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Xu Tianran not only holds most of the military power, but also has many ninth-level soul mentors and titled Douluo priests, and now he also has Jing Hongchen's Mingdetang, which is in no way inferior to the Northern Family.
At that time, he was confident that he could balance the two Ultimate Douluos, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. The Northern Land Family with only one Ultimate Douluo would definitely not be more difficult to deal with than the Holy Spirit Church.
Thinking of this, Xu Tianran's expression relaxed a little, and his breathing became steady: "In this case, I will meet him in person tomorrow morning to see what reason he has to take my throne."
Ju Zi reminded him solemnly, "Your Highness, that is an Ultimate Douluo with the ultimate ice attribute."
Xu Tianran smiled slightly: "Juzi, have you forgotten? We have Master Kong in charge of the palace. He will never allow outsiders to interfere too much in the royal disputes."
"The Sun Moon Palace is impregnable. With Elder Kong and other worshippers here, even an Ultimate Douluo cannot act recklessly."
"This Xu Sheng has the support of an unknown force. Just based on this fact, I can conclude that he has ulterior motives."
Xu Tianran's position as the crown prince cannot be abolished by a few words of impeachment, and royal family strongmen such as Kong Deming will never allow the Northern family to act forcefully.
As long as he waits until the day when his father abdicates, the throne will still belong to him, the crown prince.
Xu Tianran suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Juzi, this Beidi family is the force behind Huo Yuhao, right?"
"Yes." Orange pursed her lips and nodded.
Xu Tianran's expression eased a little, but it was extremely cold again. He gritted his teeth and said to himself, "Huo Yuhao... If I had made friends with him from the beginning, the Northland Douluo and the Northland Family would be my helpers now."
He didn't expect that this name, which he once didn't care about, would bring him so much trouble.
Orange watched from the side, feeling extremely sad.
Perhaps a ruthless and vicious person like Xu Tianran could never truly be friends with others. There would always only be a relationship of use and being used. This was the case with the Holy Spirit Church, and so was the relationship between her and Xu Tianran.
Huo Yuhao’s figure also appeared in Orange’s mind, and he pursed his lips.
Xu Tianran looked through the window and saw the slightly white clouds in the sky. He said calmly, "Juzi, get ready to go to court."
Juzi pushed the wheelchair respectfully and walked towards the main hall with Xu Tianran.
The old emperor's bedroom.
A guard brought an urgent message, but was stopped by a ninth-level soul master at the gate: "Your Majesty is still resting, just let me know if you have anything."
"Yes, Mr. Gong." The guard handed over the letter respectfully.
After reading it, the old man called Mr. Gong's face suddenly changed and he hurried into the bedroom.
"Your Majesty, are you awake?"
The old emperor lay on his sickbed, coughed softly, and said weakly: "I don't need too much sleep recently, just tell me what you have to say."
"Your Majesty, please take a quick look at it." Old Gong quickly unfolded the letter in front of the old emperor.
The old emperor barely opened his sunken eye sockets, and with only a glance, his withered body trembled violently. His skinny hands suddenly regained strength, and he tightly grasped the letter in his hands.
"How can this be... cough cough..." He was too emotional and coughed violently a few times, which frightened Old Gong so much that he quickly injected a trace of gentle soul power into him and handed him a pill.
The old emperor took the medicine and swallowed it. Only then did he feel better, his complexion became much rosier, and his spirit and state suddenly became different.
"Impossible, who is he?"
Even the old emperor was extremely surprised by the sudden appearance of Xu Sheng. He tightly grasped the letter, 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 the old emperor regain his composure.
The old emperor handed the wrinkled letter to the two men.
"See for yourselves."
What was mentioned in the letter was naturally the conflict between the mysterious royal family member and the Crown Princess that had occurred in front of the Qingse Hotel just last night.
The two ninth-level soul masters quickly flipped through the book, and the 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 in the family tree. How could there be royal members who have never appeared?"
A ninth-level soul guide began to speculate: "Could it be the bloodline of a prince who was lost outside?"
They all knew the old emperor's daily life very well. It was impossible for him to have an affair with a woman outside the palace. And even if he did, as the Emperor of Sun and Moon, was there any need to hide the fact that he fell in love with a woman?
The old emperor forced himself to sit up from the sickbed and denied, "It's impossible. According to onlookers, it's a sun spirit that's purer than Tian Zhen. It can't be the offspring of those guys."
"He said he wanted to take back the throne that originally belonged to him. Could it be that..."
The old emperor's eyes suddenly dulled as he thought of a terrible possibility.
"If that's the case, it makes sense. Because I personally wiped out a few of his lineage's genealogy, now almost no one remembers him and his descendants, ahem..."
The old emperor's eyes widened and a hoarse murmur came from his throat.
The three ninth-level soul masters were all wide-eyed, already knowing who the "he" the old emperor was talking about.
That was the late emperor, the old emperor's elder brother, and Cai Tou's father.
As the old emperor's confidants, the three of them naturally participated in the old emperor's plan to launch a coup and massacre the palace ten years ago.
After the coup that night, the old emperor naturally wanted to whitewash the incident and clear himself, and he deliberately concealed the coup.
After that, the old subordinates of the previous emperor were liquidated and replaced with a new group of ministers and officials. In the current palace, the only people who knew about the coup d'état ten years ago were some senior ninth-level soul masters who had not been liquidated.
The old emperor hid it very well, and many generals outside the court 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.
With the passage of time, countless people's questions and curiosity about the succession of the throne were gone with the wind. Even the old emperor himself rarely thought of the bloody night ten years ago.
But now, seeing the news about the mysterious royal member, the first person the old emperor thought of was his brother, the brother whom he had ordered to be killed with his own hands.
"I see……"
The old emperor gathered almost all of his remaining strength on the muscles controlling his eyelids, trying to open his sunken eye sockets even wider.
He seemed to understand why the northern family mentioned in the letter would support the other party, because ten years ago, it was his first collusion with the Holy Spirit Church that enabled the coup to be launched.
He was the first one to introduce the Holy Spirit Church into the palace, and only then did Xu Tianran deepen his cooperation with them.
Now that the Holy Spirit Church has retreated, they are coming to take revenge on me.
A wave of fear rose in the old emperor's heart. He had gained the throne in an illegitimate way in the first place, and facing the descendants of his blood feud who came to call him to account for his crimes, this vicious warlord trembled in fear.
"Are you here to judge me?"
The fear in the eyes of this frail old man soon disappeared, and was replaced by a ruthlessness that, against the backdrop of his thin figure, made him appear even more sinister and creepy.
"Your Majesty, is he really... the descendant of the late emperor?"
Speaking of the late emperor, Mr. Gong paused for a moment. Too many years had passed, and the old emperor had secretly changed the royal genealogy, so he couldn't remember how many princes the late emperor had.
Is it one? Or two? Is it that few?
The old emperor slowly stood up from the sick bed and took another pill.
After the drug entered his throat, his temperament changed completely, and he whispered majestically: "There is no previous emperor now."
"As long as I am alive, I will still be the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, and no one will be qualified to judge me!"
"I am the one to whom the sun and the moon belong."
Another ninth-level soul master asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to help the prince clear the obstacles?"
"You should know that since the incident ten years ago, Kong Lao has been keeping a close eye on the members of the royal family, and will not allow the disciples of the royal family to kill each other."
"When the Crown Prince attacked the Second Prince a few years ago, Master Kong was in seclusion. Now that Master Kong has come out, he will definitely not 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 fight for the throne and favor anyone.
If the old emperor and Xu Tianran wanted to assassinate that person, it would probably not be a good idea.
"Let's talk about everything in the court."
The old emperor walked slowly towards the main hall and said in a cold voice:
"I am the emperor."
The same news had not yet reached all the ministers' houses before daybreak.
In the largest hall in the center of the Sun and Moon Palace, ministers and officials have entered one after another to prepare for the daily morning court session.
Crown Prince Xu Tianran was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed by Juzi in the front row.
Today the old emperor is still presiding over the ceremony in person.
The dragon throne was empty. Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming stood beside the dragon throne with his hands behind his back, a complicated expression on his face.
All the officials stood in a row, respectfully silent, and the atmosphere was terribly depressing.
"Your Majesty has arrived——"
With a loud announcement from his personal guards, the old emperor finally appeared. He slowly walked to the dragon throne and sat down, showing his majesty.
"Long live your Majesty——"
All the officials bowed their heads and knelt on the ground respectfully.
The old emperor glanced at his ministers and nodded slightly. This was the power of the Sun and Moon Emperor. All the ministers and officials had to kneel before him and listen to his orders.
"The Minister of the Interior is responsible for the construction of the Temple of Heaven..."
"The Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group..."
After some important orders were issued, the guards still announced as usual: "If there is something, please report it. If there is nothing..."
"Something's wrong!"
Before he could finish his words, a loud thunder exploded in everyone's ears at the same time.
Accompanied by a strong chill and pressure, Huo Yuhao’s simulated image appeared at the main entrance of the hall, with the two emperors of ice and snow on both sides of him.
His gaze passed through the ministers, princes and kings, and went straight to the old emperor sitting on the dragon throne in the center of the hall, without any respect.
Chapter 426 If I don’t listen to you, Sun and Moon will be destroyed?
Everyone in the court showed expressions of surprise and suspicion, especially the officials who were still kneeling on the ground, all of them secretly staring at these uninvited guests who broke into the Sun and Moon Palace.
This is the ancient and majestic Sun and Moon Palace. For thousands of years, no one has been so bold as to trespass here, let alone during the morning court session when all officials gather.
Many ministers did not know what had happened in the middle of the night, and were extremely shocked when they saw the scene before them.
Who is the other party? Are you trying to kill yourself?
"finally come!"
The few people who had received the news looked solemn at almost the same time, looking solemnly at Huo Yuhao and the others at the entrance of the hall.