Chapter 132 The Unlucky Prince Goes Crazy (2)
Tuoba An, who had lived a dark life where he was trampled upon by others for most of his life, suddenly saw a ray of light, and the one who brought this light was his half-brother, Tuoba Hong.
When Tuoba Hong was young, he often traveled out of the palace. Compared with those princes who stayed in the palace all the time, he had a more chivalrous spirit.
It was this chivalrous spirit that made Tuoba An trust him wholeheartedly without hiding anything.
He told his brother all his resentment and got the comfort from him as he wished.
Tuoba An felt like he had been reborn. From the moment he met Tuoba Hong, the past him was dead.
Tuoba An was completely immersed in his brother's love and care, and did not notice at all that his beloved brother showed contempt in his eyes when he was not looking.
The Western Regions, which the Great Saint Dynasty had always ignored, suddenly united with several surrounding countries and launched an attack on the Great Saint Dynasty. The army was so powerful that the Great Saint Dynasty could not withstand it and could only negotiate peace.
Tuoba An didn't care about the peace talks at all. He was only thinking about the chess game he lost to Tuoba Hong. He thought of countless positions for placing the pieces in his mind, but as he moved, he would be blocked by his fourth brother's pieces.
He was thinking so seriously that he didn't realize that the emperor had already set his sights on him.
He thought for a long time and finally found a way to crack the chess game. A man who was about to become an adult, like a seven or eight-year-old child, happily jumped and skipped to his fourth brother's palace to find him.
Tuoba An defeated his fourth brother and drank the hot tea that he handed to him with a smile. He thought it was a reward from his fourth brother.
After that, he could only feel his vision becoming increasingly blurred, and finally lost consciousness.
The huge palace was missing an unwelcome person, and no one noticed at all.
Tuoba An's eyes were covered with black cloth, and he didn't know where he was, but he heard the voice that plunged him into hell.
The fourth brother who saved him and gave him hope to live, pushed him back into the darkness with his own hands.
Tuoba An didn't understand why he did this. Didn't he say that he would protect him and not let others bully him again?
Why would he treat his brother, whom he respected with his life, like this?
Before Tuoba An could come up with a conclusion, he felt a sharp pain somewhere in his body.
With his eyes blindfolded, he couldn't tell day from night and had no idea how long he had been tied up there.
Anxiety, fear, and physical pain made Tuoba An's will to survive grow weaker and weaker. He thought he was going to die.
He was suddenly sent back to the palace.
It was also at this time that he learned that his father had passed away, his fourth brother had become the emperor, the Western Regions had been conquered and became a vassal state of the Great Saint Dynasty. All this happened while he was imprisoned.
Tuoba Hong rewarded him with countless rare treasures, but he didn't want to think too much about why he was rewarded with these.
He wanted to escape, but the reality was not what he wanted. He saw the envoy from the Western Regions beside Tuoba Hong.
It turned out that they had known each other outside the palace for a long time, and the reason why the Western Regions attacked the Great Saint Dynasty was the result of their planning.
And he, the prince who could be bullied by anyone in the palace, became the most important chess piece in their plan because of his handsome face.
During his imprisonment, he helped them conquer the Western Regions and brought countless generals to the Great Saint Dynasty.
"Seventh brother, the past is the past. From now on, this world belongs to me, and I will never let anyone bully you again." Tuoba Hong, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, stood in front of him with his hands behind his back. The kind smile on his face hurt his eyes.
Tuoba An is cowardly, but he is not a fool. Some words are enough to be believed once.
It was not easy for Tuoba Hong to obtain the throne. He eliminated all the princes who were capable of competing with him for the throne, and sent the rest to the temple, ostensibly to pray for the country, but in fact to completely cut off their thoughts of competing for the throne in the future.
Among dozens of princes, he only kept Tuoba An.
Tuoba An had lived for nearly twenty years, and this was the first time he had spent several months in the palace without being bullied.
Or perhaps it was because he never left the palace all day, and the servants couldn't see him in his own palace, so he was not bullied.
Just when he thought he would die of old age in the palace, Tuoba Hong suddenly issued an imperial decree granting him marriage.
The daughter of the current prime minister and the younger brother of the emperor, anyone who sees it would think that this is a marriage that couldn't be more beautiful.
Tuoba An had no right to refuse and could only obey the order.
Tuoba Hong built a very luxurious courtyard for him outside the palace. Of course, all the servants in the courtyard were his spies.
In the court, the prime minister boasted that he was a hero who helped Tuoba Hong seize the throne, and he became more and more arrogant.
The imperial power was challenged, so how could Tuoba Hong, as the emperor, keep her?
The night of Tuoba An's wedding also became the day when the Prime Minister and his entire family died.
In the bridal chamber, before the bride's veil was even removed, a group of soldiers rushed in.
The bride died on the spot. The officers and soldiers received orders from their superiors to take Tuoba An away alive. They did not dare to use a knife, so they could only capture him with their hands.
Tuoba An used up all his life's courage at this moment. He had been beaten all his life and had never resisted. Facing the pursuit and blockade of this group of officers and soldiers, he ran around the room desperately.
He knew that if he took him back, Tuoba Hong would push him out again next time.
Tuoba An took one look at the bride lying on the ground with a knife in her chest, and his heart was filled with guilt. He felt that he was responsible for her death.
While the officers and soldiers were not paying attention, Tuoba An picked up the knife on the ground and slashed his neck with it.
Blood spurted out from under the knife, adding another touch of red to the already bright red wedding room.
Tuoba An was a coward all his life, was bullied all his life, and in the end he could not escape his fate of committing suicide.
After his death, none of the officers and soldiers who were sent to capture him that night survived.
Tuoba Hong's plan to use him to get rid of the general had to be suspended.
Three years after Tuoba An's death, the Western Regions once again united with several neighboring countries to rebel. The incident happened suddenly, and Tuoba Hong was caught off guard, losing a lot of manpower and financial resources.
But he quickly adjusted himself and led his troops to the battle himself. The Western Regions surrendered. This time, Tuoba Hong did not give them another chance. He chose to massacre the royal family of the Western Regions and turned the Western Regions into counties under the rule of the Great Sage Dynasty.
This time he personally led the troops to fight, and accidentally weakened the military strength of the general. Not long after he returned to the court, he took the opportunity to strip him of his military power and chop off his head.
Tuoba Hong ruled the country for twenty years. When he was fifty, he suddenly fell ill and was soon bedridden. In his last moments, he always dreamed of a young man who affectionately called him "fourth brother", asked him to play chess, and asked him to teach him how to write.
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