Chapter 579 (2/2)

Li Chengqian would not accept a lifetime of house arrestAs a e to kill hi at the E these things now?”

”Earlier I asked hoould the history books record this period of time,” the Emperor said

”Presently, we are treacherous people that rebelled and everyone had been put to deathColluding with foreign ene the court into disorder… You are the brilliant ruler of a generationYou have done nothing wrongAllto others”

The Emperor's expression had recovered its calqian's indifferent tone, which sank deeply into his bones

”But, you seeardless of how the history books paint it, it will have to record how randmother, empress, Eldest Princess, Crown Prince, and a prince in the autuqian sighedIt was his first tiaze to look at his father, who could not be defeatedHe said, ”You will become an Emperor in the history books for all eternityHowever, it will be very ele personWon't that be lonely?”

The EThe corners of his lips carried a light s, How could a God above the Ninth-heaven care about the loneliness above the clouds or the rowdiness in the mortal world?

He then stood up and walked out the door of the Eastern PalaceWhen he was at the door, his heart htlyHe took a letter out from his sleeveThis letter was the Second Prince's suicide note, which Gong Dian had given to him earlier

The Emperor took out the thin sheaf of paper and looked at what his second son wanted to tell him before he died

The two lines on the paper ritten carelesslyThe ink was spatteredIt appeared hurriedly writtenHowever, the turns on the characters had strengthIt pierced like a sword into the back of the paper, filled with anger and dissatisfaction

The first whetstone the Qing Emperor had tossed into the court, the third prince [JW1] Li Chengze, cried out to his lofty father in his last letter much the same way as the Crown PrinceHowever, the words he used wereand sharper, particularly the last four words

”Widower! Lonely! Orphan! Alone!”

Old and without a as to be a erTo not be close to a single person in the world was to be lonelyLosing aalone was to be an orphanOld and without child was to be alone

The incident at Dong Mountain spread continuously through JingdouThe Qing Emperor had consecutively broken two Great Grandures in the royal family and the military, picked out the hidden traitors in the court, and, in one lorious achieve the world in the future

However, the eo, the eer died, the Eldest Princess—who had accompanied the Emperor for 20 years and sacrificed her youth—died, the Crown Prince died, and the Second Prince diedEveryone died

There was only the E EhtlyWith a rustling sound, the paper dissolved into a pile of white powder, sliding froersIt was picked up by the autumn wind outside the Eastern Palace doors and dispersed in all directions like a soh his eyes as his brows furrowed tightlyThe words of his two sons before their deaths pierced deeply into this ruler's heartThe white hairs deepened at the teradually die of wetness at the corner of his eyes, but his figure reh to not move at all

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The doors of the Eastern Palace once again closed tightlyNo one knehat had happened inside, but everyone knew that the Li Chengqian's last moments would definitely be spent in this cold PalaceIt was unknohen the bell in the Royal Palace would right againOr, perhaps, it would not ring and only coldly watch his death

The Emperor sent away all the servants and only left Fan Xian to keep hiht to the depth of the back PalaceAlong the way, he passed through the Chen Corridor, the Cold Palace, and spreading grass to coain to the little tower that no one had co tio see the painting in the towerThe Emperor only looked for a while in silence at the little towerHe then resolutely turned around and walked away along the path lined with auturass toward somewhere no one was

Fan Xian followed in silence three steps behind hiht in the depths of his heartThere was no need to pretendIt was a true and solid weight

Faintly, he could guess what the E all these fah those faet rid of, the affection of shared blood was not so anyone could escape

The Emperor was like a God, but he was still a et affection if he was truly a TaoistWhy bother fighting and struggling in this secular world?

Even Fan Xian's mood was suppressed by the series of deathsNo ed Emperor with a face full of exhaustion was still a father, brother, husband, and son

The two of therass andat the silent Royal Palace in the silenceThe Emperor did not speak, so Fan Xian did not speakHe only cautious observed the expressions on his profile

The Es he wanted to say to soo back”

”Yes”

Fan Xian reement with a heavy faceThe Emperor turned his head and happened to see a trace of this es for his son abruptly iqian said earlier, it ht

After thinking deeply for a moment, the Emperor waved his hand weakly and said, ”If your body is still not feeling well, co what these words , he found the Emperor had already turned and left

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After returning to the study and having a late night snack, the Emperor seemed exhaustedFan Xian wanted to leave the Palace, but was stopped by the EmperorIt seemed that he really needed a companion now

After soThe Emperor nodded and allowed Fan Xian to return home to restHe was to come in tomorrow to discusscorridor outside the royal study, he heard a very faround

He knew the Eht from the royal study, his face showed a sense of warmthHe bowed deeply to the old ping had finally returned to Jingdou, the Royal Palace, and the Emperor's side just when the Emperor was at his loneliest and most needed people

It was silent inside the royal studyThe Emperor looked at his most loyal official, closest friend, and most reliable comrade, and closed his eyes”I have been too harsh on ze has been known as the Second Prince, but technically he is the third born sonThe story here seems to have chosen to refer to that instead of his position as Second Prince Fan Xian walked out of the Eastern PalaceHe personally turned around to properly close the two thick, heavy doorsGlancing at the densely packed group of people around the Eastern Palace, his face was calmBut, his heart rolled with unnahtly, he waved to Eunuch Yao at the front of the groupEunuch Yao had followed the E MountainAfter Eunuch Hongs sacrifice for the country, he had beco internal courtHowever, Fan Xian continued to wave at him just as casually as beforeEunuch Yao bent over and respectfully went forward to accept ordersFrom this expression, no one doubted the future power Fan Xian would haveFan Xian said a few quiet words by Eunuch Yaos earEunuch Yaos expression becahtly confused, but he didnt question Fan Xians orderAt this time, he was unable to ask the E, he led the people outside the Eastern Palace toward the outer boundaries, e distance from the PalaceFan Xian followed them to a small forest to the side and watched the quiet Eastern Palace froqian were talking aboutHaving these people back further aas actually a safety precautionHe didnt know if the E he never wanted people to know once his anger roseIt was also for his own considerationOnly a few people knew the true reason why the Eqian, a le-handedly created by himThe Emperor knew of his cultivationIf he waited outside the Eastern Palace and heard the secrets from the Palace, no one would be happyFan Xian pressed his dry lips together and looked at the Eastern Palace orried eyesHe thought to hiqian was outwardly soft but had a core of steelHe would probably go the sa about this closely, he, himself, was truly quite coqian onto this desperate roadHe never thought that s he and Chen Pingping did in secret seeersUnexpectedly, in the end, a true dragon appeared in the mortal worldWithin a few years, all the people by the Eainst the E and Fan Xian had finally succeeded in isolating the Eardless of how isolated and lonely he was, he was still the person at the very topOnce his strength was spent, he would try to s the sun and the moonFan Xian couldnt help but feel cold and fearful… … The situation in the Eastern Palace was not like what Fan Xian guessedThe Eument like in a hysterical family drataoThere was only indifference, cold elegance, calrimness The Emperor sat down easily and casually on the stone steps with his two legs falling wide openHe looked at the door of the Eastern Palace and thought of ood news of the e birthOn that day, the air inside the Palace was thick with joyThe est all the joy, his own mood had been a bit heavy, until the wonant, sent in a letterOnly then did he become happyHe knew that she was not like other women in this worldShe had never put on chair or wanted to conspire on behalf of the child in her belly for the see position of EmperorIt was that kind of attitude that made the Emperor faintly unhappyAfter 20 years, that kind of unhappiness had long beco faded emotionOccasionally, when he was in the little tower in the back Palace looking at the yellow-clothed wo a few resentful wordsAn Zhi was your child, but was he not also my child? Twenty years had passedThe child destined frorown and was sitting right by his sideHis long hair fell gently behind him and between his browsThere was only calm and acceptance of his fateCurrently, the child that had been in the belly of the other wo outside the Eastern Palace in so the movements within itThe Emperor consciously took a teacup the Crown Prince had used froht it to his lips to take a drinkHe didnt know if it was cold or hotThe Qing KingdoFor some unknown reason, the Emperor had chosen to start froenerations, they inherited the Wei Kingdoms throne, so their interior is o, the Northern Qi E, and the princes were still childrenIf that had happened in the Qing Kingdom, the forced abdication would probably not have workedEven if Ku He had coaze landed on his fathers hand holding the teacupThis is because the Qing Kingdom claimed its territory from the battlefieldOurweapons to reasonThings like a systeh to subdue othersThe Eaze was sodom, one cannot just be lenientOne has to have iron-blooded strategies and a tenacious personalityHe turned his head to look at his son and said, Youve lived in the Palace since your youthBefore you were eight, you were already known as being humane… The corners of the Emperors lips revealed a trace of mockeryYou only helped wrap the feet of a few injured rabbits, but those servants were set onmother happy and said that you would certainly beco lenient and hudom is certain to unify the worldFor 50 years, battles have raged never-ending and various old nobility are unhappyOnly a half a century old, yet I must lay down the foundation for ten thousand yearsI only have ti it would be left to youThe EazeHow could a huqian glanced at his fatherThe corner of his lips revealed the trace of a self- smileOnly now did he understand that his father had already been planning for things decades in the future over 10 years agoHe had the confidence of unifying the world, but he had to consider how this kingdoze out to fight against you, the E of it now, at that tiIt seeqian still did not open his oodIn less than a year, I could see that his thoughts were overly fakeAs a hteousnessHe didnt have thatThe E soive the kingdom to youIn those years, your behavior truly disappointedevery nightYou qian sly and finally opened his mouth slowly, Father, at that ti to know about the ways of the worldI thought you were going to depose ht in fearI could only bury ely, the E to these wordsOn the contrary, he sze was too discontented with life, but he was cleverHe finally sahat I was thinkingBut, he had already cole, your second brother truly understoodIf it is not honed, it will never become sharpThe Emperor opened his eyes and looked calmly at his sonThe Second Prince did not sharpen youOn the contrary, he dou… Li Chengqian laughed, thinking of the first time he saw Fan Xian outside the courtyardAt that time, as the Crown Prince, he didnt even think about that son of a vice ht that he would, in the end, be his brother and beco of the inheritor of imperial powerIn these two years, youve ihed and slowly saidI dont know if its because you have s, but the court has recognized your status as Crown PrinceI a his aunts naqians lips twitched involuntarilyShortly after, he opened up his eYou asked me to learn about political affairs from aunt, naturally, it was effectiveThe Ehtly said, When it comes to so-called political ht you betterAs you knohat I wanted you to learn from Yunrui were tactics and trickeryIn the world, you would not be able to find a better teacher than YunruiIf things continued like this, how good it would have been, the Es that cannot be learnedOnce I was old, you should have been able to see s and been proficient in the last schemes of a monarchAt that tidoeAlthough he had been Crown Prince since a young age, his father had always been overly strict and lacked warh his personality had changed a great deal during these two years, this seemed to be the first time he had sat side by side like this with his father actively talking to each otherAn Zhi told dou, the E the rebellion was appropriate to the occasionThere are only a few probleqian knelt for the last time as the Crown Prince by his fathers side and bent his body to ask for instructionIn the fight for power, there is no need for any warainst you in court, you should have killed hirave and sternAn Zhi convinced the civil officials in court to stand against you during your ascension ceremonyYou should have acted and killed the hi as someone stands in front of you, kill theood as An ZhiThe Emperor continuedYou didnt kill the two scholars of the Hall of Governmental Affairs and those civil officials, you only locked theest mistakeIf Yunrui had handled this herself, and it was not you and dou would have stabilized long agoThe court would have been purged clean, and Fan Xian would not have been able to stall until ti at his father, he quietly said, Father, do you knohy I couldnt kill those officials? Without waiting for the Eqian faintly said, Perhaps you have forgotten, when you first intended to depose of the heir, it was these old officials that bravely stood out and opposed your edictThey stood behindperson, but I aratitude and tries to repay itAlthough the scholars Hu and Shu may have supported me for the sake of the country, I truly could not bear to kill theA moment later, he suddenly said, When I decided to depose you, there was soqians reen banner that secretly followed the diploroup on the way to NanzhaoSurprised, he asked, Fan Xian? He knew Thirteenth wang was Fan Xians man, but he never knehy Fan Xian had done what he did until the Eed into his heartHe did not know that the private le-handedly exposed by Fan XianIn his heart, he pondered this and thought of Fan Xian preparing to help him escape the Royal Palace when the rebellion first failedFor a htly and said, An Zhi is a true personLike you, he occasionally has true feelingsI ahedHe then stood up and koed sincerely toward the EmperorSolemnly, he said, Father, I have always felt resents today, I feelto sayEnough people have died in this familyI ask that father will be more lenient in the future to those who are still aliveLenient meant that the Emperors past actions had been overly severeThe Erave and sternFor soryOn the contrary, he looked at Li Chengqian with a coust of autu air poured in fro the corridors, gardens, and cal a sense of sorrowLive onI can pretend certain things did not happenThe E that surprised Li Chengqian greatlyA tragic sqians faceHe knehat kind of person his father wasThe Emperor valued heart above all elseSince he had already rebelled once, he would never be able to obtain his fathers trustFurtherainst the dragons scalesLi Chengqian would not accept a lifetime of house arrestAs a e to kill hi at the E these things now? Earlier I asked hoould the history books record this period of time, the Emperor saidPresently, we are treacherous people that rebelled and everyone had been put to deathColluding with foreign ene the court into disorder… You are the brilliant ruler of a generationYou have done nothing wrongAllto othersThe Emperors expression had recovered its calqians indifferent tone, which sank deeply into his bonesBut, you seeardless of how the history books paint it, it will have to record how randmother, empress, Eldest Princess, Crown Prince, and a prince in the autuhedIt was his first tiaze to look at his father, who could not be defeatedHe said, You will become an Emperor in the history books for all eternityHowever, it will be very ele personWont that be lonely? The EThe corners of his lips carried a light s, How could a God above the Ninth-heaven care about the loneliness above the clouds or the rowdiness in the mortal world? He then stood up and walked out the door of the Eastern PalaceWhen he was at the door, his heart htlyHe took a letter out from his sleeveThis letter was the Second Princes suicide note, which Gong Dian had given to him earlierThe Emperor took out the thin sheaf of paper and looked at what his second son wanted to tell him before he diedThe two lines on the paper ritten carelesslyThe ink was spatteredIt appeared hurriedly writtenHowever, the turns on the characters had strengthIt pierced like a sword into the back of the paper, filled with anger and dissatisfactionThe first whetstone the Qing Emperor had tossed into the court, the third prince [JW1] Li Chengze, cried out to his lofty father in his last letter much the same way as the Crown PrinceHowever, the words he used wereand sharper, particularly the last four wordsWidower! Lonely! Orphan! Alone! Old and without a as to be a erTo not be close to a single person in the world was to be lonelyLosing aalone was to be an orphanOld and without child was to be aloneThe incident at Dong Mountain spread continuously through JingdouThe Qing Emperor had consecutively broken two Great Grandures in the royal family and the military, picked out the hidden traitors in the court, and, in one lorious achieve the world in the futureHowever, the eo, the eer died, the Eldest Princess—who had accompanied the Emperor for 20 years and sacrificed her youth—died, the Crown Prince died, and the Second Prince diedEveryone diedThere was only the E EhtlyWith a rustling sound, the paper dissolved into a pile of white powder, sliding froersIt was picked up by the autumn wind outside the Eastern Palace doors and dispersed in all directions like a soh his eyes as his brows furrowed tightlyThe words of his two sons before their deaths pierced deeply into this rulers heartThe white hairs deepened at the teradually die of wetness at the corner of his eyes, but his figure reh to not ain closed tightlyNo one knehat had happened inside, but everyone knew that the Li Chengqians last moments would definitely be spent in this cold PalaceIt was unknohen the bell in the Royal Palace would right againOr, perhaps, it would not ring and only coldly watch his deathThe Emperor sent away all the servants and only left Fan Xian to keep hiht to the depth of the back PalaceAlong the way, he passed through the Chen Corridor, the Cold Palace, and spreading grass to coain to the little tower that no one had co tio see the painting in the towerThe Emperor only looked for a while in silence at the little towerHe then resolutely turned around and walked away along the path lined with auturass toward somewhere no one wasFan Xian followed in silence three steps behind hiht in the depths of his heartThere was no need to pretendIt was a true and solid weightFaintly, he could guess what the E all these fah those faet rid of, the affection of shared blood was not so anyone could escapeThe Emperor was like a God, but he was still a et affection if he was truly a TaoistWhy bother fighting and struggling in this secular world? Even Fan Xians mood was suppressed by the series of deathsNo ed Emperor with a face full of exhaustion was still a father, brother, husband, and sonThe two of therass andat the silent Royal Palace in the silenceThe Emperor did not speak, so Fan Xian did not speakHe only cautious observed the expressions on his profileThe Es he wanted to say to soo backYesFan Xian reement with a heavy faceThe Emperor turned his head and happened to see a trace of this es for his son abruptly iqian said earlier, it htAfter thinking deeply for a moment, the Emperor waved his hand weakly and said, If your body is still not feeling well, co what these words , he found the E to the study and having a late night snack, the Emperor seemed exhaustedFan Xian wanted to leave the Palace, but was stopped by the EmperorIt seemed that he really needed a companion nowAfter soThe Emperor nodded and allowed Fan Xian to return home to restHe was to come in tomorrow to discusscorridor outside the royal study, he heard a very faroundHe knew the Eht from the royal study, his face showed a sense of warmthHe bowed deeply to the oldhad finally returned to Jingdou, the Royal Palace, and the Emperors side just when the Emperor was at his loneliest and most needed peopleIt was silent inside the royal studyThe Emperor looked at his most loyal official, closest friend, and most reliable comrade, and closed his eyesI have been too harsh on ze has been known as the Second Prince, but technically he is the third born sonThe story here seems to have chosen to refer to that instead of his position as Second Prince