"Pearls covered in dust. Are you traitors worthy?" Princess Ruchen was furious. She immediately went to her old master to demonstrate her power after submitting to her new master.
If one were to talk about being ungrateful, then this was a living example!
The curly-bearded scholar smiled happily. "Regardless of whether Your Highness agrees or not, following His Highness the Second Prince is obviously better than following you. For the sake of our friendship, let's cancel the contract we signed in the past."
"Dream on!"
The bearded scholar shook his head. "Your Highness misunderstands. I am not making a request. I am merely informing you."
Princess Ruchen laughed in anger. "Hehehe, do you really think my title as a princess is undeserved? You have violated the contract. You must immediately return the divine stones. Otherwise, I will immediately send you to prison! "
She was extremely furious. Anyone who was bitten by their own dog would not be happy.
"Your Highness is naturally not undeserved, but that is only for today. Tomorrow, after the ruins of Yu the Great, Your Highness will be nothing." The bearded scholar laughed recklessly.
No matter who became the crown prince, there would be no place for the princess. Banishing her from the Dayu Dynasty would be the lightest punishment.
What would be the use of her arrest warrant then?
Emperor Wu Hen sighed. They had indeed dared to come because they had something to rely on.
Anger and sorrow flashed through her eyes.
The sorrow of the weak was that anyone could step on them in times of danger, even those who had once respected them as gods.
"I will kill you!" Princess Ruchen was so angry that her eyes turned red and tears flowed out.
She only wanted to avoid being slaughtered by the royal family. She only wanted to take revenge for her deceased mother and uncle.
Why did everyone come to bully her? Forget about the second brother. Even an insignificant person who had once controlled her life and death had humiliated her.
The second prince waved his fan and said calmly, "Sister, they are my people now. You have to ask me before you kill them."
As he waved his fan, silver needles flew out and circled around her.
His determination was evident as if he wanted to fight at all costs.
Emperor Wu Hen mourned silently. One wrong move and they had lost the entire game.
They had misjudged the intensity of the fight for the throne, causing them to be severely unprepared.
Princess Ruchen slowly closed her eyes. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly as she took a few deep breaths. Only then did her heaving chest slowly calm down. With a trembling but firm voice, she said, "Did you come here today to see me make a fool of myself?"
"Hehe, you were destined to become a joke after you rejected me last time. Your brother couldn't be bothered to look at it, nor did he care to look at it." The Second Prince closed his folding fan and slapped it against his palm. He looked mockingly at the remaining fifteen people behind her. "I will also give you a chance to choose. The building is about to collapse, and the ship is capsized. Where will you go?"
"If you're willing to follow me, come forward. I'll guarantee your safety. If you're unwilling, you'll be my number one enemy in the ruins of Yu the Great. Eliminating you will be my number one priority!"
The real purpose of his trip was to poach the remaining fifteen people.
Princess Ruchen's eyes widened as she shouted hysterically, "How dare you!"
The Second Prince ignored him as if he hadn't heard anything. He just stared at the remaining fifteen people without blinking. "You only have ten breaths of time."
"One!"
Whoosh –
At the very beginning, one person left the group and arrived behind the Second Prince in a flash.
He lowered his head, not daring to meet Princess Ruchen's eyes.
The Second Prince's lips curled up. Filled with charm and threat, he said, "Two!"
The first person's betrayal was like a meteor crashing to the ground, dealing a devastating blow to the remaining fifteen people.
People left the group one after another, standing behind the Second Prince.
Seeing this, Princess Ruchen was powerless to stop them.
Their hearts were theirs. It was useless to force them to stay.
She closed her beautiful eyes with difficulty, and tears fell like rain. She said in a trembling voice, "If you're willing to leave, then leave."
The moment she said that, the last few people who insisted on leaving also wavered.
After a dozen people left, there were only two people left behind Princess Ruchen.
One of them was Ye Lang, and the other was Ye He. They were wandering brothers that Princess Ruchen had taken in many years ago.
"Are the two of you sure?" The Second Prince was overjoyed. He shot a hostile gaze at the two remaining people.
Ye Lang and Ye He had determined expressions. They stood behind Princess Ruchen like withered trees, unwavering.
"Hehe, remember the two of them." The Second Prince squeezed the folding fan in his hand, not hiding his cold expression. "Enter the ruins of Yu the Great. If you find the two of them, kill them without mercy."
The curly-bearded scholar smiled sinisterly. "I will treat the two loyal dogs well later."
The fight for the position of crown prince had ended before it had even begun.
Princess Ruchen's tears fell like rain. What she received was not the Second Prince's sympathy or pity, but deep mockery.
At that moment, a palace maid hurried over, saying in fear and trepidation, "Your Highness, the Sixth Prince has arrived."
Princess Ruchen let out a bitter laugh. What was the point of him coming?
Everything was meaningless.
"Tell him to return," Princess Ruchen said, completely disheartened. "I have troubled him during this period of time."
Emperor Wuhen wanted to stop her, but he withdrew his hand in midair.
The situation was already hopeless. It was no longer important whether Su Yu was here or not.
The palace maid ran over to report.
"Hehe, sister, why did you do this in the first place? If you had agreed to lend the people to me, I would have owed you a favor. Now, you have nothing. " The Second Prince was in high spirits. He clasped his hands behind his back, coldly mocking. "One must know one's limitations. If one sets an unrealistic goal, one will miss the most suitable opportunity. Remember this, sister."
He had gotten what he wanted, and he was satisfied.
Unexpectedly, the Sixth Prince, Su Yu, walked over with his hands behind his back. Seeing the situation in the courtyard from afar, he frowned slightly. "Sister, what is the meaning of the palace maid's message?"
Princess Ruchen did not look at him. To be precise, her dull and listless eyes could not see anyone.
"I have no one else to use. Sixth Brother, you need not worry about the fight for the nation's fate." Princess Ruchen smiled sadly.
Su Yu's gaze swept past the Second Prince, then the familiar faces behind him. He roughly understood what had happened. His brows relaxed, and he walked over to rub her head. "I was wondering what it was. So there are twenty people missing."
Princess Ruchen was at her lowest point in life. She could not help but throw herself into his arms, crying loudly. "Twenty people are all I have! I have nothing now. "
Su Yu really felt like a younger sister to this sometimes muddle-headed little princess.
Hearing this, he laughed. "Have you forgotten that I said I would find help for you?"
Emperor Wuhen's eyes flashed, and he revealed a shocked expression.
A few days ago, Su Yu had gone out on a trip, saying that he was looking for help. However, there was no definite news, and he had thought that he had returned in failure.
Princess Ruchen lifted her head abruptly, her eyes filled with a strange glow. She said in shock, "Really? How much help did you find? "
Her heart was filled with anticipation, and she looked at Su Yu without blinking. Her heart had stopped beating.
The Second Prince's expression turned serious. What kind of help was it?
"One." Su Yu had only found a Divine Warrior.
Princess Ruchen's crystalline eyes quickly dimmed. She looked like she was crying and laughing at the same time. "One. One. You have done your best. Thank you, Brother Su Yu."
At the critical juncture of her life, at least there was someone who had not abandoned her.
Emperor Wuhen let out a deep sigh. The hope in her heart was immediately extinguished. She laughed self-mockingly. Now that things had come to this, who would still be willing to board their sinking ship?
The Second Prince felt relieved and laughed, "Sixth Brother, you're really good at surprising people. Unfortunately, this is probably the last time. After the ruins of Yu the Great, you'll have to say goodbye to the dynasty …"
Su Yu ignored his words, as well as his people.
Without waiting for him to finish, Su Yu laughed and wiped away Princess Ruchen's tears. "It is true that I only found one help, but he used his connections to find some people. Although not many, it is better than nothing."
Buzz —
Princess Ruchen trembled lightly in his arms. Her chest rose and fell violently like waves, each higher than the last, pressing down on Su Yu.
The soft and warm pressure caused Su Yu to push her away in embarrassment.
Emperor Wuhen's pupils shrank, and his body trembled violently. He said in shock, "Where are they?"
"Outside the manor." Su Yu called out. "Elder, please come in and talk."
"Haha, thanks to the Sixth Prince, this is the first time I have seen the splendor of the Imperial Palace." A loud, powerful voice came from outside the manor. Divine light suddenly appeared in front of Su Yu, and a blind, emaciated old man appeared.
Prince Wuhen was the first to see the man clearly. His expression changed drastically, and he shouted in shock, "The Emperor of Yiqi! It's you! "
In terms of the deep roots of the emperors among the people, the rest of them combined could not compare to the Emperor of Yiqi.
She had visited him as early as three years ago, trying to persuade him to support Princess Ruchen.
But this old man knew her value better than anyone else, and it was extremely difficult to convince him.
The last time he visited, he had grown tired of her persuasion, and had directly asked her to leave, causing Emperor Wuhen to lose all face.
She had never dreamed that after three years of fruitless persuasion, he would be persuaded by Su Yu in one go.
The Emperor of Yiqi glanced at him and ignored him. Instead, he stepped forward and cupped his fists at Su Yu. This was the attitude of an equal. "Your Highness, I have brought them here. Do you want to inspect them?"
Su Yu looked at Princess Ruchen and Emperor Wuhen, and said, "Let them come in, and let them inspect them."
The old man nodded, and the Emperor of Yiqi said calmly, "Come in."
Thump! Thump!
It was as if there was an earthquake, and the tea on the stone table in the courtyard rippled.
A large group of young strong men of different races, dressed in the same dark purple armor, surged into Ruchen's manor like an army entering a city.
If not for the presence of the two emperors, Princess Ruchen would have thought that there was a mutiny.
Taking a closer look at the newcomers, apart from the fact that they were all young and wearing the same armor, all of their cultivations were at the peak of the overlord level!
There were more than 130 of them!
Looking at the shocking scene, Emperor Wuhen and Princess Ruchen were both overjoyed.
The Emperor of Yiqi said regretfully, "Your Highness, you came late, and gave me only two days to prepare. In my haste, I could only gather this group. If it had been a year and a half earlier, I could have easily invited 200 of them."
Half of what he said was true, and the other half was modesty.
He had long planned to serve an emperor, so how could he not have prepared the people in advance?
However, he did not expect that the person he would choose to serve would be Princess Ruchen, who was the least favored.
If he had known this would happen, he would have used his connections to gather another 70 or 80 people who met the requirements. It would not have been difficult at all.
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