Crack~
By the time Muren received the news, it was already too late. He unconsciously crushed the cup in his hand.
For someone with his level of composure to fail to restrain his strength, it was clear just how turbulent his emotions were.
Given Muren's control over Japan, he naturally had informants around the Great Priest. It could be said that he learned of the news there at the very first moment.
It was simply that everything had happened too quickly. He had only just received the news and was preparing to personally intervene to stop blood relatives from slaughtering one another when he received word that Jiaren had not died peacefully.
"Teruhito..."
Muren murmured the name of his youngest son. He had never imagined that this son, whom he had never valued much, would possess such resolve.
In that case, he was worth cultivating.
However, his collusion with the Penguin Merchant Guild had to be sorted out!
As a ruler, one could borrow external power, but those forces had to be firmly kept in one's own hands, with oneself holding the initiative!
If Teruhito could not accomplish that, then Muren would help him accomplish it.
That was right. After Jiaren had already died, Muren was only briefly angered before swiftly regaining his rationality and seeking the most advantageous choice and solution.
Yet despite that, Muren constantly felt an invisible pressure pushing the situation into this state!
Even Qingchuan and Shion at Jiaren's side had been turned. Did they truly serve Teruhito, or someone else...
This concern kept Muren from going to Teruhito immediately, leaving him deep in thought instead.
However, before Teruhito returned to the palace, another of his descendants arrived early to request an audience.
Imperial Grandson Hirohito, Jiaren's successor—a young talent whose gifts surpassed those of his