HLnovel Chapter 180 The Puppet Emperor in ABO (29)
Chapter 180 The Puppet Emperor in ABO (29)
"It's nothing. I know you want to be the emperor, and I can help you."
"Help me? How can you help?" Although Nord was eager for the throne, he would not easily trust a stranger.
Barrett looked confident of victory and said directly: "I am a spy sent by the Federation. As long as you cooperate with the Federation, I can help you sit on the throne of the emperor."
Hearing Barrett's words, Nord showed contempt on the surface, but in fact, he gradually became alert in his heart and asked, "You said you are a spy for the Federation. Aren't you afraid that I will reveal your identity?"
"you will not."
Seeing Barrett so confident, Nord became more and more wary of Barrett.
Nord frowned and asked, "Conditions? Conditions for helping me."
"No, we don't have any conditions."
"Humph! If there are no conditions, then why are you bothering to help me?"
Nord is not a fool, of course he knows what the Federation wants to do.
He guessed that the Federation wanted to stir up internal strife within the Empire and then take the opportunity to annex it. In the end, even if he could sit on the throne of the emperor, it would only be a temporary glory and he would become a tool for the Federation to attack the empire.
Although he wanted to become emperor, he didn't want to invite a wolf into the house, which would ultimately harm others and himself.
"Of course it's a good thing. We in the Federation have long disliked Jiang Zui. After all, he has just reached adulthood and is just a little brat. But you are different. After all, there were rumors that the throne originally belonged to you." Barrett tempted.
In his previous life, he and Nord had been together for so many years and knew each other's weaknesses best.
Nord is arrogant, sinister, and especially jealous of Jiang Zui. Jiang Zui has everything easily just because he is the late emperor's biological son.
As for himself, his differentiation level was higher than Jiang Zui and he worked harder than Jiang Zui, but because he was not the direct heir of the previous emperor, he lost the throne.
In fact, what Nord didn't know was that at the beginning, the late emperor had always been very good to Nord because of Jiang Zui's low rank. He even wanted to pass the throne to Nord, only hoping that Nord would treat Jiang Zui well after his death.
Unexpectedly, he learned about Dryden's conspiracy halfway, but it was too late. He died before he could deploy his troops.
In the end, he had to temporarily entrust Jiang Zui to Wen Ze.
Nord thought for a long time, frowned, and said with difficulty: "I'll think about it."
"Okay, I look forward to your reply." Barrett said with a smile.
After Barrett had his glands removed and became a useless pawn, he was abandoned by the Federation.
However, after Barrett was reborn, he found the Federation again and told it about the plan.
The Federation gave Barrett a chance to redeem himself and return to the Federation, and the Federation would also reward him.
But Barrett's desire goes far beyond that. He plans to use Nord to overthrow Jiang Zui, and then after Nord sits on the throne, he will poison Nord, sideline Nord, and finally become the emperor of the empire himself.
Not only that, he also wants to attack the Federation.
Finally, unify the Federation and the Empire.
Living my life over again, all the love and affection are bullshit!
Holding power is the most important thing.
He believed that since he was given a chance to start over, he would make everyone submit to him.
He wants to become the supreme king of this sea of stars.
What a pity, Barrett had a nice idea.
However, he didn't know that the system had already told Jiang Zui the news of Barrett's rebirth.
"Host, the small world has detected soul fluctuations. After testing, it was found that the protagonist, Barrett, has been reborn."
"Rebirth! This protagonist is worthy of being the protagonist. He is just lucky." Jiang Zui exclaimed.
Then he said: "But even if you are the protagonist, it is useless to me."
On the other side, Nord told Dryden about this.
Dryden looked serious, thought for a long time, and agreed.
Dryden and Nord, father and son, met with Barrett.
The three of them discussed it and decided to transfer Wen Ze away first, and then Dryden and Nord would implement the plan to seize the throne.
If Wen Ze had always been by Jiang Zui's side, they would probably not have succeeded.
The way to transfer Wen Ze away is for the Federation to provoke a war and attack the Empire.
Both Dryden and Nord, father and son, were dazzled by the emperor's throne that was so close to them.
The Federation's plan is that after Dryden and Nord drive Jiang Zui off the throne, they will take the opportunity to invade the empire and take it down.
Both sides have made very good calculations.
Sure enough, during Jiang Zui and Wen Ze's honeymoon, Wen Ze's adjutant urgently reported to Wen Ze, "Marshal, there has been a war on the fringe star. According to investigation, it should be caused by the Federation."
Although it was a minor incident, there were many black holes near the edge stars, and strange beasts would appear in the black holes from time to time. Therefore, Wen Ze attached great importance to it.
"Okay, I'll go back immediately." Wen Ze said seriously.
After that, Wen Ze said with an embarrassed look of worry: "Jiang Zui, there is a war on the edge star, I have to go and see it myself."
"Sorry, this honeymoon trip..."
Before Wen Ze could finish, Jiang Zui interrupted him and said, "I know. Be careful."
"Yeah." Wen Ze nodded in response.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a few words, and Wen Ze quickly rushed to the edge star on a spaceship.
Jiang Zui also rushed back to the main planet.
As soon as Jiang Zui arrived at the main planet, Dryden and Nord rushed to the palace with their men, intending to control Jiang Zui and plot a rebellion.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Zui had already made a plan. He asked the admiral in charge of guarding the main star to surround the residences of Dryden and Nord in advance, and found proof of contact between Dryden and Nord and the Federation.
And the guards protecting the palace set a trap for Dryden and Nord.
Send a team to catch Barrett.
A three-pronged approach.
Jiang Zui sat leisurely above, not caring about the siege from Dryden and Nord.
Seeing that Jiang Zui was surrounded by him and was still so leisurely, Nord said angrily: "Jiang Zui, if you pass the throne to me honestly, I will let you go, but if you want to fight to the death, don't blame me for being cruel."
"Heh..." Jiang Zui snorted, and said with disdain in his tone: "Drayden, do you admit that you poisoned the late emperor and the late queen?"
Hearing this, Dryden's eyes flashed with surprise, and with a hint of panic on his face, he hurriedly asked, "How did you know?"
"Drayden, aren't you curious about why the late emperor was willing to pass the throne to Nord at first, but regretted it before he died?"
Dryden thought about it and said in surprise: "He...he knows!"
"Yes, the late emperor knew it a long time ago." He paused and said, "Unfortunately, he knew it too late."
After saying that, he looked at Dryden with a dim gaze, and said with a slight curl of his lips: "But...it's not too late. At least I can help the late emperor to avenge himself."
"Drayden, as a subject, you poisoned the emperor, and as a relative, you cruelly killed your own brother.
Now, you are taking your son with you and planning a rebellion.
People like you who are so unkind and unjust and betray their country deserve death."
Nord knew that Dryden had poisoned the late emperor, but he didn't know that the late queen's murder was also the work of Dryden. He was a little surprised, but didn't show it on his face.