Star Sea Hunter

In the Palace of the Imperial Palace.

Xiao Muhan sat on the throne with Yun Qixuan in his arms, his face sank like water, and he didn't say a word.Standing below are more than 30 men and women, all of whom are important figures in the family, and there are also some officials and nobles who are close to the Xiao family.

Her father, Xiao Wuji, was looking at the door with annoyed expression, where the imperial concubine Zhong Xingying supported the bloated Luo Qingyue and walked away.

"Queen!" He said with a gloomy expression, "These two imperial concubines are so arrogant! They don't even take your words seriously. Could it be that they have forgotten who is in charge of this palace?"

Xiao Muhan sighed, and said: "Father, you can't blame them for this matter. His Majesty the Emperor personally promised to hand over the secret spy system of the Imperial Guard Corps and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to them. It's totally against the rules to hand it over, so it's no wonder they refused!"

"But you are the queen of the empire, and the first heir is also born under your knees. Now that something happens to your majesty, no matter in the palace or in the court, you should come forward to preside over the overall situation!" Xiao Wuji said angrily, "The situation in the imperial capital is dangerous now. They handed over the power in their hands, just to prevent troubles before they happen, and to deter those dissidents! But they actually have power and self-respect, openly disobeying orders, and they must not just let it go!"

As soon as this remark came out, many members of the Xiao family showed dissatisfaction on their faces, and they all spoke in agreement.

Xiao Muhan frowned slightly and said: "Then what do you want? Do you still have to use this reason to punish them? These two noble concubines have followed His Majesty for many years, and their affection is extraordinary. Even if there is a fault, His Majesty must personally Deal with them! When Queen Fang was here, she never underestimated them, but now..."

"Now that Empress Fang is gone, you are the one who decides in the palace!" Xiao Wenyue said dissatisfiedly, "They disobeyed your orders, they just flouted the rules of the palace, and they just didn't take the little princess seriously, especially That Luo Qingyue, her child is about to be born, so she might be eyeing this seat!"

Xiao Muhan's fair and beautiful face showed a black air, and he said angrily: "Is your words a little too much? Now that His Majesty's life and death are uncertain, do you want to deliberately stir up civil strife in the palace?"

"Didn't I plan all this for you? Don't tell me you still want to give up this big position to that humble clone child! What good will happen to you and the little princess..." Xiao Wenyue was also annoyed .

"Enough!" The Queen was finally furious, slapped the desk heavily, and sternly reprimanded:

"This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again. No matter what you say, I will never consider your opinion until His Majesty's camp returns to the imperial capital! Father, if you don't want to bring disaster to the family, you'd better stop hitting those who shouldn't I have an idea!"

After finishing speaking, she took the little princess by the hand, got up angrily, turned into the screen behind the throne and disappeared.Only a group of people were left staring at each other.

"Brother, what should we do now?" A man who was somewhat similar to Xiao Wuji coughed and asked.

Previously, under the persuasion of the Patriarch, Empress Xiao summoned the two noble concubines Luo Qingyue and Zhong Yuying to discuss, and asked them to hand over their military power under the pretext of the current tense situation in the imperial capital, so as to stabilize the situation.

The reason is high-sounding, but the real intention of everyone in the Xiao family is to concentrate power and pave the way for the little princess to ascend the throne as soon as possible!

Especially Luo Qingyue is about to give birth. Once this child is born, there will be an invisible threat to Yun Qixuan's inheritance rights. Therefore, it will be much easier to find a reason to deprive this imperial concubine of her power, and to find an opportunity to deal with her in the future!

Luo Qingyue and Zhong Yanying are not idiots, how could they fail to see their intentions?Naturally, she refused directly!In addition, Xiao Muhan didn't quite agree with such an approach, so the matter was left alone!

However, from the standpoint of the Xiao family, this military power must be in their hands!Otherwise, the family's overall plan will be impossible to talk about. If the little princess does not ascend to the throne for a day, it means that her name will not be justified, and the Xiao family will not be able to control the power logically!

Xiao Wuji looked at the silent patriarch beside him, and said calmly: "The empress values ​​the past affection and does not want to persecute too much, but the future of the family is the most important thing, and some things must be done! Otherwise, no matter who it is in the future, Sitting in that seat will be the end of the family!"

"But, the empress is too kind, as long as she doesn't let go, it will be very difficult for us..." Another person said.

"Then... we'll keep it from her!" Xiao Wuji's eyes were filled with coldness, "The empress's reputation cannot be affected in any way, so this villain, let us do it for her!"

There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and then it calmed down again.The opinion of the heirs of the Xiao family is actually a very normal behavior among those wealthy families. For the sake of sufficient interests, there are many examples of direct blood relatives turning against each other and fighting against each other!What's more, it is related to the battle for the throne?

The Patriarch of the Xiao Family, who had not spoken for a long time, finally said: "The situation of His Majesty has not yet been determined, so I think that certain things should not be done absolutely! You can't rush too much. In any case, you have to leave some room. Good opportunity to remedy! What do you think?"

"This..." Xiao Wuji thought for a while, and finally said reluctantly:

"Alright then! But this military power must be obtained, and we will send someone to discuss it with them later! For the overall situation of the empire, they should sacrifice something!"

……

"If His Majesty knew that Empress Xiao, whom I have always trusted and loved, would look like this, I wonder if he would regret his original decision!"

In the gazebo in the back garden, Zhong Suying sat down with Luo Qingyue on his arm, and sighed with some melancholy.

"Your Majesty isn't dead yet! They can't wait to seize power? I knew this woman was so heartless and ungrateful, so I should have used some means to get her down!" Thinking of the scene in the Queen's Palace just now, Luo Qingyue Just get angry.

Zhong Yanying said: "Actually, there is no need to doubt the Queen's affection for His Majesty, but her family is too much! And she is also a little indecisive, that's why this kind of thing happened!"

"What she did, and what her family did! Is there any difference?" Luo Qingyue said coldly, "This matter must not be over yet. In order to let her little princess become the throne, they will never give up on this military power ! Maybe in the next step, some dirty tricks will be used!"

Zhong Yuying has no objection to this: "Yes, the Yanyue organization belongs to the dark world, and most of the people in it are rebellious and lawless people! The family style of the Xiao family is naturally not much better! Maybe we should pay attention now Your own safety, especially you sister, because of this child, they will definitely not let you go!"

"Of course I know!" Luo Qingyue gritted her silver teeth and said in a serious tone:

"As long as they dare to do something, I will definitely make them pay an unimaginable price! Don't think that only their Xiao family is the king of the dark world!"

……

The fifth planet, Bernard's mansion.

"Brother, why are you free to come to my place today for dinner?" The logistics director, who was drinking by himself, put down the wine glass in his hand with some surprise, and asked with a smile the golden ax that had just been brought in by the maid.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry changed his usual carefree style, and snorted sullenly: "Now that the imperial capital is about to fall into chaos, you still have the mood to drink here, as if nothing happened. I really admire you!"

"Oh? So it's because of this!" Bernard smiled and pulled him to sit down, then called his wife Xue Luqian in, and told her to prepare meals.

"Actually, it's not a big deal!" He lazily said, "It's just some inconspicuous thieves jumping up and down there. Our Majesty has always had good luck! Maybe! He did it on purpose. It is to give those guys a chance to make trouble, and let those ambitious people who are hiding in the dark jump out! It will be a good time to catch them all!"

Jin Yue was slightly taken aback, frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No way! Brother, the situation is much more serious than you imagined! Now even Empress Xiao is not so trustworthy. Just half a day ago, Concubine Zhong called me into the palace to talk for a while, and told me everything that happened recently, that's why I came here specially to find you!"

Then, he told him everything he knew.

Bernard finally got serious, pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"He has the ability to do so many things, and he can't let people catch the direct handle. It seems that he is the only one who can do it! It's really unexpected. The former classmate, a buddy who eats in the pot, is now doing it for himself. For his own selfishness, he would sacrifice so many lives to pave the way for his future!"

"I just said that yesterday I didn't feel right, that guy actually wanted me to be loyal to him, and promised that as long as the big things succeed in the future, I will be the future prime minister of the empire, the hereditary prince and so on! Hey! I really don't even know what I dreamed !"

"Isn't it the same for me?" Jin Yue snorted coldly, "The conditions that that guy offered me are similar to yours! Anyway, he drew a big and beautiful pie for you and asked you to do it. I am so greedy! For this reason, I have to sacrifice my entire wealth and life to work hard for him! The wishful thinking is quite clever, I don’t know if I will be fooled by my cleverness!”

"I heard that His Majesty's camp is less than ten days away from the imperial capital," Bernard said, "There will be attacks for a while, and after suffering a few big losses, those forces have begun to learn their skills! Don't continue to send fleets to sneak attacks, just wait for His Majesty to return to the imperial capital, and then we can start to clean up the situation! Actually, we don't have to worry about anything at all!"

Just as Jin Yue was about to speak, Xue Luqian suddenly walked in again and said something to Bernard in a low voice.

After he sent her out calmly, he turned to Jin Yue and said, "Master Randall is here too, let's go out and have a look!"

"..."