Inside the council chamber, the old king looked around at everyone. The situation was already clear: the Third Prince had secretly allied with the Iron Hand, Governor Joe Valentine, and others. As for Kingdom Legion Commander Hestlet, he had always strongly supported the Third Prince, but Hestlet had already gone to the frontier.
The Third Prince had originally been one of the two people with the greatest hope of becoming the new king, but the assassination of the Little Princess had completely erased his advantage. He was deeply unwilling to accept this.
In truth, the Third Prince had a massive army in his hands. If he wanted to rebel, no one could stop him. But he had not rebelled—or rather, he had always been doing his best to maintain the stability of the Royal Capital. No matter how great his disadvantage was in the struggle for power, he would never mobilize the troops stationed at the Wall of God. He could fail to seize power, but the Wall of God had to be defended. He had always understood which mattered more.
The Third Prince had originally given up hope. Who could have expected Rowen Harvey to betray the kingdom? When he learned the news, the Third Prince was both shocked and delighted. Rowen Harvey's treason had nearly reduced the First Prince's advantage to nothing.
Rowen Harvey managed the finances, while the First Prince also controlled a portion of the kingdom's financial authority. The two of them therefore certainly had an ambiguous relationship.
When he learned that Rowen Harvey had betrayed the kingdom, the First Prince was so frightened that he nearly pissed himself. With Rowen Harvey committing treason, the First Prince would certainly suffer as well. The kingdom's finances were an integrated whole, not something divided into separate parts.
Thus,