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There were only three great families in the true high-rise buildings of Fire Phoenix Empire: the Shu Family, the Zhan Family, and the Luo Family. These three families had followed the Huo family from the southwest, going through battles and tribulations all the way to the capital.

After Fire Phoenix Empire became a major event, the Huo Family became the royal family, while the other three families were honored as royal family. Only the Luo Family remained unknown, as if they did not really participate in the affairs of the empire.

As a royal family of a thousand years, there were at least a hundred and fifty empress dowager, but no one had ever seen them before. There were many concubines and concubines, but there weren't many of them.

Strangely, no one had ever gotten pregnant before, not even the Crown Prince. Only empress could give birth to a child, and no one had ever seen a pregnant empress. Since the day of the emperor's wedding, the empress rarely showed her face, and after two to three years, the crown prince appeared in front of everyone's eyes like a stone popping out of a crack. Furthermore, all the emperors of the past were single sons of emperors.

If we continue to dig deeper, there's still a mystery. Whether it's the empress or concubine, no one can die after the emperor. Whether it's illness or accident, there are even some that die with him.” In short, the emperor's woman definitely could not die after the emperor, so there had never been such a thing as the empress dowager or the empress dowager in Fire Phoenix Empire. Other than this, the emperors of the Fire Phoenix Empire had never said such a thing as the imperial mausoleum.

But even in this special royal family background, Huo Zi Mu could still be considered an anomaly.

The characters of the Huo Family were like names. Their passion was like fire, and their temper was like fire. However, this Huo Zi Mu was different. He was not passionate, nor was he irritable. In particular, he was not a sociable person. Not to mention walking closely with the Shu Family and the Zhan Family, even the royal guards didn't like to bring them along. The only thing was that they played quite well with the declining Luo Family. Secondly, he had many very independent ideas and opinions. When his royal father was busy with government everyday, the Prince was always busy with business.

At that time, Prince, who was only a little more than ten years old, walked around the various fairs of the imperial city together with his guards, reading books and practicing martial arts. He asked about the price and looked at the quality of the goods, but did not allow anyone to reveal his identity.

Although his hobby was unique, it was fortunate that he still hadn't put down his martial arts and literature, which made it impossible for the two Imperial Tutors to find any problems. Thus, everyone kept their eyes open and allowed him to do as he pleased. Must make the Prince have some personal interests, right? What's more, if he played now, it would mean that he had free time. Once he ascended the throne, he would have no time to linger around.

Prince was still alright on the big surface, but he obediently married the crown prince's consort and gave birth to a cute and lovely daughter. It was not easy for the imperial clan to bear a daughter. The old emperor was happy to see his granddaughter and personally bestowed her the name ”Yanran”.

As for how the throne, which had always been a lone child, was passed on, that was not too big of a problem. Although there had never been a female emperor in the history of the Fire Phoenix Empire, there had been precedents of people from the Shu Family, Zhan Clan, or Luo Family marrying a ”prince from a secondary nation”.

I thought that now that the Prince's daughter has appeared and the Old Emperor's body is gradually weakening, it would be time to obediently do something about the inheritance of the Emperor, right? But what kind of trick did this Prince come up with?

The patriarch of the current generation who had a good relationship with the Prince disappeared, leaving behind a young child. And for such a major event, the royal family, as well as the Shu and Zhan families, were all so secretive as to not be mentioned. Just then, Prince stood out and recognized the child as his foster son. This action made everyone explode. By recognizing this child, did it mean that the future Crown Prince of a supporting country had been decided? The usually hostile Shu and Zhan families rarely joined hands and used all sorts of methods to persuade the emperor. At the very least, they hoped that the Prince would not be too hasty on this matter, even though they were still young. This scene of a ”fight between deities” caused the ordinary officials to tremble in fear. They didn't know what to do.

The old emperor had talked to the crown prince many times about this, but he never said a word. Causing his father to have no other choice but to sincerely and sincerely say, ”Zi Mu, you are the crown prince, and the future Emperor's throne is also yours. However, you need to know one thing. Your identity does not mean that you can do as you please. Rather, you need to bear more responsibility and consider more aspects. Some things, you can be willful. And there are many things that you can't be willful about. ”

It was unknown if it was because he was persuaded by his father, or because he was forced to the point where he had no other choice, but the Prince, for the first time ever, appeared on time at a meeting. From today onwards, the young son of Luo Family will change his surname to Chen, and will separate from the Luo Family. Unless he is able to do something when his daughter grows up, the matter of supporting the country will be decided by the Royal families in accordance with the ancestor system. ” With his words as the basis, the Shu and Zhan families were able to finally let the peace and quiet return to the imperial court.

The Imperial Palace returned to its former tranquility after the ”Subordinate Kingdom Storm”. The Prince didn't deliberately arrange for the two children to be together. He was very concerned about the young son of Luo Family, who had already changed his name to ”Chen Chu”. At times, he would take the child riding, studying, practicing martial arts, or even take him out shopping. After a long time, everyone only thought that he liked his son more, so they decided to recognize him as their foster son and had the addiction of having a son.

The crown prince had been silent for twenty years. Chen Chu and Princess Yanran had already grown up, and Chen Chu had even entered the Imperial Military Academy, becoming an upright and proper Fire Phoenix Ribbon. Although he now had a noble title, he was still too far away from the road of a prince, so the extended families basically did not care about him. According to past practice, in another three to five years, Prince would be able to take over the throne from the old emperor and become a great treasure. At that time, King Yanran's daughter would officially become his highness. That would be the time to extend the struggle between the two families.

Just as everyone was preparing for the succession to the new throne, the Prince disappeared.