Chapter 1631

"There's no help for it; justice is only meaningful to those who believe in justice. It's useless to someone like him."

Glancing at Prince Vernon kneeling before him, the old Emperor with orange skin and crane-white hair sighed low, his expression showing slight helplessness:

"Stop kneeling. You did nothing wrong. From every perspective, that Prince Leon is someone we cannot afford to provoke. Leaving him alone like this is just right."

"But I still... sigh..."

Hearing this, Prince Vernon lowered his head, then said somewhat dejectedly:

"Father, I asked the guards around me and the priests outside the Profound Sanctuary, and everyone said it was I who brought him in, and I lost consciousness while I was talking to him, so it was most likely he who used his hands to control me!"

"As for his claim that he was wronged and that the matter was actually done by Great-Aunt Olivia, that's absolutely all nonsense! Although Great-Aunt Olivia is... relatively reckless, she's not a lunatic; how could she possibly have razed the entire Profound Sanctuary?"

"..."

Aunt Olivia... that's not certain!

She is especially good to children, doesn't bully you, and even plays with you, so you younger generation have a filter for her. Only those of us who are older know how much your Great-Aunt Olivia could stir up trouble back then...

"Enough, get up quickly!"

After recalling the terrifying experience of being dominated by Aunt Olivia, the old Emperor couldn't help but tremble, then raised the Emperor's Scepter in his hand, knocked hard on Prince Vernon's thigh, and then said with an unhappy expression:

"Let's leave the Profound Sanctuary matter for now. We can't do anything about that Prince Leon, and we still have to rely on him to investigate the 'Low Fever Syndrome' and the hair color issue. Just pretend you never saw him today. To someone like him, our 'justice' has no meaning."

"But you... you've also had contact with him today. When you were chatting with him, did he mention to you how he plans to investigate the Low Fever Syndrome?"

"Probably not..."

After carefully recalling the content of his conversation with Leon, Prince Vernon shook his head and said:

"He didn't mention the Low Fever Syndrome problem, nor did he mention why everyone's hair color changed; he only asked about Great-Aunt Olivia... Oh, that's right, apart from Aunt Olivia, the questions he asked the most were about our Kingdom of Kalewen."

Questions about the Kingdom?

Hearing this, the old Emperor frowned slightly, then asked with some confusion:

"What did he ask?"

"Mainly about policies like the Code and Regulations, as well as the situation of the great nobles and great merchants, and things like prices, specialties, traffic planning, urban distribution, and industrial categories. However, I don't usually pay much attention to these, so I basically didn't answer much... Oh, right!"

After frowning and thinking for a while, Prince Vernon added:

"After finding that I couldn't answer those questions and only knew more about the situation of the Royal Family, he changed the subject and inquired about who was qualified to inherit the throne, as well as the current order of succession."

"What?!!!"

Hearing this, the old Emperor's eyes widened, then he slammed the scepter in his hand with great force, his expression looking extremely ugly as he barked:

"He really asked you these?"

"Ah? He really asked."

"Then after he finished asking about the order of succession, did he pay special attention to those Wang Nu who were of age and looked good?"

"Ah?"

Being asked by the old Emperor until he was a bit dazed, Prince Vernon blinked, then said somewhat uncertainly:

"This... I didn't pay too much attention, but after asking for the names of the heirs, he did specifically ask for the ages of a few of them."

"He asked for the ages of the women, not the ages of the men, right!"

"It seems... so?" It's over, it's really over now!

After hearing Prince Vernon's answer, the old Emperor's eyes suddenly went black, he felt stars dancing before his eyes, and his heart felt as if it had been stuffed with a large stone, making it hard for him to even breathe.

And after the terrified Prince Vernon rushed over, leading two attendants to pat his chest and back, and finally helped him catch his breath, the first thing the old Emperor did after recovering was to pick up his cane... scepter, and lash out at Prince Vernon's face.

"You... cough cough cough cough... you damn thing! You answered whatever he asked you? Do you have no brain?"

"Ouch!"

Completely not expecting the old Emperor to suddenly attack, Prince Vernon was caught off guard and hit hard, a bright red bump immediately bulging on his forehead.

"Father!"

After hurriedly calling out, Prince Vernon, who had been beaten for no reason, hurriedly blocked the old Emperor's wild wind-style stick technique while retorting with a face full of grievance:

"Wasn't it you who told me... Ouch! Wasn't it you who said that Prince Leon was not to be trifled with, that we should give him whatever he wanted and try our best to satisfy his requirements? I just answered a few questions for him; this isn't something that must be kept secret."

"You... cough cough... you idiot!"

After finishing a set of "teaching son" sticks, the old Emperor, whose face was as red as a cooked crab and whose wrinkles had smoothed out quite a bit, stopped his attack, leaned on his scepter, gasped for breath, and then cursed through gritted teeth:

"Was that a question you answered? What you gave him wasn't an answer; it was the throne of me and your big brother!"

"Ah?"

!

"Bastard! I ask you! Before your big brother went to investigate the Luming Church, did you not finish reading the files he specifically handed over to you?"

"This..."

Hearing this, Prince Vernon blinked, subconsciously took a step back, dodged out of the old Emperor's scepter's attack range, and then said with a guilty conscience:

"It's not that I didn't finish reading... it's just... just that I didn't read too much..."

Damn it, isn't that not finishing it!

"Father, it's not that I didn't want to read it; it's mainly that the time was too tight, and the files big brother gave were too thick..."

Looking at the old Emperor's bulging eyes, wishing he could rush over and take a bite out of him, Prince Vernon hurriedly defended himself:

"You know how serious big brother is about his work. The files he had people send to me were three fists thick! I stayed up for two nights at home, and my eyes were blurry before I even got through a third... Father, why don't you tell me what's going on with that Prince Leon?"

"Sigh!!!"

Looking at the stupid son who still didn't understand the seriousness of the matter, the old Emperor couldn't help but sigh heavily, then leaned on his throne and said powerlessly:

"Actually, I can't blame you. Since he has already set his sights on us, even if you didn't say anything, he would have investigated it himself... You don't need to know more. You just need to know that he is a pervert who has a hobby of 'collecting' Wang Nu, and he will help the Wang Nu he 'collects' seize the throne."

"Ah? There's such a thing?!!!"

"Hehe, this kind of thing has already happened several times! Keliuoke, Aixituo, Mifala... just wait!"

Recalling the intelligence he had seen in the files, the old Emperor looked at the ceiling with dull eyes, murmuring with a cold body:

"If I'm not mistaken, I estimate that it won't be long before he brings your older sister or younger sister to see me and forces me to abdicate immediately..."

"Your Majesty!"

When the old Emperor was halfway through his sentence, an attendant suddenly rushed in from outside the hall, reporting loudly with a panicked expression:

"That Prince Leon has escaped prison! He has brought Wang Nu Aili'er, Wang Nu Cuisitana, and Wang Nu Anbeisi to the main hall, saying he wants to see you!"

(End of chapter)