This Thomas Heihe incident has caused quite a stir in the empire recently. In fact, this incident has already attracted the attention of the people across the country. After all, the emperor’s eldest prince died and the second prince also passed away (the emperor’s affair was naturally
It cannot be made public, so it was announced that he died of illness). Now the royal family has no male heir, which naturally makes the people across the country very anxious.
Yes, although the emperor still has two daughters, the prevailing idea of preferring sons over daughters in this world is still dominant. It does not mean that there are no female heirs who succeed to the throne, but the problem is that the common view is that female heirs succeed.
If he succeeds, the family will be in decline and chaos, because they don't believe in female rulers anyway.
In short, I don’t know if someone deliberately set the pace. Anyway, after Linton left, the whole empire seemed to be discussing this matter. The people’s idea is probably to have a male heir. Although Emperor Wigley this year
She is over fifty, but she has not lost her fertility, so there is still a chance. Even if she is younger, it doesn't matter. Everyone thinks that the emperor should try harder.
However, Wigley didn't have much interest in this. After experiencing the two previous blows, he was indeed a little disheartened now. Although he also roughly knew what the Merloway family represented by Linton wanted to do,
But he really didn't want to care about it anymore and wanted to hand over the throne to his daughter as soon as possible. Whatever he wanted, he could do whatever he wanted.
However, the problem is that at this juncture, this man named Thomas Heihe suddenly appeared out of thin air. It can be said that he came into being at the right time.
The surname Heihe is actually a common name for abandoned children in an area in the north of the empire. There is a river called Heihe in the north of the empire. It may be because there are open-pit coal mines in the surrounding mountains and it is called Heishan, so this river is naturally also called Heihe.
It is called the Black River. Abandoned babies often appear on the edge of this Black River. Of course, most of the babies are basically taken away by wild beasts or directly starve to death. Most of the babies who are lucky enough to survive are
Called himself the surname Heihe.
Of course, as an abandoned son, the name Thomas Heihe has never appeared in the public's ears before. No one knows who this person is, and no one has heard of his past experience. However, at this time, he has become
He became the center of heated debate among the people across the country because he suddenly claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Wigley, and now he became the only remaining male heir to the empire.
The fact that Thomas Heihe claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Wigley spread very quickly. It started in the northern part of the empire and soon spread to the entire empire. Princess Yalan also said that there must be someone here helping to publicize this matter.
It was obviously premeditated. By the time they found out, the people all over the country were already aware of the existence of such an illegitimate child.
Of course Emperor Wigley also heard about this matter, but after he heard about it, of course he also felt a little strange. Wigley was not a fool, and he had experienced a lot of political struggles, so this suddenly appeared
His illegitimate son always felt like there was some kind of conspiracy, so of course he didn't believe it at first. However, although he didn't believe it directly, he didn't immediately issue an edict saying that he was a fake.
Yes, of course Wigley actually wanted a male heir. After all, patriarchal preference is a common perception in the world, and even his emperor is no exception. Besides, he lost his eldest son before.
Only later did I become disheartened. Now that I heard about Thomas Heihe, although I felt that it was most likely a lie, I still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to see if this guy was really my illegitimate son.
Of course, he didn't hide this matter from Yalan and Fula, and he couldn't hide it. After all, people all over the country knew about it, so he directly invited them to the palace to discuss the matter. In the end, the three of them discussed it.
The result is that we should investigate first before talking.
It can also be seen from this that Yalan and Fula are not very willing to be queens. Otherwise, how could they agree to have someone investigate if a competitor appears? What if the investigation turns out to be true?
If he really wanted to be the emperor, he would have to kill him no matter what. In short, neither of them objected, so Wigley naturally went to investigate.
Wigley's investigation here is actually very simple, that is, go directly to Thomas Heihe himself. You said you are my son, so just come over. Let's confront him and see if you are my son. So.
He also sent people directly to find this Thomas Heihe and asked him to enter the palace to face the saint.
However, the person sent did not bring Thomas Heihe back, but only brought back a letter from the other party. No one except Wigley knew the content of this letter, because now the letter has disappeared. The only one who knows
What is clear is that after reading the letter, Wigley's attitude obviously changed.
That night, Wigley left the palace and even left the city. Of course, Yalan didn't know about this until later, because Wigley didn't say hello to them when he left, let alone them, and all the ministers
He didn't even know, he just went out with his own team of guards. The target should be the north, and he didn't know the specific location. Two days later, news of Wigley's death came.
Yes, on the way north, the imperial emperor was assassinated, and all his bodyguards were killed. Everything that accompanied him was robbed, and his body was even naked and exposed in the wilderness. So was this dignified imperial emperor.
He died in an extremely humble manner. He was only discovered by a passing caravan one day after his death. Later, he found out that the deceased was actually the emperor of the empire. He was lucky enough to die near the official road. Otherwise, the body might not have been found and would have been killed by wild beasts.
Chewed.
It was also impossible to hide the death of Wigley. Everyone in the empire knew about it immediately, and the entire empire was immediately in chaos. Originally, the people of the empire were not very satisfied with the matter of two female heirs.
, but thinking that the emperor is still there, there is still a chance after all. Now that the emperor is suddenly gone, what should we do now?
And in this chaotic situation, someone actually jumped out to set the pace. It was what the maid said before, and the entire empire began to crazy rumors that it was the Meroway family who assassinated Emperor Wigley, and gave birth to Emperor Wigley.
The reason is quite acceptable. After all... hadn't the Merloway family been purging their enemies before? After the entire Noble family was killed, everyone knew that the most powerful official in the empire was Merlo.
Now that he is a great Duke, since he has become the most powerful minister, is it logical to take the next step forward?
In short, some people say that Garserne sent someone to assassinate Wigley, and some say that Linton took action. Anyway, it was the Merowe family who did it. This directly aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire empire, because the emperor was so powerful.
Gurley was actually pretty good to the people. He had done a lot of good things in the past, such as giving tax exemptions to the people in disaster years, relieving refugees, etc. In short, he had a good reputation. But now I heard that he was murdered by an imperial official. All of a sudden
The people's fire was ignited.
Of course, the people are angry because the people are angry, and they can't actually do anything. From ancient times to the present, the people will rebel only when the government forces them to rebel, and the people will rebel only if they cannot survive. I have never heard that the people will rebel after the emperor dies, even if he is a good emperor. So the chaos returns
It was chaotic and nothing major happened, but the problem was that someone took the lead at this moment.
The person who took the lead was naturally Thomas Heihe. As expected, Thomas Heihe also jumped out at this time. He immediately declared two points. The first was the legitimacy of his identity, indicating that he was Wigley's illegitimate son. Of course,
He is also the legal heir to the empire. Regarding this matter, he said that Emperor Wigley definitely knew this was true. He left the palace and went north just to see him and wanted to take him back as the crown prince. Otherwise, why would the emperor
Will you leave the main city?
The second point is that the person who killed Wigley was a member of the Meloway family, because they did not want to be recognized by Wigley. Now he is still an illegitimate child. An illegitimate child has no inheritance rights, but Wigley obviously
It was to restore his identity and take him back as an heir to cultivate, but the Melowei family simply assassinated the emperor for their own benefit, in order to allow the third princess Yalan who had married into the Melowei family to directly ascend the throne.
So that the Meloway family can control the entire empire.
So given the current situation, who do you think the people will believe? At first glance, everyone felt that what Thomas Heihe said was true. Some people had doubted the identity of his illegitimate son before, but now they saw the inexplicable appearance of the emperor.
Gong Bei went there, maybe he really went to see him. Isn't his identity confirmed? And his logic seems to make sense. Isn't this a conspiracy of the Meloway family?
All of a sudden, the Meloway family seemed to be besieged by all public opinion, including Princess Yalan. At this time, more trouble came. Thomas Heihe here directly announced an uprising and threatened the heir to the empire.
The identity is at stake, and the goal is to inherit the throne.
I said before that ordinary people will not rebel casually, but the current situation is different. Someone has taken the lead. Once someone controls public opinion, the situation will be completely different. Thomas Heihe started to cheer up.
Raise your own team, but the matter is not over here, because the rebel army is just a peasant army at best, and there is really no threat. However, a large number of nobles immediately announced their support for Thomas Heihe, and then the problem became serious.