"Alas, such troubled times..."
In the end, Kong Deming sighed and decided not to care.
After all, people cannot be resurrected, and the old emperor is already dead, so any further investigation is meaningless.
As the head of the enshrinement hall, he does not protect a certain emperor, but the entire royal family, which can also be said to protect the royal family's inheritance.
As long as the inheritance continues, the empire can endure.
He will not participate in the subsequent prince's seizure of the throne. As long as the country is still in the hands of the Xu family, he will ignore it. He just hopes not too many people will die...
As for the funeral affairs of the old emperor, it is naturally left to those guys from the royal family to handle it.
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That night.
The news of the emperor's death spread throughout the palace instantly.
"What! Father, how could he...! What on earth is going on!" In the palace, when the sixteenth prince Xu Tianan heard the news, he immediately burst into flames and became furious!
Yes, he is not sad, but angry!
If the old emperor is still alive, he still has a lot of time and space to develop, and he can make a lot of preparations to deal with Xu Tianhe.
But now, the old emperor died inexplicably.
Then he had to start the battle for the throne with other brothers in advance!
He just sent the news to his brothers today, planning to join forces to suppress Xu Tianhe...
Now that the old emperor is dead, everyone will be his enemy. What a waste of joining forces!
"Bang——"
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion at the door of Xu Tianan's bedroom.
"Who! Who dares to break into the prince's palace...ah——"
Immediately afterwards, there was a crackling sound of fighting, and screams continued to be heard.
"What's going on!"
When Xu Tianan heard the movement, he immediately felt something was wrong and quickly walked out with all his guards.
However, when he saw what was happening outside, he suddenly became furious!
Dozens of heavily armed soldiers broke into his palace and detained all his guards and maids!
Seeing this scene, Xu Tianan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and scolded in a cold voice: "A bold maniac who dares to be good at the palace. Do you know that this is a capital crime!"
The leader outside was a man in black robes. When he saw Xu Tianan's appearance, he sneered and said lightly: "Haha, the Eighth Prince has an order. His Majesty was assassinated. It is probably related to you, the Sixteenth Prince. Please give me some advice." Prince Sixteen, please don’t resist and cooperate with our investigation.”
The man in black robe is naturally a member of the Holy Spirit Cult. He has peak Contra combat power, so he is taking special care of Xu Tianan.
"What!! My father was poisoned to death... No! Even if there is something fishy about my father's death, it couldn't have been me!"
"Besides, Xu Tianhe, that loser, why does he investigate me? What qualifications does he have to investigate me!!"
"I am a prince! No one can judge me except my father! Even if you really want to judge me, you need evidence instead of putting a hat on my head!"
When Xu Tianan heard this, his lungs exploded with anger!
Let’s not talk about how his father died!
How qualified is Xu Tianhe to investigate him based on that useless thing?
Even if you really want to investigate, you still need evidence! Xu Tian and that dog Dingxi actually slapped him directly! He even sent people to break into his bedroom to arrest him!
This is simply unreasonable!
Is there any more royal method!
At this moment, Xu Tianan wanted to tear Xu Tian and that bitch into pieces!
"Jie Jie Jie, His Highness Sixteenth, we only obey the orders of His Highness Eighth. If it is not you, Your Highness Sixteenth, then our Eighth Highness will definitely not embarrass you."
After the man in black robe finished speaking, he rushed out violently. The black energy in his body surged wildly, condensing a big black hand, and grabbed Xu Tianan straight away.
"Bold!!"
At this moment, an old man with a powerful aura swept out from behind Xu Tianan, carrying a large number of soul tools, and collided fiercely with the man in black robes.
Although Xu Tianan received a lot of funding, he had little background after all. The strongest person around him was just an ordinary eighth-level soul engineer, and he was addicted to drugs.
The evil soul master is already powerful in combat and basically invincible in the same realm. The result is obvious. "Boom——"
There was a huge explosion.
A figure suddenly retreated, vomiting blood and turning pale.
"Evil...Evil Soul Master!! The Eighth Prince actually colluded with the Evil Soul Master!"
The old man looked at the other party with eyes filled with shock and horror.
Evil soul masters are also notorious in the Sun and Moon Empire!
No one expected that the Eighth Prince would collude with the evil soul master! If this spreads out, the royal family will definitely lose face!
"Jiejiejie, you know too much."
The man in black robe waved his hand, and dozens of people behind him all started to kill the sixteenth prince.
Because Xu Tianan was more important, the men brought by the black-robed man this time were also extremely powerful. Most of them were from the Imperial Guards, including one Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors.
"Your Highness, run away! I'll stop them!!" This old man was not a person from other forces, but a confidant recruited by Xu Tianan by chance. He was also extremely loyal to Xu Tianan, and he directly blocked Xu Tianan with his body.
In an instant, the old man was submerged by countless gunfire, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
"Old Mo!"
Seeing this scene, Xu Tianan's eyes were splitting as he also summoned a large number of soul-guided shells to fight back crazily.
The guards of the mansion were considered loyal, but only a dozen of them ran away. Most of the guards chose to protect him to the death.
It's a pity...
The power gap between the two sides is too great...
After a few minutes.
The man in black robes led his men out of the Sixteenth Prince's residence, and then threw a fire towards the rear.
"Hula——"
In an instant, the fire spread throughout the mansion, and the flames shot into the sky, illuminating a small half of the sky.
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at the same time.
Similar incidents occurred in the palaces of the eighteen princes, twenty princes, and other ten princes who competed for the throne...
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
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The next day.
A piece of news instantly shocked the entire imperial city.
The sixteenth prince united with several other princes to murder the emperor. The evidence is conclusive!
The eighth prince led people to arrest him, nine princes confessed to the crime, and the sixteenth prince committed suicide in fear of crime.
The eighth prince settled in the palace, took charge of the government, and announced three days of silence throughout the country.
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The moment everyone got the news, they were all confused and had no idea what happened.
The old emperor passed away last night, and no one has come to their senses. Today, we heard such heavy news again. Who can withstand this...
Especially those forces that support these princes, when they wake up, the sky falls!
Outsiders may have a partial understanding, but how can powerful people like them not understand the situation!
They didn't know how the old emperor died, but they knew that the Eighth Prince used this opportunity to eradicate his dissidents and wipe out all his competitors in one fell swoop!
And the most puzzling thing is that the Eighth Prince, a bastard who just waited for death, got the strength to kill the Sixteenth Prince and nine other brothers in one night!
This is a bit outrageous!
The only good news is that the Eighth Prince only dealt with a few of his brothers and did not involve any of their related forces...
(End of chapter)