Chapter 325 Chapter 295 Royal Family

At this moment, Prince Chen's voice sounded very soft, his delicate voice was like the romantic prince who had not taken power back then, and there was warmth in his eyes. "Du Wei, I know that now, although I am high above and everyone surrenders, it is inevitable that some people will scold me behind my back. I am a traitor who killed my brother and deceived my father. Although the elder brother rebelled that day, he died after all, and I promised He fulfilled his request before he died, did not deprive him of his royal status, and gave him the treatment of a flag burial. It's just that people will always receive some sympathy when they die, and besides... Although I seem to be beautiful now, this 'regent' 'The identity, it's a little embarrassing to say... My father, hmph! His old man may not have been so peaceful in the palace for the past two years. I also know that the public opinion outside does not praise me unanimously. There are always some rebellious officials and thieves who want to talk nonsense. Saying that I killed brother, well, I admit it. Although I didn't kill Brother Dahuang with my own hands, I did force him to death that day and on such an occasion. Said that I oppressed my father... Hmph, what a 'oppress'! The fact that Brother Dahuang and I met each other in battle in the end, and the situation where we will never die is all his efforts over the years!"

The last sentence made Du Wei's face change... Is there any hidden secret of the royal family? According to the current normal logic, the conclusion of the coup d'etat in the imperial capital two years ago has already been reached.The mainstream view is: Augustine VI appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince in his early years, but in his later years he favored his youngest son, Prince Chen, which made the eldest prince feel that the position of heir was in danger, so he decided to coup d'état. Isn't that the case? "It's really not like that!" Prince Chen laughed, looking at Du Wei's surprised look: "Du Wei, I can probably guess what you're thinking. How can I not know what the rumors are? But...it's a pity, whether it's me or Brother Da Huang, they're nothing more than father's sacrifices!"

Speaking of this, Prince Chen suddenly turned around, and shouted at a few golden armored court warriors in the distance: "You all go down, I want to talk to Duke Tulip, everyone leave the garden! Who dares to listen to half a sentence, Shoot and kill immediately!" After the golden armored warriors obeyed, they bowed and saluted, turned and left. Prince Chen showed a trace of exhaustion on his face, and suddenly sat down on the floor.It was winter now, and the grass in the palace garden had withered. His majestic ruler of the empire just sat casually on the withered grass, glanced at Du Wei, and patted the ground around him.

Du Wei hesitated for a moment, then sat down beside Prince Chen. "Du Wei, do you want to hear a story?" These words made Du Wei laugh even more weirdly. Damn... In the past few days, I seem to always listen to people telling stories.Maximus told himself a story, and QQ told himself another version of the story. Now that we are in the Imperial Palace, does Prince Chen want to tell himself a story? But no matter whether Du Wei is willing or not, this story is still to be heard: the majestic regent of the empire wants to tell you a story, how can you refuse? Besides, Du Wei is really curious...

Prince Chen sighed softly, stretched out his hand casually, and pulled out a thorn from the nearby flowers. With his slender and slender fingers, he pulled out the thorns on the thorn one by one, and then slowly said: " That was when I was ten years old..." ... From a very young age, I have always thought that I am probably the happiest person in the world. The glory and honor of being born into the royal family, the noble lineage and status, the title of the royal family... When I was very young, people around me liked to praise me for being smart, saying that I was a rare gifted prince in the royal family, smart and wise.In fact, I know that most of these words are just hypocritical compliments.

As for me, it's just that I was sensible earlier than other children. Everyone thinks that my father likes me very much... Well, he should be considered like me.Because I am his youngest son, who was born when he was fifty years old, so of course I should be more precious.It is said that he had always wanted to have another son, but unfortunately the other concubines gave birth to several princesses in succession, and he even killed a concubine in a fit of anger... Hey! Finally, when my mother gave birth to me, she must have been relieved. But... When I was very young, for some reason, I always had a strange feeling.This feeling comes from my dear father!

Yes, it is the father! I was sensible early, and I showed my intelligence very early.So I hired a first teacher earlier than other children.Whether it is a court scholar, an astrologer or a court magician, they all praise me for being smart and say how talented I am... But, is it probably my hallucination?Because every time, I always felt that when the teachers praised me in front of my father, the eyes my father looked at me—well, those eyes were a little strange.It's not like the way a loving father looks at his excellent son he likes. Those eyes were like... like an aging male lion looking at a cub that had already opened its teeth and claws!It's as if one sees a potential threat in the future!

Those eyes made me feel a bit of instinctive anxiety, a bit of instinctive danger! Although... the emperor hid such eyes very deeply.But I have vaguely understood one thing: In fact, my father doesn't really like me and dote on me like the outsiders say. Perhaps, his liking and doting towards me is just a deliberate appearance. As a child, I didn't understand why. When I was ten years old, I finally understood! That year was my father's sixtieth birthday. Although he is the supreme emperor of the empire, the ruler of the mainland, and the most powerful man on the mainland.But when a person reaches the age of sixty, he will inevitably age a lot.But this world happens to be like this, the older people are, sometimes, the more they want to cling to something and refuse to let go!

That year, I was only ten years old. As a result, the night after my father’s birthday dinner, my mother came to my bedroom. She had a look of joy on her face, and then told me one thing: Father seems to intend to become the crown prince. , intends to make me the crown prince! However, at the dinner party, when he showed his intentions a little bit, he encountered fierce opposition from the noble ministers.This matter was strictly forbidden to be publicized, so very few people knew about it. It is rumored that when my father was seventy years old and I was twenty years old, he wanted to make me crown prince and was opposed by his subjects—in fact, this happened ten years earlier.My father had wanted to do this since I was ten years old.

Well, let me go back to the night I was ten years old... My mother is not a wise woman, she just instinctively thinks that if I can become the crown prince and the future emperor, that would be a great thing.So she was very happy, after all, the emperor had this intention, maybe he could succeed in the future.Moreover, my mother is not a scheming woman. She was so happy that she couldn't help telling me at night. However, on that night, I sensed danger! It was a kind of chill that penetrated the whole body! ! Everyone is right, I am indeed smarter than my peers, because I was sensible earlier.

At that time, I already understood a truth: there is no unreasonable benefit to you in the world! Yes, I was young and smart, and my teachers praised me.Even many noble ministers would praise me for being young and wise at the banquet... However, a ten-year-old child, no matter how smart and talented he is.Could it be possible to make the father change his mind and want to establish another crown prince? ?Is it possible? ? You know, at that time, my eldest brother Yawen was already in his thirties.Brother Dahuang, who is in his thirties, is already very capable in doing things. He also participated in the Northwest War in his early years. Although his performance cannot be said to be amazing, it is also a small contribution.Moreover, in those years, as the crown prince, he gradually had his own team, and he did things quite well.At his age, he is also very good.He also handles all aspects of government affairs. A ten-year-old boy, no matter how smart he is, is just a talent for studying and studying. Such a performance can overwhelm an adult in his thirties who has already mastered a certain amount of power and is doing things very well. people? ? ? At least I don't believe it myself! Father, would he not believe in a prudent and mature adult son in his thirties, but firmly believe in a ten-year-old kid instead?Normal people probably wouldn't think so! It's ridiculous, my mother thought it was a good thing, but in fact... it's just that danger is coming! From that day on, everything changed. The attendants and maids around me, as well as the court teacher, all treated me with a lot more respect, as if in their eyes, I was no longer a simple "Prince Chen", but a "Chen who might become the emperor". Prince!" More importantly... even my dear brother, the eldest prince Yawen, has changed his attitude towards me! When I was young, my elder brother even hugged me.I even vividly remember him teaching me to ride a horse when I was little.He hugged me and sat on a white horse, and then said to me, "Our Augustine family won the domination of this continent through martial arts. As a man of the Augustine family, you must have a martial spirit! " At that time, he was like a real elder brother.After all, although my father has many children, there are only our two sons, and the others are all daughters.So when I was young, Brother Dahuang was very close to me. But it was because of what my father revealed at that birthday dinner that Brother Dahuang's attitude towards me also changed. He never came to see me again, never came to see me.He never came to take me to ride a horse again, and never accompanied me to see court warriors practicing martial arts.I even remember that he originally promised me that he would secretly take me out of the palace to drink in a month.However, he never fulfilled that promise...until he was defeated and died! It was the father who changed everything! It is because he expressed his intention to change me as the crown prince, and the result made the eldest brother treat me as an enemy! But is it really that simple?Did father really like me, so he said he wanted to make me the crown prince? Since then, I have been skeptical! As I said, normal people would not choose to give up a 30-year-old calm adult and believe in a little kid who doesn't understand anything—even though that little kid is a little smart. Therefore, I believe that the emperor did this on purpose! Of course, I, who was only ten years old at that time, couldn't understand such a complicated thing.But I also know that it is impossible for me to ask my father about this kind of thing... More importantly, at that time, I already instinctively developed a kind of fear of my father.Although I didn't understand it at the time, it was probably a natural instinct. I couldn't think of an answer myself, so I had to ask someone else. Remember it was three months later and there was a great opportunity.The court teacher who taught me told me that there is a new thing in the imperial capital.There is a scholar named "Lan Hai". This scholar is smart and knowledgeable, as if there is nothing he doesn't understand in the world, astronomy, geography, medicine, flower history...he seems to know everything. And at a conference that gathered scholars from all over the imperial capital, he even used his superb wisdom to silence all his opponents who wanted to accuse him of being jealous of him during the debate.Everyone thinks that he is the most intelligent scholar in the imperial capital. After the palace teacher told me about this, I was very curious and always wanted to see what the legendary most intelligent scholar in the imperial capital looked like. Finally, the teacher told me that day that there will be another debate in the imperial capital, probably because some of the people who lost to Lan Hai last time were not convinced, and they recruited several famous university scholars from other provinces. I admired that Lan Hai in my heart, so I begged my court scholar teacher to take me to see it.He was also very interested in this matter, so he took me there... At that time, I was still young and it was inconvenient to go out of the palace, so when the teacher found a way to take me out and arrived at the conference site, the debate was over.I didn't see the process of the blue ocean scholar dumbing down the opponent's words.But I saw the cheers of the onlookers outside, and the sincere respect and admiration shown by those people in civilian clothes to the scholar named Lan Hai. I noticed that blue ocean scholar, he is indeed an extraordinary person, although he is dressed in ordinary clothes. This is the way the world is.Many pretentious people try their best to put on gorgeous clothes, but instead they reveal their shallowness.And people like Lan Hai don't need gorgeous clothes to set off themselves. With just a few simple glances, I was sure that this man named Lan Hai must be a smart scholar. Later... After the meeting, I ignored the objection of the court teacher, and led someone to secretly follow behind Lan Hai, and followed him all the way back to his home. Then, I asked the palace teacher to wait outside, and I knocked on the door and went in alone to find this blue ocean scholar. I didn't hide who I was, and he wasn't surprised by who I was.I can feel that his calmness is not fake, but real. Lan Hai is that kind of person... This kind of person, when you stand in front of him, you seem to be facing the vast ocean, and you will feel that his wisdom seems to be unfathomable.And standing in front of him, you will instinctively feel your own insignificance. At that time, when I was young, I made a request to him. I wanted to ask him a question, but I hoped that he would keep it a secret for me. Lan Hai thought for a while, and then said to me, "If it is five years later, I will refuse your request. But now, I promise you." It was only later that I understood what he meant by his words: If it were five years later, I would have grown up to the age where I could be cruel for the sake of power, and maybe I would kill someone after asking him.But fortunately, I was only ten years old at that time, a ten-year-old child, and I would not do that kind of thing. That day, in the Blue Ocean Scholar's hut, I think he asked the question that has always been in my heart: Father, why on earth would he suddenly want to make me the Crown Prince?Does the emperor really think that a ten-year-old child like me must be better than a thirty-year-old adult? After the blue ocean scholar listened to my question, he thought for a while. Then, he finally gave me the answer. And that answer, after listening to it, really gave me a creepy feeling!For the first time in my life, I suddenly felt that being born in the royal family may not be such a blessing! Lan Hai's answer is not complicated, there is only one sentence: If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame your father's health is too good now, and your elder brother has grown up too fast! When Lan Hai said this, I couldn't understand it.He didn't mean to explain to me, and I, it was getting late at that time, and I wanted to go back to the palace immediately. That night, I was in the room and thought about it all night alone!I thought of my father's "love" for me, the way my father looked at me when I was young, when others praised me for being smart and wise, and the helplessness that my big brother occasionally showed... When it was dawn, I suddenly figured everything out! Lan Hai was right!The biggest reason for this matter is that the father's health is too good, and the eldest brother grows up too fast! ! His father, Augustine VI, was an emperor who had an almost extreme possessive desire for power.In his eyes, there is no family relationship between father and son, only the throne!The throne is the only thing that holds weight in his heart!The supreme throne and the power to dominate the continent are the only things in his eyes! Therefore, even though he is sixty years old, he still looks energetic, as if he has no intention of letting go.He is such a very happy person, he is even planning to set up a fleet to go to Nanyang again, and he even wants to start a war against the Northwest again... These fanatical thoughts are in his mind all day long, and he holds With power, he wants to become the greatest emperor in the Augustinian Dynasty. He still has so many grand plans that have not been carried out, and so many great wishes that have not been realized! At such a time, how could he be willing to let go of the authority in his hand? ? He himself feels that he is not old yet, and he feels that he still has a lot to do.He probably thought that if possible, he hoped to be the emperor until he was a hundred years old! !Humph…… But the problem is... In reality, he is already in his early sixties!Sixty years old should be considered an old age.However, his son, his legal heir, my elder brother, is already in his thirties! Thirty years old is the age when a man is at his peak, most mature, most energetic, and most motivated!It can be said to be the most golden years of a man! ! ! And men of this age, no doubt, desperately hope to vent their energy on their careers to achieve their own great revenge... But this is where the contradiction lies! In those two years, Brother Dahuang already had quite a team.The King City Guard Legion already has his direct descendants. In the military, Earl Raymond of the Rowling family is his young friend.There are also those in the Financial Secretary and the Supervisory Office, all of whom are directly related to him.It can be said that a political clique of the crown prince has formed around the elder brother. Such a small political group is quite mature...to the point where it can take over! ! Brother Da Huang is waiting for his father's succession!Even eagerly waiting! And the sixty-year-old father, who is still energetic and ambitious, still doesn't want to let go at this time, and no one is allowed to covet his throne—even his own son! !