The Way of the Empress

Queen Catherine wiped away her tears, stood up straight, and said forcefully: “You are not my son!”

At this point, she had no way to turn back.

As soon as she said these words, everyone present at the scene was bewildered. They did not expect that the queen would say the crown prince was not the crown prince on such an occasion.

Even those watching the memorial service in front of the TV and the live webcast, the people of Osphia, who were ecstatic after seeing the crown prince, were stunned.

“I’m not your son? Then who am I? Mother.” Moodys was stunned by his biological mother’s rejection of his identity, but then he felt it was extremely ridiculous.

What a ridiculous thing.

And something so absurd could happen to him.

Queen Catherine sneered and retorted: “My son, my Moodys is dead. Who are you and who let you pretend to be my son, you should ask yourself!”

“My Moodys’s face was burnt by zerg venom, and has been unable to recover. It is a problem that the royal medical team cannot solve. And you… your face is intact! You are not my son. You can fool the world, but not me. No mother will fail to recognize her own child!” She announced loudly.

The words she said were powerful and sounding, as if she really believed that the person in front of her was not her eldest son. But she knew in her heart that even if the person in front of her was really Moodys, she couldn’t admit it.

Admitting it means that everything she has done before has become a joke and a mistake.

She can’t recognize…

“Yes, His Royal Highness’s face is burnt by zerg venom and can’t be healed. This person is not the prince, come and take him down!” As soon as Queen Catherine said this, the Lightning Legion behind her breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had found an excuse to point the finger at Moodys.

And those followers who were bewitched by Queen Catherine also swarmed up and launched an attack on Moodys-

Brainwashing themselves that the crown prince in front of them is fake, and must be fake.

Only this way can they give themselves and their gang a chance to survive after taking down Moodys.

The commander of the Lightning Legion, Duke Ashman, acted very quickly. Thinking only of the fact that Moodys is fake, so he could whitewash his actions of standing on the queen’s side and imprisoning the third prince for murder, and become a teacher of justice.

But Moodys reacted faster than him. Before he could get close, Moodys kicked his knee. The sound of bones breaking was clearly heard in everyone’s ears. Duke Ashman fell to the ground. Severe pain caused his face to whiten, and large drops of cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

But the rebellious force didn’t care about him anymore. Taking out their infrared and energy guns, they launched an attack on Moodys, shooting at him frantically, wanting to kill him to prove that he was is fake.

He didn’t want to, but Moodys had already prepared a light shield around his body. His quantum beast, the golden lion, followed closely behind him. The light shield blocked the shots fired at him,  and one instant later, lightning directly split those chaotic parties into coke, killing them in one hit.

The crown prince is the strongest sentinel of the empire. It is well known that he possesses lightning abilities and a golden lion quantum beast…

This time, even if Moodys’ face is intact, no one dares to question whether Moodys is fake…

If he is fake, as the empire’s strongest sentinel, with his lion quantum beast and lightning ability, no real sentinels dare claim otherwise.

Moodys frowned slightly and shouted in a deep voice: “Take them down!”

With only one order, without the help of his own troops, the other soldiers present who were previously bewitched by Queen Catherine already stepped forward to obey. Chaos ensued, and Queen Catherine’s henchmen, including Vincent and Duke Ashman, were captured.

They obey Queen Catherine’s orders not because of Queen Catherine herself, but because Queen Catherine is the mother of the crown prince.

The only one who they obeyed and swore allegiance to was the crown prince.

“You are not my son, you are not Moodys, you are not!” Queen Catherine’s face was ashen, as she shouted crazily.

At this moment, another very familiar voice appeared in the square. “You don’t admit that he is your son, Moodys. But I recognize him, I’m sure he is my son Moodys!”

People looked at the source of the sound, and saw a skinny Winston Emperor, who had been tortured to the bone, was walking here step by step with the help of the third prince, Leo, and the third princess, Gu Xia.

“Father!”

“Your Majesty…”

No one thought that Winston the Great would be tortured like this.

“Father, it was this son who was late to the rescue!” Moodys felt very guilty seeing Winston like this.

“It’s okay, it’s not your fault. It’s fine if you’re okay.” Emperor Winston patted Moodys on the shoulder, then walked towards Queen Catherine, looked at her, and said solemnly: “Catherine… you and I have been married for so many years, yet you don’t even recognize your own son in order to fight for power. You’ve disappointed me greatly.”

Queen Catherine’s emotions exploded the moment she saw Winston and Leo, yelling hysterically: “I let you down? Who let who down? You and I have been married for so many years, but you only hang out with that slut Judith all day long, and even gave birth to the bastard Leo. Am I your wife?”

“And you, Moodys, you are always on your father’s side. Do you consider me your mother? I gave birth to you in October, and I am your biological mother, why… why did you do this to me?” She was emotionally broken, and even scolded Moodys.

At this moment, everyone present, including those watching the live broadcast, could see that Queen Catherine is completely abnormal.

But Queen Catherine didn’t feel that she was at fault. She only felt that her mistakes were caused by others. “Do you think of me as your mother, Moodys? Since you’re fine, why didn’t you return to Emperor Star? Why didn’t you tell me? It took nearly two months to show up, do you think of me as your mother?”

She only felt that it was all Moodys’ fault. If Moodys didn’t return to Emperor Star and contacted her in these 2 months, she would never have mistakenly believe that he was really dead.

She will not admit all this was done for her own benefit.

It’s all Moody’s fault!

“Before you ask me if I think of you as a mother, I also want to ask you, do you think of me as a son?” Moodys looked at the woman who gave birth to him, and felt a chill. “I didn’t come back, because I really had an accident in the Heart of the Rose. The Dawn and Glory Legions blocked the news and were looking for me, but you made a big deal of everything… When my whereabouts are unknown, and you haven’t even seen my body, announcing my death so impatiently, and blaming everything that happened to me because of the Anti-Imperial Society on Leo and Lieutenant General Chu Lie. You regarded my life and death as a tool for you to eliminate dissidents and usurp power.”

“I was infected with the pandora virus on Jiuwei Star, and survived nine deaths. The zerg venom scars on my face were cured by the counteracting poisons. When you first saw me, you didn’t ask about my situation, didn’t care about my life and death, but because I no longer have any wounds on my face, denied my identity and denied that I am your son.” Moodys had nothing to say. “Mother, I really want to ask you, have you ever treated me as your own son for a moment?”

He never thought that Queen Catherine would be so crazy.

Queen Catherine was speechless. Like a crazy person, she kept mumbling and repeating to herself. “You are not my son. Moodys is dead, dead. It’s all your fault, it’s all your fault, it’s all your fault!”

“Come on, Queen Catherine has gone mad, take her down.” Emperor Winston couldn’t stand it any longer.

After confirming Moodys identity, the people on Queen Catherine’s side because of him immediately stood on Moodys’ side, and everyone else also disarmed and surrendered.

In this way, this big event that shocked the world turned into a farce. The big joke belonging to the royal family ended.

The reputation of the third prince Leo and the Gu family were also cleaned up, and those who were incarcerated were Queen Catherine and the second prince Vincent.

Winston officially divorced Queen Catherine, and made history by becoming the first emperor in the history of Osphia to divorce the queen.

Moodys thoroughly cleaned up Osphia’s forces. Unlike the previous, small cleanups afraid of shaking its foundation, this time, the undertaking was massive.

The Vulture Legion was defeated by the Dawn and Glory Legions for the attempted murder of the crown prince in the Heart of the Rose, and the fleeing army was also designated as a rebel army. The Lightning Legion colluded with the Queen to murder members of the royal family, and was wholly uprooted. The Thunder Legion was found to have colluded deeply with the biggest reactionary force in Osphia, and was smashed by the Dawn and Glory Legions.

The Rising Sun Legion, which originally belonged to the royal family but rebelled, all the rebels were put to death. The remaining people who were deceived were absorbed by the Dawn and Glory Legions.

The matter of the Ancient Wood Legion, Moodys left to Mr. Gu Kun to handle it himself.

This great change made Osphia, who originally had ten major legions, instantly only have six major legions. Many families were implicated, and everyone was in danger.

In the end, only the Houyi and Black Eagle Legions, who were still outside, were smart and wise enough to protect themselves. They were not affected by this big purge and remained.

Moodys followed the vine and started a round of purges against Osphia’s largest reactionary force, the Anti-Imperial Society. Even the Anti-Imperial Society president who had hid his head and tail was also caught by Moodys. .

Unexpectedly, he was actually the Prime Minister’s partner, the younger brother of the Thunder Legion Commander – an unremarkable male guide.

At the time, he was an admirer and secretary of the crazy prince Hannibal. He admired the abolished prince Hannibal very much, and he was pious and had a deep-rooted belief in Hannibal to this day.

 

Our fav characters return to center stage again next chapter.

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