Judging from the current situation, Su Xiao felt that the power struggle would end very soon. The old king wouldn't let it drag on, and the current circumstances wouldn't allow it to drag on either.
Under normal circumstances, helping a prince or princess rise to power in a short time would obviously be impossible.
The most advantageous contenders at present were the crown prince and the third prince, who had withdrawn for the sake of the kingdom. There were twenty-nine contenders remaining.
Among those twenty-nine, the seventh prince, the second princess, and the sixth princess had the highest chances of winning. The other twenty-six were either just making up the numbers or had ambition without the ability to match it.
The seventh prince had no military authority, and his financial resources were merely average. However, he could gather a large number of Holy Warriors, meaning he possessed a massive force of top-tier combatants.
If he wanted to, someone like him had a better chance of inheriting the throne than the crown prince. Unfortunately, he was too laid-back, and somewhat lazy besides.
Su Xiao seriously doubted whether this fellow truly wanted to become the new king. That was also why he hadn't chosen the seventh prince directly before.
If the seventh prince was truly ambitious, Su Xiao was seventy percent certain he could help the man become the new king. As for the other princes and princesses, those willing to give up would live, while those unwilling would all be killed.
Although Su Xiao was the Iron Hand and couldn't conveniently support anyone directly, the current situation was clearly different now.
The undead race's assassination plot, combined with the hidden dangers in the kingdom's finances, meant that the Saint Sodin Kingdom urgently needed a new king rather than a prolonged power