Chapter 250 She is willing to use her emotions to trap her own steps

Xiyue's voice was gentle but firm...

For the first time, Xiyue, who always put profit above all else in her life motto, gave up this opportunity, the opportunity she desired most.

Willing to be trapped by a...relationship.

But... it was not until that day that she realized that even if she gave up everything for his sake, this world would never let them go.

She should have thought from the beginning that fame and fortune are a double-edged sword... while there are benefits, there will definitely be hidden dangers.

With the blessing of the turbulent times, Princess Xiyue, who became famous all over the world after she became an adult, was bound to become a victim of power.

But... is there any way for her to change? No...

If she had any intention of hiding her edge from the beginning, she and her brother would definitely not be alive today, and would definitely have left this world quietly in a corner where no one knew.

But now, after much planning on her part, her situation has been reversed. She became the most dazzling Princess Xiyue in the Moon Kingdom and a goddess admired by people all over the world.

She still can't help herself...

But even so, she had no intention of compromising.

If Xiyue had given up her persistence so easily, she would not have come this far.

To be able to stand here, she has already paid efforts and costs that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

What finally defeated her... Oh... It seemed to be the young man named Jimo Dong.

The old emperor died suddenly without leaving any edict. Xiyue's brother, who had no emotional basis with her, ascended the throne with the support of her mother's family.

At this point, Xiyue’s living space was gradually compressed.

In everyone's mind, if Xiyue's brother did not have a place at the border, she, as his sister, would not be able to maintain her dignity.

Xiyue's mother died at the hands of the current empress dowager, and the suffering that the siblings had experienced in their lives since childhood was also caused by the empress dowager.

If Xiyue had not suddenly gained the favor of the old emperor for some unknown reason, they might have died quietly in an empty corner.

However, success is due to the saint and failure is also due to the saint's favor.

The late emperor's doting on Xiyue reached an outrageous level. It was as if she had some kind of mind-reading ability. She could always accurately grasp the degree of getting along with the late emperor, so she received undisguised favoritism.

This preference even affected the decision on who would be the crown prince.

When the late emperor was choosing a successor, his first thought was that he needed a crown prince who would be good to Xiyue.

He didn't want to leave his poor daughter alone in this world to be plotted against after he passed away.

After this idea was revealed, the court was thrown into uproar.

Almost everyone thought that Xiyue's younger brother might become a strong contender for the crown prince.

Even if they don't have the support of their mother's family, as long as they have the emperor's firm choice, they can still ascend the throne safely.

Under such circumstances, all ministers would inevitably compare these two princes.

The Emperor of the Moon Kingdom has few offspring. Compared to other royal families, he only has five princes and three princesses.

There are three princes who are still alive and well. One of them is the second prince whose maternal family is powerful and he is now twenty years old. He is arrogant and domineering, but incompetent.

But unfortunately, his mother's family was so powerful that they had always been the default candidate for the crown prince.

The second one is the Fourth Prince, who is about eighteen years old now. He is cowardly and unwilling to take responsibility. He is the Second Prince’s little follower. His mother was born when the maidservant of the Second Prince’s mother climbed onto the dragon bed.

The last one is Xiyue’s younger brother... The fifth prince, who is ranked fifth in the order, lost his mother when he was young. If the emperor hadn’t suddenly stepped in to protect him, he would probably not have lived to grow up.

Among these three princes, the one who has the strongest relationship with the late emperor is the fifth prince who grew up by the late emperor's side.

However, perhaps because Princess Xiyue attracted all the jealous and concerned eyes, the fifth prince lived a peaceful and stable life for many years.

Someone once said that even if he didn't have the support of his mother's family, as long as the emperor was still alive and as long as Princess Xiyue was by his side, the fifth prince's life would definitely go smoothly.

Because his sister was an absolutely stunning person...but, these good days didn't last long.

From the moment the emperor's health gradually failed and he intended to choose a crown prince, their lives took a drastic turn.

As the Fifth Prince's momentum grew stronger and his military exploits at the border gradually won the hearts of the people, some people began to panic.

Xiyue had never expected that they would dare to attack the emperor.

After a palace coup, the news of the emperor's death spread throughout the court and the country. Xiyue was still worrying about the old emperor at his last moment, wondering how he would survive without her.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, in order to contain the fifth prince who was still at the border and to show his grace, he gave Princess Xiyue the title.

It was only at this moment that the eldest princess realized how much regret the replacement of feelings would bring her.

Faced with this father who was still thinking about her and loving her until his death, she still couldn't feel the slightest emotional fluctuation.

The saddest thing is that her slight sadness was actually due to the pain she felt for her own cold-heartedness.

In front of others, she was heartbroken as if the world around her had fallen down; behind others, she could only stare blankly at the bright moon, reflecting on whether she had made a mistake in taking this step.

However, she didn't have any extra time to regret.

The new emperor was only interested in pleasure after ascending the throne. He ruled the country tyrannically and allowed foreign relatives to interfere in government affairs. Soon, the once prosperous Moon Kingdom revealed an air of decay from top to bottom.

It was under such circumstances that the boy's country went to war with the Moon Kingdom.

The Moon Kingdom was already weak, and its people were in dire straits under the combined efforts of this suddenly rising country and other surrounding neighboring countries.

The anger and resentment across the country had nowhere to vent, so this young man became a good way to calm the public anger and boost military morale.

In the previous ten years, they ignored him and treated him harshly, until this moment when the war broke out, they remembered him.

However, no one expected that Jimo Dong, the prince of the enemy country, did not give the other side any hesitation at all.

Even if they sentenced him to death or hung him at the battleground in the hope of gaining some benefit from this threat, it was all false.

They seemed to not care about the life or death of the prince at all, and ignored everything they did to him. They were only concerned about breaking through the gates of the Moon Kingdom and gaining their submission.

An army with constant supplies and no weaknesses cannot fail...With no bargaining chips to threaten the enemy, the Moon Kingdom naturally retreated step by step.

Jimo Dong has lost his value and no one cares about his life or death.

When Xiyue used all her strength to bring Jimo Dong back to her side, he had been tortured beyond recognition.

Everyone in Yue Kingdom hated Jimo Dong because of his identity, and the imperial doctors in the palace did not dare to treat him because of his identity.