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The main planet, San Aureum.

As the current head of one of the three major families, the head of the duke, and the current generalissimo with a lot of power, Marshal Stone has been called into the Holy Gold Palace many times.

In his impression, the atmosphere in the Holy Golden Palace has never been so gloomy as it is today.

This is no wonder, after all, not long ago, the Holy Golden Palace just mourned the martyrdom of the crown prince, and the emperor also delivered a speech in person, highly admiring the crown prince who was ordered to die for the country, and intercepted the spaceships of other civilizations in the territory at the cost of his life , defended the intelligence security of the empire-as a result, today the border search and rescue team announced that they had found the crown prince, alive.

Not only that, the legion escorting the crown prince back also announced that the crown prince entered the opponent's spacecraft before the explosion and had a lot of information about the opponent.

While the people were rejoicing, it was inevitable that there would be a lot of doubts about the Holy Golden Palace.

The crown prince returned to the main planet with high-profile information, but the Holy Golden Palace had previously announced that he was dead. It seemed that both sides were talking to themselves, and even the less perceptive people could smell the signs of disagreement between the two sides.

"I've been an emperor for half my life, and my public reputation has never dropped to this level, ever."

The emperor sat on the high throne and said.

He looked at the man standing under the throne, who was younger than him, and he could still remember what he looked like when he was a child.

"Kade," he called the other party by his Christian name instead of his job title, "can you tell me how I was so sorry to you that you turned to Alfred?"

Cade—Marshal Stone stood there with his eyes down, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I don't know what you mean by 'reverse'. Since the founding of the People's Republic, the Stone family has been loyal to the royal family for generations. King and Prince."

The emperor sneered, and the warm laughter echoed in the luxurious but empty hall.

He said slowly: "What an allegiance... Didn't you report to me that the Crown Prince was confirmed dead?"

"It is true that he did not evacuate with the large force, and the large force did not wait for him on a nearby planet, and we found the crown prince's epaulets among the wreckage." Marshal Stone said steadily, "It seems that the epaulets are just not Be careful what is lost, it misleads us."

"Hehe, I accidentally lost it..." the emperor said sarcastically, "From the very beginning, I suspected that he dropped the epaulette on purpose. It doesn't matter, didn't I order you, once someone claims to be Alfred , do you want to keep it secret, control the person and report it to me? Why is the whole country aware of the trouble now?"

Marshal Stone said: "I thought you were just worried about someone pretending to be the prince, rather than detaining the real prince. I didn't understand what you meant."

The emperor looked at him silently, the generalissimo appointed by himself.Back then, he had taken a fancy to the impulsive and rough character of the son of the Stone family, and wanted the support of the Stone family, so he single-handedly helped him to the position of generalissimo.

He knew that Marshal Stone had always been a little cautious, but he really didn't expect that he had the courage to betray himself and manipulate the candidates for the throne, nor did he think that he had such a scheming plan.

"Since I misunderstood what I meant, there is still time to correct it." The emperor stared at the person standing under his seat with a pair of light brown eyes, "Anyway, he will be escorted by your people all the way, isn't it?"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has used his military authority to temporarily take over that fleet, and there is nothing I can do." Marshal Stone said, as if he thought the Emperor's anger was not strong enough, he added: "Your authority is above his. , you can personally order that fleet."

With Alfred's reputation now so high, if the emperor dared to directly issue any order against him, the public would inevitably see a surge of dissatisfaction, and public opinion would slide into an uncontrollable abyss, which was almost equivalent to giving up the throne to Alfred.

The emperor was indeed very angry with this proposal. Once he began to doubt Marshal Stone's loyalty, he would never think that the other party's proposal was unintentional.

His eyes began to darken slowly, and he said: "As soon as you entered the Holy Golden Palace today, several military vehicles loaded with weapons came outside and surrounded the Holy Golden Palace... Are you going to force the palace to rebel?"

"Your Majesty was joking. They passed by for a rehearsal, and I want to give them a ride to inspect the legion, so I just asked them to wait for me outside."

"What if I can't wait for you?"

"Why can't you wait for me?"

Marshal Stone said lightly, never raising his eyes to look at the emperor's face, his attitude couldn't be more respectful.But what he said was not the case.

"Your Majesty, to speak presumptuously, instead of doubting my loyalty, you should think more about your own clan, those princes."

The emperor paused and asked, "Which princes?"

"Those princes who encouraged you to give a speech and appreciate His Highness the Crown Prince's sacrifice for the country." Marshal Stone said, "They thought that this move would enhance the royal family's prestige, and they also believed that your Majesty, taking the lead in remembering the Crown Prince was a necessary public relations and would improve public relations. Your own popular support... However, it is this move that has pushed the status of the crown prince to an unprecedented height, and now you are in such a passive situation. You don't think that when some princes and clansmen are lobbying you , Are you trying too hard?"

The emperor didn't speak, but the alarm bells in his heart were already ringing crazily.

Yes, that's right... Before this proposal was implemented, more than one prince agreed with it at the meeting, and some even strongly encouraged him...

At the time, this proposal was very reasonable, so he didn't think much about it.

"Your Majesty, before the Crown Prince set out for the expedition, he urgently summoned all His Royal Highnesses who live on the main planet in the Dawn Palace." Marshal Stone said seemingly unintentionally, "I thought you knew about it."

The emperor does know.In fact, as soon as Alfred left, he had already made a round of probing.Regarding what Alfred said to the clan princes that day, everyone's caliber can be matched, and he didn't say anything important, so he put the matter aside for the time being.

But now being contacted like this, how could he still sit still!

"I can only say that if anyone around His Majesty 'turned his back', it must not be me." Marshal Stone shook his head and said, "The last time I communicated with His Highness was before the explosion of the spaceship, and there has been no contact since then." But—my son, my adjutant, and officers close to me have not contacted him after the explosion."

It has to be said that this is a true statement, the emperor thought to himself.But of course it is impossible for him to discuss the topic of "the contact network of all important ministers monitored by the Holy Golden Palace" with the Grand Marshal.

Although he had newly doubted several princes, he did not believe in the loyalty of the Grand Marshal at all.

The emperor intends to detain him in the Holy Golden Palace, but the legion surrounded outside finally makes him have some scruples.

He meditated quietly on his throne for a long time, but the longer he thought about it, the more scruples he became, and the less he dared to hold people directly.

Finally, he waved his hand and said, "Send the Grand Marshal out."

Marshal Stone saluted and left.When he was about to reach the gate of the palace, the emperor's cold voice came from behind him.

"you will regret."

Marshal Stone paused, then turned around and asked, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"

"You always criticize me for being suspicious in private, and you feel exhausted working around me, do you think I don't know?" Far away, across the empty hall, the emperor said in a deep voice, "I win, and I will make your life worse than death." , and if you win... you will definitely regret it. Although I don't want to admit it, among my sons, Alfred is the one who resembles me the most."

Alfred felt something was wrong.

He lay beside Xiu, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.

After boarding the ship, Xiu's mood has been very low, and Alfred always feels that he is still angry, maybe he is angry that he was cheated, or maybe he is angry that Alfred made him... suspected to be pregnant.

In short, he didn't dare to provoke Xiu, so he prepared to go to his room to sleep in desperation at night, but unexpectedly, Xiu took the initiative to keep him.

Yes, Xiu took the initiative to stay with him overnight.

This is something that has never happened before!Alfred was flattered, but also a little confused, because when he tried to kiss Xiu, he was still pushed away.

Obviously, Xiu didn't suddenly fall in love with him-meaning the kind of love that could be kissed and slept.

But he took the initiative to keep Alfred to sleep in the same bed with him, and not once, but every day after boarding the ship.

Could it be that...pregnancy makes people... clingy?

Alfred tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he got up secretly and wanted to see Xiu's sleeping face, but he didn't expect that the eyes of the two met.

"Brother...you didn't sleep."

Xiu said, "I slept all afternoon, and now I can't fall asleep."

At noon he vomited uncomfortably, so he simply went to sleep, and he would feel better when he fell asleep.Originally, he wanted to help Alfred deal with affairs, but he didn't expect his symptoms to get worse after boarding the ship. He spent most of his time fighting against his discomfort, and had no energy to do anything else.

Alfred was so distressed that he wrapped his arms around him and whispered, "My medical team will join us soon."

This is actually not consolation, after all, if it is pregnant, the doctor can do nothing.

Although there is no difference between the confirmation a few days earlier and the confirmation a few days later, and there is no condition to do any treatment during the fleet's march, Alfred still asked his confidant doctor to bring someone to meet them halfway as quickly as possible, Clearly, he desperately wanted to be sure.

Today he brought up this matter again, and Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Don't you trust the Grand Admiral's fleet doctor?"

"Not really, but it's better to use my own confidants. Besides, I don't like putting many secrets in the same basket." Alfred said, "Everyone keeps only one secret, so that if it is leaked, we will You can quickly find out who betrayed me."

Xiu froze for a moment, then sat up under Alfred's puzzled eyes.

"Alfred," he said, his voice trembling a little, "when you use everyone, do you assume that they will betray you?"