He then realized that his palms were scalded and were making a sizzling sound.
"Hmph, you're lucky I've been fooled once already. Did you really think I was easy to bully?"
Ming Huan clapped his hands and slowly walked to Tang Nian, intentionally or unintentionally blocking Lou Mu's view.
He would block Lou Mu's path wherever he wanted to go.
As a result, Lou Mu took advantage of Tang Nian's momentary inattention and stood close to her.
Ming Huan was so angry that he kept a straight face, but he couldn't take it out on the people around him, so he could only stare intently at the group of people opposite him.
It seemed to be thinking about where it would be better to start the fire.
Tang Nian had no time to pay attention to these little actions around her; she was focused on watching Old Yang's livid face.
"Let me think, Minghuan's blood has the ability to control demons, Ji Jingyu must have told you that."
Tang Nian glanced at Ji Jingyu and happened to catch a glimpse of a hint of embarrassment in Ji Jingyu's eyes.
She continued, "It seems he didn't tell you everything, which caused you to lose such a great treasure."
"What a pity, what a pity, the newest one you've brought under your command is a half-demon who doesn't quite get his head right."
"However, I don't quite understand why you suddenly disappeared back then? And why have you been hiding in Yingzhou City for so many years without any news of you, making plans for so long? Since you wanted to raise an army, why did you wait until the new emperor took office before doing so?"
Old Yang did not answer Tang Nian; he couldn't even hear Tang Nian's sarcasm.
He turned his head slightly to look at Chu Roujia, who was also looking at him.
They were surrounded by corpses, their empty eyes staring straight ahead.
In his mind, no matter who these people were or what they said, they were now trapped and unable to escape.
He laughed and said, "Since my dear niece is here, I will reluctantly tell you."
Ji Shuhe tried to stop him, but Lin Zhenming grabbed her arm.
Ji Shuhe gritted his teeth; he didn't want to watch Chu Wende waste his time.
But clearly, he doesn't have the final say here.
He glanced at Ji Jingyu, beckoned to Ji Jingyu with his finger, and flew to the rooftop not far away first.
Ji Jingyu glanced at the three people behind him, and without hesitation, he also flew away.
This is the story that Chu Wende has kept hidden deep in his heart, and he has never told it to anyone over the years.
When he and the Chu Emperor were both princes, in his heart, their relationship was not at all like the common saying that "there is no kinship in the royal family."
His elder brother once defied their father for his sake, and also jumped into the icy lake to save him from drowning.
Chu Wende was still young at that time, and he only wanted to enjoy the world of martial arts and venture out into the world, which caused quite a stir.
But he had an extraordinary mind.
He could always quickly come up with the best solutions to the problems that troubled his father.
Even the ministers in the imperial court could not compare.
At this point, Chu Wende glanced at Chu Roujia.
He was like Chu Roujia back then, yet different.
He had no ambition and did not want to stay in the court, but he wanted to use the royal family to implement what he considered to be good measures to benefit the people.
Just then, the Chu Emperor found him.
The two were brothers, but the Chu Emperor's talent was unremarkable, and he remained unknown in the court.
He was the kind of prince whose name no one could recall among all the other princes.
But he was obsessed with power and the throne, and when his ambition and ability did not match, he would feel annoyed and jealous.
The Empress Dowager was already the Empress at that time. Although she was not favored, she was still the head of the six palaces.
She loved her two sons very much and noticed their differences early on.
With the power struggles in the harem so fierce, she was even more eager to preserve her position.
Therefore, at the instigation of the Chu Emperor, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Empress Dowager found Chu Wende and wanted him to lend the Chu Emperor a hand.
The reward was to help him leave the palace so that he could travel the world.
In Chu Wende's eyes, this was an extremely worthwhile deal.
Even knowing what his mother and brother were thinking, he didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.
From that time on, the discussions about Chu Wende in the court gradually subsided, and were replaced by the rising star, the Chu Emperor.
The emperor was somewhat displeased with this, but it did not affect him in any way.
He secretly left the palace and wandered the world. Whenever he saw people suffering, he would write to the Chu Emperor.
Sometimes, when his father was troubled by matters concerning the people's livelihood in court, he would reply to the letters written to him by the Emperor of Chu as soon as possible.
In this way, he gradually elevated the Chu emperor to the position of crown prince, making him revered by thousands.
His father gradually forgot that he even had a son.
He and the Empress Dowager carefully planned and executed their plan, successfully placing the Chu Emperor on the throne.
But he never expected that his brother, whom he treated with all his heart, would one day turn against him.
He had heard that some emperors, after ascending the throne, would become suspicious of those around them.
He had considered this as well. In order to prevent the relationship between the two brothers from deteriorating, he took the initiative to ask the Chu Emperor for a small border town and volunteered to guard the frontier.
Logically speaking, the Chu Emperor should have been overjoyed.
In fact, that's exactly what he did, at least in front of the Empress Dowager.
This illusion lasted until the day he left the capital for his fiefdom.
He never expected that his beloved elder brother would send assassins to kill him.
But the Chu Emperor seemed to have forgotten that these assassins were originally trained for him by Chu Wende.
This was the first time these assassins had betrayed the Chu Emperor.
They staged the assassination scene and reported the mission's success to the Chu Emperor.
The Chu Emperor had no idea that Chu Wende had already fled far away.
Chu Wende originally wanted to go to see the Empress Dowager, but the palace was so difficult to enter that he was even warned by acquaintances when he approached the capital.
After much deliberation, Chu Wende decided to give up.
He had always intended to wander the world, so he would pretend that this incident never happened. He wasn't a prince of high status, and as long as the Emperor of Chu could govern the Great Chu well, he would let it go.
He remained unmoved even when he heard that he was only mentioned briefly in the historian's records.
But then, the thing that angered him the most came.
After the Chu emperor ascended the throne, he gradually revealed his true nature.
He did indeed care about the people, but in his heart, only he himself was the most important.
He became obsessed with immortality.
Chu Wende originally thought that the Empress Dowager was reasonable and would stop him, but the Emperor Chu went even further and even the Empress Dowager could not stop him.
Chu Wende watched helplessly as the Chu Emperor destroyed his original dream.
This inevitably caused Chu Wende's mind to become twisted.
Why did he go to such lengths only to end up like this?
After many twists and turns, he arrived in Yingzhou, a place rife with war and refugees, but also the best place to hide himself.
He settled down there.
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