The Way of the Empress

Unlike Queen Catherine’s fake appearances, Zhuo Yang’s methods are swift and fierce.

However, while sighing that Zhuo Yang is amazing, many people are also thinking of sitting and waiting for the show.

When Moodys and Zhuo Yang just married, they didn’t think there was anything. Although Zhuo Yang has an outstanding appearance, his personal abilities were not outstanding. They didn’t take him seriously, treating him as a vase and accessory of the crown prince.

But after Moodys’ body recovered, Zhuo Yang became Moody’s savior, and after gaining the right to gradually reveal his abilities…

Everything looked completely different to those on the sidelines.

From the ten-year-old to the present, he has been pretending to be mediocre and incompetent, allowing Zhuo Yu to suppress his limelight. It is only now he shows his ability. This is after having the crown prince owe him a great kindness, which shows the crown princess is good at forbearing, has deep schemes, and is incomprehensible. But the crown prince has always been pursuing an idealistic and egalitarian benevolent governance… Now, they are newlyweds, and may be able to get along because of looks, kindness, and such things for the time being.

But later, when the crown prince ascends the throne… Osphia has a system of co-governance by the emperor and queen, who jointly possesses the power of political decision and rule.

They’re afraid that after the thoughtful crown princess has tasted the taste of power, he will not so easily let go of authority.

At that time, between the crown prince who promotes benevolent governance and this tyrannical crown princess with a very high national support rate, there is destined to be a fight between the emperor and the queen, and the husband and wife will face each other. There is a big drama to watch.

Unlike Queen Catherine’s stupidity, Zhuo Yang is obviously very smart. He can rely on the opportunities given by others to reach his current position from nothing. When he accumulates enough strength… I’m afraid, between him and Moodys, it is hard to say which husband will kill the other.

Many self-proclaimed shrewd big family heads think like this in their hearts.

Seeing Zhuo Yang become more and more fierce, there are even many nobles betting privately. When will Moodys, who has always admired benevolence and is known for generosity, be unable to bear it? When will he break with the crown princess, gradually drifting away, and distance himself.

The entire empire is waiting to watch the show.

 

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However, before they can wait to watch such a thing, something else happened.

On this day, Crown Prince Moodys just finished a large-scale speech at a political event, paving the way for his commitment to upcoming reforms.

After finishing his speech, he was planning to leave under the protection of the guards.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone squeezed out from behind countless media cameras, yelling: “I am the father-in-law of the crown prince. You can’t stop me, I want to see the crown prince.”

If not for Moodys’ guards stopping the scene, this person would have reached him.

“I am the father-in-law of the crown prince, who dares to stop me? I want to see the crown prince.” The scene became a little confusing when this person’s words came out. The cameras pointed at him, and even many people who were invited to listen to the speech raised their devices, and began to record the scene.

This is big news.

Moodys looked intently and asked in a deep voice: “What’s the matter?”

Although the guards couldn’t tell who this person was clearly, he still vaguely recognized that this person was indeed Zhuo Hengyuan…

“Your Royal Highness, I am Xiao Yang’s father, Zhuo Hengyuan.” Moodys’s guards immediately let go of Zhuo Hengyuan after receiving his signal, but they still guarded Moodys vigilantly, maintaining a safe distance, and did not allow him to get closer to Moodys.

As soon as Zhuo Hengyuan was released, he straightened his clothes and immediately regained a pretentious nobleman’s demeanor. “Your Royal Highness, before when Xia Xiuzhi gave Xiao Yang  drugs to damage spiritual power, I really didn’t know. I was really kept in the dark. How could I indulge such a poisonous woman to hurt my son? Xiao Yang is a precious SS-level guide… I really, really didn’t know at all. I admit that it is my fault being deceived, but this is not unforgivable, Your Highness.”

“After knowing this heinous thing, I immediately divorced that poisonous woman… My father, Zhuo Yang’s grandfather expelled me and my other children from the house because he loved his grandson. I have nothing to say… But Xiao Yang refuses to see me. I know he must have misunderstood me. I can accept being evicted from the house, but I can’t accept being misunderstood by my own son. Please help me… Let me see Xiao Yang. I must explain this misunderstanding clearly to him. Can’t let him continue to hate me.” He sounded like he was almost shedding tears.

If not for what he did in the past being too disgusting, others might really regard him as a father who is heartbroken because of his son’s misunderstanding.

Zhuo Hengyuan had a very bad time during this period. After being evicted from the house and losing his financial resources, this pampered, old playboy experienced the hardships of the world for the first time.

After being turned away by the Zhuo family, he originally planned to stay a bit longer. Wait until the old man softens to him, then he will naturally be able to go home.

Unexpectedly, when the crown prince recovered, Zhuo Yang became the most talked-about guide in the entire empire. He had heard from other relatives that the Zhuo family had completely fallen into Zhuo Yang’s hands. Even Mr. Zhuo couldn’t speak much. The entire Zhuo family was replaced by him, and even chose the next heir for the family, one that was previous not respected in the Zhuo family.

At this moment, Zhuo Hengyuan completely knew that he could never return to Zhuo’s house and continue to live his pampered nobleman days.

Zhuo Yang hated him to t he bone. Even when he wasn’t the crown princess and had to rely on the Zhuo family and the old man to live his life, he had never shown him a good face, and did not respect this father.

Now that Zhuo Yang is on the up, how can he let him benefit?

But to force him to accept this fate as a commoner who has to earn money for the rest his life, Zhuo Hengyuan is not reconciled. He is extremely unwilling.

Why?

Why?

He is Zhuo Yang’s biological father, he gave Zhuo Yang his life, and it was their Zhuo family who raised Zhuo Yang… Now that Zhuo Yang has developed, he is not showing filial piety in supporting his father. But even let’s him live in misery like the poor?

Zhuo Hengyuan was not reconciled, and he knew that according to Zhuo Yang’s temperament he would not compromise…

So he put his idea on Moodys. After inquiring that the crown prince would make a speech here today, he pulled a lot of strings from his personal connections with the noble circle to get an invitation. Then deliberately found Moodys under the eyes of the gathered media.

The son cannot out-speak the father, Lao Zi will always be Lao Zi.

He didn’t believe in the prince who promotes benevolent governance and was well-known for his benevolent and equality, would not him as father-in-law… As long as the crown prince recognizes him, Zhuo Yang is even dependent on the crown prince, does he have any reason to deny him as his father?

What reason does the Zhuo family have to keep him from returning home?

Zhuo Hengyuan’s thoughts and methods are extremely rogue-like. It is enough to make the entire Osphia people look at him as a laughingstock, ridicule the Zhuo family, Zhuo Yang, and the crown prince, and treating them all as big jokes. But Zhuo Hengyuan still made such a choice.

Just let everyone else laugh.

After experiencing the sufferings of poverty, Zhuo Hengyuan felt that as long as he could live his previous life again and continue to waste time on wine, he would not need any other face.

It was Zhuo Yang’s unkindness to his father that he would do this kind of thing.

“Where can there be an overnight hatred between father and son? I am Xiao Yang’s biological father. How can I not care for, or love him in my heart? Xiao Yang really misunderstood me.” Zhuo Hengyuan’s behavior is fundamentally just acting like a wastrel.

But unfortunately , many times normal people still can’t do anything to this kind of rogue…

Moodys looked at Zhuo Hengyuan with a deep gaze, as if it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Everyone was watching Moodys, waiting to see how Moodys would respond.

Although everyone knows that in order to take care of his face, Moodys would most likely recognize Zhuo Hengyuan and take him out of the public’s sight before making any calculations… But they still can’t help but look forward to a good show.

“His Royal Highness, I am Zhuo Yang’s biological father and your father-in-law. Without me, where would Zhuo Yang be in this world?” Under the public eye and in the media, Zhuo Hengyuan  became more courageous and cried: ” Your Highness, I am your father-in-law…”

“No.” Unexpectedly, Moodys frowned and opened his mouth.

Everyone was stunned.

Zhuo Hengyuan was also stunned on the spot.

“You are not my father-in-law.” Moodys said in a low voice. “You did give birth to Zhuo Yang, but you never raised him or regarded him as a son. It was Elder Zhuo who raised him, and for that I am very grateful… As for you, not raising one’s own child, you are not worthy of being called a father. If Zhuo Yang is willing to recognize you regardless of the past, you are naturally my father-in-law, but if Zhuo Yang is unwilling to recognize you, then you are not my father-in-law. ”

He is kind, but he is not a fool. The kind of life Zhuo Yang had when he was young, and how Zhuo Hengyuan treated him, he could see clearly, and he was very angry.

Such a bad person… if Zhuo Yang wanted to recognize, he wanted to persuade him not to recognize it.

As soon as Moodys’s voice fell, everyone was shocked.

It was completely unexpected that this crown prince, who was known for his kindness and benevolence, and in the eyes of many nobles, was even like a holy father, could actually say such things.

It seems that this bout of illness and the impact of the crown princess on him is really not small.

The current crown prince is no longer the former crown prince.

Zhuo Hengyuan also had a dazed look. He didn’t expect such a situation to happen at all. He was about to say something more: “Your Royal Highness…”

“Guard, please invite Mr. Zhuo out. He shouldn’t have the invitation here today.”

After Moodys made it clear that Zhuo Yang and he would not recognize Zhuo Hengyuan’s identity, he did not hesitate to let the guards here invite Zhuo Hengyuan out.

The guard arrived and soon dragged Zhuo Hengyuan out.

 

That dumb father…

 

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