How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 251: What secrets are hidden in the sealed memories of the previous life?

Too inside the hospital.

On the bed in the cabinet room, the unconscious Shen Yuanshen frowned, with beads of cold sweat on his forehead.

On the ground, incense was burning in a copper incense burner, and white smoke was rising around the bed. Shen Yuan, who was in a daze, had a dream. Or maybe it was not just a dream, but a memory of a past life that had been forgotten under heavy damage.

After stabbing the second prince to death in the Golden Palace, he thought that the ten-year power struggle was finally over. However, Xie Jinyu went crazy and ordered the Dragon Guards to throw him into prison.

He thought that Xie Jinyu, who had always been friendly and respectful to his brothers, just couldn't accept the death of the second prince for the time being. Once he calmed down, he would understand that the second prince's situation was hopeless and no one could stop him from ascending the throne. He would eventually become the master of the world.

When Xie Jinyu has calmed down, he will be released and assist him in making Jian'an a peaceful and prosperous country.

Unexpectedly, the prince went to prison himself and put cartilage powder in his rice soup.

The gentle and kind young man of the past had become a ferocious man without anyone noticing. With bloodshot eyes, Xie Jinyu fiercely inserted the green sword, known as the Jian'an Sword, into his heart.

"Who allowed you to kill my second brother?"

"You killed him! How could you kill him! You killed the body that had been guarding it for twenty years! He was going to come back, he was going to come back, but you killed him!"

"Shen Yuan, you deserve to die! I wish I could chop you into pieces!"

At that time, Shen Yuan didn't understand the meaning of the words.

He was just disappointed, with deep disappointment in his heart. He had put all his efforts into assisting the prince, hoping that he could become a wise ruler and lead the court and the people to make Jian'an a better place. However, he had not expected that the other party would kill the loyal minister who had been with him for many years for the sake of a vicious and cruel brother, a brother with whom he had no blood relationship.

The strong and intense sorrow and anger made his blood boil. He spat out blood from his mouth and fainted.

Perhaps this memory was too painful, so after he was reborn, he forgot that the prince had killed him.

It was not until his heart was stabbed by the green sword again and he was on the verge of death that the lost memory came back to his mind. The prince's scarlet eyes of hatred in his dream were filled with murderous intent, which was intertwined with his own disappointment and anger. Shen Yuan in reality kept shaking his head and gasping, his slender fingers clutching the edge of the quilt, wrinkled beyond recognition.

"What is the Second Prince to you, the Crown Prince?"

"He is my salvation and my life." Xie Jinyu looked down at him. Shen Yuan, who was in a daze, could not see clearly what was in his eyes. "If I had known about the Soul Incense twenty years ago, even if you, Shen Yuan, were not here, I would have sat on the throne long ago."

"But you have cut off the possibility of his coming back."

"I am willing to protect this world only to protect my second brother. I never care about the people of the world or the prosperity and peace."

"I will destroy the world you love."

Shen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, breathing deeply, causing the wound on his chest to hurt slightly.

He remembered it, he remembered it all.

In the battle against the second prince, Xie Jinyu finally gave in and launched a coup on the day the second prince ascended the throne. By that time, the eldest prince's elite troops had already been consumed in the battle against the Huns, and the crown prince only had military power over the imperial guards that had long been infiltrated by the second prince and Sheng Shihuai.

The reason why he was confident that he could defeat the Second Prince who had the upper hand at that time was because the Queen suddenly found him and gave him a group of troops secretly supported by the Cao family, as well as the command of the Dragon Guards.

Shen Yuan had never expected that the queen, who never participated in politics, could easily overthrow the Cao family and even persuade some ministers to defect. It was then that he realized that the queen's political skills were far beyond those of ordinary people, but for some reason, the queen had never helped the prince.

But the queen said something at that time.

She said that the prince said that he was very disappointed that his second brother killed the first emperor, but he still couldn't bring himself to kill his second brother himself. So in the Golden Palace, Shen Yuan killed the second prince.

Shen Yuan had doubts about what the Queen said at that time.

Because he knew that the eldest prince's death was actually caused by the crown prince. The crown prince found that the eldest prince was not really on his side. He always hated the court for not giving him support, which led to the tragic death of all his elite soldiers on the battlefield. He was just waiting for a suitable opportunity to dethrone the crown prince and support the second prince to take the throne.

The eldest prince does not want the Xie family's bloodline to take power.

It happened that at that time, the second prince threatened to kill the eldest prince in the court, so the crown prince took advantage of the situation and let the second prince take action, accidentally killing the eldest prince. As a result, the already seriously ill Emperor Jian became extremely angry and his condition worsened, and he died soon after.

Then the second prince killed the crown prince, the crown prince escaped, and the second prince was about to ascend the throne.

At that time, Shen Yuan did not question the Queen, he even acquiesced to the Queen's possible lies because he believed that the Crown Prince was too soft-hearted towards the Second Prince, and as long as the Second Prince was alive, the Crown Prince would be controlled by him.

The second prince must die.

Even if the prince questions him in the future, he can blame it on the queen.

He is doing this for the good of the crown prince, for the country, and for the people. The second prince must die.

But he didn't expect that the prince would be so angry that he would even kill him and even threaten to destroy the world.

Xie Jinyu, why is she so obsessed with Xie Chengze?

What is the soul fragrance he mentioned?

He is coming back, what does that mean?

Wasn’t the second prince before Xie Chengze?

Thinking of the vicious and cruel Second Prince in his previous life, and then thinking of Xie Chengze who was kind and cunning in this life, Shen Yuan just felt that he seemed to know something, but something was missing, and he couldn't connect all these clues together to get the truth.

Is it related to that soul incense?

He struggled to sit up and was about to check his wound when suddenly the curtain of the cabinet room was drawn open, revealing Xie Chengze's beautiful but tired face.

When she saw him, her gray eyes suddenly widened, and a surprised smile instantly swept away all her fatigue. She pounced on the bed like a bird out of a cage, "Shen Yuan! You're awake!"

He touched here and there, afraid that he was dreaming. He stared at Shen Yuan with wet eyes, and then pinched Shen Yuan's thigh fiercely, "Does it hurt?"

Shen Yuan: ...

Xie Chengze, you still can't change this bad habit of ruining the atmosphere.

"It doesn't hurt." Shen Yuan pinched his cheek, "So, you are dreaming."

Xie Chengze snorted softly, sat down on the edge of the bed, and muttered, "After such a serious injury, he woke up so quickly. He is indeed a man... a man."

Shen Yuan misunderstood and nodded in agreement, "Men are indeed more resistant to injuries than women."

Xie Chengze rolled his eyes at him.

Shen Yuan stared at Xie Chengze. The young man lowered his head and played with the corner of his robe. He didn't seem to want to chat. For some reason, his eyes were very red, as if they were smeared with red flower juice, which was hard to ignore.

"Your Highness is crying?" He reached out and gently stroked the redness at the corners of the young man's eyes, jokingly saying, "You are not crying because you think I will die, are you?"

Xie Chengze rolled his eyes at him again, "Man, you are so shameless."

He whispered, "Father has passed away."

Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment, and he opened his lips, "Didn't Your Majesty take a life-saving pill?"

He seemed to realize something and his heart tightened.

Logically, given his injuries at the time, he knew that he had no chance of survival, but he was still alive at this moment...

Is it...

"I didn't eat it." The young man lowered his head, his emotions unclear, "You ate it."

Shen Yuan trembled all over. He wanted to say something, but felt that he had no right to say anything. He could only hug the young man tightly in his arms.

"From now on, I will protect you on behalf of Your Majesty."

I will be your second life.

The young man's eyes instantly turned red. He sniffed silently to hold back his tears, then raised his hand and punched Shen Yuan, jokingly saying, "Don't choose to kill me for the prince again one day, or I will burn incense to thank you for sparing my life."

Shen Yuan suddenly felt helpless. Xie Chengze was not the second prince, so how could he kill him? Not to mention that in his previous life, if the queen had not asked him to do so, he might not have killed the second prince with his own hands.

But speaking of this...