At this moment, Prince Chen's voice sounded very soft, his delicate voice was like the merry prince who had not yet been in power, and his eyes also showed warmth.

"Du Wei, I know, although I am high above and surrendered by thousands of people, it is inevitable that some people will scold me behind my back, and I am a rebel who killed my brother and deceived my father. Although the eldest brother was rebellious, he died after all, and I agreed to 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 when people die, they always get some sympathy, and besides...... Although I look beautiful now, the identity of this - the regent - is not 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 is not unanimously praising me. There are always some rebels and thieves who want to talk nonsense. said that I killed my brother, well, I admit it, although the eldest brother was not killed by me, but that day, on that occasion, I was indeed forced to die. Say that I oppressed my father...... Hmph, what a - bullying - ! The two of us and the eldest brother finally met each other, and the situation of not ending to the death was the result of his efforts over the years!"

This last sentence made Du Wei's face change...... Is there any royal secret in this?

According to the normal logic of the present, the conclusion of the coffin has long been reached for the dìdū coup two years ago. The mainstream view is that Augustine VI appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince in his early years, but in his later years, he turned to his youngest son, Prince Chen, which made the eldest prince feel that the position of the heir was in danger, so he decided to coup d'état.

Don't...... That's not true?

"That's not the case!" Prince Chen laughed. looked at Du Wei's surprised look: "Du Wei, I can probably guess what you think." What is the rumor circulating outside, can I still not know......? It's a pity, whether it's me or the eldest brother, it's just a sacrifice of my father!"

Speaking of this, Prince Chen suddenly turned around and shouted to a few golden-armored court warriors in the distance: "You all go down, I want to talk to Duke Tulip about something." Everybody leave the garden! Whoever dares to hear half a sentence will be killed immediately!"

After those golden-armored warriors obeyed orders. Bent down and salute and turned away.

Emperor Chen's face showed a trace of exhaustion, and he suddenly sat down. It's winter at the moment. The grass in the garden of the palace has withered, and he reigns as the ruler of the empire. Just sit casually on top of the dry grass. Then he glanced at Du Wei and patted the face beside him.

Du Wei hesitated, sat down as well, and sat next to Prince Chen.

"Du Wei, do you want to hear the story?"

These words made Du Wei laugh more and more strangely.

What the hell...... In the past few days, I seem to be listening to stories all the time. Maximus told himself the story, and QQ told himself another version of the story.

Now to the dìdū palace. Does Prince Tatsu want to tell a story to himself too?

But it doesn't matter if Du Wei wants to or not. This story still needs to be heard: the dignified regent of the empire wants to tell you a story. How can you refuse?

Besides, Du Wei was really curious......

Emperor Chen sighed softly. Stretch out your hand at random, pluck a thorn from the flower bush next to you, and her slender and slender fingers. And he plucked out the thorns one by one. Then he said slowly: "That was when I was ten years old......

From a very young age, I always thought. I'm probably the happiest person in the world.

Glory and honor of the royal family of birth, noble lineage and status, royal title......

When I was very young, people around me liked to praise me for being smart, saying that I was a rare genius prince in the royal family, smart and wise. In fact, I know that most of these words are just hypocritical compliments.

And I'm just sensible earlier than other children.

Everyone thinks my father likes me very much...... Well, he must like me. Because I am his youngest son, a son he gave birth to when he was fifty years old, of course he will be more precious. Legend has it that he had always wanted to have another son, but unfortunately the other princesses gave birth to several princesses in a row, and he even killed one in a fit of rage...... Hey!

Finally, when my mother gave birth to me, she was relieved.

But...... When I was very young, I didn't know why, but I always had a strange feeling. This feeling comes from my dear father!

Yes, it's the Father!

I was sensible early and showed my cleverness very early. So I hired an initiation teacher earlier than other children. Whether it is a court scholar, an astrologer, or a court magician, they all praise me for my intelligence and how good my talent is......

But maybe it was my hallucination? Because every time, I always felt that when the teachers praised me in front of my father, my father looked at me -- well, there was something strange about it. It's not like the eyes of a loving father looking at a good son he likes.

That look is like...... It's like an aging male lion looking at a young lion cub with teeth and claws!

That look made me feel a trace of instinctive unease, a trace of instinctive danger!

Though...... The father hid such a look deeply, deeply. But I already vaguely understand one thing:

Actually, my father didn't really like me and doted on me as outsiders said.

Perhaps, his liking and pampering of me was just a deliberate appearance.

When I was younger, I didn't understand why.

When I was ten years old, I finally understood!

That year was the birth of his father, who was sixty years old.

Although he is the supreme emperor of the empire, the master of the continent, and the most powerful man on the continent. But when a man reaches the age of sixty, he will inevitably age a lot. But this world is like this, the older people are, the more sometimes they want to hold on to something and refuse to let go!

I was only ten years old that year. As a result, the evening after the dinner party of my father's birth, my mother came to my bedroom. She looked happy. Then he told me one thing: my father seems to have deliberately changed the crown prince and made me the crown prince!

It's just that. At the dinner party. When he showed a little bit of meaning, he was fiercely opposed by the noble ministers. This matter is strictly forbidden to be publicized, so there are very few people who know it.

It is now rumored that when my father was seventy years old, and when I was twenty years old, he wanted to make me crown prince but his subordinates opposed it - in fact, it happened ten years earlier. My father wanted to do this when I was ten years old.

All right. Let me go back to the night I was ten years old......

Mother, she was not a wise woman. She just instinctively thought that if I could become the crown prince, I would become the future emperor. That's a great thing, of course. So she was happy. After all, my father had this meaning. Maybe we can succeed in the future. Moreover, the mother is not a scheming woman. Her heart rejoiced. He couldn't help but tell me at night.

But. That night, I sensed danger!

It was a chill that was all over the body!!

Everyone said yes. Indeed, I am smarter than my peers. Because I was sensible earlier.

At that time, I already understood a truth: there is no benefit in the world for no reason!

Yes, I was young and smart, and my teachers praised me. Even many noble ministers would praise me for my youth and wisdom at banquets......

But. A ten-year-old. No matter how smart he is, he shows his talent again. Could it be that the father and emperor could change their mind and set up another crown prince??Is it possible??

To know. At that time, my eldest brother Yawen. I'm in my thirties. The eldest brother in his thirties. There are already a lot of means to do things. In his early years, he also participated in the war in the Northwest. The performance can't be said to be amazing. But it's also a small credit. And those years. He is already in the capacity of the crown prince. Gradually, he has his own team, and he does things quite well. At his age. It's also very out of sè. Some government affairs. He handled it all.

A ten-year-old boy. No matter how smart he is, it's just a talent he shows in his studies, and he behaves like this. Can you overwhelm an adult in his thirties, who already has a certain amount of power, and who does things very well???

At least I don't believe it myself!

Father, he will let go of an adult son in his thirties who is steady and mature in doing things, and he doesn't believe it. But instead I firmly believe that a ten-year-old hairy child? normal people probably don't think so!

It's ridiculous, my mother thought it was a good thing. But in fact...... It's danger coming!

Since that day, everything has changed.

The attendants and maids around me, as well as the court teachers, were very respectful to me, as if in their eyes, I was no longer a simple "Prince Chen", but a "Prince Chen who may become an emperor"!

More importantly...... Even my dear brother, the eldest prince Yawen, has changed his attitude towards me!

When I was younger, my eldest brother used to hold me. I even vividly remember when I was a kid he taught me to ride a horse. He carried me and sat on a white horse, and then said to me, "We, the Augustinian family, have won the dominance of this continent with martial arts, and as the men of the Augustinian family, we must have a martial god!"

At that time, he was like a real eldest brother. After all, although there are many fathers' children, only our two sons are our sons, and the others are daughters. So when I was young, the eldest brother was still very close to me.

But because of the meaning revealed by my father at the dinner party, the eldest brother's attitude towards me has also changed.

He never came to me again, he didn't come to see me. He never came to take me on horseback riding, nor did he accompany me to see the court warriors practicing their martial arts. I even remember that he had promised me to sneak me out of the palace for a drink in a month. However, he never fulfilled that promise...... Until he is defeated and dies!

It was the Father who changed all this!

It was because he revealed that he wanted to change me to the crown prince, and as a result, the eldest brother regarded me as an enemy!

But is it really that simple? Is my father really like me, so he said that he wanted to make me the crown prince?

I've been skeptical ever since!

As I said, normal people would not choose to give up on a calm adult in their thirties. But he wrote to a little furry boy who didn't know anything -- even though that little furry boy was a little clever.

So, I decided that my father did it. It's useful!

Of course. Such a complicated matter, I was only ten years old at that time. Of course, I can't figure it out. But I also know. I can't ask my father about this kind of thing...... What's more, at that time, I already instinctively developed a fear of my father. Although I didn't understand it at the time, it was probably a kind of heavenly instinct.

I can't think of an answer myself, so I'll have to ask someone else.

Remember it was three months later and there was a great opportunity. The court teacher who taught me told me something new in the dìdū. There is a scholar named "Blue Ocean", this scholar is intelligent and erudite, as if there is nothing in the world that he does not understand. Astronomy, Science, Medicine, and Flower History...... He seems to know everything.

And at a conference that brought together all the scholars. He used his great wisdom in the debate. Put all the desire to blame him and envy his opponents. Speechless. Everyone considered him to be the first brilliant scholar of dìdū.

After the court teacher told me about it. I've been curious, and I've always wanted to see what that legendary dìdū first brilliant scholar looked like.

Finally. The teacher told me that day. There will be another debate in dìdūli. Probably among the people who lost to the blue ocean last time, some people were not convinced. Several famous university scholars from other provinces were found.

I admire that blue ocean in my heart. begged my court scholar teacher to take me to see it. He was also very interested in this matter. And they took me there......

I was young at the time. It's not convenient to get out of the palace. So by the time the teacher managed to take me out to the conference, the debate was over. I didn't see the process of Blue Ocean scholars dumb their opponents. But I saw the onlookers outside cheering. Saw people dressed in civilian clothes. The heartfelt respect and admiration for the scholar called the Blue Ocean.

I noticed the Blue Sea Scholar, he was indeed an extraordinary person, although he was dressed in a very ordinary way.

That's what this world is. A lot of pretentious people. Desperately put on gorgeous clothes. But on the contrary, it exposes the shallowness. And people like the blue ocean. You don't need fancy costumes to flatter yourself.

With just a few quick glances, I'm sure. This is called Blue Sea Man, and he must be a smart scholar.

Afterward...... After the conference, I ignored the objections of the court teachers. led someone to secretly follow behind Lan Hai and followed him all the way back to his home.

Then, I asked the court teacher to wait outside, and I knocked on the door alone and went in to find the Blue Sea Scholar.

I didn't hide my identity, and he wasn't surprised by who I was. I could feel that his calm was not fake, but real.

Blue Ocean 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 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 wanted him to keep it a secret for me.

Lan Hai thought for a while, and then said to me, "If it's five years later, I will refuse your request." But for now, I promise you. ”

Later, I realized what he meant: If it were five years later, I would have grown up to an age where I could be cruel for the sake of power, and maybe after asking him, I would kill people. But luckily I was only 10 years old at the time, and I wasn't a 10-year-old kid yet.

That day, in the cabin of the Blue Ocean Scholar, I think he asked the question that had been hidden in my heart all along:

Why did my father suddenly want to make me the crown prince? Did my father really think that a 10-year-old child must be more outstanding than a 30-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, I really had a creepy feeling! For the first time in my life, I suddenly felt that being born in the 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 for being too good now, and your eldest brother is growing 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 too early at that time, and I wanted to go back to the palace immediately.

That night, I was in my room, and I thought about it alone for a whole night! I thought of my father's "affection" for me, when I was young, when others praised me for my wisdom and wisdom, the way my father looked at me, and I thought of the helplessness that the eldest brother occasionally revealed......

When it was dawn, I figured it all out at once!

The biggest reason for this incident is that my father's health is too good, and the eldest brother's brother has grown up too fast!!

His father, Augustine VI, was an emperor with an almost extreme possession of power. In his eyes, there is no father-son affection, only the throne! The throne is the only one that has weight in his heart! The supreme throne and the power to dominate the continent are the only ones in his eyes!

So, even though he was sixty years old, he still seemed to be full of energy, as if he had no intention of letting go. He is such a person who is so happy that he is even planning to form a fleet again to go on an expedition to the South Seas, and he even wants to launch a war against the northwest again...... His mind was full of these fanatical thoughts, he had power in his hands, he wanted to be the greatest emperor of the Augustinian dynasty, he still had so many great plans to go ahead, so many great wishes to not be fulfilled!

At such a time, how could he be willing to let go of the authority in his hands??

He himself felt that he was not old, and he felt that he still had a lot to do. He probably thought that if he could, he would like to be emperor until he was 100 years old!!......

But here's the problem...... In reality, he is already in his early sixties! Sixty years old should be regarded as an old age. And his son, his legal heir, my eldest brother, is in his thirties!

Thirty years old is the age when a man is at his peak, the most mature, the most energetic, and the most energetic!!

And men of this age, there is no doubt that they are eager to vent their jīng power in their careers and realize their great revenge......

But that's where the contradiction lies!

In those two years, the eldest brother already had a considerable team. The Guards of the Royal City already have his descendants, and in the military, Count Raymond of the Rollin family is his young friend. There are also those in the Financial Secretary and the Ombudsman, all of whom have his descendants. It can be said that around the eldest brother, a small political group of crown princes has been formed.

Such a small political clique is already quite mature...... I'm mature enough to be able to take over!!

The eldest brother is waiting for his father's succession!

And his father, who is still full of strength and ambition at the age of sixty, does not want to let go at this time, and does not allow anyone to covet his throne - not even his own son!

Today's update was posted just now, a little less, six thousand words.

Today, I set off for Shanghai to attend the annual meeting of the authors of the starting point, and more than 60 great god authors from the starting point participated.

The train departs at noon today, so today can only be much more.

Moreover, for the next two days, Saturday and Sunday, I will also be out to attend this annual meeting. Updates don't stop, every day. But when people are outside, they will definitely write less. It is estimated that 5,000 words a day should be achievable, and if there are more, I dare not guarantee it. Say hello to all of you first, and please Haihan.

This annual meeting ends on Monday, and when I get home on Monday night, I can work hard to code words.

Rest assured, there are few updates in the past two days, and I will work hard to compensate for the code words next week. Next week, we will definitely work hard to make everyone enjoy watching it.

Dance and talk, never break your word.