Chapter 439
In the prison of the imperial capital, Weiwei, wearing a luxurious dress, stood quietly in this dark and humid environment.
The young man who was begging for mercy just across a fence in front of her was a young man.
He had red hair and red eyes, and his facial features were three-dimensional and very handsome.
If you look closely, you will find that he looks at least 70% like Weiwei, a handsome man.
Weiwei sat down on the chair brought by the servant slowly, looked at the young man in front of her, and said lightly:
"Second brother, long time no see."
Although these captured royal brothers and sisters set out from Mengchuan City with her and went south, they were in her accompanying team.
But she has not seen them for these days.
It is indeed a long time since they last met.
Seeing Weiwei's answer, the young man nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, yes, it's been a long time since we last met. Weiwei, my dear sister, the last time we met was five years ago. At that time, you were named Duke of Mengchuan by your father and left the imperial capital to inherit your fiefdom. We met for the last time."
"I was worried that you would be in danger in the Northern Fortress facing those barbaric aliens, so I used my authority in the military to grant you a knight group. Later, I heard that you recruited a lot of knights and formed a powerful legion, fighting those aliens for a long time..."
"Weiwei, listen to me , we are brothers from the same mother. Before she died, my mother specifically asked me to take good care of you. You are the one she is most worried about. "
"I am indeed trying my best to take care of you. My brother is afraid of your reputation and afraid that you will help me seize power, so he instigated my father to seal you to a border fortress. I have argued with my father many times, but he would not listen. I am sorry for you."
"But no matter what, we are different from them. We are real brothers and sisters, the legitimate sons and daughters born by the late queen..."
The second prince talked a lot, and Weiwei just listened calmly.
In fact, the cause of such a large-scale horrific civil war is essentially a bloody family ethics drama.
She and the second prince are brothers from the same mother, and her mother is the legitimate queen of the late emperor.
Although the eldest prince is the oldest among the princes, he was born to the late emperor and a concubine.
Who will inherit the throne between the second prince and the eldest prince is essentially a dispute over the eldest son.
Both sides inherited a strong background from their mother's family, but the second prince suffered because the queen died early, and he had no one to speak for him in the palace, so he lost control of the palace and lacked key information.
This led to the fact that when the old emperor died, he was even leading troops in the south to quell the rebellion of bandits, and he was not in the imperial capital at all, allowing the eldest prince to easily ascend the throne.
Then this court struggle spread into a huge civil war that affected the core area of the entire empire.
It was precisely because the eldest and second princes directly started the war without caring about their faces that the other princes who had ideas about the throne and had the support of forces behind them joined this chicken-eating competition.
If the two of them had always limited the battle for the throne to political means and court struggles, this civil war would not have broken out in essence.
In fact, before this, when Weiwei solved the incident of the Gate of Time and Space, was recognized by the ancestor of the Chiyang family, and completely took control of the power, she had already made up her mind to execute these princes who had started a war for their own selfishness.
It's just that no matter what the purpose of these brothers was, even the eldest prince who was theoretically hostile to her faction had taken care of her before.
Although she was determined to execute them, she never mustered up the courage to see them for the last time.
Because Weiwei was afraid that once she saw these brothers who took care of her in the past, her determination would be shaken.
This contradictory mentality gradually faded away as she traveled south from Mengchuan City.
When she arrived at the imperial capital, she no longer had any sympathy for these former brothers and sisters.
The second prince's nagging words trying to awaken his sister's affection lasted for a long time, and Weiwei listened for a long time without any impatience and never said a word.
It was like when she was a child, she pestered her second brother to tell her stories. Although her second brother had a lot of things to do, he still patiently told her those cliché stories of dragon slayers.
As he spoke, the second prince seemed to realize something, and his nagging voice became smaller and smaller.
Until it was completely silent.
After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said:
"It seems that I must die."
"Can you tell me the reason? With that person standing behind you, there should be no one in this world who will threaten your throne."
"In the past, when the royal heirs fought for power and the brothers fought, the winner would execute the loser, usually because the loser still posed a threat to him. And we are no longer a threat to you. What is your reason for killing us?"
"Reason..." Weiwei finally spoke. She looked at the light coming in from the small window of the prison, and after a long pause, she said:
"Probably to give justice to those who were hurt by you."
"Those who were hurt by us? Who?" The second prince frowned.
"Billions of people in the empire." Weiwei said lightly.
"...Ha, hahaha." The second prince was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed out loud, with some madness in his laughter:
"Just for those untouchables, you want to kill me?!"
"Weiwei Chiyang, I am your biological brother. We were born to the same mother. We had no mother since we were young. It was I who protected you in the palace and brought you up. Those concubines in the palace bullied you, and those brothers and sisters They bully you because of someone’s support, and it’s me who stands up for you every time!”
"Look here!"
He suddenly picked up the red hair on his forehead, pointed at a ferocious scar one finger long on it, and roared:
"Mrs. Alice, my father's favorite concubine, when you were eight years old, she scolded you in public at the banquet because of your little mistake and slapped you in the face. It was me! I killed her with one sword. You take it out!"
"My father was so angry that he almost chopped off my head with his sword. This is the scar left at that time."
"And now, you want to kill your brother for those untouchables? Really?!"
A person who would not hesitate to start a war to fight for the throne when the eldest prince successfully ascended the throne and everything was done.
To say that he is afraid of death is obviously to underestimate the second prince.
As a loser and a prisoner, he had already foreseen his end.
But what he couldn't accept was that his beloved sister wanted to kill him for this reason.
Even if Weiwei makes up a temporary reason that might affect his rule, he will accept it calmly and die calmly.
But now he can't accept this reason!
"Brother." Weiwei looked a little moved, but her voice remained cold:
"Brother and sister, I will give you a good time."
"In addition, in the eyes of more powerful beings, we are no nobler than the untouchables you call us."
"Did he teach you these things?" The second prince leaned on the wall feebly, put away his madness, gradually regained his composure, and said with a wry smile:
"You have had an idea since you were a child. Since you have made up your mind, I won't say more to you."
"I have one last request."
"explain."
"I want to meet him, the... God-Slayer."
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