Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Arrival of the Monitoring Team
The third edict came from the headquarters of the Wanluo Federation, the Federation's Monitoring Council. It was personally issued by the Federation's Monitoring Chief, who was also the Great Imperial Uncle, Long Huai.
Therefore, the weight of this edict surpassed the previous two edicts from Concubine Mei.
Concubine Mei was only one of the Immortal Emperor's favored concubines, but Long Huai was different. He had an official status. In the royal family of the Immortal Dynasty, he was the Great Imperial Uncle, the elder brother of the current Immortal Emperor, and an important figure in the royal family.
In the Wanluo Federation, he was the head of the Federation's Monitoring Council. He had a high position and power.
The content of the third edict was very simple, but the deeper meaning behind it made people wonder and even fear. The edict stated that the Federation's Monitoring Council of the Immortal Star had already sent an investigation team to Heavenly Underworld Planet to investigate Prince Xuan's disappearance. At the same time, it requested the Xuanyuan family's Naples fortress fleet to stay put and wait for orders. No one was to leave and wait for the arrival of the investigation team from the Federation's Monitoring Council to cooperate with the investigation of Prince Xuan's deduction of 10 billion Federation contribution points.
On the surface, this decree seemed to be quite normal, but after careful consideration, anyone could see that there was something wrong with it.
First of all, the Immortal Dynasty should have sent an investigation team to investigate Prince Xuan's disappearance, not the Federation's Monitoring Council.
The Federation's Monitoring Council was a monitoring department of the Federation. It was equivalent to discipline. The nature of this incident, whether it was the prince disobeying Concubine Mei's edict and running away from the marriage or the prince being kidnapped, should not have alerted the Federation's Monitoring Council to investigate. This was an internal matter of the Immortal Dynasty's royal family.
Besides, if they were really here to investigate Prince Xuan's disappearance, then the people mentioned in the edict to cooperate with the investigation should be the officials of the Tianming Empire. Not the Xuanyuan family and the Naples fortress fleet.
Moreover, at the end of the edict, it specifically mentioned that Prince Xuan's deduction of 10 billion Federation contribution points was wrong.
This was even more unusual. It was clearly implying that Prince Xuan's 10 billion Federation Contribution Points were deducted from him and his sudden disappearance this time.
To put it bluntly, the hidden meaning of this imperial edict was clearly that the Federation's Overwatch Council was suspicious of Prince Xuan. Even his sudden disappearance on Heavenly Underworld Planet was included in this. Long Huai, the Overwatch Council, suspected that he had fled in fear of punishment.
Disobeying Consort Mei's edict and running away from the marriage was just an excuse that Prince Xuan used to cover up his escape from punishment when he got wind of it.
Ordinary citizens of the Federation might not be able to see through all of this, but those who had some experience in politics would be able to figure it out after some thought.
Of course, in view of the special status of Supervising Director Long Huai, he had always supported the Great Prince. Thus, when the Overwatch Council investigated Prince Xuan, there was some personal grudge involved. This was something that everyone was well aware of. However, no one dared to casually discuss this matter.
However, due to the arrival of this decree, the originally anxious Heaven Nether Imperial Capital instead gradually calmed down. The officials of the Dark Nether Capital were all shrewd people, and naturally saw that the nature of this matter had changed with a single glance.
Even on Consort Mei's side, after the Great Imperial Uncle Long Huai interfered and caused trouble, her attention and resentment were drawn away from the Tianming Empire and toward the Great Imperial Uncle Long Huai.
It was said that when immortals fought, the immortals suffered.
That was true in normal battles. However, this was a battle for the throne within the royal family. It couldn't be too grand. At least, it couldn't be too obvious on the surface. Thus, both sides restrained themselves. Under these circumstances, when the immortals fought, the immortals became spectators.
In short, the crisis of the Tianming Empire was basically resolved.
However, for the people of Naples and the Xuanyuan family, they immediately became nervous.
One was from a large family in the Imperial Capital. The other was a high-ranking general who had been in the military for a long time. Naturally, they saw through the Great Imperial Uncle Long Huai's investigation order very clearly.
Although they understood, they dared to be angry but did not dare to voice it.
The Great Imperial Uncle Long Huai had justifiable reasons and excuses. Even if the essence of this investigation was indeed a battle for the throne, no one dared to rashly break this window paper.
Even the Immortal Emperor would maintain his silence.
On one hand, this concerned the face of the royal family. On the other hand, Long Huai was his brother and held a high position in the Wan Luo Federation. Even if the Immortal Emperor did not like this kind of overly intense battle for the throne, on this matter, he could not take the initiative to express his opinion and be dragged into it.
No matter when, when a battle for the throne appeared, as the holder of the throne at that time, he would usually maintain an aloof attitude of watching from the sidelines. Only when the situation developed into a situation that was difficult to resolve would the holder of the throne appear and quell the unrest.
In reality, in the Immortal Emperor's eyes, this battle for the throne was an excellent opportunity to examine the Great Prince and Prince Xuan, who had suddenly appeared like a dark horse.
The Grand Imperial Uncle, Long Huai, was well aware of this as well. Thus, he was extremely confident. So long as he controlled the situation and didn't make the situation too serious and cause the imperial clan to lose too much face, it was impossible for the Eternal Empires to stand out and interfere in this matter.
The people of Naples and the Xuanyuan family both knew this point. Thus, at this moment, the people of Naples and the Xuanyuan family all appeared calm and composed on the surface. However, in their hearts, they were not calm long ago.
Other than anger, they were actually more worried.
The methods of the Federation's Overwatch Council were not ordinary. If the Great Imperial Uncle Long Huai hardened his heart, this time, when Prince Xuan was struck down heavily, they would also suffer and even be buried with him.
Other than the Immortal Emperor, the headquarters of the Wan Luo Federation located in the Immortal Emperor would also not express any opinion regarding Long Huai's abuse of power for personal gain this time.
The Wan Luo Federation was the Wan Luo Federation of the Human Clan in the third universe and the various other Federation races in the second universe. In the headquarters of the Federation on the Immortal Planet, other than the Human Clan elites, there were also a large number of higher-ups from the other races in the second universe.
There were even some important departments that controlled not the Human Clan elites but the elites from the other races in the second universe. The Human Clan and the other races basically maintained a kind of relative balance.
Although the Human Clan and the other races in the Federation were united on the matter of the Tianji Race against the outside world, within the Federation, competition and even struggle had never stopped.
This could be seen from the fact that the positions occupied by the top 10 on the Heaven List were sensitive enough to tug at the heartstrings of the two universes.
This time, although the head of the Federation's Overwatch Council, Long Huai, was suspected of abusing his power for personal gain, this was, after all, an internal struggle within the Human Clan. The races in the second universe were naturally happy to sit on the fence and watch.
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