His imperial elder brother, who rarely showed his face, probably would not defy their ancestral teachings and appoint that one Crown Prince either.
At the thought, the Ao Family's Third Master still felt something strange lurking behind the whole affair.
"Could that damned woman be less interested in helping that brat Ao Cheng become Dragon Emperor of the North Sea Dragon Palace than in sitting on the throne herself, tasting what it feels like to decide the fate of billions of the Aquatic Race in the Northern Endless Sea with a single word?"
"Heh!"
She had actually brought the practice of ruling from behind a curtain to the North Sea Dragon Palace.
Did she really think that, with the colossal East Sea Dragon Palace at her back, she could do whatever she pleased in the Northern Endless Sea?
At that thought, the Ao Family's third brother forcibly suppressed his thoughts, returned to his previous seat, and plopped down.
Today, he would see just what tricks that damned woman was playing.
Besides, he had not been in much of a hurry to begin with. Though the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion had presented him with a generous gift, he had not failed to reciprocate.
He had gifted them a precious protective Magic Treasure and dispatched elite Demon Generals under his command. Since those people were all Dao Seeds of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, surely nothing could go wrong.
Yet the information the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion had provided was so valuable that he could not resist wanting to verify it in person.
If things truly were as their information suggested, then not only he, the Ao Family's Third Master, but the entire North Sea Dragon Palace could reap enormous benefits from having received the news in advance.
Everyone thought that brat Ao Cheng