Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

The vermilion palace gate was wide open. Cheng Wan followed behind Prince Rui's carriage, stepped into the palace gate with lowered brows and did not dare to look around.

But despite this, Cheng Wan could still feel the majesty of the palace from the corner of his eye, especially the yellow tiles glittering in the sun, showing off the power and glory to the world.

"Your Majesty, he is in Xuanzheng Hall."

Hong Fangping, who had taken over the job of guarding the palace, stepped forward and reported to King Rui.

Prince Rui came out of the carriage and looked at the solemn Xuanzheng Palace not far away. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Prince Rui led his personal guards and others to the Xuanzheng Hall. Cheng Wan stood there, not knowing whether he should follow them.

Xuan Zheng Hall was the place where civil and military officials held court, but she didn't seem to be qualified to go there now.

"Master Cheng, follow me."

Prince Rui did not turn around, but just gave a faint instruction, as if he knew Cheng Wan's entanglement and embarrassment.

"Yes."

Cheng Wan suppressed his inner excitement and quickly followed.

However, Hong Fangping couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Cheng Wan.

He once again felt King Rui's closeness and favoritism towards Cheng Wan.

Hong Fangping sighed secretly: "It's something they earned through hard work. There's nothing I can do about it even if I envy them."

In the magnificent Xuan Zheng Hall, there was only one person sitting high on the dragon throne.

The former Prince Duan, now the emperor, wears the emperor's court robes, wears the emperor's crown, sits on the dragon throne, and maintains the emperor's majesty.

"You took the capital without any effort. Are you very proud of it?"

Prince Rui stood in the center of the Xuanzheng Hall, his eyes cold and his lips curled up: "Of course I am proud. The son and the imperial seal that you sent with so much effort have voluntarily run into the hands of my men. It is obvious that God is not on your side."

"nonsense!"

The man on the dragon throne stood up suddenly, pointed at Prince Rui, and said madly: "I am the Son of Heaven! How could Heaven not favor me?! It's you! You are too calculating! You are too good at plotting and scheming!"

"Son of Heaven? How did you get the throne? Do you need me to remind you?"

Prince Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, his aura cold and murderous.

“Hahaha…” The man on the other side had red eyes. “Father doesn’t like me, you look down on me, no one takes me seriously, but so what?! I finally sit on this throne! This world will belong to me for a while! In the history books, no one can deny that I’m the emperor!”

"Third brother, you are crazy."

"I'm not crazy!" The man opposite shook his body, slumped down on the dragon chair, and said in a voice full of anger and resentment:

"Royal brother, you are the eldest son, you have everything you want since you were born, even though you offended father like that, father was reluctant to punish you too much.

As for my fourth younger brother, his mother was a favored imperial concubine who had been favored all her life. My father was afraid that he would be wronged, so he gave him three states despite the risk of chaos in the world!

"Brother, we are all the emperor's children. He loves you and my fourth brother, so why doesn't he love me? Is it because my mother's family background is not noble enough?!"

Prince Rui looked at him expressionlessly, his eyes dark and sinister: "When you say that my father loves me, do you mean that he allowed my grandfather's family to be wrongfully killed! Or that he ignored my mother and hanged herself! Or that he banished me to Liangzhou and left me to fend for myself!"

"Brother, brother..."

Prince Rui was so terrifying at this moment that the man on the dragon throne was instinctively frightened.

Hong Fangping, Cheng Wan and Chang Fu, who followed Prince Rui in, shrank their bodies, wishing they hadn't heard anything.

However, the leader of Prince Rui's personal guards was still guarding Prince Rui diligently, always paying attention to the movements around him.

Prince Rui tilted his neck and said in a cold voice, "Third brother, he may be a good father to fourth brother, but he is definitely not my father."

The hall was so quiet that you could almost hear a pin drop.

"puff!"

The man slumped on the dragon chair spat out a mouthful of blood without any warning.

But King Rui just watched coldly, without any emotion.

"Brother, I have done everything you asked me to do. You promised me that you would spare my son's life.

My Royal Brother, I only have one son who is still alive today, my Royal Brother…"

"Since I have promised you, I will not break my promise."

"That's good, that's good..."

The person on the dragon throne slid to the ground bit by bit, holding his stomach, with blood constantly oozing out of his mouth.

"Brother, I'm going to see...see my father..."

Cheng Wan and others listened to the man's voice becoming weaker and weaker until there was no movement anymore.

he died.

She longed for her father's love until her death.

A sneer suddenly sounded in the dead silent hall.

It’s King Rui.

"I have been cruel and crazy all my life, but in the end I gave up everything to be a good father."

Cheng Wan lowered her head and pursed her lips.

Humans are the most complex creatures.

The emperor is also a human being.

Moreover, this emperor who had just died was not worthy of sympathy. If he were pitiable, wouldn't those who died tragically because of him be too ridiculous?

Prince Rui walked towards the lifeless corpse, lowered his eyes and looked at it for a while, then said in a cold voice: "The emperor has passed away, and someone is in charge of the funeral."

"Yes."

Chang Fu quickly nodded his head in response.

"General Hong, take people to the prison to bring those people out to me. My brother is gone, and they have to hurry on their way. Otherwise, what if they can't catch up with my brother?"

"The last general takes orders."

Chang Fu and Hong Fangping went out to do some work, leaving only Prince Rui, the leader of Prince Rui's personal guards, and Cheng Wan in the hall.

Cheng Wan actually didn't want to stay here. She wanted to go out for a walk and take a closer look at the palace so that she could talk about it with Old Lady Lin and the others later.

But since King Rui didn't say anything, she really didn't dare to move. She could only stand in the hall with her body bent like a wooden figure.

"Master Cheng."

Cheng Wan was startled: "I'm here."

"What do you think of this palace?"

"The imperial palace is naturally the best place in the world."

"So do you want to enter the palace?"

what?

Cheng Wan was confused.

After realizing what was happening, Cheng Wan quickly bowed and said, "Of course I want to enter the palace, but my position is too low, so..."

Cheng Wan glanced at Prince Rui, who had an unclear expression on his face. The meaning in his eyes was very clear: "Give me a promotion. If you give me a promotion, I can go to the palace to attend court, and I can also go to the imperial city to serve!"

Prince Rui turned the jade ring on his right thumb and looked at Cheng Wan quietly. After a while, he suddenly chuckled.

"There may be a special imperial examination soon. If Lord Cheng wants to take the exam, he needs to prepare well in advance. This way he can go further in the officialdom."

Cheng Wan's eyes lit up and he smiled brightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"The palace has a nice view. I'll have someone take Master Cheng around."

This is about driving people away.

Cheng Wan immediately bowed and said goodbye: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now."

Prince Rui looked at Cheng Wan's straight and brisk back and shook his head with a smile.