Du Wei's face was calm, but his heart was already stirred up!
Blue ocean?
It’s actually a blue ocean again??
Du Wei now knows the origin of this Blue Ocean University scholar. This mysterious scholar who was born in the Snowy Mountains not only trained outstanding young people like Philip, but also taught the top people in the mainland like Rodriguez.
Warrior!
This blue ocean scholar from the Snowy Mountains... is actually still involved in this royal struggle in such a subtle way?
Is it unintentional? Or intentional?
If we say that in the past, when Lan Hai introduced his disciple to follow Du Wei to the northwest, Du Wei only thought that the old scholar was an old man who cared about the country and the people.
But after knowing his background in the snowy mountains... Lan Hai's request to "prevent prairie people from stepping onto Mount Kilimaro" probably has some other meanings...
Although Du Wei thought so in his heart, he did not dare to show any signs of it on his face. He listened carefully to Prince Chen's continued story...
In a wolf pack, the leading wolf was already a little old, but he refused to give up his position as the alpha wolf. At this time, he helplessly saw that there was already a young male wolf, who was gradually getting stronger and stronger enough to threaten him.
level of status.
What should the father do at this time?
He set his sights on me.
I am young, I am only ten years old! And I am praised as a genius and smart little prince.
If...if I were made the crown prince, then when I grow up and mature...my father can reasonably make me wait for more than ten years or even longer!
He doesn't really like me that much, and he doesn't really think that I am smarter or more talented than my elder brother who is in his thirties.
The only reason is: by making me the crown prince, he can sit on the throne openly and openly for another ten or twenty years because the heir has not grown up yet!
This is my father's "love" for me, and this is what is spread outside. My father's "appreciation" of me!!
Ha ha!!
At this point, Prince Chen's voice became very deep. He looked at the sky and sighed: "Du Wei, you can't understand... That night, that is the night when I finally understood what the Blue Ocean Scholar said, I
How did I get here! In my entire life, that night was the most difficult night in my life. The most difficult night to get through! Even on the eve of the coup day two years ago, when I felt like I was facing a formidable enemy, that night was far away.
Far less sad than the night I was ten years old!"
Du Wei looked at the expression on His Highness Chen's face and suddenly felt that sitting in his position was not so glamorous.
After hesitating for a moment, Du Wei sighed in a low voice: "Maybe... I can understand it. Because the feeling you mentioned... I have experienced it to some extent."
Prince Chen looked at Du Wei, and smiles appeared in his eyes little by little: "Yes... you are indeed one of the few people who can understand me. Du Wei, this is why I trust you so much!
You, Du Wei, the former heir of the Luo Lin family, were sent to your hometown because you were not favored, and then returned to the imperial capital because you received the guidance of the magician... Although your experience in the family is different from mine,
But the situation and mood are quite similar. Du Wei, when I met you that time, I felt a little bit like you. That's why I am so close to you and value you so much!
"
Du Wei was silent.
He could imagine that at night more than ten years ago, the ten-year-old little prince was sitting in the room, facing the cold night sky, knowing in his heart that his father's love for him was just a show, even putting him under
Bake it on the stove...
This kind of mood is probably very similar to how I felt when I learned that my father sent people to kill me.
The two looked at each other and smiled again. But this time, their smiles were a little more sincere.
Afterwards, Prince Chen continued to talk.
After that time, I finally figured out a lot. That chilling night did not make me completely despair. I was still somewhat lucky in my heart.
But soon, I finally discovered that although being born into the royal family may seem to be rich and honorable, once you are involved in the supreme interests, then all the wealth and honor around you will immediately become murderous!
The eldest brother gradually became alienated from me. I didn't blame him. After I thought about it, I understood. It's not his fault. After all, we were brothers before. But after that, we became a ridiculous "competition for the throne"
".
What’s even more ridiculous is that the eldest brother himself doesn’t even understand that my father is not trying to pass the throne to me! Because in my father’s eyes, I am also a competitor! The only thing I’m lucky about is that I’m still young and my father can take the throne.
I'm just here as a shield! If I had been in my twenties at that time, my father would never have said that he wanted to make me the crown prince!
It's a pity... My father doesn't have a younger son, otherwise, I believe he would definitely choose a younger son!
Brother Huang regards me as his enemy. The funny thing is that I don’t want to argue with him at all!
That throne, in my opinion, has no appeal at all.
So, I wanted to convey a message to the emperor in disguise. I hope he can rest assured that I will not argue with him.
The Augustinian dynasty relied on martial arts to build a country. All the royal children of the Augustinian family were required to learn equestrian and martial arts skills. But I refused to learn. I even publicly stated that I was interested in magic, and I ran to learn magic with great fanfare.
Because everyone knows that magicians are not greedy for worldly power. Magicians are supernatural monsters. Moreover, in history, except for the founding emperor Aragorn, no emperor was also a magician!
Once you learn magic, you will gradually lose interest in worldly power.
Therefore, I deliberately went to learn magic publicly, just to let the eldest brother understand that I did not want to argue with him.
It's a pity that the eldest brother didn't seem to understand my intention.
What's even more ridiculous is that my learning of magic was considered deviant, and all my court scholars and teachers opposed it, but my father was in favor of me.
This was regarded by many as my father's "favor" for me. Even my actions like this were supported by my father's "loving" indulgence!
But is this really the case?
I have already figured it out and understand my father's intention: he is happy for me to learn magic, and hopes that after I learn magic, I will no longer be interested in power. In this case, he will make me the crown prince.
, I won’t be in a hurry to succeed, and he can be the emperor for a few more years!
It's a pity that my concession did not make the eldest brother let me go.
When I was eleven years old, I was assassinated for the first time in my life!
I almost died that time! A maid who had taken care of me since I was five years old personally brought me a bowl of poison and almost poisoned me to death!
Fortunately, at that time I had already studied magic and had some experience in magic potions...
Humph! It’s not that easy to poison a potion master!
I know that my father will not want to kill me! He will use me as a shield! Therefore, there is only one person who wants to kill me...my eldest brother!
What happened that time completely shattered my last illusion! I have read history and know what is written in the books: when faced with the competition for the throne, there is no family affection at all!
That time, I understood. Just giving in cannot guarantee my safety! Today he can bribe my maid to poison me, and tomorrow he might be able to bribe my guards and stab me while I'm sleeping!
I don’t want to die and want to survive, so I have no choice but to take the path of becoming the enemy of the Great Emperor!
The first time is the hardest.
I am a child with no trusted team and no power of my own. I am an empty-handed prince with only a flashy noble status. I really don’t have much capital to protect myself.
At the beginning, I could only try my best to please the palace magician. I became the chief magician of the palace as my teacher. For a while, I studied magic desperately. I tried my best to look like I was extremely obsessed with studying magic.
. Even my daily meals and accommodations are with the teacher...
The teacher was very pleased with my diligence... He even thought that I had an extremely rare magical talent. He even regarded me as his proud disciple for a time.
In fact, I just used an excuse to stay with him to ensure my own safety! Because I had no other way at the time. In the palace, the only way to be safe was to be by the side of the chief magician of the palace!
Because the chief magician of the palace is only loyal to the emperor, not to anyone from any faction. His powerful magic power is also enough to protect me.
During that period, I lived a very pitiful and embarrassed life! But it strengthened my heart!
Although I don't have much desire for the throne, in order to survive, I must have power!
Fortunately, after a few days, I cleverly learned about the maid's attempt to poison me, took advantage of an opportunity, and quietly spread the news to my father's ears.
My father was finally reminded of this incident. After pretending to be furious, he executed several heads of palace attendants.
Then, he began to face up to a problem: in order to ensure that I, the shield of the throne, would not die easily, he had to give me some capital to protect myself.
This is my biggest bargaining chip and my biggest support, which is my father! He will not let me die! Not because I am his son, nor because of how much he loves me!
From that time on, my father finally began to give me some real power. He gave me a small army of Imperial City troops, and sent a few court magicians to act as my personal magic advisors. He also gave me
The right to freely enter and leave the palace allows me to arrange my own power calmly. In this way, I finally began to gradually master a little bit of my own capital!
I accumulated my own capital little by little, formed my own team, and later tried my best to win over giants like Count Villa and the Demon Beast of Delan Mountain...
The battle between me and the eldest brother, which has lasted for more than ten years, has officially begun!
"I don't want to be the emperor, I never have." Prince Chen sighed softly: "It's just that I am in such a situation. In order to protect myself, I have to go tit-for-tat with the emperor. I am not for the throne... but for
Live! Because I know that if my heart softens a little, the emperor will definitely take my life without hesitation!
Once things started, I had to go on step by step! In the end, even if I didn’t want to hurt my brother, I had no other choice! Because I knew my brother too well. He was born with a certain temperament.
Extreme, suppressed by his father for decades, his personality gradually became gloomy and cruel.
Originally, I thought that if I had the strength to protect myself, it would be fine. But later, I understood one thing: Even if I just protect myself blindly, it is useless! Because the emperor has regarded me as his mortal enemy! In his heart
, the biggest goal is to get rid of me! Poor eldest brother, he didn’t understand until his death. It was not me competing with him for the throne at all, it was my father who was deliberately using me to block his way. He never
Really understand that his real competitor is not me Chen, but our dear father.
And this is precisely my biggest advantage. Because I know very well where my father's bottom line is. No matter what, my father will not let me die. At some dangerous moments, my father will protect me! This is me
The greatest guarantee!
It's a pity that I have no room to look back. Because based on my understanding of him, even if I tolerate it blindly, if he becomes the emperor in the future, I'm afraid he won't be able to tolerate me! I know this imperial brother of mine too well.
!
Therefore, the goal of my confrontation with him has also changed. Originally, I just wanted to protect myself. Later I realized that self-protection is not enough. Only by preventing him from becoming emperor can I continue to survive in the future! So, our fight naturally
It became more and more intense, and finally it got to the point where it was life and death."
Du Wei sighed in his heart.
He could imagine that a boy in his early ten years was surrounded by dangers in the palace. How could he walk step by step over the years like walking on a tightrope on a cliff! Prince Chen is certainly full of strategies and clever methods of doing things, and he often even has a few tricks.
The strategy seems a bit sinister. But imagine that a child in his early ten years wants to survive. How can he protect himself without resorting to excessive means?
A ten-year-old child lost his innocence and had to fall into political struggle, the dirtiest quagmire in the world. Only then did he create the seemingly beautiful regent he is today!
He said that he killed his brother and defrauded his father... But how do people who say these things know that he is in a difficult situation?
"I have been aware of Brother Emperor's mutiny plan for a long time. But I could have stopped it in advance, but I didn't. Because this is my biggest opportunity. I can completely overthrow him in one step! Only if he is completely defeated can I
Only by surviving can we win the final victory of this struggle. I am not greedy for the throne, I am purely fighting for my most basic power: survival! Just survive! In order to survive, I had to make various arrangements before the coup, in order to obtain the temple
Only with the support of the Pope and I did we come up with the secret teachings. The conditions I offered were enough to seduce the temple. Because of this condition, the temple and the royal family have been fighting secretly for thousands of years, and they have always dreamed of winning! So, even though the emperor
My brother’s daughter serves as a saint in the temple, but the temple still secretly turned to me, and on that day, I gave the eldest brother a hard blow!”
Having said this, a complicated smile gradually appeared on Prince Chen's face: "The Pope must be very proud, because no one thinks that I am the regent of the empire now, and I will definitely be the emperor of the empire in the future! If I can make the emperor
Recognizing the Pope as the godfather symbolizes the royal family's bowing to the divine authority! However, he was wrong! Everyone thinks that I like the throne, but in fact, the emperor's throne is not that heavy to me!"
Afterwards, Prince Chen blinked at Du Wei: "The Pope is deliberately plotting against me, so why can't I plot against him? Huh! It's a pity that he can't gain an 'emperor's godson'! He only
I can gain a 'regent and godson'! Because, just before I traded with him, I had already made a decision! In my life, I will never ascend the throne and become an emperor! The title of emperor is still reserved for me.
My child! I will only be a regent for the rest of my life."