At the tender age of eight, he was hastily dragged out and made emperor!

Chu Ling slept soundly in the Daxing Palace. To resolve the hidden dangers of the family temple, Chu Ling went to bed very late last night. He had planned to return to the Daxing Palace for a nap after the morning service, but unexpectedly, he found himself with an imperial tutor.

This conversation dispelled Chu Ling's drowsiness.

However, after the conversation ended, Chu Ling unintentionally revealed what he wanted to express. After parting ways with the Imperial Tutor, Chu Ling returned to Daxing Palace from Ganlu Palace and had a comfortable sleep.

But some people didn't sleep.

Perhaps they simply can't sleep.

"...Did he really say that?"

Changle Palace.

Sun Li looked surprised and frowned as he looked at the people below, saying, "Did the new emperor really say these things to the Imperial Tutor Xiao Jing in the Ganlu Hall?"

"Yes, Empress Dowager."

The people below kept their heads bowed low, not daring to hesitate in the slightest.

The hall fell silent.

Sun Li, seated on the phoenix throne, had a complicated expression. She simply couldn't believe that an eight-year-old child could say such things.

Emperor Taizu.

At this moment, a face appeared in Sun Li's mind. Sun Li admired this person, and this admiration was like that of a young girl looking up to someone with absolute reverence.

It was as if a ray of light suddenly flashed through the despair.

It gave a glimmer of hope to hearts shrouded in darkness.

No one can understand this feeling.

No one can truly understand this feeling. After all, the despair one has experienced is something that no bystander can comprehend without having gone through it themselves.

Even the closest people.

Even though Emperor Taizu Gao has been gone for eight years, deep in Sun Li's heart, she still feels that this strong and confident man has never left this world.

Everyone should forget him, but she alone should not.

This...is not just her husband.

It was her hope to live!

Once, when Emperor Taizu Gao was still alive, the sensitive Sun Li thought about one thing: if her world really collapsed, could she still survive?

Her most genuine feeling was that she couldn't go on living.

But for now, she is still doing very well.

This is not because she is heartless.

In reality, she dared not go with Emperor Taizu Gao.

Her son.

Her grandson.

There will always be times when they need her.

She survived.

But her heart died at one moment.

But apart from her, no one else understood.

but now.

Sun Li sat on the phoenix throne, her expression complex.

When Liang Huang saw this scene, he was filled with fear. Having served the Empress Dowager for so long, he had rarely seen his master like this.

Even when Emperor Taizu Gao passed away, his master remained calm, as if Emperor Taizu Gao had never died.

"Go down."

After an unknown amount of time, Sun Li's voice rang out. The group of people serving in the main hall of Chang Le Palace all looked at each other with complicated expressions, but then they all lowered their heads and retreated out of the hall.

Only Liang Huang did not step down.

"Tell me, if I had insisted more at the beginning, wouldn't he have been different?" After a long while, Sun Li, who had been sitting there in a daze, said with a complicated expression.

"He was only eight years old. At an age when he should be carefree, he should be living a carefree life. But... he became the new ruler of Dayu. Yes, he should have no worries at all, but the burden that this throne brings him is heavier than anyone else can imagine."

Liang Huang's hands, which were hanging down, trembled slightly.

Others might not understand what Sun Li meant, but Liang Huang, Sun Li's loyal servant, knew what Sun Li meant, which made Sun Li think of the experiences of those days deep in his heart.

Even if Leung Wong tries to forget, some things, once they happen and have been experienced, cannot be forgotten just because you want to.

"Grand Empress Dowager, the new emperor is also a descendant of Emperor Taizu."

After an unknown amount of time, Liang Huang lowered his head and spoke.

"Yes."

Sun Li smiled, a smile tinged with melancholy. "He was also the grandson of the founding emperor, and also my grandson, but in the end, he was still his grandson."

"Even though I have never seen what my grandfather looked like, the blood of the Chu family flows in his veins. Only the descendants of the Chu family can shoulder the responsibility for the Chu family's empire."

“He never thought highly of any of his children except his eldest son, nor of any of his grandchildren except his eldest grandson. He was always like that.”

"But among his grandchildren, besides his eldest grandson, there was another grandchild who was different, and it was precisely this difference that made his eldest son unable to let go of it for the rest of his life."

"Chu Ling, you were born with burdens you shouldn't have had to bear, but that doesn't seem to be the whole story of your fate. Now that your elder brother has passed away unexpectedly, you are about to experience things you shouldn't have to go through."

Leung Wong lowered his head even further.

In fact, many people outside the Yu Palace were unaware of a secret: after the death of Emperor Xuanzong Chun, the person chosen as the successor was not the one currently standing before them.

Even when the situation was extremely tense, no one thought about the person in front of them, as if the person in front of them had never existed.

But in the end, the successor emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty was the one before us.

all of these……

Upon realizing this, Liang Huang abruptly stopped himself from having such thoughts.

Liang Huang dared not think any further.

"Do they know about what happened at Ganlu Palace?"

After a long silence, Sun Li's voice suddenly rang out, bringing Liang Heng back to reality. What he was thinking about was not the reality he was in; the reality he was in was what mattered.

"Understood."

Liang Heng lowered his head and said in a low voice, "It's not just that we know, but what His Majesty said to Xiao Jing has caused some changes in the two palaces."

Has it changed?

Upon hearing this, Sun Li suddenly laughed, "Yu Palace seems to need change. It seems that my decision this time was correct."

"Xiao Jing seems to be loyal to the Great Yu, no, he is loyal to his promise. It seems that Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xuanzong told Xiao Jing something without my knowledge."

"But what exactly was said is unknown to anyone except the person involved. Men are always like this; they seem very strong, but in reality, they are very fragile inside. Is it possible that in a man's heart, no one, including his closest grandmother, his closest mother, his closest wife and children, can share anything with him except himself?"

"But this is clearly unnecessary."

Sun Li's eyes reddened slightly. At this moment, even Liang Huang, who often accompanied Feng, was somewhat at a loss. Liang Huang kept his head down, because he knew one thing: he had heard far too much.

At that moment, Liang Huang wished he were deaf, but he heard it clearly. Some things, once they've happened, no matter how well they're covered up, cannot be denied that they did happen...