Raising My Children With My Personal Spatial Ability

Chapter 2220: Chapter 2220: Really Dead

So when he heard the news that the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire had died, he was utterly incredulous. Who in the Jun Empire would dare oppose him? As long as there was even a whisper of dissent, he would send someone to eliminate it.

“There really are people like that, huh.”

An Jiuyue clicked her tongue in amazement. Was this a monarch who had completely excluded his ministers and governed the country single-handedly?

“Someone would actually dare to assassinate him?”

It wasn’t entirely impossible. Perhaps some individuals who escaped his purges had turned back, scheming to kill their monarch.

“This… is hard to say.”

The Ninth Prince shook his head, feeling the prospect of assassination was no more than a flippant remark.

“The Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire possesses extremely high cultivation levels and is well aware of his many enemies. He has trained a large number of secret guards. Approaching him is practically impossible—unless, of course, a woman becomes his downfall.

But that, too, seems unlikely. From what I know, he only has a legitimate queen and four concubines in his harem. It’s remarkably clean. Moreover, these five women are all commoners with no ties to noble families or the realm of courtly officials.”

The idea that these women would assassinate the monarch? It seems inconceivable just to think about it.

“I just feel like it’s impossible for him to be dead. This news must be false. High Priest, Master Qian, where exactly did you hear this information?”

He asked.

“I heard it on the streets,” Leng Yikun replied after a brief moment.

He, too, found the rumors unreliable, suspecting some deliberate intent behind them. However, even if the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire had orchestrated this narrative of his supposed death, such planning would have required time.

How could the news have spread to the Central Imperial Country’s capital so quickly?

“On the streets?”

The Ninth Prince froze, momentarily taken aback.

When did the common folk in the capital develop such skill? Such news, which even he hadn’t received, managed to reach the ears of ordinary people?

“This… High Priest, Master Qian, may I send someone to investigate these street rumors?”

The information was too shocking. He, for the moment, didn’t know how to respond. Could it be that the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire really had died?

The news had already reached the capital, but had he, perhaps due to his recent busyness, missed it?

“Hmm, you may go,”

An Jiuyue nodded slightly, granting him permission to leave.

…

Two hours later.

The Ninth Prince returned, bringing the information he had collected.

“High Priest, Master Qian, it seems the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire truly has died—he was poisoned.” He still struggled to believe it, but now it seemed more likely to be true.

“According to the information obtained at my manor, a prince born of the Late Emperor of the Jun Empire is still alive. It was he who poisoned the Monarch Emperor and seized the throne for himself.”

Word by word, the Ninth Prince relayed the information he had acquired.

It turned out that when the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire had ascended to the throne, he had exterminated his brothers.

However, one prince had a skilled impersonator under his command. The impersonator swapped places with the prince, dying in his stead, enabling the prince to survive.

This prince then lived under the guise of the impersonator’s identity, staying in the Jun Empire’s capital and forming connections with ministers who dared not speak out against the monarch. Eventually, a month ago, he poisoned the monarch to death.

“This matter was handled with extreme secrecy. Although the Monarch Emperor of the Jun Empire is dead, no funeral announcement has been made. Almost no one is aware of it. I have no idea how this news reached the capital.”