In the early and middle stages of the struggle for the throne, the ten princes did not show any intention of coveting the throne, nor did they take any actions to compete for the throne. They were just drawn in and out by different forces, and were used as pawns to be manipulated in the chaos.
In the end, it became clear to everyone: the seemingly ordinary chess piece of the Tenth Prince was a real chess player, and the layout had been started from unknown time. By the time his purpose was revealed, he had already taken an absolute advantage, eliminated all his competitors, and succeeded to the throne without any surprise.
An emperor who knew how to be forbearing - this is what many people said about the Tenth Prince.
Richard's evaluation was somewhat different. The Tenth Prince has some forbearance, but the one who really knows how to be forbearing should be the Truth Society who stands behind the other party.
Yes, truth will.
Through cooperation with the "Spider Web" led by Zong Hu and Long Shu, coupled with the work of the Sarin Intelligence Organization, and his own thinking, he had asserted a long time ago that more than 90% of Xia Ya's chaos was caused by the truth.
And the fact that the tenth prince can become the new emperor also has an unclear relationship with the Society of Truth.
After all, the powerful contenders for the throne, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince, were not stupid. Before wooing the Tenth Prince, they conducted a lot of infiltration into the Tenth Prince's forces to find out whether the Tenth Prince could really be exploited.
If the Tenth Prince is really powerful, he can hide it once, but he cannot hide it from everyone.
The reason why the Tenth Prince was left undefended was because he really had no strength, and his shocking explosion in the end was nothing more than the support from the Truth Society.
It goes without saying that the Truth Society is powerful. Although the headquarters was destroyed, there must still be residual forces remaining. At least according to his understanding, there should be four Color Ring Managers in the entire Society of Truth. In addition to the dead "Dead Sea" and the "grey mist" that he sent to the sky, there are still half of the number, that is, two.
The Color Ring can almost be regarded as an existence beyond the fourth level wizard. If you are willing to lurk and plan, rely on some weird methods of the Truth Society, and are willing to spend time and energy, there is almost nothing you can't do.
This was a big threat to him and Sarin.
He had thought more than once that if there was a chance, it would be better to use all his strength to eliminate the remaining forces of the Truth Society.
However, the truth society that is hidden is much more difficult to deal with than the truth society that is exposed in the open. Just like the previous conversation with Nagarjuna, if you know how to deal with the hidden truth, as long as one fish slips through the net, there may be endless troubles.
Considering this, and the fact that the Truth Society had not deliberately sought trouble for more than three years, he slowly changed some of his thoughts.
In his opinion, if the Society of Truth learned a lesson from the destruction of its previous headquarters and stopped being his enemy for the time being, but instead turned to other things, such as trying to infiltrate the alliance and "resurrection", he could cooperate and conclude a A temporary "peace treaty".
In this way, the Truth Society can complete its own plan without interference, and he can also spend more time on research. As for the truth society, he will find trouble after he successfully "resurrection", and he will be free to deal with the truth society after he has studied the truth about the world. , is another matter - in any case, concluding a "contract" at the moment is something that benefits both parties.
Maybe the emperor who was controlled by the Society of Truth had this intention, so he invited him to meet.
This is a wise choice.
If the Truth Society can be more sensible, one day, hatred can be turned into friendship, and it is not impossible for both parties to cooperate to a limited extent.
After all, he was quite curious about some of the high-level secrets of the Truth Society and the so-called true God of the Truth Society.
With these thoughts in mind, Richard walked into the palace and stood still. Facing the Alliance Emperor, Byron Romanov, he smiled warmly and bent down to perform a standard aristocratic salute.
"Richard, the lord from Shalin, pays tribute to His Majesty the Emperor of our great Soma Alliance." Richard said.
After the ceremony, he slowly straightened up and looked at the Alliance Emperor.
According to Richard's prediction, the next step should be the polite greetings from the Alliance Emperor, and then the two sides will talk about the ruling court and re-divide some interests to complete the meeting.
But the next moment, the emperor's cold response suddenly stunned him.
The new Alliance Emperor, who was sitting on a high throne, said expressionlessly after watching Richard salute: "Richard, Lord of Salin... Do you... know your guilt?!"
Do you know your sin? !
Can you know the crime? !
"boom!"
With a sound, following the emperor's words, the palace door slammed shut.
The Alliance Emperor looked directly at Richard. Richard's expression froze, as if he was a little surprised, a little surprised, a little unexpected, and a little... laughing.
Um
For three full seconds, Richard did not speak or make any movement.
Because these three seconds made Richard couldn't help but re-examine himself, and also re-examine his hidden opponent - the Truth Society.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that the Alliance Emperor's short opening statement had already given a lot of information and revealed a lot of things.
Maybe... he is not as feared by others as he imagined, and maybe the hidden truth is not as rational as imagined.
When you meet, you have to ask questions. What do you want to do
Can’t wait to get started
In this way, the so-called meeting is not a "negotiation" at all, but a trap.
But is this trap too clumsy? They simply deceived him openly and harmed him without any cover-up.
This is really too low-level, almost like a trick from a street gang.
But having said that, although it was low-level, he was indeed deceived. The main reason is that I really didn't expect that the Alliance Emperor would use this method to deal with him, nor did I expect that the Alliance Emperor thought that he could be dealt with using this method.
The corners of Richard's mouth raised slightly, revealing a strange sarcastic smile. He slowly turned his head and looked at everyone in the palace. I saw the different expressions on the faces of the palace officials. Some were calm, some were surprised, some were shocked, and some were frightened. It was obvious that they had not known about the Alliance Emperor's decision before this.
Especially Cyril Sack, the diplomatic ambassador, seemed to really think that this meeting was sincere, so after hearing the words of the Alliance Emperor, his eyes widened with a look of disbelief.
"Ah… "
Richard laughed out loud, glanced at everyone, looked at the Alliance Emperor again, and pronounced: "Excuse me, your Majesty, what is my crime?"
He already knew the plans of the Alliance Emperor or the Truth Society, and now he wanted to cooperate with the other party and see what step the other party was going to take.
Do you want to force him to confess on his own, or do you want to directly convict him with Tian Xian's words, or do you want to kill him on the spot without even the most basic face