Chapter 1848

"What did I do before? Regarding Duke Silver Feather's death, I express my deep regret."

Su Xiao certainly wouldn't regret Duke Silver Feather's death. Under Bubu Wang's surveillance, at least four groups of assassins were related to this guy. If he didn't kill this guy as soon as possible, God knows how many assassins would follow.

"Even if Duke Silver Feather's matter has nothing to do with you, your soldiers broke into the Imperial Council hall. This is the Holy City, it's not Wu Fu's troops' turn to guard this place. Your soldiers directly clashed with the City Guard, 900 people in total."

Princess Sayeto also knew that it was useless to pursue Duke Silver Feather's matter, so she began to question Su Xiao for overstepping his authority. If this matter was implemented, it would be enough for her to drive Su Xiao out of the Holy City.

"900 soldiers clashed with the Holy City garrison? Is there such a thing? I just let my personal guards bring people into the council hall. As for the large-scale conflict you mentioned..."

Before Su Xiao finished speaking, noisy shouts came from outside the hall. A garrison soldier ran quickly to Sayeto's side and whispered something to her.

"Let him, come in."

Sayeto's expression at this time seemed to be ready to pounce and twist Su Xiao's neck at any time.

A man wearing silver armor and a face full of stubble walked into the hall. He knelt on one knee beside Su Xiao.

"My lord, this subordinate deserves to die."

The person who came was a thousand-man commander. The Empire's military rank was relatively simple: Commander-in-Chief, Legion Commander, Ten-thousand-man commander, Thousand-man commander, Hundred-man commander, followed by Battalion Commander, Squadron Commander, Squad Leader, etc.

"What did you do?"

"Subordinate... led people to clash with the City Guard."

"What was the reason?"

"Last night, subordinate had an unpleasantness with Legion Commander Huntington. I was beaten up in the west of the city. Subordinate felt unfair in my heart, so this morning..."

Before the thousand-man commander kneeling on one knee finished speaking, Sayeto interrupted.

"Can you handle it? Think about it before you speak."

Sayeto tied up her silver hair with both hands.

"Princess, it was indeed my personal reason. Please punish me."

"Good."

Sayeto pulled out the thin sword at her waist and walked to the front of the thousand-man commander. Suddenly, she pinched the legion commander's neck with one hand.

The crimson energy in Sayeto's hand had just poured into the thousand-man commander's body, but who would have thought that the thousand-man commander's body went soft and actually collapsed.

Under Sayeto's order, the doctors immediately stepped forward. There were exactly five doctors present. After failing to rescue Duke Silver Feather, they immediately came to rescue this thousand-man commander. The result obtained made Sayeto very surprised. This thousand-man commander actually died of excessive fright.

A thousand-man commander who had guarded the border actually died of excessive fright. Even with one's butt, one could know there was a problem, but the indisputable fact was that Sayeto pinched the thousand-man commander's neck, and the other party died immediately.

When a person is severely frightened, the brain will instruct the adrenal glands to secrete a large amount of 'catecholamines'. Catecholamines are a type of neurotransmitter, including adrenaline and noradrenaline, which cause the heart to suddenly beat faster, blood pressure to rise, and the oxygen consumption of myocardial metabolism to increase sharply. The excessively fast blood circulation hits the heart like a flood, causing myocardial fibers to tear, the heart to bleed, and the heart to stop beating, leading to death.

If Sayeto knew why people would be scared to death, she might still have a chance to refute. This was the loss of being uneducated.

"Sayeto, you killed my man. Although he would be sentenced to death, he shouldn't be executed by you, right?"

Su Xiao certainly knew how this thousand-man commander died. As a reward, the other party's eldest son would work under Wu Fu, the second son in the army would be appointed as a ten-thousand-man commander, and the only daughter would marry the eldest son of a legion commander.

There were three candidates. Wu Fu specifically recommended this thousand-man commander. His lungs had been pierced on the front line, and he could live at most until forty.

"A thousand-man commander who had been on the front line was scared to death by me."

Sayeto lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly. She was laughing, laughing in a way that was ready to devour people.

Duke Silver Feather's corpse was soon sent away, along with the thousand-man commander. These all had to undergo subsequent examinations.

From beginning to end, everything seemed to be related to Su Xiao, but if investigated carefully, it would be found that the causes of death of these two people had no direct relationship with Su Xiao.

Between Su Xiao and Duke Silver Feather, it was just a unilateral accusation of adultery. Say slander? Maggie Villy was indeed pregnant. No one could determine that the child was Duke Silver Feather's, but no one could produce evidence to say it wasn't. After all, the only people who often contacted Maggie Villy were a few people.

As for the soldiers who clashed with the Holy City garrison outside, that thousand-man commander took it all on himself. This was a personal grudge. Su Xiao just 'happened' to let a few soldiers bring people into the council hall. This could be considered improper behavior, but it was difficult to determine what crime to charge.

Those were Su Xiao's guards. Even more fatal was that the Imperial Council hall couldn't be considered an official department. If he had to be charged, it could at most be considered trespassing on Princess Sayeto's property.

Ordinary people doing this would indeed be in big trouble, but Su Xiao was also a royal, which was another matter. Moreover, Su Xiao was in the hall.

The number of people beside the council table decreased from five to four. Bloomer was always thinking about something. Princess Sayeto was staring at Su Xiao. Looking at that gaze, she was ready to capture Su Xiao at any time. As for the little duke, he had been absent-minded since watching that video.

"Everyone, what is today's council going to discuss? If there's nothing else, I still have to investigate who is assassinating me in the dark."

Su Xiao looked at Bloomer with a smile. This was the next one. Clearly, Duke Silver Feather wasn't that rule-breaker.

"It's not an important matter either. The finance under Duke Silver Feather's rule had problems. Now... there's no need to discuss this matter."

Bloomer spoke absent-mindedly. This old fox was already considering how to swallow the property under Duke Silver Feather's name. Duke Silver Feather had no military power, but he controlled many resources. Mineral resources, all kinds of daily necessities, metals, etc., were all controlled by Duke Silver Feather.

"Since that's the case, then I'll go first."

Su Xiao stood up and wanted to leave. Sayeto suddenly spoke:

"Duke Silver Feather cannot die so unclearly. You, where exactly did you pop out from."

Compared to Bloomer, Sayeto's style of doing things was clearly much more straightforward. She was hailed as the power-grabber most likely to become the next Black King.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just walked toward the outside of the hall. Sayeto didn't say anything more. Duke Silver Feather had just died, and Sayeto's subordinates had already begun to eat away at the property under Duke Silver Feather's name, faster than the old fox Bloomer.

The four power-grabbers couldn't cooperate honestly. After all, there was only one throne.

Walking out of the council hall, Su Xiao took a deep breath. Although Duke Silver Feather died very cleanly, the subsequent retaliation was definitely not easy to deal with.

Seeing Su Xiao walk out of the council hall, the Old Mystic and Zos and others greeted him. The Ahoge King also arrived at some point.

"How is it?"

The Old Mystic asked in a low voice.

"Got rid of one, Silver Feather."

"So fast?"

The Ahoge King also heard Su Xiao's words, clearly somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but be curious about how Su Xiao got rid of a power-grabber in such a short time.

"What was the process?"

As soon as the Ahoge King finished speaking, she found that Su Xiao had already walked a distance.

"The plot is relatively complicated, and there are no subtitles, not suitable for you to watch."

Su Xiao looked at his palm. In his hand, there was a colorless armor plate that was slowly dissipating. He was somewhat familiar with the aura of this thing. It was very likely left by the rule-breaker.

This thing was on the little duke before.