Chapter 657: Showdown

Unsurprisingly, Annabel's plan fell through! After receiving the "edict", Arden not only ignored it. Instead, she accused her of colluding with traitors and imprisoning the emperor, with bad intentions! And call on the whole empire to jointly crusade against the two princes and their faction!

Just before she could figure out how to deal with it, another catastrophic news came, several palace maids who were responsible for taking care of the old emperor's usual life suddenly got rid of the strict surveillance and quietly disappeared!

Immediately, rumors began to circulate in the imperial capital that the emperor had been killed and that the murderer was the crown princess and the chief chamberlain Torles!

The frightened Second Prince tried his best to cover up the truth, but as time went on, the rumors spread more and more widely! The Manchu Dynasty, who was already suspicious, suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, and several respected old ministers jointly asked the second prince and the crown princess to come out and explain the truth of the matter, and asked to meet His Majesty the Emperor immediately!

The old emperor has been dead for a long time, how can there be any living people for them to see? As the voices of the government and the opposition became louder and louder, Annabel saw that the situation was getting out of control and had to announce the emperor's death!

Of course, she will definitely not expose herself to the inside story, but just say that the emperor worked state affairs, so that he was seriously ill and died!

However, this attempt to cover up the situation did not calm the situation. On the contrary, the government and the opposition became more and more confused, thinking that there must be an unknown secret in it!

It was said that the old emperor was recuperating behind closed doors, but later he said that he had died of illness, and it took so many days to announce it, this kind of contradictory and flawed lie could not calm the doubts of the ministers at all! Many courtiers demanded a thorough investigation of the truth of the matter!

Forced to desperation, Annabel and his father, Imperial Prime Minister Connor. After Howight discussed, he resorted to another plan, taking down Torles, the chief of the inner chamberlain, and then claiming to the outside world that it was the eleventh prince Arden who colluded with him to murder the first emperor, and forged an edict in an attempt to usurp the artifact!

It's just that Arden is not a master who is easy to fool, and immediately refuted the-for-tat refutation of the crown princess and the chief of the chamberlain, killed the first emperor, and concealed the truth of the matter, trying to kill the legitimate heir of the empire together, so as to steal the throne!

The war of words between the two sides was extremely fierce, but the government and the opposition believed that the power of the eleventh prince still had more, at least on the way back to China, it was not too many for Arden to dare to really make efforts to intercept his fleet, and with his ability, even if he encountered a few battles, it would be easy to win, which caused more fleets to fall to him!

In more than a week, as many as nearly 100 executive heads of star fields announced their support for Arden!

Later, the embarrassed and angry Annabel simply did not stop doing anything, gathered the courtiers of his own faction, announced that the second prince would immediately ascend the throne as the new emperor of the empire, and the eleventh prince Arden would rebel against the empire, and then bloodily purge a group of officials loyal to the former emperor to deter people's hearts!

Then, she ordered to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress Arden, and the civil war of the empire officially broke out!

The news spread, and the whole country was in an uproar! The main army of the Empire, which is attacking the Republic of Black on the front line, has also diverged! Many high-ranking generals loyal to the former emperor stopped their offensive one after another, some waited on the spot, and some openly announced their support for the Eleventh Prince. Instead, the republic on the verge of collapse has won a precious respite!

Everything is developing according to Yun Haoyu's envision, and if there is no accident, this battle for the throne will last for a long time! Until the Starlight Empire's army goes south!

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At the eastern end of the Star Sea World, the Holy Land of the Yanwei Tribal Alliance, the Xinaga Star Field.

Located at the center of the star field, at the top of the stone tower at the gravitational equilibrium point of the twin black holes, several Yanwei powerhouses wearing heavy black sacrificial robes were standing under the statue, their faces solemnly discussed.

"Your Excellency the Great Sage of Mudgram, what do you think we should do next about the civil war in the Rockefeller Empire in the human world?" A female Yanwei with a bewitching figure, a cold and bewitching face, and a strange-shaped golden crown on her head asked.

"Respected patriarch, it stands to reason that we should not interfere too much in the civil war of the human kingdom, but the royal family of this great country is an important chess piece that we are about to support and use to unify the southwest star sea! If the war between those two princes goes on for too long, it will undoubtedly weaken the foundation of the empire and affect the great plans of our people! "So, we need to break the convention and personally intervene to stabilize this empire as soon as possible, so that we can carry out our plan smoothly!" ”

Another high priest asked, "So how far do you think we should get involved?" It is to provide assistance to one of them and support his ascension to the throne! Or do you just send a strong man to help him destroy his opponent? ”

"In order to quickly resolve this matter, my opinion is, of course, to directly kill one of the princes, so that the situation in the empire can be stabilized as soon as possible!" Mudgram said.

The patriarch pondered for a moment and said, "I think your opinion is very reasonable, but which side should we choose to support in order to be more in line with the interests of our clan?" ”

Another Guardian Saint said, "I think that Eleventh Prince Arden has excellent personal abilities, so we can consider supporting him!" As long as we dispatch the strongest person in the clan to kill the second prince directly, he can get the entire empire, and then unify the entire Southwest Star Sea according to our wishes! ”

Mudgram hurriedly said: "No, esteemed Your Excellency the Great Sage of Ireliloth, my opinion is exactly the opposite of yours, I think that although the Second Prince's ability is mediocre, he is a relatively easy candidate to control!" So it's appropriate to support him! ”

Due to the sudden loss of two of the three guardian saints of the Heavenly Feather Temple, High Priest Irelilos and High Priest Mudegram, who had returned to the Alliance, were recommended by the new patriarch as candidates for the Sage Candidates, and were recognized by the Council of Elders.

Ireliloth flicked her slender snake tail lightly, and said with some confusion:

"According to the common sense of the past, if you want to control such a large human territory, if the ruler is not capable and prestige enough, it will be difficult to suppress the situation! The second prince may be more obedient, but if he doesn't show his own anger, I'm afraid that he will ruin our people's plans in the future! ”

"The eleventh prince's ability is excellent, and he is arrogant by nature, so it doesn't seem to be easy to control! However, because of his young age, this prince has limited contacts in China, and there are not many supporters! When he ascends the throne, he will surely befriend us and seek sufficient support from our people to secure his throne! What do you think? ”

The patriarch groaned: "It sounds like this is the truth, and I also think that choosing a more capable prince will make us think less about it in the future!" After all, he's next to the one from the Starlight Empire, and we have to beware of that guy doing something that defies the rules! ”

Mudgram explained: "Ladies and gentlemen, your opinions cannot be said to be wrong, but you have to think about it, once the Rockefeller Empire unifies the Southwest Star Sea, then her comprehensive national strength will be greatly improved!" If such a superpower with thousands of star fields and trillions of people is in the hands of an ambitious, ambitious, and unruly emperor, it is definitely not good news for us! ”

"From the standpoint of our four races, although this human world has been unified into three great powers, none of them should exist for long! By the time the Borostos on the other side of the sea invade, all these countries should decline or even disappear in the process of defending themselves against each other! And we are the masters of the future Xinghai! ”

"Therefore, the person who sits in that seat will be obedient if he is not capable, and it will be more in our interests!"

Ireliloth sighed softly, "Dear Mudegram Sage, I respect your wisdom, but I still have reservations about your opinion! ”

"Because I think that before the Borosto people fight, we may have to face a big battle before we can really achieve our goal!"

The patriarch asked with some surprise, "Great war?" With whom? Could it be the Pojiang Empire? They wouldn't be so unwise, would they? ”

"They may not make a move, but their agents will!" Ireliloth said, "That Your Majesty named Yun Haoyu has already controlled one-third of the Star Sea, and is still ambitiously expanding his armaments, trying to continue to attack his neighbors in the near future, the biggest of which may be the Southwest Star Sea!" ”

Another guardian saint said, "If it's just a simple contest between human nations, I don't have anything to worry about! As long as he dares to come, our people will have a reason to justifiably attack and wipe him out, no matter how strong his empire is, it is not an opponent of our people! ”

"But if the Bojiang people also intervene, things will be in trouble!" Ireliloth said helplessly, "Our ultimate power loss is too great, and we won't be able to deter the Bojiang clan for a long time!" So I have to think of a way to let that Yun Haoyu share some of it! ”

The patriarch weighed for a moment, and finally said:

"Then let's start voting! Which one to support, we have limited time, we can't put it off any longer, we must determine it as soon as possible, so that we can carry out future plans, compared to the other two races, our progress is too backward!! ”

As a result, the three guardian saints present, plus the five highest-ranking high priests, and the patriarch himself, a total of nine big people who held the highest authority of the Yanwei clan began to vote.

As a result, Prince Wig won by a narrow margin, and the Eleventh Prince Arden was abandoned!

"Alright! Now that the results have come out, I now propose to send six high priests, plus thirty elders, and a group of elite warriors to the Rockefeller Empire's capital star field to assist Wig in pacifying the country as soon as possible, and then conquer the Southwest Star Sea! What do you think? The patriarch said.

Naturally, such a proposal was adopted without any suspense.

At this time, far away in the territory of the Rockefeller Empire, the two princes who were fighting fiercely did not know that their fate had been decided by a group of half-human and half-snake aliens! Of course, even if they knew, they had no way to resist!

Moreover, at this time, the heir of the Bojiang Empire, Princess Qi's ride was also rushing towards the Tianhua Star Domain, preparing for a final showdown with Yun Haoyu!