Under the deliberate suppression of Emperor Xuanwu, the momentum of the Xiao family plummeted, seeing that the towering tree of the Xiao family was crumbling, the forces that were once attached to the Xiao family began to fall apart, and those voices who supported Rong Wei as the crown prince gradually disappeared, which made the family that had always been ambitious but hindered by the power of the Xiao family ready to move.

The position of the crown prince is still vacant, and Emperor Xuanwu has never revealed half of the candidates for the crown prince, even if Emperor Xuanwu promised the Xiao family to establish Rong Huan as the crown prince, but the world has changed, the ups and downs are impermanent, and now the general trend of the Xiao family has gone, and the position of the prince is no longer in the bag of their Xiao family.

Some families in the previous dynasty began to form gangs with other ministers in secret, and the harem set off a bloody storm.

The concubines who gave birth to the prince had their own factions, and before the crown prince fell, everyone had the opportunity to ascend to that position, and they naturally hoped that their son would become the chosen one. These relatives and families continue to attract others to expand their own power, and the concubines who do not have a prince under their knees and the families behind them gradually attach themselves to them, and they are all thinking about how to run a bright future for themselves and their families.

In this way, the power of some families is becoming stronger and stronger, and there is a trend of the Xiao family before, although the usual checks and balances of the Heavenly family can allow several forces to contain each other, but there is no stable checks and balances, which makes the power of the entire Beiming Dynasty intertwined and chaotic for a while.

After Mo Ling died, Emperor Xuanwu took Rong Sui out of the cold palace and kept him by his side to raise him personally.

Now that the former dynasty and the harem are all fighting for the position of the crown prince, no one would have thought that the seven princes who were forgotten in the cold palace would appear in front of everyone with a counterattack, and Emperor Xuanwu's approach undoubtedly made many people feel uncomfortable, and they couldn't help but have bad thoughts in their hearts.

Those concubines haven't forgotten how kind of holy concubine Concubine Ling was back then, if it weren't for the dislike between the Mo clan and Emperor Xuanwu, maybe she would have been the queen mother of the world. They will never forget how they humiliated Concubine Ling in the cold palace back then, so that she was weak and finally died of illness.

Now Rong Sui stays by Emperor Xuanwu's side and accepts Emperor Xuanwu's personal upbringing, what a privilege is this? The profound meaning is self-evident. Although Emperor Xuanwu never mentioned the matter of the crown prince, it was very clear to the discerning people that according to this posture, the Seven Princes were by no means a thing in the pool, and the balance of the crown prince's position had tilted in his favor.

If Concubine Ling's son is really made the crown prince and inherits the throne in the future, these concubines will not only have no hope in the future, but also very likely to lose their lives and affect the family behind them, so how can they watch him sit in that position smoothly?

The harem, which had always been deceitful, suddenly fell silent, and they put aside their old grievances for the time being, and joined forces as never before, and a new conspiracy was quietly unfolding.

Time flies, and three years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Rong Sui became more and more outstanding under the careful cultivation of Emperor Xuanwu, not only smart and wise, but also calm and introverted that does not match his age, coupled with his transcendent appearance, which made him feel like he stood out among many princes, and also made more people regard him as a thorn in their eyes.

Some courtiers in the court deliberately praised Rong Sui for his imperial talent in front of Emperor Xuanwu, on the one hand, to curry favor with Emperor Xuanwu, and on the other hand, to test Emperor Xuanwu's tone, so as to ensure that they stood in line with the party struggle.

It is precisely because of this that rumors spread in the palace, rumors spread in the palace, rumors that Emperor Xuanwu intended to canonize Rong Sui as the crown prince, and the mothers of the princes saw that the wind was moving in the middle of the day, so they immediately spread the news to the north, and found someone to incite public opinion, causing the people to question the sky.

Yan Guan was forced by the people's grievances, and had to advise Emperor Xuanwu: although Rong Sui is a prince, but there is also the blood of the "traitor" Mo tribe, the battle in the north that year, because of the rebellion of the Mo people, the Beiming army and people were killed and injured countless times, such a bloodline will never be supported by the people, the seven princes are not the best candidates to inherit the unification of the Beiming, and I hope that the Xuanwu Emperor can hand over the seven princes to other concubines to raise, in order to calm the gossip and the anger of the people in the north.

And in the past three years, no matter how well Emperor Xuanwu treats Rong Sui, Rong Sui has always respected him, just like three years ago, respectful but indifferent, obedient but alienated. Rong Sui can affectionately call the Liu family "Aunt Liu" behind his back, but he refuses to call Emperor Xuanwu even "Father", which makes Emperor Xuanwu already dissatisfied.

Moreover, although the other sons and daughters of Emperor Xuanwu were not as good as Rong Sui, they came to him every day rain or shine to ask for peace, greeted him with warmth, and wanted to please him, both diligent and filial. Even if Emperor Xuanwu knew that they had ulterior motives, he still felt the joy of his father's kindness and filial piety, and he was extremely happy in his heart.

On the other hand, Rong Sui, no matter how he treated him, he was indifferent, even if it was just a moment of hypocrisy, he was unwilling.

It was also Rong Sui's attitude, coupled with the fact that people with a heart constantly fanned the flames, Emperor Xuanwu couldn't help but recall Concubine Ling's decision back then, and his heart gradually cooled as it did back then, and finally formed a knot, like a boulder blocked in his heart, which was difficult to solve.

Looking at the overall situation and weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Xuanwu finally adopted the advice of the Yanguan and ordered Rong Sui to be raised in an unfavored concubine, which not only preserved his image in the hearts of the people, but also gave Rong Sui a lesson, he wanted Rong Sui to understand that only he was the master of the world, and only he could protect him for a lifetime.

Although Rong Sui just changed his residence, he was still the seventh prince of Beiming Kingdom, and his food and clothing were the same as those of other princes, but in the end he left Emperor Xuanwu's side and fell out of favor, this will undoubtedly knocked him from the clouds to the abyss.

The most important thing within the palace walls is to fall into the well, without the protection of Emperor Xuanwu, Rong Sui and the Liu family soon became fish and meat.

Although no one dares to blatantly get rid of a prince, it is easy to torture him to death little by little.

In the next year, no one knows how many times Rong Sui walked through the gate of the ghost gate, and how strong willpower he relied on to survive from the brink of death again and again. Fortunately, the Liu family always protected him and never gave up, so that he suffered a lot less and pulled him back from the ghost gate again and again.

At that time, inside the palace walls, it was common to see a boy with a gray head and a scarred face and a palace maid who was also covered in wounds. They were ruthlessly trampled on and humiliated by everyone in the harem, whether it was the concubines or the princes and princesses with the same blood flowing on their bodies, and even the palace people who fought with dogs, they never let them go.

It wasn't until one time that the seven-year-old Rong Sui was pushed into the ice lake on a winter night, and fortunately, Yan Tingyun, the imperial doctor on duty that night, passed by and saw Liu who fainted next to the ice lake, that he noticed something strange and immediately rescued Rong Sui from the ice lake.