My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

royal palace.

Cui Qimo looked haggard and at least ten years older than he was a few days ago.

After a conversation with his son, he was completely devastated.

To be precise, my spirit was completely broken.

"Have I been wrong from the beginning to the end? No, it's impossible. I am the Son of Heaven and I can never be wrong. He is not my son, not my son, he is not..." He kept muttering these words.

Eunuch Li served carefully at the side, not daring to say a word.

That day, he heard every word Cui Hongjing said.

He also refused to believe that the emperor could be so wrong.

"Among the many princes, there is indeed one who is not your father's son, but he is not your son, but... Don't worry, your son will definitely assist him. He will definitely be a famous and benevolent ruler, and will never be like you, who is alienated from everyone around him."

Cui Hongjing's words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking Cui Qimo and Eunuch Li so much that they couldn't recover for a long time.

"Who? Whose bastard?" Cui Qimo roared.

Cui Hongjing looked down at the emperor in front of him, gently pushed away the pair of old hands full of blue veins, left with a sneer, and turned away.

Cui Qimo was completely devastated. He knew that Cui Hongjing would not talk nonsense. After all, he was now like a tiger with no teeth. What was there to be afraid of this "rebellious son" in front of him?

Now, outside the imperial palace, there are General Xiang’s Xiang family army and the Changguo Tiger Army approaching.

In the palace, most of the important officials had been replaced by Cui Hongjing's men in the past two years. Qian Weimin had surrendered, and the emperor was under house arrest due to "serious illness", which was exactly the same as the situation before the death of the previous emperor. And no matter how profound Eunuch Li's martial arts were, he could not resist thousands of troops.

The court officials were also unprecedentedly united, counting on the two princes, Cui Hongjing and Cui Hongxiao, to lead disaster relief and resist foreign enemies.

Cui Hongjing and Cui Hongxiao have completely controlled the situation in the court.

"The situation is now clear. Once my father dies, you will be the emperor of Dachang." After arranging the disaster relief, Cui Hongjing looked at Cui Hongxiao who was sitting opposite him, "Don't worry, sixth brother. After this matter is over, I will stay away from the court and will never embarrass you."

Cui Hongxiao raised his eyes to look at him, then lowered his gaze. After a long while, he said, "Patricide is unlucky and against human ethics."

"There is no antidote for this drug." Cui Hongjing's eyes showed no mercy, only cruelty. "Sixth brother, you know that my grandfather died from this poison, at the hands of the father you mentioned."

"What?" Cui Hongxiao's expression was calm, but his heart was in turmoil, and his voice was trembling. "You said that the emperor's grandfather was killed by the emperor?"

There was disbelief in his words.

"I have a little free time today. Are you interested in listening to my stories about the past?"

Cui Hongjing then told the whole story of how Cui Qimo had become suspicious of him, and why he suspected that he was the son of Concubine Jing and the emperor's grandfather, and therefore poisoned the emperor's grandfather and massacred the entire family of Concubine Jing's mother's family, and how he had neglected him over the years and even tried to kill him countless times.

Cui Hongxiao felt a little confused after hearing this. He was still young when his royal grandfather passed away and did not have a deep impression of him.

He only vaguely remembered that the last time his father held him in his arms to visit his grandfather, his grandfather was lying on the couch, unable to get up.

He only remembered that his great grandfather raised a bony hand and tremblingly placed it on his head. After just a moment, he slid down weakly and uttered incoherently, "Be a good person."

He could not remember anything else about his royal grandfather.

But the last time he saw his royal grandfather told him that his royal grandfather must have loved him very much.

He was silent for a long time before he said, "Father has always disliked you. It turns out that the root cause is this. Before, I thought it was because Grandfather loved you too much and he was afraid that you would take his throne."

"What you said is also a very important reason. After all, the emperor's grandfather really left a will." Cui Hongjing said, and motioned to Zhuang Xiang who had been waiting outside, "Bring it here!"

Zhuang Xiang came in with a wooden box in both hands, placed it respectfully on the table, and went out to continue guarding the door.

Cui Hongjing sat up straight and took out the things in the box with both hands.

That is a calligraphy and painting.

He rubbed it with complicated eyes for a moment, then slowly unfolded.

"The Great Dao is inaction?" Cui Hongxiao was a little surprised. "Isn't this the calligraphy that my third brother has hanging in his study? It was given by my great grandfather."

Inexplicably, Cui Hongjing remembered the words "herb-picking superman" that Mei Xueer read when she first saw this calligraphy. A doting smile appeared on his lips, but it soon became dim and even a little painful.

Mei Xueer is no longer his Mei Xueer.

He calmed down, nodded, picked up a dagger, gently opened the interlayer of rice paper, and took out a piece of bright yellow paper as thin as a cicada's wing. "This is the will of my great grandfather. It is a life-saving talisman for me. But he didn't expect that this is also a death warrant for me."

"My grandson, Cui Hongjing, born to Concubine Dong, is appointed as the Crown Prince. After my death, he will succeed me as the Emperor." Seeing this line of words, Cui Hongxiao was shocked, "So, there really is such a will."

Cui Hongjing smiled indifferently, took out a tinder, blew it, and flames flew out of the tinder.

He held up the bright yellow paper.

"What are you going to do?" Cui Hongxiao was shocked and grabbed him.

Cui Hongjing gently pushed his hand away, sighed slightly, and showed a bitter smile on his face. "After Xue'er left me, everything in the world was like floating clouds to me. I naturally no longer had the mind to reach the top of the supreme position. Without her by my side, even if I become the ruler of heaven and earth, it is just a cold and emotionless throne... In the final analysis, it is all my own fault. I pushed her to other men with my own hands... There was once a sincere love in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. It was too late to regret it when I lost it. The most painful thing in the world is this..."

Cui Hongqi slowly withdrew his trembling hands. He was not a talkative person, and at this moment he could only sigh.

Watching the will that claimed countless lives gradually turning into ashes, he felt filled with sorrow.

He was well aware of the grievances between Cui Hongjing and Mei Xueer, and he also knew that Cui Hongjing had already given up hope.

Yes, if you don't know how to cherish something when you have it, you will only know its value when you lose it. This is an eternal truth in the world.

Cui Hongxiao knew how deep the pain in Cui Hongjing's heart was at the moment, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to change the subject: "But I may not be suitable."

Cui Hongjing seemed to know what he was thinking. He patted his shoulder and said, "I told you that Xue'er will definitely be able to cure you. And you will definitely be a famous and benevolent ruler."

"Third brother, actually I..." Cui Hongxiao paused, gritted his teeth and continued: "In fact, Qianyue and I just want to live an ordinary life."

Unexpectedly, Cui Hongjing suddenly became angry and stood up, "It has to be you, only you!"

He paced back and forth in the room, repeating "It can only be you, it has to be you" over and over again. His voice became louder and louder, and he seemed a little crazy.

Cui Hongxiao looked at the person in front of him in surprise, "Why? I..."

Cui Hongjing suddenly turned around, staring at him with cold eyes, and interrupted him sternly: "Because I will never allow Cui Qimo's flesh and blood to ascend the throne - including myself!"

"Boom——" Cui Hongxiao's brain roared violently...