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After a few days of careful nursing, Carlo was fully recovered and was able to move out of the ward and into the nursery with his brother.

Alfred and Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Carlo was able to see people, Alfred began to prepare for the birthday celebration of his sons, announcing the existence of the crown prince to the world. However, according to his idea, this celebration was actually regarded as a supplementary wedding.

Because of their son's illness, both of them had a backlog of government affairs. Alfred stayed with the cabinet almost all day, and Xiu set off for the most special prison in the empire by himself.

This is the only prison on the main planet, and the prisoners are all imperial dignitaries or their relatives.Almost all of these once-prominent prisoners received special care, some of which referred to preferential treatment, and some "care" referred to severe torture.

The former Duke of Holden was obviously taken care of by the latter.

Today, the prison guards lifted the man out of the prison and arranged him in a bright and spacious reception room—although it is not as luxurious as the palace, Holden has reason to believe that this is already the most decent room in this prison up.

He couldn't help feeling a little hopeful, and glanced at the two prison guards who were supporting him, and tried roughly, "What? My good cousin finally found out that I was wronged by the federal people?"

"Don't talk too much!"

The prison guard yelled, pressed him on the chair, and roughly closed the restraint device on the chair to restrict his movement.

This attitude made Holden's heart half cold, and before he could say anything again, the door of the room opened.

The prison guards inside and outside the room respectfully saluted the person standing outside the door, calling them "Your Excellency the High Priest".

Horton turned his head to look, and saw a young man wearing a luxurious and ground-length robe walking in slowly. His sacred priest's white robe was surrounded by a circle of gold embroidery, which made him even more expensive.

This man seemed to have always been so noble, from birth to marriage, and he wasn't even of royal blood.Why?Holden stared at Xiu coldly, thinking, as the blood of the orthodox royal family, he has become a prisoner!Why is Xiu always so lucky, so favored by fate?

The prison guards exited the reception room, and Xiu stood in front of Horton. He looked down at Horton for a while, and Horton was a little terrified by his calm eyes, and asked first, "What are you doing here?"

"Come to pray for you and purify your soul." Xiu said casually.

That sounded like official talk, an excuse for the purpose of his trip, and why the prison guards called him High Priest instead of Queen.

"Actually?" Holden asked impatiently, "Did the little emperor send you to interrogate me?"

Xiudao: "No. He's too busy. I'm in charge of diplomacy."

"This matter is considered an internal affair." Horton said suspiciously.

However, Xiu did not respond, and instead raised another seemingly unrelated topic like a chat: "Recently, our negotiations with the Federation have not been smooth, especially the proposal that the two sides jointly set up a super university. They insisted that the members of the Federation should form the school board Yes, at most one seat can be reserved for us.”

Horton was careful not to comment.

Xiu didn't care, and continued: "These federal envoys exposed a major treason case in our empire, and they can be regarded as His Majesty's benefactors. This fact makes us very constrained at the negotiating table. Duke, Your Majesty will put you in prison." , but you haven’t been convicted for a long time, and you haven’t even been deprived of your title, do you know why?”

When Horton heard this, he finally understood what this incident had to do with him.

"Once I am convicted, it will be confirmed that the federal people have indeed made great contributions." He grinned, "The little emperor dare not touch me."

"Wrong, there is no one in this world that His Majesty would not dare to touch." Xiu said, "It's just that the benefit of your death cannot be cheap to the people of the Federation. It must be in our favor. The President of the Federation thinks you are useless , treat you as an abandoned piece—even if it is a pawn, the pawn of our empire, is he using it as he wants, throwing it away as he wants? Since he dares to take this move, he will have to pay the price. "

After Xiu finished speaking, he raised his wrist to look at the time, and said, "It's almost time, the chat is over."

He didn't intend to talk to him about anything at all, was it just a small talk to pass the time? !Holden felt extremely uneasy, his instinct told him that no matter what Xiu was going to do, he had to stop it before he did it, it might be his last chance.

"Wait! The federal people are turning black and white and slandering me. You can read my testimony! It is they who want to overthrow our regime, and I have not promised it! I still have the top-secret information they contacted me a few years ago, you did not Misunderstood, not recently, but a few years ago—”

"I know." Xiu said flatly, "Maybe I was the one who relayed the information for you."

Holden froze.He remembered that both the former High Priest and the then First Prince died because they were kidnapped by the Federation Star Thieves—why didn't the Federation people kidnap others, but these few people?

"You——you were the forces that colluded with the Federation at that time!" He gritted his teeth, "I have long suspected the Great Prince's Party at that time, you——does the little emperor know about this?!"

"He already knew." Xiu said casually.

Holden was really a little stupid. He suddenly realized that his cousin, who seemed to suppress everything by force, actually had far more information than he did.

Xiu took a step forward and approached Holden's seat.His pupils constricted, and he felt more and more bad. After hearing so many secrets, the chance of surviving was too small.He desperately tried to mobilize the golden pupil, but the dispersant completely cut off his control over the genetic ability, and the seat with the braking device restricted his movement.

Under Horton's horrified gaze, Xiu stretched out his hands from the white robe, interlaced his fingers and leaned against his chest.

It was a prayer gesture.

Holden was stunned, did he really come to preside over the purification ceremony?

Xiu Cheng said: "May the gods bless our emperor, His Majesty Alfred. May his brilliance shine on our homeland."

After the short prayer was over, the priest in white lowered his hands, and a dagger slipped out of his sleeve.

Before Horton could recover from this inexplicable prayer, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He lowered his head in horror, and saw a hand with a snow-white glove holding a dagger, stabbing straight at it. into his heart.

He raised his head in disbelief, and the high priest who was praying just now looked at him calmly, and calmly withdrew his hand.

After Xiu returned to the Holy Golden Palace, just as he changed into a priestly robe, a servant hurriedly knocked on the door and entered.

"Her Majesty, Your Majesty sent someone to inform you... something happened in the prison, Duke Holden died."

Xiu let out a "hmm" and asked, "How did you die?"

Servant reported: "Your Majesty read the Duke's new testimony today, and felt that the treason case was still suspicious. He wanted to personally interrogate the Duke, and issued an order to ask the federal envoy to confront the Duke. Unexpectedly, it was not long before the ambassador entered the room. Your Majesty Before arriving, the Duke died... When the prison guards went in to check, the Duke had a dagger stuck in his chest. His Majesty was furious, and now the ambassador is temporarily detained in prison, awaiting investigation, and the negotiations have also been suspended."

Xiu nodded and said, "Understood. You pass an order for me."

The servant thought that he was going to give some order on this matter, but unexpectedly, Xiu said: "Ask the chef of the main palace to prepare dinner in advance today, and send it to His Majesty, and wait for him to finish eating before returning to me. His Majesty is busy with government affairs recently. When I came back late at night, I hadn’t eaten dinner. It’s time to grow my body. How can I do this? Also, let His Majesty’s personal servants and chief guards come to see me. I’d like to ask how they take care of me. "

The Duke of Horton was killed by the Federation ambassador, but the Queen only cared about whether His Majesty had meals on time... Your Majesty has already passed the time to grow up... The servant was speechless, and bowed for a long time: "Yes, Your Highness, I I'm going to pass the order for you."