EOL Chapter 37

The Crown Prince was under house arrest, the Third Prince was recuperating from his injuries, and the Second Prince’s funeral was over. The main planet fell into a strange period of calm.

 

Now the only two left live in the Dawn Palace, and a conflict has just broken out. Logically, the atmosphere in the Dawn Palace should be tense and full of gunpowder. However, even the Dawn Palace remains consistent with the outside world – calm, so calm that it is a little weird.

 

 

“Are there any results from the genetic test?” Xiu asked.

 

Alfred was sitting in Xiu’s study, reading a book – the popular science book, Our Home: Heaven or Hell. When asked, he said, “Not yet.”

 

“Then what are you doing here?” Xiu put down his work, looked at Alfred, and politely ordered him to leave, “It’s almost dinner time.”

 

Alfred said unconcernedly, “Just have them send it here directly.”

 

Xiu was silent for a moment before he said, “The servants have begun to discuss privately why we have been dining together these past two days.”

 

“I’ll ask Butler Mark to teach them some proper manners,” Alfred said. “I want to stay with you.”

 

“But I don’t want to stay with you.” Xiu said, “Please go out.”

 

Alfred didn’t leave. He closed the book and said, “Are you still angry, brother? I didn’t mean to take so long that night, and you didn’t…”

 

 

Without waiting for him to finish, Xiu stood up and walked out.

 

“Brother, wait for me…ah!”

 

Alfred clutched his abdomen and slumped back into his chair.

 

“Oh, my wound hurts so much!”

 

Xiu turned a deaf ear to him, walked past him indifferently, opened the door and went out.

 

Alfred didn’t chase after him. He sat in the chair dejectedly, holding his abdomen.

 

Two minutes later, Xiu came back. He stood in front of Alfred and said, “I told you to lie on the bed and don’t move.”

 

Alfred didn’t say anything, his golden hair hung listlessly, looking very aggrieved.

 

“…Has the wound opened again?” Xiu asked again.

 

 

“It doesn’t seem like it.” Alfred sniffed, “But it did pull it, and it hurts.”

 

Xiu looked at him for a while, took a deep breath, sat down in the study again and started to handle official business. He didn’t go out again, nor did he chase him away.

 

Alfred was satisfied, and he picked up the book again and said, “I remember that you read this book in front of me more than once on Xueli Star. Brother, at that time you hinted at this point in the book and the existence of another civilization, right?”

 

Xiu remained silent, but the expensive fountain pen that belonged to the crown prince did not stop writing.

 

“The emperor has the idea of ​​having another child. This is very dangerous for you and me. We must remain vigilant. If Steward Mark hadn’t explained to me the custom of addressing the prince of Shengjin Palace, I would not have known about this. However, how did he know that someone in Shengjin Palace called me the Third Prince? Only my brother and I heard it that day. It was not me who said it, but only my brother. You revealed it to him because you wanted to remind me, right?”

 

Xiu was still reviewing the documents, as if no one was talking to him.

 

Alfred continued to talk to himself, “On the planet Xueli, we were able to find out the traitor in the Mirror Corps and trace it to Joshua because you learned my intelligence while you were still sailing. And the reason why we know that you have learned the intelligence is that after you learned the intelligence, you immediately went to Austin to question him, which was completely unnecessary. You already knew that Austin was my man, so you did this on purpose to let me know that someone around me was leaking my information.”

 

 

“Also, it’s strange that my emergency blood was lost for no reason on the battleship two years ago. I had clearly checked it before boarding the ship, and after boarding the ship, it was a separate room with very high authority. Ordinary people couldn’t enter – unless it was the commander-in-chief of the battlefield at the time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You stole my blood in order to find a reason to give me your blood bag so that I would know that you have a genetic defect.”

 

The pen finally stopped. Xiu raised his head and said, “Alfred, I remember that I taught you since you were a child to keep quiet and not disturb me when I am working. The documents handled by the Crown Prince are all important matters.”

 

Alfred subconsciously replied, “But you are not the real crown prince.”

 

Xiu’s expression changed slightly, and Alfred immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing. Before he could say anything else to make amends, Xiu had already spoken: “You are right to remind me… Your Highness.”

 

Sometimes, in order to show respect, the order called Alfred “Little Prince” in front of outsiders, but they would never call him that in private, and he had never called him that. After all, he was born to sit on the noble throne of crown prince, and there was no need to call anyone by a honorific title except the emperor.

 

As soon as this name came out, Alfred’s face changed suddenly and he stood up suddenly.

 

 

“What did you call me?” He strode up to Xiu, “Don’t call me that!”

 

Alfred’s height was extremely intimidating, but Xiu was not afraid of him. He looked up at him calmly and said, “Why are you so angry? Since I’m not a member of the royal family, it’s only natural for you to call me that.”

 

“Brother!” Alfred said with a very bad face, “Don’t be like this, don’t alienate me. You have done so many things for me, why don’t you admit it?”

 

“I never did the things you just mentioned.” Xiu said suddenly, “Even if I did, I would think I did it for my brother. But you are not my brother.”

 

Alfred took a step back, as if he was hit hard by what he said, but he still tried to argue: “…But you, you told me the secret of the high priest that night! At that time you already knew that I was not…”

 

“Do you want to know why I told you that?”

 

“What?”

 

 

“Why do you think I told you all the secrets of the High Priest and the existence of another civilization?”

 

Alfred paused and hesitated, “Because…”

 

“Because this matter,” said Xiu himself, “will soon be known to everyone.”

 

“Your Highness, Your Highness!” the servant knocked on the door and called out, “Your Highnesses, His Majesty is calling you urgently!”

 

There was an eerie silence in the room. Alfred stared at Xiu. Neither of them moved, despite the servants’ anxious calls outside the door. After a few calls, Alfred turned around and strode to open the door.

 

“What is it?” he asked.

 

“Something happened, young prince.” The servant said hurriedly, “Today, rumors suddenly spread everywhere, saying that the royal family discovered the existence of an advanced civilization in an alien galaxy, but concealed the news from the common people… His Majesty urgently summoned the two princes to the palace.”

 

Xiu calmly sorted out the official business on his desk, stood up and said, “Got it, let’s go.”

 

 

“Impossible.” Alfred said suddenly, “I have been following you closely for the past two days.”

“So I didn’t have a chance to set it up?” Xiu continued, smiling for the first time. “I know you’ve been following me for this.”

 

Alfred’s heart sank. For a moment he felt that the smile was extremely beautiful, but at the same time he felt that this person was extremely dangerous.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Xiu said, and walked out of the study first.

 

“Tell me.” The emperor paced slowly back and forth in the reception room of the Shengjin Palace. “What’s going on?”

 

Alfred calmly asked, “What happened?”

 

The emperor looked at Alfred, who stared at him for a few seconds without dodging. The emperor turned to Xiu and asked, “What about you? Don’t you know what happened either?”

 

“Father… Your Majesty.” Xiu lowered his eyes and said, “I know.”

 

“You know?”

 

“Not only do I know, but perhaps His Royal Highness knows more than me.” Xiu said calmly, “Because I just revealed this to him, and then the news spread all over the main planet.”

 

 

In a trance, Alfred seemed to have returned to two years ago. At that time, Xiu was also so calm and composed in blaming him for something he had never done.

 

Two years ago, he felt like the sky was falling and he didn’t know how to defend himself. But now, he said calmly, “Your Majesty, I once said that I would contain the prince and create opportunities for you. Now it seems to be very effective. Now we just need to find out where the rumor came from, and we will know who is conspiring with the prince to harm the empire.”