The second prince doubted that Pei Zhi was truly so kind as to take him to see his father, the emperor.
On the one hand, the second prince wanted to see Emperor Pei, so he could only obediently follow behind Pei Zhi.
Pei Zhi brought the Second Prince to Emperor Pei's palace. The guards at the door immediately knelt down and bowed when they saw that it was Pei Zhi.
Normally, when palace servants bowed, they would bow to the princes first, and then to the princesses.
Today, the palace servants first paid their respects to Pei Zhi, and then they paid their respects to the Second Prince.
Fortunately, the second prince didn't care about any of that at the moment; he just wanted to see his father, the emperor.
The door to the sleeping quarters was opened, and it appeared to be pitch black inside.
Pei Zhi called out to the dazed Second Prince, "Second Brother, let's go."
"Uh." The second prince looked into the bedroom and was somewhat terrified.
The second prince coughed twice to bolster his courage.
What's so great about him? He didn't believe Pei Zhi could really kill him.
The second prince followed Pei Zhi into the bedchamber.
As soon as he entered, the Second Prince smelled the incense scent that could only be found in temples.
Pei Zhi called out loudly, "Father, your son has come to see you."
"Chang Le, Chang Le, Chang Le is here."
Emperor Pei ran out with disheveled hair and clothes that were not properly put on.
"Chang Le, you've finally arrived! Quickly, give me the elixir."
Emperor Pei pointed to his severed arm and said, "I feel a lot of pain in my wound. I need to take some medicine."
"Father, didn't I already say that taking too many pills is bad? You'd better not take them."
Immediately afterwards, the Second Prince saw that his father, who had always been high and mighty, had actually knelt down in front of Pei Zhi.
"Good daughter, give me pills, I want pills, give me pills, whatever you want, I can give you."
In the Second Prince's heart, his father, the Emperor, had always been tall and majestic.
His father, the emperor, actually knelt before his daughter one day, bowing and scraping.
The second prince demanded, "Chang Le, what exactly did you do to Father Emperor?!"
"Didn't you see, Second Brother? Father's wound is in pain. I just found some painkillers for him."
Pei Zhi said helplessly, "Every medicine has some toxicity. I advised Father to take less, but he wouldn't agree."
Pei Zhi looked at the Second Prince, "Since you're here today, why don't you help your sister persuade Father?"
The second prince didn't have time to argue with Pei Zhi. "Father, please get up."
The second prince tried to help Emperor Pei up, saying, "Father, you are the Son of Heaven, above all others. How can you kneel before someone so casually?"
Emperor Pei remained kneeling before Pei Zhi, shouting, "Please, give me the pills! Give me the pills!"
Pei Zhi bent down and looked at Emperor Pei, "Father, this is my second brother, do you still recognize him?"
Emperor Pei didn't even glance at the Second Prince, only nodding frantically, "I recognize him, I recognize him."
"Father, it's not difficult for you to get the pills you want. Why don't you have your second brother kneel at my feet with you, and I'll give you a few? How about that?"
Emperor Pei immediately grabbed the Second Prince, signaling him to kneel down.
The second prince naturally refused, saying, "Chang Le, you are incredibly audacious. I am your elder brother."
Emperor Pei desperately pulled at the Second Prince: "Kneel down before me now, hurry up!"
The second prince naturally refused and stood ramrod straight.
Seeing that he couldn't pull the Second Prince away, Emperor Pei shouted, "Guards! Break his legs for me!"
When the second prince saw that palace servants had actually entered, he exclaimed, "Father, have you gone mad?"
Pei Zhi chuckled lightly, "Royal brother, have you only just realized this?"
The palace servants dragged the second prince along, ready to carry out Emperor Pei's order.
The second prince had no choice but to bend his knees and kneel on the ground.
"He knelt down, he knelt down, can you give me the pills now?"
Pei Zhi took out a bottle and threw a pill on the ground.
The pill rolled around, and Emperor Pei immediately chased after it, crawling on the ground.
Seeing this, the Second Prince angrily rebuked, "Chang Le, he is still our father. How can you humiliate him like this? Do you have any sense of duty as a daughter?"
"Duty?"
Pei Zhi seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
"When has he ever treated me as his daughter?"
“If he cared about me even a little bit, I wouldn’t have treated him like this.”
Emperor Pei is heartless and ruthless, so don't blame Pei Zhi for going too far.
Emperor Pei was not a good father, let alone a good father to his son.
It certainly doesn't apply to the princesses in the harem.
"As for you, Your Majesty, aren't you also angry with Father for delaying the appointment of a crown prince? Aren't you also hoping for Father's early death?"
Pei Zhi shrugged. "What, you came to the palace today and saw that Father Emperor is alive and well. Second Brother, you must be quite disappointed, right?"
Although Pei Zhi had guessed his thoughts, the Second Prince naturally couldn't admit it.
Today, if the Second Prince does not see Emperor Pei...
Once the Second Prince leaves the palace, he will naturally spread the word that Emperor Pei has been murdered by Pei Zhi.
But Emperor Pei was alive and well, and even knelt at Pei Zhi's feet like a servant.
What nonsense are you spouting?
The second prince continued to question, "What exactly did you feed Father Emperor?"
Pei Zhi explained, "I already said it's a painkiller, it just has some side effects."
"What kind of painkiller could turn Father Emperor into something neither human nor ghost?"
Before the Second Prince had finished speaking, Emperor Pei stood up from the ground.
Pei Di tidied his hair. "Second son, what are you arguing about with Chang Le?"
The second prince looked at Emperor Pei in disbelief, "Father, are you alright?"
Emperor Pei: "What do you mean by that?"
“Father, have you forgotten that you just knelt on the ground begging Chang Le for the elixir, and you want me to kneel down with you?”
Emperor Pei angrily rebuked: "Absurd!"
"I am the emperor, and Chang Le is my daughter. How could I kneel at her feet? Wouldn't that be against all moral principles?"
“Father, what I said is true. If you don’t believe me, Father, you can ask them.”
The second prince pointed to the palace servants attending to him in the bedchamber, "They all witnessed it with their own eyes."
Emperor Pei looked at the palace servants around him, and several of them immediately knelt down.
"This servant does not understand what the Second Prince is saying."
Pei Zhi then slowly spoke, "Brother, even if you resent your sister, there's no need to tell such a lie, is there?"
Emperor Pei looked at the Second Prince with suspicion, and the Second Prince was now truly unable to explain himself.
“Just now, Father, you knelt here.” The Second Prince said, and then knelt at Pei Zhi’s feet.
Pei Zhi seemed to be frightened and retreated repeatedly, then she also knelt down.
"Brother, how can you kneel before your sister? You're shortening my lifespan!"
Pei Zhi looked terrified, as if she was truly frightened by the Second Prince.
The second prince's eyes widened; he couldn't possibly explain himself even if he had a hundred mouths.
Even the second prince looked at his father, who had already regained consciousness.
Even the second prince began to wonder if what he had just experienced was a dream.
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