They merely wanted to take advantage of the internal strife and unexpected changes within the Heavenly Flame Dynasty to seize the opportunity and get a slice of the pie for themselves.

They even harbored thoughts of replacing the Emberhal family and becoming the rulers of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty themselves.

Of course, although Alex saw through the minds of these two with absolute clarity, he did not expose them.

Because he harbored the exact same thoughts. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Good, since Brother Alistair and Brother Malakai have given me such face, then I would be disrespectful to decline." Alex narrowed his eyes slightly and said deeply.

"Since that is the case, I shall formulate the specific strategy for our actions."

"Tomorrow at noon, precisely at three quarters past the hour, Albert will publicly execute Aurelia in the Profound Phoenix Square outside the Azure Phoenix Palace. He will then announce his succession to the position of ruler of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty and claim the title of Heavenly Flame Great Emperor."

"And we must stop him at this exact moment. We absolutely cannot let them kill Aurelia!"

Alistair and Malakai both deeply agreed, nodding heavily. "Correct. Then how should we proceed?"

"To stop Albert’s wild ambitions, we should divide our forces into three routes." Alex said deeply.

"Tomorrow, I have my own methods to let all of us enter the interior of the Azure Phoenix Palace directly without expending the slightest effort."

"Once we charge into the Azure Phoenix Palace, Brother Malakai, please lead the disciples of the Sol family to the imperial dungeon, break open the prison, and rescue Aurelia."

"Brother Alistair, you will lead the disciples of the Blackwood family to resist the Heavenly Flame Capital Imperial Guards who have already sworn loyalty to Albert."

"I shall personally lead the disciples of the Hale family to the Profound Phoenix Square to properly question Nova and Albert, and expose their wolfish ambitions in front of the people of the world!"

Alistair and Malakai nodded heavily. "Good! Since it is so, we shall leave this most important and heavy responsibility to you, Brother Alex!"

Alex laughed freely. "This royal rescue was initiated by myself, and both Elder Brothers came entirely because of me."

"As long as we can destroy the conspiracy of Albert and Nova and spare the Heavenly Flame Dynasty from turmoil, even if all the disciples of my Hale family die, what does it matter?"

"Tomorrow, I hope the two Elder Brothers will lead your respective disciples and go all out."

"As long as we win this battle, our three great clans will become meritorious subjects who protected the Heavenly Flame Dynasty, eternally enjoying ten thousand generations of glory!"

...

Deep in the night, Alex sat upon the peak of Originspire Mountain, looking at the moonlight in mid-air, his expression thoughtful.

Within his mind, he was pondering the various details from the original novel.

If Alex remembered correctly, in the original novel, Albert was actually not Nova’s biological son with the Emperor.

Aurelia’s father, the previous monarch of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty, Theron, loved war his entire life and was militaristic, living almost his entire life on horseback and rarely staying in the imperial capital to enjoy peaceful days.

Therefore, as Theron’s Empress, Nova had colluded and engaged in illicit affairs with almost the vast majority of men in the inner palace.

And Albert was precisely the crystallization resulting from her secret affair with the current dynasty’s Military Official, the Governor-General of the Northern Frontier.

Although in the original novel these people were only briefly mentioned with a few strokes, Alex remembered this segment very deeply.

Because for a bastard like Albert to rely on rebellion to sit on the imperial throne, this kind of plot was truly far too melodramatic.

Just as Alex was pondering, the sound of footsteps came from behind him. He turned his head and glanced sideways, only to see Alistair walking toward him with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Alistair?" Alex stood up.

"It is so late, is there something the matter?"

"Brother Alex, do you know why, the moment I heard you were going to dispatch troops to rescue the Empress, I led the disciples of my entire clan to support you?"

"I don’t know." Alex shook his head and smiled faintly.

"I am willing to hear the details."

"No need to be so scholarly and refined." Alistair waved his hand and smiled.

"You should also know that my coming here is naturally for profit. That is not false."

"However, this old man has been cautious his entire life. If it were merely for a little bit of profit, I absolutely would not take such a massive risk with you."

"The reason I resolutely led the elites of my entire family here after listening to the words of your Adrian is because I have had a private grudge against that Albert for many years!"

"Oh?" Alex’s face revealed a look of interest, he hadn’t seen these matters in the original novel.

"I wonder what conflict Brother Alistair has with Albert?"

"It’s not Albert!" Alistair narrowed his eyes, gritting his teeth.

"It’s that old poisonous woman, Nova!"

"Think back to the beginning, when Nova committed adultery with that military official. In order to keep this illicit affair concealed, she specifically had me invite the late Emperor Theron to a region for a hunting expedition that lasted a full year!"

"And it was precisely during this time that Nova became pregnant with that wild bastard and gave birth to him!"

"Beforehand, Nova promised me that as long as I helped her with this favor, she would gift my Blackwood family resources worth three million spirit stones as a reward."

"But afterward, when I went to seek her out, she actually played dumb and acted shamelessly, refusing to give me even a single spirit stone!"

"At that time, I was so angry that smoke billowed from my seven orifices. I almost died of anger on the spot!"

"Since that time, I swore that in this life, I absolutely must exact this revenge upon Nova!"

Watching Alistair’s furious appearance, unable to contain his anger, Alex instantly revealed a smile, unable to hold back his amusement.

Originally, he was still doubtful whether the authenticity of this segment from the original novel was questionable.

Now, after hearing Alistair’s words, this account could be considered completely verified!