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"Why did you conspire with me instead of His Royal Highness?" Xiu said, "All the servants of Dawn Palace can testify that His Royal Highness has been following me every step since the second day of the confinement. I have no time to contact the high priest. .But His Royal Highness, who conspired with the only son of the high priest to kill me as early as Xuelixing, seems to be more suspected than me."

This is simply giving people a story... on purpose?Still panicked?

Is it good intentions, or malicious?

Many thoughts flashed through Alfred's mind in an instant, but he knew that he must not hesitate in front of the emperor, or he would lose the upper hand, so he did not pause, and decisively took the risk to take over the subject.

"Neither I nor His Majesty have mentioned the high priest, why does the prince think that this matter has something to do with the high priest?"

Xiu didn't seem to expect him to ask such a question, so he paused for a while and didn't answer immediately.

Alfred didn't wait for him to organize his words, and continued: "Your Majesty, the crown prince said just now that as soon as he told me about it, rumors spread, so it can be inferred that I spread the rumors. Since the crown prince admitted that it was him Tell me that there is a civilization of the same origin, so where did the prince learn about this?"

"I... also just got the news on the day of my second brother's funeral." Xiu said, pausing for a moment, "I was going to report to His Majesty that day, but unexpectedly, it was delayed. I couldn't find time to be alone with His Majesty, and then I was grounded, so I can only tell His Royal Highness, and ask His Royal Highness to help pass the information to His Majesty."

Even a slight pause was suspicious enough in the eyes of the emperor.

He stared at Xiu closely, and asked, "Are we still in the era before the development of the Ethernet network, and news must be passed on by word of mouth?"

Xiu immediately said: "This news is too important. I don't think it is suitable to spread it through the Internet or written on paper. It is too unsafe. The same servants may also leak the secret. Although His Royal Highness is not on good terms with me, it is related to this matter." an imperial secret, I still choose to trust the royals, not outsiders."

In the emperor's mind, as long as the seeds of doubt were planted, all subsequent actions would be nothing more than fertilizing and watering the seeds to germinate them.

It seemed that Xiu's explanations were fairly fluent, but the more fluent his narration was, the less flustered his expression was, and the more the emperor felt that it was a disguise.

"Where did your information come from?" He continued to ask at a very fast pace.

"It's... from the army, the intelligence agency reported to me. It was the legion on the first cantilever. It was a time when the aether flow was unstable, and I couldn't contact the main planet for a while. I was on Xueli planet at that time, and I was close to them. They reported it directly to me."

"Really? You knew about it when you were on Xueli Xing, why didn't you remember to report it to me until the day of the funeral?"

There was no confusion on the shaved face, and the answer was smooth: "At first, I thought it was a false report. This kind of thing is very sensational. After I checked, it turned out to be true, so I decided to report it to you."

"How did you check?"

"I called various forces in the military to verify—"

"Prince." The emperor interrupted him, "You have been sitting on the position of prince since birth, so you are too used to holding power. Have you forgotten that I have handed over the military power in your hand to Alfred How did you mobilize the forces in the army?"

Xiu opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. The rhythm of the quick question and answer was suddenly broken, and there was a suffocating silence in the hall.

The emperor sneered, and then scolded: "How dare you say that it is verified? Such a ridiculous thing, you actually say it is true?!"

Not to mention Xiu, even Alfred was stunned unexpectedly, feeling that this direction didn't match the expectation.

The emperor continued: "I have already received a definite report. I found a cosmic liaison station on the border. The location coincides with the area where the rebels were infested. Other than that, there is nothing else! You said there is another civilization, where is it? Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

Xiu Fang was exposed on the spot and seemed to be still under attack, unable to speak.

Alfred said: "Your Majesty, we all have seen the technology provided by that civilization..."

"Those new technologies are obviously researched by scientists in the rebel army. There is no so-called 'that civilization'!" The emperor said impatiently, "The high priest colluded with the rebel army. I have already caught some evidence. Even you asked me Reported it, didn't he? Now he senses that it's about to be revealed, so he made up such a ridiculous lie to divert attention."

"Your Majesty." Alfred said, "With all due respect, the scientific research level of the rebel army cannot reach that level."

"It's impossible for the rebel army, but another so-called 'civilization of the same origin' is possible?" The emperor snorted in disgust, "We are the only survivors of human civilization, and it is a miracle that we can survive! Since we are civilizations of the same origin , is the same starting point as us, how can we reach the advanced level of development that is completely disconnected from us that the rumors boast? Is it possible to rely on the gift of God?"

"Obviously, if there are gods in this world, then the gods have favored them, not us." Alfred said almost coldly, "it is difficult to admit that you are unlucky and weak, but I thought that you, as the emperor, would A little stronger."

The emperor scolded angrily: "How can you be so stupid! Even the prince believes in such rumors trying to shake the royal family's rule. It seems that I have to re-evaluate whether you are worthy of the position of prince!"

Alfred didn't take this threat to heart at all, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't believe it at all, right? Even I heard the rumors that the space communication station that the Yuanhang Army detected was not simple, because they couldn't Judging the danger and not even approaching it. Could the Rebels build something like this?"

"I gave you military power, not to let you stretch your hands where you shouldn't!" The emperor said coldly, "Starting today, you don't have to be in charge of the command of the legion."

He was deprived of power in just a few words, but Alfred continued to say as if he hadn't heard of it, "I heard that since you were a boy, you have determined to become an emperor who created an era, so that you can be like the founding emperor of a country." Like the Great Emperor, it occupies the most dazzling position in the annals of civilization development and will be remembered forever. You were born in an era when the crisis of survival has completely ended, and if nothing unexpected happens in your tenure, it would be logical to announce that you have entered a new era of civilization..."

"To shut up!"

"But it happened at such a time that an accident happened. Don't talk about creating a beautiful new era, maybe you will be the king of subjugation—"

"I told you to shut up!"

The emperor suddenly stood up, already furious.

"Using military power to threaten me to shut up, not daring to arrest the high priest for interrogation because of the influence of reputation, and arresting 'rumor spreaders' everywhere...It's ridiculous, when this kind of civilization crisis comes, you are still busy with power."

The offensive words made the emperor really angry, his pupils became darker, and the originally muddy light yellow color quickly became pure and deep.

Almost at the same time, Alfred's eyes also burned.

The confrontation between two of the world's top genetically capable users made even the air seem to freeze, and the atmosphere was so tense that it was about to explode.

The original intention of genetic modification is not to attack, but it does not hinder the natural suppression of ordinary genes by higher genes.

Xiu's face turned pale, and he lowered his eyes instinctively. Just when he could barely stand, Alfred took a step forward, as if he had surpassed the emperor in power.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to compete with me here for my genetic ability?" He said, "I know there are guards outside the door, but if there is a real fight, I don't necessarily lose—if I overwhelm Victory, when the time comes, who will the guards be loyal to?"

Of course, it is impossible for the emperor's personal guards to rebel so easily, but the most lacking ability of the emperor is trust.

His burning golden eyes glared at Alfred angrily, and Alfred confronted him unafraid.After a long time, the emperor touched the rattle at hand, and the guards outside opened the door and walked in.

"'Escort' the crown prince and prince back to Dawn Palace," he said.

In the end, he still didn't choose to attack on the spot.

Xiu stroked his chest and saluted, then turned and left without hesitation, his footsteps were a little unsteady.

Alfred looked at the emperor, the golden pupils of both of them were not extinguished, Alfred took a few steps back slowly, took a last look at the emperor at the entrance of the hall, turned around and left behind Xiu.