The succession ceremony that was hastily prepared ended up in an even more hasty manner, with unspeakable panic and chaos.
The new emperor died during the succession ceremony. This was something that had never happened since the founding of the Soma Alliance. The whole incident took on a magical color.
But no matter how magical it is, it will eventually return to reality, and the biggest practical question is: What to do next
A country cannot live without a king for a day. If the eldest prince dies, who will inherit the throne next
According to the law, the eldest prince's heir should inherit, but the eldest prince is good at everything. The only bad thing about him is that he is not lewd.
The eldest prince is too keen on political intrigue and has been doing practical things and accumulating achievements in order to earn political capital. He is not at all like the romantic princes of some small kingdoms. This resulted in him being thirty years old and having only one child, a five-and-a-half-year-old girl.
Five and a half years old? And it's a girl? !
Those are pretty much two big nos.
At the age of five and a half, she is too young to be able to hold on to the task of ruling the alliance, and for a girl to inherit the throne and become the queen is too contrary to consensus.
In this way, the successor can only be selected among the brothers of the eldest prince, and the second prince is the one who should be elected most.
Except for his age, the second prince is actually not weaker than the eldest prince in all aspects of ability. If he is really elected, it will not have any negative impact.
It's just... Considering that the eldest prince died in a strange way during the inheritance ceremony, 99% of which were murdered. From the perspective of the biggest beneficiary, the second prince has become a suspect. In this way, the second prince's inheritance is not completely complete. Convince the public.
That is the third prince.
But the third prince has always been sick and can't stand up. How can he inherit the throne
Skipping the third prince, the fourth prince appeared in sight.
But if you think about it carefully, the suspicion of the fourth prince murdering the eldest prince is not small. After all, the eldest prince was murdered, and the second prince's benefit was too obvious. If he was smarter, he would not do this. This further inference makes the fourth prince even more suspicious.
And going one step further, the fifth prince, sixth prince, all the princes, and even many members of the royal family have become suspects, and no one who is elected can really convince the public.
In fact, the law of the Soma Alliance describes this situation. If there is a malicious assassination during the inheritance process, then the sequential inheritance method should be suspended and the potential suspects should be elected.
After the sequential succession is discontinued, according to law, a new successor should be selected through discussions in the palace council.
Only in the past two years, the Palace Council was dissolved by the Union Emperor Peter Romanov on the grounds of "treasury shortages". Currently, there is no so-called Palace Council in charge.
Due to the extremely high prestige of Peter Romanov, the Palace Council has always been a useless institution. The dissolution of the Palace Council did not cause any protests, but now it has created a dead end - no one knows how to choose a successor.
And this statement can also be interpreted as: Everyone has their own method of electing a successor, and everyone wants to use their own method to elect themselves.
In the end, all the successors were dissatisfied with each other, and the private armies under their command fought against each other. Charia became a battlefield.
The upper level was shaken, and the lower level was implicated. The whole atmosphere in Xiaya was extremely panicked. As prices soared, bakers responded quickly. In just half a morning, the price of bread increased three times. After that, the panic spread from the baker to the craftsmen, merchants, coachmen, and everyone else. Within half a day, Xiaya was already in chaos.
And this is far from over. The panic spread from Char to the surroundings, and the entire Soma Alliance gradually became unstable.
During this process, it is worth mentioning that the Sika Kingdom did not take the opportunity to make any small moves.
On the one hand, the Sika Kingdom had just lost a war and was in urgent need of recuperation. On the other hand, the troops on the alliance border and in dozens of special garrison areas are not in chaos. If the Sika Kingdom wants to make small moves, it may not be able to do so.
Finally, Sika is actually happy to see this scene in the Soma Alliance. After all, the Soma Alliance is in chaos, which will help them ignore them and let them develop. If they act rashly, it might make the Soma Alliance feel a sense of crisis and temporarily give up their conflicts to unite, which would be unsightly.
In this environment, the chaotic day in Charya, the southern capital of the Soma Alliance, quickly came to an end, and the sky turned dark.
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night.
The reception desk in Xiaya City and the courtyard where Richard lives.
In his study, Richard was putting the final touches on the "Medium and Long-term Research Plan." Occasionally he stopped and looked out the window, where he could hear the faint sounds of fighting and explosions coming from the streets.
Obviously, the dark night did not weaken the chaos, but greatly intensified it - as soon as the eldest prince died, the minister of etiquette who presided over the inheritance ceremony was immediately suspected of murder and was thrown into prison and tortured to death, followed by many people related to the inheritance ceremony. They were all cleaned and the reception areas were affected.
Speaking of which, both the ministers of etiquette and the group of people who contributed the most to the succession ceremony were considered the faction of the eldest prince, and it was impossible to murder the eldest prince. But for the rest of the princely forces, they would not consider this. They just found a reason to clear the obstacles.
After clearing out the remaining forces of the eldest prince, the other princes' forces entered the stage of mutual confrontation, either aggressively attacking, or defending with all their strength, or joining forces vertically and horizontally, or making close contacts from far away. In short, they tried their best to defeat all opponents and win the final victory.
Richard is not too concerned about these things. In comparison, he is more concerned about the materials in the Royal Library.
By the way, there are only a few hours left before the deadline promised by the Alliance Emperor Peter Romanov. Is it possible that he will really break the contract? In that case, maybe he should consider going to the Royal Library to get it himself.
Thinking of this, Richard finished polishing the final content of the "Medium and Long-term Research Plan", put down his quill, and tapped on the table.
"Pap, tap..."
By the way, if I really want to "pick up the package" in person, is it better to be more secretive, or to be more open and above board? Or, inform Oscar and ask him to accompany him to show that he just wants to fulfill the contract and has no unnecessary malice
"Tuk-tuk-tuk."
A gentle knock on the door sounded at this moment. Judging from the sound, it was not Bibi, but a servant.
"Come in!" Richard said.
Sure enough, the next moment a servant pushed open the door and entered, reporting: "Sir, Lord Oscar is here and said he wants to visit you."
Oscar is here... visiting... Could it be that he is delivering something, so he saves himself the trouble of making a trip.
Looking at the servant, Richard said simply: "Take me to see Mr. Oscar."
"Yes, sir." The servant led him and walked out quickly.
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