The deputy captain was confused.
The female was the only survivor and witness of the pirate attack.
Logically speaking, she should be taken back by the Imperial Investigation Department for questioning.
Captain Fang is the crown prince of the empire and has worked in the imperial government for several years. It is impossible for him not to be aware of this process.
However, the captain must have his reasons for doing this, the second-in-command thought.
He decided to follow Fang Xingzhou's orders and quickly cleared all traces of this female from the video and text materials.
Then, he reported the pirate attack to the higher authorities and requested them to send someone to assist in the investigation.
Fang Xingzhou sat in his seat with his eyelids slightly drooping, watching the deputy captain do all this.
Of course he knew that this was wrong.
However, he felt unhappy when he thought that if he handed this female over, he might never see her again.
The only reason a female like her appears on a pirate ship is to be kidnapped by pirates because of her beauty.
Besides, her mental strength was zero. What could she do? What did she know? There was no point in handing her over.
As for why she was the only survivor, it was because she was lucky enough to hide in the corner and was not discovered by the cruel murderer.
Fang Xingzhou had already come up with a reasonable explanation in his mind for the appearance and survival of the female.
"Don't tell anyone about this." Fang Xingzhou ordered.
The second-in-command nodded.
"You know, here, the person I trust the most is you." Fang Xingzhou stood up, looked into the deputy captain's eyes, and patted his shoulder.
The deputy captain was a little flattered. You know, Fang Xingzhou is the high and mighty crown prince!
Even if he was sent to the edge of the galaxy by the royal family, it did not deprive him of his status as crown prince.
As long as he is still the crown prince, he has the possibility of ascending the throne.
If one day Fang Xingzhou ascends the throne, as his confidant, wouldn't he entrust me with important tasks?
The deputy captain was overwhelmed with emotion and said enthusiastically, "I will follow the captain's instructions."
Fang Xingzhou's eyes were full of trust. "Okay, I'll leave things here to you."
Then he turned and walked out. He was going out to contact someone.
Just a second ago, his optical brain received a message from his confidant who stayed in the royal family.
After Fang Xingzhou left the command room, he went into his office.
He first carefully checked around and confirmed that there was nothing unusual. Then he closed the doors and windows, sat down, and contacted his confidants.
"Is there any new development on the royal side?" He sat on the chair, turning slowly, his long legs spread apart, swaying from side to side with his movements.
The other party was the captain of the palace guards. He came from a noble family and had known Fang Xingzhou since childhood.
However, they were enemies at that time, so no one could have imagined that he would be conquered by Fang Xingzhou and become his confidant.
The captain of the guards' voice was cold and clear, "They want to call you back."
"Go back? Go back to the palace? If you tell me to go back, I will go back. Who can disobey the order of my father?" Fang Xingzhou raised the corner of his mouth, looking indifferent.
"Hmph, I'm afraid you came here alive but will leave dead." said the captain of the guards.
Fang Xingzhou's eyes darkened, he stopped moving, and his expression became serious, "Why, do they want to kill me?"
"Heh—I thought it would be a year from now."
"I'm just an S-rank waste, am I worth their killing?" An ambiguous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The person on the other end of the computer sneered and said, "I find it strange too."
"I thought they would keep you in the Galaxy Patrol, and then depose you after a year on the grounds that you had no partner and could not produce children."
"But judging by His Majesty's recent deployments, I think they are aimed at taking your life."
"Did he discover something?"
Fang Xingzhou's eyes were deep. He thought for a moment, trying to figure out if there were any flaws in his recent behavior.
Finally, he shook his head.
"I hid it very well. I haven't used my mental power in the past few years. Father shouldn't be able to find out."
"Thank you for your reminder. I will make preparations in advance. I still have to trouble you inside the palace." Fang Xingzhou said solemnly.
After receiving a positive response from the other party, he hung up the call.
After a few minutes, a message from the royal family came through the optical brain.
He was asked to resign as captain of the galaxy patrol fleet in one month and return to the palace to wait for orders.
Just as the captain of the guards said, their plan was advanced.
Fang Xingzhou's lips curled up into a beautiful arc, but there was no smile in his eyes, and they were filled with frost.
Knowing that his closest relatives had carefully set a trap to take his life in the palace, would he still go back?
Of course I have to go back!
After all, they are blood relatives. Before they die, they should be allowed to see their true appearance.
As for whose death it was...it's hard to say.
Fang Xingzhou's eyes darkened as he replied with two words, "Got it."
Everyone in the empire knows that the royal family attaches great importance to offspring.
People also believed that the current Crown Prince Fang Xingzhou was disliked by the Emperor, neglected, and sent to the edge of the interstellar space because he had never found a partner and was unable to produce offspring for the royal family.
Actually, it is not.
The so-called partner and offspring are just a high-sounding excuse.
Fang Xingzhou himself knew that the real reason why his father disliked him was that his mental strength level was not high.
Fang Xingzhou's mental power value is above 80 points, and his mental power level is S-level.
S-level is considered a high level in the White Eye Empire.
But in the royal family, this level of mental power is nothing special.
The emperor's mental power level is SS level, so he naturally doesn't want his heir to be lower than himself.
At the beginning, the emperor had only Fang Xingzhou as his heir. No matter what Fang Xingzhou's level of spiritual power was, he could only appoint Fang Xingzhou as the crown prince.
But he was unwilling in his heart.
After Fang Xingzhou's mother died of illness, he could not wait to marry the daughter of a noble with extremely high spiritual power as his successor.
Another child was born.
This is the second prince.
Because the Queen Mother is favored, the Second Prince is more favored than Fang Xingzhou, the Crown Prince.
When the second prince came of age, a test revealed that his mental strength was at the SS level, the same as the emperor's.
The emperor was overjoyed and valued the second prince even more.
Relying on the emperor's favor, the empress and the forces behind her became restless and became ambitious for the throne.
The Crown Prince Fang Xingzhou is the only obstacle for the Second Prince to ascend the throne.
The latter party began to plot how to get rid of him.
Fang Xingzhou was alert. He was cautious in the palace, avoiding all conspiracies and secretly investigating the forces behind the conspiracy.
What surprised him was that the forces plotting to murder him included not only the empress's faction, but also the emperor!
Could it be that his father also felt that he was blocking the Second Prince's way?
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