Chapter 691: Crown Prince
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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At this point, the king’s death could not be hidden for much longer, so they had to fight for the crown prince’s ident.i.ty as soon as possible.
In the following period of time, Princess Annie, Prince Henry, and Prince John almost fought openly. They no longer hid their methods and tried their best to trip each other up.
Even the Marshal could not stand it anymore. He quickly covered up for them so that they would not lose face in front of the entire country.
The Marshal came to Sophie in person. “Princess, when are you going to carry out the plan? If they continue to cause trouble, the royal family will lose all face.”
“Now’s not the time,” Sophie said calmly. “We’ll have to add fuel to the fire.”
William and Mary had to be the ones to add fuel to the fire. The two of them had not been idle recently. They were either busy fighting for the subst.i.tute or teaching their younger siblings how to please Jiang An.
Therefore, Jiang An was very annoyed. She really didn’t want to deal with those princes, but if she rejected them all, it would be detrimental to her plan.
Zou Bai’s expression became worse and worse. In his opinion, these people should be buried to prevent them from disturbing An’an’s peaceful life.
Previously, these people still had the reservedness of princes. Recently, it was as if they had suddenly understood something. Not only did they send flowers and love letters, but they also waited around and try to b.u.mp into her.
Jiang An didn’t expect things to turn out like this. She could only try her best to reduce the number of times she went out and kill time by watching movies with Zou Bai in the hotel.
Sometimes, when she was on the video call with Mo Shen, he was accompanying the children at the Jiang family home. The few of them chatted happily, so they could forget the unhappiness.
Unfortunately, those people were not observant at all. They thought that as long as he made himself clear enough, Jiang An would accept him. Jason even had the courage to send a hotel room card over.
When Zou Bai saw this, his expression was so cold that it could kill. He turned to Zou Yi and said, “Go and chop off his hand now!”
Jiang An quickly stopped them. “If we attack now, we’ll alert the enemy.”
Zou Yi didn’t know who to listen to, so he simply turned around and left to give the two masters some s.p.a.ce.
Jiang An hugged Zou Bai and comforted him. “He only did this because he was ordered by his father. Moreover, I gave him the illusion that he could do it. In the end, you can’t blame him.”
Of course, Zou Bai understood this, but he also understood that it didn’t mean forgiveness. People who had killed so many people in overseas branches didn’t have a soft heart.
“Zou Bai, promise me that you won’t do such a thing. No matter how many times he expresses his love to me, you’re the only one I love.” Jiang An told him her true feelings over and over again.
When Zou Bai heard what she said, he didn’t insist on killing. He wasn’t a good person, and his hands were covered in blood.
But for Jiang An, he was willing to restrain all his methods and become the person she wanted him to become.
In the end, Jason did not wait for Jiang An, but he was not discouraged. Mary had said that he had to persevere. There must be many men who were friendly to Jiang An with her status. He had to do better than these people to be seen.
Under the circ.u.mstances, no one noticed that the army had withdrawn their contact with them. The officers were also locked in their homes.
Since they had already decided to support Sophie, there was no need for them to have any dealings with the rest of the royal family.
Logically speaking, such a huge change would definitely be noticed. However, the royal family had been too chaotic recently. Everyone was busy scheming against others and were filled with their own personal grudges. They had actually ignored the most important army.
This also made the army feel that they had made the right choice. These people were not worthy of being kings.
Under the arrangement of the Jiang family and the Zou family, Sophie quietly left the palace and went to the suburbs. She opened the tightly guarded door and said, “Uncle, I’m your niece, Sophie.”
The crown prince did not expect her to be the one to visit him. His eyes widened. “Sophie, did you get someone to kidnap me back?”
“Yes,” Sophie said emphatically. “After all, Uncle left a mess behind. He had to come back and clean it up.”
The crown prince thought that he wanted her to come back and ascend the throne. He shook his head and said, “Sophie, I’ve already started a farm on an island. I probably won’t come back again. Don’t force me.”
“It’s a good thing that Uncle can do what he likes, but you’ve left a disaster in our country.” Sophie’s expression became serious.
“As the crown prince, you left after saying that you didn’t want to be king. Now, in order to get to the throne, the members of the royal family are about to fight. No one cares about the operation of the kingdom at all. The lives of the people will only worsen. Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”