Rumors at court and the life of the heir.

In an ornate room of the imperial palace, the first prince read some letters, some from allies and alliance proposals, others from spies warning of possible threats.

He heard some familiar footsteps coming towards his room, he didn't even wait for the servant or the guards to speak.

"Let her in" said the prince.

The guards, already used to it, just let her in.

The woman while not as young as the other servants was still a refined beauty, worked for a long time and had command of several other female servants, and with that access to all the information and rumors that the servants heard.

"My prince, we have news from the Volcanic Flame sect, the master's son lost his cultivation and his daughter was seriously injured, but it seems that both will live, the official information is that they found a powerful beast in the forest and that was the cause of the injuries their"The servant spoke in a humble manner, while bowing to the prince who had his back to her and listening while not taking his eyes off the letters he received.

"What about the third prince?" the first prince asked.

"..... nothing official, but there have been many rumors that he was together with the son and daughter of the leader of the Volcanic Flame sect before their injuries, it is also noted that he left the sect shortly after the two injured youths were found and the news that they would both survive was revealed." the servant spoke carefully, even she would have to speak carefully about someone from the imperial family, but she knew her master would get her intention.

The first prince didn't turn around, but he had stopped reading the letter as he listened, it could change the current situation in the court a lot.

The third prince wasn't someone the first or second princes attached much importance to, he wasn't as blessed as they were in cultivation, nor was he as good at creating allies or at court as his older brothers, but the news of his marriage changed the situation, now he had a strong ally who could shift the delicate balance of power in the empire.

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This caused the third prince to begin to gain the attention of both his older brothers and the court as well, he soon found himself gaining allies and more political power than he knew what to do with.

The first prince wasn't sure what his father's plan was with this marriage, maybe he wanted to strengthen his relationship with a powerful sect, and the third son would cause less problems at first glance than the first or second prince who already had a tense relationship at the time, the third was not part of this dispute and should not cause so many problems.

Just to put the third in the middle of the political dispute between the two older brothers and went from someone of no importance to a pawn in a very important position on the board.

"Something more?" he asked.

"Nothing else that was considered important at the time." spoke the servant.

"Very well, you will be well rewarded for this information, try to get more information about the development of this situation, I feel this could become important, you can leave." He spoke the prince without ever turning around.

"Thank you very much for your generosity my prince" said the servant before getting up and leaving the room.

As she left the prince heaved a weary sigh, the current situation was not good for him, while he had contacts and connections with various sects, he did not have a formal alliance with any of them, trying to form an image of neutrality and not favoring not even one of them in particular was his initial intention.

But with the second forming an alliance with one and the third also with his future marriage, the first prince now had to make up for lost time and have official allies, preferably one that didn't have good relations with the sects that his brothers had and that would be less likely to ally with them both.

He decided it was time to start practicing his cultivation, he didn't have the information at the moment to decide what to do, so it was better to use his time on something more useful at the moment.

For as long as he could remember this had been his life, training and dealing with court intrigue.