Don't be in a hurry, the best will always come when you least expect it.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

Among Charlemagne's four sons, the most powerful and powerful contenders for the throne are the eldest son William and the eighth son Prologis, that is, Prince William and Prince Pross;

Before the situation in the empire changed greatly, Prince Harry and Prince Philip's main spheres of influence were the north and west of the empire respectively, and the joint invasion of the three major tribes of the steppe caused Prince Harry's power in the north of the empire to suffer a devastating blow.

In fact, Prince William's power in the eastern part of the empire also suffered heavy losses, while Prince Pross's power in the southern part of the empire and Prince Philip's power in the western part of the empire have not been affected in the slightest and have been in a state of steady development.

Although the power of Prince William and Prince Harry were severely damaged by the war, Prince William's profound heritage is not comparable to Prince Harry; with the full support of Duke Cullen, Prince William's power has developed again, and it is still better than before!

In the past, Prince William's power was mainly supported by the eastern aristocracy, and without their support, Prince William's power was far less powerful than it seemed on the surface, which is the real reason why Prince William's strength decreased sharply after the fall of the five eastern provinces.

It is precisely because of the support of the eastern nobles in the past that Prince William has not relied too much on the power of Duke Cullen to extend his power to the emperor;

The most ruthless imperial family is not just as simple as talking; throughout the ages, how many royal family members have been flesh and blood, for that supreme position, they do not hesitate to point the butcher's knife at their loved ones, the so-called brothers, fathers and sons, are not as important as the throne in the royal family.

In this respect, Charlemagne is a good father, at least he is relatively good to his children, and does not feel sorry for any of his children, but excessive tolerance is not necessarily a good thing.

Prince William, who was originally the strongest among the princes, was naturally unwilling to sit back and watch Prince Pros's family dominate, how could he help the eastern nobles who supported him have been wiped out by the orcs as a whole;

In desperation, Prince William, who was a little anxious, finally decided to use Duke Cullen's status as Minister of War to redevelop his power in the emperor's **;

After the operation of Duke Cullen, three of the thirty-two new standing legions formed after the fall of Sunset Fortress were captured by Prince William;

The first thirty-two standing armies of the empire were all served by generals with outstanding qualifications and abilities, and these people themselves were part of the high nobles of the empire, and they generally did not personally participate in the battle for the crown prince, and it was useless for the princes to win them over.

Moreover, the princes' competition for the position of the crown prince does not involve the emperor's ** team, which is one of the unwritten conventions of the royal family of the Tianlong Empire;

Military power is the guarantee of imperial power, and imperial power belongs to the emperor, who would dare to seize power from the hands of the emperor? If it were not for the fact that the newly formed legions of the emperor's ** department had no numerical superiority but no quality to speak of, Prince William would not have dared to develop his own power in the emperor's **.

First six of the first batch of thirty-two new legions, then eight of the second batch of thirty-six new legions, and by the time the total number of Imperial standing legions had increased to one hundred and eight, the number of legions under Prince William's command had reached a staggering fourteen!

The reason why Prince Pros's power is still above Prince William is that Prince William only controls seven legions on the surface, and as Prince William begins to develop his power in the army, the other three princes are not far behind, especially Prince Pross, who is the strongest overall strength.

Among the one hundred and eight standing legions of the Celestial Dragon Empire, there are six legions headed by the confidant general of Prince Pros, four legions led by Prince Harry's henchman, and two legions led by Prince Philip's henchman.

Prince Harry and Prince Philip, who have no strength to compete for the crown prince for the time being, not to mention for the time being, Prince William, who has the support of Duke Cullen, the emperor's minister, has only one more army under his control than Prince Pross, which has to make people feel the power of Prince Pross.

As everyone knows, the number of standing legions under the control of Prince William is far beyond anyone's imagination, and there are two more legions controlled by the other three princes combined! Of course, this is a statistic that does not include special legions.

Because of Bai Feng's incorporation of the Wind Thieves, the Blue Bird Swordsmen of Prince GLP were reorganized into the Imperial Blue Bird Legion, Prince Philip's Phantom Demon Thieves were reorganized into the Imperial Phantom Legion, and Prince Harry's Dragon Slayer Knights were reorganized into the Imperial Dragon Slayer Legion.

Only the Wind Thieves Regiment secretly developed by Prince William was incorporated into the Imperial Wind Legion by Bai Feng of Prince Pros's power, and remained under Bai Feng's command to obey orders;

Even though the nobles of the imperial capital and the other three princes did not know the true number of legions controlled by Prince William, Charlemagne still knew a lot about Prince William's every move;

Charlemagne, who was willing to indulge his son's ambitions, neither knocked on Prince William, who was the first to develop power in the emperor, nor did he stop the other three princes from following suit in time, so there was a situation where the four princes were vying to insert their henchmen into the army.

Charlemagne is not a fool who spoils his sons too much, and the bottom line in his heart is that the royal legion and the thirty-two veteran legions will never allow the princes to intervene;

Not only that, but the four princes, who were fiercely competing with each other, in order to avoid the dissatisfaction of Charlemagne due to the development of their respective powers, they would always exchange some interests in advance in terms of installing henchmen in order to stabilize the situation as much as possible.

After the new round of deals between Prince William and Prince GLP was reached, Prince William was expected to add two more legions to control, but Charlemagne, who knew the true strength of his eldest son, did not want to see his eldest son's military power too heavy.

Duke Cullen's two corps commanders' recommendations were directly rejected by Charlemagne, and the two generals appointed by Charlemagne as legion commanders were two idle generals in the army that Prince Harry had recently recruited into his influence.

In this way, the number of legions controlled by Prince Harry has increased from four to six, which is comparable to the number of legions controlled by Prince Pros, second only to the number of legions controlled by Prince William, and far more than the number of legions controlled by Prince Philip.

Compared with the ownership of the two legions, Prince William, Prince Philip, Prince GLP and other magnates in the imperial capital care more about Charlemagne's attitude;