

After the city gates were opened, the downfall of the Hamilton family was inevitable.

There is no decent armed force in the city now. The only garrison is made up of temporarily recruited young men from the city. They have no combat awareness at all. When they saw the knights of the Gardener family rushing towards them with murderous intent, they dropped their weapons and ran away before even fighting.

This allowed the knights of the Gardener family to take control of the streets of the capital without any effort and reach the palace unimpeded.

The imperial guards faithfully performed their duty and put up a final resistance, but their two fists were no match for four palms—and it wasn't just four palms at all. Unsurprisingly, they were defeated in the end, and after suffering nearly half of their number in casualties, they gave up resistance.

The Earl collected his thoughts for a moment and looked at Xiaoniao. "...Our men have already taken control of the capital, both inside and outside. The remaining defenders have basically surrendered. What are you going to do next?"

Xiao Niao had obviously already planned this.

Without hesitation, she said, "Tell the knights not to disturb the people. At the same time, inform all residents in the city to stay at home. No one is allowed to go out or peek outside before dawn the next day."

There was nothing much to say about this; it had been discussed on the way. Earl William nodded in agreement and continued, "What about those people imprisoned in the palace..."

Temporarily imprisoned in the palace were the remaining royal members of the Hamilton family, including the current emperor who had been taken prisoner.

"All males with inheritance rights, regardless of age, will be executed," Xiao Niao said. "I remember Catherine is still alive? ... Poisoned, hanged, let her choose."

At this point, Xiao Niao paused for a moment and said, "Keep the rest locked up. Gwyneth will deal with them after she arrives in the capital."

Although he had already had a certain psychological expectation of the cruelty of the struggle for power, Xiao Niao's words still made Earl William feel a chill in his heart.

He was a genuine and peaceful person, and he always thought that Xiao Niao was just like him - after all, how could a guy who liked farming be a bad person?

The Earl had only seen the diligent and responsible side of the Prime Minister of the Empire. He did not realize that Xiao Niao also had a cruel and unscrupulous side.

Earl William hated the treacherous power struggle, but he was not naive enough to condemn Xiao Niao.

He was just confused.

If taking the city in advance could be considered a necessary strategy, then bypassing the Queen of Thorns and directly ordering the execution of the royal family?

...This is really a thankless task.

But his doubts were destined to be buried in his heart, as Xiao Niao had already walked into the tower.

She walked up the long steps, just like at the beginning of the story, followed only by the loyal knight.

There is only one last part of the story, and the knight will always keep the promise they made when they first met.

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From a distance, Charles heard footsteps coming up the stairs.

At first he thought someone had come to deliver food.

Charles had been hungry for quite some time. All the servants and attendants seemed to have disappeared in the past few days. No one came into the tower and no one paid any attention to him.

The food that Charles had secretly hidden had been eaten up two days ago. He had no choice but to save energy by sleeping all the time.

But when footsteps were heard, he was immediately awakened.

Charles, who was already familiar with the footsteps of servants, quickly recognized that there were two strangers coming, and one of them was wearing iron boots.

The footsteps gradually approached, and then there was the sound of the iron lock on the door being opened.

Charles looked towards the exit and saw Xiao Niao pushing open the iron fence and walking in as usual, with the Red Moon Knight beside him.

Charles was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what had happened.

It was as if all the strength in his body had been drained away. He staggered a few steps with weak knees, barely controlling himself to sit on the chair behind him, and his whole body almost collapsed.

Xiao Niao's expression hardly changed as he just stood there looking at the once majestic prince.

Charles, slumped in the chair, seemed to be trying to maintain his last bit of dignity, but he was too scared, his teeth were chattering uncontrollably, and there was no composure in his posture at all.

"...In the end, you won, Butcher." Charles looked at her with fear in his eyes. "What do you want?"

Xiao Niao didn't intend to keep the secret. She said sincerely, "You're dead."

Charles: "..."

This sentence made Charles silent. It turned out that sincerity is the ultimate killer skill.

Xiao Niao obviously wanted him to die with a clear conscience: "Don't worry, we have to wait for two days. I'll send you off when the victim arrives."

He obviously had to pay the price for what he had done. Gwyneth had lost her father and brother, and she was the most qualified person to carry out this revenge.

Of course, another reason is that as a time traveler, Xiaoniao absolutely cannot take the initiative to kill the son of luck - even if the son of luck is already weak.

The only one who can kill the Son of Fortune is another Son of Fortune.

Charles Finger

He shuddered for a long time, and when he spoke again, his tone was filled with resentment: "You, what are you so proud of... You traitor... My father single-handedly promoted you, and yet you want to take away the foundation he built..."

Xiao Niao looked at Charles in surprise: "Huh? Guess, if your father were here now, would he beat you or me?"

Charles' face turned green. If Lawrence were still alive, he would definitely be so angry that he would eat him alive without any sauce.

He was powerless to refute, so he could only pretend not to hear Xiao Niao's words and vaguely change the subject: "...Even if you take the throne, so what? You are only half a human. You will die in a few years. You will only be making wedding dresses for others!"

Xiao Niao shook his head: "I never thought about the throne from the beginning."

Charles sneered, not believing it at all: "Impossible, if you don't want the throne, why would you rebel? You can't really want it..."

Xiao Niao glanced at Charles with a playful look.

"Gwyneth will be the next in line," she said.

"No... Impossible," Charles' tone gradually became hesitant, and he looked at the bird in shock and doubt: "-No, it's impossible. She is a woman. How could it be her?"

Xiao Niao said sarcastically, "Do I have any reason to lie to you?"

Charles was like being hit by two bricks, his brain was completely stunned. He could only repeat his previous words blankly: "How could it be possible... a woman..."

"Yes, the obstacles will definitely be huge," Xiao Niao picked up a chair and sat down, "so I will clear the obstacles for Gwen before she enters the city."

Not only did Charles launch a palace coup and murder the Duke of Tudor, he was also suspected of patricide in the eyes of the people. Killing him was a beneficial act that was both righteous and won the hearts of the people.

But as a former subject of the Hamilton family, if Gwyneth really massacred the royal family, she would inevitably be labeled a traitor.

In the hearts of the people, heroes can execute a foolish emperor with great righteousness, but will not kill women and children.

But Xiao Niao knew that if Gwen wanted to secure the throne, no potential heir of the Hamilton family could be left behind, and even some of the nobles who remained in the city needed to be purged.

The empress's ascension is extremely difficult and she will inevitably encounter unprecedented obstacles.

Little Bird is unable to take care of things that happened in the distant future, but while she is still alive, she will try her best to clear all obstacles for Gwyneth.

It is only fitting that the already notorious Butcher Bird should be the villain who slaughtered the royal family.

Charles finally came to his senses: "You said Tudor hasn't come to town yet?"

He stared blankly at the floor for a long time, then suddenly jumped up from his chair, pointing at Xiao Niao and shouting excitedly: "Ha! You! Butcher, you're done!"

The Red Moon Knight took a step forward vigilantly. She had been staying quietly behind the bird without saying a word, but now the veins on her forehead were throbbing and she looked at Charles with unfriendly eyes.

Charles withdrew his hand with a smile, his movements becoming polite again, but his tone was still very sinister: "I didn't expect that you, Levi Butcher, who has been smart all your life, would end up falling for such a trivial matter."

"You went into the city early to help Tudor clear the obstacles, but in reality, you were just being used as a weapon by her!"

"You once served my father and were promoted by him. Slaughtering the family he came from will only bring you infamy!"

"That woman wants you to be the target of public criticism, so she can get away with it cleanly!"

Charles didn't know the inside story and thought Xiao Niao entered the city at Gwen's instigation.

He naturally thought that Gwyneth did this to find a reason to get rid of Little Bird and take power alone.

"Poor Butcher," he said, deliberately putting on a mournful expression, feeling the pleasure of dragging someone down with him, "I'm going to die, and you won't have many days left to live."

Xiao Niao was too lazy to explain the misunderstanding and had no interest in what Charles was thinking.

"So what?" Xiao Niao looked calm. "She is my wife. Isn't it normal for me to do this for her?"

There was no anger on her face after being deceived, nor any fear of the future. For a moment, Charles couldn't tell whether what Xiao Niao said was true or not?

He looked at Xiao Niao gloomily for a while, his face pale, and he sat slanted in the chair like a dead tree without life.

Charles knew his death was imminent, so he spoke to the bird in a more casual tone than usual: "...So, what exactly are you doing here? Do you want to laugh at me and admire my ugliness? Or show off like a winner?"

Why did I come? Of course, I was afraid that she would run away!

Xiao Niao has already had a deep understanding of how extraordinary the physique of the son of destiny is, and she cannot afford to be careless about this matter.

She felt that being locked up in a tower block was too unsafe! There were windows on two sides! What if some idiotic accident happened and she managed to escape?

No! I have to lock this guy up in the dungeon, tie him up with eight chains, and strengthen supervision. I have three high-intensity patrols and someone to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day!

Gwyneth led a large-scale army, and the marching speed would be much slower than hers. It took her about five days to reach the capital from the riverlands, and it would take Gwyneth even longer.

If I hurry up, I should be able to take care of the capital's internal affairs before she comes and deal with the dirty hands in advance.

Clean it up.

Then, it was just a matter of waiting for Gwyneth to come into town.

But after this, the two of them probably won't be as close as before, right?

To be honest, the situation that the bird is facing now is actually worse than what Charles said.

She entered the city early without informing Gwyneth and massacred the royal family. Any normal monarch would be suspicious of her and it would be normal for him to kill her in the end.

There are many such things in history.

But this is really not a problem for Xiaoniao.

In fact, if Gwen became suspicious of her and took the initiative to distance herself from her, Xiao Niao would feel relieved.

How long have we been apart? Xiao Niao estimated vaguely, six months, seven months... almost half a year.

We haven't seen each other for such a long time, and something like this has happened. Gwen should be more indifferent to me in the future, right?

Xiao Niao's fingers twitched unconsciously.

Although it was her own decision to do this, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when she imagined Gwyneth's cold, distant, and even hostile expression in her mind.

Chapter 109 I Won't Let Go [Please Refresh! ]

The outline of the capital city vaguely appeared in Gwyneth's sight. The ground under the horse's hooves gradually flattened, from muddy and wet land with weeds and tree roots to a wide and hard-trodden road.

Gwen had walked this road more than once, and she was familiar with the tall trees and symbolic road signs along the way.

She knew she was close.

When it came to the last section of the journey, Gwyneth hesitated. It was only two miles, but she walked slowly for a long time. The armored knight followed behind her, and the bright rose flag fluttered in the wind.

Soon, the towering outer city wall appeared in the knights' sight.

Some of the team members had excellent eyesight and could see the red flag with gold patterns hanging on the city wall from a distance.

That is the flag of the Tudor family. In the entire empire, only the Tudor family would use the golden rose as its symbol.

Not everyone was clear about the whole story. When the knights saw the rose flag already hung on the city wall and Gwyneth's calm expression with no strange look on her face, they felt that this was the result of her careful planning.