Same light

The day the crown prince's ship arrived at the main planet, everyone on the ship breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how luxurious the spaceship is, the space is only that big. The two forces have been confronting each other for a long time in the closed space, maintaining a fragile and delicate balance. Everyone's nerves have been tense for too long.

In the last few days, the conflict was almost on the surface to the point where it was on the verge of breaking out, and the people below continued to have small frictions. Although the two princes did not confront each other head-on, they frequently fought each other and refused to give in to each other.

For example, the day before the spaceship landed, when the prince was dining, his guards blocked the corridor outside the restaurant as a warning area, and a soldier who was returning to the main planet with Austin passed by and was detained.On the same day, the third prince's password came, ordering a few soldiers to break into the guard's dormitory with the temporary command of the legion to investigate the attack on the soldiers.

This incident was a mess for a long time, and finally the soldier was released unharmed, and the guards did not really arrest him, but the next day the crown prince promoted the guard who "attacked the soldiers" and commended him for his vigilance and vigilance.

The atmosphere in the entire sailing ship was stiff, and it was no wonder that everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they landed.

Compared with the people on the spacecraft, the people on the land of the main planet are just the opposite.

The two princes, the son of the high priest and the son of the grand marshal returned to the main planet in a low-key manner. Although there were no reports, everyone who followed the situation had already received the news. Most of the nobles had been a little confused this month.

Originally thought that after the youngest prince became king and had a certain amount of power, the prince's party supported by the third prince and the second prince's party supported by the emperor would officially start fighting. At the age of one hundred, he begins to age, and then enters the fierce stage of fighting for the throne.

Unexpectedly, before the little prince grew up to take power, he made a major command error that caused a sensation throughout the empire. At that time, many people privately speculated that this incident was planned by the second prince's party.

This battle for the throne seems to have started a little earlier, and it started with the sacrifice of the civilian population of the entire planet. Although there has been no bloodshed in the seizure of power in the past dynasties, the bloody smell of this dynasty seems to have been there from the very beginning. It's too heavy.

The prince's party was caught off guard and directly lost a general. The situation seemed very unfavorable, but who would have thought that two years later, this matter would be reversed overnight, and the bad thing turned into a good thing.What's even more outrageous is that not long after, the second prince died directly. When he died, the other two princes were far away at the border.

If it were said that the major events of the past two years were coincidences and no one arranged them behind them, I am afraid that only naive children would believe it, but the situation would become complicated and confusing, making the nobles of the main planet confused and at a loss as to what to do.

The crown prince seems to have won, but the news of the prince's disagreement with the third prince has been circulating in the circle for the past two years. No one dares to stand in line at this time. The entire territory of the main planet is blocked, and the people's discussions are boiling, but the aristocratic circle is on the contrary An eerie calm.

Not only the aristocratic circle, but even the Holy Gold Palace was eerily peaceful, and the calm was the emperor himself.

Xiu and Alfred greeted the emperor one by one, and the emperor seemed to have aged a lot in the month after the death of the second prince.

He is not yet 80 years old this year. Nobles with superior genes live longer than ordinary people, especially the royal family. According to the average age of nobles, he can still live for 40 years.

Although the emperor was past his prime, he was well maintained and looked younger than his actual age.But now, his eyes are loose and black, his black hair is a little long, as if he hasn't been taken care of properly, and his originally clear light yellow eyes seem to be clouded a lot.

He was clearly sitting on that majestic, luxurious, and huge throne, but he didn't look like a shining sun, giving people a sense of the twilight of a dying star.

The emperor said to his two sons-in-law: "You are back. Go see your second elder brother and younger brother, and then go back to rest for two days. If there is anything to do, we will talk about it in two days."

None of the countermeasures that Alfred had concocted all the way were of any use, and the emperor didn't attack them at all.

Although he was very surprised in his heart, he remained calm, followed Xiu and bowed his head, said a few useless nonsense such as "Father Emperor's Day", and bowed to leave.

Compared to Alfred, Xiu was less surprised, because unlike the youngest prince, he had dealt with the emperor more times, and he knew the emperor far better than Alfred.

The current emperor, Wan Ni, came to the throne at the age of 50. He lived in the first place and lived in the eldest son. He only had a younger sister who was many years younger than himself.He was a prince since he was a child, and when he was a man, his father abdicated. The road from Chenxi Palace to Shengjin Palace was very smooth, and there was no trouble at all.

It is precisely because of this that Wan Ni's nature is arrogant. When he was young, he was innocent and unwilling to be restrained. He took power for granted.He was worried about the separation of powers among his relatives, and he was unwilling to choose a princess from among the big nobles, and he was unwilling to challenge the rules to marry his commoner lover Hart, so he finally chose a lady of the right age from a low-level noble family.

He had no children when he came to the throne, and those who want children should be anxious if they don't have children at this age, so when he allowed his mistress Hart to become pregnant, the clan members turned a blind eye.

He is the emperor who was born to be destined. He has been playing with power and manipulating the situation all his life. Xiu had conflicts with him several times during his growth. Naturally, he understands better than Alfred. Their father is not just a peaceful age. Such a proud and arrogant emperor, maybe this throne is too comfortable, he doesn't need to show any city skills and skills, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have it.

"What is brother thinking?"

Alfred's voice made Xiu withdraw his thoughts from the emperor,

They have already arrived at Xinghui Palace, which is very close to Shengjin Palace. This is the palace where the second prince lived, and the coffin of the second prince is also parked here.

After passing the luxurious courtyard of Xinghui Palace and entering the gate of the palace, the first thing you will see is a large and empty reception hall.There are not many furnishings in this hall, but its luxury lies not in the furnishings, but in the feet.

At the foot of the hall is a solid and transparent crystal glass floor. Under the transparent floor is clear blue sea water. Walking in this hall is like walking on the sea.As several people walked in, a huge piranha over four meters long slowly swam past their feet and circled them a few times.

It is said that in ancient times, most of the originating planets of human beings were oceans, so scientists speculate that this is how ancient humans lived on the surface of the sea.

The main planet is close to the star. Although it is warm, water resources are scarce and the ocean area is extremely small. The luxury of this hall with an antique earth architectural style can be seen.

Xiu and Alfred had heard about the luxury of the Star Palace for a long time, but when they saw it for the first time today, neither of them showed a strange expression, even though the very intimidating piranha was spinning around under their feet, neither of them showed any signs of change. looked down.

Turning around the corridor next to the hall, they saw the second prince.

Looking through the crystal coffin lid, the black-haired man inside seems to be just asleep, but if you look closely, you will find that the body and facial muscles are abnormally stiff, and it has long been a corpse.

It has been a month, and not only did the emperor have no intention of mourning, but he asked someone to take care of the body, so that the second prince could lie here in his original appearance, and it was frightening to see.

This made the servants guarding here more or less nervous, either trembling or shrinking, but the two princes who came in looked more magnanimous than the other, very at ease, as if they had returned to their own bedroom.

Alfred said: "When I met the second prince, why didn't the elder brother say a word? I don't know what to say if you call me a younger brother."

"Second brother died young, it's a pity." Xiu said, "I'm so sad that I can't speak."

That's what he said, but in front of so many servants, he didn't even put on a sad expression, that expression seemed to say "today's food is not to your taste", it was simply saying clearly: I'm too lazy There is nothing to say about playing brotherly love here.

"Yes, indeed." Alfred echoed perfunctorily, pointing to a servant guarding the spirit, "Come here. Let me ask you, what is going on here? Why did Nient die? "

He just opened his mouth for the word "death", he didn't even use euphemisms such as "death" and "leave", let alone "Second Brother", he just called him by his first name, without any respect, everyone who heard it was secretly startled, The servant he pointed to was even more ugly.

"Little Highness...Third Highness, I don't know anything, I just came to keep watch for Second Highness."

Xiu, who had been standing aside with no expression, suddenly took a look at the servant.

Alfred said: "You said you didn't know how your master died? Who would believe it?"

"Third Highness, my master is His Majesty." The servant said, "I am not a male servant of Xinghui Palace, but a servant of Shengjin Palace."

"Where are the people from the Star Palace?"

The room was silent, no one answered.

"Okay." Alfred nodded to himself, and didn't make things difficult for them anymore. He walked around the coffin by himself, carefully examining the body inside, and the servants in the palace were terrified.

Not only did he look, but even in order to see clearly, he bent down without any hesitation, and put his hands directly on the coffin lid.This is all done, the guards couldn't sit still, a servant with a higher rank stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, this glass may be relatively fragile..."

"Who told you to call him Third Highness?" Xiu suddenly asked.

The servant was stunned, and he replied after a few seconds: "No...no one. His Highness is already an adult, ranking third..."

"Don't call it that, it's ugly." Xiu said lightly, his tone was not serious, but it was an order that could not be refuted, "It's better to use the previous name, call it back to Your Highness, there is no need to change it."

The servant bent down deeply, and replied: "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."