I was born in the palace at a young age. My mother died early, and my father was a tyrannical and perverted ruler.
As the crown prince, I was constantly hunted down and poisoned.
Even my younger sister Zixin could not escape the fate of being plotted against.
To survive, and for my only sister, I've taken many lives.
Even though I have killed many people, I am still afraid of my father.
He had a perverse fetish; while indulging in women, he also had a fondness for men, and he was even more frenzied and violent towards them.
Later, I even noticed that the way he looked at me and Zixin was strange.
I was terrified. I wanted to kill him and seize the throne countless times, but I couldn't defeat him.
The only thing I can do is to reduce the number of times Zixin and I see him.
Later, my father went on a campaign and conquered other small countries. At this time, a border country that was subordinate to our country sent a general to assassinate my father.
I thought to myself, how wonderful it would be if he were dead.
But no, the emperor launched a war, occupied the border country, and brought the two back with him.
They were a mother and child, both extremely beautiful and charming.
Just after they entered the city, their prison van was hijacked, and they were rescued.
The emperor had been searching for them, but to no avail.
From then on, the emperor became even more capricious, and the people were displaced and suffered greatly due to the constant wars.
To control my murderous intent, I often leave the palace to clear my mind.
I bought a house outside the palace so that I could find peace of mind.
I love peach blossoms, so I planted peach trees all over my yard.
Later, the peach blossoms were always picked clean, and almost every day a peach tree became bald.
So I kept watch at night.
Until I met the flower thief.
Her name is Mu Tiantian. Her smile and her voice make me feel at ease.
She said she used those peach blossoms to make wine, so I asked her to make a few jars for me.
The way she sat under the peach tree making wine was like a beautiful painting.
When she came to pick peach blossoms again, I drew her.
I think if I were just an ordinary young master, finding a woman like this to spend the rest of my life with would be a wonderful thing.
Although I had such a thought at the time, I didn't pay too much attention to it.
Until I was assassinated, she happened to be there, saved me, and even helped me detoxify.
She said that since I had so generously given her peach blossoms, she should take care of me.
She didn't ask about my identity. She said that no matter who I was, in her eyes I was just a young man who loved peach blossoms.
At that moment, the thought of marrying her grew wildly in my mind.
I returned to the palace and boldly asked my father for a marriage proposal. At that time, my father was obsessed with beautiful women and did whatever I asked.
I've been thinking about how to bring it up.
Until she brought Ingahan to me and negotiated terms with me.
I threatened her with Ingahan to force her to marry me, and she agreed.
However, she didn't trust me, and to ensure Yin Jiahan's safety, she cast a spell on me.
Indeed, I am not a good person, and I don't mind her using witchcraft.
All I need is for her to be by my side.
But she still escaped, as if she had vanished into thin air.
I couldn't find her, I was furious, I wanted to kill Ingahan.
Even if I don't kill him, I'll still teach him a lesson to vent my anger.
But I would suffer the same wounds as him. From then on, I stopped caring about him and simply locked him in the dungeon.
After I calmed down a bit, I did as Tian Tian suggested and started negotiating with him.
I told him to kill his enemies, and I promised to treat the people of the border states well after he ascended the throne. I also promised him the position of Grand Tutor, second only to the emperor.
There is only one requirement: his abilities must be used for my purposes.
If he harbors any disloyal intentions, I will immediately slaughter the people of his border kingdom.
Yin Jiahan agreed, and he poisoned my father with a Gu poison, which he did silently and died within a year.
As for the other generals who were loyal to my father and who slaughtered the royal families of the border regions, I also handed them over to him so that he could take revenge.
Later, when I ascended the throne and became emperor, he became the national advisor.
At that time, he knew that Tian Tian had run away from her wedding, and he issued an arrest warrant. I did not get involved in the matter. If he could really catch her, then my wish would be fulfilled.
But two years after the arrest warrant was issued, there was still no news.
Until one day, I learned about Miss Mu Mu from Zi Xin.
I never so firmly believed that Mu Mu was definitely Mu Tian Tian.
I told Yin Jiahan about this, but his reaction was lukewarm, so I knew he must have seen Tian Tian.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted that way.
After all, she was the older sister he deeply loved, the one who had abandoned him.
I think she was going crazy with worry, and even harbored murderous intent towards Inga Han, who might have hidden her away.
I searched the whole city and finally found the house behind Xiliang Mountain, which was where Tian Tian and Yin Jiahan used to live.
The way Yin Jiahan tried to stop me only made me more certain that Tian Tian was in this house.
But I was wary of Inga Han's abilities, so I left unwillingly.
A thought suddenly occurred to me: was the Gu poison that Tian Tian put on me like other Gu poisons, with a limited duration? Was she lying to me, telling me that the Gu poison's effects would accompany me for life?
I cut myself with a knife, but Yin Jiahan had no marks on her body. That's when I realized that Tian Tian had really lied to me.
And I believed it for three years.
My killing intent toward Ingahan intensified, and I sent assassins to kill him, even though I knew the chances were slim.
I had planned everything. If the assassin was accidentally controlled by Yin Jiahan and saw Tian Tian, then I would make the assassin admit that I sent him. Because Yin Jiahan could definitely find out that I was the one who sent the assassin, so it was better to tell the truth.
However, I slightly altered the truth. I made the assassin say that I had no intention of killing Yin Jiahan, but only had no choice but to cripple him.
Because I was hoping that after saying this, Tian Tian would at least not hate me.
I learned that Zixin had run away from the palace and gone to that mansion, where she found Tiantian there.
I couldn't wait to see her, but I knew that Ingahan would never let me see her.
I had people secretly watching that mansion, and they inadvertently discovered that Jingjue had been bewitched and turned into his eyes and ears to monitor Marquis Jing'an of Ding'an.
It was then that I realized Jing An was actually disguised as General Jin Hui of the border kingdom.
I learned that Jin Hui would assassinate me on my birthday.
Therefore, I began to scheme. Yin Jiahan is a prince of the border country. If Tian Tian knew that Yin Jiahan had started a rebellion and did not care about the lives of the people of the border country, would she hate him?
On my birthday, I sent Xiahou Yu to find her because I knew that Xiahou Yu was familiar with her and that she had a good relationship with Zixin. If I threatened her with the lives of the two of them, including the other guards, she would definitely come.
She must think I'm ruthless.
I am indeed ruthless; I would do anything to see her.
But I never expected that Yin Jiahan had been secretly expanding his power and connections without my knowledge.
Moreover, he already had his own power base long before Tian Tian handed him over to me.
If I do not treat the people of the border country well as I promised, I will definitely die at his hands.
Finally, I met the person I had been longing to see.
But all I could do was watch her walk away to someone else.
As a result, both in terms of strength and emotion.
I was ultimately defeated by Ingahan.
Even if he later took concubines to consolidate his power, he always felt a void in his heart.
Perhaps, one day...
That empty space will probably be filled in...
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