Ch41 - Rebellion was not a simple thing (1/2)

4.2 – Rebellion was not a simple thing

translator: xiin

editor: alamerysl

“The Zerg on the frontlines are becoming more rampant, and Luther wanted to settle the war earlier so that he can come back and accompany you before your estrus arrives.” The old King smiled as he made excuses to Xue Ling for his son’s rudeness, but in fact they both understood that it was not first or even the second time that His Highness the Prince had given Ashley a hard time.

Xue Ling smiled very calmly and behaved very appropriately, pouring himself a small glass of water without shifting position. His movements were so elegant that one could not see half a point of semblance to an omega that had been abandoned on his wedding night. “It doesn’t matter. It’s natural for the affairs between the two of us to be delayed a little for the future of the Empire, and besides, I’m still underage so there’s nothing His Highness and I can do. Going out and venting some extra energy is a good thing.”

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His words were spoken ingeniously, with the intent of showing the old King that he did not care about the young and impetuous actions of the Prince, and that he had properly adjusted his mentality towards his position a long time ago. He was the Princess, the future Queen of the Empire, and could consider things from the perspective of the Empire rather than from the perspective of their personal love affairs.

Especially since they had never had any sort of relationship based on love.

The old King was very satisfied with Xue Ling. “It seems that over the years, the Rhine family has been very good regarding your education.”

Xue Ling curved his lips, drank a mouthful of water, changed the subject and began to make small talk with the old King.

The Rhine family education was indeed excellent. Although Ashley was the only omega in the current generation and the future Queen of the Empire, they had not spoiled the child. Ashley received the best aristocratic education from childhood, and had always been learning with an eye to becoming the Queen. He had long ago researched all of the famous Queens in history, and developed his own unique set of views on politics.

If it hadn’t been for His Royal Highness’s short-sightedness, having become blinded by power and ambition and led astray by that civilian omega, he would have found Ashley to be the most qualified queen.

It’s a pity that in the end, Ashley died a premature death. He had been full of ambition but finally lost to the two protagonists.

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Xue Ling felt very sorry for him, and finally decided to make sure he took proper revenge for his sake and fulfil all his wishes.

The most urgent thing that he needed to do was to make good impression on the people by making full use of the advantages he had been given to stand at the height of morality, so that when His Highness the Prince cheated on him, the whole Empire would mob together to crazily scold the Prince and his little lover without him even needing to shed a tear. If he acted pitiful at that time, or even showed magnanimous understanding, perhaps the old King would directly grant him a divorce, unable to bear the idea of him being treated that way by such a person.

His Royal Highness’s ambitions were too big; it would be better to have him remain as a Prince forever.

The old King had no idea what bold thoughts had flashed through Xue Ling’s mind as they discussed interstellar history and national politics together.

“Oh, right.” The old King remembered one thing. “This was originally something that Luther should have brought you to go do, but since he’s gone to the frontline, why don’t you join me to go in a few days?”

Xue Ling was surprised. “What’s the matter?”

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“A person from the royal family.” The old King looked sad and said, “As long as you enter the royal family, you have to greet the royal family ancestor, the Founding Emperor of the Empire. It was supposed to be Luther’s task, but he’s not here now, so I’ll find another time to take you with me after you’ve returned back to visit your family as part of the wedding rituals.”

“The Founding Emperor…”

“Yes, the only Emperor of this Empire.” The old King seemed to be lamenting something, but he only spoke a few more words before shifting the topic. Xue Ling stayed until lunch before he was finally allowed to return to his own palace.

When Xue Ling had left in the morning, he had asked his trusted subordinates to change the style of the chambers from the wedding arrangements of last night. When he returned, it had already been restored to the original owner’s style and tastes. He had no intention of changing it again, and only had servants come and prepare lunch before opening the nano-computer and asking the system to look into the existence of the Founding Emperor.

It had been 700 years since the Empire was established. It had always relied on its powerful army to maintain its territory within the universe, and the royal family had always been the strongest fighting force of the Empire. For many years, the Zerg had been blocked off at the border by successive generations of Kings.

The royal genes were very peculiar, and every generation they would only produce one descendant. The inheritance has always been passed on in a single line, and the genes were extremely powerful and domineering. They were basically all alphas, and there had never been a beta or omega birth recorded in royal history.

All of this was related to Augustine Ludwig, the Founding Emperor of the Empire and the first member of the royal family.

He had established the boundaries of the Empire, and determined the existence of every single tree and every blade of grass within. The Zerg suffered a great blow under his reign, and were unable to establish a foothold at all. While he was on the throne, he was an unrivaled ruler.

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But he disappeared under strange circumstances. One day, the royal family simply introduced a new person as Augustine’s heir, and indicated that the Empire would be led by him from then on. The people were suspicious and questioned the royal family, but no response was given. After Augustine’s disappearance, the supreme leader of the Empire was only ever crowned as King, and never as Emperor.

There was only one Emperor of the Empire.

He was the Empire’s most dazzling existence.

Xue Ling was surprised after going through the Empire’s history. Had the Founding Emperor always been there? What happened that year? Was the Emperor now dead?

Although somewhat curious, these people would not suddenly reappear, and Xue Ling did not investigate deeper. Instead, he began to study and formulate his own future strategy after lunch.

In about ten days, the Prince would encounter an accident, become an amnesiac, and meet that omega.

Xue Ling had no intentions of interrupting their budding love. He wanted to use this as a reason to divorce the Prince, so he would leave His Highness alone for the time being.

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