Chapter 299 Sensational News
"Huh? What's going on?" When the old man heard the news, he suddenly lost his composure and raised his brows.
The eldest prince quickly and briefly told what happened in the hunting ground, including how the third prince's plot against him failed, but he eventually died in the sea of ice and fire.
After hearing this, the old man was speechless for a while, and then said after a while: "I will report this matter to the prince."
The third prince attacked the eldest prince. If this is true, then even if the third prince is not dead, he will have no chance of being crowned king.
The eldest prince nodded and said nothing more. Since Princess Xiling testified for him, he didn't have to worry about Princess Anyang not believing him.
Of course, without the third prince, the trophies brought out by the eldest prince's team were undoubtedly the most among the teams present, and they became the well-deserved number one.
Next, it was Su Chen, Gu Qianyin and Princess Xiling's turn to hand over the trophies for inspection.
However, when the old man walked towards the three of them, Princess Xiling spoke unexpectedly, and said in a soft voice: "Uncle Zhong, we were in the hunting ground and just visited the scenery, but we didn't hunt the prey. Half of them were handed over to us, but we couldn’t produce anything decent.”
"Then, Princess, you don't have to hand it over."
The old man looked completely unsuspecting, nodded, and waved for the three of them to pass.
Until the three of them walked out of the hunting ground completely, Gu Qianyin couldn't believe that Princess Xiling had allowed them to save half of the prey they handed over with just one word.
You know, for their team, half of the prey is quite a lot, because they killed a Silver Moon Beast at the third level of the Transformation Realm, and its horns and heart were very valuable.
Not to mention the Silver Moon Beast cub that Gu Qianyin carried. The newborn cub was difficult to catch and was priceless.
Until Princess Xiling playfully winked at Gu Qianyin and said with a slight smile: "What a danger, the Silver Moon Beast cub was almost separated."
Only then did Gu Qianyin react, and the two women looked at each other and laughed.
"Let's go. The afterglow of this autumn hunting incident may last for a while, but those ups and downs have nothing to do with us."
Su Chen and Gu Qianyin said goodbye to Princess Xiling and then set off back to Anyang College.
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Three days later, news came out from Anyang County Prince's Mansion that was enough to shock the whole city.
The once-powerful Third Prince was officially declared to have died unexpectedly during an autumn hunt.
Subsequently, Prince Anyang personally ordered the eldest prince to be canonized as the heir to the throne!
From now on, all the ups and downs regarding the battle for the throne have become history.
Of course, the death of the third prince has also triggered many speculations. The most popular speculation is that the death of the third prince is entirely a conspiracy of the eldest prince and was assassinated by the eldest prince.
Of course, this speculation has no actual basis at all and can only become some rumors in the market.
In contrast, those families and forces that used to support the Third Prince are now busy trying to distance themselves from the Third Prince.
Fortunately, the eldest prince was a kind-hearted person and did not actually cleanse the families and forces that were once attached to the third prince. He just gave them a beating and it was over.
However, the fact that the eldest prince did not take any action does not mean that they will really be safe and sound. Gradually, people discovered that the families and forces that once supported the Third Prince were experiencing accidents one after another. Either the head of the family died tragically, or the family industry suffered a fatal blow, or they were threatened by former enemies. , can only leave Anyang City to avoid disaster.
In just a few days, everyone was surprised to find that the families that had unequivocally supported the third prince and participated most fiercely in the battle for the throne had sadly withdrawn from the stage of Anyang City.
It is really hard to believe that this kind of thing is a coincidence, but it is more like there is an invisible hand purging the families and forces that once supported the third prince behind the scenes.
In Anyang College, although the ups and downs in the outside world had nothing to do with Su Chen, they still reached Su Chen's ears.
Others may not know who the person behind the scenes is to purge the Third Prince's forces, but a sophisticated person like Su Chen immediately guessed that the person behind the scenes to purge the Third Prince's forces must be Prince Anyang himself.
The reason why the power of the third prince was to be purged was to pave the way for the eldest prince.
Because now that the eldest prince has been appointed as the heir, there is no need for all these opposing forces to exist. Naturally, they must be cleared away to avoid affecting the eldest prince's rule after the eldest prince succeeds to the throne in the future.
It has to be said that Su Chen was a little curious about the Prince of Anyang whom he had never met before. He was able to let several princes fight to the death before the successor was chosen, but after the successor was chosen, he was able to use such vigorous and resolute tactics. Means pave the way for him.
It can only be said that the reason Prince Anyang did not intervene in the fights between the princes in the past was because he had not yet made a final decision on who to choose as his successor. And this autumn hunting is probably one of the methods used by Prince Anyang to inspect several princes.
In other words, Prince Anyang is raising "gu" and letting the princes fight with each other. The one who survives in the end must be the most suitable person to inherit the throne. Because he either has incredible strength or incredible luck, and both of these are important qualities needed for the heir to the throne.
In the end, the "Gu" who survived was the eldest prince. The third prince was already dead, and the other princes were not worthy enough to compete with the eldest prince. Therefore, Prince Anyang finally decided to choose the eldest prince as the heir to the throne.
And now that the eldest prince has been chosen as the heir to the throne, we cannot ignore it as before. Instead, we must remove all the stumbling blocks on the eldest prince's path to the throne. Only in this way can we ensure that the eldest prince's future rule will be long-lasting and stable.
From this point of view, Su Chen still admired the courage of Prince Anyang. He ignored the situation when it was necessary to ignore it, but once he really wanted to take control, his vigorous and resolute methods were also frightening.
Speaking of which, Xueying, who was once the Third Prince's side, escaped, was not accused, was not unlucky, and lived a peaceful life.
This incident also aroused speculation among some people in Anyang City. Some good people said that in fact, Xueying had climbed up another branch and climbed onto Su Chen long before the fall of the third prince, so she was able to escape.
However, all these discussions can only be speculation.
Since the end of the autumn hunt, Su Chen has completely consolidated the Ice Heart and Fire Essence in his Dantian in the past few days.
Now, only after breaking through to the realm of transformation, the Ice Heart Fire Essence can begin to work, transforming the True Essence Sea into the Ice and Fire True Essence Sea.
Su Chen took some time to sort out all the things on his body.
He still had more than a hundred thousand taels of silver, but Su Chen also knew now that when it came time to use something like silver, it was never enough.
