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Chapter 2: Winning the world for you, yet being despised by you
"For the sake of your words, he risked his life to win the world, but you didn't even give him a chance to explain."
On the first day of February, Gaodu was breached, and Emperor Zheng Cheng committed suicide in the Chenghe Hall.
That night, the world changed hands, and Ho proclaimed himself emperor.
Although Ho's army fought from south to north, the Zheng army retreated step by step, causing rivers of blood to flow, and no one who went to the battlefield returned alive.
However, Gaodu remained undisturbed and unharmed.
On this night, it was as if nothing had happened inside Gaodu.
On the second day of the second month, the people of Gaochang City only then learned that the world had changed hands, the Zheng family had perished, and now Ho had proclaimed himself emperor. Inside the city, the Ran and Gao families kept their gates tightly closed.
Ran and Gao families are both prominent figures in front of Emperor Zheng. Three generations of Ran's family have served the Zheng family, and now Ran Xu, the head of the Ran family, has been appointed as the prime minister and is deeply trusted by Zheng Cheng. Gao Jing, the head of the Gao family, is also a favorite of Zheng Cheng, and the two families have a close relationship.
In the past, when a city fell, the country would perish, and when the country perished, the emperor would be killed, and the emperor's death would lead to the death of his ministers by the new king's decree. Now, other favorites of Zheng Cheng in the city are having their homes confiscated and being exiled, leading to a time of widespread mourning.
One day, two days, three days passed, and the imperial edict still had not arrived for Ran's family and Gao family.
It wasn't until the fourth day that the imperial edict arrived.
However, it is not exile or execution of the entire family.
The new emperor not only did not execute them, but instead asked the officials from both families to continue their loyalty to Ho.
The wise are the outstanding ones, and both families received the imperial decree.
However, that night, Ran's family sent their only daughter, Ran Luo, and their second son, Ran Qing, out of the city, while the Gao family also sent their daughter, Gao Ming, and their son, Gao Fanqing, outside the city. Everyone rode fast and finally arrived in Zhengguo on the third night.
Everyone settled down here, and life was quite ordinary. However, the people from the other two families never came.
"Sister Ming, why do you think father sent me and my second brother here?" the girl asked while nibbling on a snowflake pastry.
The woman by my side is beautiful, wearing a long dress, elegant and noble, with a smile on her face, saying, "It must be Uncle Ran bothering you, asking your second brother to bring you here to give them some peace and quiet."
"If I stop making noise, will my father take me back? I miss mother a little bit." Ran Luo is only thirteen years old after all, and always has some childishness.
"Maybe." Gao Ming's eyes were a little red, and his heart ached.
In the courtyard, Gao Fanqing was now carefully examining a hairpin.
Ran Luo rushed over and grabbed the hairpin, overjoyed: "It's this one, it's this one! I found you! I am that little girl!"
"I know, Ran Luo, I know this is your colored hairpin," Gao Fanqing touched Ran Luo's cheek, with a look of joy in his eyes. The two embraced each other, Ran Luo's face was very red, and so were her ears.
Under the moonlight, Gao Fanqing's smile is particularly obvious.
Walking together, riding horses together, eating sugar figures together, Ran Luo is happy because she has found the person. The person who said he would marry her.
"Raluo, I was actually the crown prince originally, the younger brother of Zheng Cheng. But he always had ambitions to become emperor. After our mother passed away, I had to step aside. Later, with the support of the Empress Dowager, he ascended to the position of crown prince, but he wanted to eliminate me. If it weren't for the Gao family taking me in, I might have lost my life long ago." Gao Fanqing held Ran Luo and spoke softly. Ran Luo looked at Gao Fanqing's pained expression, feeling heartbroken, and didn't care whether the words were true or not.
The new emperor, drunk, murmured, " Ran Luo, now that I have obtained this world, do you still remember me?"
Before long, a team of soldiers arrived from the capital and took Ran Luo back to Gaodu, causing a panic among the people.
Inside the Gaodu palace, the new emperor embraced the person in front of him, still smelling of alcohol.
Ran Luo struggled to push away Ho Shang-yuan: "Let go of me! You are the new emperor! What do you want to do!"
"Xiao Ran, do you remember me? On the Yuan Festival, you saved a little boy! It's me! Xiao Ran!" Ho Shang-yuan eyes turned red, and Ran Luo was obviously frightened. She instinctively slapped Ho Shang-yuan, and the nearby guard sternly reprimanded, "Step back, Xiao Ran. You must be tired from the journey. I will come to see you another day."
Ho Shang-yuan regained consciousness, smiling foolishly as he looked at Ran Luo, as if he were beholding a precious treasure, his eyes filled with tenderness.
One day, two days, until the fourth day, he finally arrived.
"Fanqing, you finally came, I..." Ran Luo excitedly rushed into Gao Fanqing's arms, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.
"Xiaoran, listen to me, Ran's family..." Gao Fanqing hesitated and stopped.
"Ran's family What's wrong! What's wrong with mother? Say something!" Ran Luo was extremely anxious, grabbing Gao Fanqing's sleeve, with an unsettled look in her eyes.
She knew that Ran's family was gone.
However, what she wanted to hear was Gao Fanqing denying this idea. In the end, it was just self-deception.
Gao Fanqing comforts the person in his arms, but his eyes are filled with indifference.
In the distance, Ho Shang-yuan silently watches everything, gripping his sword tighter.
Gao Fanqing and Ran Luo said something again, but Ho Shang-yuan was too far away to hear clearly. After Gao Fanqing left, Ho Shang-yuan entered the hall, and Ran Luo quickly wiped away her tears and put on a smile.
She handed Ho Shang-yuan a cup of tea and asked him to take a break.
She poisoned the tea, but she didn't know that Ho Shang-yuan had already found out.
"Are you crying?" Ho Shang-yuan asked knowingly.
"Yes, I miss my mother," Ran Luo looked at Ho Shang-yuan, full of sadness. If Ho Shang-yuan hadn't seen the scene just now, he might have really believed it.
"Your mother, she's dead," Ho Shang-yuan said, setting down the teacup.
"What!" Even though she had known this news for a while, Ran Luo's heart still ached sharply, and tears flowed once again. She collapsed to the ground.
" Ran Luo, are you trying to deceive me? Is that fun for you?" Ho Shang-yuan stood up, walked over to Ran Luo, and asked coldly from a position of superiority.
"What are you talking about? What did I deceive you about?" Ran Luo felt a bit uneasy and his voice trembled a little.
Ho Shang-yuan directly picked up Ran Luo and threw him onto the bed, then proceeded to conquer and strategize...
The next day, Ran Luo woke up and was immediately sent out of the palace, returning to Ran's family.
Ran's family everything is still the same, just colder, the yard is full of corpses and blood.
Ran Luo stumbled upon mother's corpse, already cold.
Today is Ran Luo's birthday, as well as the day of Ran Qing's battle and Gao Ming's grand wedding.
From behind came the voice of Ran Qing's battle: "Father! Mother!" Then he rushed in like a madman, only to see a courtyard full of corpses and blood splattered everywhere.
Ran Luo held the body of mother in his arms. Without looking up, Ran Qing's battle placed the bodies one by one with red eyes.
Gao Ming rushed in wearing a wedding dress, "Qing Zhan, Qing Zhan! Outside, outside," Ran Qing's battle quickly supported the almost stumbling Gao Ming.
"Ming Shi, take your time."
"Gao Fanqing, Gao Fanqing, he led the rebellion, and my father and the others are all dead. He's coming this way." Ming Shi said, tears streaming down his face. Ran Luo lifted his head and saw that Ming Shi's red wedding gown was stained with a patch of blood.
"Luo'er, hurry, take your sister-in-law with you." Ran Qing's battle. Pulled the soulless Ran Luo and pushed them into the tunnel.
"Qingzhan, I'm not leaving," Gao Ming cried even harder, Gao Fanqing has already led people into the mansion.
Ran Qing's battle. Covering the entrance to the tunnel, "Let's go!"
Ran Luo also recovered and helped Gao Ming to the exit of the tunnel.
The authentic road leading to the market outside the prefectural government is now littered with corpses.
"Damn it! They didn't spare the children either!" Gao Ming cursed fiercely, then ran towards the direction of the palace with Ran Luo.
As they were about to reach the palace, a group of soldiers rushed out from the alley. They were the pursuers sent by Gao Fanqing. This means that Ran Qing's battle has also ended in death.
"Go, into the palace! Quickly!" Gao Ming pushed Ran Luo and wielded his sword to cover their retreat.
"No, I can't leave you behind!" Ran Luo didn't leave and also picked up a sword.
Ho's troops quickly arrived and blocked Gao Ming and others behind them: "Miss, step back." Then a new battle began.
Ran Luo supported Gao Ming and headed towards the palace. When they finally reached the palace gate, the guards rushed to help, but suddenly arrows were shot from all directions.
Ran Luo felt someone pushing him into the palace gate from behind. He quickly turned around, but before he could react, Master Gao Ming shouted, "Quick, close the palace gate!"
"Sister-in-law!" Ran Luo wanted to run out, but was firmly blocked by the guards. Ran Luo watched helplessly as Master Gao Ming was shot by stray arrows and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Gao Ming still has a child in her belly, one body and two lives.
The heavy palace gates closed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The sounds of fighting outside the palace made Ran Luo realize why it was so quiet inside.
She suddenly realized and then ran towards Chenghe Hall: "Ho Shang-yuan, wait for me!"
She remembered Ho Shang-yuan's words, he was that little boy.
Ran Luo ran all the way to Chenghe Hall, only to see the body of Ho Shang-yuan lying quietly on the dragon bed.
Ran Luo rushed over, and Ho Shang-yuan's body still had warmth: "Where is the imperial physician? Get the imperial physician!"
"Miss, it's no use. The poison you took is fatal, there's no cure," an old palace maid walked out of the hall.
"No, it can't be, it can't be," Ran Luo went crazy again, calling out for Ho Shang-yuan repeatedly, but received no response.
"You're late, miss. His Highness has been waiting for you for a long time," the old palace maid slowly helped Ran Luo up.
"Miss, His Highness has had a difficult life. Do you know what Gao Fanqing's original surname is?"
"Isn't his surname Zheng?" Ran Luo was stunned, looking at the old palace maid in disbelief.
"The young lady has been deceived. Gao Fanqing is indeed His Highness's brother."
" Ho has three sons. The eldest son is gentle and has no interest in the throne. The second son, born of a concubine, is the current emperor. He has suffered greatly since birth and only became determined to seize the throne after meeting a girl. The third son is domineering. In the past, he snatched a hairpin from the emperor's hand and was given thirty heavy beatings, nearly losing his life. Since then, every time the emperor dreams, he calls out the girl's name." The old palace maid slowly recounted, but Ran Luo had lost interest.
She had mistaken the person.
Ho Shang-yuan is the one she is looking for.
For a childhood joke, he really didn't want to take the world at the cost of his life, but he got his own hatred.
“Why doesn't he explain?” Ran Luo asked weakly.
“When has the young lady ever given His Majesty a chance?” The old palace maid handed a handkerchief to Ran Luo and then quietly walked out of the hall.
Ran Luo took off the accessories, got into bed, tucked herself and Ho Shang-yuan in, swallowed the pill in her hand, carefully examined Ho Shang-yuan's face, her fingers trembling, then smiled and closed her eyes, lying in Ho Shang-yuan's arms.
Ho Shang-yuan, I will remember you.
"I will marry you when I grow up!"
"But I want to marry king and become the queen of Phoenix Reigns!"
"Then I will conquer the world for you, and take you as my empress!"
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