Prince Chen had been planning for decades, but his dream was shattered by Mo Lengzhou, and he watched helplessly as he easily brought people to block him from entering the palace.
They even captured his generals alive. His advisers could not help but persuade him: "Your Highness, let's go. As long as there is green mountains, there will be no fear of running out of firewood."
The anger on King Chen's face was instantly replaced by fighting spirit. He clenched his fingers into fists, as if trying to suppress the unwillingness in his heart.
"Brother Prince?" When Prince Chen was about to retreat, he met Mo Lengzhou and Lu Zhitao.
"Old man, you are almost fifty years old. How can my husband be worthy of being your brother when he is so young?"
“You…you…you are…”
Seeing Prince Chen's eyes were bloodshot, Lu Zhitao said gloatingly, "My husband is your brother, the Crown Prince's biological son."
"Are you Zhou'er?"
"Yes, Uncle Wang, you lose. Come with me to see the emperor." Mo Lengzhou's voice was cold without a trace of emotion.
Prince Chen glared at the backs of Mo Lengzhou and Lu Zhitao fiercely, "Zhou'er, do you know that your father and mother are..."
Mo Lengzhou interrupted King Chen and said coldly, "I saw you kill them with my own eyes, and now I will avenge them personally."
He has been meticulous since he was a child. He will not act rashly, but once he does, he will definitely succeed.
He naturally knew that the old emperor was behind the incident, but he also knew that the old emperor just failed to stop Prince Chen from framing him.
He looked toward the darkness in the distance, worried that foreign nations would take advantage of their internal strife to invade.
So he could only temporarily not bother with the old emperor. He didn't want the people to experience drought and then internal and external troubles.
He held Lu Zhitao's hand, looked at her big belly, and said tenderly: "Tao'er, it won't be long before our daughter will be born."
"I've said it thousands of times, I'm carrying a son in my belly, a son, do you know?" Lu Zhitao said gritting her teeth.
She misses her daughter too!
Unfortunately, she was pregnant with two sons, so she had a bad temper. It would have been great if she had a son and a daughter!
"Haha, Tao'er, don't be angry. Just let him be your son. We will protect you together." Mo Lengzhou touched her belly and comforted her.
"Well, we'll give it to our daughter when the boys grow up a little." Lu Zhitao knew when to stop, and she didn't want to have a bad relationship with Mo Lengzhou at this moment.
Lu Zhitao's words were as warm as the spring breeze, and her voice was filled with firm conviction.
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble my wife." Mo Lengzhou only heard Lu Zhitao say that she would have another daughter in a few years, but he didn't hear about her sons.
The two people's longing and expectation for the future, this hope is like the faint flickering light in the morning light, illuminating their way forward.
The old emperor finally saw his eldest grandson whom he had thought about day and night. He called out tremblingly, "Heng'er?"
"Grandpa Emperor, I am Xuanyuan Lengzhou." Mo Lengzhou restrained his coldness and said calmly.
"Zhou'er, my Zhou'er has grown so big. Come quickly and let Grandpa Huang see him."
Mo Lengzhou took Lu Zhitao forward and introduced her: "Grandpa Emperor, this is your granddaughter-in-law Lu Zhitao, and she is pregnant with your grandson."
"Okay, okay, okay, if you give birth to my grandson this time, I will make him the crown prince."
"Long live our emperor." Mo Lengzhou knelt down and kowtowed, but he held Lu Zhitao to prevent her from kneeling.
"Zhou'er, get up and sit next to me." The old emperor noticed Mo Lengzhou's little action, but did not blame him.
His energy had run out and he didn't want to do anything unpleasant anymore, so he just pretended not to see it.
The setting sun cast golden light through the carved window lattices, illuminating his wrinkled face.
The traces of time have engraved countless stories and regrets on the old emperor's cheeks.
The former majesty and the current loneliness made him feel heavy.
His no longer sharp gaze fell on Mo Lengzhou. The child who was only three years old when he left him has now grown up.
More than 20 years ago, his clear eyes were like the water of a lake in spring, sparkling with infinite curiosity about the world.
He once used his tender fingers to outline the patterns on the ground, with a focused expression as if he was depicting a dream of his own.
There was no doubt that his appearance was exactly the same as that of the crown prince. Even his innocent smile invisibly evoked memories deep in the old emperor's heart.
"Zhou'er, you look more and more like him as you grow up." The old emperor whispered to himself.
The old voice seemed to come from the abyss, carrying with it endless melancholy and helplessness.
Over the years, that young face often appeared in his dreams. The prince's face seemed to be both in the dream and in front of him.
Whether it was that handsome profile or that determined look in his eyes, they seemed to be reminding him all the time that he had done something wrong.
The prince's excellence made him deeply jealous, and later, he regretted it, deeply regretted it.
I regret the decisions I made when power and emotion were at odds with each other.
The power in his hands was like a heavy shackle, tightly locking up the freedom of his mind.
Later, for countless nights, his heart was constantly surging with waves, like an invisible tide, impacting his long-held beliefs.
"If only..." He sighed softly, his heart-wrenching emotions flooding over him.
At this moment, the old emperor seemed to see the prince's former figure, that dreamlike boy.
He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, wanting to touch Mo Lengzhou's head, wanting to convey Nan Zhao's hope to him.
But his fingertips stopped in mid-air and finally fell slowly because he was too hunched over to be taller than the person in front of him.
Prince Chen looked at the old emperor who was in great pain. He understood that his father had never thought of letting him succeed to the throne.
He wanted to curse loudly, but a piece of rag was stuffed in his mouth. The wind blew past gently, as if whispering the pain and unwillingness in his heart.
"Zhou'er, I'll have the Ministry of Rites prepare the throne for you in the next few days. I hope you can bring a different future to Nanzhao."
The old emperor hoped that his eldest grandson could break the shackles he had experienced and embrace a bright and free tomorrow.
On the day Mo Lengzhou ascended the throne, Lu Zhitao gave birth to two big fat boys. She had supernatural powers to protect her body, so she didn't suffer any pain during childbirth.
When the retired emperor heard the news, he immediately appointed Lu Zhitao as empress and the crown prince who came out first as Prince Nanzhao.
Mo Lengzhou rarely smiled at the emperor, and was so happy that the emperor felt much better.
All the civil and military officials thought that the emperor was having a last breath, but in fact it was Lu Zhitao who gave him spiritual spring water to drink while serving tea.
The emperor, empress and crown prince were enthroned on the same day, and the whole country celebrated.
Although the Huo family was pardoned and exiled, Huo Ziyuan was already disabled. When he learned that the cousin he abandoned had become the queen, he was so angry that he died.
Song Zhuxin was so angry that her eyes were bloodshot in the Song Mansion, but she couldn't make any waves.
Because all the noble ladies in the capital knew that she had offended the Queen, no one dared to play with her, and no man dared to marry her.
The eldest son of the Song family served the new emperor wholeheartedly. Everyone thought he was just trying to flatter him, but no one knew that he really wanted to relieve the new emperor's worries.
Three years later, under the rule of the emperor and empress, the people of Nanzhao lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the population increased rapidly.
The emperor and empress were in perfect harmony and had a deep affection for each other. This was a beautiful story, but the emperor was too clingy to the empress.
The Empress had to deal with the Emperor, which inevitably made the two children feel neglected. The drama of the Emperor and his sons competing for favor was played out every day in the palace.
Fortunately, the retired emperor was in better spirits, so he personally taught Tai Xiao his studies.
Six years later, the Queen gave birth to her second child, the lovely little Princess Nanzhao.
The six-year-old crown prince and the second prince were indeed diverted, but the emperor became more and more attached to the queen.
After the little princess turned one year old, the emperor and empress often went on tours incognito, leaving the child in the palace.
During the past ten years, the emperor and empress worked together to govern the country. The monarch and his ministers worked together, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the country was stable, the country was peaceful, and the court and the people were prosperous.
The young emperor once again left his children behind and took his queen to inspect the country. "Tao'er, I said I wanted to travel around the country with you. Do you like it?"
"like."
The four-year-old princess said with a tearful face, "Crown Prince, Second Brother, does Father and Mother not want me anymore?"
"Don't worry, sister. Father and mother will be back soon." The prince couldn't bear to tell his sister that their father and mother had abandoned them countless times when they were only two years old.
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