Chapter Seventy-Four: III. Succession

Usubu didn't want to lose the power he had so hard-won back, and this time he was not facing the political enemy Andrasius, but His Majesty. It's one thing to deal with political opponents, it's another thing to deal with the king, and the old prime minister, who has served the Yaki royal family for decades, is in a dilemma on this issue - he can unabashedly set off a bloody storm in the capital in order to defeat his political opponents, but he can't afford to be accused of plotting against the king.

At this point, Ashtiton had a brief period of peace. On the surface, order is gradually returning to normal, and the people can finally forget the terrible scene of the previous scene for a while and continue to live in peace. But beneath this surface is a dark tide surging, and the battle between Qadir III and Usub is in full swing.

Kadir was at a disadvantage in this struggle, and the only things he could rely on were the Shadow Brotherhood of Brudasmo, Viscount Libera, and General Vultures.

If Usub had made up his mind, Kadir would have been defeated by him, but luckily Usubu had not made up his mind, and Usub had always been resolute throughout his life, but in this matter he hesitated and the situation was at a stalemate.

The situation was finally broken by his son Tulayan. As the son of Usubu, his life can be said to be much more exciting than Usubu. From General Yaki to the top of the general, he suffered a big defeat and destroyed it all, and he also broke an arm. After a period of decadence, he made a comeback, and became a popular man in front of the king again through his outstanding performance in paperwork, only to be criticized by his political opponents for the failure of his plan to attack Durbans. After his father openly entered the palace, Tulayan could not accept the reality for a while and hid behind. As a result, he also became one of the few people in the Usubu group who did not make a move against the Yaki royal family. In Kadir's eyes, this Tulayan is at least better than his father, at least he doesn't show the same kind of power ** as his father.

But this Tulayan's behavior was beyond everyone's expectations. Tulayan toasted Kadir III at a banquet where poison was mixed in his wine! Kadir certainly wouldn't be so confused as to casually drink his wine. Even if he is a relative member of the Usubu group, he is not an exception. Tulayan's heart was even more ruthless than his father's, and in order to accomplish this move, Tulayan did not hesitate to drink the poison with Qadir III.

As for why Tulayan died with His Majesty the King, no one knows. Some people think that he is cleaning up the stumbling block of the king for his father, but Usubu will never sacrifice his son, whom he has cultivated for many years; Some people also think that he can't stand Usubu's delay in taking action against Kadir and takes action privately, but Tulayan's behavior will still make his father bear the notoriety of killing kings, and his previous disrespectful behavior towards his father seems to be above his father's concept of kingly ministers, and Tulayan's personality will not do such a thankless thing. Later, when Viscount Libera recalled this incident, he once told Vulture his own opinion: since Tulayan was defeated, captured, and released, his spirit had collapsed. His resurgence as seen by the world is just an illusion, in fact, he has been looking for a suitable chance to die. And the person he hated the most in his heart may be his father, the author of all these tragedies. Now that his father has committed a heinous act. Then he pushed behind his father's back, and used his own life and the king's death to completely put Usub in the position of a rebellious minister and thief in the kingdom of Aki, and he could not clear the charge of killing the king in any way, because the main culprit was his son. In any case, the exact purpose of Tulayan's assassination of the king has been buried in the dust of history along with his own death, and has become a mystery forever.

Kadir III died. The only heir to the kingdom of Yaki is the fifteen-year-old prince Kad Monroe. Now that he has become a monarch killer, Usubu has completely let go of his psychological burden, and while Cad Monro is still young, let him be a puppet in his hands, so Yaki will become his bag. However, Usubu's desire to hijack Kadmonro and succeed him as a puppet has been frustrated. Brudasmo united with Libera and Vultures in time to rescue Prince Cad Monroe, and they made it to Memphis after a long journey. Under the tutelage of Andrasius, he succeeded to the throne of Yaqui.

As soon as Kadmunro succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to declare that Usubu was a rebel and called on the troops of the whole country to fight against the rebels. Avenge the former king Kadir. And Usubu did not have a better puppet in his hands than Cad Monroe, and he had no choice but to install Kumuel, the younger brother of Kadir III, to inherit the throne of Yaqui. Kumuel, one of Kadir's many unsuccessful younger brothers, gave up most of his life in order to become harmless in the eyes of the royal brother. Nothing but pleasure. The only advantage is cowardice, cowardice enough to be driven by Usubu. If the previous kings of Aki were allowed to see this, they would probably sigh at the end. Yaki was thus divided, and two kings were once again divided after nearly half of the land had been eaten by the Palcian cicadas. And both kings were puppets with no real power. The blood-dominant king, Cad Monroe, was in Memphis, while Yaqui's actual armed forces were mostly in Kumuel's hands. One of the two sides has the orthodox blood of Yaqui, and the other has strength, and the officials everywhere are in a dilemma. Of course, they should be on the side of King Kad Monroe according to Yaki's rule, but the officials also knew in their hearts that the power in their hands could not compete with Kumuel, and they would definitely not be able to resist if the prime minister Usub sent troops to recruit them. On the contrary, King Cad Monroe needed the allegiance of these officials to be able to grudgingly confront them, and there was absolutely no room to deal with them. As a result, they almost all remained on the sidelines, not daring to offend Usubu in declaring allegiance to King Kadesunro, nor willing to admit that they were Kumuel's courtiers. Among them, only the governor of Port Maranster, Corbius, declared his allegiance to Kad Monroe, on the one hand, Corbius was Kadir's cousin, and on the other hand, Maranster's troops were relatively strong, and he did not care too much about the threat of Usubu. But this allegiance alone will not change the balance of power. Fortunately, the local officials did not want to help Usub against the king's move, and everyone watched to see how the situation evolved. Although Usubu was powerful, as a rebel and thief, he did not dare to easily let the army out of his control, so the matter was shelved. But at this point, there was no one left to rebuild Yaqui's army to fight the thief army.

The news of Pius's death on the battlefield left little trace for those caught in the whirlpool of power struggles, like a pebble across the ice. And Yaki's state is like the ice that is about to melt, and it may break at any time. (To be continued.) )