Let's Squander A Billion First!-Chapter 493 - Blood Clan Queen (22)

Chapter 493: Chapter 493 Blood Clan Queen (22)

Questions of all sorts kept cropping up.

While Karlo dealt with them, the princes below watched with indifference.

Lucy, holding the youth in her arms, whispered ambiguously in his ear, completely ignoring the scene at hand.

The other princes either looked on coldly or conversed with the people beside them.

“Have you seen Prince Bruno?”

“No…”

“Is Bruno really not even going to show his face?”

“If Karlo really inherits the throne today, Bruno will have a tough time later.”

“That’s not necessarily true; even if he does inherit the throne, will those loyal to Her Royal Highness the Queen accept it? By the time he’s fully settled, who knows if it’ll be in this lifetime.”

Karlo indeed wanted to win over the princes.

But how could the princes be so easily fooled?

With the royal decree’s details unclear, each prince had their own thoughts and wouldn’t side with Karlo.

So now, these princes had all come with the mindset of watching a spectacle unfold.

Lucy, pinching the face of the young man in her arms, said with a smile, “Regarding Her Majesty’s sudden abdication and the royal decree, I presume everyone has their doubts and suspicions. However, without evidence, we can’t make baseless claims, so let us all just watch today.”

The princes all agreed with Lucy’s words.

Her Majesty was fine, so why would she suddenly abdicate?

But the handwriting on the royal decree and the Queen’s Blood Seal were both correct.

One can imitate handwriting, but the Blood Seal is another matter.

Without Her Majesty’s willing consent, who could force her to stamp the Queen’s Blood Seal?

–

Outside the castle.

Several vehicles arrived late and were stopped by the guards.

“How dare you! Do you even dare to stop Prince Bruno’s vehicle?” the driver berated loudly.

Upon seeing the familiar face that appeared behind the descending car window, the guard quickly lowered his head to apologize and let them through.

“Wait!”

Xia Ci suddenly appeared, blocking Bruno’s vehicle.

“Prince Bruno.” Xia Ci greeted him with respect, “I truly apologize, but the vehicles ahead cannot proceed any further; please disembark and walk a short distance.”

Xia Ci was bowing respectfully,

but her gaze did not fall. Instead, she attempted to look inside Bruno’s car window.

She thought she had just seen…

Bruno blocked her view, and she couldn’t see anything.

Bruno cast a glance inside the castle.

He could vaguely make out the vehicles inside.

“What do you mean?”

There were no superfluous words,

but his tone was full of questioning.

Why couldn’t his vehicle enter while those vehicles ahead could? Did they think he was blind?

Xia Ci: “Prince Bruno, you are late…”

“Little girl, don’t give me that. Move aside!” Bruno said sternly.

Xia Ci’s expression soured; he was a prince, after all.

“Even if you’ve gained Karlo’s trust, you’re still just a Human,” Bruno said with a cold scoff.

“Once you served by Her Royal Highness the Queen’s side, but it’s unknown whether you were ever truly loyal to Her Majesty.”

There was a hidden message in Bruno’s words, and feeling guilty, Xia Ci became somewhat flustered.

Regaining her composure, Xia Ci said, “Prince Bruno, today is the day of Lord Karlo’s succession ceremony. To bring up the past now is somewhat ill-timed.”

Before Xia Ci could finish her long speech,

the car door on the other side suddenly opened.

The red-haired Su Ji got out of the car first, opened an umbrella, and stood outside, seemingly respectfully waiting for the person inside to come out.

Xia Ci’s breath hitched,

her gaze fixed firmly on the other side.

A figure emerged from the car, and although the sunlight here was only dappled, careful avoidance would prevent exposure.

Still, Chuzheng walked under the umbrella as a gesture,

since the effort to hold it for her had been made after all.

She is a polite boss.

“Xia Ci,” Chuzheng placed her hands in her pockets, her greeting smooth and without inflection, “we meet again.”

Xia Ci seemed to forget how to breathe, her gaze glued to Chuzheng.

As if the person in front of her was not Her Royal Highness the Queen she knew.

–

In the castle, most of the Blood Clan’s questions had been answered by Karlo.

Those who were not satisfied couldn’t find any bigger flaws to prevent today’s grand ceremony.

Karlo strode towards the highest throne.

It symbolized the Blood Clan’s ultimate authority.

It was within easy reach.

A trace of excitement emerged in Karlo’s eyes.

No matter how much the Blood Clan below refused to accept him, as long as he took that seat today, he could take his time with the rest afterward.

The final three steps.

Two steps…

One step…

Bang—

A figure crashed in from outside, rolling a couple of times and colliding with the Blood Clan member at the very edge.

The previously quiet Blood Clan suddenly became chaotic.

The person who rolled in wasn’t just anyone—it was Karlo’s right-hand man, Xia Ci.

Karlo stood on the last step of the throne, turning back to look.

Outside the door, figures were slowly entering.

The leader was the familiar Prince Bruno.

But behind Bruno…

Karlo’s expression instantly darkened; the thing he was most worried about had still happened.

Although Prince Bruno walked with impressive presence, he still couldn’t overshadow the individual behind him.

She was the center of attention.

Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Blood Clan.

The hall became so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Apart from Karlo, the other princes also had complex and varied expressions.

“Your Highness!” A member of the Blood Clan shouted, shattering the eerie silence.

The group of Blood Clan members who had just been questioning Karlo now quickly gathered around Chuzheng.

“Your Highness! Have you returned?!”

“Your Highness…”

“Karlo claimed you left a secret edict to abdicate and transfer power to him, but we Blood Clan don’t have such a precedent.” The King of the Blood Clan was selected from a young age and nurtured, not a hereditary system like humans.

Of course, the King of the Blood Clan rarely changed; if a King of the Blood Clan lived long enough, it was possible to rule for several hundred or even a thousand years.

Looking back at the history of the past few thousand years, it was clear that there had only been just over ten Kings of the Blood Clan.

Chuzheng agreed, “Indeed, there is no such precedent.”

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That Blood Clan member seemed encouraged: “I knew it, Your Highness, can you tell us what exactly happened?”

They didn’t believe the Queen would leave a secret edict to abdicate.

Bruno snorted coldly, his sharp gaze sweeping towards Karlo high above, “Karlo, you have attempted to assassinate Her Highness, with plans of rebellion. Now, why don’t you surrender without a fight!”

Attempted assassination of Her Highness…

Plans of rebellion…

The Blood Clan did not have the notion of “plans of rebellion,” a phrase pertaining to humans.

But its use here was not inaccurate.

“Bruno, what do you mean by that?” asked a prince who appeared scholarly and gentle: “What has Her Highness gone through?”

“Someone has attempted to harm Her Highness and now wishes to be the King of the Blood Clan,” Bruno declared, “tell me, what has happened?”

“Bruno, you shouldn’t speak recklessly,” a prince warned.

“With Her Highness here, can I speak recklessly?” Bruno’s mouth curled into a disdainful sneer.

All eyes of the Blood Clan focused on Chuzheng.

Chuzheng looked nonchalantly towards Karlo perched above, “The true nature of this matter is something Karlo and Xia Ci know far better.”

Xia Ci on the ground had a pale face.

Being called out now, her countenance turned even paler by several shades.