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The prince once fought for the country on the battlefield, he held military power in his hands, it’s just that he didn’t have as many soldiers as Xue Zhong Ren, this great general of the State. And the reason why he had been suppressing the soldiers in his rebellion was because of Xue Zhong Ren.\n
Xue Zhong Ren deployed troops with great skill, and was a faithful patriot, a good blade in the hands of the emperor, although he was his father-in-law, he would always think about Xue Zhong Ren’s death!\n
Without Xue Zhong Ren, there wouldn’t be any stumbling block.\n
As a result, Xue Zhong Ren handed a blade to the emperor himself— a faithful patriot, but in the end, he was also a rebel and traitor with unrealistic fantasies which knew no bounds!\n
The prince thought that Heaven was helping him, that he was the only real dragon, the son of heaven!\n
So he had to seize the opportunity to get back his throne!\n
The loyal and unparalleled General Xue Zhong Ren was convicted of conspiracy, and the entire Xue family were shackled and sent to jail, their gate fell overnight, and disappeared.\n
His Majesty also ordered their whole family until the third generation to be executed, only him, His Majesty would execute himself, right inside the palace, along with those people on the list who schemed.\n
The emperor was going to stain the palace with their blood, to shock the world, and stabilize his position on the throne.\n
The emperor had also invited the court ministers to watch the bloodbath of the traitors.\n
When Ah Yuan heard the news, she was still acting as the dignified and magnanimous princess inside the prince’s mansion, either feeding the fishes or embroidering, and was idle all day long. It was the prince who suddenly came to her and told her that he was going to take her into the palace to see this bloodbath that was going to happen.\n
She didn’t ask why.\n
Only one person under heaven and earth could ask him why.\n
But Ah Yuan knew very well in her heart that the prince wanted to take this opportunity to tell everyone in the world that between his princess Xue Miao Yun and the rebel Xue Zhong Ren— there was no relationship.\n
His Miao Yun will live innocently in the hearts of the world forever.\n
And he took her to see the show, not only to borrow her identity, but also to warn her: You can’t betray him.\n
The fate of those who betrayed him, was the fate of the rebels and traitors.\n
After this scene, there would be another scene, and <Infatuation> would officially end.\n
There wasn’t any snow today, dark clouds covered the sky, and there hasn’t been the slightest refreshing sunshine, it was gloomy and depressing, seeming to make them film without a hitch, even the weather was cooperating with them to render the dramatic atmosphere of the bloody palace scene.\n
The makeup artists retouched the actor’s makeup, and straightened their costumes, the prop artists also finished setting up the scene. After speaking with the actors about the part, Xu Zao Zao carefully checked the layout of the scene and made sure that there weren’t any details missing before she went back to where the external monitor was and sat back down.\n
This was her first drama, so of course she must be strict and treat it seriously.\n
Having received signals from all end that preparations were complete, Xu Zao Zao looked at the actors again, and then motioned for the clapperboard.\n
After falling with a “pa”, shooting officially began——\n
A long line of officials lined up in two rows and walked in from outside the heavy palace gates, everyone was silent and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.\n
With the prince’s distinguished status, he walked in the forefront, leading Ah Yuan while holding hands. Ah Yuan, dressed in a fur cloak, followed his footsteps quietly and obediently, without any emotions on her face.\n
They walked towards the historic gate of the palace with a heavy atmosphere, and the camera followed them forward little by little, recording and shooting every progress.\n
The emperor played by Wang Zhuo Wen stood at the highest place, watching his courtiers’ steady steps as they calmly walked towards him, then stopped at the steps, kneeled down and saluted him.\n
Ah Yuan obediently knelt down with everyone, and proficiently spoke following everyone.\n
Loud and uniform best wishes of long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty sounded, it lingered in the heavy air for a long time, majestically imposing, pouring down in torrents like the mountains and the sea, shaking up people with a spontaneous sense of respect.\n
Ah Yuan felt stunned, and she couldn’t help silently raising her eyes, looking at the supreme emperor, he stood at the highest place, patiently wiping his bow and arrow, and then raised one hand to acknowledge them and said: “Beloved ministers, you may dispense this and rise.”\n
This voice fell into Ah Yuan’s ears, it was both affable and powerful.\n
She stood up tacitly with all the ministers, and walked down the hall with her head down, standing in a row one by one according to their official positions, and then looked at the kneeling rebels and traitors.\n
Ah Yuan stood beside the prince, watching all this quietly and silently.\n
The figure of Xue Zhong Ren, the General of the State, was in that line, his head hung lifelessly, his gray hair suspended down in a mess, his prison clothes were dirty and torn, stained with dry and black blood.\n
A person who had been rendered powerless, no longer looking like the picture of the past.\n
Who would have thought that this was the former prestigious awe-inspiring famous General of the State Xue Zhong Ren?\n
A spell of cold wind swept in, and Ah Yuan let out a cough.\n
In order to become Xue Miao Yun, her body had been completely damaged, she could no longer use the sword, and her body would be particularly vulnerable to the cold winter. She had gone from a skilled secret guard to a waste that would cough when a gust of wind blows over.\n
And all these were her own choice, she couldn’t blame anyone, she was willing.\n
In the dead silence, her cough seemed abrupt and harsh.\n
Xue Zhong Ren heard her daughter’s voice and suddenly moved, he raised a pair of cloudy eyes and looked at her, his bruised-filled face faintly turned, and his lips moved, as if he wanted to call her name, seemingly wanting to say something, but no sound came out at all.\n
Yu Ru Bing followed the character setting, showing an instant of being stunned, it displayed Ah Yuan’s estrangement and unfamiliarity towards Xue Zhong Ren.\n
The next second, her chin was suddenly pinched, and a pair of eyes crashed into hers, a pair of eyes that were colder than the chilly wind just now.\n
The prince tightened her fur coat, and didn’t want her to look at Xue Zhong Ren.\n
Ah Yuan loved him, venerated him, and listened to him the most, if he didn’t want it, then she wouldn’t look, and her line of sight also fell down.\n
The emperor also noticed the movements there, and thoughtfully asked someone to give her a golden handwarmer, then asked her to take care of her body.\n
Ah Yuan naturally and unrestrainedly thanked His Majesty’s grace, her appearance at this time was no different from Xue Miao Yun.\n
She looked at the emperor and thought he was actually quite nice, at least good to someone of his own.\n
Xue Zhong Ren withdrew his eyes and lowered his head again, his eyes were suddenly filled with painful tears, but endured it and did not let one drop fall.\n
Miao Yun, my child…\n
It’s father who got you into trouble…\n
The expressions of the people present were neither relaxed, except for the emperor.\n
Ah Yuan looked at him holding the list gained by the best information cabinet in the land, his bearing incomparably idle from the people kneeling as he read it one by one, and asked them if they admitted their guilt.\n
Ah Yuan also knew that this appearance of his, actually looked extremely stupid in the eyes of the prince.\n
Yes, the prince thought that the emperor was extremely stupid right now.\n
He had been like this since he was a child, therefore, ever since childhood, the prince thought he was stupid.\n
And because of his stupidity, the prince resolutely went to him after his concubine mother had tragically died, pretending to be kind and innocent in front of him, letting him live inside his own schemes every day.\n
The tragic death of his concubine mother made the young prince mature early, he became severe, shrewd and also became extremely deep, he had early on learned to wear a mask and conduct himself, seizing other people in the palm of his hand, just for his own benefit.\n
In the royal family, simple people don’t live long— just like his innocent and kind mother concubine.\n
She clearly did nothing wrong, nevertheless also forfeited her life and died so miserably.\n
The prince remembered her, and also didn’t want to be like her. He wanted to survive, to live a long time.\n
– And become the supreme emperor.\n
Only by holding the lives of others in his own hands could he live longer.\n
And the emperor was too stupid, a fool did not deserve to possess so much. The throne should’ve been left to him, and that fool ought to abdicate and return the throne to him.\n
On the emperor’s side, he was interrogating Xue Zhong Ren. When he was asking Xue Zhong Ren, he smashed the list into the golden plate that the eunuch was holding on the side, his relaxed appearance was finally gone, and anger crawled into his eyes: “Xue Zhong Ren, I really didn’t expect you to betray me!”\n
Xue Zhong Ren did not speak.\n
Ah Yuan subconsciously wanted to look at Xue Zhong Ren, but recalling the prince’s eyes, she held back and could only look at the emperor.\n
The emperor said again: “I treated you and the Xue family as good as possible. I respected you and honored you as an elder, whatever good things there was did I not think of you?”\n
“I was even assured in putting military powers in your hands!”\n
“Xue Zhong Ren, towards me… you are indeed disloyal and inconsiderate.” The emperor held his forehead and spat out those last words in pain.\n
Ah Yuan’s eyes looked around, and they suddenly fell on the prince’s face, she saw his brows slightly furrow, which felt a bit harsh.\n
Every word and sentence, like those bloody accusations that were directed at Xue Zhong Ren, but seemed also to be directed at him.\n
The emperor treated him meticulously well, giving him the moon and the sun if he wanted, and he didn’t even take back the military power in his hand.\n
But towards him he was… disloyal and inconsiderate.\n
But soon the prince’s eyebrows relaxed.\n
Ah Yuan thought: Toiling in an attempt to become emperor, it was inevitable for someone to get hurt. Either physically or emotionally, all these couldn’t be avoided.\n
Xue Zhong Ren suddenly called out “Your Majesty”, and Ah Yuan instinctively looked over and saw that he had buried his body deeply down, knocking his head on the cold hard ground, letting out a muffled sound, like the voice of regret.\n
Xue Zhong Ren’s lips moved, his voice was hoarse but extremely firm: “This servant… deserves to die!”\n
The emperor raised a pair of cold eyes, and suddenly pulled out an arrow, he placed it on the bowstring and the sharp arrow was coldly aimed at the kneeling old official: “You indeed deserve to die.”\n
Ah Yuan’s gaze moved along with the emperor who was holding the bow and arrow, but seeing him reluctant to let go of the arrow, she looked at the prince again.\n
The corner of the prince’s mouth arced in mockery, but she was the only one who could see it— he was scorning the emperor who was drawing the bow.\n
Such bad archery skills, and still want to do it yourself.\n
The prince could already imagine it, that after a while the emperor would definitely call someone to help him stab the arrow into the “target”.\n
Ah Yuan withdrew her gaze and looked at the emperor.\n
But soon, he would no longer be the emperor.\n
So long as he shoots this arrow, the prince’s troops and horses would immediately rush into the Imperial city, surrounding everyone here, and then use their blood to celebrate the ascension of the new emperor to the throne.\n
She would witness a change of Imperial power here.\n
The emperor finally pulled the bowstring, and suddenly said, “I really liked you and wanted to be good to you. I also wanted to protect your descendants and offspring, letting them live a life of luxury, carefree and without worry.”\n
“But you betrayed me!”\n
With a whoosh, the arrow from the string cut through the air, and swiftly passed in front of everyone’s eyes like a shooting star—it unexpectedly went towards the prince!\n
Ah Yuan’s eyes widened in an instant, there was a buzz inside her head, and almost without even thinking about it she went in front of the prince!\n
The sharp arrow pierced into her flesh, and blood gurgled out, right from the pit of her stomach!\n
Ah Yuan still hadn’t realized what had happened, the golden handwarmer crashed to the ground, gasps of pain filled her mind, pouring it out as she was held in the arms of the prince.\n
The prince couldn’t imagine the cause of this unforeseen event, his eyes were filled with surprise, he subconsciously caught Ah Yuan, and abruptly looked at the emperor.\n
He saw the man standing on the highest place with a smile he had never seen before.\n
Ah Yuan saw the most respected man in the world pointing at himself, smiled and said to her favorite person: “Look, Third Younger Brother, I hit the target again.”\n
 Ah Yuan was stunned for a moment.\n
They had calculated everything, but they never counted that the emperor was also wearing a mask.\n
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