In the Golden Hall of the Green Hotel, the auction is going on as usual. One after another, valuable lots were launched, and a crowd of guests in the audience began to bid for them.

There was nothing good in the auction in the previous days, and tonight there was finally something to watch, and those nobles naturally did not want to miss it.

However, the minds of the vast majority of auctioneers are not on the current auction, but on the new owner of the Xishui Alliance, the royal family member who suddenly appeared and the mysterious force of the Northland.

The royal family's public clamoring to compete with the crown prince Xu Tianran for the throne is undoubtedly the most explosive news in Mingdu, and compared to it, no matter how high-level the auction is, it has lost its appeal.

A question appeared in their minds at the same time, who was the royal family member who called himself Xu Sheng?

It has never appeared in the palace before, could it be the bloodline left behind by His Majesty? Or the heir of a prince?

Everyone is looking forward to the coming early dynasty, and when the sun rises in the east, it will witness a confrontation that will determine the future of the Sun and Moon Empire.

In the VIP room, Huo Yuhao quietly watched the scene in the Golden Hall through the one-way window, and in the past, all the people standing here were the Second Elder of the Holy Spirit Sect, Nangong Wan, and the Deputy Sect Leader Feng Ling and others.

The previous excitement and excitement gradually faded, and a touch of melancholy appeared on his face.

"Are you afraid?"

Huo Qiu'er frowned slightly, and asked with some confusion. She didn't think Huo Yuhao should have such an expression on his next plan.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and denied: "No, I just thought of Senior Sister Tangerine." ”

"Is that the woman?" Huo Qiu'er asked, "Judging by your expression just now, you shouldn't have just heard of her, but you also seem to know her?" ”

The memories she learned naturally had nothing to do with oranges, and she subconsciously glanced at Tianmeng.

Tianmeng hurriedly explained weakly: "Yu Hao and that person were classmates under a teacher before. ”

Huo Qiu'er raised her eyebrows: "Classmate? So are you soft-hearted or are you trying to turn against her? ”

"It's neither, it's just that we inevitably become enemies."

Huo Yuhao said lightly.

"Speaking of which, Senior Sister Tangerine is also a poor and pathetic person. She once told me that her only purpose for the rest of her life was to avenge her dead father. ”

Huo Qiu'er asked, "Who killed her father?" ”

Huo Yuhao replied calmly: "I don't know who it is, it may be the Star Luo Army, the object of her revenge is the entire Star Luo Empire and the White Tiger Duke." ”

Huo Qiu'er paused and speculated: "You just called her the crown princess, it seems that she really tried all means for revenge." ”

"If that crown prince really succeeds to the throne, then she is the queen, and with the national strength of the Sun and Moon Empire, the annexation of the Star Luo Empire in the future is just around the corner. Her great revenge will be avenged. ”

"But you showed up, and her plans were doomed to fail."

Huo Yuhao nodded lightly: "Hmm." ”

"Do you want to accuse her?"

"I don't want to accuse her of the motive for revenge, but whatever path she chooses, she will have to bear the consequences."

Huo Yuhao suddenly smiled, and the door of the dead opened in front of him.

"Prepare to go to court."

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people in Mingdu.

The Prince's Palace.

Tangerine worriedly informed Xu Tianran of the news of the evening.

When Xu Tianran heard this, his body burst with momentum, and he did not hide the coldness and viciousness in his eyes.

"That Northland family actually stood up for him."

His teeth clenched, and his handsome face had been distorted.

Xu Sheng, who reappeared after five years, has not only become a Contra Douluo with two 100,000-year soul rings, but also has a force with an Extreme Douluo powerhouse behind him as a backer, which has undoubtedly had a violent impact on his throne.

Xu Tianran had long regarded the throne as his own bag, and the third prince and the fifth prince could not shake his position at all, but he knew that this new prince had the ability to threaten him.

Soon, however, he regained his composure, but the gloom between his brows grew deeper.

"It doesn't matter, I'm still the crown prince appointed by my father, so what if I have Extreme Douluo as a backer? This Mingdu is not a place where any family can turn the sky upside down. ”

This sentence is not just self-comforting, but also a fact, which reassures Xu Tianran.

Counting the power in his hands, he was not lost to an Extreme Douluo, otherwise he would not have dared to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Sect in the first place.

Xu Tianran not only has most of the military power in his hands, but also many ninth-level soul masters and Title Douluo to worship, and now there is also the Mingde Hall of Jing Hongchen, which is not inferior to the Beidi family.

At the beginning, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were two Extreme Douluo, and he was sure of the checks and balances, and the Beidi family with only one Extreme Douluo would never be more difficult to deal with than the Holy Spirit Sect.

Thinking like this, Xu Tianran's expression softened a little, and his breathing became steady: "In that case, I will personally meet him tomorrow morning to see what reason he has to take away my throne." ”

Tangerine reminded with a calm face: "Your Highness, that is an Extreme Douluo with the ultimate ice attribute. ”

Xu Tianran smiled slightly: "Tangerine, have you forgotten?" There is Kong Lao in our palace, and he will never allow outsiders to interfere too much in royal disputes. ”

"This Sun Moon Palace is impregnable, with Kong Lao and others enshrined, even Extreme Douluo is presumptuous."

"This Xu Sheng is backed by an unknown force, and with this alone, I can condemn him with a suspicion of having a different heart."

Xu Tianran's position as the crown prince cannot be abolished by impeachment in a few words, and Kong Deming and other royal powerhouses will never allow the Northland family to act forcefully.

As long as he waits until the day of his father's throne, the throne will still belong to him, the crown prince.

Xu Tianran suddenly remembered something and asked, "Tangerine, this Northland family is the force behind Huo Yuhao, right?" ”

"Yes." Tangerine pursed her lips and nodded.

Xu Tianran's expression eased a little and became extremely cold, gritting his teeth and muttering to himself: "Huo Yuhao...... If I had befriended him from the beginning, Beidi Douluo and the Beidi family would have been my help now. ”

He didn't expect that this name, which he once didn't care about, would bring him so much trouble.

The orange looked aside, and his heart was full of sorrow.

Maybe a ruthless femme fatale like Xu Tianran can never really be good friends with people, and there will always be only a relationship between using and being used, and the Holy Spirit Sect is like this, so how can she and Xu Tianran not use each other.

The figure of Huo Yuhao also appeared in Tangerine's mind, and he pursed his lips.

Xu Tianran saw the slightly white clouds in the sky through the window, and said lightly: "Tangerine, get ready to go to court." ”

Tangerine respectfully pushed the wheelchair and walked towards the main hall with Xu Tianran.

The old emperor's bedchamber.

A personal guard sent an urgent message, but was stopped by a ninth-level soul master at the gate: "Your Majesty is still resting, just tell me something." ”

"Yes, Gong Lao." The guard respectfully handed over the letter in his hand.

After reading it, the old man known as Gong Lao suddenly changed his face and hurriedly entered the dormitory.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

The old emperor lay on the sickbed, coughed lightly, and said weakly: "I haven't had much sleep recently, so what is there to say." ”

"Your Majesty, hurry up and take a look." Gong Lao hurriedly unfolded the letter in front of the old emperor.

The old emperor barely opened his sunken eyes, and just by glancing at it, his withered body trembled violently. Suddenly the scrawny hands regained their strength, and they clutched the letter tightly in their hands.

"How...... Ahem...... "He was too emotional, and coughed a few times, so frightened that Gong Lao hurriedly gave him a trace of soft soul power, and at the same time handed over a pill.

The old emperor took the medicine and swallowed it in his mouth, and then he felt better, his face was much more ruddy, and his spirit and state were different all of a sudden.

"No way, who is he?"

Even the old emperor was extremely surprised by Xu Sheng's sudden appearance, clutching the letter tightly, unable to believe the news on it.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" The other two ninth-level soul masters who were waiting here asked with concern when they saw that the old emperor had regained his composure.

The old emperor handed the crumpled letter to the two.

"See for yourselves."

The letter mentioned naturally the conflict between the mysterious royal family and the crown princess that happened at the door of the Qingshi Hotel at night.

The two ninth-level soul masters quickly flipped through them, and the look of shock in their eyes was no less than that of the old emperor.

"This ...... How is this possible? The births of all royal disciples are recorded on the family tree, how can there be a royal family member who has never appeared? ”

A ninth-level soul master began to speculate, "Could it be the bloodline of which prince has been wandering outside?" ”

They all know the life of the old emperor very well, and it is impossible for them to have an affair with a woman outside the palace, and even if there is, which woman has a crush on as the Emperor of the Sun and Moon, is it necessary to hide it?

The old emperor sat up from the sickbed and denied it: "There is absolutely no possibility, according to bystanders, it is a sun martial soul that is more pure than naïve, and it can never be the heir of those guys." ”

"He said he wanted to regain the throne that belonged to him, didn't he ......?"

The old emperor's gaze suddenly glazed over, and he thought of a terrifying possibility.

"If that's the case, it makes sense. Because I have personally erased a few of his genealogies, almost no one remembers him and his descendants now, ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The old emperor's eyes widened, and a hoarse murmur came from his throat.

The three ninth-level soul masters were dumbfounded together, and they already knew who "he" was in the old emperor's mouth.

That is the first emperor, the elder brother of the old emperor, and the father of Caitou.

As the henchmen of the old emperor, the three of them naturally personally participated in the old emperor's plan to launch a coup d'état and wash the palace in blood ten years ago.

After the coup d'état that night, the old emperor naturally wanted to whitewash the past, whitewash himself, and deliberately concealed the coup d'état.

After that, the old ministry of the former emperor was liquidated and replaced with a new group of ministers and officials. In the current palace, the only people who know about the coup d'état ten years ago are some ninth-level soul masters whose old qualifications have not been liquidated.

The old emperor hid it very well, many of the generals outside didn't even know about the coup, and those ninth-level soul masters who knew the inside story, including Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming, would not take the initiative to reveal this scandal to others.

Under the erasure of time, countless people's questions and curiosity about the change of the throne have also disappeared with the wind, and even the old emperor himself rarely takes the initiative to think of the bloody night ten years ago.

But now, when he saw the news of the mysterious royal family, the first thing the old emperor thought of was his brother, the brother who was killed by his own order.

"I see......"

The old emperor concentrated almost all of his remaining strength on the muscles that controlled his eyelids, trying to widen the sunken eye sockets.

He seemed to understand why the Northland family mentioned in the letter would stand for each other, because it was he who first colluded with the Holy Spirit Sect to launch a coup d'état ten years ago.

It was he who was the first to introduce the Holy Spirit Sect forces into the Imperial Palace, and only then would Xu Tianran deepen his further cooperation with them.

Now that the Holy Spirit has retreated, they are coming to take revenge on themselves.

A burst of fear rose in the old emperor's heart, he had already won the country unjustly, and in the face of the descendants of the blood feud who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, this vicious tyrant trembled.

"Are you here to judge me?"

The fear in the eyes of this old man quickly disappeared, and was replaced by a ruthlessness, which seemed even more vicious and infiltrating against the backdrop of his emaciated image.

"Your Majesty, is he really ...... The heir of the former emperor? ”

Speaking of the first emperor, the old Gong paused slightly, too many years have passed, and the old emperor has secretly changed the royal family tree, and he doesn't remember how many princes the first emperor had.

Seems like one? Or two? Is there so little?

The old emperor slowly stood up from the sickbed and took another pill.

After the medicine entered his throat, his temperament changed completely, and a majestic whisper came out of his mouth: "There is no emperor now." ”

"As long as I live for one day, I will still be the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire, and no one will be qualified to judge me!"

"I am the place where the sun and the moon return."

Another ninth-level soul master asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to help the prince clear the obstacles?" ”

"You should know that since that incident ten years ago, Kong Lao has been keeping a close eye on the members of the royal family, and does not allow the royal disciples to kill each other."

"A few years ago, when the crown prince attacked the second prince, it was during Kong Lao's retreat, and now that Kong Lao is out of the customs, it is impossible to sit idly by."

Kong Deming also has royal blood and is extremely loyal to the Sun and Moon royal family, he will not interfere in the battle for the throne and favor anyone.

If the old emperor and Xu Tianran wanted to assassinate that person, I am afraid it would not be a good idea.

"Let's wait until the court is up."

The old emperor slowly walked in the direction of the main hall, and said in a cold voice:

"I am the emperor."

The same news had not yet reached all the ministers' palaces before the sky was already dark.

In the center of the Sun and Moon Palace, in the largest hall, ministers and officials have entered one after another, preparing for the daily routine of the morning court.

Prince Xu Tianran sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by an orange in the front row.

Today, it is still the old emperor himself.

The dragon chair was empty, and Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming stood next to the dragon chair with a complicated expression.

All the officials lined up in unison, respectfully saying nothing, and the atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

With a high-pitched announcement from the guards, the old emperor finally appeared, and slowly walked to the dragon chair and sat down, showing his majesty.

"Long live Your Majesty—"

All the officials bowed their heads and knelt respectfully on the ground.

The old emperor glanced at the ministers and bowed slightly. This is the power of the Sun and Moon Emperor, and all the ministers and officials must bow their heads in front of him and listen to the holy decree.

"The Minister of the Interior is in charge of the construction of the Temple of Heaven ......"

"Evil Monarch Soul Mentor Group ......"

After some important orders were issued, the guards still routinely announced: "If there is something to do, nothing to ......"

"Something!"

Before he could finish his words, a thunderclap exploded in everyone's ears at the same time.

With a strong chill and coercion, Huo Yuhao's simulated image appeared at the main entrance of the main hall, and on either side of him were the two emperors of ice and snow.

His gaze passed through the ministers, officials, princes, and princes, and looked straight at the old emperor on the dragon chair in the center of the main hall, without any awe.