Being a princess in a world with more men than women

Zheng Hong was Long Teng's illegitimate son, the child born to his wife and Yibianjun.

Back then, Long Haotian's mother gave birth to two sons, and she loved both of them. Because Long Haotian was the legitimate son and the prince, his mother naturally favored him more and always taught Zheng Hong to assist Long Haotian.

After Long Teng's wife and the concubine died, Zheng Hong stayed in the palace and was raised by Long Teng.

Zheng Hong knew his identity since he was a child, and he always behaved well in front of Long Teng and Long Haotian. Even after he became an adult, he was still like this.

Long Teng originally wanted to make him a king of a different surname and let him leave the capital because he had been so well-behaved since he was a child.

But Zheng Hong refused. He said that they were his only two relatives and he couldn't bear to leave. He was willing to stay and take care of Long Teng.

How could Long Teng believe such words? But he was an adult after all, and he had been raised in the palace. Long Teng was not at ease. In the end, Long Teng gave him a house, made him a seventh-rank official, and drove Zheng Hong out of the palace.

Zheng Hong was not dissatisfied, but was extremely grateful to Long Teng, and vowed to serve Long Teng well. In fact, he did so. In the past few years, he worked diligently and was loyal to Long Teng, and he was promoted from the seventh rank to the fifth rank.

He was a very low-key person. He never participated in activities held by ministers, nor did he go out for social events. He rarely attended palace banquets, except for the grand palace banquets every year. If he went, he would sit in the corner and try to reduce his presence.

Long Teng was also suspicious of him at the beginning, so he did as he wished and arranged his seat in an inconspicuous corner during every important palace banquet.

But Zheng Hong had no complaints and was very happy instead.

Over time, Long Teng slowly let down his guard against him. Although he did not use him very much, he still gave him a place in the court.

When the investigation results came out, Long Teng was so furious. Who would have thought that this person could hide so deeply and pretend for more than ten or twenty years.

It turns out that Zheng Hong was loyal to Long Teng on the surface, but secretly he had been cultivating his own power. He had long been secretly in collusion with Li Jia, bribed several imperial doctors in the palace, and when Li Jia became pregnant, he asked her to climb into Long Haotian's bed, and then revealed that she was pregnant with the heir of the dragon.

This was great news for Long Teng, who was eager to have a grandson. He forced Long Haotian to sign the divorce agreement, marry Li Jia, and make her the queen.

Li Jia was also a ruthless person. In order to marry Long Haotian, she dealt with her master, concubine, and maid, without considering the years of friendship at all.

Originally they had a very good plan, first slowly building up their own power, and when the children grew up a little, they would let Long Teng and Long Haotian "get sick" and die, and let the children take the throne, and they would be regents.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yuexi would come back to settle the score more than a year after being divorced, disrupting the queen coronation ceremony, disrupting their plans, and exposing Zheng Hong.

"Zheng Hong, why are you doing this?" Long Haotian asked angrily.

Zheng Hong sneered, "Humph, why? We are both my mother's sons, why should I be a bastard who is inferior to you and must always bow down to you? I am not willing to accept this, I will not be inferior to others, I want to be the best!"

"You little brat, you still want to be the boss. Are you worthy? I can always keep your father under my feet, so of course my son can always keep you under his feet. You want to replace him? It's just a foolish dream!"

Zheng Hong laughed up to the sky, "Haha~ Retired Emperor, you are tyrannical and overbearing. Even if your son becomes the emperor, he is still under your control. A useless puppet, not even as good as me, and you still trample me under your feet? Haha~ Don't you think this is ridiculous?"

Long Teng was so angry that he was shaking all over. "How dare you, you bastard, to sow discord between my father and me? You deserve to die! Someone, kill him for me!"

"Your Majesty, no, please have mercy! Your Majesty, I am willing to give up the position of Queen. Please, please spare him!" Li Jia rushed up to protect Zheng Hongdao.

“Hmph, you still dare to beg for mercy and protect him! Don’t think that I won’t dare to deal with you just because you are a woman. You are plotting to usurp the throne, and you deserve to be punished by death.” Long Teng’s face was grim.

At this time, Long Haotian, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Father, I have an idea."

He looked at Zheng Hong and Li Jia, a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

"Oh? Tell me about it, my son." Long Teng raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Father, although they have committed heinous crimes, I, your son, would like to give them a chance to live because of our old friendship. It would be better to exile Zheng Hong to the frontier and never let him set foot in the capital for the rest of his life. As for Li Jia, deprive her of her title as queen and imprison her in the cold palace." Long Haotian said slowly.

After all, he was his brother who grew up with him. Even though Zheng Hong made such a big mistake, he couldn't bear to take his life.

As for Li Jia, she was once the woman he had always dreamed of. But fate played a trick on him, and he was forced to marry a foreign princess and fell in love with that strange princess from another country. Although he no longer loved her, he did not want her to suffer, so he let her stay in the cold palace for the rest of her life.

"My son, you are too soft-hearted. You should know that weeds can never be completely burned. They will grow again in the spring breeze. If we let Zheng Hong go today, it would be like letting a tiger go back to the mountains. He will become a great trouble to you and me in the future!"

Long Teng had been the emperor for many years, and he would not allow such a disaster to exist. He ordered the killing of Zheng Hong and his son, raided Li Xiang's house, and imprisoned Li Xiang and all his servants.

As for Li Jia, he directly ordered someone to send her to the women's building, a place specially used to detain women.

A woman who enters the women's building will feel like she has fallen into a bottomless abyss, and what awaits her will be a series of tragic experiences like a nightmare.

In this dark place, countless men come to the woman every day, and she is forced to receive them continuously until she becomes pregnant, when she can get a brief respite.

Once she gives birth, she will fall into such a painful life again, over and over again, endlessly, until the end of her life.

When Li Jia heard about the execution, she felt like she was struck by lightning and was completely stunned. She stared at Long Teng with wide eyes in disbelief, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

After coming to her senses, Li Jia kowtowed to Long Teng and begged for mercy like a madman. However, no matter how hard she begged, Long Teng remained expressionless and remained unmoved.

In desperation, Li Jia turned around abruptly and cast his gaze at Long Haotian standing beside him.

As if she had grasped the last straw, she quickly crawled to Long Haotian's feet, hugged his thighs tightly, and cried out with tears in her eyes:

"Brother Haotian, please save me, okay? For the sake of all the good memories we had, you can't just watch me go into the women's building! Do you remember? That time we were together... and another time..."

As she spoke, Li Jia burst into tears.

After hearing this, Long Haotian couldn't bear it and pleaded with Long Teng again.

"My prince, there is no need to mention this matter any further. Since she dared to commit such a treasonous act, she should bear the consequences."

Long Teng remained unmoved. What he had decided could never be changed.

Upon hearing this, Li Jia collapsed to the ground with a blank look in his eyes.

Xu Yuexi only realized that Long Haotian had had an affair with Li Jia before coming to the marriage alliance. No wonder he always refused when she first asked him to sleep with her. It turned out that he had someone in his heart!

The show was almost over, and Xu Yuexi had no intention of staying any longer, so she prepared to turn around and leave.

Xu Yuexi had just taken a few steps when Long Haotian caught up with her, "My dear wife, please don't misunderstand me. That's all in the past."

Xu Yuexi rolled her eyes at him, "What does it have to do with me? Also, don't call me wife anymore. You and I have already divorced, and we have no relationship anymore!"