Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The emperor had just entered the Xuan Shi Hall with Yin Yin when officials came to request an audience. He had no choice but to ask Eunuch Wu to take Yin Yin to play in the back hall first.

Grandpa Wu brought over a few toys, and Yin Yin was playing with them when a chubby guy suddenly barged in from outside.

"Your Highness," Eunuch Wu bowed, "shouldn't you be at the Hongwen Hall right now?"

"I can go wherever I want, what's it to you?" The domineering prince ignored Eunuch Wu, looked around, and found Yin Yin, who was engrossed in unraveling the Luban lock.

He quickly stepped forward and slammed the Luban lock that Yinyin was studying in front of her to the ground. Then he didn't even spare the other toys that Grandpa Wu had found for Yinyin, overturning them all.

The nine-linked jade rings fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces with a crack.

Before Yin Yin could even speak, the First Prince pointed at her and asked, "Are you the niece of Consort Shu?"

Yinyin looked at him but didn't react.

The eldest prince immediately rebuked angrily: "Don't you know the rules? You see that His Highness is still sitting on the couch, don't you know to get down and pay your respects?"

Eunuch Wu quickly stepped in front of Yin Yin, his smile still on his face, but it had a hint of a forced smile.

"Your Highness, Miss Yinyin was probably frightened just now."

"I don't care if she's scared or not," the First Prince said with annoyance, looking at Eunuch Wu. "What are you doing blocking my way? Get out of my way!"

No sooner had the eldest prince finished speaking than the emperor walked in from outside.

"Your Highness is so majestic!"

“That’s right,” the eldest prince replied readily, completely oblivious to the situation.

After he agreed, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head and saw his father's dark face.

"Father, Father Emperor."

The emperor, seemingly oblivious to the fear on his face, sat down directly next to Yin Yin: "You should still be at the Hongwen Hall right now. Tell me, who told you to come to the Xuan Shi Hall to show off your power?"

"No, no one," the eldest prince said stubbornly. "I just heard that Consort Shu's niece had come to the palace and I wanted to come and see her."

"Is that so?" The emperor scoffed, his expression suddenly changing. "Then why didn't you go to Consort Shu's Yaoguang Palace, but instead came to Xuanshi Palace?"

The eldest prince swallowed hard in fear, took a step back, and insisted that no one had said anything to him.

The emperor gave him a chance, but he failed to seize it time and time again. Naturally, the emperor would not argue with him any longer and turned to instruct Eunuch Wu.

“It’s a good thing that our Crown Prince wants to keep his promises. You should go and help him out.”

Just as the eldest prince breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor continued, "Whoever relayed the message should know very well. Drag them out and beat them to death."

The eldest prince was stunned when he heard those two words, and when he saw the undisguised coldness in the emperor's eyes, he couldn't utter a single word of pleading.

It was precisely this performance that made the emperor even more disappointed.

"Summon the other princes and all the servants in the Hongwen Hall to watch the execution. The eldest prince should also go."

Only then did the emperor look at the eldest prince properly, and his expression softened: "Since you have made your choice, you should see for yourself the consequences of that choice. Go."

"Father, Emperor," the Crown Prince was not really clear about how cruel the punishment of being beaten to death was; what he cared more about was the Emperor's attitude.

Eunuch Wu made a gesture towards the outside, and two young eunuchs entered the hall.

He bowed and met the gaze of the eldest prince, his smile still on his face, but his eyes were cold.

"Your Highness, please."

The eldest prince dared not act presumptuously in front of the emperor and obediently followed the eunuchs out.

Eunuch Wu called in an apprentice to serve him, while he personally went to arrange the matters instructed by the emperor.

After they all left, the emperor put on a gentle demeanor again, watched as the servants cleaned up the mess on the floor, and then brought over a batch of new toys.

"What was Yinyin playing just now? Did she solve the nine-linked rings puzzle?"

Yinyin shook her head: "I was just studying the Luban Lock. It's just as fun as the Nine Linked Rings."

After saying that, Yinyin added, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wu..."

"Eunuch Wu has something to attend to," the emperor interrupted her. "I just said I would test you. Yinyin, tell me quickly, what have you been learning at home?"

Now Yin Yin understood. The emperor might be unhappy, but his instructions weren't just empty words. He might have had these thoughts all along, and now he just happened to find a suitable reason to express them.

After thinking about the Crown Prince's personality and status, Yin Yin roughly understood why the Emperor had disposed of all the people around him.

The eldest prince was named the eldest son of the emperor, but he was not born to the empress.

When the position of the crown prince was unstable, the empress, who was then the crown prince's wife, wanted to protect herself, so she pretended to be sick every day and pushed one of her maids to be favored.

This palace maid was lucky; she gave birth to the emperor's first child after he ascended the throne.

But soon, the newborn prince's mother died of puerperal fever, and the prince, who was only a few days old, was taken to the empress's palace.

The palace servants serving the eldest prince were arranged by the empress, and even his current temperament is a result of the empress's indulgence and intentional actions.

If the Empress had some genuine affection for him before, now that she has her own fifth son, the eldest prince naturally becomes a hindrance.

The eldest prince should have been studying today, but he received such accurate information in such a short time that he knew he should come to the back hall of Xuan Shi Palace to find Yin Yin. There was only one person behind him, so there was no other thought.

Therefore, the emperor has now acted swiftly and decisively, completely replacing the people around the eldest prince, and is also trying to see if there is any hope for this eldest son.

As for the people around the eldest prince, they were probably never even noticed by the emperor.

The emperor of this world is a true ruler who reigns supreme, manipulating power and people's hearts at will.

Yinyin gave herself a warning and then focused all her attention on the emperor's reply.

The emperor didn't mind Yin Yin's momentary daze; after all, Yin Yin was still a child, and it was normal for her to suddenly lack energy sometimes.

After the emperor finished testing Yin Yin, he ordered someone to bring over a small wooden sword.

Although this wooden sword is a bit smaller than normal, its length and weight are very suitable for Yin Yin's current size. Apart from some scratches and the fact that it's not new, everything else is fine.

Yinyin took a liking to it at first sight, and tried to make a sword flourish in her hand, not caring at all about the marks on it.

The emperor was in a good mood because he saw how much she liked it.

"I heard you've been practicing martial arts with your uncle, so I found this little wooden sword."

"This was brought in by your father when he entered the palace," the emperor said, his gaze lingering on the small wooden sword for a moment before continuing, "It's just right for you to use now."