His father once ascended the throne with the help of the Huo family, and made his mother, a daughter of the Huo family, the empress, and he, the grandson of the Huo family, the crown prince. However, after he secured the throne, the Huo family, with their glorious military achievements and great power, became a thorn in his side, and he wished to get rid of them as soon as possible.
But the Huo family never gave him an opportunity, so his father took action against him as the crown prince and sent him to the border to defend against the enemy.
He wanted his son to die on the battlefield!
Unfortunately, he couldn't make his wish come true.
If they are unwilling to succumb to the fate of being exiled and assassinated, then in the end, both father and son will have no choice but to reveal their true colors.
However, just before his 20th birthday, an imperial edict came from the capital, summoning him to the capital for the ceremony of crowning him.
At that time, he actually expressed a glimmer of hope to his father, thinking that this was a sign of reconciliation with him.
However, he never expected that the so-called coronation ceremony was nothing but a murder plot that had been planned for a long time!
Amidst the solemn and slow music, the guest speaker sang:
"In an auspicious month and auspicious day, the first year of the reign is bestowed upon you. May you be respectful and honored, and may you enjoy eternal blessings."
"The coming-of-age ceremony is carried out to establish good moral character, to show respect and dignity, and to maintain the rules for the people."
"The regalia are all enhanced, and the people are commanded to be respectful and pious, thus permanently strengthening the imperial plan for thousands of years."
"The wine is fragrant, the recommendation is fragrant, the blessing of heaven, forever..."
Before he could utter the word "Chang", a bolt of thunder came crashing down on his head!
The thunder was so powerful that it smashed his hair crown into pieces. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, his hair fell down.
At that moment, he saw horror and disbelief in everyone's eyes, and something like a crown of hair was shattered.
Next, the coming-of-age ceremony naturally ended in a bad mood, and at the same time, rumors were rampant.
"The Crown Prince's conduct is flawed, and only God has bestowed such punishment upon him! This is a warning to us!"
"The Son of Heaven receives his mandate from Heaven. Now that the Crown Prince has been abandoned by Heaven, how can he continue to hold the position of Crown Prince? I believe that another Crown Prince should be appointed to appease Heaven!"
"It must be that the Crown Prince has been too aggressive in killing people, which has led to the thunderbolt. I believe that the Crown Prince should abstain from food and recite Buddhist scriptures, and sincerely repent for his mistakes."
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Not only did the faction that originally supported the Second Prince come out to attack him, but many ministers who had previously remained neutral also stood up to express their clear opposition to him.
But the ministers who supported him were unable to refute.
At first, he also thought that the thunder came from heaven. Perhaps he had killed too many people, which led to the punishment from heaven, and his mind was unstable because of this. However, after some investigation and through some clues, he found that the warning from heaven was just a trap set by his good father!
His father really went to great lengths to get rid of his son!
However, the incident had already happened, and rumors were rampant. Public opinion, both in the court and among the people, was very unfavorable to him. After being instigated and deliberately guided by some people with ulterior motives, the call to depose the crown prince had reached its peak.
Under such circumstances, the preparations he had made had to be put on hold temporarily. He chose to avoid the storm of public opinion and pretend to be reflecting on his mistakes in order to appease public anger.
However, immediately afterwards, his father took the opportunity to attack the Huo family!
For some unknown reason, his second uncle brought people to break into the palace. By the time he got the news, his second uncle had already been imprisoned by his father on charges of treason.
The Imperial Guards broke into the Huo family home again, seizing numerous weapons and a dragon robe. With overwhelming evidence, all 157 members of the Huo family were imprisoned and publicly beheaded the next day! Even my third uncle's one-month-old son was not spared!
The desire to kill is so urgent!
The Queen Mother, who had gone to plead for mercy, knelt outside the Qinzheng Palace for a whole night, yet she never even saw her father! Upon hearing the news that all her family members had been beheaded, she fainted on the spot. After being sent back to Fengzhang Palace, she was placed under house arrest, forbidden to leave the palace.
Such a swift and violent move, it seems that my father has been preparing for it for a long time.
In order to protect his mother, he went to the palace, handed over the military order, was willing to be abolished as the crown prince, and promised never to set foot in the capital again.
At this point, the emperor clearly no longer had the false father-son relationship with him. He looked at him with disgust and coldness in his eyes, "I agree. Withdraw."
He stood up and walked out of the palace step by step.
In fact, this time when he entered the palace, he was taking a gamble, not on whether his father still had a trace of father-son love for him, because he had never had that thing.
What he was betting on was that the emperor did not want to leave a reputation of filicide in history books.
In the end, he won the bet, but he was sure that the emperor didn't want to see him alive. Not only the emperor, but even his brothers would not want to miss the opportunity to get rid of him forever.
The crown prince's position was abolished and he was exiled to Cangzhou.
On the way to Cangzhou, he experienced several assassination attempts, big and small. He didn't know which ones were the emperor's men and which ones were sent by other forces, but it didn't matter. He just killed them all.
Just before he stepped into Cangzhou, another wave of assassins arrived. As soon as he faced these assassins, his heart sank, because this group of assassins was so strong that it was a little weird.
They are not afraid of pain and their bodies are as hard as stone. Even if their hands and feet are cut off, they can still rush forward to fight and spit out a burst of poisonous needles when they open their mouths!
These people are more tenacious than the dead soldiers, which makes people wonder whether they are human.
In the end, although he managed to kill all these people, he himself was seriously injured. Even with the help of his sword, he could not stand firmly and fell into the Cangjiang River below the cliff.
He only remembered that his body was sinking and being hit by rocks in the river, and finally he lost consciousness and fainted completely.
When he woke up again, he saw the face of a bright girl.
That was his Huanhuan.
Thinking of the experience of losing his memory after waking up, Pei Ji unconsciously smiled.
He looked at the person sleeping in his arms and couldn't help but reach out and stroke her cheek. The warm and delicate touch attracted his fingers like a magnet, making him reluctant to leave.
"Hanhuan."
The person in his arms seemed to hear his murmurs, and unconsciously moved his head into his arms.
Pei Ji's heart softened at her action. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him, making her fit closer to him.
Thinking of the letter written by his mother, the smile on his lips deepened. She probably didn't know that his mother told him all about her experience of meeting the little white fox?
How the little white fox appeared, how he took out a pile of food with a wave of his claws, how he told her his recent situation by pointing...
The little white fox was so familiar with his condition, it could only be someone close to him, and it even took out his personal jade pendant, so who else could the little white fox be except Huanhuan?
But since she didn't want to reveal her identity yet, there was no need for him to expose it. Let her think that she had concealed it successfully.
Besides, he currently doesn't want to reveal the fact that he has recovered his memory.
Because once he regained his memory, would Huanhuan still be so defenseless and close to him? I'm afraid not.
Xue Huan was sleeping soundly, unaware that she had fallen into someone's trap and was still sleeping soundly.
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