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Jerome is dead.

He died before the enthronement ceremony, and the emperor couldn't do it for even a minute.

This was far beyond his wife Tiffany's expectation. Tiffany's original plan was to let Genome sit on the throne first, and then let him die after getting the right to inherit the throne... In this way, her son Ford Jr. I can legitimately inherit everything from Genome.

But it was so good that he died just like that before inheriting the throne.

Tiffani was deceived. In fact, the combined poison prepared by Zhou Ming could be fatal if taken for 4 to 5 days. Genome died only on the sixth day, which showed that his body was quite resistant to poison.

Fortunately, Zhou Ming's ultimate goal was achieved - he killed the so-called "new emperor" before the new emperor's enthronement ceremony began.

The biggest threat was eliminated.

The most critical first step has been completed.

The entire imperial capital suddenly fell into chaos.

Three days later, the cause of Jernom's death was also investigated and was found to be caused by an overdose of the Tiger Wolf medicine. As for the murderer who poisoned Jernom, the "Imperial Canary" Gadiyali was quickly identified, and the death sentence was quickly issued. , a glass of poisonous wine was poured down, and Jiade Yali, the canary, died.

The real cause of Genome's death was thus covered up.

The thing that everyone in the empire is most concerned about now is not the shameful cause of Genome's death, but who should be the candidate for the new emperor?

Since Genome's only legitimate son is Ford Jr., there are mainly two suitable candidates for the new emperor.

12-year-old Noctis (Zhou Ming).

Little Ford, 10 years old.

Because of Queen Mother Janet's position, she still sides with her favorite son, Jernom... Even if this son is dead, the old lady's favoritism will not change.

Queen Mother Janet continued to side with her grandson and planned to help Ford come to power.

Therefore, Queen Mother Janet became Zhou Ming's second target.

What to do?

Continue to poison?

of course not.

Spread rumors!

Rumors were spread wildly in the imperial capital.

Of course, this kind of rumor-mongering is not low-level rumor-mongering, but a high-level rumor-mongering that confuses falsehoods with truth.

In other words, based on facts and artistically processed rumors, it becomes an almost true legend.

What fact?

The fact is that when Empress Dowager Janet was young, she had a profound love affair with a young nobleman named "Hawkins".

This love affair is a tragedy that happened to Janet. She fell in love with a young aristocratic named "Hawkins" during a wild hunting party. They loved each other deeply, and even went so far as to elope... ...But this relationship was destined to not have a good outcome. First, Janit's elopement was discovered by her family, and she was immediately placed under house arrest.

Secondly, Janit is engaged. Her fiancé is the crown prince of the empire and the future emperor of the empire. The Lucis family does not allow her to do anything that tarnishes the family's reputation.

In order to forcefully separate the young man who was blinded by love, the young nobleman named Hawkins had his legs broken and was exiled to a corner where he could not be found.

So this can also explain why Janit was so angry and opposed after his eldest son Alexander went against his will and insisted on marrying a woman with a low title. After all, Janit was also very angry when he was young. After encountering such a thing, why could she and her true love have to be torn apart by their family, while her son Alexander could overcome many obstacles and finally get married?

The old lady refused to accept it and was extremely unhappy, so she tried every possible means to stop him.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that the old lady wants to protect the interests of the Lucis family.

But this experience of the old lady's youth happened to be used by Zhou Ming to make a fuss and spread rumors wildly.

Zhou Ming specially wrote a script with excellent writing, gorgeous rhetoric, and evocative content. It mainly tells the story of how the old lady met and fell in love with the young nobleman named "Hawkins" when she was young.

It tells the tragic story of how they met in a flower field, got to know each other in the forest, fell in love after experiencing a series of stories, and finally experienced a failed elopement and were forcibly separated by their families.

In the eyes of modern people like Zhou Ming, such a story can be described as "old-fashioned". In the "Blue Moon" plane, there are countless similar stories, which are not very new.

But with the powerful and gorgeous writing style of the storyteller, and the passionate interpretation by the outstanding actors of the imperial capital's first-class opera company "Ye Yuan Opera Company", this love story that happened to the old lady became a stage opera "Broken Lovers" , due to the beautiful scenes, melodious music, and superb performances of the actors, the play caused a sensation in the imperial capital as soon as it was released, with the theaters being very popular and the seats packed.

Many viewers came with high expectations and left with tears in their eyes.

Then he tried his best to amway the surroundings, and there were even many viewers who were still not satisfied, and they did two, three, and even five, six, and seven times, never getting tired of it.

Within half a month, at least 800,000 viewers in the imperial capital watched the play "Broken Lovers" in the theater.

At least 3 million people know the plot of this show, and 8 million people have heard of the name of this show.

The publicity effect Zhou Ming wanted to achieve was basically achieved. He had a population base of millions of people to receive and spread rumors.

Of course, on the surface, there is no problem with the play "Broken Lovers" that Zhou Ming let people launch. It is not a rumor, and people can't find any problems. It is just a slightly old-fashioned opera.

But what Zhou Ming released next can be called "rumors".

Because after his "Broken Lovers", he released another movie.

The first chapter is called "The Return of Hawkins". It tells the story of Hawkins, who had his leg broken. After going through many difficulties and dangers, he returned to the imperial capital from the place of exile, returned to the side of "Ganilit", and then reunited with A series of stories happened between Ganilit.

Since it is a li fan, these stories can only be described with one word: yellow.

Very yellow!

The scenes alone include boudoirs, toilets, restaurants, bathhouses, palace gardens, servants' courtyards, monasteries and churches, and more than a dozen places.

There are dozens of action poses, and the illustrations are carefully crafted.

Coupled with the powerful and gorgeous writing style, vivid descriptions, and extremely exquisite illustrations, no matter who is holding this book in their hands, as long as they admire it for 5 consecutive minutes, if this person is not stubborn, Zhou Ming will take his surname!

In reality, after the old lady became queen, probably in the third year, she used various methods to recall Hawkins to her side and kept him for nearly a year... Even though the once handsome young man became He became a lame and sloppy middle-aged man who had gone through vicissitudes of life.

It was during this year that the old lady became pregnant again and gave birth to her second son, Genome.

Therefore, Zhou Ming can completely create a sequel based on these real events: "The Return of Hawkins"... This is the true nature of the rumor.

So what is Zhou Ming’s purpose in spreading rumors?

Of course, it is necessary for public opinion to generally believe that the biological father of the deceased emperor's uncle Jerome is not the former emperor Barissa, but a bastard born from Hawkins' fooling around with the old lady!

Once this rumor becomes known to the world, even if the old lady is full of words, she still can't explain it!

It is impossible for all the members of the royal family of the Orunya Empire to allow a descendant of a wild species to steal the supreme throne and secretly cut off the inheritance of the royal family.

So when the underground sales of the book "The Return of Hawkins" exceeded half a million copies, and rumors and discussions spread throughout the imperial capital, there was only one way for the old lady and little Ford to clear their innocence. , defeat the rumors!

any solution?

Recognize your relatives with all your bones!

That is, they dug up the late emperor's grave, took out a spine, and added a few drops of blood from Zhou Ming and Xiao Ford. If the blood blended into the spine, it would prove that they were of legitimate royal blood.

If they are incompatible, they must be wild species!

So at the court meeting that day, when faced with the identification proposal put forward by the royal clan leader, the old lady's face changed wildly and she stood up suddenly!

She pointed her finger at the royal family leader, Rubster, and said angrily: "What do you mean?"

"You dare question my loyalty to the late Emperor?"

"How dare you desecrate his holy body, open his coffin, take out his bones, and prevent him from resting in peace?"

"Presumptuous! Presumptuous~!"

The old lady was shaking with anger.

However, the royal family patriarch, Lubster, said calmly: "There are rumors from the outside world. Rumors are spreading everywhere. The empire is very unstable. If the rumors are not stopped in time, I am afraid there will be chaos in the world!"

"What's more, this matter is of great importance and is related to the royal family's orthodoxy. For the sake of safety, we have to investigate! If the emperor knows about it, he will also support us in doing so!"

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother, if you have no guilt in your heart and have not done anything to be ashamed of the late king, why are you so excited? If you have a clear conscience, this recognition of your family is just a formality, why should you object with all your strength?"

"you--"

"you--!"

Facing Rubester's aggressive words, the old lady turned pale with anger and almost fainted.