Yang Cheng found the structure of the Assyrian kingdom strange; it resembled a constitutional monarchy in some ways, yet it didn't quite fit the description.
The kingdom has a parliament and various departments. The appointment and removal of officials are not decided by the emperor alone, but also require a vote in the parliament.
However, the emperor also wielded supreme power, including the military, finances, and even wars with other countries. All these major affairs were under the emperor's control.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to let a fool be emperor; this would destroy the Assyrian kingdom.
Therefore, Clough's son has never been able to become a prince all these years, even though Clough forced Parliament to pass a resolution, which was ultimately blocked by many nobles.
But Clough was very unwilling. He only had one son, and he was too old to have another. Of course, he wanted his son to be emperor.
His own son wasn't completely stupid, just a little slow to react. Were all those elites in the council just sitting around doing nothing? The Assyrian Kingdom still had such a deep foundation.
Even if a dog were chained up in the palace of St. Brand, it wouldn't affect the operation of the kingdom. So why can't his own son be emperor?
Therefore, in recent years, Emperor Clough has had a very strained relationship with the entire Kingdom Council and the nobles because of the prince.
However, Prince Lai En, who had always kept a low profile and never made a fuss, had long been secretly plotting something.
Prince Leon is much younger than Clough, and is in his forties, but he has no sons.
His condition was even worse than Clough's; years earlier, he had been diagnosed by many doctors in the Empire with the possibility that he would have little chance of having offspring.
But Lai En was not content with this and even coveted the throne.
Of course, not this generation, but the next generation.
As the conflict between Emperor Clough and the Parliament and the nobles deepened, he realized that as long as he had a child, as long as it was a normal child, the Parliament and the nobles would stand on his side!
Prince Leon plotted for a long time and found an alchemist skilled in human alchemy to create an offspring using Prince Leon's male essence.
All that blood and materials were prepared for this alchemy.
After listening, Master Morton immediately snorted coldly, "Nonsense!"
Human beings are born from the union of men and women; this is a world rule that the Creator established when He created all living beings!
How could male essence alone be enough to create offspring? Do you know what that means? It means creating humans, it means that those who developed this alchemy are coveting the authority of the Creator!
Count Celt quickly replied, "I really didn't lie to you!"
I don't know anything about alchemy, but that's exactly what the alchemist said.
If you don't believe me, I can take you to see it.
There is a laboratory located beneath my estate.
Morton frowned and asked, "Who is this alchemist you're looking for?"
"That guy's name is hard to pronounce, it's von Hohenheim Paracelsus, and he's also a member of your Alchemist Guild."
"It was him!"
Master Morton was immediately taken aback.
Although many in the Alchemists' Guild considered Hohenheim an oddball, Morton knew that the man's alchemical skills were quite formidable, comparable to those of a top-tier alchemist.
He had only recently discovered that Hohenheim had been funded by an alchemy laboratory, and he never expected that it was Count Celt and Prince Lyon's group.
Yang Cheng said from the side, "Why did you make such a simple problem so complicated?"
Why not just get Prince Rein's wife pregnant and then say that the child is his own? Wouldn't that be much simpler?
Could it be that he just didn't want to be cuckolded?
Count Celt shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. The reason why the Edward family has been able to control the Assyrian Kingdom for so many years is because the divine artifacts passed down from the ancestors of the Assyrian Kingdom are under the control of the Edward family. Every emperor is the master of the divine artifacts."
Moreover, this artifact only recognizes the bloodline of the Edward family. During the ceremony of being named a prince, the artifact must be used to imprint his mark. Becoming the crown prince also requires this process, and after ascending the throne as emperor, he needs to be recognized by the artifact.
Therefore, even impersonating royalty wouldn't get you past the first hurdle.
Master Morton suddenly said, "Come on, take me to the alchemy laboratory."
The alchemical laboratory in the Celtic manor was located beneath his study, extending into a secret basement.
When Morton saw what was inside the alchemy laboratory, his expression changed drastically.
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