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"By the way, you were once my mother's deacon." Alfred said softly, with some understanding, "Do you know that the crown prince is not..."

He didn't say what was behind it, but Mark replied clearly: "Yes, I know."

So Alfred understood.This man was a loyal servant of the first queen. When he needed to use the power of the prince to fight against the second prince, he assisted the prince wholeheartedly. When the second prince died, he obeyed the last wish of the first queen and fell to Alfred.

"How did you survive?" Alfred asked.

As far as he knew, the very few insiders were almost dead, leaving only Xiu himself and the high priest.

"I'm not an insider on the surface." Mark slowly narrated, "Her Royal Highness was in poor condition when she was pregnant. She was worried that she would not be able to survive the childbirth, so she deliberately kept back. The prince's birth certificate was fake. This is a capital offense, and the fewer people who know about it, the safer it is, but Her Highness is worried that someone will be seduced by the power in the future, and become malicious, and take away the position that should belong to His Royal Highness. At that time, she is afraid that no one will tell His Highness the truth—— - Now it seems that Her Highness the Empress is very far-sighted, but she underestimated His Highness's ability. It seems that you don't need me to tell you, I'm afraid you know more than me."

Alfred thought about it and said, "Besides you, are there any other insiders hiding in the dark?"

"Probably not." Mark said vicissitudes of life, "The high priest broke his oath with His Highness the Queen, and fell to the side of His Highness. Oh, I still remember how he swore to promise back then-he said His Highness It's just a tool to occupy the position of "Eldest Son", an expedient measure, and a flawed experiment. He also promised that he would do his best to assist His Royal Highness to ensure that the throne would not be taken away by anyone. All of these Her Highness the Queen told me personally. The High Priest helped Her Highness the Queen to obtain the High Highness, relieved the urgent need, and kept the status of the Queen. Her Highness the Queen trusted the High Priest very much. Who would have thought that the High Priest would soon renege on her oath as soon as she passed away. .The empress has passed away for more than 20 years, and people who were involved in this incident have also died in 'accidents' one after another. I survived because I was in an important position in the Dawn Palace and I didn't seem to know it."

Alfred nodded and said, "So, do you have anything to tell me about the High Priest?"

Mark said without hesitation, his always peaceful and kind eyes lit up, and it could be seen that he had buried this secret in his heart for too long, and had been looking for a suitable opportunity to reveal it.

"There was collusion between the high priest and the rebels," he said.

"The high priest and the rebels are in collusion."

In the basement of the closed billiards and entertainment shop, Alfred said.

Austin almost spit out a sip of wine, he said, "Where's the news?"

"Don't worry about it, I've already checked the source, it's reliable." Alfred said, "You said the day before yesterday that the dirty bomb report is coming out soon—"

"—It's already out." Austin said, "Secret documents, I can't bring them out, I can only dictate them to you. It's a sophisticated structure that we can't understand, full of unknown designs...I didn't learn this , but my dad said that now several insiders in the R&D department of the Legion have fallen into a state of frenzy. According to them, the design of this bomb is extremely advanced, very advanced, so advanced that we can hardly understand... Shit, Couldn't it really be designed by the high priest? Didn't he study genetics?"

Alfred had grasped the previous scattered thoughts, and quickly denied: "No, that's not the case. Someone once warned me not to fight against the high priest, because the high priest has potential energy that I can't imagine. Now, this Things finally came to a head."

Austin obviously didn't follow his train of thought, and said, "You mean the rebels? But the rebels were all wiped out..."

"You know, the servants of Starlight Palace were secretly tortured by the emperor, and they have been interrogated for a month." Alfred suddenly said, "There is no impenetrable wall in this world, as you Stone's family found out, plus My information source told me that I can roughly piece together the results of the interrogation, that is, the problem is indeed in the Xinghui Palace itself. The system that claims to be able to "live" the house and obey the instructions, made a mistake that day, and several servants The rhetoric of each other confirms that point.”

Austin was thoughtful, and Alfred continued: "The prince studies strategic command, and the high priest studies genes and biology. Who of them can use that set of electronic programming to kill people? Let alone them, the second prince The palace hired the top academic team as consultants, claiming to install the most cutting-edge new technology... There are very few people in the entire empire who know how to operate it, let alone use it to arrange a series of interlocking murder plans. "

"The rebel army's advanced dirty bombs, the second prince's high-tech palace was breached and used..." Austin shuddered and murmured, "You mean..."

"The high priest and the rebel army are not supporting each other." Alfred said in a very cold voice, "but there is an unknown force behind them, supporting them at the same time."

Austin couldn't help but said: "That's impossible... All scientific research resources are controlled by the royal family and nobles, how could that force quietly research so many advanced technologies beyond this era in the empire? "

"So, they are not in the empire." Alfred looked at Austin, "Has the Voyage Corps not been active for many years?"

The Voyage Legion is a legion formed at the beginning of the era, dedicated to exploring the unknown universe and opening up territory for the empire.However, the management of the main planet has a limited range of radiation. As early as when Alfred's great-grandfather was the emperor, the empire's territory was already saturated. , Therefore, the voyage legion has long ceased its activities, and the empire has turned to vigorously develop its internal affairs, encouraging folk entertainment, improving the quality of life, and encouraging more children.

"That's right! The rebel army used to be active at the border all year round, and they hid outside the border at every turn..." Austin's speech slowed down, and he felt that his internal organs became cold, "There are... things outside the border that we don't know about? "

Alfred said calmly, "There's no need to scare yourself."

Austin looked at Alfred, and saw this young man who was a few years younger than him sitting calmly, without looking frightened at all.

He is indeed well suited to sit on the throne representing the Sun in the Palace of the Holy Gold.

Austin suddenly had such an idea.

Alfred said: "Then, next we..."

He already has arrangements.Austin hurriedly listened carefully, only to hear Alfred say: "Let's go back to our respective homes and find our respective fathers."

"Ah?" Austin was stunned, "No, of course I have to report to my dad, you..."

"Either I overthrow the emperor now and put myself on the throne, or I need the emperor to come forward. But I can't even overthrow the emperor, and there is still a crown prince."

Alfred suddenly sneered, and continued: "It's time to find something for the emperor, otherwise, he's probably thinking about adding another brother or sister to me."

Austin was surprised and said, "What...what? If His Majesty insists on wanting this, it should be technically possible. After another 20 years of raising it, there is still time... But who is he going to have a baby with?"

"The funeral of the second prince is about to be held, and Mrs. Hart is already on the way. She has been chartered to return to the main planet to attend the funeral." Alfred said disdainfully, "These old lovers will get together again soon, probably It's still with her. We don't need to worry, this kind of thing won't be successful in a while, even if it is successful, I won't be afraid of a baby in swaddling. "

The emperor had the idea of ​​having another child, and there was really no need to worry about it, but Alfred mentioned the second prince's funeral, and Austin had to think of another event.

"Your Majesty hasn't summoned you and the prince at all recently, so when will your birthday party be held? Your birthday is coming soon, and it will be too late if you don't start making arrangements..."

Alfred said: "It doesn't matter, the prince's edict has already come down, I don't care if there is a conferring ceremony or not. The prince's previous operations on Xueli planet did make me appear more suspicious than him, but the old man has not withdrawn our military authority yet. , which shows that he has not yet turned to the side of suspicion."

He turned the wine glass in his hand, and said slowly: "Didn't the Generalissimo always want to avenge his sister, your eldest aunt? You go back and inform him that the time has come."

That night, Alfred returned to Dawn Palace reeking of alcohol.

He walked through the hall and was about to go upstairs when a cold voice behind him said, "Stop."

Alfred turned his head, and saw Xiu Xiu sitting on the sofa in his normal clothes, and there were no servants around, obviously waiting for him specially, and had been waiting for a long time.

"what's up?"

"What did you do?" Xiu asked in a bad tone.

Alfred said lazily: "I found a shop to drink. What's the matter?"

"Absurd!" Xiu reprimanded, "People from the Holy Golden Palace came to pass the word today, but the servants searched the Dawn Palace but couldn't find you! I am the owner of the Dawn Palace. If you want to live here, you have to come in and out with me. Report!"

Although he was just sitting there in regular clothes, he still had such a lofty and dignified posture. Alfred's throat moved, and he was involuntarily aroused to conquer.

However, this is the Dawn Palace, no matter how bold Alfred is, he would not dare to touch the prince in the Dawn Palace.He recklessly recalled the night on the spaceship, stood still, and said indifferently, "What oral order?"

"Your birthday party has been fixed." Xiu said, "It will be in two days."