Chapter 289 Discussion of Politics
At this time, in the royal palace of Fengrui City, it was a different scene.
Above the hall, the king, princes, and ministers were engaged in a very heated discussion about the situation that the country of Celestial Glowing was facing.
"Now Levi, the first heir to the throne, is dead. In order to better maintain the stability of the country and society, we should determine the next successor as soon as possible! Whether it's by age or seniority, the next in line of succession should be me. I don't think the ministers here have any objection to this, right? A slightly chubby young man said in a matter-of-fact manner, very eager to gain the approval of the nobles present.
However, the expressions on the faces of the ministers present were clearly ambiguous and their attitudes were unclear.
The young man's name was Max, and he was twenty-nine years old, the oldest prince in the Celestial Realm. However, although Max is a prince, he is already a member of the king's grandchildren and An An's cousin.
However, before the ministers present could express their position, a strange voice of yin and yang sounded: "Hehe, when will the heir to the throne be ranked according to age?" Your father is only the third son of His Majesty, and my father is the eldest son! If you really want to calculate it like this, the position of the prince can't be your turn, right? ”
The person who said this was Victor, another cousin of An An.
Although Victor is a few years younger than Max, he is even more arrogant than Max in terms of momentum. So in the court, it is often when Max says a word, and Victor scolds him, and the ministers present are all used to the-for-tat between them.
Max was not annoyed by what Vidor said just now, but said slowly: "You can't say that, if you really determine the candidate for the prince according to the way you said, then it would not be our young brother Levi who became the first heir to the throne." Am I right, Aunt Kate? ”
The scene suddenly became silent.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Kate, who was sitting in the corner of the lobby with a somewhat distracted expression, but Kate was only silent and didn't speak, but just hugged Mahi who was standing next to her tighter.
Kate is a pretty widow in her forties who still has charm, and she is also Levi's mother.
When Levi was still alive, Kate relied on her identity as the future queen mother, and she had always been arrogant and domineering in the court of the Heavenly Glowing Country, offending many people. Now that Levi has suffered misfortune, Kate has lost her trust all of a sudden, and her status in the palace has suddenly taken a sharp turn, and now her life is really very difficult. Even the mental and physical condition is not decent. Just like Max's words just now, he was obviously sarcastic about Kate, but Kate had no choice but to silently endure the ridicule of others.
Because Kate understands that now she can only be regarded as self-inflicted. If she couldn't even bear the ridicule of these words, then in the royal court of the Heavenly Glowing Country, I am afraid that there would really be no place for her and Mahi.
Mahi is Kate's youngest son and a widow. When Levi left the Land of Heaven to go to Two Moon City eight years ago, Mahi had just been born, and now she was only a ten-year-old child.
A ten-year-old child has no ability to protect herself at all, so Kate can only choose to swallow her anger and just hope that her only remaining child can grow up smoothly.
Although Mahi didn't quite understand what the situation was now, he could also feel that other people's attitudes towards him seemed to have changed in the recent period. The mother, who had always been arrogant, also began to become humble. It made Mahi feel very uncomfortable. He really didn't understand what was going on.
Didn't you say that the elder brother was the future king? Why did other people's attitudes towards the future Queen Mother change so much all of a sudden?
When she was confused, Mahi had also asked Kate this question cautiously, asking her when her brother would return to Fengrui City to meet them.
And Kate's reaction at that time also made Mahi unforgettable for life.
Kate smashed everything she could touch, then squatted in the corner of the wall in despair, and yelled hysterically at Mahi, "Don't you understand? Because he's dead! If you can't be a king, you'll never come back! We don't have anything to rely on......" said Kate, who put her arms around Mahi again and began to weep bitterly......
Die?
Mahi couldn't help but be stunned.
For a ten-year-old, what death means is a little too far-reaching. But the changes that happened around Mahi were too real and terrifying.
So these days, Mahi has been in a state of a bit of a daze, and he still doesn't seem to believe that his brother, who he has always admired and longed for so much, would leave them like this.
In fact, when Levi left the country of Tianying with An An, Mahi was still too young, so his impression of Levi was all instilled in him little by little by Kate, a proud mother.
In Mahi's mind, Levi was handsome, hearty, kind, and powerful, far superior to the cousins he was familiar with. How could such a powerful character die so easily?
So sometimes, Mahi will keep telling Kate that Levi is not dead and that he will come back one day.
At the beginning, Kate would endure the pain in her heart and tell Mahi that Levi would never come back.
But Mahi's belief that his brother is not dead is extremely strong, so that Kate will even yell at Mahi out of control later: "Don't be obsessed anymore, he's dead, really dead!" Just like the time he chose Anciel eight years ago and left us behind! You don't have a brother anymore......"
So now when the princes and ministers in the court discuss Levi, Mahi still thinks that his brother will come back.
Seeing that the two powerful princes, Max and Vidor, are arguing, the other princes are also about to move. The ministers present couldn't help but feel a little headache again.
In order to alleviate the tense atmosphere at the scene, the Minister of Economy diverted the topic and said, "By the way, His Royal Highness Ancier returned to Tianying from the Moon Country two days ago, and is now waiting outside the city of Fengrui City to be summoned. Your Majesty, do you want to invite him into the city? ”
The old king was also a little tired of the quarrel of his grandchildren, so he rubbed his temples and said, "What Aiqing said makes sense, then let him enter the palace!" As for this court meeting, let's take a break for a while, and I'm going on later, I'm old, and I want to take a break. ”
So the meeting was temporarily suspended. However, the ministers and nobles present at the meeting remained largely in the hall.
An An's existence is no stranger to these ministers, after all, An An is the most famous fool in the country of Tianying. It's just that the timing of An An's return is a little delicate, and how to place this fool may also become the main contention of the palace meeting in the next few days, and it is no wonder that many ministers are starting to feel tired again.
As for those princes, they didn't take An An as a fool in their eyes at all, so they only thought that they were another nuisance, and they didn't take him too seriously.
Max turned around and said disdainfully to Kate, "Ansil? Oh, I remembered. Isn't that the same fool who used to hang out with Levi a lot? Unexpectedly, Levi died in the Land of the Moon, but this fool came back safely. It's ironic! ”
In the face of Max's ridicule, Kate was still silent and did not speak, but there was a faint anger on Mahi's face.