I really can't control myself

This Thomas Heihe incident has been a hot topic in the empire recently. In fact, this incident has already attracted the attention of the people across the country. After all, the emperor’s eldest prince died and the second prince also passed away (the emperor’s affair was naturally It cannot be made public, so it was announced that he died of illness). Now the royal family has no male heir, which naturally makes the people across the country very anxious.

Yes, although the emperor still has two daughters, the prevailing idea of ​​​​preferring sons over daughters in this world is still dominant. It does not mean that there are no female heirs who succeed to the throne, but the problem is that the general view is that female heirs succeed. If he succeeds, the family will be in decline and chaos, because they don't believe in female rulers anyway.

In short, I don’t know if someone deliberately set the pace. Anyway, after Linton left, the whole empire seemed to be discussing this matter. The people’s idea is probably to have a male heir. Although Emperor Wigley this year She is over fifty, but she has not lost her fertility, so there is still a chance. Even if she is younger, it doesn't matter. Everyone thinks that the emperor should try harder.

However, Wigley didn't have much interest in this. After experiencing the two previous blows, he was indeed a little disheartened now. Although he also roughly knew what the Meloway family represented by Linton wanted to do, But he really didn't want to care about it anymore and wanted to hand over the throne to his daughter as soon as possible. Whatever he wanted, he could do whatever he wanted.

However, the problem is that at this juncture, this man named Thomas Heihe suddenly appeared out of thin air. It can be said that he came into being at the right moment.

The surname Heihe is actually a common name for abandoned children in a region in the northern part of the empire. There is a river called the Black River in the north of the empire. It may be because the surrounding mountains have open-pit coal mines and are called Black Mountains, so this river is naturally called the Black River. Abandoned babies often appear on the edge of the Heihe River. Of course, most of the babies are basically taken away by wild beasts or directly starve to death. Most of the babies who are lucky enough to survive claim the surname of Heihe.

Of course, as an abandoned son, the name Thomas Heihe has never appeared in the public's ears before. No one knows who this person is, and no one has heard of his past experience. However, at this time, he became the center of heated discussion among people across the country, because he suddenly claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Wigley, and now he became the only remaining male heir to the empire.

The fact that Thomas Heihe claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Wigley spread very quickly. It started in the northern part of the empire and soon spread to the entire empire. Princess Yalan also said that there must be someone here helping to publicize this matter. It happened, and it was obviously premeditated. By the time they found out, people all over the country basically knew about the existence of such an illegitimate child.

Of course Emperor Wigley also heard about this, but after hearing about it, he certainly felt a little strange. Wigley is not a fool, and he has experienced a lot of political struggles, so this illegitimate child who suddenly appeared seemed to have some kind of conspiracy, so of course he didn't believe it at the first time, but although he didn't He believed it directly, but he did not immediately issue an edict saying that he was a fake.

Yes, of course Wigley actually wanted a male heir. After all, patriarchal preference is a common perception in the world, and even his emperor is no exception. Besides, he was frustrated before because he lost his eldest son. Now that he heard about Thomas Heihe, although he felt that it was probably fake, he still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to see if this guy was real. his own illegitimate son.

Of course, he didn't hide this matter from Yalan and Fula, and he couldn't hide it. After all, people all over the country knew about it, so he directly invited them to the palace to discuss the matter. As a result, the final result of the three people's discussion was to investigate first and then talk.

It can also be seen from this that Yalan and Fula are not very willing to be queens. Otherwise, how could they agree to have someone investigate if a competitor appears? What if the investigation turns out to be true? If you really want to be the emperor, you don't have to worry about anything until you die. In short, neither of them objected, so Wigley naturally went to investigate.

Wigley's investigation here is actually very simple, that is, go directly to Thomas Heihe himself. Didn't you say you are my son? Just come over. Let's confront him and see if you are my son. So he also sent people directly to find this Thomas Heihe and asked him to enter the palace to meet the saint.

However, the person sent did not bring Thomas Heihe back, but only brought back a letter from the other party. No one except Wigley knows the contents of this letter, because the letter has now disappeared. The only thing that can be known is that after reading the letter, Wigley's attitude obviously changed.

That night, Wigley left the palace and even left the city. Of course, Yalan didn't know about this until later, because Wigley didn't say hello to them when he left. Not to mention them, all the ministers didn't know. He just went out with his own team of guards. The target should be the north, and I don’t know the specific location. Two days later, news of Wigley’s death came.

Yes, on the way north, the imperial emperor was assassinated, and all his bodyguards were killed. Everything that accompanied him was robbed, and his body was even naked and exposed in the wilderness. So was this dignified imperial emperor. An extremely humble death. Moreover, he was only discovered by a passing caravan one day after his death. Later, he found out that the deceased was actually the emperor of the empire. It was good luck that he died near the official road. Otherwise, the body might not be found and would have been eaten by wild beasts.

It was also impossible to hide Wigley's death. Everyone in the empire knew about it immediately, and the entire empire was immediately in chaos. Originally, the people of the empire were not very satisfied with the issue of two female heirs, but thinking that the emperor was still there, there was still a chance after all. Now that the emperor is suddenly gone, what should we do now?

And in this chaotic situation, someone still jumped out to set the pace. It was what the maid said before, and the entire empire began to crazy rumors that it was the Meroway family who assassinated Emperor Wigley, and gave birth to the emperor. The reason is quite acceptable, after all... wasn't the Melowei family already clearing out their enemies before? After the entire Noble family was killed, everyone knew that the most powerful official in the empire was now Duke Meroway. Now that he has become the most powerful official, wouldn't it be logical to take the next step forward?

In short, some say that Garserne sent someone to assassinate Wigley, and some say that Linton took action. Anyway, it was the Meloway family who did it. This directly aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire empire, because Emperor Wigley was actually quite good to the people. He had carried out a lot of virtuous policies before, such as giving tax exemptions to the people in disaster years, relieving refugees, etc. In short, The reputation was very good, but now I heard that he was murdered by a powerful official of the empire, and the people's anger was suddenly ignited.

Of course, the people's anger is the people's anger, and they can't actually do anything. From ancient times to the present, the people will rebel only if the government forces them to do so, and the people will rebel if they cannot survive. I have never heard that the people will rebel after the emperor dies, even if he is a good emperor. So the chaos was chaos, and nothing major happened. But the problem was that someone took the lead at this moment.

The person who took the lead was naturally Thomas Heihe. Sure enough, Thomas Heihe also jumped out at this time. He immediately declared two points. The first was the legitimacy of his identity, stating that he was Wigley's illegitimate son and of course the legal heir to the empire. Regarding this matter, he said that Emperor Wigley definitely knew this was true. He left the palace and went north just to meet him and wanted to take him back as the crown prince. Otherwise, why would the emperor run away from the main city?

The second point is that the person who killed Wigley was a member of the Meloway family, because they did not want to be recognized by Wigley. Now he is still an illegitimate child. An illegitimate child has no inheritance rights, but Wigley obviously The purpose was to restore his identity and take him back as an heir to cultivate. However, for their own benefit, the Melowei family simply assassinated the emperor directly in order to allow the third princess Yalan, who had already married into the Melowei family, to directly ascend the throne. So that the Meloway family can control the entire empire.

So given the current situation, who do you think the people will believe? At first glance, everyone felt that what Thomas Heihe said was true. Some people had doubted the identity of his illegitimate son before, but now they saw that the emperor left the palace for no reason and went north. Maybe he really went to see him. Isn’t his identity confirmed? And his logic seems to make sense. Isn't this a conspiracy of the Meloway family?

Suddenly, the Meloway family seemed to be besieged by all public opinion, including Princess Yalan. At this time, more trouble came. Thomas Heihe directly announced an uprising and started the uprising as the heir of the empire, with the goal of inheriting the throne.

I said before that ordinary people will not rebel casually, but the current situation is different. Some people have taken the lead. Once someone controls public opinion, the situation is completely different. Thomas Heihe started to rally his own troops, but the matter was not over yet, because the rebel army was just a peasant army at best, and there was really no threat. However, a large number of nobles immediately announced their support for Thomas. .Heihe, then the problem is serious now.