Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 302 Coup

The inner city area has been under complete martial law, but that doesn't mean there is no way to get in, just like the couple that was sent to Lilith.

Augustine and the nobles had long been deeply rooted in the royal city. Even if Lilith used interests and the power from the north to work miracles and win over the vast majority of people, she could not influence the power hidden in the darkness of the royal capital.

There is no conflict between being loyal to Lilith on the surface and secretly giving some people backdoors. After all, these nobles have been doing this for thousands of years.

Many people are betting on three parties, the demons, Lilith, and Claire all have these noble figures lurking behind them.

However, no one in the North was betting tacitly. It was not because the North was not strong enough, but because Lind's policy towards the nobles had spread in the capital, and no one was willing to put shackles on themselves. Instead of betting on the North, it would be better to bet directly on the Queen.

With the help of the contact person, these adventurers began to put on the armor and clothing of the palace guards.

Claire glanced at her pocket watch and confirmed that the people on duty in the palace were her own people. After leading the group of adventurers to the palace gate, Paul stepped forward and said to the palace guard on duty, "It's time to change shifts."

The palace guards understood and said, "Your Majesty is in the Northern Taxation Bureau. Please protect your Majesty."

After both parties confirmed the code, Claire appeared and said to the palace guards, "Seal the gate!"

Coups have always been a technical job since ancient times. Even in this small country, where coups are as common as diarrhea and cannot be stopped once they start, they still need to be treated with caution.

Claire had been preparing for this day for a long time. Unlike ordinary coup plotters, Lilith was an outsider to this palace.

Not to mention that Claire, as a member of the Augustine family, knows the palace better than Lilith, an outsider. Even when Claire was still serving as a palace guard, the guards in charge of the armory and the road leading to the armory had been replaced by their own people without them noticing.

Those were all weapons produced by the royal palace. They were imported under Claire's strict control. There were no inferior products at all. There were even many muskets and new weapons.

As long as she controls the palace's arsenal, Claire will control most of the palace's military forces. After all, many forces in the palace are not sure which side they will support once a fight breaks out, not to mention that most of the Augustines are now on Claire's side.

Of course, Claire also admitted that Lilith did have some means. There were many people in the palace who were transferred from the southwestern army and were completely loyal to Lilith. But once the situation fell into chaos, these people could not play a role and were more likely to stay on the spot in confusion.

After all, who are the most numerous people in the palace? They are the servants of the Augustine family. It is self-evident who these servants will stand on.

This is the natural advantage of Claire's coup, and it is also one of the reasons why those people are willing to invest in Claire.

As for the defenders outside the city, as long as Claire can control Lilith, everything will be over.

Although the coup was dangerous, no one could refuse the merit of supporting the emperor. Did the adventurers who followed really believe Claire's words? If you think about it carefully, that wording is not reasonable, but as long as Claire's coup succeeds, that wording will be reasonable.

Claire's only weakness is that because of Lilith's constant vigilance, Claire has never been able to fully control the palace guards. The forces in her hands, except for the Augustine family's secret guards, are scattered. These scattered guards can play a role in various positions in the palace, but it is difficult to gather them together as the main attacking force.

And those adventurers with different thoughts were prepared for this moment.

Claire only needed to take these people to the armory and let them do what they usually did in the outer city, creating chaos, destroying things while spreading rumors about Lilith, and declaring that the real owner of the palace, Princess Claire, had returned. That was enough.

It doesn't matter how much power you have. What matters is that your voice must be loud enough to let most of the neutral forces in the palace know who they should be loyal to.

Claire couldn't do this with the secret guards she had, but these adventurers were quite suitable.

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Lilith was currently guarding the communicator, waiting for the latest news from her brother. It was impossible for Lilith not to be afraid. Those monsters were gradually approaching the royal capital, and the railway connecting the royal capital to the north had not been completed, and now a part of it had been destroyed.

Even though Lind had been prepared, the demons were easy to defend against and humans were hard to stop. On the long track, the humans commanded by the demons would be considered successful as long as they could blow up one point.

Of course, after all, it was not a large-scale destruction, so the repair was quick. During the time when the engineers were repairing the railway, Lind was also constantly gathering troops. Many troops had temporarily abandoned the railway and went directly into the central region to continue their journey.

But at this moment, Nora suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Oh no, Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Claire has come in with her men."

Hearing the name, Lilith instantly had a bad feeling in her heart. When Lilith rushed out of the room, the palace was already surrounded by flames.

When it comes to sabotage, those adventurers are professionals.

"Your Majesty, the tax bureau can still hold us back for a while. Just escape through the secret passage! As long as you can escape outside the palace and find Lady Judith, you still have a chance!"

Thanks to the fact that the Northern Taxation Bureau was an institution entirely established by Lilith, almost all of Lilith's diehard fans in the entire palace were stationed here, so they could hold out for a while, and there were also secret passages for escape in order to deal with special situations.

Lilith quickly realized that the missing Claire had returned and launched a coup against her.

But hadn't Lilith already appeased the Augustines? She was even ready to elect the next leader of the Augustines. Why would the Augustines choose to let Claire come back at this time?

What Lilith couldn't understand the most was that the demons were clearly on their way to attack the capital. Even if the coup was successful, could the capital in chaos really withstand the demons' attack?

Lilith was not actually surprised by the coup against herself, so she wanted to take this opportunity to bring her brother's forces to the royal capital, but what Lilith did not expect was that the other party would launch a coup at this time.

But Lilith never thought that someone would launch a coup at this time.

Launching a coup at this time would be almost equivalent to self-destruction.

In an instant, Lilith thought of her father in this life, the genealogy that Coent gave her. Was it that genealogy that leaked the secret? Augustine realized that he was actually a descendant of the old empire, so he launched a coup at this time point regardless of everything.

Lilith immediately ran back to the room and sent a message to Lind as quickly as possible: Coup, danger!