After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

"Your Highness, I apologize for the intrusion. Please hand over the items." The young eunuch stood outside the carriage, grinning mischievously.

Princess Kang's pretty face changed drastically inside the carriage, and she said stiffly, "I don't know what you mean, sir."

"Hehe, Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for me. I really don't want to resort to violence."

At this moment, the carriage was completely surrounded by the Imperial Guards.

Seeing this, Princess Kang had no choice but to take out an exquisite box. The little eunuch carefully took it and then had someone send Princess Kang back to the palace. Afterwards, he hurriedly returned to the East Palace with the box.

The Crown Prince waited anxiously in the Eastern Palace, with the Crown Princess by his side.

Seeing the young eunuch return carrying the box, the two hurried to greet him.

The young eunuch knelt on the ground with a thud, presenting the box with both hands. "Your Highness, I have successfully carried out my mission and brought back this treasure."

"Good, good, good, you've done a great job!"

The Crown Prince was overjoyed and excitedly opened the box, and the Crown Princess quickly came over as well.

Upon seeing what was inside, their expressions froze instantly.

The box did indeed contain a seal, but it wasn't carved from Hetian jade; instead, it was carved from a white jade radish.

The crown prince took out the radish-shaped seal, weighed it in his hand, and his smile gradually disappeared, his face becoming so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water.

This feeling of falling from heaven to hell filled him with rage. "This is the Imperial Seal of the State?"

The young eunuch instinctively looked up, and upon seeing the radish-shaped imperial seal, he was immediately terrified. "Your Highness, this servant truly knows nothing about it!"

The prince grinned and nodded. "It's carved, quite exquisitely, very exquisitely—"

He yelled and, in a fit of rage, slammed the radish-shaped imperial seal into the face of the little eunuch. The little eunuch cried out and rolled away. The radish-shaped seal shattered. Ignoring the pain, the little eunuch crawled tremblingly to the prince's feet and kowtowed repeatedly until his forehead was bleeding.

The crown prince was furious. He grabbed the eunuch and beat and kicked him repeatedly. The little eunuch screamed and was beaten beyond recognition in the blink of an eye.

"Guards! Drag this bastard out and chop him up!"

"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! I'm innocent, Your Highness—"

The eunuch's shouts were useless; the crown prince was furious, and he was quickly dragged out of the palace gate and beheaded.

The Crown Prince, still furious, paced back and forth. Seeing the Crown Princess beside him, he was enraged and slapped her hard across the face.

With a loud slap, the Crown Princess was caught off guard and was slapped so hard that she fell face-first onto the table.

She covered her flushed cheeks, gritted her teeth, and remained silent, tears streaming down her face.

"You wretch! How dare you deceive me!"

The prince pointed at her face and roared.

There is no disappointment without hope; the most frustrating thing is seeing hope only to find it's just a radish.

The Crown Princess knelt down with a thud, sobbing, "I was also deceived by chocolate."

"Very well, Chocolate, I will not sit on the throne without tearing you to pieces!"

The Crown Prince could wait no longer. He immediately led his men out of the palace, determined to kill Chocolate to vent his hatred.

The Crown Princess followed and pleaded, "Your Highness, I wish to kill him with my own hands."

"Alright, I'll give you a chance! You must help me, and bleed him dry!"

The Crown Prince unleashed a fierce roar, striking out with both palms.

"I take orders."

This was the first time the Crown Princess had seen the Crown Prince so mad and tyrannical. The Crown Prince of the past was always refined and cultured, but now…

To be honest, she was very scared.

Everyone in the mansion had left, leaving only Chen Futu sitting on a recliner, basking in the sun, with an apple in his hand.

On the roof, Qiwen was fast asleep with a blade of grass in his mouth and his eyes closed.

A short while later, a commotion arose outside, and pairs of Imperial Guards poured into the mansion.

When the Crown Prince and Crown Princess arrived, they were so angry at the sight of Chen Futu still having the mood to eat an apple that they laughed in exasperation.

The crown prince drew his sword and stepped forward, the blade pointed at Chen Futu's face. "Barbarian! Now that things have come to this, what do you have to say for yourself!"

Chen Futu glanced at him sideways, took a bite of apple, and muttered, "Your Highness, you're here so early. Have you eaten yet? Why don't we eat together?"

The Crown Prince was speechless. Could there really be such a fearless person in the world?

Even with a sword at his neck, he was still rambling incoherently.

The Crown Princess didn't want to waste words and drew her sword to stab him. Suddenly, Chen Futu took out the Imperial Seal from his bosom.

The sword that was aimed at him suddenly stopped, and the courtyard became quiet.

Chen Futu toyed with the Imperial Seal of the State, smiling as he looked at the dumbfounded couple. "You recognize this thing, right? I haven't lied to you."

The Crown Prince suddenly realized his mistake and quickly stopped the Crown Princess, saying, "Quickly give me the Imperial Seal!"

"That won't work."

Chen Futu darted to sit on the steps by the pavilion, a playful look on his face: "The Crown Prince wants to kill me. If I give you the Imperial Seal, won't my life be in danger?"

"If you don't give it to me, I'll still kill you!"

The crown prince couldn't wait to touch the founding jade seal, to see its luster and its aura. This was a dream, just like a dream!

Once he gets it, who can challenge his position!

Chen Futu sneered, "Your Highness, why don't you guess how much power I would need to crush this Imperial Seal?"

"you dare!"

"See if I dare!"

With such a powerful treasure in hand, why would Chen Futu be afraid of the Crown Prince's threats?

As expected, the scene immediately froze.

There is only one Imperial Seal of the State. Once it is destroyed, it is gone forever. How can the worthless life of a barbarian from the Western Regions be more precious than the Imperial Seal of the State?

Ten thousand lives, no, a million lives, are not as valuable as the Imperial Seal of the State.

Thinking of this, the crown prince sheathed his sword and shouted, "Speak! What exactly do you want?"

"It doesn't matter. The Imperial Seal is my life-saving charm now. I will be staying in the capital for a while, so I will keep it with me for now. When I leave the capital, I will definitely give it to the Crown Prince as a congratulation on his ascension to the throne."

Chen Futu lazily made his request.

The crown prince was so angry he gritted his teeth. "At least let me take a look first."

"No, I don't trust the Crown Prince. If anyone should be allowed to see it, it should be the Crown Princess, right, Crown Princess?"

Chen Futu did it on purpose; he would never miss an opportunity to sow discord between the two.

The Crown Princess hesitated slightly. She was afraid of this chocolate man; if she got any closer, she feared she might lose her position.

"What are you standing there for? Go up and check if it's really the Imperial Seal of the State!"

The Crown Prince didn't care about anything else and suddenly shoved her. Caught off guard, the Crown Princess stumbled and fell in front of Chen Futu. Chen Futu quickly caught her, and she didn't fall.

After the Crown Princess regained her footing, she did not look at the Imperial Seal, but instead looked at the Crown Prince.

The crown prince ignored the fact that she was being held by a man from the Western Regions and kept gesturing for her to look at the imperial seal.

The Crown Princess smiled bitterly at the sight. She picked up the imperial seal, glanced at it briefly, and then returned it to Chen Futu, saying indifferently, "Your Highness, it is indeed the Imperial Seal of the State."

"Very well! I am the one destined by Heaven."

The prince was overjoyed. He raised his hands, looked up at the sky, and laughed heartily, completely forgetting that his crown princess was still by the side of the barbarian bandits in the Western Regions.