There were many empty rooms in the East Palace. Xie Chang'an randomly chose one, told his men to stay outside, and then concealed his presence and followed them into the room.
"Xie Jia, you must keep these things safe for me, because you'll have to return them to me later!" Ye Jingchen shouted towards Xie Jia's hiding place.
All these little trinkets on him were birthday gifts from Chenxi. He only receives one a year, so it wasn't easy for him to accumulate such a collection.
"Now you can speak. Don't try anything funny. I won't give you any more chances!" Xie Chang'an urged with a dark face.
The room was empty, with only a table and chairs. Ye Jingchen naturally walked to the table and sat down.
"I am indeed Ye Jingchen, but not the Ye Jingchen of this world, but the Ye Jingchen of another parallel world." As he spoke, he drew two parallel lines on the table with his finger, looked at Xie Chang'an, and asked, "Can you understand?"
"I don't understand," Xie Chang'an said without even thinking.
He didn't believe such absurd things!
"Let me put it another way. I'm not from here. I was living peacefully back home, but one morning I woke up and found myself here."
"Back in our area, nothing happened to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Your family is all alive and well, and you've even become my Crown Princess!" When he said "Crown Princess," Ye Jingchen deliberately slowed down his tone so that Xie Chang'an could hear him clearly.
"Impossible!" Xie Chang'an denied instinctively.
How could a grown man like him possibly submit to another man? Especially since that man was his enemy!
“Even if… that person can’t be me!” Xie Chang’an said firmly.
"My Crown Princess is a reborn person. In her previous life, she overthrew the rule of Da Yuan, established a new country, and ascended the throne as emperor."
"After he became emperor, his court officials kept urging him to take concubines to expand his harem and continue his lineage. He didn't want to marry and have children, so he picked up a little beggar on the street, brought him back to the palace, and made him the crown prince," Ye Jingchen said slowly.
Upon hearing this, Xie Chang'an felt goosebumps rise all over his body.
Even if someone could uncover the prince's background, he had never told anyone what he was thinking, so how could that person know?
Even so, he remained stubborn.
"Even so, it doesn't prove that the person who was reborn was me!"
“You’re right. Although you have similar experiences, we can’t jump to conclusions so hastily just because you have similar experiences.” Ye Jingchen didn’t refute him, but instead smiled and agreed.
He was clearly just agreeing with Xie Chang'an, but Xie Chang'an's expression became even more unpleasant.
He disliked this person's attitude towards him.
Since he became emperor, it has been a long time since anyone has been able to face him with such composure.
Ye Jingchen knew Xie Chang'an very well; just by looking at Xie Chang'an's expression, he knew that Xie Chang'an had murderous intent.
In fact, Xie Chang'an only appears childish when facing his family and others. In reality, he is meticulous, intuitive, decisive, and extremely dangerous.
"Although I am indeed very suspicious, the Xie family's marksmanship is real, right? The family heirloom is real too, right? If you don't believe me, don't you believe your parents? Is it really necessary to want to kill me?" Ye Jingchen said, both amused and annoyed.
He spoke bluntly, but Xie Chang'an's expression twisted for a moment.
This feeling of being completely seen through by someone is absolutely awful.
"I won't kill you, but you're too dangerous. I'm going to lock you up," Xie Chang'an said coldly.
"No problem, shut it down. As long as someone brings me food three times a day and I don't go hungry, that's fine," Ye Jingchen waved his hand, saying indifferently.
All a salted fish needs is a comfortable place to lie down; as for freedom and such, that's not important.
"Why don't we just keep him in the East Palace? That way, if I get bored, I can go find Chunming—oh, his name is Youning now, right?—and play with him." Seeing that Xie Chang'an didn't speak, Ye Jingchen added.
"No, you're too dangerous. Who knows what you might do to the Crown Prince?" Xie Chang'an refused without even thinking.
"What can I do to a child? Forget it, lock him up wherever you want, as long as the bed is comfortable and he gets food!" Ye Jingchen lowered his expectations.
Xie Chang'an thought for a moment, then took him away from the East Palace and locked him in a side hall of the Zichen Palace.
"Tell Xie Jia to return my things, and have the palace servants prepare a few changes of clothes for me." After arriving at the side hall, Ye Jingchen said in a very natural tone.
"I can't return the hidden weapon to you," Xie Chang'an refused.
Ye Jingchen looked at Xie Chang'an and frowned slightly. "If you're worried, you can take the hidden weapons away, but you have to return the items to me. These are all birthday gifts from Chenxi, and I have to keep them with me at all times. Otherwise, if I suddenly go back one day, how am I supposed to explain it to Chenxi?"
Xie Chang'an still remembered the name Chenxi; he was a secret guard by the side of the deposed crown prince.
The deposed crown prince didn't like this bodyguard before, but the bodyguard was very loyal to the deposed crown prince. Even after he was deposed, he stayed by the deposed crown prince's side and protected him from open and hidden attacks from all sides.
They went to great lengths to kill this bodyguard.
Now, hearing the name Chenxi from this person again, Xie Chang'an felt a sense of disconnect.
Although this person claimed to be Ye Jingchen, Xie Chang'an felt that he was not. Apart from resembling the deposed crown prince in his memory, this person had no resemblance to him in words or deeds.
"Chenxi is just a bodyguard," Xie Chang'an reminded him.
So there's nothing I can't explain.
"Although he's just a bodyguard, he's saved me so many times. Isn't he closer than my brother?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.
Xie Chang'an snorted coldly and said four words to the other party, "Woman's compassion!"
After saying that, he turned to leave.
He could not possibly return those things to the other party.
"Hey, wait a minute—" Ye Jingchen called out to Xie Chang'an.
"State affairs are very important, but less important matters can be left to your ministers. You should take care of your health, get plenty of rest, and have the imperial physician check your pulse frequently," Ye Jingchen said earnestly to Xie Chang'an.
"My Crown Princess passed away at the young age of thirty due to a relapse of her old illness and overwork. Regardless of whether you are him or not, I hope you can live longer."
Thirty years old is just the age of establishing oneself.
Xie Chang'an didn't like hearing this.
No one likes to hear when they will die.
"You should worry about yourself more, you prisoner!" Xie Chang'an said, then turned and left.
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