Chapter 25: The Dream of Stars (1)
News of the rigged succession ceremony and the scheme to kill the royal family at the Palace of Qualification spread like wildfire across the imperial city.
People were more shocked by the tampering of the succession ceremony than the murder plot. After all, assassination attempts among heirs, within the royal family, were almost everyday occurrences in the imperial city. But meddling with the succession ceremony, a deeply rooted tradition and necessary step to become emperor, was unheard of. It was truly a surprise.
Another thing that stunned the people was the survival and victory of Prince Zion Agnes in the manipulated succession ceremony. He had been the primary target.
No one could have foreseen that the prince, isolated in Chimseong Palace and labeled as useless, would overcome the challenging manipulated succession ceremony.
This event might just change the way people viewed Prince Zion.
Crumple!
A man with deep ash-colored hair anxiously crushed the report in front of him.
"You can't expect me to believe this," he spat.
The wizard kept his head down, struggling to answer the man's remark. Even he found the report hard to believe.