Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
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364. The Death of the Crown Prince (II)Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Fang was quite different. When everyone was blaming the fifth prince, he appeared very “just”.

He didn’t say it was the fault of the crown prince, nor the fifth prince. He only said that there must be a misunderstanding!

What kind of misunderstanding was that? Fang naturally couldn’t explain it to others.

However, he still held on to his own views!

He insisted that there must be a misunderstanding!

After being stabbed, the crown prince didn’t die immediately, but in the end, his life still wasn’t saved.

Therefore, the crown prince died at the border. No one had expected that he would be killed at the border like that. It was really… pitiful!

After Fang returned to the mansion, Long discussed with him to determine the next move.

It was time to contact some ministers in secret.

Fang agreed on that.

However, no matter who the minister was, Fang couldn’t go to contact him in person.

The people who were in charge of this matter were still two Shadow Guardians, and also Wang Qi.

Wang Qi would play a key role and the excuse was readily available. “I’m just here to take revenge. I think the fourth prince isn’t that bad among all the princes. You’d better cooperate with me. If you don’t, fine, just ignore it at your own risk!”

Under such a powerful “threat”, many ministers had silently taken sides before the crown prince’s body was sent to the imperial city. Even so, Fang himself still kept a low profile.

Moreover, Fang had never argued about the court affairs.

Soon, all kinds of nice adjectives such as “gentle”, “cultivated” and “graceful” were used to describe him.

He originally had a good reputation among the people in the imperial city, and currently, things were getting better.

It was really a windfall.

Heaven Dragon didn’t really intend to attack Eastern Darkness, so not long after the death of the crown prince, they retreated outside of the border and the two parties confronted each other again.

This time, two princes were sent to the border and only one got back alive. The other one didn’t die on the battlefield as a hero, but was killed by his own brother.

All the people in the imperial city began to discuss it and it couldn’t even be stopped.

More than ten days later, the fifth prince Zhou returned to the imperial city with the crown prince’s coffin.

At this moment, everyone fell silent.

Many ministers observed a respectful silence on the surface.

Emperor Zhou looked very cold.

“Father! I deserve to die!”

At the gate of the imperial palace, Zhou knelt down. He didn’t defend himself at all. He didn’t say that he was framed and conspired against by others. He just said he deserved to die!

He prostrated himself on the ground.

Behind him was a black coffin.

It was such a depressing scene.

At last, Emperor Zhou asked everyone to stand up.

The group went back to the palace and in the great hall, the “trial” began.

In fact, everyone had already had an answer in their heart.

Especially Emperor Zhou.

At the moment, Long and Shi were in the fourth prince’s mansion and they weren’t interested in the return of the crown prince’s coffin at all.

Therefore, the two of them were playing chess at leisure in the mansion…

Yes, they were playing chess!

It was a game that most cultured men liked to play in the ancient times.

Long frowned and wondered how to make the next move.

Honestly, he wasn’t on the same level as Shi in this respect!

Therefore, even though Long thought about it for a long time before putting the chess piece down, he was still defeated by Shi easily!

Long had lost for three times!

“I lost again!” Long frowned.

The corners of Shi’s mouth slightly curved up. “Well, you lost again. Congratulations.”

Long felt so embarrassed.

Shi got up from the chair. “Well, shall we continue?”

Long threw the chess piece away. “Of course not! Why bother?”

While speaking, he held Shi in his arms and kissed hard.

Shi turned to look at him.

Long grinned. “I can’t beat you at chess, but I’m better than you in other aspects.”

“Are you sure about that?” Shi raised his eyebrows, seeming to be teasing Long.

Long nodded. “Of course, even you belong to me.”

Shi really couldn’t refute it!

Long smiled and kissed Shi on the cheek again.

“Qingzhou, sometimes I feel that it’s pretty good to live like this.”

“Huh? What?” Shi was puzzled.

Long said with a smile, “Really… Although we’re staying at other people’s place, there are not many things to worry about. We can do whatever we want. That’s good.”

Shi thought for a while.

“This isn’t our home after all and we can’t even see our family here.”

“That’s right.” Long blinked. He wanted to say that his home wasn’t in this time and space anyway and his beloved family were also in another place. At present, his home was just where Shi was.

However, he didn’t say it to Shi, nor could he say that.

First, it was a secret he wanted to hide for a lifetime.

Second, Shi’s relatives were in this world.

Naturally he couldn’t stay where he wanted. He still had parents!

Therefore, Long smiled and didn’t say much.

The court meeting in the morning lasted until very late. When Fang came back, it was almost time for lunch and Xu You had been waiting for him for a long time.

Seeing Fang coming back, Xu rushed over. “You’re finally back!”

Fang nodded and answered a little tiredly, “I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch first.”

“Okay, everything is ready. We’ve been waiting for you to come back.” Xu hurriedly ordered the servants to deliver the meal.

Fang was starving, so he gobbled his food and ate a lot.

Long and Shi also had lunch with them.

The servants had all left, so they didn’t have to act.

The four of them ate up all the food soon and Fang ate the most.

When they finished eating, Fang had been stuffed.

Xu also ate a lot. He leaned back in his chair lazily and waved to Fang.

“Come on, rub my belly.”

Fang went there right away. Although he also didn’t want to move after eating a lot, he was still willing to serve his lover.

Long blinked his eyes and looked at Shi.

Shi raised his eyebrows and pretended that he didn’t understand.

Long curled his lips and had no choice but to say, “Qingzhou, let me rub your belly.”

But Shi directly refused. “No, I didn’t eat much.”

Long was disappointed.

Fang told them about the results of the court meeting.

Sure enough, Zhou Suye, who had already admitted his guilt, was still supported by several old ministers and said that he was secretly hit by a stone.

Moreover, Zhou deliberately implied said that it was done by someone from Heaven Dragon.

Liu had already retreated at that time and the crown prince was accidentally killed when the two brothers were fighting each other. Everyone knew that clearly, but they still needed to unite and fight against the enemy!

Therefore, Heaven Dragon was to blame in the end.

Those people didn’t know that it was actually the fact!

In the eyes of many ministers, Zhou was just trying to shirk his responsibility.

And the emperor didn’t even want to investigate the death of the crown prince!

Many people wondered what the emperor was thinking. Was it because there were only two princes left?

Or he actually cared about the fifth prince very much?

Right. If he didn’t care, why would he have recognized him?

However, many ministers still couldn’t help thinking that probably the fourth prince was more suitable to be the crown prince.

No matter what, the situation still wasn’t clear, so they only thought to themselves and didn’t dare to say anything.

In fact, many ministers had already been on Fang’s side.

After the court meeting, Zhou was punished to reflect on himself and keep vigil beside the crown prince’s coffin!

Zhou was very grateful to his father for the decision.

After talking about the punishment, Fang sneered, “That man killed his elder brother, but was punished so lightly. Tsk.”

Long smiled faintly. “Haven’t we expected it a long time ago? It’s no surprise, right?”

“Yes.” Fang sighed. “But I still feel a little bad when I think of this.”

Xu rolled his eyes. “Why do you feel bad? It’s actually you who killed your elder brother, okay? Your younger brother was also framed by you.”

“Correct.” Hearing Xu’s words, Fang smiled. “You’re right. I killed my elder brother and I also framed my younger brother. Well, I can’t blame my father for helping his youngest son. People of Heaven Dragon weren’t wronged, either. They designed it, didn’t they?”

Shi rolled his eyes when he heard that. “If you wanted to be a nice guy here, we would definitely not stop you. You could’ve just changed positions with your big brother.”

“No need,” Fang said immediately, “I can just be a bad guy. They all say that the scourge lasts for a thousand years old. I also want to live a long life.”

Shi sneered. “So that’s it.”

Long stood up cheerfully. “All right, I’m going out to help digestion. Come on, Qingzhou, let’s take a walk together.”

“Okay,” Shi answered.

After Long and Shi left, Fang also pulled Xu up. “Let’s have a walk in the yard.”

“Okay.” Xu naturally wouldn’t refuse.