"My good elder brother finally brought his own death upon himself." His father finally came to his senses.
"Your Highness, please don't speak carelessly." Yang reminded.
An Shaolin smiled and grabbed the other person's hand. "Okay, okay, we're just talking about it at home."
"Now that the eldest brother has fallen, there will be many people eyeing that position again."
"Your Highness, you must not show any intention of competing with me. You must demonstrate your brotherly love for me right now. Otherwise, what will His Majesty think?"
An Shaolin took the other person's hand, sat on the stool and said: "You are really my virtuous wife. It is my blessing to marry you."
In the past, he really had no intention of competing for the position, but later he found that the eldest brother was targeting him everywhere. Only by sitting in the position could he have freedom and survive.
Yang smiled and said, "Your Highness, you and I have been married for many years, why do we need to talk about this?"
"It's only right to say it after being married for many years." An Shaolin said, "Then I'll go to the Dali Temple to see my good brother later."
"I'll pack up and go see my sister-in-law."
An Shaolin frowned, "You don't need to worry about her, right? I know you two usually have a good relationship, but if you go and see her now, she might think you're trying to provoke her."
Yang said, "Your Highness, you may not know that although His Majesty has lost all trust in my eldest brother, he has not taken his anger out on his eldest brother's children. I heard that someone neglected the Crown Princess, and His Majesty even ordered a reprimand. It seems that his family will not be implicated."
"I am going here to show it to my sister-in-law and also to His Majesty. The He family is deeply favored by the emperor and has the trust of His Majesty. We must not offend them."
"I'm sorry to have wronged you." An Shaolin said.
In the Dali Temple, the deposed prince was imprisoned alone in a cell. The cell only had two stools and a bed made of wooden boards. The bed was covered with some straw and a gray rag whose original color could not be seen.
"Your Highness, the eldest prince is imprisoned inside."
Once the order to depose the crown prince is issued, the other party is no longer the crown prince.
"Open the door."
An Shaolin walked into the prison with a food box in his hand.
The deposed crown prince, who was lying on the bed with his back to him, suddenly sat up and said expressionlessly, "Why, second brother, are you here to laugh at me?"
An Shaolin placed the food in the lunch box one by one on the table that had just been brought in, and smiled, "Brother, why do you think so? I just arrived in Wujiang and came to see you without even paying my respects to the emperor. I'm just concerned about you."
The deposed crown prince suddenly walked up to the other man and said, "You care about me? Second brother, you are so hypocritical."
An Shaolin said slowly and without any emotion, just like going through the motions: "Brother, you've been suffering these past few days, haven't you? These are the meals I brought from your house according to your taste. Please try them."
The deposed prince sat cross-legged opposite the other man. After a long silence, he said in a hoarse voice, "Is everything alright at home?"
"Brother, why do you think so? Even if you made a mistake, my nephews and nieces are also my father's grandchildren. How could my father do anything to them?" An Shaolin was surprised.
The cell suddenly fell silent.
After a while, the deposed prince opened his mouth and said, "Second brother, you know what? Sometimes I really envy you."
An Shaolin's face flashed with sarcasm, but he kept smiling: "Brother, as a prince, how can you envy me?"
After spending a few days in jail, the deposed crown prince seemed much calmer. "Since I was little, everyone has always said that you are smarter than me. In the past, I was just happy. My brother is smart, but he is still my brother."
"But then everything seemed to change. Everyone gathered around you, and even my father sometimes praised you highly."
"You are so smart, so you should be in the position. Why do you want me to be the crown prince?"
"As a prince who obeys no one, I have to worry constantly about my actions being disliked by my father, and about losing my position to my younger brothers. I have never had a single day of peace."
"You may not believe this, but these few days in prison have been the easiest I've ever had since I was old enough to understand."
When the other party opened up his heart, An Shaolin's resentment towards him lessened a bit, but the hatred had already been planted. "Brother, I never thought of competing with you for that position before." Before being targeted.
The deposed prince sneered, "Have you never thought about the people around you?"
"Did Father rebel on his own initiative? Wasn't he also forced into a rebellion? The circumstances are different, but also similar."
"The group of people around you follow you because they value your ability and think you have the potential to reach the top, so they place their bets on you in advance."
"Even if you don't fight or compete, they will force you to fight and compete."
Seeing An Shaolin open his mouth, he interrupted him and continued, "I won't say more. I know I have committed a serious crime. Father will definitely not forgive me this time."
"For the sake of our many years of brotherhood, I hope you can spare the lives of your nephews and nieces. They did not participate in the fight between you and me, and they are not old enough to understand things." There was pleading in his eyes.
He and his wife have always been at odds, so he probably doesn't need to worry about it because her family will help.
An Shaolin was silent for a moment and then said, "Everything is up to the emperor, and my younger brother will not interfere."
The other man looked straight at An Shaolin and said with a sudden smile: "Second brother, you are indeed better than me."
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After leaving the Dali Temple prison, he immediately went to the palace to report.
Someone has already taken over Epiphyllum City, and his 50,000 troops are still outside the city.
"Father, the people of the grassland have been beaten to pieces. They will not be able to gather together within two years and dare not go south. I beg you to take back the tiger talisman."
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