The Crybaby Prince is Reborn, Where is the Prince Going?

Xiao Mingcheng calmed down and did not get involved in the fight between the few people.

But if he doesn't look for trouble, trouble will find him. Xiao Mingcheng chose to protect himself, but his son Xiao Yulin didn't think so.

Xiao Yulin had been following Emperor Xuan all the time, and now he knelt down and suddenly spoke.

"Grandfather, I have something to say but I'm not sure whether I should or shouldn't."

As soon as Xiao Yulin spoke, Xiao Mingren breathed a sigh of relief, while Xiao Mingcheng's face instantly became gloomy.

"Lin'er, if it's not appropriate to say it, then don't bother your royal grandfather with your little thoughts."

"Father, I don't agree... Family members should unite. How can we do something that only pleases our enemies and hurts our family members? Second Uncle, is that right?"

Xiao Yulin threw the question to the second prince again.

Xiao Mingyi was stunned for a moment, then his face turned cold. How dare a kid who hadn't even grown all his hair scold his uncle?

He simply ignored the question and said, "My father has his own considerations. As his children and grandchildren, we can only help him solve his problems."

After that, Xiao Mingyi fell silent and knelt there motionless, like a piece of rotten wood.

Emperor Xuan still had no expression on his face, but he turned to look at Xiao Mingcheng and asked, "Boss, tell me what I should do?"

Xiao Mingcheng cupped his hands, "I cannot fully comprehend what the Emperor is thinking, but I know that a country cannot be without national laws, and a family cannot be without family rules. If my fifth brother cannot strictly discipline himself, how can he become a prince who wholeheartedly serves the people and is loved by them? I believe that he should be punished! And severely!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people's expressions changed.

Especially the fifth child, his cervical spine, which had always been straight, bent like this!

Everyone knows that the emperor loves his eldest brother the most. Whatever his eldest brother says is what matters. As long as the request is not excessive, the emperor will agree.

It's over! It's all over!

Xiao Mingren's face instantly lost all color, turning pale. The moment his eldest brother spoke, he was effectively making the decision for his father. "Fifth Brother, there's no hope!"

As expected, after hearing this, Emperor Xuan calmly returned to his seat of honor, flicked his sleeves, and declared, "Old Fifth, strip him of his surname, demote him to a commoner, banish him from the capital, and never allow him to return!"

"Father!"

"Father!!!"

"Please think twice, Father!"

A male trio of voices suddenly overlapped and sounded.

Emperor Xuan frowned in disgust.

Xiao Mingli said, "Your Majesty, your father has made such a wise decision, and I dare not disobey. However, today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and if your mother heard... I'm afraid she would be overly sad... Your mother's health is not as good as before, if..."

"Alright, you don't need to persuade me anymore. Let's not talk about this again. Since it's Mid-Autumn Festival, I, Mingxin, will stay in the palace to spend one last Mid-Autumn Festival reunion with your mother!"

The word "commoner" deeply hurt Xiao Mingxin's heart. It was true that the emperor was ruthless, and the royal family was ruthless!

He knelt on the ground, his vision gradually blurred by tears. He suddenly shouted, "You were not like this before! You are our father, our dad! But you are not like this now. In your eyes, there is only the relationship between the ruler and his subjects, not between father and son. Your eyes and your heart have been seduced away by the woman named He. Where is the place for us in your eyes and heart?"

Yes, I want Xiao Yunzhen to die. Only when he dies can my father's gaze return to me! If it weren't for them, no, if my father hadn't led them in the uprising and hadn't taken this position, my father would always be my children's father, not the emperor of the world! "

Xiao Mingxin's whole body was shaking, tears falling one after another, but his voice was the only thing that echoed throughout the hall, sonorous and powerful.

"Old Five! Stop talking!"

"Let him say it!"

Emperor Xuan's roar lifted the crowd. It didn't sound like anger, but rather like helplessness, unable to escape the constraints of rulership and subjection. There was regret, sorrow, relief, and remorse, but not anger.

Several people couldn't figure out what Emperor Xuan was thinking, and for a moment no one dared to speak.

Suddenly, Xiao Mingxin kowtowed three times to Emperor Xuan: "I am an unfilial son. This kowtow is to thank you for giving birth to me!"

Then he bowed three more times, "This bow is to express my gratitude to my father for his support!"

Finally, he kowtowed three more times, but his movements were more solemn than the previous two times. "This time, I kowtow to thank you for the grace of the emperor, the father, for giving me a name! Now, I return my surname and name to you, and from now on, I am no longer connected to you. From now on, you and I will be strangers! I am a member of the Xiao family in life, but after death, I will be a wandering ghost!"

He kowtowed and was unable to get up for a long time.

Sobbing sounds were heard in the Fengtian Hall, and several princes turned their heads away from looking at Xiao Mingxin.

Even Emperor Xuan turned his head away to hide the tears in his eyes.

This was his own son, how could Emperor Xuan not be moved? If Xiao Mingxin had not been so stupid and made repeated mistakes, Emperor Xuan would not have driven him out.

Perhaps the outside world without royal constraints is where Xiao Mingxin can thrive, and it is the free world he longs for?

Xiao Mingxin left. He wanted to take advantage of the limited time he still had in the palace to see his mother a few more times so that he would have no regrets before leaving.

"You all go down." Emperor Xuan looked tired. He waved his hand and asked them to leave.

"Yes, I, your son (grandson), will take my leave."

There was less than an hour left before the palace banquet, and no one expected something like this to happen.

Emperor Xuan was ruthless but not cruel. At least he saved Xiao Mingxin's life.

Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all the emperor's grace. Just as Xiao Mingxin said, if he had not been able to enter the capital, if he had not sat in this position, would everything be different?

Xiao Mingcheng looked up at the sky and sighed softly.

Xiao Yulin followed him and asked him, "Father, are you feeling sad for your fifth uncle?"

"Yes..." That was his younger brother whom he had raised personally since childhood. It was also his fault that Xiao Mingxin had a bad temper. If he had taught him benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness from the beginning, perhaps he would not have taken this step.

It was even because he advocated severe punishment that Lao Wu had to wander outside.

"It's all my fault..." Xiao Mingcheng murmured, a little confused and doubting his decision.

"Father is right," Xiao Yulin said. "Father is a role model for the uncles, so he naturally has to be a representative of strict discipline. It's true that Fifth Uncle made a mistake, and given Fifth Uncle's personality, how can the punishment from the Emperor's grandfather not be considered a form of protection?"

Yes, people with the temperament of my fifth brother hate being bound by rules and regulations the most, but the palace has so many rules that they trap him in an invisible cage, making it impossible for him to spread his wings and fly high.

Maybe only after leaving the palace and the capital can he find a way of life that suits him better?

In the end, my father became the emperor, first the monarch and then the minister. No matter how deep the family affection is, it is impossible to be oneself freely under the constraints of the monarch and the minister.

Perhaps leaving is the best destination for Lao Wu.

"Did father figure it out?"

Xiao Yulin looked up at Xiao Mingcheng like an adult, and his words sounded very mature.

"Hmm, that makes me happy." Xiao Mingcheng put the hood of his cloak back on and said, "It's cold, take care of yourself."

Xiao Yulin smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"Thank you father."