"I want to see the Seventh Prince!"
"Take me to see the Seventh Prince. I'll personally tell him where the Young Master is!"
In a secluded courtyard in the capital, Batu spoke stubbornly to the Ghost King before him.
It had to be said that Batu was an utterly loyal servant. That was why his Young Master of the Jiang Clan had chosen him as an envoy. Batu knew the Young Master's true location.
At the same time, the Young Master had authorized him that if he found any Prince, even if he were forced to do so, he could reveal his whereabouts and allow the Young Master to pledge himself to that Prince.
Such trust naturally moved Batu deeply and made him even more loyal.
Yet what the Young Master of the Jiang Clan had not told even Batu was that he had long since chosen someone to serve: the old Emperor, who was currently pretending to be unconscious.
Without question, the old Emperor, still seated on the throne, backed by the Right Prime Minister and with the military under the control of his confidants, was currently the strongest contender in the struggle for the throne.
No matter which Prince won in the end, as long as the old Emperor stepped forward under the Right Prime Minister's support and declared that he had awakened, everything could be reset.
The reason the old Emperor had fallen unconscious was because he had obtained the Demon Lord's Relic: a crystal containing the vital essence stored by the Demon Lord, who had cultivated both Buddhist and demonic arts. Absorbing it too quickly had caused his temporary coma.
He had actually awakened from that coma long ago, but he felt that being "unconscious" was more useful than being awake. Thus, he remotely directed the