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"You've been out a lot lately."

When Alfred got up, Xiu who was still lying on the bed said so.

"The emperor just took back my military power, but he didn't restrain my feet." Alfred said, "I can go out to play whenever I want."

Xiudao: "Go see the generalissimo."

Alfred paused while putting on his clothes, neither admitting nor denying it.

"Did you tell him?"

"Tell him what?" Alfred asked knowingly.

"It seems not." Xiu said calmly, "Aren't you afraid that I will contact him myself?"

Alfred certainly has such worries.However, he can't take away Xiu's communication tools and restrict his contact with the outside world like he did on Xuelixing—even though the prince is now grounded and out of power, he actually controls the Dawn Palace, if he wants, he can do so.

Alfred said indifferently, "You can contact Marshal Stone yourself to see if he will believe you."

"Why doesn't he believe me?"

"Thank you High Priest. Among all the existing reports in this world, your identity is the emperor's firstborn son, my elder brother with the same father and mother. No matter how you check, it is the same. The two test reports I requested in private It has already been disposed of, and the person who made the appraisal is my confidant."

"Your confidant." Xiu repeated.

The royal medical team is directly loyal to the emperor, and it is difficult for outsiders to infiltrate. The high priest studied at the Royal Medical College when he was young, so he has had private friendship with several members of the medical team for decades.Even if they don't help the crown prince, they won't fall for the third prince.

It was a coincidence that Alfred had an available doctor—Dites was kicked out of the royal medical team after being reprimanded by the crown prince a few years ago. His research was interrupted and years of hard work went to waste, so he was able He was recruited by Alfred two years ago and re-established the team and laboratory with Alfred's funding.

Another coincidence related to Xiu.

But at this time, it doesn't matter whether this is a "coincidence" or intentional.

Alfred could have simply taken away all of Xiu's communication tools, but he didn't do so. Instead, he made such a big circle and settled for the next best thing, dispelling Xiu's idea of ​​contacting the Generalissimo.

This is because he needs Xiu to communicate with the outside world, and he needs Xiu to communicate with the high priest.

The high priest's city is extremely deep, and rough torture is difficult to be effective, and the eyeliner put by the Grand Marshal in the Holy White Tower is far from enough core position.If you want to get information from the high priest, you can only break through from others.This person must be close enough to the high priest, and the interests involved are deep enough. There are very few such candidates, and Joshua can be counted as one, and the crown prince can also be counted as one.

Joshua was in the Holy White Tower, they were hard to reach, but the Dauphin was under their eyes.

This is the idea that the Generalissimo came up with.Alfred neither told Marshal Stone that the person he was scheming was his own nephew, nor rejected the plan to use Xiu, but nodded and praised him: the idea is good.

Therefore, he could not cut off the contact method between Xiu and the high priest, but instead hoped that Xiu would contact the high priest.The more Xiu knew, the more he could get from Xiu—it was still difficult to get information from Xiu, but it was better than the high priest living in the Holy White Tower.

After a while, Alfred came out of the cloakroom fully dressed, and sat on the bed in a daze, not intending to get up and get out of bed.

It is very rare for Xiu to be in a daze, not to mention sitting on the bed with disheveled clothes and messy hair in a daze.Alfred stared at it for a while, didn't hold back, and felt that he didn't need to hold back. He walked over and grabbed Xiu's jaw, forcing Xiu to lift his head and kiss him.

"Forcing" is Alfred's preset scenario.After all, Xiu struggled every time they kissed, but today, for some reason, Xiu didn't resist at all, and accepted the deep kiss almost docilely.

"What's the matter with you recently?" Alfred retreated slightly and asked.

His lips were almost attached to Xiu's lips, and his lips were moist, which was caused by the kiss with Xiu just now.

But Xiu didn't resist this ambiguous gesture, nor did he avoid it, and said, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking..."

He stretched out his fingers, and lightly touched Alfred's side face with his cool fingertips.

Alfred froze, he didn't dare to move rashly, and he didn't want to back away, let Xiu caress his face slowly, and then he heard Xiu's voice, very soft.

"You are qualified."

"What?" Alfred was a little dazed, "What is qualified?"

Xiu didn't answer him, but just stepped back and straightened his collar.He looked calm and expressionless, and the inexplicable ambiguity and warmth just now had disappeared.

Alfred looked at him suspiciously, feeling more and more abnormal about him.

The intercom by the bed rang, and Alfred picked it up. It was the servant asking where the breakfast was delivered.

"Bring in the prince's portion, and I'll go down to eat." Alfred said, paused, and added in front of Xiu, "Recently, the prince is not feeling well, so tell the guards, especially the guards at the gate, to Pay special attention to the prince's safety."

Xiu didn't respond to the statement to "watch the prince closely", but just said: "Don't send meat pies for breakfast, it's too greasy."

Alfred relayed this sentence, put the internal communicator back, and prepared to go out.

"Alfred."

Xiu shouted behind him.

Alfred turned around, and saw Xiu standing there in thin pajamas. I don't know if it was caused by the recent irregular work and rest. He seemed a little pale, but his eyes were firm and steady.

"The question you asked before, I told you to think about it before answering you." Xiu said, "I've thought about it."

Alfred's expression changed suddenly.

He is actually not going to see Marshal Stone at this moment, but has accepted the emperor's summons and entered the Holy Golden Palace to speak. It is not possible to be late at will.But now, he didn't care about the time at all, stood at the door of Xiu's bedroom, nodded and said, "I'm listening."

"The answer is: no." Xiu said, "I don't know who has been helping you, but it's not me. Whether in the past or now, whether I regard you as my own brother or not——I never thought of helping you .”

Alfred's irritable mood did not ease until the emperor asked him "what do you think about the crown prince".

"Your Majesty, if you have the time to test whether I want to be a prince, why don't you check with the high priest."

The emperor said coldly: "If I didn't check him, is it your turn to answer this question?"

He was very dissatisfied with Alfred's attitude, but with more and more in-depth investigations, there were more and more evidences that the prince had been in close contact with the high priest over the years. The more the emperor checked, the more frightened he became, and he was thinking of abolishing the prince.

No matter what long-term plans he has behind him, right now, he really only has one heir available, and whether he likes it or not, he has to use it first.

"You've been investigating for so many days, and you're only interested in investigating the internal struggles of our group?" Alfred said bluntly, "What time is it, and you are still only focusing on these power struggles. I will enter the palace It's a waste of time coming to meet you."

The emperor was furious, and said: "Presumptuous! Do you think that you are already sitting on the crown prince, so you are unscrupulous in talking to me? Do I have to make a crown prince?! There is no history that the throne is passed on to the clan!"

Alfred took a deep breath, and said in a very cold tone: "Your Majesty, your high priest, grand marshal, and clan nobles can fight among themselves, and your sons can fight among themselves, but you are the only one who absolutely cannot, Because the national disaster is about to come, as the emperor, you still refuse to open your eyes to face the crisis, which will ruin the entire empire. Unfortunately, it seems that you are the one who fights the most vigorously now. Also, what you are best at in your life is controlling power ..."

"Are you crazy?!" The emperor yelled furiously, "Do you think that if you insist on fabricating those rumors, I will rely on you? Come on! Give him to me..."

"Your Majesty!" the guard opened the door and shouted, before the emperor could finish his order, he hurried past Alfred to deliver the news to the emperor.

"Someone from Chenxi Palace reported that...His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is missing."

Alfred's pupils shrank suddenly, he turned and rushed out of the Holy Golden Palace.