Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

Zhang Daozi looked at him, his eyes as calm as water: "You have been an adult for many years, and you can stand on your own. There are some things I have to tell you."

The eldest prince resisted instinctively and didn't want to believe it, but he had to listen because it concerned him.

He walked around the chair and sat down, put his hands on the table and tapped the sandalwood surface gently, as if to say, "I just want to hear your nonsense."

"explain."

Zhang Daozi turned to face him.

"Your biological mother is a barbarian from the border."

"The barbarians whose clan was exterminated more than ten years ago?" The eldest prince looked up in astonishment: "How is that possible? You are talking nonsense!"

Zhang Daozi's eyes were deep, as if he was recalling something painful.

"Yes, your father was only a prince back then. There were constant conflicts between the barbarians and the common people in the border areas because of disputes over territory. He took the initiative to volunteer to quell the chaos."

This was something the eldest prince had never heard before, and he couldn't wait to ask more questions before he finished speaking.

"That was when my father led the army to attack the Yi people and annihilated them? That doesn't make sense. You said the Yi people were annihilated more than ten years ago, but I'm already over twenty years old..."

"Of course not." Zhang Daozi shook off the dust and spoke slowly.

“The late emperor was famous throughout the world for his benevolent governance. He sent your father here to resolve the hidden dangers and help the people of the two places to draw a clear line between the two places.

The late emperor thought that Daqi was a vast land with abundant resources, so he might as well give more land to our Yi people. Your father would naturally obey his orders.

After several rounds of bargaining with our tribal leader, King Yi, he decided to give the land east of the valley to our Yi people so that they could live and work in peace and contentment, and the people of the two tribes would not offend each other.

Just as he was about to leave, he met your mother, the beautiful daughter of King Yi.

The two soon fell in love with each other and were inseparable. King Yi was also happy to see the marriage. After learning about this, he reported it to the late Emperor Daqi and ordered them to become relatives by marriage. "

The eldest prince's hands dropped weakly, obviously believing it a lot.

"Isn't everything going well? How could it have come to the point where the Yi people were exterminated?"

Zhang Daozi raised his hand, signaling him to stay calm, and then closed his eyes in pain.

"My Lord, please listen to me slowly.

Later, your mother followed your father back to Daqi, thinking she could live a good life.

But not long after, the late emperor became seriously ill and your father was included in the list of crown princes because of his contribution in resolving border troubles.

Finally, with the support of our Yi tribe and Duke Shen, your father ascended the throne, and your biological mother was pregnant at this time.

But I didn't expect that after your father ascended the throne, he set his sights on Hegudong, which was originally allocated to us.

So, he conspired with Duke Shen, who had served as a follower of the emperor, to take back Hegudong. "

"They raised an army to attack the barbarians?" The eldest prince stood up and stared into his eyes, as if they were indeed his own relatives.

Zhang Daozi nodded and smiled bitterly, "No, because your father has just ascended the throne and has not yet stabilized, many internal conflicts need to be diverted, and it is not appropriate to mobilize troops on the border.

So then..."

When he said this, he was so heartbroken that he couldn't utter a word. When he looked up again, tears were streaming down his face.

"So he deceived your mother and asked her to write a letter under the pretext of celebrating, and summoned the barbarian nobles to the palace to celebrate.

Fortunately, the King of Yi had to take charge of affairs and did not go there. The current emperor placed many Yi nobles under house arrest in the name of oppressing good people.

At this time, you were already seven or eight months old. Your mother finally understood what the emperor was going to do. She became increasingly worried and angry, and died of qi and blood loss.

You were less than a year old and you didn't even remember anything when you were sent to be raised by your mother."

"Impossible!" The eldest prince closed his eyes in pain.

The father in his memory was kind and amiable. Although he was busy with government affairs, he never paid much attention to him. He was unlike the cruel and tyrannical monarch in his story.

"What's impossible?" Zhang Daozi also became excited.

"My Lord, do you believe it? Just because you are of the blood of the barbarians, the emperor will never pass the throne to you."

"No, it's impossible." Although the eldest prince still didn't believe it, his breath became much weaker.

Zhang Daozi burst into tears: "How pitiful! Your mother was foolish and married a man with wicked ambitions, which caused her to have a miserable end. If you don't believe me, I have a portrait of your mother."

Go ahead, he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve.

The roll of paper was old, with torn edges and slightly yellowed.

Slowly opening it, a young and beautiful woman wearing a distinctive embroidered long dress with pretty eyes appears on the paper.

She smiled gently, as if greeting everyone who opened the scroll.

The eldest prince touched his face and said, "I look a lot like her."

"Yes, you can be seen as her child at first glance. If it weren't for what I said, why didn't your father tell you that your biological mother was someone else?"

Zhang Daozi closed the scroll and carefully put it back into his sleeve.

The eldest prince had believed a lot and closed his eyes in pain: "What happened next? Why did they destroy the barbarians after several years?"

Zhang Daozi sneered.

"Of course it's because the current emperor once signed a contract with our Yi King. He has no legitimate reason to do so, so he pretends to be a Yi and harasses the people at the border.

Finally, as the people were boiling with resentment, he issued an imperial edict ordering Duke Shen to encircle the barbarians. A large part of them were killed, and the remaining small part could only live in border villages. "

The eldest prince closed his eyes in pain, digesting the news.

"You said that it was my father who killed my mother and my mother's clan? What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do?"

Zhang Daozi stopped him from getting excited and stared into his eyes: "Prince, I tell you this because I want you to get revenge."

"Revenge? How?" The eldest prince looked at him, his thoughts in confusion.

Zhang Daozi cleared his throat and said, "Destroy Duke Shen, ascend the throne, and treat the Yi people well."

As a prince, how could he not be tempted by the supreme throne?

But when someone put this issue before him, he still hesitated.

"My eldest prince, don't you want to find out the truth and avenge your mother's family? The emperor is your father, and I have no right to say anything, but Duke Shen led his troops to massacre the people of my Yi tribe, and he must die."

"Yes, if my mother knew that I was so cowardly, she would definitely be disappointed."

The eldest prince raised his head, the light in his eyes became more and more determined: "Well, if I don't fight for my ambition, I'd be unworthy of being a human being!"

Zhang Daozi's cloudy eyes were filled with relief.

"With such courage, the eldest prince, why should he worry about not being able to accomplish anything?"

"Shaohua..." The eldest prince hesitated, as if he had something to say.

"Although you and your mother are not born of the same mother, you grew up together and have a deep relationship. It just so happens that people from your adoptive mother's family have been appointed officials in the court one after another in recent years. Why not join them in the rebellion?"

"Okay." The eldest prince agreed without hesitation and narrowed his eyes coldly.

"I will destroy the Duke's Mansion and make Shen Mengyao suffer humiliation in front of her father and brother. Only then will I be able to relieve the hatred in my heart."