Chapter 1207: The situation has changed greatly

The Council Hall was dead silent.

"Gulu."

The sound of swallowing saliva came; it was the First Prince. Under normal circumstances, with the First Prince's steady personality, he would not be so uncomposed, but Luo Wen Hawei is the Kingdom's Finance Officer.

The First Prince knows a lot about finance, which is why he lost his composure; if Luo Wen Hawei really did something to the kingdom's finances, it would not be as simple as how many gold coins the kingdom lost.

If someone else said Rowan Harvey had betrayed the country, these princes or princesses would only feel slightly surprised; they wouldn't fully believe this news.

But Su Xiao had just solved the "Little Princess Assassination Case," and that terrifying efficiency made several princes and princesses feel quite shocked, so they couldn't ignore the information Su Xiao gave.

"Is it reliable?"

The Old King spoke. Although his expression was calm, this was the first time he questioned whether the information Su Xiao provided was reliable.

"Rowan Harvey has already fled the Royal Capital. According to my understanding, Rowan Harvey was escorted out of the Royal Palace by Necromancer Il-Duo, passed through the Feishi Canyon, then arrived at the Suphu Sea area, and then the Aangniu River basin. Judging by the time, he is very likely to have arrived at the Nubah Desert, or even arrived outside the God's Wall."

Su Xiao learned the intelligence of Rowan Harvey from Il-Duo's mouth. Not only that, he also learned other secrets.

For example, Rowan Harvey was not purely human; he had two-thirds of Necromancer bloodline and one-third of human bloodline. That's right, Rowan Harvey was a mixed-blood, and a strange one among mixed-bloods.

Most mixed-bloods had obvious characteristics, such as the two little luoli in Su Xiao's mansion. Su Xiao had studied the two. These two had more human bloodlines, but their pupil color, skin color, etc., all had the characteristics of the Necromancers, and their body shapes were also somewhat different, such as the size of the pelvis, the length of the fingers, etc.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the difference between mixed-bloods and humans needs careful observation, but in the eyes of a professional like Su Xiao, the difference between mixed-bloods and humans is very obvious.

Although Rowan Harvey was a mixed-blood, he was an extremely rare existence among mixed-bloods, or rather, the first case in history. He had no characteristics of the Necromancers at all. No matter how you observed, he was 100% human, or rather, you couldn't perceive the Necromancer bloodline in his body at all.

At first, the Necromancers also thought Rowan Harvey was human. For this reason, his mother was almost banished because of unchastity, but a certain event changed Rowan Harvey's life, which was that he awakened Necromancer Power during his childhood.

You know, Necromancer Power can be acquired acquiredly, and can also be inherited congenitally. Rowan Harvey, as a toddler of only 2 years old, had no conditions to acquire Necromancer Power acquiredly at all.

This matter shocked the high-level officials of the Necromancers. They began to study Rowan Harvey, this mixed-blood Necromancer.

After some research, the high-level officials of the Necromancers reached a conclusion: Rowan Harvey was indeed a mixed-blood, and a mixed-blood biased toward the Necromancers, but his physical characteristics were completely human.

The high-level officials of the Necromancers immediately realized Rowan Harvey's value. At first, the Necromancer high-level officials intended to cultivate Rowan Harvey toward the military side, but Rowan Harvey's qualifications were limited. However, when Rowan Harvey was 17 years old, he showed astonishing financial talent.

After decades of operation, Rowan Harvey served as the Finance Officer of the Saint Sodin Kingdom at the age of 59, trusted by the Old King.

In the Council Hall, the Old King sat back on the throne. He narrowed his pupils. In his view, Rowan Harvey's betrayal was more troublesome than the "Little Princess Assassination Case."

The "Little Princess Assassination Case" had basically been declared over. The mastermind was caught, and those Necromancers hiding in the Royal Capital had fled or died. As long as the follow-up cleanup didn't have any loopholes, this matter wouldn't have any more problems.

The Old King summoned an Imperial Guard. Ten minutes later, the Old King confirmed the news that Rowan Harvey had fled. The Second Princess knew about this matter. Su Xiao learned that Rowan Harvey had fled through the Second Princess's intelligence channel, but she didn't say it. It wasn't that she didn't want to say it, but that she couldn't say it. Something happened on the way she learned this intelligence, which was something that must never let the Old King know.

"So far, there have been no loopholes in finance."

The Old King rubbed his forehead lightly. He was thinking about what Rowan Harvey had done during his tenure. There were no loopholes in finance, which was the most terrifying situation.

Rowan Harvey had already fled. It was basically impossible to catch him back. During his tenure, he must have done something, otherwise, the Necromancers' years of painstaking management would have been in vain. By then, even if Rowan Harvey fled back to the Necromancers, he would definitely not have a good end.

"Father King."

The Great Prince stood up. His gaze looked straight at the Old King. The Old King's elbows rested on the armrests of the throne, his fingertips pressing his forehead, rubbing his forehead lightly. He didn't look at the Great Prince.

The Great Prince took a deep breath and continued: "Father King, I withdraw from this competition. Hand over the Kingdom's financial power to the son. Although I don't know what Rowan Harvey has done, I will find a way to remedy it."

The Great Prince knelt on one knee. The smile on his face that made people feel like a spring breeze disappeared, leaving only unwillingness.

To take over financial power, the Great Prince must withdraw from the power struggle, otherwise, he would be harboring ulterior motives, taking the throne while the country was in trouble. This was absolutely not allowed.

Therefore, the Great Prince chose to give up. Compared to the throne, he saw further. Heaven knows what kind of time bomb Rowan Harvey left in the Kingdom's finance. If the Kingdom's economic system collapsed, the first to suffer wouldn't be the common people, but the soldiers on the front line.

Once the God's Wall was breached, it wouldn't be a problem of the throne, but the survival of all humans.

"..."

The Old King didn't speak. He just looked at the Great Prince for a while, then looked at other princes and princesses.

Perceiving the Old King's gaze, the Third Prince stepped forward and knelt on one knee: "Father King, the son also withdraws. Let me go to the front line. Legion Commander Heshiliet can guard the northwest, and I... can guard the southwest."

The Third Prince knelt side by side with the Great Prince, his fists clenched. To compete for the throne, he had prepared a lot and paid a lot.

The reason why the Great Prince and the Third Prince would do this was because both of them knew what Rowan Harvey's betrayal represented.

If the Saint Sodin Kingdom were compared to a pyramid, the apex was the Wang Quan, the next tier was Military Power, Finance, and Administration, and the next tier was the institutions branched out from the three. The three supported the Wang Quan. If any link had a problem, the Wang Quan might fall directly.

At the moment, the Kingdom's finance had no problems, but Rowan Harvey was a mole sent by the enemy. This mole had lurked for so many years, and now he had fled. The Kingdom's economy still didn't show any problems, which was very terrifying.

"You two, don't you regret it?"

The Old King smiled. He had expected the Great Prince to do this before. Perhaps it was because of this character of the Great Prince that the Old King gave him a "death exemption." As for the Third Prince, he indeed made the Old King quite surprised.

"Don't regret it."

The Great Prince and the Third Prince answered in unison. Don't think that the two would be of one heart. Even now, they still didn't look pleasing to each other.

"Good, then that's it."

The Old King stood up and walked slowly toward the outside of the Council Hall. The situation didn't have a heaven-defying reversal, such as the Old King directly conferring the throne on the Great Prince or the Third Prince.

This matter was not an assessment arranged by the Old King at all, but the Kingdom indeed needed the abilities of these two people. ===== CHAPTER 1208 =====