The fake prince was exposed at the beginning, and I took office as emperor on the spot

Chapter 41: I'm a Genius, But You Still Don't Believe It (Two in One)

Emperor Yong'an had a total of eight sons and four daughters, a total of twelve children.

Although he lived an unusually long life, he did not have many children. He only had twelve descendants, which is considered small among the number of royal heirs in history.

On the one hand, Emperor Yong'an was practicing the art of longevity, which required him to maintain a certain degree of purity, moderation and peace in order to last long.

On the other hand, the emperor's need for offspring was mostly for the stability of the country, so that if he died unexpectedly, the Wei Dynasty would have a successor.

But this was completely unnecessary for Emperor Yong'an.

No one would doubt that Emperor Yong'an could live longer than anyone else... Even if the crown prince died, he would still be alive and well.

Then the number of offspring he has is meaningless to him.

In fact, the less the better.

And because of this, the age difference between the princes has reached an astonishing level.

The eldest prince, Xiao Sheng, also known as the crown prince, is now 150 years old.

The youngest, the eighth prince, Xiao Xian, was not even a year old.

The Crown Prince is old enough to be the great-great-great-grandfather of the Eighth Prince!

The sixth prince, Xiao Yi, was only sixteen years old.

To Gu Fangchen, the Sixth Prince was an acquaintance, but not his acquaintance, but an acquaintance of his original self.

Among the eight princes, the ones who have the most roles are the eldest prince Xiao Sheng (xing) and the third prince Xiao Shen. The others are basically background characters at the same level as Gu Fangchen in the game.

When you were a prince during the Yong'an period of the Wei Dynasty, your first priority was to lie down quickly.

Fight for the throne? Who have you won?

The eldest brother, the crown prince, is 150 years old, and the emperor is 170 years old. The two old monsters have been fighting for more than 100 years. The situation is full of twists and turns, and any one of them can make people sweat.

With these two people there, I have to be very nervous just meeting them, for fear of being mistaken for someone with ulterior motives.

However, because the third prince became a monk in the Galan Temple and received the true teachings of the temple's abbot, there were rumors that he would be made a disciple of Buddha.

On the contrary, Emperor Yong'an admired him very much and often summoned him back to discuss Buddhism.

The prince did not react to this on the surface. He just praised his younger brother for his Buddhist wisdom. Naturally, no one knew what he was really thinking.

At this age, the Sixth Prince Xiao Yi is still a child, and his personality is not very sophisticated, so naturally he can only serve as a background board.

However, his biological mother was the imperial concubine of the current dynasty, and his elder sister was Xiao Yinghao, the "God of War" who was the most favored by Emperor Yong'an, commanded the White Dragon Army and competed with Gu Yuye, and was canonized as the eldest princess.

So he is the most eye-catching one among the background boards.

Logically speaking, given his prominent background, it would be quite normal for him to be forced into the car of succession.

But what can he do...his sister is too dazzling.

Among the princes, the eldest and the third have the most scenes, and among the princesses, Xiao Yinghao is the most prominent.

In the end, it was actually these three people fighting.

In the normal ending [People's Hearts Are in Trouble], the player's choice is to support one of the royal heirs, help him/her ascend the throne, and get the merit of following the dragon.

These three people have the highest winning rate. The others are all useless. They were all defeated by the opponent right from the start.

If you support the Sixth Prince, you can get Xiao Yinghao's support in the early stage.

However, in the later period, Xiao Yi's shortcomings in scheming will become more and more obvious. With repeated wrong decisions, the power will gradually lean towards Xiao Ying.

In the end, Xiao Yi was placed under house arrest by Xiao Yinghao less than three days after he ascended the throne. Most of the player's subordinates turned against him, making it impossible to play the game.

Of course, players can also change course midway, choosing to take advantage of the chaos to establish themselves as kings, and then inherit the country's destiny and establish their own dynasty, and they can also achieve the ending of [People's Hearts Are in Trouble].

But in that case, we will just enter the next cycle.

The ending will hint at the real turmoil has just begun. The new dynasty promoted by the players will collapse in less than ten years. The entire Wei Dynasty will fall apart and the world will be in chaos.

As for the original Gu Fangchen, he certainly couldn't see that far.

To him, the Sixth Prince Xiao Yi was nothing more than a fool who only listened to Gu Lianxian and went against him.

Gu Fangchen was rampant in Huangtian City, so naturally he had a bunch of fawning followers, as well as the sons of nobles who couldn't stand his rampant behavior.

Xiao Yi is the most representative one among them.

Xiao Yi practices martial arts and has good talent. Although not as good as Gu Lianxian, he now has an eighth-grade cultivation level. With his cultivation speed, his upper limit should be the fifth-grade Dan state of mind.

Don’t underestimate the fifth rank - for martial arts practitioners, the fifth rank is the master!

The prince spent one hundred and fifty years and expended countless manpower and resources, but ultimately could not cross this hurdle, because the fifth level of martial arts is the true boundary between immortals and mortals.

If you don’t become a master, you will be just an ordinary person all your life.

If Xiao Yi had his heart set on the throne, he should have used his talent to join the White Dragon Army, fight in battles, and gain more military merits.

But Xiao Yi just didn't have such thoughts. He was taught by "Quick Sword" Yan Hui, and he most wanted to be a chivalrous knight, and he had no interest in government affairs.

And in Huangtian City, there is a person who is a perfect match for being a hero.

That is the Prince of Zhenbei - Gu Fangchen.

Every time Gu Fangchen tried to bully men or women, Xiao Yi's radar would beep and he would take action.

In terms of family background, Xiao Yi is definitely superior as he is a prince, but Gu Fangchen has no scruples at all and will still beat the prince even if he gets mad.

Although he has no cultivation, he has the self-defense magic weapon given by his mother.

His hits didn't hurt his opponent, but his opponent couldn't break his defense either. The final result was often a street brawl involving fists and kicks.

The two of them are like Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick, interacting with each other.

At this moment, when Xiao Yi heard that his father was going to summon Gu Fangchen, he immediately rushed over without stopping to intercept him.

"Gu the beast!"

Xiao Yi was furious. He glared at Gu Fangchen and pointed at his nose, cursing:

"I've always known you to be despicable and shameless, with no moral bottom line, but I never thought you would go so far as to collude with the Demonic Cult in order to usurp my throne!"

"The prince and princess have been so kind to you, yet you're repaying their kindness with hatred by calling you a beast. That's simply an insult to beasts!"

Gu Fangchen calmly raised his hand and used his little finger to pick his ear, and said with a playful smile:
"Xiao, stupid donkey, I advise you to be more careful with your words. Don't just believe everything you hear. You have to take responsibility for what you say."

It’s not that he wanted to call a prince a stupid donkey in the palace.

He restored the arrogance of his original self...

Even if Gu Fangchen did so, Emperor Yong'an would only say a few words to him and ask him to go back and reflect on his mistakes. Over the years, he was asked to speak and act without thinking.

It fully illustrates what it means to act recklessly.

Xiao Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then he became furious:
"The Emperor summoned you, naturally to condemn you!"

"You are just a commoner now, yet you dare to call me a fool! Do you still think you are the prince of Zhenbei? You are simply asking for your own death!"

By now, the news has spread throughout Huangtian City that Gu Fangchen is not the biological child of the Prince of Zhenbei and the Princess, but a bastard born to a groom who was replaced by the Demon Cult.

Moreover, Gu Fangchen knew about the baby swap early on, and later even participated in the cover-up.

It was because he colluded with the Demon Cult that the real prince was exiled for nineteen years.

Fortunately, the true prince was not only chosen as the number one scholar, but was also accepted as a true disciple by the saint.

Such inspiration, I wonder how many students he is a role model for.

In comparison, Gu Fangchen, who has taken advantage of all the resources in the palace but still does not strive for progress, is even more annoying!

Xiao Yi and Gu Fangchen had always been enemies, and now that his identity had been exposed, he still showed no remorse or fear, and continued to abuse him wantonly, which made him furious. He quickly drew the sword from his waist.

"I'm going to teach you a lesson. Without the princess's protection today, how can you still fight me?!"

Xiao Yi's greatest wish in life is to be a knight as free and easy as his master, enjoying the world of martial arts and settling scores.

But because of Gu Fangchen's magic weapon, the young man who was chivalrous for the first time suffered a great loss and fell on his butt in front of his sweetheart.

This blow shattered his dream of becoming a martial artist.

Later, he fought with Gu Fangchen many times and rolled around in the streets, covered in dust and dirt, with no manners at all.

It can be said that it was Gu Fangchen who destroyed his biggest dream.

It’s no less than a life-and-death feud!
Xiao Yi came this time naturally to take revenge before being convicted.

Otherwise, if the charges of colluding with the evil sect and replacing the prince were proven, and his father was alarmed, Gu Fangchen would definitely be sentenced to death without any negotiation.

——It was precisely because Gu Fangchen’s crime this time was too serious that Xiao Yi dared to take direct action.

Anyway, he was just venting his anger. His father had a good temper and was always tolerant of him. He said that he was a sincere and commendable child.

This time he punished evil and promoted good, and attacked a beast like Gu Fangchen. His father would definitely not blame him, and would at most reprimand him a few words.

Xiao Yi thought of what his staff had said to him, straightened his chest, and felt even more justified.

The sword in his hand was a good sword, from the Qiangong Furnace in Jiange, which could cut iron like mud. It was a waste of talent to use it against a waste like Gu Fangchen who didn't even have any cultivation.

In the past, it was Gu Fangchen's magic weapon that protected him.

Now, see what he does!
Xiao Yi was full of vigor and vitality. He swung his sword and stabbed towards Gu Fangchen's eyes at a very fast speed.

The young man said with great satisfaction:

"This sword will teach you a lesson for your blindness!"

The princess was such a good person that even he envied Gu Fangchen for having such a mother. However, Gu Fangchen abandoned her like a worn-out shoe and even took over her mother's nest, separating the real mother and son and preventing them from enjoying the happiness of family.

It’s so hateful!

Xiao Yi's martial arts cultivation of the eighth level has long made it possible for his skin, flesh, tendons and bones to work together internally and externally, and he can freely control every part of his flesh and blood.

The skin responds to the flesh, the flesh responds to the tendons, the tendons respond to the bones, and the bones respond to the mind.

The sword and the hand are united, the hand and the eye are united, the eye and the heart are united, and the heart and the spirit are united.

When the mind is focused and the spirit follows, any weapon in the hand can be controlled as easily as an arm, which is the eighth level of the whole body realm.

Xiao Yi's sword, apart from being a bit fancy, was at the peak of an eighth-grade warrior in terms of power.

This sword is powerful enough to penetrate gold and split rocks!

The Sixth Prince, who had been pampered since childhood, had never really fought with anyone. Some of the sixth and seventh-rank martial arts practitioners who had fought with him in the past had just held back and used their moves.

In the past, he and Gu Fangchen went back and forth, but they didn't hurt each other at all, which made him depressed instead.

This resulted in him having no understanding of his own strength at all.

He felt that this sword strike was no big deal, at most it would just blind one of Gu Fangchen's eyes.

But in fact, if this sword really hits the target.

If Gu Fangchen was really just an ordinary person without any cultivation, his entire head would have exploded.

Xiao Qiu, who was bowing respectfully beside him, had a gleam in his eyes and was about to make a move, but suddenly stopped and then widened his eyes, which had been squeezed into a slit by fat for years.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound.

Gu Fangchen raised his hand and used two fingers to clamp the sword that Xiao Yi was stabbing at him.

Xiao Yi was stunned, then showed an incredible expression.

This, how is this possible? !
Gu Fangchen blew a breath, and a hair that fell on the sword edge was immediately blown into two pieces and flew away from the sharp sword edge.

He raised his eyes and looked at the Sixth Prince with a smile:
"I told you not to believe everything you hear. Look, you come here to lecture me without knowing anything, and this is the only outcome of getting slapped in the face."

Xiao Yi stared at the sword intently, feeling like he was dreaming.

He absolutely wouldn't believe that Gu Fangchen had any cultivation experience, and he was still desperately trying to find any trace of Gu Fangchen activating his magical weapon...

but none!
No trace at all!

Xiao Yi looked Gu Fangchen from head to toe and then from toe to head, but did not find any magical weapon on him.

But Gu Fangchen's fingers were actually holding his sword.

Xiao Yi's face flushed, and she tried hard to go further.

But Gu Fangchen's fingers didn't move at all. The immense force was just like when he was fighting against a seventh-rank guest official in his family...

Seventh grade? !
Xiao Yi suddenly realized something and felt dizzy.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

He yelled, "Evil skills! You must have practiced some evil skills from some demonic sect! Eunuch Xiao, quickly capture him!"

Gu Fangchen: “…”

This idiot is still as innocent as ever, but his intuition is frighteningly accurate.

He sighed:
"You're a fool, and you are indeed a fool. If I were really colluding with the Demon Cult, would His Majesty allow me to come in so brazenly?"

The Sixth Prince gritted his teeth:
"Then tell me, why else could the Emperor be looking for you?!"

"Because my extraordinary martial arts talent was finally discovered by the Martial Saint, he accepted me as his disciple."

Xiao Yi was silent for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter:

"Even if you were about to die, you wouldn't tell me such a joke, right?"

Gu Fangchen looked at him with a smile, his fingers motionless.

Xiao Yi's laughter gradually stopped and turned into a disillusioned expression.

"Eunuch Xiao, is this true?"

Xiao Qiu nodded.

Xiao Yi still wanted to struggle, his face twisted as he infused spiritual energy and tried to stab forward.

Gu Fangchen exerted force with two fingers, and the sword blade broke with a snap and fell to the ground.

Xiao Yi's eyes were dull.

Eunuch Xiao also opened his mouth.

Gu Fangchen patted his shoulder and walked over:
"I've already told you I'm a genius, but you still don't believe me."

……

As Gu Yuye stepped into the yard, he thought deeply.

The people ambushing the Sixth Prince should have already taken action...

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