Li Yu woke up from the darkness.

The pain was gnawing at his whole body, a thick and hot liquid soaked him, and with some kind of gurgling sound mixed with a fishy smell rushed into his nasal cavity, he almost suffocated, but it was only dark everywhere, he felt something swimming beside him, he wanted to struggle to escape, but it was difficult to move, but the pain became more and more bone-eater, he wanted to cry, opened his mouth wide but could only squirm his throat with difficulty and make a slight whining sound. He's in hell, otherwise how could it be worse than death, he thought.

I don't know how long he was tortured, but a ray of light appeared in the darkness, and a door was opened in front of him, and a black figure came to him with a candle.

Li Yu looked at him in pain and horror.

In front of him, a figure dressed in a dark robe stretched out his hand and took off the hat of his cloak, and under the reflection of the candle flame was a round face engraved with blue characters, and this face that was reflected in the shadow of the horizontal flesh smiled at him: "My emperor, I have come to see you, you have suffered." ”

Li Yu's eyes widened, and he struggled to make a sound from his throat, asking him where it was, but there was only a faint whining.

"My Emperor," said Huang Ji, who raised the candle flame a little higher, continued to smile and lowered his voice, "You are too injured to do anything, only in this way can I cure you, you can bear with it." ”

Li Yu followed the candlelight, vaguely saw that his whole body was soaked in a pool full of viscous bubbling dark green mud, and couldn't help but look at him more and more alarmed, and wanted to let him out, but after a little struggle, his pain intensified, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, but he couldn't shout.

"My emperor, bear with me, bear with me, it's all for your good. He retired first. He soothed him with a smirk, then turned away with the candle flame and closed the door.

When the pain also became numb, the dying Li Yu finally passed out, but once his consciousness became more and more blurred, a new round of more penetrating pain suddenly invaded, and his throat was full of bloodshot and frightened eyes, and he was once again drawn into the torture of hell.

When everything seems to have no end in the long run, Li Yu is only left with a tortured shell, but the end does not know when it will come.

Li Yu, whose consciousness had been numb, heard someone muttering beside him, and in his blurred vision, there were several Xuanyi people standing with their hands down, and the voice like a spell came from the hollow faces under their cloaks.

His eyes went dark, but suddenly he saw another world.

In the Xuanding Deep Palace of the Upper Capital City, under the tall golden ginkgo tree, the boy in the Xuanjin thin robe looked up at the crown of the tree covered with yellow leaves. He stood lonely with his hands down, looking at it for a long time, not moving, as if he had been forgotten by the world.

Li Yu stood not far away to look at him.

A gray-haired, slightly rickety old palace man trembled to the boy's side and said to him, "Your Highness, it's cold here, go in." The voice was old and slow.

"Father, have you gone autumn hunting?" the boy looked at the dead leaves on the tree and did not move.

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

"Did the queen go with her?"

"Yes. ”

"My brother is gone, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

The boy still looked up and stopped talking. The old servant shuddered and moved away.

He stepped forward, climbed onto the cracked trunk of the tree, and climbed upward. He climbed all the way to the canopy, panting for breath, a bead of sweat oozing from his forehead. He looked with black eyes, and it was a bird's nest. He reached out and took out a little finch with unfledged wings, which was dying and lifeless, and had probably been abandoned here.

He held the little finch in one hand, hugged the trunk and retreated, but because he couldn't use his strength, his hands and feet were loose, and the whole person almost fell down, and in a panic, he hugged the trunk with both hands, but the little finch in his hand fell under the tree.

The boy stood on the ground again, and looked down at the fallen sparrow, which was lying among the dead leaves, kicking its paws, and he looked at it, but did not move.

The white-headed old servant came behind him again with his cloak, put it on his shoulder, and said, "Your Highness, it's cold here, go in." ”

The boy in the golden robe still did not speak, turned around, and slowly walked back to the deep and dark hall as the old palace man walked back, and when he reached the entrance of the hall, the boy turned his head and looked up again to see the slowly falling yellow leaves on the tree and the trembling bird lying under the tree.

The moment the boy turned his head, Li Yu, who was standing on the side, clearly saw the pair of dark and sad pupils, and he knew that it was not him.

In the blink of an eye, the towering trees turned into towering columns, and in the wide and empty hall, the white-haired old palace man lay in the coffin with his eyes closed.

This was the only one who got along with him day and night, the loyal old servant who never said a word, the boy didn't have much affection for him, and he didn't even know how old he was, but now that the only person who could accompany him was dead, he still felt that he had suddenly lost something, and sat alone in front of the coffin and burst into tears.

The dark-robed man walked towards him and sat down beside him.

He looked at the coffin, then turned his head to look at the boy, with the usual smile on his face, "Your Highness, people can't be resurrected after death, let's mourn." ”

"One day, I'll die here quietly. ”

"Your Highness, you are the heir of the true dragon, the supreme body, how can you compare with him. Let's go, from now on, let the Tsui assist you. After speaking, he got up and helped the boy up, took him and turned away in front of Li Yu's eyes.

In the Zhaoyang Palace, which is carved and painted, brilliant and solemn, it is the emperor who is convening the clan relatives and important ministers to discuss the establishment of the prince, the king of Chunyue is seated on the left side of the steps, his two children stand behind him, and the rest of the people are standing in the main hall.

Young Li Xi and his younger brother Li Yao stood on the left and right sides of the throne, receiving the attention of everyone at the bottom of the steps. Li Yu also stood in the corner of the hall and peeked.

It can be seen that Li Xi rarely faces such a scene. He hung his head and chest, his hands and feet looked cramped, and he did not dare to look directly at the people in front of him, and when someone talked about him, he glanced up uneasily, and quickly lowered his gaze. On the contrary, although his younger brother Li Yao is younger than him, he has already grown much taller than him, he is handsome, his red eyes are like a burning flame, staring straight ahead, and his upright posture has already revealed the demeanor of a king.

"My emperor, since the Li Kai Dynasty, the first emperors must be pure blood, imperial appearance, wisdom and bravery, although the current emperor Zixi is the eldest son, but the qualifications are mediocre, not to mention the outstanding people, the prince Yao is also a descendant, Angzang heroic, extraordinary, I think the crown prince Yao can be established as the crown prince. "Someone admonished.

"yes, yes. Many nodded in response.

Li Xi lowered his head and hid his gaze, and then glanced ahead. Li Yu followed his gaze and saw that Prince Li Lie was nodding in agreement, King Chunyue was silent and his gaze fell elsewhere, and the beautiful girl Jin Yao behind him looked at them silently, and the expressions of the rest of the people in the hall were full of approval. Li Yu, who was watching these from the side, felt his cheeks hot, he saw that Li Xi was already red-faced, as if he wanted to ask for help, but he didn't dare to look back at his father and queen mother behind him, because he knew that they had never disliked him as an alien like others. He only squinted to the side, where he was looking at him with a smile on his face.

After the courtiers finished speaking, the emperor, who had been silent, stood up and walked to Li Xi's side, and said majestically and undoubtedly: "The first emperor has always been the eldest son, and I am also the eldest son, this is the ancestral system, I should follow the ancestral system, and make the emperor Zixi the crown prince, from now on, the secretaries don't have to discuss it anymore." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, there was an uproar at the bottom of the steps. Li Xi unexpectedly and nervously looked at Huang Yong, only to see that his smile was already piled up on his face.

Huang Yu led Li Xi slowly, and Li Yu followed behind them. They walked through the deep palace, walked out of the palace gate, and walked straight to Dali Temple. Huang Yong led Li Xi into the gloomy dungeon.

There were screams in the dungeon, and Huang Ji took Li Xi to a torture room, he got out of the way and motioned for Li Xi to look inside the cell door.

The heart-rending screams sounded, Li Xi looked at it in a panic, and Li Yu also looked with him, only to see that one person in the prison was firmly tied to the torture instrument, and several prison officials were using torture, and the tortured person was already blurred and painful.

Li Xi hurriedly withdrew his gaze and didn't dare to look at it again, but he said to him with a smile: "Your Highness, can you see who he is?"

Li Xi shook his head, and then looked at it timidly, and it seemed to be a little familiar, it turned out to be the person who said that he had mediocre qualifications in the palace that day.

"Your Highness, this person has committed something and deserves it, and you should know that those who disrespect you deserve this fate. He said quietly.

He left with Li Xi, walked through the dungeon, walked back to the palace gate, returned to the deep palace, and stopped in front of Li Xi's palace gate full of ginkgo trees. Li Xi hung his head and was silent, as if he was still thinking about the scene just now.

He raised his hand and clapped his hands, and actually walked out of the hall with two brocade-clothed palace maids, the two palace maids walked in front of Li Xi, their eyes wandered, and they bowed their knees in front of him and said, "Your Highness is blessed." ”

Li Xi was a little puzzled, and looked at it in a daze, as if he saw the shadow of a person from the eyebrows of this palace maid, he had never seriously examined the woman, only the old servant was beside him in the past, and when he was ignorant, he saw the Chunyue County Lord Jinyao who made his heart move, and he didn't dare to take a second look.

He smiled as if he had seen through him and said, "Your Highness, you will be the Supreme of the Nine Lands, what you want, you will definitely be able to get, and before that, you will have to learn a lot." ”

The two palace maids got up and hugged Li Xi, the skirt was elegant, exuding a fragrant atmosphere, smiling beautifully, and making a light laugh, Li Xi's solemn expression seemed to be dissolved a little. He stood sideways, still holding the corners of his mouth, and watched the two palace maids take the weak prince into the palace.

In an instant, Li Yu's dream changed again, this time it was a long and gorgeous guard of honor among the green mountains and green fields of Chunyue in the south, and in the warm sun and wind, the red and gold dragon and phoenix flags were waving in the wind.

There was a commotion at the end of the team, and a green-shirted swordsman rushed into the team, causing the guards to surround and intercept him.

The green-shirted swordsman shouted "Jin Yao" loudly, and slashed with his sword in the sword thicket, as if he had disregarded life and death.

A horse galloped from the front, the red-eyed young prince Li Yao on horseback raised his eyebrows, and the guards saw him killing, and consciously gave up the green-shirted swordsman, and the swordsman also had bright eyes and galloped towards Li Yao.

The two staggered each other in an instant, Li Yao lowered his body, the knife in his hand slashed through the opponent, blood splashed, he turned his horse back, and the swordsman had suddenly fallen to the ground.

"Don't ——" The sad voice came from the front, and the newlywed Chunyue County Lord Yu Shu Jinyao ran over with a red dress, and saw the green-shirted swordsman fall to the ground with serious injuries, and his knees were weak and he fell to the ground with a whimper.

Blood spilled from under the fallen green shirt, and he opened his hand at her from afar, unable to speak. Li Yao jumped off his horse, raised his Mo knife, and looked behind Jin Yao for orders.

The newlywed prince Xi looked at the scene in front of him and stood there in a daze. "No, please, let him go......" Jing Yao fell under him, sobbing and pleading.

Li Yu felt panicked and dizzy, but there was a baby's cry in his ears, and the pale Yu Shu Jinyao sat upright, looking softly at the two babies in the bassinet in front of him.

The door was kicked open, and Li Xi, who was dressed in a Xuanjin dragon robe, came in drunk and walked straight to Jin Yao.

Jing Yao looked up at him with an indifferent gaze.

Li Xi only glanced down at the baby, and turned to look at her, but there was anger in his eyes, he suddenly stretched out his hand and tightly pinched Jinyao's slender neck.

Jin Yao still looked at him indifferently, and her face gradually became painful because of suffocation.

"No, don't!" Li Yu couldn't help but shout as hard as he could, feeling difficult to breathe in the confusion, but no one could hear him.

Li Xi squatted down and slowly let go of his hand, Jin Yao's red eyes were crystal clear, tears were dripping, and he pressed her under him violently......

Li Yu's eyes rolled, his father Li Xi was already sitting in front of the case, holding up a bottle to drink, and the Xuanyi was standing on the side of the case.

"My emperor, King Yao accepted the dragon robe, mobilized the Xuanjin army, and will force the palace on the day of the sacrifice. ”

The wine bottle that Li Xi raised stopped in mid-air and paused for a long time. Then he stared at the dwarf, raised his head and drank it down. The palace people on the side stepped forward to lift the wine cup and pour wine for it, but Li Xi grabbed the wine cup suddenly, raised his hand to push the palace people, and threw the wine cup on the ground, and then screamed and pushed all the items on the table to the ground.

He stood trembling, with a hideous expression that Li Yu had never seen before, and gritted his teeth and said, "Betray me...... Why, all of them betrayed me? I'm going to kill him, kill them, they're all going to die!"

Li Yu's dreams continued to come and go, and the scene changes in front of him were obviously beyond what he could bear. His mind was blurry again, and he woke up in a daze.

He was still soaking weakly in the mud pool, and several people in Xuanyi around him were still muttering like spells, and in the darkness he felt something in his hand, but he couldn't raise his hand to see.

Suddenly he felt something sticky and slippery climbing on top of him, he tried to break free, but he couldn't move, he looked at the Xuanyi people for help, but no one paid attention to him, they chanted the incantation faster and faster.

The thing quickly crawled to his neck, Li Yu turned his head in panic to get rid of it, but to no avail, he just wanted to open his mouth to shout, but the slippery thing crawled to his mouth in an instant, burrowed into his mouth, and stuffed his mouth, Li Yu's eyes widened, but he couldn't stop the thing from burrowing into his throat hard.

"Ahh

At this moment, he was in the palace, he was on the couch, unclothed, sweating profusely.

There was a breeze blowing, he felt much refreshed, and immediately subconsciously touched his throat and stomach with one hand, there was nothing unusual, and then he looked down at his body, there was no scar, even stronger and tighter than before, and he pinched a bundle of hair in his other hand.

He walked into the hall and walked unhurriedly in front of him, and sat down.

He looked at him with his usual smile and said, "My Emperor, it's okay, it's okay now." ”

Li Yu looked at him timidly and asked, "I have had many dreams, is this true?" Father, the emperor, he hates my mother and Uncle Wang, this can't be ......?"

He smiled and patted his hand, and said faintly, "It's true, my emperor. This is your father's hair, and that is the deceased teacher who let you see your father's past. Your poor father has not had a hard time in his life, and he has suffered many grievances, so you should stand with me, fight for him, and be ashamed of him. You can't do it alone, let the faithful assist you. ”