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

A turning point soon appeared.

a few days later.

Yudu.

inner city.

Zhen'anfang, an abandoned mansion.

Wearing the emperor's robes, Chu Ling surveyed the scene before him, a faint smile appearing on his lips. He had truly left the Yu Palace that had imprisoned him!

"Your Majesty, please hurry and change your clothes."

Xia Wang, holding the clothes, bowed and walked toward Chu Ling. "Your Majesty should not leave the palace for more than three hours this time, if Your Majesty wishes to do so again."

"I'm a little curious, are you quite familiar with the Imperial Physician?"

Chu Ling spread her arms, and Li Zhong, suppressing his panic, helped Chu Ling undress. But Chu Ling paid no attention to this and stared straight at Xia Wang.

"Not very familiar."

Xia Wang said calmly.

"Then you told me to go to the Shouhuang Palace and pretend to be sick, and have the Empress Dowagers' people urgently spread the word. As luck would have it, the imperial physician who came to treat me said to the outside world that I was worried too much and needed to rest."

Chu Ling replied logically, "If he wasn't familiar with me, why would he take such a risk? Besides, you have people in the eunuch's circle, right? Otherwise, why would you have me recuperate in the Imperial Garden instead of in the Daxing Palace?"

Having witnessed Xia Wang's methods firsthand, Chu Ling became even more curious about this person.

This person is unfathomable!

"Your Majesty, the time it takes to drink a cup of tea has already passed."

Xia Wang remained calm and lowered his head, saying, "Your Majesty, even if you ask this old servant these questions now, this old servant will not answer them. When the time is right, this old servant will report the truth."

"When will the time be right?"

Chu Ling countered with a question.

"At least His Majesty can kill without having to worry about anything else when he wants to."

Xia Wang replied without hesitation.

This guy!

Chu Ling cursed inwardly. If he could really get to that point, even if Xia Wang was hiding a huge secret, he wouldn't be interested in him at all.

"Your Majesty, that's it."

Just then, Li Zhong lowered his head and said.

Is Li Zhong very afraid of Xia Wang?

Chu Ling inadvertently noticed that Li Zhong glanced at Xia Wang with a evasive look in his eyes. Chu Ling's intuition told her that Li Zhong and Xia Wang had an unusual relationship.

"Let's go then."

Chu Ling composed himself and smiled faintly.

These things can be explored later; for Chu Ling right now, it's time to see what Yu Du is really like, which is quite ironic.

Having hastily become the emperor of Dayu, Chu Ling has yet to experience the splendor of the capital city, even though it appears vast and majestic on the map.

The visual impact of a picture can never compare to the awe-inspiring experience of seeing it with your own eyes.

"Li Zhong, why is this residence abandoned?"

As Chu Ling walked towards the back gate, he reached out to Li Zhong and said, "This place shouldn't be far from the Yu Palace, right? How could such a precious place have fallen into such a state?"

"Your Majesty, this is the residence of the Prince of Yiyang."

Li Zhong, who was changing his clothes as he walked, looked hesitant, but still told Chu Ling the truth.

"Who? Zhao Chuan, the adopted son of Emperor Taizu?"

Chu Ling stopped and looked at Li Zhong with some surprise and doubt.

"Exactly."

Li Zhong lowered his head and said.

No wonder then.

Chu Ling thought to himself, but when he looked at the scene before him, he felt a pang of emotion. As far as he knew, the Great Ancestor had adopted many sons in his life, but he valued one son very much, treating him like his own son. The key was that this man was extremely brave and made great contributions to the Great Yu Dynasty.

Strangely, records about this person became scarce in the later period of the Taizu reign, and the Zhao Chuan lineage faded from view. The reason why Chu Ling had a deep impression of this person was that many things about Zhao Chuan were deleted in several unique classics, which made the records completely inconsistent.

"Are there any descendants of the Prince of Yiyang?"

Thinking of all this, Chu Ling looked at Li Zhongdao.

"Your Majesty, the Zhao family line has died out."

Li Zhong lowered his head and said.

As Li Zhong said this, he glanced at a certain spot, but Chu Ling was wondering what Zhao Chuan had done in his lifetime to end up like this.

The title of Prince of Yiyang was posthumously conferred.

This was not done by the founding emperor.

It was Emperor Taizong.

But the residence of the Prince of Yiyang was abandoned.

The grudges and feuds of the older generation are known only to those of their own generation. Although some of the elders from the Taizu era are still alive, Chu Ling has no way of knowing them.

"Let's go."

Having considered all this, Chu Ling didn't press the matter further. He lifted his robe and walked forward, with Li Zhong and Wan Qiu'er following closely behind. The group quickly disappeared from sight.

And at this time.

Xia Wang appeared, and standing next to him was the one-eyed scarred man.

"Ancestor, are you really not going to send someone to protect us secretly?"

The one-eyed scarred man frowned slightly and looked at Xia Wang.

"Need not."

Xia Wang shook his head slightly, "There are too many spies in Yudu right now. Sending people to protect us secretly would only cause unnecessary trouble. With Wan Qiu'er here, that's enough."

"But……"

The one-eyed scarred man was somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, this woman is fine."

Xia Wang smiled and said, "If she wants to restore the Yiyang Prince's Mansion, then she has no other way but to be loyal to the new emperor. Her elder brother is her Achilles' heel."

"But that matter..."

The one-eyed scarred man seemed to want to say something, but the words caught in his throat and he couldn't bring himself to say them.

You've talked too much today!

Xia Wang snorted coldly, then turned around and said, "Li Zhong, recently you've set up a Plum Blossom Guard in the inner court. This must be His Majesty's idea. He told those two to cut off all contact with us from now on and just follow Li Zhong closely."

"Yes."

The one-eyed, scarred man lowered his head and said.

Plum blossom inner guard.

At this moment, Xia Wang smiled faintly. He had really underestimated this eight-year-old emperor. He handled this matter in a discreet manner. It seemed that he had given the right to recruit Li Zhong, but in reality, it was a test and a way to cut ties as quickly as possible if danger arose. This was clearly not in line with the decisiveness and ruthlessness that should be expected at this age.

The new emperor gave him too many surprises.

But the more this happened, the more excited Xia Wang became.

Some things, if they are to be carried out, cannot be done without the support of the new ruler.

For example, the death of Emperor Xuanzong Chun.

Whether there's a conspiracy behind this, all we can do now is investigate slowly.

Starting from the reign of Emperor Taizong, Xia Wang felt that some people and some things were slowly changing. However, Emperor Taizong at that time was determined to govern Dayu and wanted to make the people prosperous, so there were some things he could not do.

A new emperor brings a new court, and each new emperor holds a new set of ideas. Even fathers and sons can have disagreements on certain points of view, let alone the emperor, who is high above all others. A single thought by the emperor can change many things. This is the majesty and tyranny of imperial power!

However, the imperial power of the Great Yu Dynasty was inexplicably restricted in Chu Ling's hands. Many things seemed fine, but precisely because of this, there was a problem.

Deep down, Xia Wang was also very curious about what the new emperor wanted to do to break free from their current passive situation. He had guessed a little about the reason for leaving the palace, but he wasn't quite sure yet...