The romantic and arrogant villain is forced to love him every day

Ever since Xiu Nu was taken to the emperor's palace without any warning, Jiang Tang began to feel restless.

He vaguely sensed that something bad was going to happen to him.

After many inquiries, he finally got some specious information from the emperor's chamberlain.

——The emperor may punish him severely.

Punish him severely?

After deeply reflecting on his recent behavior, he only thought of one possibility.

But this possibility is actually a bit ridiculous.

How could the emperor severely punish a little beautiful girl?

But the chamberlain no longer dared to reveal anything else.

After several days of being on tenterhooks, Jiang Tang's eyes were heavily stained with black, as if he had been punched.

He didn't want to sit still and wait for death, so he actively asked others to deal with him, hoping to find a turning point before the punishment came down.

But in the end nothing was found.

Not only could they not get any reliable news from the palace, but there were even undercurrents surging inside the capital.

Such an atmosphere made him no longer interested in having fun, and he stayed in his room all day long, depressed.

Soon, I experienced an ominous premonition.

He received the imperial edict from the palace.

The content of the imperial edict was very simple, that is, he was demoted from a noble prince to a commoner and was not allowed to enter the capital again.

Within three days, Jiang Du will return to Beijing to take over the affairs of the Central Palace.

And he also needs to pack his things and get out of the Forbidden City within three days.

The imperial edict did not clearly state what he was punished for. It only said, "If his moral conduct is deficient and his words and deeds are incompetent, he will not be able to hold a high position." ’

The stone hanging in his heart hit hard, and Jiang Tang became calmer than the previous few days.

He still couldn't believe that the emperor would really punish him so severely just because he favored a beautiful girl.

"Eunuch." Jiang Tang took off the jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into the hand of the messenger. "Just tell me clearly, why did my father punish me so severely? Even if I die, I have to be a wise man, right?"

The father-in-law held up the jade pendant and looked at it for a long time, then said with a smile:

"Our family doesn't know much about it. I can only tell you that the beautiful girl who has just moved into the palace is now being favored. His Majesty keeps him close company every day." He shook his head. "No one in this palace has been so favored for many years!"

"That's it?" Jiang Tang was very dissatisfied with this answer. "Does father-in-law know why she suddenly became favored?"

Perhaps thinking that the man in front of him would soon be a commoner who was inferior to him, the father-in-law raised his head arrogantly and said in a long voice:

"The Fifth Highness has too many questions. The value of these different questions..."

It was obvious that he wanted to get more money from Jiang Tang before he became a commoner.

Jiang Tang's face was distorted for a moment, but he quickly took off the ring from his hand as usual and handed it into the hands of the father-in-law.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Father-in-law, are you still satisfied?"

"Not bad." The father-in-law who collected the things was very satisfied, so he told him compassionately:

"That beautiful girl, ah, should be called Concubine Chang now. It is said that she is pregnant with a dragon seed in her belly! And according to Qin Tianjian, this dragon seed is closely related to the fate of the Jiang Kingdom. If someone collides with it, the Jiang Kingdom will also Your vitality will be severely damaged!"

Jiang Tang clenched his fists. "That's nonsense!"

Just because of such nonsense, the emperor was going to demote him directly to a commoner?

Are you kidding me?

He was so angry that while the father-in-law was still admiring the two newly acquired things, he rushed directly to the guard on the side, drew out his knife, and chopped off the head of the messenger.

Cleanly and without any hesitation.

Since there is no room for change, it is better to simply become the king on your own!

*

Yuan Heng, Mu Hongning, Jiang Du and Chi Zhou, who had just arrived at the palace, were drinking tea and listening to books in a teahouse in the south of the Yangtze River.

The stories on stage are told to perfection, and the stories off stage are no less impressive.

"Really?" Yuan Heng was a little in disbelief. "It's true that the more ignorant you are, the more courageous you are."

"Being demoted to a commoner should be worse than death for him." Jiang Du gave Chi Zhou some tea. "He occupies the right time and place, and wants to dominate the mountain. It is completely normal."

Yuan Heng: "What did your Majesty say?"

"Well..." Jiang Du smiled. "He wanted me to lead the troops to redress the rebellion."

"Then why are you still sitting here drinking tea?"

Jiang Du: "I refused."

Yuan Heng was puzzled: "Why? What an opportunity to make a great contribution? As long as we win, and regain the position of prince, won't it be a matter of course?"

After asking, he immediately turned his attention to Chi Zhou, who was eating melon seeds and listening to a book.

"Isn't this vixen not letting you go?"

Chi Zhou's ears twitched and he put down the half-eaten melon seeds in his mouth.

"Don't accuse me wrongly. He didn't go there himself... Mu Hongning, please take care of his nonsense!"

Mu Hongning seemed to be lecturing a child: "Your Majesty, don't wrongly accuse others and apologize."

"...If it's not, then it's not." Yuan Heng pouted. "Sorry."

Chi Zhou: "Humph, I forgive you for now."

Jiang Du didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Yuan Heng: "It's not because you suspected that he had an attack...you should stop calling him a vixen."

Yuan Heng muttered in a low voice: "... Just shout, just shout."

Chi Zhou's hearing has always been sensitive. "you--"

"Okay." Jiang Du pushed the peeled melon seeds to Chi Zhou. "eat."

Chi Zhou's eyes were bright and he took a full spoonful and put it into his mouth to chew.

Seeing that he had successfully silenced him, Jiang Du continued to peel melon seeds while bringing the topic back.

"If you think about it carefully, even if you lack this skill...who can you give the position of prince to?"

The only person in front of me who is of the right age and has the ability to sit on the throne of prince is Jiang Du.

At this time, the emperor asked him to rehabilitate himself for two purposes.

One is to consume him.

It would be best for him to come back from a tragic victory with a severe loss of vitality, or it would be best for him to have nothing to live for.

The second is to test him.

It was a sure thing to redress the rebellion and restore him to the position of crown prince.

If he acted too actively on this matter, it would arouse the emperor's suspicion.

So, the best option is to do nothing.

After Jiang Du made such an analysis, Yuan Heng suddenly realized.

But he had new questions.

"...I remember that you admired your father very much. When did you look at him with such indifference?"

Jiang Du paused for a moment and spoke very softly.

"My admiration for him has long since dissipated since the beginning of his pursuit of immortality."

However, for him, these feelings were barely maintained by blood ties and the advice in the book, so it was not difficult to let them go.

……

After Jiang Du refused to commit fratricide twice, the emperor dispatched the Southwest Army to annihilate the rebels in the capital.

Jiang Du was sent back to clean up the battlefield.

This time, he didn't refuse.