Female Novel
Chapter 707 Back To Life (Part One)
The new emperor's enthronement was a big event. All of the civil and military officials had long beenwaiting in the Imperial Palace for the new emperor to hold the inauguration ceremony in the Temple ofHeaven. The old emperor had passed away several days ago, but the new emperor was yet to ascendthe throne. Worried as the officials were, the new emperor was, at last, willing to take the throne.Although it was quite absurd for Prince Matthew's wife, Harper to become the empress, they had nochoice but to accept the fact for the sake of the imperial court's steady status.
After all, the empress could be stripped of her status. Once the new emperor had successfullyascended the throne, they would find fault with Harper in the future and force the new emperor to driveher out.
Maxwell thought that things were going so smoothly, but since Franklin had retired, it was very difficultfor him to lower his level and ask Zack. That being said, he was a straightforward man, so he had hardtrouble keeping the words to himself. In the end, he decided to move closer toward Zack.
"Lord Zack, do you feel that the atmosphere is quite dignified today?" Maxwell asked, trying his best toact natural.
"General, today is the day the new emperor ascends the throne, so the atmosphere is naturallydignified. After all, this is a very significant event. How could it be not dignified?" Zack replied with agentle smile.
You little fox! Maxwell cursed deep inside. As far as he was concerned, Zack was much harder to dealwith than his father. He was such a cunning man, and always performed well whenever he was doinghis job. The people of the Bu Clan were all cunning foxes, but Zack was more cunning than his father!
"I'm just curious. The Imperial Palace seems to be heavily guarded today."
"Given that the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, no mistake is allowed. Of course, thepalace is heavily guarded."
At that moment, Maxwell really wanted to slap Zack across the face hard. 'Why are you acting like sucha cunning fox? Why haven't you learned from anyone other than your father? That man is so cunningand slick. Would it kill you to say something and make a guess?novelbin
You little fox!' he screamed in his heart. Then, he was no longer interested in talking to Zack.
A faint smile appeared on Zack's lips. "I heard that your wife succumbed to her illness a few days ago."
Maxwell turned frigid, and then responded in a serious tone, "Yes, we didn't want to disturb othersbecause it was close to the old emperor's funeral. And we had her buried peacefully."
Zack gave him a peculiar smile. As for Maxwell, he felt so uncomfortable seeing his smile, but when hethought that they supported the same person, he was somewhat relieved. No wonder Zack becamefriends with Harper; he was just as heartless and cunning as her.
While the officials were waiting for the new emperor to come out, Lucas, who had already been deadand buried, appeared out of the blue. Moreover, he brought along fifty thousand soldiers with him tohave the entire Imperial Palace completely surrounded!
"What the hell!" The minister of the Ministry of Works rubbed his eyes, finding what he was seeing hardto believe. Then, he pinched the vice minister beside him, which made the latter grimace in pain."Prince Lucas has come back to life! Did you see that? Am I right?"
The vice minister replied at once, "My Lord, you are not mistaken. It really is Prince Lucas and he hascome back to life."
The minister didn't loosen his grip on the waist of the vice minister at all. Instead, he pinched it evenharder and said, "But I don't feel any pain when I pinch myself. Is this just part of my dream?"
The vice minister almost cried out in pain, "My Lord, since I'm actually the one you're pinching, youwouldn't feel any pain."
Turning his head, the minister realized that he had indeed pinched someone else. He released his gripimmediately and looked at Lucas who was standing outside the gates of the Imperial Palace. "YourHighness, what are you doing? Why are you leading your men to surround the Imperial Palace? Areyou trying to rebel?"
Lucas snorted with a grim face. These past few days, he had been forced to disguise himself as awoman and work as the number one prostitute in a brothel. For that reason alone, he had beendepressed enough. "Minister, are you blind? Don't you see that the army I lead belongs to theemperor? This is not an act of rebellion. I am merely ridding the emperor of evil ministers!"
Staring at the general in front of the army, the minister asked in surprise, "General Yu, what do youthink you're doing?"
"The late emperor had issued an imperial edict that we Regal Guards should obey Prince Lucas'orders!" the general replied seriously.
"Nonsense! You are the army belonging to the emperor. Shouldn't you be following the orders of theheir to the throne instead?" As soon as the minister was done speaking, he realized that somethingwas quite amiss. The Regal Guards led by General Yu were taking orders from Lucas, indicating thatthe previous emperor had chosen Lucas as the heir to the throne. However, Francis apparently had thetestamentary edict in his hands to make him the new emperor. Knowing that, why were the imperialguards following Lucas' orders? Could it be... The minister had a vague doubt on his mind that Francismight not be the legal heir to the throne, but he dared not say it out loud.
"Your Highness, the late emperor has issued a testamentary edict declaring that Prince Francis is theheir to the throne. Now, you are leading your troops to threaten the new emperor, and you are staging arebellion and guilt of treason. You should be sentenced to death!" The vice minister stepped forwardand stated since the minister couldn't say a thing.
Lucas simply snorted and responded, "The late emperor has issued a testamentary edict declaring thatPrince Francis is the heir to the throne? Are you kidding me?"
"All of us have witnessed it with our very eyes. If you don't believe me, you can ask the officials presentwhether the late emperor mentioned that Prince Francis would be the heir," the vice minister blurtedout, overcome by emotions. 'Now, Prince Francis is about to become the new emperor. You're alreadya dead man. How dare you show up just to rebel? Are you kidding?'
"Francis tried to murder my father and even framed Felix. Then, he killed Felix to keep the secret. Howcould my father possibly pass down the throne to him?" Lucas' loud voice, mixed with his internal force,echoed throughout the Imperial Palace.