In about an hour, the carriage carrying the coffin of the Alliance Emperor arrived at a hill outside the city.
It is said that it is a hill, but that is not accurate. The inside of the hill has been completely hollowed out, and a huge imperial mausoleum has been built.
There are four such imperial mausoleums in total. In addition to the Reef Castle, there is one near each of the other four capitals of the Soma Alliance - Beidu, Zhongdu, Dongdu, and Nandu. The original plan was that if the alliance emperor passed away, he could be buried nearby. .
However, because almost everyone believed that the Alliance Emperor would not die suddenly in his prime, so except for the Chara Imperial Tomb, which was the earliest to be built, the other three were under construction.
For this reason, many people in the funeral procession were discussing that this must be because the Alliance Emperor had a premonition: He knew that he would pass away soon, so he stayed in Xiaya for more than half a year to avoid death. I still have to run around later.
The royal family members were as serious as before. They stood at the front of the funeral procession and remained silent with extremely sad expressions on their faces. They watched as the coffin entered the imperial mausoleum and the wizard sealed it with magic.
The eldest prince, who was about thirty years old, after seeing all this, reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes to wipe away the non-existent tears. Then he turned around and scanned the many brothers standing with him with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze. After scanning, he walked towards the palace ministers who were slightly behind.
Walking up to one of the ministers, the eldest prince called out the other person's name and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency Astor, did my father ever discuss the matter of the successor with you before his death?"
The minister who was called by his name was stunned and opened his mouth to answer: "Your Highness, you know that although His Majesty is not in good health, most people think that he can maintain the alliance for at least several decades, and so do I. So, and This issue has not been discussed with His Majesty."
"So, my father didn't say which of my brothers should replace me and become the new first heir, right?"
"No."
"That's good, I have your Excellency Lau Astor." The eldest prince patted the minister's shoulder lightly, turned around and walked to the other minister.
"Your Excellency Ross, did my father ever discuss the successor with you during his lifetime?" The eldest prince asked the same question.
The second minister shook his head decisively: "No, my highness."
"In that case, you support the laws of the Soma Alliance, right? As long as there is no special will and no interference from vicious assassinations, the inheritance should be in order."
"This..." The second minister hesitated, but under the eldest prince's hot gaze, he finally nodded and replied, "Yes, Your Highness."
"That's good, Lord Lauros." The eldest prince pursed his lips and said. It was obvious that he wanted to smile, but considering that he had to be reserved at the funeral, he only patted the minister on the shoulder and walked towards the third minister.
In this way, one after another, the eldest prince soon came to the black-faced old man Oscar.
"Your Excellency Oscar." The eldest prince's face showed a bit of respect that was not seen before. He looked at Oscar and asked, "You are an old man next to my father. He always values you very much and will discuss most things with you. I I think if he has a plan to adjust the order of succession, he must tell you? So, has he told you? "
"Your Highness... His Majesty has never told me about this matter." Oscar shook his head.
"In this case, I am still the first heir and have the right to inherit directly according to the law, right?"
"If there are no other issues, this is indeed the case legally." Oscar thought for a while and said cautiously.
"Very good, thank you, Your Excellency Oscar." The eldest prince nodded and walked towards the back.
When the eldest prince walked away, Richard, who was standing next to Oscar, blinked—as a command advisor, he attended the funeral as one of the representatives of the military. In fact, I could refuse, but considering that I might see the drama of the Alliance Emperor coming back from the dead, regaining power, and punishing criminals at the funeral. After the drama, the other party might directly fulfill the original reward promise, so I rushed over.
It turned out that the funeral was unremarkable, almost as good as the one he had participated in in the Blue Lion Kingdom, and he was slightly disappointed.
He tilted his head slightly, faced Oscar, and asked in a controlled voice: "Is that person so calm? The substitute has been buried, and he still won't come out? If it comes out later, some people won't recognize it, right?"
After Richard finished speaking, he found that Oscar didn't answer for a long time. He looked carefully and saw that Oscar looked very worried, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
this…
Richard raised his eyebrows slightly.
After more than ten seconds, Oscar finally came back to his senses, noticed Richard's gaze, was stunned for a moment, and said in slight surprise: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little curious." Richard said, then repeated the question just now.
After Oscar listened, he was silent for half a second. Any serious voice said: "Don't think too much, it's all in the plan. Everything goes well."
Mr. Oscar, even if you don't think you were distracted just now, the half second you were silent is enough to explain a lot of things... With your behavior, I'm afraid something big will happen... Richard said in his heart, but he didn't reveal it. , just nodded in agreement.
Then he reminded me gently: "The one who promised me at the beginning was five days. After today, there is only one day left."
In fact, he didn't care much about what went wrong with the Alliance Emperor. He only cared about whether he would get his reward smoothly.
After hearing this, Oscar's expression froze slightly, then quickly returned to normal and replied: "Don't worry, your things will definitely be obtained normally."
"That's good." Richard nodded and said no more.
After that, the funeral was carried out according to the procedure. After it was completed, the accompanying team gradually dispersed.
Richard returned to the reception desk and continued to improve the "Medium and Long-term Research Plan" and finalize the last few details.
Oscar, on the other hand, hurried back to his mansion in a carriage, then entered the study and started pacing back and forth.
He is not Richard, but the Minister of Intelligence - Richard only cares about his own research and does not know the changes in the outside world. However, as the Minister of Intelligence, he is very aware that the city of Xiaya has been very unstable and even extremely chaotic in recent days.
Several princes' private armies were fighting secretly to eradicate dissidents, and some actions had greatly touched the red line set by the Alliance Emperor Peter Romanov. According to his prediction, the emperor should have summoned him long ago to cooperate with the army to clean up the situation, but he did not wait until the funeral was completed.
He wanted to go to the emperor's hiding place, but the emperor told him that there would be no summons and no interruptions allowed, so as to reduce the possibility of exposure before taking action.
So what should he do now