Chapter 590 On Taotie’s Self-cultivation (72)
"Why?"
"It is precisely because I am the emperor that I can meet you, Jiang Tang."
Jiang Tang muttered.
"Didn't you know me since you were the prince?"
"No."
Song Chaoye raised his head, looked into Jiang Tang's eyes, and said word by word: "That's not you, you can't lie to me."
"..."
Jiang Tang opened his mouth and ate another piece of meat.
This dog man is so smart, it turns out he has figured it out a long time ago.
"And only when I become the emperor can I afford to support you, and you will never leave me."
"Actually, I can support myself. If you are not the emperor, we can go to the South China Sea. There is a chaos beast living there. No one dares to live there. I can snatch it down."
Jiang Tang's tone was very relaxed, as if he said it casually.
Song Chaoye's hand holding the meat paused slightly, and then he gave a wry smile.
"If I leave, who will this world be for?"
"Song Chaoling."
Song Chaoye raised his eyes, expressionless.
"After all this talk, are you just trying to persuade me to give up the throne?"
Jiang Tang nodded.
"Well, I don't want to stay in the palace, I want to leave and take you with me."
She was very happy.
"Jiang Tang, what you do will make me think that you have other agendas."
"What do I want? In this world, I only want to eat in one bite. Oh, not much. Now I want you. We, as divine beasts, have always been responsible. After I touch you, you will be my man and I will protect you."
Song Chaoye laughed.
To be honest, if others said such treacherous words in front of him, he would be furious.
But when these words came out of Jiang Tang's mouth, he had a different feeling. His heart felt warm, swollen, and a little painful.
"Jiang Tang, I have been thinking about escaping from the palace one day and becoming a free man since I was a child."
Jiang Tang nodded, his eyes bright.
There is a story to listen to. "King Zhan and I were both born to the queen. I am three years older than him. I have been the prince since I was a child."
"Well, you don't look like brothers."
"It really doesn't look like it. When I was ten years old, the late emperor discovered that the mother-in-law family was rebellious and killed all 311 members of the mother-in-law family, leaving only the mother-in-law and two of our brothers."< br>
"Rebellious?"
"It's just an excuse. The late emperor had to find a reason to take back his rights. The concubine's family was so powerful that she was a thorn in his side."
"What happened next?"
"On the day of the house raid, King Zhan was only seven years old. He watched his grandfather's family die under random swords. He was frightened and was sent to a Taoist temple outside the palace for several years of spiritual practice. I'm afraid that these few years will make us miserable. Divided.”
Jiang Tang watched the man turn over the meat and tell the story calmly, without mentioning himself from beginning to end.
"Are you there that day?"
The meat was a bit mushy.
"Here."
"Then are you afraid?"
"..."
Song Chaoye stopped talking.
Because since that day, no one has asked him this question.
The first person the mother-in-law rushed to hug was Song Chaoling.
Before she died of illness, the last words she held him by the bedside were to take good care of her brother.
As for whether he is afraid?
Afraid.
He is only ten years old.
The bloody scene has become a lifelong nightmare for him.
The scene where his mother-in-law was tortured until she died of illness still scares him to this day.
The flesh on the concubine’s legs was gone, and her face was disfigured.
She was afraid that her appearance would scare Song Chaoling, so she brought Song Chaye to her bedside and asked him to accompany her day and night, so that he could live in the shadow of his mother and concubine being tortured and crying day and night.
Song Chaoling, he was well protected.
As a prince, the late emperor was most afraid of the prince, and the one he loved most was King Zhan.
The one targeted for assassination by the other sixteen brothers was the prince, while the one who lived freely and freely was King Zhan.
(End of chapter)