Chapter 816
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The Emperor had always thought that Lei Fan was his own biological son and he had always disliked Lei Chen as the Crown Prince. In his selfish heart, he had hoped that the child he had with his beloved would be placed on the throne of the Crown Prince and the Empress would be more than happy to see that happen. Only the Empress herself knew that Lei Chen was just a bastard child born from an illicit affair between a palace maid and a guard, and the Lei Fan whom the Emperor adored was the child of the Empress and her lover. Due to the hatred she had for the Emperor's many years of cold treatment, the Empress had only wanted the Emperor to suffer the consequences of his own actions.
The secret struggle between the two of them had turned Lei Chen into the final sacrifice.
As Lei Fan grew older, with the Empress' tacit consent, the Emperor had begun to make his move against Lei Chen. The Spirit Battle Tournament had been given to Lei Chen to be fully in charge and that was the first step the Emperor had taken to push Lei Chen off the throne.
As long as Lei Chen did something wrong in this year's Spirit Battle Tournament, the Emperor would then have a good reason to oppress him, and before Lei Fan came of age, Lei Chen would definitely be stripped of his position as the Crown Prince!
"This letter was left behind by my birth mother before she died. She had always stayed by the Empress' side to serve. I didn't know all of this. Every time I came to the Empress' palace, I never looked at her. I didn't know that I recognized a thief as my mother." Lei Chen's voice became unusually hoarse. He grimaced and shook his head.
The Empress had been worried that the matter would be exposed and she had found a groundless crime a few years ago to have Lei Chen's biological mother beaten to death. Even at the time of his mother's death, Lei Chen had not known that the person was actually his own mother. At that time, Lei Chen was still living in the Imperial Palace and he would often go to the Empress' Palace to stay there. It was not long after the palace maid's death, when Lei Chen was staying in the Empress' Palace for a short stay, he discovered the blood letter hidden within the jade pillow. That was when he finally understood everything, and why after Lei Fan was born, the Empress was no longer as kind to him …..
Hua Yao and his companions finished reading the blood letter one by one and they were all deeply impressed by the secrets of the Fire Country's Imperial Family. They had never thought that the Imperial Family of a country would be capable of so many conspiracies and conspiracies, and they immediately understood that Jun Xie's earlier speculation had not been baseless.
It was because Jun Wu Xie had experienced Mo Qian Yuan's death that she was not surprised by such occurrences.
"The struggle for imperial power has always been filled with conspiracies. It's just ridiculous that I am not a member of the royal family at all, but because of the queen's selfishness, I have been dragged into such a quagmire." After Lei Chen knew the truth, he had already started to distance himself from the Empress. He found an excuse to move out of the palace and moved to the Crown Prince's residence outside the palace.
"You want to seize power?" Jun Wu Xie asked calmly, her tone calm.
"No! I don't care about the throne! Even if you give it to me, I don't care! But I want the Emperor, the Empress and Lei Fan to pay the price! I am not a puppet that can be manipulated by others. "Lei Chen's eyes were filled with hatred.
"I need your help. Right now, the Emperor's suppression of me is becoming more and more obvious. If I continue to sit here and wait for death, only death awaits me in the future. I am not willing! Please lend me a hand! " Lei Chen stared unwaveringly at Jun Xie. He had thrown all caution to the wind today, in order to capture the help of these youths before him.
"Sure." Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Lei Chen suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, and his face broke out into a relaxed smile.
After witnessing the powers of the disciples from the Zephyr Academy, he knew that as long as he could win them over to his side, the Spirit Battle Tournament would not be a problem anymore. The skills of these youths would be able to overwhelm all the others in the Spirit Battle Tournament and even if the Emperor wanted to make a move against them, he would not have the chance to do so.
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