At this moment, Prince Chen's voice seemed to sound very soft, his delicate voice was like that of the romantic prince who had not yet taken power, and his eyes also showed warmth.
"Du Wei, I know that even though I am high and mighty and have thousands of people surrendering to me, there will inevitably be people behind my back who will accuse me of being a traitor who kills his brother and defrauds his father. Although the eldest brother was rebellious back then, he is dead after all, and I promise
He fulfilled his request before his death, did not deprive him of his royal status, and gave him the treatment of a flag burial. It's just that when a person dies, he will always receive some sympathy. Besides... Although I seem to be prosperous now, this 'regent'
'My identity is a bit embarrassing to say... My father, hum! He may not have been so peaceful in the palace in the past two years. I also know that the public opinion outside does not unanimously praise me.
.There are always some rebellious officials who want to talk nonsense. They say that I killed my brother. Well, I admit it. Although I did not kill the eldest brother with my own hands, I was indeed the one who forced him to death on that occasion.
He said that I bullied my father... Humph, what a 'bullying'! The eldest brother and I finally met each other in a fight to the death, and it was he who had worked hard to bring about this situation over the years!"
This last sentence made Du Wei's expression change... Is there any royal secret in this?
According to current normal logic, the coup in the imperial capital two years ago has already been concluded. The mainstream view is that Augustine VI made the eldest prince the crown prince in his early years, but in his later years he favored his younger son Chen.
The prince made the eldest prince feel that the position of the heir was in danger, so he decided to make a coup.
Isn't it...that's the case?
"Indeed it's not like that!" Prince Chen laughed and looked at Du Wei's surprised look: "Du Wei, I can probably guess what you are thinking about what this statement is circulating outside. How can I still not know? Just
But...it's such a pity that neither I nor the eldest brother are just victims of my father!"
Having said this, Prince Chen suddenly turned around and shouted to several palace warriors in golden armor in the distance: "You all go down, I want to talk to Duke Tulip about something, everyone leave the garden! Who dares to listen even half a sentence.
Kill immediately!"
After obeying the order, the golden-armored warriors bent down to salute and turned to leave.
Prince Chen showed a trace of exhaustion on his face, and suddenly sat down on the ground. It was winter at the moment, and the grass in the palace garden had withered. The majestic ruler of the empire just sat on the withered grass casually, and then looked at Du
Wei glanced at it and patted the ground beside him.
Du Wei hesitated for a moment and then sat down next to Prince Chen.
"Duwei, do you want to hear a story?"
These words made Du Wei laugh even weirder.
Damn it... In the past few days, I seem to be listening to people telling stories all the time. Maximus told himself a story, and QQ told himself another version of the story.
Now we have arrived at the imperial palace. Does Prince Chen also want to tell himself a story?
But whether Du Wei is willing or not, this story still needs to be heard: The majestic Imperial Regent wants to tell you a story, how can you refuse?
Besides, Du Wei is really curious...
Prince Chen sighed softly. He reached out his hand casually and pulled out a thorn stick from the nearby flower bush. With his slender fingers, he pulled out the thorns on the thorn stick one by one, and then said slowly: "
That was when I was ten years old..."
Since I was very young, 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. Distinguished lineage and identity, royal title...
When I was very young, people around me liked to praise me for my intelligence, saying that I was a rare genius prince in the royal family, smart and wise. In fact, I know that most of these words were just false compliments.
As for me, I just became sensible earlier than other children.
Everyone thinks that my father likes me very much... Well, he probably likes me, because I am his youngest son. He was only born when he was fifty years old. Of course he is more precious. Legend has it.
He had always wanted to have another son, but unfortunately other concubines gave him several princesses in succession. He even killed one of the concubines in anger... Hey!
Finally, when my mother gave birth to me, she was probably relieved.
But...when I was very young, I always had a strange feeling for some reason. This feeling came from my dear father!
Yes, it’s Father!
I became sensible early and showed my intelligence very early. Therefore, I hired an enlightenment teacher earlier than other children. Whether they were court scholars, astrologers or court magicians, they all praised me for my intelligence and told me how talented I was.
excellent……
But, is this probably my hallucination? Because every time, I always feel that when the teachers praise me in front of my father, the way my father looks at me is a bit strange. It doesn’t look like anything.
The look in the eyes of a loving father looking at his beloved and outstanding son.
That look was like... like an aging male lion looking at a young lion that was already showing its teeth and claws! It was as if a person saw a potential threat in the future!
That look in my eyes made me feel a bit of instinctive uneasiness and a bit of instinctive danger!
Although... my father hid this look very deeply, but I already vaguely understood something:
In fact, my father does not really like me or dote on me as outsiders say.
Perhaps, his liking and doting on me was just a deliberate act.
When I was little, 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 continent, and the most powerful man on the continent, when a person reaches sixty years old, he will inevitably become much older. But this world is just like this. The older the person, the older he becomes.
, sometimes, but more and more, I have to hold on to something and refuse to let go!
That year, I was only ten years old. But on the night after my father’s birthday dinner, my mother came to my bedroom. She looked happy, and then told me one thing: my father seemed to want to change the title of crown prince.
, intends to make me the crown prince!
However, when he showed a little intention at the dinner party, he was fiercely opposed by the noble ministers. This matter was strictly prohibited from being publicized, so very few people knew about it.
What is being circulated outside is that when my father was seventy years old and I was twenty, he wanted to make me the crown prince but my ministers opposed it. In fact, this happened ten years earlier. As early as when I was ten years old,
My father already wanted to do this.
Okay, let me go on to the night when I was ten years old...
My mother is not a wise woman. She just instinctively thinks that if I can be the crown prince and the future emperor, it will be a great thing. So she is very happy. After all, my father has this intention, maybe in the future
It will succeed. Moreover, my mother is not a scheming woman. She was so happy that she couldn't help but tell me at night.
But, that night, I felt danger!
It was a chill that penetrated the whole body!!
Everyone is right, I am indeed smarter than my peers because I became sensible earlier.
At that time, I already understood a truth: there is no unreasonable benefit for you in the world!
Yes, I am young and smart, and all the teachers who teach me praise me. Even many noble ministers will praise me at banquets for my youth and wisdom...
However, a ten-year-old child, no matter how smart he is and how talented he is, can his father change his mind and establish another crown prince? Is it possible?
You know, at that time, my eldest brother Yawen was already in his thirties. The eldest brother, who was in his thirties, was already very capable in doing things. In his early years, he also participated in the northwest war, and although his performance was
I can't say how amazing he is, but he still has a small contribution. And in those years, as the crown prince, he gradually had his own team. He was also quite good at doing things. At his age, he was also very outstanding. Some
He handles all aspects of government affairs in an all-round way.
A ten-year-old boy, no matter how smart he is, is only talented in studying. Such performance can overwhelm a thirty-year-old who has already mastered a certain amount of power and has done things well.
Adult???
At least I don’t believe it myself!
Father, he would distrust a stable and mature adult son in his thirties, but instead believe in a ten-year-old kid? I'm afraid no normal person would think so!
It's ridiculous. My mother thought this was a good thing, but in fact... it was simply a danger!
From that day on, everything changed.
The attendants, maids, and palace teachers around me all treated me with much more respect, as if in their eyes, I was no longer simply "Prince Chen", but became "Chen, the potential emperor."
Prince"!
What's more important...even my dear brother, the eldest prince Yawen, has changed his attitude towards me!
When I was young, my eldest brother once hugged me. I even clearly remember that when I was young, he taught me how to ride a horse. He hugged me and sat on a white horse, and then said to me, "
Our Augustine family won the dominance of this continent through martial arts, and as a son of the Augustine family, you must have a martial spirit!"
At that time, he was like a real eldest brother. After all, although my father had many children, he only had two sons, and the others were daughters. So when I was young, the eldest brother was still very close to me.
But just because of what my father revealed at that birthday dinner, the eldest brother’s attitude towards me also changed.
He never came to see me or visit me again. He never came to take me horseback riding, and he never accompanied me to watch the palace warriors practice their martial arts. I even remember that he originally promised me
He secretly took me out of the palace to have a drink in a month. However, he never fulfilled that promise...until he was defeated and died!
It was my father who changed everything!
It was because he revealed that he wanted to make me the crown prince instead that the eldest brother regarded me as his enemy!
But is it really that simple? Does my father really like me and that’s why he wants to make me the crown prince?
Since then, I have been doubting it!
I said it. No normal person would choose to give up on a thirty-year-old calm adult and not believe in a kid who doesn't understand anything, even though the kid is a little smart.
Therefore, I determined that my father had a purpose in doing this!
Of course, I, who was only ten years old at that time, couldn't understand such a complicated matter. But I also knew that it was impossible for me to ask my father about such a thing by myself... More importantly, at that time, I had already
Instinctively, I had a fear of my father. Although I didn't understand it at the time, it was probably a natural instinct.
I couldn't figure out the answer myself, so I had to ask someone else.
I remember it was three months later, and I had a good opportunity. The palace teacher who taught me told me that there was a new thing in the imperial capital. There was a scholar named "Lan Hai". This scholar was so smart and knowledgeable that it seemed as if he was not there in the world.
Things he doesn't know, astronomy, geography, medicine, flowers, history... he seems to know everything.
And at a conference that brought together 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 during the debate. Everyone thought that he was the leader of the imperial capital.
The most intelligent scholar.
After the palace teacher told me about this, I was very curious. I have 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 was going to be another debate in the imperial capital. It was probably the one who lost to Lan Hai last time. Some people were not convinced, so they invited several famous scholars from other provinces.
I admired that blue sea 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...
I was still young at that time, and it was not convenient to leave the palace, so by the time the teacher found a way to take me out and arrived at the conference, the debate was already over. I did not see the blue ocean scholar silence his opponent.
But I saw the cheers of the onlookers outside and the sincere respect and admiration shown by those in civilian clothes for the scholar named Lan Hai.
I noticed the blue ocean scholar. He was indeed an extraordinary person, even though he was dressed very ordinary.
The world is like this. Many pretentious people try their best to put on gorgeous clothes, but only reveal their shallowness. But people like Lan Hai don't need gorgeous clothes to set off themselves.
With just a few glances, I was sure that this man named Lanhai must be a smart scholar.
Later...after the conference, I ignored the objections of the palace teacher and secretly followed Lan Hai. I followed him back to his home.
Then, I asked the palace teacher to wait outside, and I knocked on the door alone and went in to find the blue ocean scholar.
I did not hide my identity, and he was not surprised at all by my identity. I could feel that his calmness was not a pretense, but real.
Lan Hai is that kind of person... This kind of person, when you stand in front of him, it seems as if you are really facing the vast ocean. You will feel that his wisdom seems to be unfathomable. And standing in front of him
In front of you, 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 he could keep it a secret for me.
Lan Hai thought for a while and then said to me, "If it were five years later, I would reject your request. But now, I promise you."
Only later did I understand what he meant: If it were five years later, when I was an adult, I would have grown to the age where I could be cruel for the sake of power, and I might kill someone and silence him if I asked him.
But fortunately I was only ten years old at that time, and a ten-year-old child would not be able to do that kind of thing.
That day, in the Blue Ocean Scholar's cabin, I think he raised the question that has been hidden in my heart:
Why on earth would my father suddenly want to make me the crown prince? Does my father really think that I, a ten-year-old child, 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 gave me a really creepy feeling after listening to it! For the first time in my life, I suddenly felt that being born into a royal family may not be 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 who is in good health, and your eldest brother who grew up too fast!
When Lan Hai said this, I couldn't understand it. He didn't mean to explain it to me, and I, it was already getting late, and I wanted to go back to the palace immediately.
That night, I was in my room and thought about it all night! I thought about my father's "love" for me, and the way my father looked at me when I was a child and others praised me for being smart and wise.
The look in his eyes reminded me of the helplessness that the eldest emperor brother occasionally showed...
At dawn, I suddenly figured it all out!
What Lan Hai said is absolutely correct! The biggest reason for this matter is that the father is in good health 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 was no father-son relationship, only the throne! The throne was the only one that had weight in his heart! The supreme throne and
The power to dominate the continent is the only thing in his eyes!
Therefore, even though he is sixty years old, he still seems energetic, as if he has no intention of letting go. He is such a person who loves success. He is even planning to form a fleet again to expedition to Southeast Asia. He even wants to launch another war.
The war against the northwest... He has these fanatical thoughts in his mind all day long. He holds power in his hands. He wants to be the greatest emperor in the Augustinian dynasty. He still has so many grand plans that have not been carried out.
, there are still so many, many, many great wishes that have not been realized!
How could he be willing to let go of his authority at a time like this?
He himself feels that he is not old yet, and he feels that he still has a lot to do. He probably thinks that if possible, he hopes to be the emperor until he is a hundred years old!! Hmph...
But the problem is...actually, he is already in his early sixties! Sixty years old should be considered an old age. But his son, his legal heir, my eldest brother, is already in his thirties.
Got it!
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, there is no doubt that they are eager to vent their energy on their career and achieve their great revenge...
But this is where the contradiction lies!
In those two years, the eldest brother already had a considerable team. The Royal Guards Corps already had his direct descendants. In the military, Earl Raymond of the Luo Lin family was his young friend. There were also those from the Finance Department and the Supervision Office.
All of them have his direct descendants. It can be said that a small political clique of the crown prince has been formed around the eldest brother.
Such a political clique is quite mature...mature enough to take over!!
The eldest brother is waiting for his father’s succession! He is even waiting eagerly!
However, his father, who is still energetic and ambitious at the age of sixty, does not want to let go at this time. He does not allow anyone to covet his throne, not even his biological son!!