Li De pushed hard with his hand on the wheelchair, expecting that Pan Yang would fall directly into the water, but to his surprise, he couldn't move the wheelchair at all.
He was somewhat skeptical and tried again two or three times, but the wheelchair remained completely still.
"Did I give you a chance?" The person in the wheelchair spoke slowly, his words flat and even, but Li De felt a chill run down his spine.
But then he thought, what was he afraid of? He, Huan Yang, was just a crippled crown prince who couldn't even stand up.
But the next second, for some unknown reason, he was sent flying.
Fortunately, one of their companions was a good swimmer and quickly went down to pull him out.
The surrounding weather inexplicably began to darken, with dark clouds obscuring the sun, making the sky somewhat gloomy.
Li De spat out the water in his mouth: "Who! Who just threw me down there!"
"Brother Li, you just flew out on your own..." The person next to him said in disbelief after a moment of calm.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Li De cursed a few times, then looked at Pan Yang, who was quietly fishing with a fishing rod in his hand, as if nothing had just happened.
The fishing rod shook violently as Pan Yang pulled hard on it.
Li De only saw a huge monster being fished out of the water by Pan Yang. It had the shape of a monster fish, but its mouth was enormous and its teeth looked sharp. It even had a human face on its body.
He shouted and looked at Pan Yang.
But Pan Yang remained calm, not daring to think too much at the moment: "Monster! Monster!" he cried, and ran away wildly, almost falling over.
Those who followed him looked at the small fish that Fan Yang had caught, feeling bewildered, but they could only catch up with Li De.
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning ripped across the sky, followed by a deafening roar.
Nianpan and Siyang arrived just then. They stuffed the pastries into Nianpan's hands and went to pack up the fishing gear.
Nianpan: "Your Highness, please come fishing again tomorrow. It's about to rain."
Pan Yang looked at the lake, his fingers lightly tapping the railing: "It's time for the weather to change, don't you think?"
"Your Highness, we will only be your blade." The two said in unison.
"Then why did you go to see Kong Zhouyang?" Pan Yang changed the subject, lowering his eyes: "I thought you were the Grand Preceptor's sword, wasn't I right? Grand Preceptor."
"Your Highness," Kong Zhouyang emerged from the shadows, his brows slightly furrowed, and explained, "I am only concerned about Your Highness's safety."
"I've said I don't need your affection," Pan Yang said, each word distinct and icy, his eyes filled with a chill.
Kong Zhouyang opened his mouth, intending to walk towards Fan Yang, but stopped after taking only one step forward.
"Your Highness, please believe me, okay?" Kong Zhouyang stared intently at Fan Yang, his tone pleading.
“Zhou Yang, you can never change me, you can only change yourself,” Pan Yang said.
"..." Zhou Yang didn't reply. He knew he couldn't change Pan Yang's mind, so he could only turn around and leave.
001 was somewhat puzzled: "Why doesn't the host like Zhou Yang?"
You have to understand that even a dog develops feelings in so many worlds.
"001, are you trying to trick me into telling me something?"
"I don't know what the host is talking about. Zhou Yang's affection can transcend the limitations of the world, so why doesn't the host accept it?" 001 hurriedly changed the subject.
"I don't like people," Pan Yang said, spouting nonsense.
001: "..." I give up, can't the host be normal for once?
In the following days, Pan Yang hardly saw Kong Zhouyang, and Nian Pan and Si Yang also honestly did not go to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to report the situation.
As for Li De, he went completely mad, shouting everywhere that Pan Yang had fished out a monster, which meant he had been completely abandoned by Song Linan.
However, the numerous rumors and the sudden change in Fan Yang's personality made the emperor somewhat uneasy.
Inside the Imperial Study.
The emperor looked at Pan Yang and smiled kindly: "How are you feeling today, Pan'er?"
"Don't worry, I'm definitely in better health than Father Emperor," Pan Yang said confidently, almost suffocating the emperor.
"Ha Pan'er, you're joking. In the blink of an eye, your mother has been gone for over twenty years, and now you're the only one left of her family. So, Pan'er, you absolutely cannot let your father down, or let your mother down."
Although the emperor was smiling, his words were a veiled attack on Huan Yang, implying that although Huan Yang was the crown prince, he was alone and unfit to become emperor, let alone anything else.
But Pan Yang seemed not to understand the implication and nodded firmly: "Don't worry, Father, I will definitely become a good emperor in the future."
The emperor took a deep breath. His son had indeed changed as rumored. He got up, walked to Fan Yang, and squatted down.
"Pan'er, do you know that with your physical condition, it is impossible for you to be the crown prince?" The emperor looked into Pan Yang's eyes, his gaze dark and brooding.
“But I am the Crown Prince now.” Pan Yang said calmly, without a trace of fear or even emotion in his eyes.
"Father, you must know that the new generation surpasses the old."
"You!" The emperor suppressed his anger, stood up, and looked down at him: "Do you know what you're saying?"
Pan Yang raised his head, his gaze unwavering: "Father, you've sat on this throne long enough."
"You have no power or influence, how can you ascend the throne! Your mother risked her life to give birth to you, not so that you would be so rebellious!"
"Don't think I don't know how my mother died." The atmosphere around Fan Yang became heavy, like a giant wave rising from a calm sea.
Although Huan Yang was fishing these past few days, he secretly had people investigate the original owner's mother. You see, if the emperor really loved her, he wouldn't have just given the original owner the title of crown prince after her death and then ignored her.
Just as Huan Yang thought, the death of the original owner's mother was secretly planned by the emperor, who then spent several years gradually dismantling all of the original owner's maternal grandfather's power.
"What do you know? This is what an emperor should do." The emperor's anger was undisguised, and then he took a deep breath.
"Guards! The Crown Prince has been corrupted by evil spirits. Without my decree, the Crown Prince is not to step out of the Eastern Palace!"
Then, without any objection, Fan Yang returned to the East Palace quietly along the way.
001 was utterly incredulous. When did his host become so low-key? Shouldn't he have attacked immediately?
Could it be that the host has finally listened to what it said? I'm so touched, sob sob sob.
Of course, Pan Yang couldn't behave himself. Although he was in the Eastern Palace, he would send Nian Pan to set fire to the Imperial Study every night in the middle of the night.
When the imperial study was completely burned down, they would place the items in the emperor's room; when the room was completely burned down, they would place them in the second prince's residence.
In short, the palace was bustling like this every night for at least half a month.
What's worse is that Pan Yang didn't keep a low profile. Everyone felt that Pan Yang was the one who set the fire, because there was no place in the entire palace that wasn't on fire except for the East Palace.
While Fan Yang's two henchmen were clearly skilled, they had no way to help him due to the lack of evidence.
Although Huan Yang had no power or influence, he was still the Crown Prince, and there had to be a legitimate reason to depose him.
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