"By imperial decree, the crown prince shall live on. The eldest son of the emperor, Li Xingchen, is gentle, polite, and exceptionally intelligent. He is hereby specially appointed as the crown prince and shall reside in the Eastern Palace. This is the imperial decree!"
"The second prince, Li Xingyu, is approachable and kind. He is hereby granted the title of Prince Ning and given the Prince Ning's residence. He will move into the Prince Ning's residence after his marriage..."
"The third prince, Li Xingling, is kind-hearted and quick-witted. He is hereby granted the title of Prince Ren and given the Prince Ren's Mansion. He will move into the Prince Ren's Mansion after his marriage..."
After my father's investiture, I became the crown prince, and my younger brothers became princes.
He was named Crown Prince.
As I expected, I wasn't too happy. Although the crown prince is the future ruler of the country, he also bears a heavy responsibility.
In the days that followed.
I worked even harder. Since my father had chosen me as the crown prince, I could not let him down.
My father has always been in good health, and I thought he would wait for me and pass the throne to me when he was in his twenties or thirties. But I was only eighteen when he passed the throne to me and even granted fiefdoms to my two younger brothers.
Of course, he didn't force them to go to their fiefdoms; they could stay in the capital if they wanted.
Of course I want them to stay in the capital; I trust them more than others.
Even though I'm eighteen, I don't have a single woman in my harem. Although my father arranged for a virgin female official to give me sexual enlightenment, I didn't accept it.
Not only me, but my second and third brothers also refused to accept it.
Like me, they were all influenced by their father and wanted to be with one person for life.
Even if you're meant to be a lifelong, devoted couple, you still need someone you love, right?
The women I encountered in the palace year-round were either palace maids or daughters of high-ranking officials, but I didn't like any of them.
One year later.
I've made up my mind; I'm going to travel incognito and see the sights.
My father and the others all agreed.
I led my guards south, and during that time I dealt with several corrupt officials who were paid by the court but did nothing of value.
Why should I keep officials like that around? I don't know if other officials found out or if they were just good officials, but I didn't catch any more corrupt officials after that.
I decided to change my route and head east.
When I encountered corrupt officials, I didn't deal with them immediately. Instead, I collected the evidence and let the higher-ups take care of them.
I've been away for six months.
I was assassinated by more than twenty men in black. They thought I could kill them because I only had a few people with me, but they underestimated me and my men.
A few of us took care of those twenty-odd men in black.
Not a single person was left alive.
However.
But the other party was still not giving up and attacked me again later.
this time.
I managed to leave one survivor, and by following the clues, I learned that the person who attacked me was the Prefect of Qinzhou.
The reason why the prefect of Qinzhou took action against me was twofold: firstly, I had sentenced his son to be executed in the autumn, and secondly, several of his protégés had also fallen at my hands.
Investigate thoroughly.
I had the governor of Qinzhou and his men wiped out in one fell swoop.
That was on this day.
I was attacked again. Due to a mistake, I fell into a nearby river. When I woke up, a girl wearing a blue patched dress was sitting in front of me.
She had an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and big eyes. She was rather thin and looked only slightly better than a refugee fleeing from war.
"You're finally awake! How are you feeling?"
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