Traveling to ancient times to become a princess, she wins every step of the way

At that time, the Concubine Chu was so favored by the late Emperor that although she entered the Prince's Mansion later than the Queen Mother, she gave birth to the Emperor's eldest son earlier than her, who is the current King Cheng and the brother of Emperor Dongling.

On the surface, the Queen Mother and Concubine Chu worked together for the sake of Emperor Dongling, who was still the prince, and the sisters were of the same mind.

However, secretly, the two of them tried every means to kick each other away from him, or even kill him.

From the fight in the prince's palace to the palace, Concubine Chu relied on the support of King Youcheng, the eldest son of the emperor, and wanted to replace her so that one day her son could inherit the throne.

However, the late emperor only wanted the crown prince to succeed to the throne. Although he loved Concubine Chu, he never gave their mother and son any hope.

King Cheng is a man of deep character.

Although, since he was a child, he has always been indoctrinated by Concubine Chu, telling him to perform better in front of the late emperor.

However, he would never steal any of the crown prince's limelight. In front of the late emperor, he and the prince always maintained a warm scene of brothers and sisters, but in private, he had been planning according to Concubine Chu's request.

Unfortunately, until the death of the late emperor, his planning was finally a step too late.

The prince succeeded to the throne in front of the late emperor's spirit. The Golden Scale Guard, who had never appeared in the palace, suddenly appeared in Zhaoyang Palace and put Concubine Chu under house arrest in the name of protecting her.

This forced King Cheng, who originally wanted to force the palace to usurp the throne while the state funeral of the late emperor was being held, to give up his plan and continue to play the role of an idle prince who enjoyed himself all day long and indulged in the mountains and rivers.

Since King Cheng did not have time to show his disobedience to anyone in the end, Emperor Dongling did not lift a finger on him in these years.

Concubine Chu, according to the Queen Mother's ideas, has been under house arrest in the palace all year round in the name of supporting the palace.

The Queen Mother told Emperor Dongling that as long as she did not leave the palace for a day, her son Chengwang would not dare to openly rebel.

In fact, Emperor Dongling has always cared about the blood relationship between his brothers, and has always turned a blind eye to King Cheng's private actions over the years.

What he had thought before was that as long as he secretly checked and balanced King Cheng, everything would be fine.

Perhaps, one day, King Cheng will walk in front of him.

It's a pity that Emperor Dongling is old now, and he is working hard to worry about state affairs. King Cheng is obviously older than him, but he looks much younger and healthier than him.

As a result, not only Emperor Dongling's suspicion has skyrocketed in recent days, but King Cheng and Concubine Chu, who pretends to be crazy and acting stupid all day long, are also a little unable to bear it anymore.

Therefore, this time Emperor Dongling had to take precautions and tell Long Yunxuan everything that King Cheng had done over the years before his body ran out of oil.

Also, he told him everything about the strange situation in the court and the possibility that King Cheng had colluded with the noble concubine of Nanting and the witch doctor of southern Xinjiang.

Emperor Dongling just wanted Long Yunxuan to understand that only if he sat on the throne in the future could he ensure that King Cheng and King Ning would not succeed in their goals, and that he could protect the Queen Mother, Su Liluo, King Jing, Nichang and everyone else. Including all the people in Dongling.

Emperor Dongling warned Long Yunxuan that King Cheng was taught by Concubine Chu and was gentle and gentle on the surface, but in reality he was cruel and ruthless.

He was the person behind the Meijiazhuang tragedy back then.

However, their father, Long Yunxuan's imperial grandfather, could not bear to send his eldest son to death in the end, so he personally covered up the tragedy of great injustice.

If he were allowed to become the emperor of Dongling, it would definitely not be a blessing to the people of Dongling.

Prince Ning was his son, and he knew his character very well. He was cruel and harsh, and he would definitely retaliate against him. He was definitely not the king's choice.

All of these were the reasons why Emperor Dongling finally made him compromise and accept the imperial edict when Long Yunxuan entered the palace that day and asked him to take back the edict of marriage.

The tall and tall King Cheng stood at the entrance of Zhaoyang Palace, looking at Concubine Chu dancing with her bare feet in the center of the hall. The hand behind his back curled up slightly and turned into a fist.

"You all stand down."

"Yes, His Highness King Cheng."

After all the palace maids had retired, the only one left in the huge Zhaoyang Palace was the dumb aunt except for Concubine Chu and Prince Cheng's mother and son.

She was called dumb aunt because she couldn't speak. She was not born mute, but she was later ordered to have her tongue pulled out by Concubine Chu, just to keep her quiet and wait for her.

She turned around very naturally and went to the Buddhist hall at the back. After a while, she came out with a two-meter-long snakeskin whip.

"..."

Then, she respectfully handed the snakeskin whip to Concubine Chu.

King Cheng could clearly see that the most familiar look of distress flashed through his eyes.

However, King Cheng pretended not to see anything and looked away from the dumb aunt's face.

He turned around with his back to Concubine Chu, lifted up a corner of his brocade robe with one hand, and knelt down with a dignified and elegant movement.

After Concubine Chu, whose eyes were as clear as a child's, saw the snakeskin whip, a terrifying look immediately flashed in her eyes, and then her beautiful face became extremely ferocious.

Stretching out her delicate white arms, she firmly grasped the handle of the snakeskin whip, stood up, barefooted, and walked towards King Cheng who was already kneeling on the ground with his back to her.

Although King Cheng is the brother of Emperor Dongling, he has been playing in the world for so many years, obsessed with pleasure, and has maintained himself extremely young.

Now, he and Concubine Chu knelt down and stood together. Although they were mother and son, they looked more like peers.

After all, although Concubine Chu was similar in age to the Queen Mother, her eyebrows still had the look of a girl, and there was not a single gray hair in her hair.

King Cheng seemed to sense his mother's approaching steps, and his originally straight back lifted a little higher.

Then, he raised his hands as if no one was watching and slowly untied the belt and skirt in front of him, taking them off to his waist.

When the brocade robe was taken off, the people standing behind him could clearly see that King Cheng's back was covered with intricate whip marks.

The scars, a mixture of old and new, are hideous and horrifying.

"You idiot! The assassination failed again! Why! Why on earth! Ah!!!"

Concubine Chu suddenly went crazy and hit King Cheng's already scarred back repeatedly with the snakeskin whip in her hand.

a bit!

Twice!

Three times!

……

I don’t know how many times it was slapped in total, but I only know that Cheng Wang’s back was already a bloody mess.

Some of the scars from the past were covered by new scars.

The new scars were all stained with blood, and the mute aunt on the side had already blurred her eyes.

It wasn't until Concubine Chu lost all her strength due to excessive exertion that she stopped, panting heavily, and staring coldly at King Cheng's scarred back.

Knowing that she would not fight again today, King Cheng slowly reached out and put on the clothes hanging around his waist.