Taking a deep breath, Lin Fan then asked, "What did you do about the other princes?"
Emperor Mu was surprised by how quickly Lin Fan reacted to this before giving an appreciative nod.
The one that would support his daughter in the future should be someone like this.
He should be sharp and decisive, so that he could make up for any of his daughter's shortcomings in the future.
Not to mention, the fact that he was asking about the other princes meant that he was ruthless enough to handle matters that his daughter might not be able to do.
Emperor Mu took a deep breath too and calmly said, "They have been detained with their mothers and all of their power has been revoked. They are currently in the dungeon waiting to be processed."
After saying this, Emperor Mu carefully looked at Lin Fan's expression.
After all, in the end, these were still his children.
Their mothers were women that he hated since they had forced him to be with them, but the children were still his. Even if he was a terrible father, it was impossible for him not to want to keep his children alive if possible.
Lin Fan could also see the look on Emperor Mu's face and could guess what he was thinking.
But…in his previous world, those that were lenient were usually punished for being good people.
So he didn't want Mu Bao Bao to suffer because of Emperor Mu's leniency.
For now though, he couldn't kill them just yet since they were still considered good cards to use in the future.
If those two sects from the Five Great Sects wanted to move back into the Mu Empire, they would need a puppet to take the throne for them. So as long as these princes were alive, they would try to rescue them.
As long as they were alive, they would work as hostages against the Five Great Sects.
So Lin Fan wasn't planning on killing them in the first place.
It was just that leaving them in the dungeons was too much of a risk.
If the Five Great Sects wanted to save the princes, it would be very easy for them to do.
The only reason why they hadn't done it so far was because they were cautious of the backer behind Emperor Mu.
They most likely didn't know who the ones backing Emperor Mu were and before they learned the situation, they wouldn't act rashly.
So they would let Emperor Mu proceed with his plan, letting him think that he had won while they were gathering information. Once they had the information that they needed, they would act and take back the Mu Empire.
So it would make it easier if the princes were killed, but with the power of the Five Great Sects, it would be easy for them to find a substitute.
For now, it was better to keep these princes as hostages instead.
But of course, Lin Fan would never leave them there.
It would be better for him to put them in the Minor World or even better, in the dungeon.
After all, if they were trapped in those cubicles in the dungeon, they would give him DP daily.
For now though, he wouldn't talk about this with Emperor Mu.
He would wait until Mu Bao Bao took the throne before talking about this with her.
After all, he knew that Emperor Mu would hesitate in allowing him to do this.
Lin Fan just gave a nod in the end and said, "Keep them there for now."
Emperor Mu was surprised to hear this, but he gave a quick nod and tried to change the topic by discussing the crowning ceremony with Lin Fan.
Lin Fan however wasn't interested in this matter at all.
Instead, Lin Fan simply asked, "How many experts did they give you?"
Emperor Mu was surprised to suddenly hear this, but seeing the serious look on Lin Fan's face, he answered, "Twenty Soul Formation Realm Cultivators and two Rebirth Realm Cultivators. They will not send or move Transcendence Realm Cultivators for any reason unless it was a war between the Five Great Sects, so don't expect too much."
Lin Fan just gave a simple nod before saying, "Assign one of the Rebirth Realm Cultivators and three of the Soul Formation Realm Cultivators to protect Bao Bao."
Emperor Mu deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.
He looked at Lin Fan with a doubtful look for a bit before asking, "Do you know something?"
Lin Fan just simply shook his head before saying, "Just being cautious."
Emperor Mu thought that he was being more than just a bit cautious, but seeing that serious look on Lin Fan's face…he had no choice but to go along with it.
He said with a sigh, "Alright, I'll tell them to go protect Bao Bao. I just hope that you're wrong."
Lin Fan also hoped that he was wrong, but in public coronations like this in any novel that he read about, there would always be some kind of assassination attempt. It was either a consequence of a past action or it would be some unknown enemy hiding amongst them. This was especially true since this was a cultivation world where people had abilities far greater than his previous world.
So he wouldn't let himself be caught off guard.
Emperor Mu still felt like he was being too paranoid, but he didn't want to put a damper on the mood.
Emperor Mu turned to the fourth prince sitting there and said, "Go and tell the elders about the changes."
The fourth prince didn't hesitate at all to give a nod before running off to relay this message.
Once the fourth prince was gone, Lin Fan suddenly asked, "What about Bao Bao's mother? What are your plans to help her?"
Emperor Mu once again caught off guard by this sudden question from Lin Fan.
Lin Fan kept jumping around back and forth between different topics that he wasn't able to keep up with Lin Fan anymore.
After taking a moment to calm himself, Emperor Mu said, "Nothing at all."
Lin Fan knitted his brows the moment that he heard this before asking, "Why are you doing nothing at all?"
Emperor Mu revealed a bitter smile before saying, "What can I do? I'm a man that has to rely on his wife's family to save his empire? Can I do anything against them?"
Lin Fan knitted his brows even more when he heard this, but he didn't say anything beyond that since he knew that anything he said would just hurt Emperor Mu's pride.
After a long silence, Emperor Mu gave a sigh and said, "For now, it's better that I don't do a thing. If I were to move, then they would take action against her and that would make everyone's situation worse. She and her family have come to a truce and her situation is stable, that is why I don't need to make a move."
Lin Fan slowly gave a nod to show that he understood.
He didn't know what the situation was between Emperor Mu and Mu Bao Bao's mother, so it was better that he didn't interfere until he got more information.
And for that, he would have to investigate the Heavenly Demon Sect.
He would have liked to avoid them as much as possible, but it was impossible with the current situation.
Now he had to think of how to deal with Ye Tian Xie and Ye Qing Huan…
After he said this, Emperor Mu had fallen into a long silence.
He kept opening and closing his mouth, as if he was struggling on whether he should say something or not.
In the end, he finally said, "After the crowning ceremony is over, I will leave the Mu Empire."
This time, it was Lin Fan's turn to be surprised.
He didn't expect Emperor Mu to suddenly drop this kind of bombshell on him.
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes to look at Emperor Mu who looked back at him with a calm look on his face.
It didn't take long for Lin Fan to recognize the look on Emperor Mu's face.
This was the look of a man that was determined to do what needed to be done for the one that he cared about.
Emperor Mu leaving the Mu Empire was most likely related to his wife, who was Mu Bao Bao's mother.
Was he going to find his wife?
Or was he going to do something else to make a deal with her family?
He didn't know what Emperor Mu was planning, but he also knew not to ask. After all, when a man had this kind of determined look, it was better not to ask anything.
Instead, Lin Fan just asked, "Do you need help?"
Emperor Mu shook his head and said, "Not right now, but in the future…I can't say for certain."
After giving a sigh, Emperor Mu then said, "I hope that you and Bao Bao will do all that you can to raise up our Mu Empire while I'm gone. In the future, I might need your and the entire Mu Empire's help. But mostly…our Mu Royal Family have been trusted with the Mu Empire for generations, so I hope that it will prosper in your hands."
Lin Fan just calmly gave a nod before saying, "As long as I'm here, I won't let anything happen to her or the empire."
Though I said this, what I really meant was that I wouldn't let anything happen to Mu Bao Bao.
Emperor Mu looked like he could see this, but he didn't say anything and just gave a simple nod.
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