At noon, at Wang Chen's Home.
Wang Chen looked over the intelligence from the morning court session, a smile curling at the corner of his lips. Xu Tianran had been stripped of his Crown Prince Position, and the Wang Family's crisis had been resolved. It was time for him to become the Wang Family's patriarch!
The reason he had not previously fought Wang Yan for the position of patriarch was not because he lacked the strength. Rather, the situation had been at a critical juncture, with the Second Prince attempting to assassinate Xu Tianran. Wang Chen had been unwilling to create further complications.
Now, because Xu Tianran was impotent, he had completely lost any possibility of becoming emperor. No faction would choose to support Xu Tianran or let themselves be used as his weapon.
After all, rather than supporting Xu Tianran, a eunuch destined never to become emperor, it was better to support either the Second Prince or the Third Prince. The returns would be greater, and it would save them trouble as well.
The Wang Family's crisis had naturally been resolved. Whether it was the Second Prince or the Third Prince, both were frantically devouring Xu Tianran's forces and strengthening themselves during this period.
There would be no conflict between the Second Prince and the Third Prince in the short term.
Wang Chen called this period the calm phase.
However, once the Second Prince and Third Prince had finished digesting their gains, an even fiercer conflict would inevitably erupt.
When that time came, the Wang Family, which supported the Second Prince, would certainly be unable to stay out of it.
What Wang Chen needed to do was exert himself during this calm phase, rapidly and continuously raise his strength to the level of a Ninth Level Soul Engineer, and