At that time, Prince Xuan was making a great splash at a garden party as the Emperor of Jin, and it was there that he met Ye Xinwen, and the two fell in love at first sight.
Originally, Prince Xuan planned to tell Ye Xinwen his true identity and ask his father, the Emperor, to grant them a marriage.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Jin had already arranged a marriage with the late emperor. Emperor Jin had already fallen in love with Ye Xinwen and knew that she came from a distinguished family. So he decided to go with the flow and marry Ye Xinwen.
While King Xuan was away on business, Emperor Jin asked the late emperor for permission to marry his daughter from the Ye family.
The Ye family was overjoyed to see that their daughter had finally found a good husband, and so the matter was settled.
The late emperor readily agreed and bestowed a marriage upon the two, thus arranging the engagement.
By the time King Xuan returned, everything had already been settled and could not be undone.
Upon hearing this news, King Xuan was heartbroken, yet helpless. He was filled with remorse, hating himself for not expressing his feelings sooner, and now he could only watch helplessly as his beloved married another.
However, what's done is done, and no amount of regret can change that...
After Emperor Jin got married, the two brothers stopped exchanging identities. Everyone assumed that Emperor Jin was prudent and no longer indulged his younger brother.
Originally, it was thought that the matter had passed and the two had no further contact, and King Xuan gradually let go of his resentment.
Unexpectedly, during a palace banquet, while passing by a lake, he heard Ye Xinwen's cries for help.
Seeing that no one was around, he disregarded everything else, rescued her, and carried her to the nearest room.
Just as he was about to find someone to take care of her, his sister-in-law unexpectedly hugged him from behind. He wanted to break free immediately, but when he felt her body trembling slightly and her body temperature was cold, his blood surged.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" he asked softly, trying to make his voice sound calm and soothing.
Ye Xinwen seemed not to hear his voice, but simply held him tightly, as if trying to merge herself into his body. Her hair gently brushed against his cheek, carrying a faint fragrance that stirred his desire.
He knew he should push her away immediately, but her body was like a magnet, drawing him in irresistibly.
His heart was racing, his blood was surging through his body, and he felt as if he were about to burst into flames.
She called out her elder brother's name, but he knew her heart belonged to him; perhaps the atmosphere around them was too ambiguous. Unbeknownst to him, Prince Xuan also succumbed to her charms…
After a series of dramatic events, King Xuan finally came to his senses.
He looked at Ye Xinwen in his arms and realized that he had fallen into a trap. The room was filled with the smell of burning Huan Yi Incense.
Just as he was lost in thought, a series of footsteps from not far away interrupted him.
In the current situation, if they are discovered, they will likely face widespread condemnation.
Thinking of this, Prince Xuan carried the unconscious Ye Xinwen and leaped out of a side window. Outside was a crocodile pool, and it was impossible for anyone without martial arts skills to leave.
What the crowd didn't know was that Prince Xuan possessed exceptional lightness skills. He carried Ye Xinwen and raced all the way to a remote palace.
This place is inhabited by nobles who had been neglected by the late emperor for a long time. Prince Xuan often came here to play when he was a child.
So the nobleman arranged for Ye Xinwen to stay, assuming that someone from her palace had come by and rescued the princess.
He placed Ye Xinwen on the couch, and looking at her luscious red lips and disheveled clothes, a strange emotion welled up in his heart.
He knew perfectly well that it was all a trap, but he still couldn't help but fall into it.
King Xuan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. He knew he couldn't stay here any longer; otherwise, if he were discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After investigating, he learned that it was Emperor Jin's concubine who plotted to frame the princess, and that she had sent someone to catch them in the act of adultery, but they came up empty-handed.
Later, a few years later, the late emperor passed away and passed the throne to the Jin emperor. The Ye family also did their best to assist the Jin emperor.
Later, at a palace banquet, he had a very pleasant conversation with the eldest son of the Jin Emperor.
The two men even looked quite alike. After all, he and Emperor Jin were twins, so it was normal for the nephew to resemble his uncle.
King Xuan discovered that the eldest prince was exceptionally intelligent, had a heart for the world, and respected him greatly. The two gradually developed a deep friendship.
By chance, he learned that his elder brother had fallen into the water as a child and developed a chronic illness, which resulted in insufficient yang energy in adulthood.
Several years after their marriage, only the princess gave birth to a prince. Although he had several concubines and maids in his household, none of them had children.
If you think about it carefully, it turns out that he was pregnant not long after that time with the Empress Dowager.
Later, after the birth of his eldest grandson, the late emperor was overjoyed and bestowed many fine gifts upon him.
He was also kind to the Jin Emperor, who was then a prince, and later even passed the throne to him.
Then, when the eldest prince was ten years old, he drowned in the lake, even though he knew the eldest prince could swim. The imperial physician said that the eldest prince had suddenly fallen into the lake due to a serious illness, and coincidentally, no one was nearby to rescue him in time, so he died.
The emperor was devastated by this and posthumously named his eldest son Crown Prince.
No one noticed that on the day the eldest prince drowned, a maid from the Empress's palace hurriedly walked by the lake, carrying an empty medicine bottle in her hand.
This was information that King Xuan only discovered later, and he took this information to Emperor Jin.
"Do you know what he said?" King Xuan sneered.
None of them responded.
He continued, "He said the deceased is gone, and there's no need to dwell on it anymore. It turns out he knew about it. Guess why he didn't investigate further? It's because it was his beloved concubine who did it, or rather, he condoned it."
He knew the eldest prince wasn't his biological son; he had been forced to accept being cuckolded to please the late emperor. Later, after ascending the throne, he somehow found a divine physician who cured his sexual dysfunction.
The concubines in the harem successively gave birth to princes and princesses. The eldest prince was exceptionally intelligent from a young age, and many officials petitioned to make him the crown prince. He naturally wouldn't agree to this, as the prince wasn't his own flesh and blood. Unexpectedly, he had become so heartless, condoning the concubine's actions that harmed the eldest prince.
The truth was so shocking that the three of them still dared not speak.
King Xuan walked to the window, his tone much calmer: "Whether the truth comes to light or not, it is a heavy blow to the Empress."
Later, I left the capital with this secret and came here. The Emperor has always shown concern and affection for the Empress; when she fell ill from the loss of her child, he searched everywhere for doctors and medicine, appearing deeply devoted.
He looked at the medical record in his hand with resentment: "I never thought he would pretend for ten years, and even I was deceived by him. He said he loved the Empress and only wanted to have an heir to the throne with her."
The eldest prince thus became a political victim; he was the emperor, high above all others, and the prince himself had no power to contend with him.
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