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Chapter 231 The Death of the King
His Majesty the King is dead.

It happened suddenly, and many people don't know when and how His Majesty the King died. Did he die of illness or was murdered?But he just died.

The death of His Majesty the King itself is a major event in this kingdom that is not worth paying too much attention to.

Because it is not the king who is really in power in this kingdom, but his mother, Queen Isis.

So not many people cared about the king's death, they just cared about the shock that the king's death brought to the kingdom, and panicked over it.

In the palace where spices were burned, murals were painted, and stone pillars were covered with patterns, noble ministers stood in front of the throne, and they looked up at the woman standing beside the throne.

"The king is dead."

Under the light, Queen Isis's face was pale,
"My only son died. He didn't even...not leave a son before he died."

Queen Isis murmured in a daze.

The ministers who stood closer to the queen heard such words.Although they had expected it, they couldn't help but show shock for a moment, and their hands trembled.

What does it mean that His Majesty has no son?
This means that the throne will be vacant.

Decades ago, the former king passed away, Queen Isis took power, and when His Majesty the King ascended the throne, he cut off one threat after another that was enough to endanger his rule with vigorous measures.

These include not only the ministers who were highly valued by the previous kings, but also those princes and nobles who were directly or indirectly related to the previous kings.

For the former, Queen Isis has a tinge of sympathy. For ministers such as Ibia, Queen Isis can still use it after she has fully taken control of the kingdom.

For the latter members of the royal family who can directly threaten the throne, Queen Isis often uses unscrupulous means to the point of tearing the face of the royal family.

House arrest, arrests, public trials, public executions... There are also countless, secret, and shameless murders, framing, and poisoning.

It can be said that at that time, in order to stabilize her son's throne and her regent, Queen Isis used all her scheming.

But now, the consequences are coming.

In the entire royal city, Queen Isis could not find a member of the royal family who could be directly controlled.

A gloomy atmosphere permeated the palace.

The nobles and ministers kept their mouths tight and did not dare to say a word, waiting for the queen to give further instructions.

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In the end, Queen Isis had no instructions for the throne of the country until the ministers dispersed from the palace.

She just asked the ministers to discuss the king's funeral and other matters after the king's death besides the throne.

What are ministers such as Ibia keenly aware of?
Is Queen Isis...?
A chilling guess slowly emerged from their minds.

They could not imagine a woman crowned in a long rug, holding the scepter of the kingdom, receiving the blessing of Cargauth.

This has never happened in the history of the Kingdom of Aga.

So at the beginning, the ministers just regarded this speculation as a whimsical and terrible idea.

But as the king's body was buried in the brass mausoleum, after the kingdom's [-]-day mourning, in addition to the substantive government affairs, Queen Isis gradually began to control the ceremonial work.

Prior to this, these ceremonial tasks were generally handled by His Majesty the King, and this was one of the few times when everyone could recognize his identity as a king.

But now it has changed. Queen Isis began to sacrifice to Kagaus instead of the king, offering sacrifices belonging to the entire royal family.

Moreover, after the king's funeral and mourning, Queen Isis did not allow the ministers to discuss the candidate for the next king.

It is not uncommon in the history of the Aga Kingdom to have members of the royal family without a suitable throne, but there has been no discussion on the next king candidate, which has almost never happened in history.

With the throne hanging vacant, an atmosphere of panic permeated the entire Aga Kingdom.

The city-states outside the King's City of Aga also began to move around.

In this era, even the most developed Kingdom of Aga had very limited control over the major city-states.

The city-state has its own garrison and a certain degree of autonomy. Except for some matters such as taxation and sacrifice, the connection between the city-state and the royal city is extremely weak.

As the perennial prime minister, Ibia has noticed that if a woman is allowed to ascend the throne, the major city-states will not be controlled by the royal city, will no longer pay taxes, no longer obey the orders of the royal palace, and even separate one side and support the respective kings.

At that time, the entire dynasty will collapse.

In addition to Ibia, other ministers and nobles also realized this by coincidence.

So they collectively met Queen Isis and asked Queen Isis to discuss with them a new successor to the throne.

Under the steps of the throne, Minister Ibia raised his face and saw the slightly pale face of Queen Isis.

He was stunned to discover that Queen Isis, who had been so beautiful in the past, had already stepped into old age at this time.

And it seems that he is far more fragile than his older self.

"Are you going to elect a new king?

It has not been a year since my son died, are you going to hand over his throne? ! "

Queen Isis asked in a deep voice, with a bit of sullenness in her voice.

Minister Ibia suppressed his fear and looked directly at the queen.

"The land of Ajia cannot be without a king, Your Royal Highness, and the person sitting on the throne must be a member of the royal family."

In the past, he did not dare to do this, nor did he dare to say it.

But it's different now.

His Majesty the King is dead, and even Queen Isis's stable rule has begun to be shaken.

Queen Isis was slightly taken aback, and she sneered.

Then, when she opened her mouth to say something, she coughed continuously.

All of a sudden, the ministers were silent, and the only sound in the whole palace was the coughing of Queen Isis.

Minister Ibia looked at the queen's old face, and heard the voice that almost coughed out his lungs,
He asked in surprise:

"His Royal Highness... are you... sick?!"

That question was like a stone breaking the calm of the water, causing countless waves in an instant.

The ministers looked up one after another, looking at Queen Isis in panic and disbelief.

"yes……"

Queen Isis said in a hoarse voice:

"You think I don't know what you're thinking? You're thinking of a woman trying to usurp his dead son's throne."

Before the words fell, Queen Isis beside the throne let out a mocking sneer.

The faces of the ministers lost their color quickly, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly into the queen's eyes.

After a long time,

"Let's discuss and decide. You have found me the next king, and I will recognize him and let him sit in this place."

After finishing speaking, Queen Isis raised her hand, and two maids came up not far away, supported Queen Isis's shoulders, and brought the ruler of the kingdom back to the dark bedroom.

Above the palace, the ministers, after staring at each other awkwardly, gathered together, centered on their respective leaders, and began to discuss the candidate for the next king.

Although Queen Isis persecuted many members of the royal family to death, there are still some members of the royal family lingering in other city-states.

Instead of waiting for those city-states to take the initiative to offer members of the royal family, it is better for the ministers to negotiate an easy-to-control king who is in the interests of all parties.

And except for Queen Isis, no one really cared about the death of His Majesty the King.

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Queen Isis's feats in ruling the entire kingdom are obvious.

His son, His Majesty the Dead King, had no interest in ruling. He was obsessed with poetry, concubines, plays, murals and other things that had nothing to do with the status of king.

Queen Isis has always presided over the overall situation of the entire kingdom.

She participated in the competition for gems, and faced the invasion of the Morrowind King and the "tyrant" and summoned all the heroes in the land of Aga. In addition, Queen Isis also promulgated a new law code and formulated a A series of ordinances restricting the nobles and slaves, and recognizing the private property of the slaves, giving them a certain degree of freedom.

Even though the root of all this is to stabilize her own rule.But there is no doubt that her many exploits have benefited the kingdom as a whole.

If it is said that she is a man, a man who sits on the throne, a man who can wear a crown.

Then she will be one of the wise monarchs worth remembering in the history books.

It is a pity that for such a queen, the history books will record more about her poisonous heart, her hot methods, and her cruel rule in the first few years.

After the death of her only son, His Majesty the King, Queen Isis was exhausted, her body became weaker and weaker, and she gradually lay on the bed for a long time, or stood in front of the mural, lost in thought for a long time.

It's not like she didn't want to ascend the throne and wear the crown of the kingdom.

But...as a mother's pity for her son, she is not allowed to usurp the throne that belongs to her son.

Back in the bedroom, Queen Isis looked at the statue of Kagaus in the garden. She pushed away the two maids, knelt down facing the statue, and prayed for the last mercy to the creator of the three-eyed ape-man.

"Cagaus, the mysterious prophecy, in the underworld...what is waiting for me?"

Facing the statue of Kargaus, Queen Isis asked in a questioning tone.

Antinon, the son of prophecy, brought the divine revelation of the Nether Land to the priests of the Land of Aga a few years ago.

And the existence of the underworld spread throughout the known world in just a few years.

Before Queen Isis,

The statue of Cargaus stood there quietly, motionless.

This cold stone sculpture seems to be replacing the gods, examining the soul that is about to die.

(End of this chapter)