"Your Highness the Third Prince...something terrible has happened! The Emperor has passed away!"
Dagan Dynasty, the residence of the third prince.
The eunuch Wang Gonggong's shrill voice suddenly rang out in the courtyard, with an unconcealable shock.
The Emperor? Passed away?
Li Chengfeng opened his eyes drowsily, muttered something, and was about to sit up from the bed.
But then, a piercing pain suddenly spread throughout his body, making him grimace in pain and almost fainting again.
He opened his clothes and saw that his whole body was covered with bruises.
A large area of skin was swollen, and blood was even oozing from many places.
It was obvious that he had been beaten up, and the other party had been extremely cruel.
With a bang, the bedroom door was pushed open.
Eunuch Wang rushed in and said anxiously:
"Your Highness, Third Prince, something terrible has happened. News has arrived from the palace that the Emperor has suddenly passed away. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has already brought his men into the palace.
The Crown Prince has always been unhappy with His Highness, and this morning, under the pretext of a martial arts competition, he beat His Highness severely, leaving him unconscious.
If he succeeds in ascending the throne, Your Highness's life may be in danger."
Li Chengfeng had just woken up and still had a headache. When he heard this, he shuddered and came to his senses.
He bared his teeth, looked at the old eunuch in front of him, and asked uncertainly, "What dynasty is it now? What year?"
Eunuch Wang was stunned when he heard this. Has His Highness been completely fooled?
He was a little panicked, but he quickly replied: "Your Highness, it is now the Dagan Dynasty, the 20th year of Jianwu."
Dagan Dynasty, 20th year of Jianwu, the third prince...
Various information quickly flashed through Li Chengfeng's mind.
Soon, he came to the conclusion that he had traveled through time.
Moreover, he traveled back to a historical simulation game that he often played in his previous life.
This was Li Chengfeng's favorite game in his previous life. He had played almost every plot in it.
So, he quickly realized his situation.
His current identity is the founding emperor of the Dagan Dynasty, the third son of Emperor Jianwu Li Xiong, and the prince in the most embarrassing situation.
The biological mother of the third prince was He, the first wife of Emperor Jianwu Li Xiong and the empress of the Dagan Dynasty.
Logically speaking, as the legitimate son, Li Chengfeng should be extremely noble.
But unfortunately, Empress He died of illness not long after giving birth to Li Chengfeng.
Emperor Jianwu had a big problem, which was superstition. He believed that all this was related to Li Chengfeng.
Over time, he began to dislike this legitimate son.
Not long after, Emperor Jianwu began to favor the former Concubine Liu, now known as Imperial Concubine Liu.
He also gave all his favoritism to his child with Liu, who is now the crown prince, Li Chenghao.
However, although Li Chenghao was the crown prince, his biological mother Liu was ultimately unable to be canonized as queen.
People in the court couldn't help but have some complaints about his status as a bastard.
This led to Li Chenghao becoming increasingly displeased with Li Chengfeng's existence.
Moreover, Li Chenghao knew very well that although his half-brother was not favored by his father, he would always be a threat to his future ascension to the throne.
Therefore, since he was very young, Li Chenghao often looked for opportunities to suppress Li Chengfeng and did not give him any chance to turn things around.
For more than ten years, Li Chengfeng has lived in dire straits and developed a timid and cowardly character.
Every time he saw his second brother, he couldn't help but tremble all over and couldn't even speak clearly.
Over time, the entire Dagan Dynasty knew that the third prince Li Chengfeng was a useless piece of shit.
This resulted in those who originally wanted to support him giving up their thoughts.
And after more than ten years of operation, Li Chenghao finally suppressed most of the voices in the court.
He became the well-deserved candidate for the crown prince.
"Traveling through time is the beginning of a catastrophe..."
Li Chengfeng's face turned grim as he regained consciousness. However, he quickly thought of something and looked towards the old eunuch beside him.
"Eunuch Wang, you just said that it is the 20th year of Jianwu and that our father has passed away?!"
There was a hint of disbelief in his tone.
If Li Chengfeng remembered correctly, according to the original plot of this world, Emperor Jianwu Li Xiong should have died in the 30th year of Jianwu.
How come it’s ten years early?
Or is it that this world is just very similar to the game I played in my previous life, but actually different?
Or maybe, because of my own time travel, the direction of the plot has also changed?
Eunuch Wang sighed and said firmly, "This news has been verified by someone. It cannot be false."
Hearing this, Li Chengfeng no longer had any doubts.
Eunuch Wang was an old man brought into the palace by Empress He. He had always been loyal and had many spies in the palace.
Since the other party said so, there shouldn't be any problem.
"Has the prince brought people into the palace?" Li Chengfeng asked again.
"I saw with my own eyes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entered the palace at 11:00 a.m.." Eunuch Wang nodded.
Li Chengfeng stopped talking, sat up from the bed, and wondered what to do.
If the original plot had developed, Crown Prince Li Chenghao would have continued to torture himself in the next few years.
Until the death of Emperor Jianwu and the ascension of Li Chenghao to the throne, he was directly executed by slow slicing for the crime of treason.
Moreover, during these ten years, in order to pave the way for Li Chenghao, Emperor Jianwu took action several times in succession and eliminated several aristocratic families in the dynasty on various charges.
This includes the family of Li Chengfeng’s mother, He.
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