"The current Emperor doesn't have a claim to the throne because the bloodline is too diluted now? Is that the only reason why the two kingdoms are still against him?" Ning asked.
"What more reason would you need?" Matthew asked.
Ning thought for a bit. "What about the Emperor's family?" he asked. "I mean the old one, the one that went mad and had to be killed. What about his family?"
Matthew remained silent for a while before taking a deep breath to speak out. "I only heard about it from others, so I am not sure how much truth is there in these words. But they say that they say they finally got their hands on the emperor, the throne room was a mess of blood with all the men, women, and children of the royal family massacred."
"The soldiers that made it into the throne room that day speak of it as though it were the most horrific scene they had ever seen in their entire life," the man said.
"So he has no family left," Ning asked.
"None from the direct bloodline," Matthew said.
